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ALPS_ Physics – 2319

Syllabus Topic: DC circuits

* Mark questions are more than one option correct type.
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1. In the given circuit of figure, with steady current, the potential drop across the capacitor must be: [  ]

(A) V (B) V/2 (C) V/3 (D) 2V/3

2. ABCD is a square (figure), where each side is a uniform wire of resistance 1 . A point E lies on CD such
that if a uniform wire of resistance 1  is connected across AE and constant potential difference is applied
across A and C, then B and E are equipotential. [ ]

CE CE 1 CE 1 CE
(A) 1 (B)  (C)  (D)  2
ED ED 2 ED 3 ED

3. All bulbs in figure are identical. Which bulb lights more brightly? [ ]

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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4. In the adjacent circuit, AB is a potentiometer wire of length 40 cm and resistance per unit length 50 /m.
As shown in the figure, the free end of an ideal voltmeter is touching the potentiometer wire. What should
be the velocity of the jockey as a function of time so that reading in the voltmeter varies with time as
(2sin t )? [ ]

(A) (10 sin t ) cm/s (B) (10 cos t ) cm/s

(C) (20 sin t ) cm/s (D) (20 cos t ) cm/s

*5. Four lamps are connected in the way shown in the figure. When switch S 2 is open and switch S1 is on
position-2, lamp-b is the brightest, and lamp-c and lamp-d are the dimmest and are of the same brightness.
Now S 2 is closed and S1 on position-1. In this position choose the correct options. [ ]

(A) The lamp that is brightest is a (B) The lamp that is brightest is b
(C) The lamp with least brightness is b (D) The lamp with least brightness is d

*6. In the figure shown, C1  11 F and C2  5F , then at steady state:

(A) The potential difference across C1 is 5V

(B) The potential difference across C2 is 2V
(C) The potential difference between points a and b is –4V
(D) The potential difference between the terminals of 15V battery is 9V [ ]

*7. A voltmeter reads the potential difference across the terminals of an old battery as 1.40 V while a
potentiometer reads its voltage to be 1.55 V. The voltmeter resistance is 280 . Then:
(A) The e.m.f. of the battery is 1.4 V
(B) The e.m.f. of the battery is 1.55 V
(C) The internal resistance r of the battery is 30 
(D) The internal resistance r of the battery is 5 

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8. Find the reading of ideal ammeter (in Ampere). [ ]

Direction for Q. 9. – Q.10.

Two capacitors C1 and C2 are connected with battery and resistance as shown. C1 is initially uncharged
and charge on both plates of C2 is Q0 . Switch is closed at t = 0. At time ‘t’ charge an left plate of C2 is
Q and force between both plates of C2 is ‘F’ and energy stored in the capacitor C2 is U. (Given
C1  C2  C and separation between plates of C 2 is d)

Column I Column II Column III

(Energy stored in capacitor C2 ) (Charge on left plate of C2 ) (Energy stored in C2 )
(I) CE 2 (i) CE (P) 0
4
(II) CE 2 (ii) 3CE (Q) CE 2
32 2 8d
(III) CE 2 (iii) CE (R) 3CE 2
16 4 8d
(IV) CE 2 (iv) CE (S) CE 2
8 2 32d

9. If Q0  0, and at t = RC ln 2. [ ]
(A) (II) (iv) (P) (B) (III) (iii) (P) (C) (II) (iii) (S) (D) (II) (iii) (S)
CE
10. If Q0  then at time t = RC ln 2. [ ]
4
(A) (II) (iv) (P) (B) (IV) (ii) (S) (C) (II) (iv) (S) (D) (IV) (ii) (P)

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11. Under what condition current passing through the resistance R can be increased by short circuiting the
battery of emf E2 . The internal resistances of the two batteries are r1 and r2 respectively. [ ]

(A) E2 r1  E1 ( R  r2 ) (B) E1r2  E2 ( R  r1 ) (C) E2 r2  E1 ( R  r2 ) (D) E1r1  E2 ( R  r1 )

*12. Two identical moving coil galvanometer have 10  resistance and full scale deflection at 2 A current.
One of them is converted into a voltmeter of 100 mV full scale reading and the other in to an ammeter of 1
mA full scale current using appropriate resistors. These are then used to measure the voltage and current in
the Ohms law experiment with R  1000  resistor by using an ideal cell. Which of the following
statement(s) is/are incorrect? [ ]
(A) The measured value of R will be 978   R  982 
(B) The resistance of the voltmeter will be 100 k 
(C) The resistance of the ammeter will be 0.02  (round off to 2nd decimal place)
(D) If the ideal cell is replaced by a cell having internal resistance of 5  then the measured value of R
will be more than 1000 

*13. A metal sphere of radius a is surrounded by a concentric metal sphere of inner radius of b, where b > a. The
space between the spheres is filled with a material whose electrical conductivity  varies with the electric
field strength E as   kE where k is a constant. A potential difference V is maintained between spheres.
(A) Current is 4r 2kE 2 , where (a < r < b) [ ]
(B) Current is 2r 2kE 2 , where (a  r  b)
I b
(C) Potential difference between spheres is V  ln   where I is total current
4k  a 
I b
(D) Potential difference between spheres is V  ln   where I is total current
2k  a 

