SUBJECT-PHYSICS

CHAPTER: Electricity
CLASS-X

LEVEL-I

Q1. How much work is done in moving a charge of 2 coulombs from a point at 118 volts to a point at 128
volts?
Q2. How much energy is given to each coulomb of charge passing through a 6 V battery?
Q3. A 6Ω resistance wire is doubled up by folding. Calculate the new resistance of the wire.
Q3. A copper wire of length 2 m and area of cross section 1.7 x 10-6 m2 has a resistance of 2 x 10-2 Ω.
Calculate the resistivity of copper.
Q4. A wire 1 m long, 0.2 mm in diameter and has a resistance of 10Ω. Calculate the resistivity of its material.
Q5. Calculate the equivalent resistance when to resistances of 3Ω and 6Ω are connected in parallel.
Q6. How will you connect three resistors of resistances 2Ω, 3Ω and 6Ω to obtain a total resistance of (a) 4Ω
and (b) 1Ω?

LEVEL-II

Q7. What is the highest and lowest resistances which can be obtained by combining four resistors 4Ω, 8Ω,
12Ω and 24Ω?
Q8. Four resistances of 16Ω each are connected in parallel. Four such combinations are connected in series.
What is the total resistance?

Q9. An electric heater draws a current of 10 A from a 220 V supply. What is the cost of using the heater for 5
hours everyday for 30 days if the cost of I unit is Rs 5.20?

Q10. An electric motor takes 5 A current from a 220 V supply line. Calculate the power of the motor and
electrical energy consumed by it in 2 hours.

Q11. An electric fan runs from the 230 V mains. The current flowing through it is 0.4 amperes. At what rate is
electric energy transferred by the fan?

Q12. A heating coil has a resistance of 200 Ω. At what rate will heat be produced in it when a current of 2.5 A
flows through it.

Q13. A resistance of 25Ω is connected to a 12 V battery. Calculate the heat energy in joules generated per
minute?
Q14. Two bulbs are rated 100 W, 120 V and 10W, 120V respectively. They are connected in parallel across a
120V source. Find the current in each bulb. Which bulb will consume more energy?
LEVEL-III
Q15. How would you connect three resistors each of 6 ohms, so that the combination has a resistance of
(i) 9 ohms (ii) 2 ohms
Q16. Two bulbs of 100 W each and two coolers of 250W each, work on an average 6 hours a day. If the
energy costs Rs. 1.75 per unit, calculate the monthly bill.
Q17. Which uses more energy, a 250 W T.V. set in 1 hour or a 1200 W toaster in 10 minutes? Show by
calculations.
Q18. Two electric bulbs are marked 60 W, 220V and 100 W, 220 V respectively. Which one has a higher
resistance?
Q19. The filament of an electric lamp draws a current of 0.4A which lights for 3 hours. Calculate the
amount of charge that flows through the circuit.
Q20. An electric iron draws current of 0.5A when voltage is 200V. Calculate amount of charge flowing
through it in 1 hour.
Q21. A torch bulb is rated 5 V and 500 mA. Calculate its (i) Power (ii) Resistance (iii) energy consumed
when it is lighted for 4 hours.
Q22. Two identical resistors, each of 2 ohms, are connected in turn (i) in series (ii) in parallel, to a 12V
battery. Calculate the ratio of resistances consumed in the two cases.