PHYSICS CURRENT ELECTRICITY

BIIT MUSCAT CLASSX11 PHYSICS TEST

CURRENT ELECTRICITY
1. Material used in the construction of standard resistance must have
1) Positive temperature coefficient 2) Negative temperature coefficient
3) Almost negligible temperature coefficient
4) Either positive or negative temperature coefficient
2. The wrong statement among the following
1) A thermometer made up of negative themistor can measure temperature changes of ordeR of 10-3K
2) Thermistor is widely used in measuring rate of energy flow in micro wave beams
3) For thermistor, temperature coefficient of resistance is very small
4) To prevent sudden surge of current, a thermistor with high negative temperature coefficient of resis-
tance is connected in series in the circuit
3. The specific resistance of a wire varies with its
1) Length 2) Cross-section 3) Mass 4) Material
4. When no potential difference is applied acroos a conductor, no current flows in the conductor
because
1) All the electrons in the conductor are at rest
2) The current due to electrons is cancelled by the current due to positive ions
3) The electrons accumalate at end of conductor
4) The electrons move in random directions with then velocity of electrons in the conductor is zero
5. The thermistors are usually made of
1) Metal with low temperature coefficient of resistivity
2) Metal with high temperature coefficient of resistivity
3) Metal oxides with high temperature coefficient of resistivity
4) Semiconducting material having low temperature coefficient of resistivity
6. The sensitivity of a potentiometer can be increased by
1) Decreasing e.m.f of cell in primary circuit 2) Icreasing length of potentiometer wire
3) Decreasing length of potentiometer wire 4) Decreasing resistance of primary circuit
7. In a meter bridge experiment, null point for an unknown resistance is measured used in left
gap. Now, the unknown resistance is put inside an enclosure maintained at a higher temperature.
The null point can be obtained as before
1) By decreasing the value of standard resistance 2) By increasing the value of standard resistance
3) For same value of standard resistance 4) By short- circuiting the standard resistance
8. Kirchhoff’s law of junctions (first law), Kirchhoff’s law of meshes(second law), respectively
based on
1) Conservation of charge, conservation of energy
2) Conservation of charge, conservation of momentum
3) Conservation of energy, conservation of charge
4) Conservation of momentum, conservation of charge
9. Wheatstone bridge is most sensitive when the arms ratio is
1) Equal to one 2) Less than one 3) More than one 4) Zero
10. Series combination of cells is preferred when
1) External resistance is large compared to internal resistance of cell
2) External resistance is small compared to the internal resistance of each cell.
3) External resistance is equal to internal resistance
4) Large current is required

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11. In a H-atom an electron makes 6.0x1015 rev/sec. around the nucleus. Its equivalent current is
1) 0.96x10–3 amp 2) 9.6x10–4 amp 3) 3.75x103 amp 4) 9.6x10–3 amp
12. A wire of length L is bent in the form of an equilateral triangle, then the effective resistance
between any two vertices of the triangle is R. If the same wire is bent in the form of regular
hexagon, then the effective resistance between the ends of one side of the hexagon is
27 R 5R 32 R 27 R
1) 2) 3) 4)
32 8 5 4
13. In a hydrogen tube it is observed that through a given cross - section 3.13 x 1015 electrons per
sec. moving from right to left and 3.12 x 1015 protons per sec are moving from left to right.
The electric current in the discharge tube and its direction is[4]
1) 1.6A towards left 2) 1.6A towards right 3) 1mA towards left 4)1mA towards right
14. For a cell, the graph between the p.d.(V) across the terminals of the cell and the current I
drawn from the cell is shown in the fig. the emf and the internal resistance of the cell is E and
r respectively.

1) E = 2.5 V , r = 0.5 2) E = 2.5V , r = 0.4 

3) E > 2 .5V , r = 0.5 4) E > 2 .5V , r = 0.4 
15. The same mass of copper is drawn into two wires 1 mm thick and 2 mm thick. Two wires are then
connected in parallel and current is passed. The heat produced in the wires is the ratio
1) 16 : 1 2) 1:1 3) 1 : 16 4) 1 : 4
16. When an unknown resistance and a resistance of 6  are connected in the left and right gaps
of a meter bridge, the balancing point is obtained at 50cm. If 3  resistance is connected in
series to resistance in right gap, the balance point
1) decrease by 25cm 2) increases by 25 cm 3) decrease by 10 cm 4) increases by10 cm
17. The lengthof the potentiometer wire is ‘l’. A cell of e.m.f ‘E’ is balanced at a length of l/3 from
positive end of the wire. If the length of the wire is increased by l/2, shift in the balancing
length is ________ [Assume cell in primary circuit to be ideal]
1) l/2 2) l/6 3) 2l/3 4) 4l/3
18. Two wires of same material having lengths in the ratio 2:3 are connected in series. If the
potential drops across them are 5.4V and 3.6V respectively then the ratio of their radii is
1) 3: 2 2) 9: 4 3) 4 : 9 4) 2 : 3
19. The P.D between M and N is (VN–VM) is

6V 8V
0.5 A 0.5 A 0.5 A
M N

6 2
1 1

1) 3 Volt 2) –11 Volt 3) –3 Volt 4) –19 Volt

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20. A potential difference of 220V is maintained across a 12000 Ω rheostat as shown in the fig-
ure. The voltmeter has a resistance of 6000Ω and the point C is at one fourth of the distance
between a and b, from a. The reading of the voltmeter is

1) 20V 2) 40V 3) 110V 4) 55V

21. Masses of three wires of same a material are in the ratio 1:2:3 and their lengths are in the
ratio 3:2:1. Electrical resistance of these wires will be in the ratio of
1) 1: 1:1 2) 1:2:3 3) 9:4:1 4) 27:6:1
22. A potential difference of 2V exists across a potentiometer wire length 2m. When the potential
difference accross a 2 Ω resistor of second circuit is measured by this potentiometer it gives
a balancing length of 50 cm. The current in the second circuit is (in mA)
1) 100 2) 150 3) 250 4) 300
23. Resistors are connected in the two gaps of a meter bridge. The balance point is 20cm from the
zero end. When a 15 Ω resistor is connected in series with the smaller resistance then the null
point shifts to 40cm. The smaller resistance is
1) 80  2) 9  3) 10  4) 12 
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24. A metallic conductor at 10 C connected in the left gap of meter bridge gives balancing length
40cm. When the conductor is at 600C, the balancing point shifts by (temperature coefficient of
resistance of the material of the wire is (1/220)/0C) ............... (approximately)
1) 5 cm 2) 10cm 3) 15cm 4) 7cm
25. A potentiometer wire of length 10m and resistance 4 ohm is connected in series to battery of
E.M.F 4 v and resistance of 6 ohm. If now a cell of e.m.f 1 volt is connected in the secondary
and its e.m.f. is projected on the potentiometer wire, the balancing length would be
1) 62.5 cm 2) 6.25 cm 3) 625 cm 4) 312.5 cm

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