Class : X Subject : Physics

CURRENT ELECTRICITY : WORKSHEET-1

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Current and potential
1) Calculate the number of electrons passing per second through a conductor to produce a current of
one ampere.
2) How much energy is given to each coulomb of charge passing through a 6 V battery?
Resistance and its factors
3) A copper wire has a diameter 0.5 mm and resistivity 1.6 x 10-8ohm m.
(i) What will be the length of this wire to make the resistance of 12 Ohm?
(ii) How much will be the resistance of another copper wire of same length but half the diameter?
4) A wire of uniform cross-section and length 4m has a resistance of 4 ohm. The wire is cut into four
equal pieces. Each piece is then stretched to length ‘lm’. Thereafter, the four wires are joined in
parallel. Calculate the net resistance
5) A wire of length 3 m and area of cross-section 1.7X10-6 m2 has a resistance 3x10-2 ohm.
a) What is the formula and unit of resistivity of the wire?
b) Calculate the resistivity of the wire
6) The table given below shows the resistivity of three Materials X, Y and Z?
Samples X Y Z
Resistivity 3 X10-9 Ωm 11.1 X10-6 Ωm 18X10-17 Ωm
a) Arrange the samples in increasing order of conductivity
b) Which of these is best conductor? c) Which of these is best insulator?
7) There are ‘m’ resistors each of resistance R. First they all are connected in series and equivalent
resistance is X. Now they are connected in parallel and equivalent resistance is Y. What is the ratio
of X and Y?
8) A student has a wire of resistance 1ohm. If the length of this wire is 50 cm, to what length he should
stretch it uniformly so as to obtain a wire of 4 Ω resistance? Justify your answer.
9) Calculate the resistivity of the material of a wire of length 1 m, radius 0.01 cm and of resistance 20 ohms.
10) The resistance per meter length of a wire is 10 Ω. If the resistivity of the material of the
wire is 50×10-8 ohm meters, find the area of cross – section of the wire.
11) The resistance of a wire of 0.01 cm radius is 10 Ω. If the resistivity of the material of the
wire is 50×10-8 ohm meters, find the length of the wire.
12) Show different ways in which three resistances of R ohm each can be connected in a circuit. In
which case is the equivalent resistance of the combination:
(i) maximum (ii) minimum
13) Three resistors of 1 Ω, 2 Ω and 3 Ω are connected in parallel in a circuit. If 1 Ω resistor
draw a current of 1 A, find the current through the other two resistors.
14) When a resistor R is connected to a battery of 3 V, it draws a current of 1 ampere. Find
the value of R. If an identical resistor is connected in parallel with it, find the current that flows
through the circuit.
Combination of resistances
15) Why is the series arrangement of appliances not used for domestic circuits?
16) Resistors are given as R1 = 10ohm, R2 = 20 ohm, and R3 = 30 ohm. Calculate the effective resistance
when they are connected in series. Also calculate the current flowing when the combination is
connected to a 6 V battery.
17) Why is Tungsten used almost exclusively for filament of electric lamps?
18) What happens to resistance of the conductor?
1 When Temperature is increased
2 When the length is doubled
3 When area of cross-section is increased
19) Give the formula for each:
1 Ohm’s Law
2 Resistance in terms of Length, Area, resistivity
3 Current in terms of Resistance and Voltage
4 Equivalent Resistance for Resistors in Series
5 Equivalent Resistance for Resistors in Parallel
6 Power produced in the resistance
20. Using three wires of resistances 1 ohm, 2ohm and 3ohm then the no. of different values of
resistances that are possibl.e
a) 6 b) 4 c) 10 d) 8
21. Three resistances each of 3  are connected as shown in fig. The resultant resistance between A
and F is
a) 9  b) 2  c) 4  d) 1 

22. A wire of resistance 20  is bent in the form of a square. The resistance between the ends of
diagonal is
a) 10  b) 5  c) 20  d) 15 
23. There are five equal resistors.
The minimum resistance possible by their combination is 2ohm. The maximum possible
resistance we can make with them is
a) 25 ohm b) 50 ohm c) 100 ohm d) 150 ohm
24. An electric current is passed through a circuit containing two wires of the same material,
connected in parallel. If the lengths and radii of the wires are in the ratio 4/3 and 2/3 then the
ratio of the currents passing through the wires will be
a) 3 b) 1/3 c) 8/9 d) 2
25. A current of 1A is passed through two resistances 1  and 2  connected in parallel. Current
flowing through 2  resistor will be
a) 1/3A b) 1A c) 2/3A d) 3A
26. Resistance of each 1  are connected as shown in the fig. The effective resistance between A
and G is

a) 16  b) 20  c) 12  d) 8 

27 Which arrangement of four identical resistances should be used to draw maximum energy
from a cell of voltage V.?

28. The resistance of a wire is 10ohm. The resistance of a wire whose length is twice and the radius
is half, if it is made of same material is
a) 20  b) 5  c) 80  d) 40 
29 The least resistance that one can have from six resistors of each 0.1 ohm resistance is
a) 0.167  b) 0.00167  c) 1.67  d) 0.0167 
30 The resultant resistance of two resistors when connected in series is 48ohm. The ratio of their
resistances is 3:1. The value of each resistance is
a) 20  28  b) 32  , 16  c) 36  , 12  d) 24  , 24 
31 The current ‘I’ in the circuit given below is

a) 0.1A b) 0.2A c) 1.0A d) 2.0A