Smt.Sharanamma S.

Diggavi Memorial Education Trust (R )

SHREE GURU VIDYA PEETHA PU COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Khanadal-Itga Cross, Jewargi Road, Gulbarga-585102
Sub: Physics Topic: Electric Current ( CET MATERIAL) IInd PUC

Drift Velocity
1. A steady current is set up in a metallic wire of non uniform cross-section. How is the rate of flow of electrons (R) related the area of cross-section (A) 1) R A 1 2) R A 3) R A2 4) R is independent of A 2. If n, e, , m, are representing electron density, charge, relaxation time and mass of an electron respectively then the resistance of wire of length l and cross sectional area A is given by 1) ml / ne2 A 2) 2mA/ ne2 3) ne2 A 4)ne2A / 2m 3. A metallic block has no potential difference applied across it, then the mean velocity of free electrons at absolute temperature T is 1) Proportional to T 2) proportional to T 3) zero 4) finite but independent of T 4. A current passes through a wire of non-uniform cross section. Which of the following quantities are dependent of the cross-section? 1) free electron density 2) current density 3) drift velocity 4) the charge crossing in a given time interval 5. According to joule's law if potential difference across a conductor having a material of specific resistance p, remains constant, then heat produced in the conductor is directly proportional to 1) p 2) p2 3) 1/p 4) 1/p 6. For which of the following dependences of drift velocity, vd on electric field E, is Ohms Law obeyed? 1) vd E 2) vd E2 3) vd E 4) v d = constant 7. A steady current is passing through a linear conductor of non uniform cross-section. The net quantity of charge crossing any cross section per second is 1) independent of area of cross-section 2) directly proportional to the length of the conductor 3) directly proportional to the area of cross section. 4) inversely proportional to the length of the conductor

OHMS LAW
8. The flow of the electric current through a metallic conductor is 1) Only due to electrons 2) Only due to +ve charges 3) Due to both nuclei and electrons. 4) cannot be predicted 9. The resistance of a conductor is 1) Inversely proportional to the length. 2) Directly proportional to the square of the radius. 3) Inversely proportional to the square of the radius. 4) Directly proportional to the square root of the length. ITY 10. S.I. unit of electrical conductivity 1) siemen 2) siemen/metre 3) siemen-metre 4) ohm-metre

11. For making standard resistance, wire of following material is used 1) Nichrome 2) Copper 3) Silver 4) manganin

12. Material used for heating coils is 1) Nichrome 2) Copper

3) Silver

4)Manganin

13. A piece of silver and another of silicon are heated from room temperature. The resistance of 1) each of them increases 2) each of them decreases 3) Silver increases and Silicon decreases. 4) Silver decreases and Silicon increases. 14. i-v graph for a metal at temperatures t1, t2, t3 are as shown. The highest temperature is

1) t1

2) t2

3) t3

4) All are equal.

15. In the given electrical circuit A and V are ideal ammeter and voltmeter respectively. The voltmeter reading will be

1) 10V

2) 2V

3)8V

4) zero

16. A silicon piece and a silver piece are connected in series and a potential difference is applied between their free ends. The p.ds on them is V1 and V2 respectively. They are then cooled to 200K. Now, 1) V1 increases V2 decreases 2) Both increase 3) Both decrease 4) V1 decreases V2 increases 17. Choose the incorrect relation among the following 1) Ampere = coulomb/second 2) 1 volt = coulomb/joule 3) Ohm = volt/ampere 4) 1 coulomb = 6.25x1018x electron charge. 18. The area of current time graph gives 1) Current 2) Charge 3) Potential 4) Resistance

19. A certain piece of copper is to be shaped into a conductor of minimum resistance. Its length and cross sectional area should be 1) L and A 2) 2L and A/2 3) L/2 and 2A 3) 3L and A/3 20. When light falls on semiconductors, their resistance 1) decreases 2) increases 3) does not change 21. The resistance of an open circuit is 1) Infinity 2) Zero 22. The formula V = IR is applicable to 1) Ohmic conductor only 3) Both Ohmic & Non-Ohmic conductors 3) Negative 4) cannt be predicted 4) cannt be predicted