*14. Two light bulbs shown in the circuit have rating A(24V, 24W) and B(24V, 36W) as shown in figure. When
the switch is closed? [ ]

(A) The intensity of light bulb A increases (B) The intensity of light bulb A decreases
(C) The intensity of light bulb B increases (D) The intensity of light bulb B decreases

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*15. Five cells have been connected in parallel to form a battery. The e.m.f. and internal resistances of the cells
have been shown in figure. A load resistance R is connected to the battery. [ ]

(A) Maximum current flows through the cell of emf 16 

(B) Maximum current flows through the cell of emf 
80
(C) The current through the resistance R is
31R  16r
40
(D) The current through the resistance R is
31R  16r
16. Consider the circuit shown in figure. The circuit is in steady state. Find. [ ]

The value of i1 is:

(A) 7/9 A (B) 14/13 A (C) 14/3 A (D) 17/22 A

17. The potential of point B is: [ ]

(A) 27/34 V (B) 46/13 V (C) 1/2 V (D) 61/49 V
18. The charge on capacitor is: [ ]
(A) 2 C (B) 4 C (C) 6 C (D) 8 C

19. Find equivalent resistance across AB. If RAB is mR then report the value of m correct two decimal places?
[ ]

20. In the given infinite grid each node to node connection has resistance R, Find equivalent resistance between
m
A and D. If R AD  R then m × n = ? [ ]
n
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21. A constant 60 V d.c. supply is connected across two resistors of resistance 400 k  and 200 k . What is the
reading of the voltmeter, also of resistance 200 k , when connected across the second resistor as shown in
figure. [ ]

(A) 12 V (B) 15 V (C) 20 V (D) 30 V

22. What is the charge stored on each capacitor C1 and C2 in the circuit shown below? [ ]

(A) 6 C , 6 C (B) 6 C , 3 C (C) 3 C , 6 C (D) 3 C, 3 C

23. In the diagram resistance between any two junctions is R. Equivalent resistance across terminals A and B is:

11R 18R 7R 11R

(A) (B) (C) (D) [ ]
7 11 11 18

*24. Figure shows a balanced Wheatstone bridge. [ ]

(A) If P is slightly increased, the current in the galvanometer flows from C to A

(B) If P is slightly increased, the current in the galvanometer flows from A to C
(C) If Q is slightly increased, the current in the galvanometer flows from C to A
(D) If Q is slightly increased, the current in the galvanometer flows from A to C

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*25. Figure shows the net power dissipated in R versus the current in a simple circuit shown. [ ]

(A) The internal resistance of battery is 0.2 

(B) The emf of battery is 2V
(C) R at which power is 5W is 2.5 
(D) At i = 2A, power is 3.2W

26. Initially all capacitors are uncharged and switch S is open. Now S is closed and steady state is allowed to
reach. If q1  charge on 5 F capacitor in steady state and q2  charge on 1F capacitor in steady state,
find value of (q1  10q2 ). [ ]

22
27. The potential difference V A  VB for the circuit shown in figures is  V . Find the value of x. [ ]
x

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Direction for Q. 28 to 30.

The potentiometer arrangement is show in figure, has wire of uniform cross section and resistivity and of
length 10m and resistance 8 . In the secondary circuit battery E1 of emf 3V and internal resistance 1 
and battery E2 of emf 2V and internal resistance 1  are connected with some resistance ‘R’ shown in the
figure. (internal resistance of batteries in secondary circuit are not shown in figure). [ ]

Case A:
When a connected to a1 and b connected b1
Case B:
When a connected to a 2 and b connected b2
Case C:
When a connected to a3 and b connected b3
Column I Column II Column III
(i) Case – A (I) R2 (P) 1 = 2.5 m
(ii) Case – B (Y) R4 (Q) 1 = 1.25 m
(iii) Case - C (Z) R6 (R) 1 = 0 (balance point is A)
(S) Can’t be balanced
28. Choose the incorrect combination from below:
(A) (i) (X) (P) (B) (i) (Y) (P) (C) (i) (Z) (P) (D) (i) (X) (S)
29. Choose the correct combination from below:
(A) (ii) (X) (P) (B) (ii) (X) (Q) (C) (ii) (Y) (S) (D) (ii) (Y) (R)
30. Choose the incorrect combination from below:
(A) (iii) (X) (R) (B) (iii) (Y) (R) (C) (iii) (Z) (R) (D) (iii) (X) (S)

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31. In the circuit given in figure, switch S is at position 1 for long time. Find the total heat generated in resistor
of resistance (2r0 ), when the switch S is shifted from position 1 to position 2. [ ]

C0 E02 C0 E02
(A) (B) C0 E02 (C) (D) None of these
2 3
32. Assuming all bulbs are identical, rank the brightness of the bulbs, from brightest to dimmest. [ ]

(A) A>D=H>B=C>E=F=G (B) A>B=C>D=H>E=F=G

(C) A>D=H>E=F=G>B=C (D) All have equal brightness

33. In the figure shown, battery 1 has emf = 6V and internal resistance  1 . Battery 2 has emf = 2V and
internal resistance  3 . The wires have negligible resistance. What is the potential difference across the
terminals of battery 2? [ ]

