Tutorial Sheet 1 (Question based on Current, Voltage and Power)

1. Calculate the potential difference required across a conductor of resistance 10 Ω to pass electric current
1.5 A through it. [Ans: 15V]
2. How many electrons pass through a lamp in one minute if the current be 220 mA? [Ans: n = 8.25 x
1019]
3. A 2 Volt cell is connected to a 1 Ω resistor. How many electrons come out of the negative terminal of
the cell in 2 minutes? [Ans: 15 x 1020]
4. An electric motor takes 5 A from a 220 V line. Determine the power of the motor and the energy
consumed in 2 hours. [Ans: P= 1100W, E = 792 x 104 Joule]
5. A resistor R is connected in series with a parallel circuit comprising of two resistances 12 and 8 ohms
respectively. The total power dissipated in the circuit is 96 watts when applied voltage is 24V. Calculate
the value of R [Ans: 1.2Ohms]
6. A current of 0.75 A is passed through a coil of nichrome wire which has a cross – sectional area of 0.01
cm2. If the resistivity of the nichrome is 108 x 10-6 ohm – cm and the potential difference across the
ends of the coil is 81 Volts. Calculate
a. Length of the wire
b. Conductivity of the wire
c. Conductance of the wire
7. A 100W, 250V bulb is put in series with a 40W, 250V bulb across 500V supply. What will be the
current drawn, what will be the power consumed be each bulb and will such a combination work?
8. There are two wires A and B of same material. A is 20 times longer than B and has one fifth of cross –
section as that of B. If resistance of A is 1 ohm. What is resistance of B?
9. What is the value of the electrical resistance of the resistor with color rings as follows:
a. Yellow, Violet, red, and gold
b. orange, white, brown, and gold
c. green, blue, yellow, and silver
d. brown, black, green, and colorless
e. red, red, red, and gold
10. What color rings on the body of the resistor, the value of resistance mentioned below (ignoring the
value of tolerance)?
(a) 33 Ω (b) 200 kΩ (c) 750 Ω (d) 43 kΩ (e) 1.2 MΩ
11. How much can a 1000 ohm resistor with a 20% toleranace vary and still be acceptable? [Ans: 800 to
1200 ohm and upto 1200 ohm it will acceptable]
12. How much energy is converted by a device that draws 1.5 amperes from a 12V battery for 2 hours?
13. The potential difference between the terminals of an electric heater is 60 V when it draws a current of
4 A from the source. What current will the heater draw if the potential difference is increased to 120
V? [Ans: 8A]
14. An oven takes 16A at 220V. It is desired to reduce the current to 12 A. Find:
(a) The resistance which must connect in series [Ans: 4.58 Ohm]
(b) Voltage across the resistor [Ans: 54.96V]
15. Three resistors 2Ω, 4Ω and 5Ω are combined in parallel. If the combination is connected to a battery of
emf 20 V. Determine
 a. The current through each resistor and the total current drawn from the battery. [Ans: 10A, 5A,
4A]
b. Power across each resistor. [200W, 100W, 80W]
16. What should be cross sectional area of a conductor of 1Km length to transmit 200 A so that the total
voltage drop in the conductor may not exceed 12 Volts. The resistivity of conductor is 3µ Ωcm. [Ans:
a = 5Cm2]
17. A Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery pack for a camcorder is rated as 7.2 V and 5 W-hours. What
are its equivalent ratings in mA-hours and joules? [Ans: 18000 J, is 690 mA-hours]
18. Does a Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cad) battery pack rated at 6 V and 950 mA-hours store more or
less energy than a Li-Ion battery pack rated at 7.2 V and 900 mA-hours? [Ans: No]
19. Determine the resistance of a cube with sides of length 1 cm and resistivity 10 ohm-cms, when
a pair of opposite surfaces are chosen as the terminals. [R = 10 Ohm]
20. By what factor is the resistance of a wire with cross-sectional radius r greater than the
resistance of a wire with cross-sectional radius 2r? [Ans: 4times]
21. The resistance of small carbon-core resistors can range from 1 to 106 Ω. Assuming that the
core of these resistors is 1 mm in diameter and 5 mm long, what must be the range of resistivity
of the carbon cores? [Ans: 1.6 × 10-4 Ωm ≤ ρ ≤ 1.6 × 102 Ωm ]
22. A thin poly-crystalline silicon resistor is 1 µm thick, 10 µm wide, and 100 µm long,
where 1 µm is 10-6 m. If the resistivity of its poly-crystalline silicon ranges from
10-6 m to 102 m, what is the range of its resistance? [Ans: 10 Ω ≤ R ≤ 109 Ω]