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IIT-JEE/NEET/BOARDS(8th-12th)

ELECTRICITY
Class 10 - Science
Time Allowed: 45 minutes Maximum Marks: 15

Section A
1. If the amount of electric charge passing through a conductor in 10 minutes is 300 C, the current flowing is: [1]

a) 5 A b) 30 A

c) 0.5 A d) 0.3 A
2. A material used for making heating elements of electrical heating devices should have: [1]

a) Low resistivity and low melting point. b) Low resistivity and high melting point.

c) High resistivity and low melting point. d) High resistivity and high melting point.
3. If four identical resistors, of resistance 8 ohm, are first connected in series so as to give an effective resistance [1]
Rs
Rs, and then connected in parallel so as to give an effective resistance Rp, then the ratio Rp
is

a) 16 b) 32

c) 2 d) 0.5
Section B
4. a. Write Joule’s law of heating. [2]
b. Two lamps, one rated 100 W; 220 V, and the other 60 W; 220 V, are connected in parallel to electric mains
supply. Find the current drawn by two bulbs from the line, if the supply voltage is 220 V.
5. Three incandescent bulbs of 100 W each are connected in series in an electric circuit. In another circuit another [2]
set of three bulbs of the same wattage are connected in parallel to the same source.
a. Will the bulb in the two circuits glow with the same brightness? Justify your answer.
b. Now let one bulb in both the circuits get fused. Will the rest of the bulbs continue to glow in each circuit?
Give reason.
Section C
6. The following circuit diagram shows three resistors 2Ω, 4Ω, RΩconnected to a battery of e.m.f. 2V and internal [3]
resistance 3Ω. A main current of 0.25 A flows through the circuit.
a. What is the P.D. across 4 Ω resistor.
b. Calculate P.D. across the internal resistance of the cell.

Section D
7. Find out the following in the electric circuit given in Figure [5]

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 i. The effective resistance of two 8 Ω resistors in the combination
ii. Current flowing through 4 Ω resistor
iii. The potential difference across 4 Ω resistance
iv. The power dissipated in 4 Ω resistor
v. The difference in ammeter readings, if any.

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