2) Non-ohmic conductor only 4) Neither ohmic nor non-ohmic conductor

23. With the increase of temperature, the ratio of conductivity to resistivity of a metal conductor 1) Decreases 2) Remains same 3) Increases 4) Many increase Hence 24. The conductivity of a super conductor, in the super conducting state is 1) Zero 2) Infinity 3) Depends on temp 4) Depends on free election 25. Temperature coefficient of resistance ' ' and resistivity r of a potentiometer wire must be 1) high and low 2) low and high 3) low and low 4) high and high

26. Back emf of a cell is due to 1) Electrolytic polarization 2) Pettier effect 27. The direction of current in a cell is 1) (-)ve pole to(+)ve pole during discharging 3) Always(-)ve pole to (+) ve pole

3) Magnetic effect of current 4) All the above 2) (+)ve pole to (-)ve pole during discharging 4) Both 1 & 2

28. When an electric cell drives current through load resistance, its Back emf, 1) Supports the original emf 2) Opposes the original emf 3) Supports if internal resistance is lo 4) Opposes if load resistance is large SR. PHYSICS 10 CURRENT ELECRTRYCITY

INTERNAL RESISTANCE EMF

29. Choose the correct statement 1) The difference of potential between the terminals of a cell in closed circuit is called emf of the cell. 2) electromotive force and accelerating force have the same dimensions. 3) The internal resistance of an ideal cell is infinity. 4) The difference between the emf of a cell and potential difference across the ends of the cell is called lost volts. 30. The terminal voltage of a cell is greater than its e.m.f. when it is 1) being charged 2) an open circuit 3) being discharged 31. Which of the following is a standard cell 1) Daniel cell 2) Cadmium cell 3) Leclanche cell 4) it never happens 4) Lead accumulator

32. Two cells each of e.m.f.2V and internal resistance 1 ohm are connected as shown. The p.d. between X and Y

1) 4V

2) 2V

3) 1V

4) zero

33. n identical cells, each of internal resistance (r) are first connected in parallel and then connected in series across a resistance ( R). If the current through R is the same in both cases. 1) R = r/2 2) r = R/2 3) R = r 4) r = 0

Electric Power :
34. A heater coil is cut into two equal parts and only one part is used in the heater. How will the heat generated vary ? 1) become one fourth 2) halved 3) doubled 4) become four times 35. The safe current of fuse wire is independent of 1) area of cross section 2) length 3) resistivity 4) none of the above

36. Two lamps have resistance r and R, R being greater than r. If they are connected in parallel in an electric circuit, then 1) the lamp with resistance R will shine more brightly 2) the lamp with resistance r will shine more brightly 3) the two lamps will shine equally brightly 4) the lamp with resistance R will not shine at all.

37. Two bulbs are fitted in a room in the domestic electric installation. If one of them glows brighter than the other, then 1) the brighter bulb has smaller resistance 2) the brighter bulb has larger resistance 3) both the bulbs have the same resistance 4) nothing can be said about the resistance unless other factors are known 38. Three identical bulbs P, Q and R are connected to a battery as shown in the figure. When the circuit is closed

1) Q and R will be brighter than P 3) All the bulbs will be equally bright

2) Q and R will be dimmer than P 4) Q and R will not shine at all

39. Figure shows three similar lamps L1, L2, L3 connected across a power supply. If the lamp L3

fuses, how will the light emitted by L1 and L2 change ? 1) no change 2) brilliance of L1 decreases and that of L2 increases 3) brilliance of both L1 and L2 increases 4) brilliance of both L1 and L2 decreases 40. The potential difference across a conductor is doubled, the rate of generation of heat will 1) become one fourth 2) be halved 3) be doubled 4) become four times 41. Two metallic wires of same material and same length have different diameters. When the wires are connected in parallel across a battery the heat produced in thinner wire is Q1 and that in thicker wire is Q2. Which of the following is true? 1) Q1 = Q2 2) Q1 < Q2 3) Q1 > Q2 4) It will depend on the emf of the battery

