Current Electricity CPP-4

1. The resistivity of a wire depends on its

(a) Length (b) Area of cross-section (c) Shape (d) Material
2. The reciprocal of resistance is
(a) Conductance (b) Resistivity (c) Voltage (d) None of the above
3. If a 10% increase in length due to stretching, the percentage increase in its resistance will be
(a) 21 % (b) 10% (c) No Change (d) Can not be determined
4. The resistivity of a wire
(a) Increases with the length of the wire
(b) Decreases with the area of cross-section
(c) Decreases with the length and increases with the cross-section of wire
(d) None of the above statement is correct
5. The resistivity of iron is 1107 ohm m . The resistance of a iron wire of particular length and
thickness is 1 ohm. If the length and the diameter of wire both are doubled, then the resistivity in
ohm m will be
(a) 1 10 7 (b) 2 10 7 (c) 4 10 7 (d) 8 107
6. When the length and area of cross-section of a resistance wire are both are doubled, then its
resistance
(a) Will become half (b) Will be doubled
(c) Will remain the same (d) Will become four times
7. The resistance of a wire is 20 ohms. It is so stretched that the length becomes three times, then the
new resistance of the wire will be
(a) 6.67 ohms (b) 60.0 ohms (c) 120 ohms (d) 180.0 ohms
8. The specific resistance of a wire is , its volume is 3 m and its resistance is 3 ohms, then its length
3

will be
1 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 3 (d)
3
9. A wire of length 5 m and radius 1 mm has a resistance of 1 ohm. What length of the wire of the same
material at the same temperature and of radius 2 mm will also have a resistance of 1 ohm
(a) 1.25 m (b) 2.5 m (c) 10 m (d) 20 m
10. The resistance of a wire of uniform diameter d and length L is R. The resistance of another wire of
the same material but diameter 2d and length 4L will be
(a) 2R (b) R (c) R / 2 (d) R / 4
11. Two wires of the same material are given. The first wire is twice as long as the second and has twice
the diameter of the second. The resistance of the first will be
(a) Twice of the second (b) Half of the second
(c) Equal to the second (d) Four times of the second
12. Two wires A and B of same material and same mass have radius 2r and r. If resistance of wire A is
34 , then resistance of B will be
(a) 544 (b) 272 (c) 68 (d) 17
13. Masses of three wires of copper are in the ratio of 1 : 3 : 5 and their lengths are in the ratio of 5: 3:1.
The ratio of their electrical resistances are
(a) 1 : 3 : 5 (b) 5 : 3 : 1 (c) 1 : 15 : 125 (d) 125 : 15 : 1
14. A nichrome wire 50 cm long and one square millimetre cross-section carries a current of 4A when
connected to a 2V battery. The resistivity of nichrome wire in ohm metre is
 (a) 1 106 (b) 4 107 (c) 3 107 (d) 2 107
15. Masses of 3 wires of same metal are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 and their lengths are in the ratio 3 : 2 : 1.
The electrical resistances are in ratio
(a) 1 : 4 : 9 (b) 9 : 4 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 : 3 (d) 27 : 6 : 1
16. 3r
A wire of radius r has resistance R. If it is stretched to a radius of , its resistance becomes
4
9R 16R 81R 256R
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 9 256 81
17. The resistance of a conductor increases with
(a) Increase in length (b) Increase in temperature
(c) Decrease in crosssectional area (d) All of these
18. Two wires of same material have length L and 2L and crosssectional areas 4A and A respectively.
The ratio of their specific resistance would be
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 8 : 1 (c) 1 : 8 (d) 1 : 1
19. The length of a given cylindrical wire is increased by 100 %. Due to the consequent decrease in
diameter the change in the resistance of the wire will be
(a) 300 % (b) 200 % (c) 100 % (d) 50 %
20. Two wires that are made up of two different materials whose specific resistance are in the ratio 2 : 3,
length 3 : 4 and area 4 : 5. The ratio of their resistances is
(a) 6 : 5 (b) 6 : 8 (c) 5 : 8 (d) 1 : 2