CURRENT ELECTRICITY AND ELECTROSTATIC ASSIGNMENT QA. What shunt resistance is required to make the 1.00 mA, 20 21 galvanometer into an ammeter with a range of 0 to 50.0 mA? Q2. How can we make a galvanometer with G = 202 and i of 10.V? 1.0 mA into a voltmeter with a maximum range Q3. A potentiometer wire of length 100 cm has a resistance of 10.0. It is connected in series with a resistance and a cell of emf 2 V and of negligible internal resistance. A source of emf 10 mVis balanced against a length of 40 cm of the potentiometer wire. What is the value of external resistance? Q4. Figure shows part of a circuit. Calculate the power dissipated in 3 2 resistance. What is the potential difference Ve—Vs? ee tus Ne 2A Figen a0 a ADEGTS 30 60 6A QS. Two resistors with temperature coefficients of resistance @, and a, have resistances Ro: and Roz at orc. Find the temperature coefficient of the compound resistor consisting of the two resistors connected, (a) in series and (b) in parallel Q6. Find the current in each branches of the circuit. no ee te AD aw si av 20 él 8 ia Sel yD by 16 Q7. Find the current in each branch of the circuit shown in figure. sa 40.mos Me 8. An electrical circuit is shown in figure. Calculate the potential difference across the resistor of 400.0 aso will be measured by the voltmeter V of resistance 400 either by applying Kirchhoff rules or otherwise. Q8. The emf E andthe internal resistance r of the battery shown in figure are 4.3 V and 1.0 0 respectively. The external resistance R is 50.0, The resistances of the ammeter and voltmeter are 2.0.0 and 200.0 respectively, Elyt 5 Q10. In figure, E: = 12 Vand £2 = 8 V. {a) What is the direction of the current in the resistor (b) Which battery is doing positive work {c) Which point, A or B, is at the higher potential B Aw Ey Epis. Q11. Find the currents in different resistors shown in figure, 20 89~ as /| Q12. Ina potentiometer experiment it is found that no current passes through the galvanometer when the terminals of the cell are connected across 0.52 m of the potentiometer wire. if the cell is shunted by a resistance of 5 (a balance is obtained when the cell is connected across 0.4 m of the wire. Find the internal resistance of the cell. Q13. A cell of emf 3.4 V and internal resistance 3.0 is connected to an ammeter having resistance 20 and to an external resistance of 100 0. When a voltmeter is connected across the 100 0 resistance the ammeter reading is 0.04 A. Find the voltage read by the voltmeter and its resistance. Had the voltmeter been an ideal one what would have been its reading? Q14, The resistance Re of the coil of a pivoted-coil galvanometer is 9.36 Q and a current of 0.0224 A causes it galvanometer to an ammeter reading 20.0 A full scale. nected in series to deflect full scale. We want to convert this The only shunt available has a resistance of 0.0250 0. What resistance R must be cont with the coil of galvanometer? i a R; Ss; 15. (a) Avoltmeter with resistance Ry is connected across the terminals of a battery of emf E and internal resistance r. Find the potential difference measured by the voltmeter. (b) IF E= 7.50 V and r = 0.45 Q, find the minimum value of the voltmeter resistance Rv so that the voltmeter reading is within 1.0% of the emf of the battery (c) Explain why your answer in part (b) represents a minimum value. 16. (a) An ammeter with resistance Ra is connected in series with a resistor R and a battery of emf ¢ and internal resistance r. The current measured by the ammeter is /,. Find the current through the circuit if the ammeter is removed so that the battery and the resistor form a complete circuit. Express your answer in terms of I4,7,R4 and R. The more “ideal” the ammeter, the smaller the difference between this current and the current Ij. (b) If = 3.80.0, ¢ = 7.50 Vand r= 0.45 Q, find the maximum value of the ammeter resistance Ra so that J, is within 99% of the current in the circuit when the ammeter is absent (d) Explain why your answer in part (b) represents a maximum value.~ wen oe oe Fee ot dase sbsorstn fgacheanreenenet AD mica ene enn aw F dissipate? becoming excessively heated. what isthe maximum power the circus con juces a current 1 A. in this case, 18. A storage battery with emf 2.6 V loaded with external resistance prod Fi the thermal the potential difference between the terminals of the storage battery equals 2. Find the power generated in the battery and the net power supplied by the battery for extemal arcu 19. In the circuit shown in figure E: = 7V, Ez = 1V, Ri =20, Re= 2 Q and Rs = 3 0 respectively. Find the power supplied by the two batteries. : Ra A 2 he Q20. Three resistors having resistances of 1.60 9, 2.40 9 and 4.20 0 are connected in parallel to 3 22.0 V battery that has negligible internal resistance. Find: {@) the equivalent resistance of the combination {b) the current in each resistor (¢) the total current through the battery (@) the voltage across each resistor 21. Find the equivalent resistance between points A and B in the following circuits:Q22, Find Rag in the circuit, shown in figure, 8 A 2a ry 16a el nM Q23. Find the equivalent resistance of the networks shown in figure between the points a and b. > a fe) 224. Five point charges each of value + q are placed on five vertices of a regular hexagon of side ‘a’ meter. What is the magnitude of the force on a point charge of value ~q coulomb placed at the centre of the hexagon? 