LEVEL MARKING SCHEME

1 + 2 and -1
2 + 3 and -1
3 + 5 and 0

Max Marks : 100 CURRENT & ELECTROSTATICS Time : 1 Hour

LEVEL - 1
1. For two resistance wires joined in parallel, the resultant resistance is 6/8 ohm. When one of the
resistance wire breaks, the effective resistance becomes 2 ohm. The resistance of the broken wire is
(a) 3/5 ohm (b) 2 ohm (c) 6/5 ohm (d) 3 ohm
2. Find the charge on the capacitor C in the circuit shown in figure? 12V 2
(a) 12 C
2F 4
(b) 14 C
(c) 20 C C
6
(d) 18 C
3. When an additional resistance of 1980 ohm is connected in series with a voltmeter, the scale division
reads 100 times larger value. Resistance of the voltmeter, RV is
(a) 10  (b) 20  (c) 30  (d) 40 
4. Each of the resistance in the network shown in the figure is equal to R. L
The resistance between the terminals A and B is
(a) R R R R
(b) 5R
R
(c) 3R
R A B
(d) 6R. K L

5. A battery has e.m.f 4 V and internal resistance r. When this battery is connected to an external
resistance of 2 ohm, a current of 1 amp flows in the circuit. How much current will flow if the
terminals of the battery are connected directly?
(a) 1 amp (b) 2 amp (c) 4 amp (d) infinite

6. Four capacitors are arranged as shown. All are initially

P 3F R
uncharged. A 30 V battery is placed across terminal PQ to
charge the capacitors and is then removed. The voltage 1F 3F

across the terminals RS is then (in volts) Q

3F
S
(a) 10 (b) 20
(c) 30 (d) 40
7. The dimensional formula for capacitance is
(a)  M 1 L1TA (b)  MLT 2 A2  (c)  M 1 L2T 4 A2  (d)  M 1 L2T 2 A2 

8. Charge Q on a capacitor varies with voltage V as shown in the figure, Y

where Q is taken along the X-axis and V along the Y-axis. The area of A
triangle OAB represents.
V
(a) capacitance
(b) electric field between the plates.
X
(c) magnetic field between the plates O
B
(d) energy stored in the capacitor. Q

9. In the circuit shown in figure C  6 F . The charge stored in C

10V
2C

the capacitor of capacity C is

(a) zero (b) 90 C
(c) 40 C (d) 60 C
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10. A conducting sphere A is surrounded by two concentric conducting C

hollow spheres B and C. A is given a positive charge q and C is earthed +q B
as shown in the figure. Choose the correct statement. A
(a) Charge density on A, B and C are same. c
q
(b) Electric field just outside C is .
40 c 2
(c) Electric field outside C is zero.
(d) None of these
LEVEL - 2
11. An electric kettle has two heating elements. One brings it to boil in ten minutes and the other in
fifteen minutes. If two heating filaments are connected in parallel, the water in kettle will boil in
(a) 6 minutes (b) 8 minutes (c) 25 minutes (d) 5 minutes
12. Two wires of same material and lengths L and 2L have areas of cross-section A and 2A, respectively.
These are joined in series and connected across a battery. The values of the electric field and the drift
velocity in the two wires will be, respectively, in the ratio of
(a) 2 : 1, 2 : 1 (b) 2 : 1, 1 : 1 (c) 1 : 1, 1 : 2 (d) 1 : 1, 2 : 1
13. Two uniform wires A and B are of same metal and have equal masses. The radius of wire A is twice
that of wire B. The total resistance of A and B when connected in parallel is
(a) 4  when the resistance of wire A is 4.25 
(b) 5  when the resistance of wire A is 4 
(c) 4  when the resistance of wire B is 4.25 
(d) 5  when the resistance of wire B is 4 
14. In the given circuit, the resistances are given in ohms. 1A
The current through the 10 ohm resistance is 3 A X 24 84 Y
while that through the resistance X is 1 A. No current
IB = 0
passes through the galvanometer. The values of the
10 30
unknown resistances X and Y are respectively (in
ohms) 3A
(a) 14 and 54 (b) 12
and 6
(c) 6 and 12 (d) 6
and 6

