IX – PHYSICS

WORKSHEET – 10

1. If a current of 0.8A passes through a bulb connected across a battery of 5V for 30s, then the rate of
energy transferred to the bulb is
a) 30J b) 60J c) 120J d) 20J
2. The amount of heat produced in a resistor when a current is passed through it can be found using
________.
a) Faraday’s Law b) Kirchhoff’s Law c) Laplace Law d) Joule’s Law
3. The heat energy produced in resistance of 5 when 3A current flows through it for 2minutes is ____.
a) 540J b) 5400J c) 54J d) 3000J
4. From joule’s law of heating, the heat produced, H = _________.
I2 I2 R R 2I
a) b) c) d) I2Rt
Rt t t
5. When electric current is passed through a conductor it generates heat, due to resistance offers to
current flow. This phenomena is known as _________.
6. According to Joule’s law of heating, the heat generated in a circuit is dependent on certain factors.
Which of the following can be attributed to this?
a) Current flowing in the circuit
b) Current, the resistance of conductor and time period for current to flow through it
c) Resistance of the conductor
d) Stream and time period for the current to flow
7. Melting point of fuse wire must be:

a) Moderate b) High c) Low d) Infinite

8. An electric iron is based upon the principle of ________.

a) magnetic effect of current b) heating effect of current

c) chemical effect of current d) none of these
9. Fuse wire is made up of :

a) copper b) aluminium c) alnico d) lead tin alloy

10. If the current passing through a heater is halved, then the heat produced by it becomes _______.

a) H/2 b) 4H c) H/4 d) 2H
11. Alloys are usually used in electrical heating device because.

a) Resistivity of an alloy is generally higher than that of constituent elements

b) Alloys do not oxidize readily at high temperature

c) Both (a) and (b)

d) Neither (a) nor (b)

12. A current carrying wire in the neighbour hood produces _________.

13. How much more heat is produced if the current is doubled?

a) Twice the original amount b) Thrice the original amount

c) Four times the original amount d) Five times the original amount

14. When a straight conductor is carrying current.

a) There are circular magnetic field lines around it

b) There are magnetic field lines parallel to the conductor
c) There are no magnetic field lines
d) None of the above
15. Magnetic field produced around the conductor is inversely proportional to _________.

16. The direction of magnetic field produced due to electric current is determined with the help of ___.

17. In the right hand thumb rule the thumb points towards the direction of _________.

18. A current through a horizontal power line flows from south to north direction. The direction of

magnetic field line 0.5m above it is towards.

a) North b) South c) West d) East

19. 20 ampere current is flowing in a long straight wire. The intensity of the magnetic field at a distance

10 cm from the wire will be (where 0 = 4  x 10-7 N/A2)

a) 4 x 10-5T b) 8 x 10-5 T c) 9 x 10-5 T d) 6 x 10-5T

20. If the radius of a circular current carrying coil is doubled then the magnetic field at the centre of the

coil becomes (all other factors remains constant)

a) two times b) half c) four times d) remains same

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