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Electricity Worksheet (1)
1. The figure shows ammeter reading in a circuit. Which ammeter is showing a faulty reading?
2. A battery lights all four lamps shown in the following figure. Which lamp, if removed, would
cause all the lamps to go out?
3. Which of the bulbs in the following figure is the brightest? Given that all the bulbs are
identical.
4. When four identical resistors are connected in series, the effective resistance is 20Ω. What is
the effective resistance if the four resistors are connected in parallel?
A. 0.8 Ω B. 1.25 Ω C. 5.0 Ω
D. 20.0 Ω E. 80.0 Ω
5. When two identical resistors are connected in series, the effective resistance is 4Ω. What is
the effective resistance if the two resistors are connected in series?
A. 2 Ω B. 4Ω C. 8 Ω
D. 16 Ω E. 20 Ω
6. The figures below show the resistors combinations P, Q and R.
Which resistor combination has the lowest and the highest resistance?
Lowest resistance Highest resistance
A. Q P
B. R P
C. R Q
D. P R
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7. Which resistor combination gives the effective resistance 8Ω?
A. B.
C. D.
8. What is the effective resistance of resistors combination?
A. 2.5 Ω B. 5Ω C. 10 Ω
D. 12.5 Ω E. 25 Ω
9. A current flows in two resistors connected in series as shown in the following figure. A1 and
A2 are the readings on ammeter V1 and V2 are the readings on the voltmeters.
Which of the following is correct?
Ammeter reading Voltmeter reading
A. A1 < A2 V1 < V2
B. A1 < A2 V1 > V2
C. A1 = A2 V1 < V2
D. A1 = A2 V1 = V2
10. What is the reading of the ammeter in the circuit below when the switch is closed?
A. 0.3A B. 3A C. 4A
D. 1A E. 36A
11. A current flows towards the junction of two resistors connected in parallel as shown in the
following figure. A1 and A2 are the readings on ammeter V1 and V2 are the readings on the
voltmeters.
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Which of the following is correct?
Ammeter reading Voltmeter reading
A. A1 < A2 V1 > V2
B. A1 < A2 V1 < V2
C. A1 = A2 V1 < V2
D. A1 > A2 V1 = V2
12. What is the reading of the ammeter in the circuit below when the switch is closed?
A. 0.4A B. 0.5A C. 1.0A
D. 2.0A E. 2.5A
13. The diagram below shows a circuit. What is the reading of the ammeter when the switch, S
is opened and closed?
Switch S is opened Switch S is closed
A. 4.0A 6.0A
B. 2.0A 6.0A
C. 2.0A 3.0A
D. 2.0A 1.2A
14. Two resistors 4Ω is connected parallel as shown in figure(a) and the current, I1 flows.
Later, the resistors 4Ω is connected series as shown in figure(b) and the current. I2 flows.
What is the ratio I1 : I2?
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Figure (a) Figure (b)
A. 1:2 B. 1:4 C. 2:1
D. 4:1 E. 2:3
15. When the switch, S is opened and closed, the reading of the ammeter is I1 and I2
respectively. What is the ratio I1 : I2?
A. 1:1 B. 1:2 C. 1:3
D. 2:1 E. 3:1
16. What is the reading of the ammeter in the circuit below when the switch is closed?
A. 2A B. 4 C. 3
A A
3 2
D. 1A E. 1
2
A
17. In the following circuit the reading of the ammeter of A1 is 12A. What is the reading of
ammeter A2?
A. 9A B. 8A C. 6A
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D. 3A E. 1A
18. What is the value of current I1 and I2?
I1 I2
A. 0.4A 0.4A
B. 2.0A 0.5A
C. 0.5A 2.5A
D. 2.5A 2.5A
19. What is the reading of the voltmeter in the circuit below when the switch is closed?
A. 8.0V B. 7.8V C. 6.8V
D. 5.8V E. 4.8V
20. The reading of the ammeter in the following circuit is 2A.
What is the potential difference across resistor X?
A. 0.5V B. 1.5V C. 2.0V
D. 3.0V E. 6.0V
21. The diagram below shows a circuit.
What is the potential difference across resistor 2Ω?
A. 2V B. 4V C. 6V
D. 8V E. 10V
22. What is the reading of the voltmeter in the circuit below when the switch is closed?
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A. 2.0V B. 4.0V C. 6.0V
D. 12.0V E. 24.0V
23. The figure below shows a battery 15V is connected to three resistors.
a) What is the effective resistance of the resistor
15Ω and 10Ω?
b) What is the effective resistance of the resistor
15Ω, 10Ω and 1.5Ω?
c) What is the reading of the ammeter A1, A2 and
A3?
d) What is the reading of the voltmeter V1?
24. The figure shows a circuit consisting of 3 identical resistors X, Y, Z and two measuring
instruments P and Q.
a) Name instrument P and Q.
b) When an identical resistor is connected parallel to resistor
Z, what happen to the reading P and Q? Give a reason for
your answer.
c) The resistors X, Y and Z are replaced by three identical bulbs K,
L and M as shown in figure on the right.
Compare the brightness between the bulb.
i) K and L
ii) L and M
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25. The figure shows a circuit consisting of two resistors and a bulb.
a) When switch S is opened, the reading of the
ammeter is 1.5A. Determine
i) The resistance of the bulb
ii) The reading of the voltmeter
iii) Charge flows in the bulb for 4 minutes
b) When the switch is closed, calculate the
i) The effective resistance in the circuit
ii) The reading of the ammeter
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