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CUREENT ELECTRICITY
Class 12 - Physics
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Maximum Marks: 30

1. If 2.25 × 1020 electrons pass through a wire in one minute, find the magnitude of the current flowing through [1]

the wire.
2. I-V graph for a metallic wire at two different temperatures T1 and T2 is as shown in the figure below. Which of [1]

the two temperature is lower and why?

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3. Two bulbs are marked 220 V, 100 W and 220 V, 50 W respectively. They are connected in series to 220 V mains. [1]
Find the ratio of heats generated in them.
4. Draw a graph to show the variation of resistance of metal wire as a function of its diameter keeping its length [1]
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and material constant.
5. A wire of a certain radius is stretched so that its radius decreases by a factor n. Calculate its new resistance. [1]
6. Two wires A and B of equal mass and of the same metal are taken. The diameter of wire A is half the diameter [2]
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of wire B. If the resistance of wire A is 24 Ω , calculate the resistance of wire B.

7. The current is drawn from a cell of emf ε  internal resistance r connected to the network of resistors each of [2]
resistance r as shown in the figure. Obtain the expression for
i. the current drawn from
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ii. the power consumed in the network.

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8. Two metallic wires P1 and P2 of the same material and same length but different cross-sectional areas A1 and A2 [2]
are joined together and then connected to a source of emf. Find the ratio of the drift velocities of free electrons in
the wires P1 and P2 if the wires are connected

i. in series, and
ii. in parallel.
9. Using Kirchhoff's laws in the electrical network shown in the figure, calculate the values of I1, I2 and I3.
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10. Explain how electron mobility changes for a good conductor when (i) the temperature of the conductor is [2]

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 decreased at constant potential difference and (ii) applied potential difference is double at constant temperature.
11. AB, BC, CD and DA are resistors of 1, 1, 2 and 2 Ω respectively connected in series. Between A and C is a 1 [3]
volt cell of resistance 2 Ω , A being positive. Between B and D is a 2 V cell of 1 Ω resistance, B being positive.
Find the current in each branch of the circuit.
12. State Kirchhoff's laws of current distribution in an electrical network.
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Using these rules determine the value of the current I1 in the electric circuit given below:

13. Three piece of copper wires of lengths in the ratio 2:3:4 and with diameters in the ratio 4:5:6 are connected in [3]
parallel. Find the current in each branch if the main current is 5A.

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14. A network of resistors is connected to a 16 V battery with internal resistance of 1Ω as shown in figure
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a. Compute the equivalent resistance of the network.

b. Obtain the current in each resistor
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c. Also obtain the voltage drops VAB, VBC and VCD.

15. Two identical slabs, of a given metal, are joined together, in two different ways, as shown in figures (a) and (b).
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What is the ratio of the resistances of these two combinations?

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