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CLASS: 10 - CBSE
SUB: Science
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ELECTRICITY
Topics Covered:- Electric Current,
Potential Difference, Electric Circuits,
Ohms Law, Resistance, Resistivity

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VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Calculate the number of electrons constituting one
coulomb of charge?
Mention any two factors on which resistance of a
conductor depends.
Mention one reason why tungsten is used for making
filament of electric lamp.
It has low resistivity and high melting point
In an electric circuit, state the relationship between
the direction of conventional current and the
direction of flow of electrons.
The direction of conventional current is opposite
to the direction of flow of electrons
Write SI unit of resistivity?
Ohm meter
Name the instrument /device used to measure
electric current in a circuit?
Ammeter in series
How is an ammeter connected in a circuit to measure
current flowing through it?
series
State a difference between the wire used in the
element of an electric heater and in a fuse wire?
The wire used in the element of an electric heater
has very high resistance while that in a fuse wire
has a low resistance
Power of a lamp is 60 W. Find the energy in joules
consumed by it in 1 s.
60J
Which particles are responsible for the flow of
current in conductors?

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electrons
Define electrostatic potential at a point.

Electric potential at a point is defined as the amount

of work done in moving a unit charge from infinity to
that point.
1 Write the mathematical expression/ formula for
2. electric potential?
V= W/q
1 What is the SI unit of electric potential?
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1 Is electrostatic potential a scalar quantity or a
4. vector quantity?
1 Define 1Volt of potential difference?
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Potential difference between two points is said to be
one volt, if a work of 1 joule is done to move a
charge of 1 coulomb between the two points.
1 How can we maintain a potential difference across a
6. conductor?
Battery (combination of cells)
1 What is kiloWattHour?
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It is a commercial unit of electricity
1kWhr= 3.6*10^6J
1 How many joule are there in one kilowatt hour?
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1 How can we measure the potential difference across
9. the ends of a conductor?
Voltmeter
2 How does the resistance of a wire vary with its cross
0. sectional area?
It varies inversely with the cross-sectional area.
2 How is voltmeter connected in a circuit?
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parallel
2 Define current. Give its SI unit.
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2 State Ohm's law.
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2 What is meant by resistance?

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It is the opposition offered to the flow of electrons
by a conductor.
What are the units of resistance?

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2 What is meant by 1 ohm resistance?
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The resistance of a conductor is said to be 1 ohm if
under a potential difference of 1 volt a current of
one ampere flows through the conductor
2 What will happen to the current flowing through a
7. conductor, if the potential difference is doubled?
2 What will happen to the current in a circuit, if its
8. resistance is doubled?
2 What is the cause of resistance?
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During motion of electrons through a conductor,
they suffer collisions due to other electrons or the
atoms of the conductor. As a result, there motion is
opposed. This opposition is the case of resistance.
3 Define resistivity of a material.
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The resistivity of a material is the resistance of a
conductor of this material of unit length and unit
cross-sectional area.
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1. List in a tabular form two differences between a
Voltmeter and an ammeter?
Voltmeter
Ammerter
Used
to
measure Used to measure current.
potential difference.
Connected in series in
Connected in parallel in the electric circuit.
an electric circuit.
Has low resistance
Has high resistance
2. The amount of charge passing through a cell in four
second is 12 C. Find the current supplied by cell?
I=12/4= 3Amp
3. Calculate the number of electrons that would flow
per second through the cross-section of a wire when
1 A current flows in it.

4. What are the values of mA and A ?

5. Draw the symbols of battery and rheostat.
Rheostat is variable resistor
6. A large number of free electrons are present in
metals yet no current flows in the absence of electric
potential across it. Explain the statement with
reason.
A large number of free electrons are present in
metals, yet no current flows. It is because the
electrons move only if there is a difference of
electric pressure - called as the potential- difference
along the conductor. The potential difference sets
the charges in motion in the conductor and produces
an electric current.
7. How much current will an electric bulb of resistance
1100 draw from a 220 V source? If a heater of
resistance 100 is connected to the same source
instead of the bulb, calculate the current drawn by
the heater.
I= 220/1100= 0.2Amp, I= 220/100= 1.1 Amp
8. A thick wire and a thin wire of the same material are
successively connected to the same circuit to find
their respective resistance. Which one will have
lower resistance? Give reason.
Thick wire will have lower resistance because
resistivity is inversely proportional to the area of
cross-section of the conductor.
9. Mention two special features of the material to be
used as element of an electric iron or heater?
(a) high resistivity and (b) high melting point.
1 An electric bulb draws a current of 0.2Amp when the
0. voltage is 220 Volts. Calculate the amount of charge
flowing through it in one hour?
Q= Ixt= 0.2x3600= 720C
1 V-I graphs for two wires A
A
1. and B are shown in the V
figure. If both the wires
B
are made of the same
material and are of equal
thickness, which of the
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two is of more length?

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answer?
We know that V = IR For the same current wire A
requires more
voltage, hence resistance of A is more than that of B