Ch-21 Current Electricity

Practice Sheet 01

Q1. The specific resistance of a wire is 𝜌𝜌. Q4. Current of 4.8 amperes is flowing
3
its volume is 3 𝑚𝑚 and its resistance is through a conductor. The number of
3 𝑜𝑜ℎ𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚, then its length will be electrons per second will be

1
3 (a) 3 × 1019
(b)
(a) �𝜌𝜌 �𝜌𝜌
(b) 7.68 × 1021

(c) 7.68 × 1020

√3 1
(c) (d) 𝜌𝜌�
𝜌𝜌 3 (d) 3 × 1020

Q2. The resistance of a wire is 20 𝑜𝑜ℎ𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚. It Q5. If a 0.1 % increase in length due to
is so stretched that the length becomes stretching, the percentage increase in its
three times. The new resistance of the wire resistance will be
will be (a) 0.2 %
(a) 6.67 ohms (b) 2%
(c) 1%
(b) 60.0 ohms (d) 0.1 %
(c) 120 ohms

(d) 180.0 ohms

Q3. When the length and area of cross-
section both are doubled,
resistance
(a) Will become half
(b) Will remain the same
(c) Will be doubled
(d) Will become four times
Q6. An electron moves in a circular orbit of
radius 10 cm with a constant speed of 4.0
x 106 ms-1. Determine the electric current at
a point on the orbit.
then its
Q7. Drift speed of electrons, when 1.5 A of
current flows in a copper wire of cross-
section 5 mm2 is v. If the electron density in
copper is 9 x 1028 / m3, the value of v in mm
/s is close to (Take, charge of electron to be
= 1.6 x 10-19 C)
(a) 0.02 (b) 0.2

(c) 2 (d) 3
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Q8. The resistance of the wire in the Q12. The resistance of a conductor is
platinum resistance thermometer at ice 5 𝑜𝑜ℎ𝑚𝑚 at 50 °𝐶𝐶 and 6 𝑜𝑜ℎ𝑚𝑚 at 100 °𝐶𝐶 Its
point is 5 Ω and at steam point is 5.25 Ω. resistance at 0 °𝐶𝐶 is
When the thermometer is inserted in an
(a) 1 ohm
unknown hot bath its resistance is found to
be 5.5 Ω. The temperature of the hot bath is (b) 2 ohm
(a) 100 °C (c) 3 ohm
(b) 200 °C (d) 4 ohm
(c) 300 °C

(d) 350 °C Q13. The conductivity of a superconductor

is

(a) Infinite
Q9. As the temperature of a metallic
resistor is increased, the product of (b) Very large
resistivity and conductivity :-
(c) Very small
(a) increases
(d) Zero
(b) decreases

(c) may increase or decrease

Q14. The temperature (𝑇𝑇) dependence of
(d) remains constant. resistivity (𝜌𝜌) of a semiconductor is
represented by

Q10. At what temperature will the

resistance of a copper wire become three
times its value at 0° 𝐶𝐶? [Temperature
coefficient of resistance for copper =
4 × 10−3 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝 °𝐶𝐶]

(a) 400° C

(b) 450° C

(c) 500° C

(d) 600° C Q15. In a circuit shown here, what is the

value of the unknown resistance R so that
the total resistance of the circuit between
Q11. Which of the following is a vector points ‘P’ and ‘Q’ is also equal to R
quantity
(a) 3Ω
(a) Current density
(b) 39Ω
(b) Current
(c) 69Ω
(c) Wattless current (d) 10 Ω

(d) Power
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Q16. Three resistance of values 2Ω, 3Ω Q19. Find the value of current I in the
and 6Ω are to be connected to yield and circuit shown in Fig.
effective resistance of 4Ω. This can be
done by connecting:
(a) 3Ω resistance in series with a
parallel combination of 2Ω and 6Ω
(b) 6Ω resistance in series with a
parallel combination of 2Ω and 3Ω
(c) 2Ω resistance in series with a
parallel combination of 3Ω and 6Ω
(d) 2Ω resistance in parallel with a
parallel combination of 3Ω and 6Ω

Q20. Calculate the equivalent resistance

Q17. The equivalent resistance between A between points A and B in each of the
and B for the circuit shown in figure is following networks of resistors:

(a) 13.1Ω
(b) 15.1Ω
(c) 17.1Ω
(d) 19.1Ω

Q18. What is the current (i) in the circuit as

shown in figure.

(a) 2A
(b) 1.2 A
(c) 1A
(d) 0.5A
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Q21. Find the equivalent resistance of the Q25. In the circuit, the current flowing
networks shown in Fig. between the points through 10 Ω resistance is
A and B.

