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C)Uniform velocity D) Instantaneous velocity
10. The drift velocity is of the order of
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A)10-2 ms-1 B) 10-5 ms-1
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
C)10-3 ms-1 D) 10-4 ms-1
1. Electric current is defined as
11. The velocity of free electrons at room
A) Flow of charges through conductor
temperaturedue to their thermal motion is
B)Rate of flow of charges through
A Few km per sec
conductor
B)Several hundred km per sec
C)Flow of electron
C) Several km per sec
D)Flow of protons
D)Several meter per sec
2. A charge of 90C passes through a wire in
12. The conventional current is due to flow of
1hour and 15 minutes. What is the current
A)Positive charge B) Negative charge
in thewire?
C)Both (a)and (b) D) None of these
A)10mA B) 15mA
13. The speed of randomly moving electrons
C)20mA D) 25mA
dependsupon
3. The magnetic field produced by the current
A)Velocity B) Acceleration
due tothe flow of –ve charges in one
C) Temperature D) All of these
direction is
14. A source of constant current joined across acircuit
A)Equal to the flow of +ve charges in the same
produces
direction
A)Highly potential B)Low potential
B) Equal to the flow of +ve charges in the
C) Steady potential difference. D)Zero potential
opposite direction
15. Resistor is a device which convert electricenergy to
C)Equal to the –ve charges in opposite direction
A) Heat energy B) Chemical energy
D)Equal to the direction of actual charges
C) Elastic energy D)Nuclear energy
4. The SI unit of electric current
16. Heating effect of current is given by
A)Ampere B) Kelvin
A) H = I2RT B)h = P t
C)Joule D) Watt
C) H = V I t D)All of these
5. Mathematically the electric current can
17. In electrolyte, the current flows due tomotion of
beexpressed as
A)Proton B)Electron
ΔQ Δt C)Proton and electron D)Either (a) or (b)
I= I=
A) Δt B) ΔQ 18. In electrolysis process the CuSO4 depositedat
A) Anode B)Cathode
1
I= C) Neither cathode nor anode D)Either a or b
C) I=ΔQ x Δt D) ΔQ x Δt 19. Thermocouple converts heat energy
6. 1 ampere = into
A)C x sec B) C sec -1 A)P.E B)K.E
C) Electrical energy D) Nuclear energy
C)C-1 sec-1 D) C-1 sec
20. Solar cells convert ________ energy intoelectrical
7. The conventional current always flow from
energy
A)Negative terminal to positive terminal
A) Solar B) Heat
B)Positive to negative terminal
C) Mechanical D) Chemical
C)Either(a) or (b)
21. In electrolysis process, the vessel containingthe
D)Same as electronic current
two electrodes and the liquid is called
8. The current in the metallic conductor is due
A) Ohm meter B) Voltmeter
to themotion of
C) Ammeter D) Galvanometer
A)Protons B) Electrons
22. The liquid which conducts electric current iscalled
C)Neutrons D) All of these
A) Cathode B) Anode
9. The velocity acquired by the electrons in
C) Electrolyte D) Electrode
aconductor when a constant P.D is applied
23. Ohm’s law explain the behavior of current under
is called
the constant
A)Drift velocity B) Relative velocity
A) Resistance B) Voltage
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C) Current D) Both a and b A)Silver fibers B) Carbon fibers
24. Semiconductor is an example of C) Gold fibers D) Aluminum fibers
A)Ohmic conductor 37. The unit of conductivity is
B) Non Ohmic conductor A)ohm x m B)mh m-1
-1 -1
C) Insulator C)ohm m D) Both (b) and (c)
D) Super conductor 38. The resistance of conductor does not
25. The SI unit of resistance is depend upon
A) Volt B)Ohm A) Current B) Length
C) Joule D) Ampere C) Area D) Diameter
26. The graphical representation of Ohm’s law 39. Which
is of the following have the same
A) Straight line B)Parabola temperaturecoefficient of resistivity
C) Hyperbola D) Ellipse A) Iron and silver B) Platinum and
27. Slope of V-I graph represents silver
A) Resistance B) Conductance C) Iron and platinum D) Silver and gold
C) Resistivity D) Conductivity
40. Which of the following metal has the lowest
28. If the resistance of the conductor isincreased, valueof
the temperature coefficient of
current will resistivity
A) Increase B) Decrease A) Silver B) Gold
C) Remain same D)Zero C) Copper D) Aluminum
29. The resistance of a conductor depends upon 41. The substance whose resistance decreases
A) Nature of conductor only withincrease in temperature have
B) Potential difference between its ends _______temperature co-efficient
C) Magnitude of the current flowing through it A) Negative B) Positive
D) Nature, dimension and physical state of C) Zero D) Infinite
conductor 42. The color code of carbon resistors consists of
30. The conductors which strictly obey ohm’s law A)3 are
bands B)4 bands
called C)5 bands D)7 bands
A) Insulators B) Super conductors
43. The first band of carbon resistor indicates
C)Semi conductors D)None of these A) Zerodigits
31. The resistance of a conductor at absolute B) Resistivity
zero is C) First digit of numerical value
A)Zero B)Negative D) Tolerance
C) Positive D) None of the above 44. The third band indicates
32. Resistivity depends upon the ………….. A) Zero digit B) Decimal multiplier
A) Length B)Area C) First digit D) Tolerance
C) Temperature D)Both a and b 45. A zero ohm resistor indicated by single
33. The S.I unit of temperature coefficient A) Blue color B) Black color
ofresistivity is C) Green color D) Yellow color
0 46. The wounded wire over an insulating cylinder
C ofrheostat made of
A)K-1 B) -1 A) Silver B) Gold
0
C) Manganese D)Manganin
F
C) -1
D)K m-1 47. The thermistor convert the change of
34. The reciprocal of resistivity is called temperatureinto
A)Inductivity B)Conductivity A) Heat energy B) Light energy
C) Both(a) and (b) D) Resistance C) Solar energy D) Electrical voltage
35. The unit of resistivity is 48. Why should a resistance be introduced in a
A)K-1 B) Ohm m circuitin series deliberately?
