Current Electricity

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For: PU Board2024
1 Marks(as FIB)
1. Define mobility of electron. (2014,2017)
2. Define drift velocity of electrons. (2014)
3. What is the condition for the balanced state of Wheatstone’s network? (2015)
4. State Kirchhoff’s junction rule. (2017s)
5. State Ohm’s law. (2018s)
6. Define electrical resistivity of material of a conductor. (2019)
7. How does the Resistance of a Conductor Vary with its length? (2019s)
8. A wire of resistivity is stretched to three times its length. What will be its new resistivity?
(2021m)
2 Marks
1. Draw Wheatstone’s bridge circuit and write the condition for its balance. (2014)
2. Give any two limitations of ohms law. (2014,2015,2019s)
3. State and explain Ohm’s law. (2017)
4. Define mobility. Mention its S.I. Unit (2017s)
5. What is ohmic device? Give one example (2017s)
6. Represent graphically the variation of resistivity with absolute temperature for copper and
nichrome metals. (2018s)
7. Write the expression for drift velocity in terms of current, explain the terms used. (2019)
8. Define the terms: (a) drift speed and (b) mobility of an electron in a conductor. (2021m)
3 Marks
1. Derive an expression for drift velocity of free electrons in a conductor (2016s,)
2. Derive the relation 𝑗⃗ = 𝜎𝐸⃗⃗ with terms have usual meaning. (2017s)
3. Write any three limitations of Ohm’s law. (2024m)
4. State Kirchhoff’s laws. Name the Kirchhoff’s law which is a consequence of principle of
conservation of energy. (2021m)
5. Draw graphs showing variation of resistivity with temperature for (a) copper, (b) nichrome
and (c) a semiconductor. (2021m)
5 Marks
1. Derive the condition for balanced of wheat stone’s bridge using Kirchhoff’s laws.
(2014,2016, 2017,2019s)
𝑛𝑒 2 𝜏
2. Assuming the drift velocity, derive the expression for conductivity of a material σ = where
𝑚
symbols have usual meaning. Define the term mobility. (2015s)
3. A battery of internal resistance 3Ω is connected to 20Ω resistor and potential difference across
the resistor is 10V. If another resistor of 30 Ω is connected in series with the first resistor and
battery is again connected to the combination, calculate the emf. And terminal potential
difference across the combination. (2014)
4. A network of resistors is connected to a 12V battery as shown in the figure.

a) Calculate the equivalent resistance of the network.

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b) Obtain current in 12Ω and 6Ω resistors. (2014)
5. Two cells of emf 2v and 4v and internal resistance 1Ω and 2Ω respectively are connected in
parallel so as to send the current in the same direction through an external resistance of 10Ω.
Find the potential difference across 10Ω resistor. (2015)
6. Two identical cells either in series or in parallel combination, gives the same current of 0.5 A
through external resistance of 4Ω. Find the emf and internal resistance of each cell. (2015s)
7. A) Three resistors of resistance 2Ω, 3Ω and 4Ω are combined in series what is the total
resistance of the combination.
c) If this combination is connected to a battery of emf 10V and negligible internal resistance
obtain the potential drop across each resistor. (2016)
8. A wire having length 2.0m, diameter 1.0 mm and resistivity 1.963×10 Ω m is connected in
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series with a battery of emf 3V and internal resistance 1 calculate the resistance of the wire and
current in the circuit. (2016s)
9. When two resistors are connected in series with a cell of emf 2 V and negligible internal
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resistance, a current of A flows in the circuit. When the resistors are connected in parallel the
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main current is A. calculate the resistance. (2017)
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10. a) Three resistors 4 Ω, 6 Ω and 8 Ω are combined in parallel. (2017s)
What is the total resistance of the combination?
b) If the combination is connected to a battery of emf 25 V and negligible internal resistance.
Determine the current through each resistor and total current drawn from the battery.
11. 100 mg mass of nichrome metal is drawn into a wire of area of cross-section 0.05mm2.
Calculate the resistance of this wire. Given density of nichrome 8.4×103 kgm−3 and resistivity
of the material as ρ=1.2×10−6Ωm. (2018)
12. In the given circuit diagram, calculate: (i) The main current through the circuit and (ii) Also
curren through 9 Ω resistor. (2018s)

13.Two cells of emf E1 and E2 and internal resistance r1 and r2 are connected in parallel such that
they send current in same direction. Derive an expression for equivalent resistance and
equivalent emf of the combination. (2019)
14.Two resistors are connected in series with 5V battery of negligible internal resistance. A current
of 2A flows through each resistor. If they are connected in parallel with the same battery of
current of 25/3 A flows through combination. Calculate the value of each resistance. (2019)
15. A network of Resistors is Connected to a 16V battery with internal resistance 1 Ω as shown in
Figure below. (2019s)
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a) Compute the equivalent resistance of the network

b) Calculate the total current in the circuit.
16. a) Three resistors 3Ω, 4 Ω and 12 Ω are connected in parallel. What is the effective resistance
of the combination? (2020)
b) If the combination is connected to a battery of emf 6 V and internal resistance 0.5 Ω, find
the current drawn from the battery and terminal potential difference across the battery.
17. Six lead-acid type of secondary cells each of emf 2.0 V and internal resistance 0.015 Ω are
joined in series to provide a supply to a resistance of 8.5 Ω. What are the current drawn from
the supply and its terminal voltage? (2021m)
18. A wire of length 2 m, area of cross-section 0.5 mm and resistivity 1.5 × 10 Ωm is connected
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in series with a cell of emf 4 V. If the current through the wire is 0.5 A, calculate: (a) the
internal resistance of the cell and (b) the rate of energy dissipated by the wire. (2021m)
19. In the fallowing circuit find current find current I (2022)

20. The number density of free electrons in copper is estimated to be 8.5 x 1028 m–3. A copper wire of
length 3.0 m and area of cross-section 2.0 mm2 is carrying a current of 3.0 A. Calculate the drift
velocity of electrons. How long does an electron take to drift from one end of the wire to its other
end? (2024m)
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