ONE MARK TYPE QUSETIONS

1. Write the S I unit of charge,

2. Calculate the number of electron in 1 C of charge,
3. Define Electric current.
4. Define 1 ampere.
5. Name the electrical device used for measuring current.
6. How is an ammeter is included in a circuit?
7. A current of 0.5 A is drawn by a filament of an electric bulb for 10 minutes. Find the amount
of electric charge that flows through the circuit.
8. Define an electric circuit.
9. Define 1 V of potential difference.
10. Calculate the work done to move a charge of 2 C between two points of potential difference
6 V.
11. Name the device used for measuring potential difference. How it is included in the circuit?
12. How much energy is given to each coulomb of charge passing through a 6 V battery?
13. Draw the circuit symbols of (i) closed plug key (ii) A wire joint.
14. State Ohm’s law.
15. Draw the graph between V and I for a wire
16. Write the mathematical form of Ohm’s law.
17. Define resistance. Write its S I unit
18. Define 1 ohm.
19. Mention the factors on which resistance of a conductor depends on its shape.
20. Define resistivity of a conductor. How the resistivity of a conductor vary with length and
cross sectional area of the conductor.
21. Write the S I unit of resistivity.
22. How the resistivity of a conductor varies with temperature of the conductor?
23. Which has higher resistivity: an alloy or a pure metal?
24. Why alloys are used in heating electrical devices?
25. What are the advantages of parallel connection of resistors than series connections?
26. How can three resistors of resistances 2 Ω , 3Ω and 6 Ω be connected to give a total
resistance of (a) 4Ω and (b) 1 Ω
27. State Joule’s law of heating.
28. Mention any two practical uses of heating effect of electric current.
29. Write the properties of a fuse wire.
30. What are the material generally used for making a fuse wire?
31. Define electric power. Write its S I unit.
32. Write the commercial unit of energy.
33. Convert I kW h in to joules.
34. What determines the rate at which energy is delivered by a current?

35 ..A piece of wire of resistance R is cut in to five equal parts. These parts are then connected in
parallel. If the equivalent resistance of this combination is R’ , then the ratio R / R ‘ is -

36. Which of the following terms does not represent electrical power in a circuit?

(a) I2R (b) I R2 (c) V I (d) V2 / R

37. An electric bulb is rated 220 V and 100 W. When it is operated on 110 V , the power
consumed will be
(a) 100 W (b) 75 W (c) 50 W (d) 25 W
38. Two conducting wires of the same material and of equal lengths and equal diameters
are first connected in series and then in parallel in a circuit across the same potential
difference. The ratio of heat produced in series and parallel combination would be…
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1: 4 (d) 4 : 1
39. Why does the cord of an electric heater not glow while heating element does?
40. Why tungsten is used almost exclusively for filament of electric lamps?
41. Why is the series arrangement is not used for domestic circuits?
42. How does the resistance of a wire vary with its area of cross – section?
43. Why are copper and aluminium wires usually employed for electricity transmission?
44. A cylindrical conductor of length ‘l’ and uniform cross section ‘A’ has resistance ‘R’. The
area of cross section of another conductor of same material and same resistance but of
length ‘2l’ is
( a) A/2 (b) 3 A / 2 (c) 2 A (d) 3 A
45. The maximum resistance which can be made using four resistors each of resistance ½ Ω
is
( a) 2 Ω (b) 1 Ω (c) 2.5 Ω (d) 8 Ω
46. Define 1 kW h