(a) 12 𝐴𝐴

(b) 1.2 𝐴𝐴

(c) 0.8 𝐴𝐴

(d) 0.4 𝐴𝐴

Q26. In the circuit shown in the given

figure, the resistances 𝑅𝑅1 and 𝑅𝑅2 are
Q22. In the given circuits [Fig. (a) and (b)] respectively
calculate the resistance between points A
and B (a) 14 Ω 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 40 Ω

(b) 40 Ω 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 14 Ω

(c) 40 Ω 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 30 Ω

(d) 14 Ω 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 30 Ω

Q27. In the arrangement of resistances

shown in the circuit, the potential
Q23. Find equivalent resistance between difference between points 𝐵𝐵 and 𝐷𝐷 will be
A and B. zero, when the unknown resistance 𝑋𝑋 is:-

(a) 4 Ω

(b) 3 Ω

(c) 2 Ω

(d) 1 Ω

Q24. In the figure given below, the current Q28. In a Wheatstone bridge if the battery
passing through 6 Ω resistor is and galvanometer are interchanged then
the deflection in galvanometer will

(a) change in previous direction

(a) 0.40 𝐴𝐴
(b) not change
(b) 0.48 𝐴𝐴
(c) change in opposite direction
(c) 0.72 𝐴𝐴
(d) none of these.
(d) 0.80 𝐴𝐴
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Q29. In a Wheatstone's network, 𝑃𝑃 = 2 Ω, Q32. Two cells 𝑋𝑋 and 𝑌𝑌 are connected to

𝑄𝑄 = 2 Ω, 𝑅𝑅 = 2 Ω and 𝑆𝑆 = 3 Ω. The a resistance of 10 Ω as shown in the
resistance with which 𝑆𝑆 is to be shunted in figure. The terminal voltage of cell 𝑌𝑌 is :-
order that the bridge may be balanced is

(a) 1 Ω

(b) 2 Ω

(c) 4 Ω
(a) Zero
(d) 6 Ω
(b) 2 𝑉𝑉

(c) 4 𝑉𝑉
Q30. The terminal voltage is 𝐸𝐸/2 when a
current of 2 𝐴𝐴 is flowing through 2 Ω (d) 10 𝑉𝑉
resistance; the internal resistance of the
cell is :–
Q33. Find the emf and internal resistance
(a) 1 Ω
of the equivalent cell between A and B. Put
(b) 2 Ω 𝜖𝜖1 = 6 V, r1 = 2 Ω, 𝜖𝜖2 = 4 V, r2 = 2Ω, and 𝜖𝜖 3 =
3 V, r3 = 3Ω,
(c) 3 Ω

(d) 4 Ω

Q31. In the following circuit if 𝑉𝑉𝐴𝐴 – 𝑉𝑉𝐵𝐵 =

4 𝑉𝑉, then the value of resistance 𝑋𝑋 in
ohms will be:-

Q34. Internal resistance of primary cell

depends on :-

(a) the nature of electrolyte

(a) 5
(b) the area of plates immersed in the
(b) 10 electrolyte
(c) 15 (c) the concentration of electrolyte and
distance between the plates
(d) 20
(d) all the above
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Q35. Five cells each of internal resistance Q37. The current through the resistor in the
0.2Ω and e.m.f. 2𝑉𝑉 are connected in series given circuit is
with a resistance of 4 Ω. The current
through the external resistance is

(a) 0.2 𝐴𝐴

(b) 0.5 𝐴𝐴

(c) 1 𝐴𝐴
(a) 1.5 𝐴𝐴
(d) 2 𝐴𝐴
(b) 2.5 𝐴𝐴

(c) 3.5 𝐴𝐴
Q36. The emf of a single battery which is
equivalent to a parallel combination of two (d) 5.0 𝐴𝐴
batteries of emfs 5 𝑉𝑉 and 10 𝑉𝑉 and internal
resistances 1 Ω and 2 Ω respectively
connected as shown in figure is

(a) 5 V

(b) 10

(c) Zero

(d) 15 V
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ANSWERS
1. b 17. a 32. a

2. d 18. a 33. 2𝑉𝑉 & 4Ω

3. b 19. 0.1 A 34. d

4. a 20. a. 12Ω b. 40/3 Ω c. 35. d

5. a 2 Ω d. 10/3 Ω e. 16 Ω f. 5 Ω 36. c

6. 1.02 × 10−12 𝐴𝐴 21. a. 4/3 r b. r/4 c. r 37. c

7. a
22. (a) 2R/3 (b) 4R/5

8. b
23. 5R/4

9. d
24. b

10. c
25. b

11. a
26. a

12. d 27. c

13. a 28. b

14. c 29. d

15. c 30. b

16. c 31. d