(A) 4V (B) 1.5 V (C) 5V (D) 0.5 V

34. In the figure shown the power generated in y is maximum when y  5 . Then R is: [ ]

(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 3

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*35. Given that the current through 12  resistance in the network shown is zero. [ ]

(A) The value of E is 42V (B) The value of E is 36V

(C) The resistance r is 3  (D) The resistance r is 2 

36. In the given diagram length of potentiometer wire AC is 10 m and resistance is R. Internal resistance of cell
E is negligible. Experimental cell V is balanced at balancing length of the l = 5m. Find new balancing
length in metre if wire AC is replaced by another wire of length 20 m and resistance 4R. [ ]

37. Find the reading of ideal voltmeter (in volt). [ ]

38. Find the potential difference (in V) between points A and B shown in the figure. [ ]

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39. Figure shows an experimental setup for a potentiaometer, point R is null point (no deflection of
galvanometer) 1 is primary source. Match the following: [The resistance box has a finite] [ ]

Column - I Column - II
(A) If only emf of battery 1 is increased (P) Point R will shift to left
(B) If only resistance of rheostat is increased (Q) Point R will shift to right
(C) If resistance box is connected and switch is closed (R) Point R may shift to left or right
(D) If an ideal battery is connected in series with  (S) R does not shift

40. In the circuit shown, current through the resistance 2  is i1 and current through the resistance 30  is i2 .
Find the ratio i1 /i2 . [ ]

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41. Three copper rods are subjected to different potential difference. Compare the drift speed of electrons
through them. Assume that all 3 are at the same temperature. [ ]
Length Diameter Potential difference
(i) L 3d V
(ii) 2L d 2V
(iii) L 2d 2V
(A) V1  V2  V3 (B) V1  V2  V3 (C) V1  V2  V3 (D) None of these

42. A hollow conducting sphere of inner radius R and outer radius 2R has resistivity ‘  ’ as a function of the
distance ‘r’ from the centre of the sphere   kr 2 /R. The inner and outer surfaces are painted with a
perfectly conducting ‘paint’ and a potential difference V is applied between the two surfaces. Then, as ‘r’
increases from R to 2R the electric field inside the sphere. [ ]
(A) Increases (B) Decreases
(C) Remains constant (D) Passes through a maxima

43. Given that 5.0 A passes along the branch from C to B in figure. What is the voltage of point A. [ ]

(A) +14 V (B) 16 V (C) –3 V (D) +3 V

44. In a meter bridge shown in the figure the balancing length ‘x’ was found to be 40 cm. When another resistor
of resistance ‘y’  was connected in parallel with ‘R’ , then NULL point N shifts by 10 cm. Find the
value of y/2. [ ]

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45. An ideal battery of emf e0  10 V is used in the primary circuit of potentiometer. The length of
potentiometer wire AB is 5 m and resistance 20  (having uniform resistance per unit length) and all other
connecting wire are having negligible resistance). [ ]

Two unknown cells of emf e1 and e2 are used in the secondary circuit. It is given that r2  4r1. r1 and r2
are the internal resistance of e1 and e2 respectively. Balancing length for e1 alone is l. When e1 and e2 are
connected in series, the balancing length obtained is 3l, when e2 is connected in series with e0 and e1 is
balanced, the balancing length again is l. When switch s is closed (shown in the figure) the balancing length
obtained is 40 cm. Then match the following.
Column - I Column - II
(A) The value of e1 is (P) 1
(B) The value of e2 (Q) 2
(C) The value of r1 is (R) 4
(D) The value of r2 is: (S) 8

46. Due to disturbance, the meter scale of meter bridge is displaced slightly such that left hand of meter bridge
wire coincides with 2 cm mark. If measured balancing length is 42 cm and standard R resistance is 50 .
Find X (unknown resultant)? [ ]

47. Two metal balls of the same radius a are located in a homogeneous poorly conducting medium with
resistivity . Find the resistance of the medium between the balls provided that the separation between
m  
them is much greater than the radius of the ball. If Resistance is   then Find value of m + n = ?
n  a 
[ ]

48. In a series grouping of cells, current in the external circuit is I. The polarity of how many cells should be
reversed so that current becomes 1/3rd of earlier value, given that originally, we had 27 identical cells,
connected in series. [ ]

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49. In the show circuit the resistance R can be varied: [ ]

The variation of current through R against R is correctly plotted as:

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

50. In the circuit shown, find current through AB. [ ]

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Answer key : ALPS_ Physics – 2319

Topic: DC Circuits
Day 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

C D A D AC ACD BC 6 D A

Day 2

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

B BD AC BC AC B B D 1.91 6

Day 3

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

A A D AD ABD 80 9 D C D

Day 4

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

C A C D AC 6.25 16 6

39 40

(A – P) ; (B – Q) ; (C – P) ; (D – R) 9

Day 5

41 42 43 44 45 46 47

A C A 72 (A– Q); (B – R); (C – Q) ; (D – S) 75 3

48 49 50

9 C 13.33

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