C) Ohm-1 D) Ohm-1 m A) To increase current B) To decrease current
36. Inspectors can easily check the reliability of C) To control current D) None of these
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49. Why should different resistances be added inseries
in a circuit
A) To increases voltage B) To decrease voltage
C) To divide voltage D) All of the above
50. Rheostat can be functioned as
A)Variable resister B)Potential divider
C) Both a and b D)Emf
51. Thermistor are _________ resistors
A) Current B) Voltage
C) Heat sensitive D) All
52. Thermistor with high negative
temperaturecoefficient are very accurate for
measuringlow temperature
A) 10 K B) 20 K
C)30 K D) 40 K
53. The unit of power is
A) Joule B) Watt
C)Kelvin D) Ohm
54. The rate at which the battery is supplyingthe
electrical energy is the
A) Poweroutput B) Power input
C) Electrical power D) Both (a) and (b)
55. P out will be maximum when
A) R>r B)R=r
C)R<r D)None of these
56. The Emf resembles to the
A) Current B) Heat
C) Potential difference D) Capacitance
57. The unit of Emf is
A) Ampere B) Volt
C) Joule D) Watt
58. The internal resistance is offered by
the
A) Conductor B) Circuit
C) Battery D) External resistance
59. The terminal potential (Vt) difference is equalto
the Emf when the circuit is
A) Close B) Open
C) Both (a) and (b) D) None of these
60. The Emf is the ________ and _____ is itseffect
A) Source and current
B) Current and voltage
C) Cause and potential difference
D) Potential difference and cause

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SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Why is it dangerous to touch a live wire while
standing on earth bear-footed?
2. What do you understand by close circuit and
open circuit?
3. Why there are more chances for burning out a thinner
region of filament of lighted bulb than the thicker one?
4. Differentiate between EMF and Potential Difference?
5. How does the resistance of a conductor changes
with length?
6. In balanced condition Wheatstone bridge
galvanometer shows no deflections, why?
7. Why a voltmeter cannot read the exact value of
EMF of a cell?
8. Why should the potentiometer wire be long and
uniform in diameter?
9. What is potentiometer? Give its principle?
10. Find the heat dissipated through a bulb of 60w in
two hours?
11. How current flows through a metallic conductor.
12. What would be the resistance of the two carbon
wires having following colorbands?
a) Orange, Green, Black, Silver
b) White, Violet, Red, Golden
13. Write the unit of a) conductivity b) electric power
c) EMF d) Temperature coefficient of resistance.
14. Give some examples of flow of current in which
Ohm’s law is not valid
15. What is difference between ohmic and non-ohmic
substances and define Ohm’s law.
16. What is the temperature co-efficient of resistivity?
17. What is the difference between conventional
current and electronic current.
st nd
18. State Kirchhoff’s 1 and 2 rule.
19. Name two different effects of current.
20. How can you compare Emf of two cells with the
help of a potentiometer?
21. Write down the value of equivalent resistance for
three resistors R1, R2 and R3 when joined in
A)series and B) parallel.
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22. Draw the circuit diagram of a Wheatstone bridge and write
down its balancing condition.
23. Is the principle of conservation of energy applicable
to electrical circuits?
24. Why resistance of a conductor inversely proportional
to the area of cross-section of conductor?
25. What will be tolerance if there is no fourth color?
26. How the heating effects produce when current flows
through the conductor?
27. What is the Negative Coefficient of Temperature?
28. When a Wheatstone bridge is balanced, no current
flows through the galvanometer. Why?
29. How many ways resistance can be arranged in
electrical circuit?
30. Why potential meter is an accurate measuring
instrument?
31. What is resistivity and how it depends upon
temperature.
32. Does the filament of a lighted bulb obey ohm’s law?
33. The resistance of a conductor rises with temperature.
Explain why?
34. Give two uses of potentiometer.
35. What is meant by the term ‘Tolerance’? Explain.
36. Find the resistance of a filament in 500 W, 200 V
light bulbs.
37. Define conventional current and electronic current.
38. Why we prefer potentiometer in place of voltmeter
for measuring potential difference?
39. What is drift velocity?
40. Explain why the terminal potential difference of
battery decrease when the current drawn from it is
increased.
41. Describe a circuit which will give a continuously
varying potential.
42. What is thermistors?
43. What is rheostate? Write its one use.
44. A wire of length 10m has resistance 100 Ω. If the
wire is stretched to increase it length three limes.
What will be its new resistance?
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IMPORTANT LONG QUESTIONS

1. Define the following terms:
i. Conventional Current
ii. Ohm’s Law
iii. Resistance
2. Write a note on effects of current
3. Define resistivity and explain its dependence upon temperature.
4. Define the following terms:
i. Rheostat
ii. Potentiometer
iii. Thermistor
5. Differentiate between EMF and potential difference
6. Write a note on Kirchhoff’s rules.
7. Explain Wheatstone bridge and derive its mathematical relation
8. Define and explain krichhoff’s second rule?
9. Who wheat stone bridge can be used to find the unknown resistance explain with suitable diagram?