Competency based questions.

1. On the basis of your understanding of the following paragraph and the related studies
concept.

The Tehri dam is the highest dam in India and one of the highest in the World. The
Tehri dam withholds a reservoir of capacity 4.0 km2 and surface area 52 km2. It is used for
irrigation , municipal water supply and the generation of 1000 MW of hydroelectricity.

The Tehridam has been the object of protests . Environment activist Shri. Sunder
LalBahuguna led ‘Anti Tehri dam movement’ from 1980s to 2014. The protest was against
the displacement of town inhabitants and environmental consequences of the weak eco
system. The relocation of more than 1,00,000 people from the area has led to protracted legal
battles over resettlement rights and ultimately resulted in the delayed completion of the
project.

(a) How is hydropower harnessed?

(b) Define 1 MW

( c ) Mention two disadvantages of constructing Tehri dam.

(d) What happens when water from great heights is made to fall on blades of turbine?

2. For the given question two statements are given, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the
other labelled as Reason ( R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a),
(b), (c) and (d) as given below.

(a) Both (A) and ( R ) are true and ( R ) is correct explanation of Assertion

(b) Both (A) and ( R ) are true but ( R ) is not correct explanation of Assertion

( c) ( A) is true but (R ) is false

(d) (A) is false but (R ) is true

ASSERTION( A ) :Alloys are commonly used in electrical heating devices like electric iron
and heater.

REASON (R) :Resistivity of an alloy is generally higher than that of its constituent metals
but the alloys have low melting points than their constituent metals.

3. An electric geyser is known to consume 2.2 ‘units’ of electrical energy per hour of its use. It is
designed to work on the mains voltage of 220V.

a) What is the ‘power-rating’ of this device?

b) What is the current flowing through this device when it is connected across the ‘mains’?

c) What is the ‘resistance’ of this device?

d) Does the resistance of this device remain constant during its operation/working?

e) Which of the two- a 100W, 220V lamp, or a 10W, 220V night lamp – has a higher resistance?

4) Read the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

 The resistivity of copper is less than that of aluminium which, in turn is less than that of
constantan.
 There are nine wires, labelled as A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, that have been designed as per the
tabular details given below:

Answer the following questions:

a) Arrange the three values R1, R2, R3 in increasing order.

b) Arrange the three values R7, R8, R9 in decreasing order.
c) Which of the two (i) R4 and R6 (ii) R1 and R8 has a lower value?
d) Will the graph between R1, R2, R3 (on the y-axis) and their corresponding length values (on
the x-axis) be a straight line?
e) What is the likely value of the ratio R4/R6?

5) Observe the given circuit diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow:
 a) What are the currents drawn by the least and the highest of the three resistors?
b) What is the current drawn by the 6 Ω resistor?
c) What would be the reading of the ammeter?
d) How much current does the least of the three resistors, draw from the given battery?
e) Is the equivalent resistance of the parallel combination shown, more or less than the least(=
4 – 2) Ω, of the individual resistances?

6) Observe the given circuit carefully and answer the questions that follow:

a) What is the total equivalent resistance of the circuit?

b) What would be the reading of the ammeter?
c) What would be the reading of a voltmeter connected between the points Q and R?
d) What would be the reading of the ammeter if only the highest of the three resistors (= 5Ω)
were present alone in the circuit?
e) What would be the reading of a voltmeter connected between the points P and S

7) The figure below shows three cylindrical copper conductors along with their face areas
lengths. Compare the resistance and the resistivity of the three conductors. Justify your
answer.

L 3L L/3

A A/3

3A

8) The values of current(I) flowing through a given resistor(R), for the corresponding values of
potential difference (V) across the resistor are as given below:

V (volts) 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.0

I (amperes 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0
Plot a graph between current (I) and the potential difference (V) and determine the resistance (R) of
the resistor.
9) a) Explain how does a cell maintain current in a circuit.

b) In the circuit given below the resistance of the path xTy = 2 Ω and that xZy = 6 Ω.

i) Find the equivalent resistance between x and y.

ii) Find the current in the main circuit.

iii) Calculate the current that flows through the path xTy and xZy.

15Ω

Z T

Y 6V

10) Study the following circuit and answer the following questions that follow :

10Ω

15Ω

a) State the type of combination of the two resistors in the circuit.

b) What will be the potential difference across the above combination if applied potential is 6 V?

c) What will be the ammeter reading?