LOTUS VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

WORKSHEET - I (2024-2025)
CHAPTER – CURRENT ELECTRICITY
Name: _______________ Roll No.: __________ Date:
Duration: 1 hr Class XII Sec: Max. Marks:

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ).

1. A current of 2A flows through a 2Ω resistor when connected across a battery. The same battery
supplies a current of 0.5A when connected across a 9Ω resistor. The internal resistance of the
battery is
(a) 0.5 Ω
(b) 1/3 Ω
(c) 1/4 Ω
(d) 1 Ω

2. A ring is made of a wire having a resistance R0 = 12Ω. Find the points A and B, as shown in
figure at which a current carrying conductor should be connected so that the resistance R of the
circuit between these points is equal to 8/3Ω

𝑙1 5
(a) 𝑙2
=8
𝑙1 1
(b) 𝑙2
=3
𝑙1 3
(c) 𝑙2
=8
𝑙1 1
(d) 𝑙2
=2

3. In the circuit shown, the cells A and B have negligible resistance for VA= 12V, R1 = 500Ω and
R = 100Ω, the galvanometer shows no deflection. The value of VB is

(a) 4V
(b) 2V
(c) 12 V
(d) 6V

4. A cell having an emf ε and internal resistance r is connected across a variable external resistance
R. As the resistance R is increased, the plot of potential difference V across R is given by
5. In the circuits given below, the readings of the voltmeters and the ammeters will be

(a) V2 > V1and i1 = i2

(b) V1 = V2 and i1 > i2
(c) V1 = V2 and i1 = i2
(d) V2 > V1 and i1 > i2

6. The resistance of a wire is ‘R’ Ω. If it is melted and stretched to ‘n’ times its original length, its
new resistance will be
(a) R/n
(b) n2R
(c) R/n2
(d) Nr

7. Two cities are 150 km apart. Electric power is sent from one city to another city through copper
wires. The fall of potential per km is 8V and the average resistance per km is 0.5 Ω. The power
loss in the wire is
(a) 19.2 kW
(b) 19.2 J
(c) 12.2 kW
(d) 19.5 W

8. Across a metallic conductor of non-uniform cross section, a constant potential difference is

applied. The quantity which remains constant along the conductor is
(a) Current density
(b) Current
(c) Electric field
(d) Drift velocity

9. A charged particle having drift velocity of 7.5 x 10-4 m/s in an electric field of 3 x 10-10V/m,
has a mobility
(a) 2.25 x 1015
(b) 2.5 x 106
(c) 2.5 x 10-6
(d) 2.25 x 10-15
10. The charge flowing through a resistance R varies with time t as Q = at-bt2, where a and b are
positive constant. The total heat produced in R is
𝑎3 𝑅
(a) 2𝑏
𝑎3 𝑅
(b)
𝑏
𝑎3 𝑅
(c) 6𝑏
𝑎3 𝑅
(d) 3𝑏

11. The current voltage graph for a device is shown in figure. The resistance is negative in the
region is

(a) AB
(b) BC
(c) ABC
(d) None of these

12. On increasing the temperature of a conductor, its resistance increases because the
(a) Relaxation time increases
(b) Electron density increases
(c) Relaxation time decreases
(d) Relaxation time remains constant

13. The resistance of a wire at room temperature 300C is found to be 10 Ω. Now to increase the
resistance by 10%, the temperature of the wire must be (The temperature coefficient of
resistance of the material of the wire is 0.002 per 0C)
(a) 360C
(b) 830C
(c) 630C
(d) 330C

14. There are N cells in the circuits of figure. The emf and internal resistance of each cell are ε and
r respectively. The points A and B in the circuit divide the circuit into n and (N-n) cells. The
current in the circuit is

(a) ε/r
(b) nε/r
(c) Nε/nr
(d) Zero
15. The current I and voltage V graphs for a given metallic wire at two different temperatures T1
and T2 are shown in figure. It is concluded that

(a) T1 > T2
(b) T1 < T2
(c) T1 = T2
(d) T1 = 2T2

16. A 60W incandescent lamp operates at 120V. The number of electrons passing through the
filament per second will be
(a) 1.61 x 1012
(b) 3.12 x 108
(c) 7.21 x 1012
(d) 12.40 x 1013

17. Kirchhoff’s first and second laws are respectively based om law of conservation of
(a) Momentum and Energy
(b) Charge and Energy
(c) Mass and Energy
(d) None of these

18. Ohm’s law is not obeyed by

(a) electrolytes
(b) discharge tubes
(c) vacuum tubes
(d) all of the above

19. In the Wheatstone bridge, all the four arms have equal resistance R. If the resistance of the
galvanometer arm is also R, the equivalent resistance of the combination as seen by the battery
is
(a) R/4
(b) R/2
(c) R
(d) 2R

20. If mobility of electron is µe and mobility of hole is µh then

(a) µe = µh
(b) µe > µh
(c) µe < µh
(d) µe <= µh