15. A potentiometer having the potential gradient of 2 mV/cm is used to measure the difference of
potential across a resistance of 10 ohm in some circuit. If a length of 50 cm of the potentiometer wire
is required to get the null point, the current passing through the 10 ohm resistor is (in mA)
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 10
16. A spherical conductor of radius 2 m is charged to a potential of 120 V. It is now placed inside another
hollow spherical conductor of radius 6 m. Calculate the potential of bigger sphere if the smaller
sphere is made to touch the bigger sphere.
(a) 20 V (b) 60 V (c) 80 V (d) 40 V

17. A parallel plate air capacitor is connected to a battery. The quantities charge and energy associated
with this capacitor are given by Q 0 and U 0 respectively. A dielectric slab is now introduced to fill the
space between the plates with battery still in connection. The corresponding quantities now given by
Q and U are related in the previous ones as
(a) Q  Q0 (b) U  U 0
(c) both are correct (d) both are wrong
18. Four capacitors are connected in a circuit as shown in
the figure. The effective capacitance between points A 2F 12F
A
and B will be 2F
B
(a) 28/9 F (b) 4 F 2F
(c) 5 F (d) 18
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F
19. A point charge q is placed at a distance r from the centre O of an Conductor
uncharged spherical shell of inner radius R and outer radius 2R. The +q
distance r  R . The electric potential at the centre of the shell will be r
O
q 1 1  q
 
(a) (b) R

40  r 2 R  40 r
2R
q 1 1  q 1 1 
(c)    (d)   
40  r 2 R  40  r R 
20. In the circuit shown in figure, VA  VB  19 volt. What is A
2F 3F 4F
B
the potential difference across the 3 F capacitor? 8V 15V
(a) 7 volt (b) 8 volt
(c) 23 volt (d) 4 volt
LEVEL - 3
21. A charged particle of mass m = 1 kg and charge q = 2C is thrown from a horizontal ground at an
angle  = 45 with speed 20 m/s. In space a horizontal electric field E  2  107 V/ m exist. Find the
range on horizontal ground of the projection thrown.
22. Two points A and B are 2 cm apart and a uniform electric field E acts along the straight line AB
directed from A to B with E = 200 N/C. A particle of charge 10 6 C is taken from A to B along AB.
Calculate
(a) the force on the charge
(b) the potential difference V A V B and
uur
(c) the work done on the charge by E .
23. An alpha particle with kinetic energy 10 MeV is heading towards a stationary tin nucleus of atomic
number 50. Calculate the distance of closest approach.
24. Three point charges of 1C, 2C and 3C are placed at the cornets of an equilateral triangle of side 1m.
Calculate the work required to move these charges to the corners of a smaller equilateral triangle of
side 0.5 m.
25. In the circuit shown in figure, find the potentials of A, B, C and D 1
C B
and the current through 1 and 2 resistance.
2V
5V
10V

D A
2

26. For what value of E the potential of A is equal to the potential of B ? 15V 1 E 2
B
A

5

27. In the circuit shown in figure, a 12 V power supply with unknown 12V r
internal resistance r is connected to a battery with unknown emf E i
and internal resistance 1 and to a resistance of 3 carrying a current E 1
of 2A. The current through the rechargeable battery is 1A in the 1A
direction shown. Find the unknown current i, internal resistance r and 3
the emf E. 2A
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28. The potentiometer wire AB is 600 cm long.

E r
(a) At what distance from A should the jockey J touch the
wire to get zero deflection in the galvanometer ? A R = 15r B
(b) If the jockey touches the wire at a distance 560cm from A, J
what will be the current through the galvanometer ? r
G
E
2

29. The full scale deflection current of a galvanometer of resistance 1 ohm is 5 mA. How will you convert
it into a voltmeter of range 5 V ?

30. Copper has one conduction electron per atom. Its density is 8.89 g/ cm 3 and its atomic mass is
63.54 g/mol. If a copper wire of diameter 1.0 mm carries a current of 2.0 A, what is the drift speed of
the electrons in the wire?
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ANSWERS

CURRENT & ELECTROSTATICS

1. c 2. d 3. b 4. a 5. b
6. a 7. c 8. d 9. d 10. c
11. a 12. a 13. a 14. d 15. b
16. d 17. c 18. c 19. a 20. b
21. 200 m 22. (a) 2  10 4 N (b) 4V (c) 4  10 6 J

23. 14.4  10 15 m 24. 99  10 9 J 25. 0V, 2V, 5V, 15V, 7.5A, 3A

26. 5V 27. 3A, 2,  5V

3E
28. (a) 320 cm (b) 29. 999  30. 1.9  10 4 m/ s
22 r