ELECTRICITY 1

1. A wire of resistance 3.0 Ω is stretched to twice its original length. The resistance of
the new wire will be
a) 1.5 Ω b) 3.0 Ω c) 6.0 Ω d) 12 Ω
2. In the circuit shown below, the reading of ammeter is
a) 0.2 A b) 0.4 A c) 0.6 A d) 0.8 A

3. Each resistor in the network below has a resistance of 10 Ω. The resistance between
points A and B is
a) 10 Ω b) 20 Ω c) 30 Ω d) 40 Ω

4. A cell supplies a current of 0.9 A through a 2 Ω resistor and a current of 0.3 A

through a 7 Ω resistor. What is the internal resistance of the cell?
a) 0.5 Ω b) 1.0 Ω c) 1.2 Ω d) 2.0 Ω
5. A voltmeter having a resistance of 1800 Ω is employed to measure the p.d. across a
200 Ω resistor which is connected to the terminals of a DC power supply having an
emf of 50 V and an internal resistance of 20 Ω. What is the percentage decrease in
the p.d. across the 200 Ω resistor as a result of connecting the voltmeter across it?
a) 1% b) 5% c) 10% d) 25%
6. The deflection in a moving coil galvanometer falls from 50 to 10 divisions when a
shunt of 12 Ω is connected across it. The resistance of the galvanometer coil is
a) 24 Ω b) 36 Ω c) 48 Ω d) 60 Ω
7. A galvanometer of resistance 10 Ω gives full-scale deflection when 1 mA current
passes through it. The resistance required to convert it into a voltmeter reading up to
2.5 V is
a) 24.9 Ω b) 249 Ω c) 2490 Ω d) 24900 Ω
8. The driver cell of a potentiometer has an emf of 2 V and negligible internal
resistance. The potentiometer wire has a resistance of 5 Ω and is 1 m long. The
resistance which must be connected in series with the wire so as to have a p.d. of
5mV across the whole wire is
a) 1985 Ω b) 1990 Ω c) 1995 Ω d) 2000 Ω
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9. A uniform copper wire of length 1 m and cross-sectional area 5 x 10 m carries a
current of 1 A. Assuming that there are 8 x 1028 free electrons per cubic metre in
copper, how long will an electron take to drift from one end of the wire to the other?
a) 0.8 x 103 s b) 1.6 x 103 s c) 3.2 x103 s d) 6.4 x 103 s

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10. Two identical cells of emf 1.5 V each connected in parallel provide a supply to an
external circuit consisting of two resistors of 7 Ω each joined in parallel. A very high
resistance voltmeter reads the terminal voltage of the cells to be 1.4 V. What is the
internal resistance of each cell?
a) 0.2 Ω b) 0.3 Ω c) 0.4 Ω d) 0.5 Ω
11. The resistor network shown below is connected to a battery of emf 30 V having an
internal resistance of 1 Ω. What is the voltage drop across the 2 Ω resistor?
a) 3V b) 6V c) 12 V d) 24 V

12. What is the equivalent resistance of the network shown below? (The numbers
indicate the resistances in ohms.)
a) 8Ω b) 16/3 Ω c) 4Ω d) 16/5 Ω

13. In the potentiometer circuit shown below, the balance point when switch S1 is closed
and S2 is open is 50 cm, while that when S2 is closed and S1 is open is 60 cm. What
is the value of X?
a) 1Ω b) 2Ω c) 3Ω d) 4Ω

14. In the potentiometer circuit shown below, the balance length AJ = 60 cm when switch
S is open. When S is closed and R is 5 Ω, the balance length AJ’ = 50 cm. What is
the internal resistance of cell C’?
a) 0.6 Ω b) 0.8 Ω c) 1.0 Ω d) 1.2 Ω

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15 A voltmeter reads 3 V at full-scale deflection and is graded as 6000 Ω/ V. What
resistance should be connected in series with it so that it reads 12 V at fsd?
a) 18 kΩ b) 36 kΩ c) 54 kΩ d) 72 kΩ
16. In the following circuit the galvanometer shows no deflection. What is the resistance
X?
a) 7Ω b) 14 Ω c) 21 Ω d) 28 Ω

17. What is the equivalent resistance between points A and B?

a) 2Ω b) 3Ω c) 4Ω d) 16 Ω

18. The current I in the circuit is

a) 1/45 A b) 1/15 A
c) 1/10 A d) 1/5A

19. The point D divides the resistance into two equal halves. The resistance between
points A and D is
a) 12 Ω b) 6Ω c) 3Ω d) 1/3 Ω

20. The range of a voltmeter is 5 V and its resistance is 5000 Ω. (4900 Ω connected in
series with a coil of resistance 100 Ω.) What additional resistance should be
connected in series with it so that its range is doubled?
a) 5000 Ω b) 4500 Ω c) 4000 Ω d) 3500 Ω
21. Three unequal resistances connected in parallel are equivalent to a single resistance
of 1 Ω. If two resistances are in the ratio 1:2 and if no resistance is fractional, the
largest of the three resistors is
a) 4Ω b) 6Ω c) 8Ω d) 12 Ω
22.`The smallest resistance that can be obtained by combining n resistors, each of
resistance R is
a) n2R b) nR c) R/n d) R/ n2
23. A wire of resistance 4 Ω is bent into a circle. The resistance between the ends of a
diameter of the circle
a) 4Ω b) 1Ω c) ¼Ω d) 1/16 Ω

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24. RP is the equivalent resistance of n resistors, each equal to R when they are
connected in parallel and RS when they are connected in series. The ratio RS/RP is
a) n b) n2 c) 1/n d) 1/n2
25. Figure below shows a network of resistors connected to a 2 V battery. If the internal
resistance of the battery s negligible, current I in the circuit is
a) 0.25 A b) 0.5 A c) 0.75 A d) 1.0 A

26. Figure below shows a network of 8 resistors numbered 1 to 8, each equal to 2 Ω,

connected to a 3 V battery of negligible internal resistance. The current I in the circuit
is
a) 0.25 A b) 0.5 A c) 0.75 A d) 1.0 A

27. The p.d. between points A and B is

a) -2V b) 2V c) 5V d) 20/11 V

28. A uniform wire of resistance 4 Ω is bent into the form of a circle of radius r. A
specimen of the same wire is connected along the diameter of the circle. What is the
equivalent resistance across the ends of this wire?
a) 4/(4+π) Ω b) 3/(3 +π) Ω c) 2/(2+π) Ω d) 1/(1+π) Ω
29. The equivalent resistance of the following infinite network is
a) less than 4 Ω
b) 4Ω
c) more than 4 Ω but less than 12 Ω
d) 12 Ω
30. An ideal battery of emf 2 V and a series resistance R are connected in the primary
circuit of a potentiometer of length 1 m and resistance 5 Ω. The value of R to give a
p.d. of 5 mV across 10 cm of potentiometer is
a) 180 Ω b) 190 Ω c) 195 Ω d) 200 Ω

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