KIRCHHOFFS LAWS WHEATSTONE BRIDGE

42. Kirchoffs law of meshes is in accordance with law of conservation of 1) charge 2) current 3) energy 4) angular momentum 43. Kirchoffs law of junctions is also called the law of conservation of 1) energy 2) charge 3) momentum 4) angular momentum SR. PHYSICS 11 CURRENT ELECRTRYCITY 44. Wheatstoness bridge can not be used for measurement of very resistances. 1) high 2) low 3) low(or) high 4) zero

METERBRIDGE
45. A metre bridge is balanced with known resistance in the right gap and a metal wire in the left gap. If the metal wire is heated the balance point. 1) shifts towards left 2) shifts towards right 3) does not change 4) may shift towards left or right depending on the nature of the metal. 46. In metre bridge experiment of resistances, the known and unknown resistances are interchanged. The error so removed is 1) end correction 2) index error 3) due to temperature effect 4) random error 47. In a metre-bridge experiment, when the resistances in the gaps are interchanged, the balancepoint did not shift at all. The ratio of resistances must be 1) Very large 2) Very small 3) Equal to unity 4) zero

NUMERICAL QUESTIONS LEVEL I ELECTRIC CURRENT

1. The current passing through a conductor is 5ampere. The charge that passes through that conductor in 5 minute is 1) 1200C 2) 300 C 3) 1000 C 4) 1500 C 2. The current through a conductor is 1 ampere. The no. of electrons that pass through the conductor in one second is 1) 3.125 x 1018 2) 6 x 1018 3) 6.25 x 1018 4) 12.5 x 1018 3. If the electron in a Hydrogen atom makes 6.25x1015 revolutions in one second, the current is 1) 1.12 mA 2) 1 mA 3) 1.25 mA 4) 1.5 mA 4. If 240 coulomb of charge passes through a cross section of a conductor in 4 minute, the average current is 1) 1A 2) 1.6A 3) 1.8 A 4) 2 A 5.1 A current represents how many electrons/s crossing a section conductor through which it passes is 1) 6.25 x 1012 2) 12.5 x 106 3) 3.125 x 1012 4) 3.125 x 106

Drift velocity
6. A wire 50 cm long and 1 mm2 in cross-section carries a current of 4A when connected to a 2V battery. The resistivity of the wire is 1) 2x10-7m 2) 5x10-7m 3) 4x10-6 m 4) 10-6m 7. A copper wire of cross-sectional area 2.0 mm2, resistivity = 1.7x10-8m, carries a current of 1A. The electric field in the copper wire is 1) 8.5x10-5 V/m 2) 8.5x10-4 V/m 3) 8.5x10-3 V/m 4) 8.5x10-2 V/m 8. Two wires of the same material but of different diameters carry the same current I. If the ratio of their diameters is 2 : 1, then the corresponding ratio fo their mean drift velocities will be 1) 4 : 1 2) 1 : 1 3) 1 : 2 4) 1 : 4

OHMS LAW
9. A current of 4 ampere is passing through a conductor which is having a potential difference
of 10 V . Its conductance is 1) 0.4 s 2) 2.5 s 3) 40 s 4) 4 s

10. An electric bulb works on 230 V line and draws 0.1 A current. The resistance of the filament is 1) 230 2) 2300 3) 23 4) 2.3 11. A potential difference of 110 V exists across the terminals of an electric motor whose effective resistance is equal to 5.5 ohm. The current drawn by it is 1) 200A 2) 2A 3) 20A 4) 605 A 12. The resistance of a wire of length 100 cm and 7 x 10-3 cm radius is 6 ohm. Its specific resistance is 1) 924 x 10-8 cm 2) 92.4 x 10-8 m 3) 900 x 10-8 cm 4) 224 x 10-8 m 13. A metallic wire of resistance 20 ohm stretched until its length is doubled. Its resistance is 1) 20 2) 40 3) 80 4) 60 14. The lengths of two wires made of same material are 2m and 1m. Their radii are 1mm and 2mm. The ratio of their specific resistances is 1) 2 : 1 2) 1 : 2 3) 4 : 1 4) 1 : 1 15. The least resistance that one can have from six resistors of each 0.1 ohm resistance is 1) 0.167 2) 0.00167 3) 1.67 4) 0.0167

