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CURRENT ELECTRICITY

PHYSICS
I. Straight Objective questions :
1. The area of current - time graph is
A) Current B) Charge C) Potential D) Resistance
2. A metallic resistor is connected across a battery. If the number of collisions of the free electrons
with the lattice is decreased in the resistor, then the current will
A) Increase B) Decrease C) remain the same D) become zero
3. In the network shown the current flowing through the resistance 2R is
4R
R

2R

E
E E 2E 2E
A) B) C) D)
R 7R 7R R
4. When the current ‘i’ is flowing through a conductor, the drift speed is ‘v’. If ‘2i’ current is flowing
through the same metal but having double the area of cross - section, then the drift speed is
v v
A) B) C) v D) 4v
4 2
5. The current in a wire depends
A) only on the potential difference applied B) only on the resistance of wire
C) both (A) and (B) D) volume of conductor
6. The V- I graph for a conductor at temperatures T1 and T2 are as shown in figure.  T2  T1  is
proportional to
V T2

T1


I

A) cos 2 B) sin 2 C) cot 2 D) tan 2

7. A wire of resistance ‘R’ is melted and casted to half of its original length, new resistance will be
R R
A) B) C) 2R D) R
4 2
8. Given three equal resistors, the number of ways of different combinations of these resistances can
be made is
A) 6 B) 5 C) 4 D) 3

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9. The smallest resistance that can be obtained by the combination of ‘n’ resistors each of resistance R
is
R R
A) 2 B) C) nR D) n 2 R
n n
10. When 900 C of charge passes through a wire in 10 minute, the current in the wire is
A) 2.5 A B) 3.5 A C) 1.5 A D) 4 A
II. More than One correct type question:
11. The equivalent resistance of the parallel combination is
A) smaller than the largest resistance B) larger than the largest resistance
C) smaller than the smallest resistance D) larger than the smallest resistance
12. The equivalent resistance in series combination is
A) smaller than the largest resistance B) larger than the largest resistance
C) smaller than the smallest resistance D) larger than the smallest resistance
13. There are two copper wires of the same length but different diameters
A) Thicker wire has more specific resistance than the thinner wire
B) Thicker wire has less resistance then the thinner wire
C) Both have the same resistance
D) Both have the same specific resistance
III. Assertion and Reason type question:
14. Assertion: Good conductors of heat are also good conductors of electricity and vice versa.
Reason: Mainly free electrons are responsible for these conductions.
A)Assertion is True, Reason is True and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
B)Assertion is True, Reason is True but Reason is not correct explanation of Assertion
C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
D)Assertion is False, Reason is True
15. Assertion: If potential difference across two points is zero then current between the two points
should also be zero
V
Reason: According to Ohm’s law current passing through a resistor i 
R
A)Assertion is True, Reason is True and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
B)Assertion is True, Reason is True but Reason is not correct explanation of Assertion
C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
D)Assertion is False, Reason is True
IV. Statement type question:
16. Statement I: Current density direction is along the current at that point.
Statement II: Current density is a vector quantity.
A)Statement I is True, Statement II is True and Statement II is correct explanation of Statement I
B)Statement I is True, Statement II is True but Statement II is not correct explanation of Statement I
C)Statement I is True, Statement II is False
D)Statement I is False, Statement II is True
V. Matrix Matching`: (17 – 20)
Column I Column II
17. Reciprocal of resistance A) Conductance [ ]
18. Kirchhoff’s first law B) law of conservation of charge [ ]
follows
19. Kirchhoff’s second law C) law of conservation of energy [ ]
follows
20. Reciprocal of resistivity D) conductivity [ ]

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KEY

1) B 2) A 3) C 4) C 5) C 6) C 7) A

8) C 9) B 10) C 11) A, C 12) B, D 13) B, D 14) A

15) A 16) A 17) A 18) B 19) C 20) D

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