025. Apoint charge qi = 9:1 KC is held fixed at origin. A second point charge qa = -0.42 uC and amass 3,2 x 10-* kg is placed on the x-axis, 0.96 m from the origin. The second point charge is released at rest. What is its speed when it is 0.24 m from the origin? 26. Auniformly charged thin ring has radius 10.0 cm and total charge + 12.0 nC. An electron s placed on the ring’s axis a distance 25.0 om from the centre ofthe ring and is constrained to stay on the axis of the ring, The electron is then released from rest. {a) describe the subsequent motion of the electron (b) find the speed of the electron when it reaches the centre of the ring,/ ee ee oo se QA7. Figure shows an imaginary cubve of side a,b untormby charyed rod oh length 2 eaves towne rate a , gf CONMANL Hpeed ¥, ALL = 0, the right end of the fod just touches the lett Lace oA thee ciltoe Pict 2 props between electron thi passing through the cube vertus tere s 28, A charged partie of mass m = 1 4g and charge q'=2 uC ts thnowm from ahhoxtzontal proud zt se Ge 6 = AS ith Speed 20 m/s, n space a hortvontal electra ald B= 2107 Vien eh. Fie the cenge On horizontal ground of the projectile thrown. 29, An alpha particle with Kinetic energy 10 Met is heating towards 9 sationaey tin muchos of stoerc number 50, Calculate the distance of dosed app OAh, O30. A certain charge O's divided Into two parts q and OG, which ae then seperated by acencin ditance Wek mut «be in terms of to macs he cect otters between the tw chaegecd O31. Two Identical conducting spheres, Sued in space, tract cach he: With on hac -ritztie toxce of N when separated by 50.0 crn, center -to-centes. A thin conducting wite then concects the sghece: When he Wire's removed the wheres toe exh other etch an cectontic lexis ob 0360.m What were the initial chatges on the spheres?i GSS. Am electron with 2 speed of SOD X 10% cm/s enters an alectric field of magnitude 1.00 x 10° N/C, ‘Wavelling aiong the field lines im the Grection that retards Rs motion. | (a) Mow far wil the electron travel in the fale before stopping momentaniy ang (©) How much bme mil have elansed (©) Biche region with the electri field is only 8.00 mm long (too short from the electron to stop with, | im RL what fraction of the electron’s intial Linetic energy will be last in that region? i | G37. A changed partie of mass m= 1 kg and charge. q=242C is thrown from a horizontal ground at an angle © = 45" with the speed 25 m/s. Im space a horizontal electric field B'= 2 x 107 V/m exist in the Girection of modon. Find the range on horizontal ground of the projectile thrown. Take g = 10 mV/s? GSS. A point charge @: = + 2u€ is placed at the origin of co-ordinates, A second change, q@: = ~ 3xC, is placed (on the x-anis St x= 100 cm. At what point (or points) on the x-axis will the absolute potential be zero? 100 cm a n (G33. A charge Q is spread uniformly in the form of a line charge density 1 = 2 on the sides of an equilateral x ‘Siangie of perimeter 3a. Calculate the potential at the centroid C of the triangle. Q#0. A plastic rod has been formed into 3 circie of radius R. It has a positive charge + Q uniformly distributed along one-quarter if its circumference and 3 negative charge of — 6Q uniformly distributed along the rest of the Groumference (figure). With V = 0 at infinity, what is the electric potential | | (a) atthe centre C of the circle and (b) at point P, which is on the central axis of the circle at distance 2 from the centre? +Q Q41. The electric field in a certain region is given by E = Si — 3] kV/m, Find the difference in potential Ve—Va. If A is at the origin and point B is at {2} (0,0,5)m, {b) (4, 0, 3) m,rm = +2x). 042. The electric potential existing in space is V(X, 2) = Alxy + yz +2): la of A icfield ide of the electric field at (1m, 1m) is V(x y, 2) = Axy ~ Bx? + Cy, where A, B and C are {a) Write the dimensional formu! (b) Find the expression for the electri {c) IFA is 10 SI units, find the magnitut 43. Ina certain region of space, the electric potential positive constants. (a) Calculate the x, y and z components of the electric field (b) At which points is the electric field equal to zero? Q4. (a) A closed surface encloses a net charge of - 3.60 1C. What is the net electric flux through the surface? (b) The electric flux through a closed surface is found to be 780 N-m?/C. What quantity of charge is enclosed by the surface? (c) The closed surface in part (b) is a cube with sides of length 2.50 cm. From the information given in Part (b), is it possible to tell where within the cube the charge is located? Explain? (Q45. The electric field in a region is given by E = “i. Find the charge contained inside a cubical volume bounded by the surfaces x = 0, x = a, y=0, y=a,z=0andz=a, Take Ep=5 x 10° N/C,1 = 2cmand cm. 46. ir Q46. A point charges Qis located on the axis of a disc of radius R at a distance b from the plane of the disc (figure). Show that if one-fourth of the electric flux from the charges passes through the disc, then R = V3b. Q47. A cube has side of length L. tis i ~ It is placed with one corner at the origi igin as shown in figure. Th . The electric Ff ‘ 7 aes field is uniform and given by E = —Bi + Cj — DR, where B, Cand D are positive const: nstants. (a) Find the electric flux through each of the six cube faces $1, $2, Ss, , (b) Find the electric flux through the entire cube, Se aa fc) sateen) 5, tam sto) t= yr in) ‘ ( T OS thort) Sonam) 5 ereA Q48. Three concentric metallic shells A, B and C of radii a, band c (a ” Sa, col iice ofC> (=), ), outer surpace of C > 1)q ae Poli meet ’oneet —(VZaregk® OO) ou20 x “4 arena FQ lore? a a 1