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The Most Important Questions From The Electricity

1:- Define the following terms:

(a) potential difference
(b) 1 volt
(c) electric current
(d) one ampere.

2:- Keeping the potential difference constant, the resistance of a circuit is

doubled. By how much does the current change?

3:- How does the resistance of a wire change when:

(a) Its length is tripled?
(b) Its diameter is tripled?
(c) Its material is changed to one whose resistivity is three time?

4:- If a wire is increased to 4 times its original length, by what factor does the
resistivity change?

5:- If the current passing through a conductor is doubled, what will be the change
in the heat produced?

6:- If the current passing through a conductor is doubled, what will be the change
in the heat produced?

7:- State the Joule’s law of heating.

8:- How is heating effect of electric current used in an electric bulb?

9:- Explain why, the filaments of electric bulbs are made of tungsten.

10:- How much work is done in moving a charge of magnitude 3 C across two
points having a potential difference of 12 V?
11:- A current of 4 A flows through a 12V car headlight bulb for 10 minutes. How
much energy transfer occurs during this time?

12:- Give reason why metals are good conductors, whereas non-metals are bad
conductors of electricity.

13:- The electrical resistivity of silver is 1.60 × 10-6 Ω m. What will be the
resistance of a silver wire of length 10 m and cross-sectional area 2 × 10-3 m2?

14:- Why are copper and aluminium wires usually employed for electricity
transmission?

15:-Differentiate between Resistance and Resistivity.

16:- Distinguish between resistances in series and resistances in parallel.

17:- Nichrome wire is used for making the Ideating elements of electrical
appliances like iron, geyser, etc. Give reasons.

18:- A copper wire of resistivity 2.6 × 10-3 Ωm, has a cross sectional area of 30 ×
10-4 cm3. Calculate the length of this wire required to make a 10 Ω coil.

19:- Two coils of resistance R1 = 3Ω and R2 = 9Ω are connected in series across a

battery of potential difference 14 V. Draw the circuit diagram. Find the electrical
energy consumed in 1 min in each resistance.

20:-State the relation between work, charge and potential difference for an
electric circuit.
21:-Calculate the potential difference between the two terminals of a battery if
100 joules of work is required to transfer 20 coulombs of charge from one
terminal of the battery to the other.

22:-With the help of a diagram, derive the formula for the equivalent resistance
of three resistances connected in parallel.

23:-What is the better way of connecting lights and other electrical appliances in
domestic wiring? Why?

24:- An electric lamp, whose resistance is 20 Ω, and a conductor of 4 Ω resistance

are connected to aft V battery (Fig.).
Calculate (a) the total resistance of the circuit, (b) the current through the circuit,
and (c) the potential difference across the electric conductor.

25:- A wire has a resistance of 10Ω. It is melted and drawn into a wire of half of its
length. Calculate the resistance of the new wire. What is the percentage change
in its resistance?

26:-If, in Figure R1 = 10 ohms, R2 = 40 ohms, R3, = 30 ohms, R4 = 20 ohms, Rg = 60

ohms and a 12 volt battery is connected to the arrangement, calculate: (a) the
total resistance and (b) the total current flowing in the circuit.

27:- Two lamps, one rated 60 W at 220 V and other 40 W a 220 V, are connected
in parallel to an electric supply at 220 V. [CBSE 2016]
(a) Draw the circuit diagram to show the connections.
(b) Calculate the current drawn from the electric supply.
(c) Calculate the total energy consumed by the two lamp together when they
operate for one hour.

28:- A household uses the following electric appliances:

(i) Refrigerator of rating 400 W for ten hours each day.
(ii) Two electric fans of rating 80 W each for twelve hours each day.
(iii) Six electric tubes of rating 18 W each for 6 hours each day.
Calculate the electricity bill of the household for the month of June if the cost per
unit of electric energy is ₹ 3.00.

29:- (a) Two resistors R1 and R2 may form (i) a series combination or (ii) a parallel
combination, and the combination may be connected to a battery of six volts. In
which combination will the potential difference across R 1 and across R2 be the
same and in which combination will the current through R 1 and through R2 be the
same?
(b) For the circuit, shown in this diagram,

Calculate
(i) the resultant resistance
(ii) the total current
(iii) the voltage across 7 Ω resistor

30:- List the factors on which the resistance of a conductor depends.

(b) A 4 kW heater is connected to a 220 V source of power. Calculate
(i) the electric current passing through the heater.
(ii) the resistance of the heater.
(iii) the electric energy consumed in 2 hour use of the heater.

31:- State Ohm’s law.

(b) Give the circuit diagram to establish relation between potential difference (V)
and current (I) through a given wire.
(c) Draw a graph between V and I.

32:- Two students perform experiments on series and parallel combinations of

two given resistors R1 and R2 and plot the following V-I graphs.

Which of the graphs is (are) correctly labeled in terms of the words ‘Series and
parallel’? justify your answer.

33:- A piece of wire having resistance ‘R’ is cut into four equal parts.
(a) How does the resistance of each part compare with the original resistance?
(b) If the four parts are placed in parallel, how will be the resistance of the
combination compare with the resistance of the original wire?

34:- Two resistance when connected in parallel give resultant value of 2 Ω. When
connected in series, the value becomes 9 Ω. Calculate the value of each
resistance.

35:- Raman always switched off lights, fans and electric gadgets when not in use.
Her electricity bill had cut down to half.
(a) What is commercial unit of electric energy?
(b) Suggest any two methods of saving electricity,
(c) What values does Raman show?

36:- Raghav wants to connect electrical devices in series with the battery. But his
friend advised him to connect these devices in parallel.
(a) What are the advantages of connecting electrical devices in parallel instead of
connecting them in series?
(b) Which value is shown by Shivam’s friend?

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