16. The resistance of a wire of 100 cm length is 10 .Now, it is cut into 10 equal parts and all of them are twisted to form a single bundle. Its resistance is 1) 1 2) 0.5 3) 5 4) 0.1 17. The resistance of a wire is 10 ohm. The resistance of a wire whose length is twice and the radius is half, if it is made of same material is 1) 20 2) 5 3) 80 4) 40 18. The ratio of lengths of two wires made up of same material is 2 : 3 and the ratio of areas of cross section 3 : 2 . The ratio of their resistances is 1) 9 : 4 2) 4 : 9 3) 1 : 3 4) 3 : 1 19. Using three wires of resistances 1 ohm, 2ohm and3 ohm, how many different resistance values are possible? 1) 6 2) 4 3) 10 4) 8 20. Using three identical resistors how many different values of resistances are possible? 1) 8 2) 6 3) 4 4) 3 21. A wire of resistance 20 is bent in the form of a square. The resistance between the ends of diagonal is 1) 10 2) 5 3) 20 4) 15 22. A one kilogram roll of copper wire has a resistance of 2 ohm. The resistance of 4kg roll of copper wire of half the thickness of the wire to the first roll is 1) 128 2) 32 3) 16 4) 4 23. Two wires made of same material have their electrical resistances in the ratio 1 : 4. If their lengths are in the ratio 1 : 2, the ratio of their masses is 1) 1: 1 2) 1 : 8 3) 8 : 1 4) 2 : 1 24. A letter 'A' is constructed of a uniform wire of resistance 1 ohm/cm. The sides of the letter are 20 cm long and the cross piece in the middle is 10cm long while the vertex angle is 600. The resistance of the letter between the two ends of the legs is 1) 40/3 2) 80/3 3) 40 4) 10 25. If four resistances are connected as shown in the fig. between A and B the effective resistance

is 1) 4

2) 8

3) 2.4

4) 2

26. Three resistances each of 3 are connected as shown in fig. The resultant resistance

between A and F is 1) 9

2) 2

3) 4

4) 1

27. The effective resistance between A and B is 1) 10 2) 20 3) 30 4) 20.2

28. Each resistance shown in the fig. aside is 7 ohm. The resultant resistant resistance between A

and B is 1) 4

2) 6

3) 9.33

4) 12

29. The current that passes through 20 ohm resistance when it is connected in parallel with a 30 resistance and this set is connected to a battery of 2V is 1) 0.2A 2) 0.3A 3) 0.1A 4) 0.016A 30. Two wires of same material and same length have their resistances in the ratio 5 : 7. The ratio of the masses of the wires is 1) 5 : 7 2) 7 : 5 3) 3 : 4 4) 4 : 3 31. Two wires made of same material have lengths in the ratio 1 : 2 and their volumes are also in the same ratio. The ratio of their resistances is 1) 4 : 1 2) 2 : 1 3) 1 : 2 4) 1 : 4 32. A wire has a diameter of 0.2 mm and a length of 50cm. The specific resistance of its material is 40 x 10-6 ohm cm. The current through it when a potential difference of 2V is applied across it is 1) 3.14 A 2) 31.4 A 3) 0.314A 4) 0.0314A 33. Two wires have their lengths in the ratio 1 : 3 diameters in the ratio 2 : 3 and their materials have specific resistances in the ratio 2 : 1. Then the ratio of their resistances is 1) 1 : 3 2) 3 : 1 3) 2 : 3 4) 3 : 2 34. The resistance of a wire is 2 . If it is drawn in such a way that it experiences a longitudinal strain 200%. Its new resistance is 1) 4 2) 8 3) 16 4) 18 35. A wire of resistance 100 is doubled on itself. The percentage of decrease of its resistance is 1) 25% 2) 50% 3) 75% 4) 20% 36. A wire has a resistance of 10 ohm. Its resistance if it is stretched by one-tenth of its original length is 1)12.1 2) 7.9 3) 11 4) 9 37. The electrical resistance of a mercury column in a cylindrical container is R. The mercury is poured into another cylindrical container with half the radius of cross-section. The resistance of the mercury column is 1) R 2) 2R 3) 16R 4) 5R 38. A metallic cube has a resistance 9. It is now cut into 27 smaller identical cubes. The resistance of each smaller cube is 1) 1/3 2) 27 3)18 4) 3 39. How many 160 ohms resistors in parallel are required to carry 5 A current on a 100V line. 1) 2 2) 4 3) 8 4) 10 40. An electrical cable of copper has just one wire of radius 9 mm. Its resistance is 5 ohm. This single copper wire of the cable is replaced by 6 different well insulated copper wires each of radius 3 mm. The total resistance of the cable will now be equal to 1) 7.5 ohm 2) 45 ohm 3) 90 ohm 4) 270 ohm 41. Masses of three wires of the same metal are in the ratio 1:2:3 and their lengths in the ratio 3:2:1. Electrical resistances of these wires will be in the ratio 1) 1:2:3 2) 3:2:1 3) 1:6:27 4) 27:6:1 42. Two copper wires whose masses are 8 and 12gm have lengths in the ratio 3:4. Their resistances are in the ratio. 1) 4 : 9 2) 16 : 9 3) 27 : 32 4) 27 : 128

