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GREEN PARK INTERNATIONAL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, NAMAKKAL

XII* (CBSE) - PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT - 5
CURRENT ELECTRICITY
Sub Topic : UPTO GROUPING OF RESISTORS
Choose the correct answer :
1. If power dissipated through the 6Ω resistor in 5. In an infinite ladder network constructed with
the circuit shown is 24 W, the potential 1 Ω and 2Ω resistors as shown in the figure,
difference across the 2Ω resistor is the current that passes through the 2Ω resistor
nearest to the battery is

1) 12 V 2) 24 V
1) 3 A 2) 1.5 A
3) 18 V 4) 6 V
3) 2.5 A 4) 0.5 A
2. The masses of three copper wires are in ratio
1 : 5 : 3 and their lengths are in ratio 1 : 2 : 3. 6. A lead wire and an iron wire are having same
The ratio of their electrical resistances is dimensions. Their respective specific
1) 1 : 20 : 27 2) 1 : 10 : 9 resistances are in the ratio 49 : 24. The ratio of
3) 15 : 5 : 3 4) 5 : 4 : 15 their resistances is
3. When a current ‘i’ flows through a wire, the 1) 49 : 24 2) 3 : 5
drift velocity of electrons is vd. When current 3) 9 : 4 4) 7 : 4
2i flow through the another wire of same 7. The incorrect statement among the followings
material having double length and same area is
of cross section and temperature, the drift 1) For some high resistance alloys, like
velocity of the electrons will be manganin, increase in resistance with
v temperature change is negligible
1) vd 2) d
2 2) Insulators like rubber and glass are said to
3) 2vd 4) 4vd possess negative temperature coefficient of
4. Two metal wires of identical dimensions are resistance
connected in parallel. If ρ1 and ρ2 are the 3) For most of metals, increase in resistance
resistivities of the metal wire respectively, the with temperature rise is fairly regulator for
effective resistivity of the combination will be normal range of temperature
ρ1 + ρ2 2ρ1ρ2 4) Generally resistivity of any alloy is equal to
1) 2)
2 ρ1 + ρ2 resistivity of its constituent elements
ρ1 + ρ2 ρ1ρ2 8. A potential difference of 250 V is applied to a
3) 4) metallic wire at 15oC when a current of 5A
2ρ1ρ2 ρ1 + ρ2
was flowing. What will be temperature of wire
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when current has fallen to 3.9 A and applied A B
 1 o −1 
voltage being constant  α av = C ?
 255  C
o o
D
1) 72 C 2) 87 C E
o
3) 105 C 4) 312oC 7
1) R 2) R
9. What is equivalent resistance in ohms between 64
points A and B in shown figure? All 1 3
resistances shown are in ohm. 3) R 4) R
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14. A metal wire of resistance 3 Ω is elongated to
make a uniform wire of double its previous
length. This new wire is now bent and the ends
joined to make a circle. If two points on this
1) 2 2) 3
circle make an angle 60o at the centre, the
3) 12 4) 22
equivalent resistance between these two points
10. In shown electric circuit, current flowing
will be
through resistance AB is
7 5
1) Ω 2) Ω
2 2
12 5
3) Ω 4) Ω
5 3
15. In a conductor, if the number of conduction
electrons per unit volume is 8.5 x 1028 m-3 and
1) zero 2) 2 A mean free time is 25 fs (femto second), it’s
3) 3 A 4) 3.5 A approximate resistivity is (me = 9.1 x 10-31 kg)
11. Consider four conducting materials copper, 1) 10-6Ω m 2) 10-7Ω m
tungsten, mercury and aluminium with 3) 10-8Ω m 4) 10-5Ω m
resistivity ρC, ρT, ρM and ρA respectively. 16. Drift speed of electrons, when 1.5 A of current
Then flows in a copper wire of cross section 5 mm2,
1) ρC > ρA > ρT 2) ρM > ρA > ρC is v. If the electron density in copper is
3) ρA > ρT > ρC 4) ρA > ρM > ρC 9 x 1028 /m3 the value of v in mm/s is close to
12. A 200 Ω resistor has a certain color code. If (Take charge of electron to be = 1.6 x 10-19C)
one replaces the red color by green in the 1) 3 2) 0.2
code, the new resistance will be 3) 2 4) 0.02
1) 100 Ω 2) 500 Ω 17. A carbon resistance has a following colour
3) 300 Ω 4) 400 Ω code, what is the value of the resistance?
13. A wire of resistance R is bent to form a square
ABCD as shown in the figure. The effective
resistance between E and C is (E is mid-point 1) 64 kΩ ± 10 % 2) 530 kΩ ± 5 %
of arm CD) 3) 5.3 kΩ ± 5 % 4) 6.4 kΩ ± 5 %
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18. A uniform metallic wire has a resistance of
18 Ω and is bent into an equilateral triangle.
Then, the resistance between any two vertices 3) 4)
of the triangle is
1) 4 Ω 2) 2 Ω 22. This question contains Statement – I and
3) 8 Ω 4) 10 Ω statement – 2. Of the four choices given after
19. In the given circuit all resistances are of value the statements, choose the one that best
R ohm each. The equivalent resistance describes the two statements.
between A and B is Statement – 1 : The temperature dependence
of resistance is usually given as
R = R0(1 + α∆t). The resistance of a wire
changes from 100 Ω to 150 Ω when its
temperature is increased from 27oC to 227oC.
this implies that α = 2.5 x 10-3/oC.
5R Statement – 2 : R = R0 (1 + α∆t) is valid only
1) 2 R 2) when the change in the temperature ∆T is
2
5R small and ∆R = (R – R0) << R0.
3) 3 R 4)
3 1) statement – 1 is true, statement – 2 is false
20. The temperature dependence of resistances of 2) statement -1 is true, statement- 2 is true,
Cu and undoped Si in the temperature range statement- 2 is the correct explanation of
300 – 400 K, is best described by statement- 1
1) linear increase for Cu, linear increase for Si 3) statement-1 is true, statement- 2 is true,
2) linear increase for Cu, exponential increase statement-2 is not the correct explanation
for Si of statement- 1
3) linear increase for Cu, exponential decrease 4) statement -1 is false, statement – 2 is true
for Si 23. The current I1 (in A) flowing through 1 Ω
4) linear decrease for Cu, linear decrease for resistor in the following circuit is
Si
21. Suppose the drift velocity vd in a material
varied with the applied electric field E as
vd ∝ E . Then V- I graph for a wire made of
such a material is best given by
1) 0.4 2) 0.25
3) 0.2 4) 0.5
1) 2)
24. In the given circuit diagram, a wire is joining
points B and D. The current in this wire is
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1) 0.4 A 2) zero
3) 2 A 4) 4 A 1) 450 Ω 2) 550 Ω
25. In the given circuit the internal resistance of 3) 230 Ω 4) 300 Ω
the 18 V cell is negligible. If R1 = 400 Ω,
R3 = 100 Ω and R4 = 500 Ω and the reading of
an ideal voltmeter across R4 is 5V, then the
value of R2 will be
ANSWER KEY
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