43. The resistance of a voltmeter is 100. It is connected to a 12V-20 battery. The reading of voltmeter is 1) 6V 2) 8V 3) 9V 4) 10V 44. When three resistors of resistances 3, 4, 5 are connected in parallel, the currents through them are in the ratio 1) 3 : 4 : 5 2) 5 : 4 : 3 3) 20 : 15 : 12 4) 12 : 15 : 20 45. The resistivity of a material is S ohm meter. The resistance between opposite faces of a solid cube of edge 10 cm is ( in ohm) 1) S/2 2) S/10 3) 100S 4) 10S 46. A conductor of length x and diameter x has a resistance x. The resistivity of the material is 1) x3/4 2) x2 3) x2/4 4) x/2 47. A cell of emf 6V is being charged by 1A current. If the internal resistance of the cell is 1 ohm, the potential difference across the terminals of the cell is 1) 5V 2) 7V 3) 6V 4) 8V 48. If the external resistance is equal to the internal resistance of a cell of emf E, the P.D across its terminals is 1) E/2 2) E 3) 2E 4)zero 49. When two identical cells are connected either in series or in parallel across 2 ohm resistor they send the same current through it. The internal resistance of each cell is 1) 2 ohm 2) 1.2 ohm 3) 12 ohm 4) 21 ohm 50. A 30V, 90W lamp is to be operated on a 120V DC lamp. For proper glow a resistor of ohm should be connected in series with lamp. 1) 20 2) 30 3) 40 4) 10 51. A dc source of 30v is connected across 2 resistors of 200 each connected in series. A voltmeter of resistance 200 is connected across a resistor. It reads 1) 20V 2) 30V 3) 10V 4) 5V 52. A and B are identical wires. The length of wire A and diameter of wire B are doubled. The ratio of new resistances of A and B is 1) 8 : 1 2) 1 : 8 3) 4 : 1 4) 1 : 4 53. A metal wire is subjected to a constant potential difference. When the temperature of the metal wire increases, the drift velocity of the electron in it: 1) decreases, thermal velocity of the electron increases 2) increases, thermal velocity of the electron increases 3) decreases, thermal velocity of the electron decreases 4) increases, thermal velocity of the electron decreases. 54) Three resistors 1 , 2 , and 3 are connected to form a triangle. Across 3 resistor a 3V battery is connected. The current through 3 resistor is 1) 1.5A 2) 0.75A 3) 1A 4) 2A 55. The resistance of a wire at 300K is found to be 0.3 . If the temperature coefficient of resistance of wire is 1.5 x 10-3 K-1 the temperature at which the resistance becomes 0.6 is 1) 690K 2) 720K 3) 345K 4) 993K