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DAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

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Electricity-1

Q. 1 Specific resistance of a wire depends on its

(1) mass (2) length (3) area of cross–section (4) None of the above

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Q. 2 When the temperature increases, the resistance of a wire
(1) decreases (2) increases
(3) first increases than decreases (4) remains constant

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Q. 3 There are two wires of the same length and of the same material and radii r and 2r. The ratio of their specific
resistance is

Q. 4
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 1 : 1

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If the length and cross-section of a wire is doubled, then the resistance will
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(1) become half (2) increase two times (3) remain unchanged (4) increase four times
Q. 5 V-i graph for an ohmic resistance is
(1) straight line (2) hyperbola (3) parabola (4) circle
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Q. 6 Three wires each have resistance 2  , if we connect 2 in series with one parallel to the combination the equalent
resistance is
(1) 4/3  (2) 3/4  (3) 6  (4) 3 
Q. 7 When a resistance wire is passed through a die the cross–section area decreases by 1%, the change in resis-
tance of the wire is
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(1) 1% decrease (2) 1% increase (3) 2% decrease (4) 2% increase

Q. 8 When the resistance of copper wire is 0.1  and the radius is 1 mm, then the length of the wire is (specific
resistance of copper is 3.14 × 10–8 ohm x m)
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(1) 10 cm (2) 10 m (3) 100 m (4) 100 cm

Q.9 There are five resistances of 1 ohm each. If the initial three resistance are joined in parallel and rest two are
joined in series, then the final resistance is
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(1) 3 ohm (2) 8 ohm (3) 7/3 ohm (4) 5 ohm

Q.10 Three copper wires of length and cross–sectional area (L, A), (2L, A/2) and (L/2, 2A). Resistance is minimum in
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(1) wire of cross–sectional area A (2) wire of area A/2

(3) wire of cross–sectional area 2A (4) same in all three cases
Que-11-13. For the following circuits, the potential difference between X and Y in volt is
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2 3

2A 2A
Q.11
3 2

(1) 1 (2) –1 (3) 2 (4) –2

X
1A
3 3

Q.12
Y
2 1

(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 6 (4) 9

X Y

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10 10
Q.13
20V
+ –

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(1) 10 (2) 20 (3) 0 (4) 5
Q.14 For the following circuits, the potential difference between X and Y in volt is

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1
X

1
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1.5 1

Y
+ –
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20V
(1) 0.1 (2) 0.2 (3) 0.3 (4) 0.4

Q.15 The resistance of P, Q, R S arms of a Wheatstone bridge are 5, 15, 20 and 60. A cell of 4 volt emf and 4
internal resistance is connected with them, then the current flowing (in ampere) is
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(1) 0.1 (2) 0.2 (3) 1 (4) 2

Question 16 to 26 for following circuits the value of total resistance between X and Y in ohm is
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R R R

Q.16 (Take R = 3 ) 2R 2R
2R
R
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R
2R
X Y

(1) R (2) 2R (3) 3R (4) R/2

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7
A B

3 5
Q.17 10

X Y
10
(1) 2  (2) 3  (3) 4  (4) 5 

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R R

Q.18 R
R R

X Y

(1) 4 R (2) 8 R/3 (3) R (4) 3 R

R R

X 2R Y
Q.19
R R

(1) R (2) 4 R (3) 5 R (4) 6 R

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2 3

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X 9 Y
Q.20

(1) 5 
4 6

(2) 3.33  .c
(3) 3  (4) 2 
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1 1
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2
Q.21
1 1
3

(1) 1.5  (2) 2  (3) 3  (4) 4 

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X R R R R

Q.22
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Y R R R R

(1) R (2) 2R (3) R/2 (4) 4 R

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Q.23
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(1) 2  (2) 4  (3) 6  (4) 8 

10 10
X
Q.24 Y

10 10

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(1) 10  (2) 20  (3) 30  (4)  

7

3 10
Q.25 10

X Y
30

(1) 10  (2) 20  (3) 30  (4) 40 

X Y
30 10
10 30 20
30

Q.26
20 30

(1) 5  (2) 10  (3) 15  (4) 60 

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Q.27 Find the equivalent resistance of the following network
2 2

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A 4 B 4 C

(1) 4/3  (2) 6/3 

.c (3) 10/3 
Reading of ammeter in ampere for the following circuit is (Q. 28 to 29)
(4) 8/3 
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12V
3

Q.28 2
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6
A
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 1 (4) 2

2
10
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A
Q.29 1.4A 1.4A
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25 5

(1) 0.4 (2) 1 (3) 0.6 (4) 1.2

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P Q

i1
i2
Q.30 The value of i1/i2 for a given diagram is R
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S i

PQ RS PQ RS

(1) (2) (3) (4)
RS PQ RS PQ

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1 1
A B

A
Q.31 Reading of ammeter in ampere for the following circuit is 1.5 1

Y
+ –
2V

(1) 0.8 (2) 1 (3) 0.4 (4) 2

Q.32 The resistivity of materials is expressed in
(1) ohm (2) ohm/meter (3) ohm/meter2 (4) ohm-meter
Q.33 A piece of copper wire having resistance R is cut into 10 pieces of equal length. These pieces are connected in
parallel. The effective resistance of the combination will be

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R R
(1) (2) (3) 10 R (4) 100 R
100 10
Q.34 The resistance of a wire of cross-section ‘a’ and length ‘  ’ is R ohm. The resistance of another wire of the same

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material and of the same length but cross-section ‘4a’ will be
R R

Q.35
(1) 4R

(1) n times
(2)
4

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16
(4) 16 R
A wire is stretched to n times its length. Then the resistance now will increase by
(2) 1/n times (3) n2 times (4) 1/n2 times
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Q.36 The resistance of wire is R ohm. The wire is stretched to half of its diameter. The resistance of the wire will now
be
(1) 4 R (2) 64 R (3) R/4 (4) 16 R
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Q.37 According to the Kirchoff’s laws in any analytic circuit, if the direction of current i is assumed opposite, then the
value of current will be
(1) i (2) 2 i (3) – i (4) zero
Q.38 The potential gradient of a potentiometer wire is defined as
(1) the fall of potential per unit length (2) the fall of potential per unit area
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(3) the fall in potential across the ends of wires (4) None of the above
Q.39 The unit of potential gradient is
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(1) volt (2) volt/ampere (3) volt/meter (4) volt x meter

Q.40 The unit of potential gradient is similar to
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(1) resistance (2) current (3) potential (4) intensity of electrical field
Q.41 The length of the potentiometer wire is kept larger so that the value of potential gradient may
(1) increase (2) decrease
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(3) remain uniform all over the length of its wire (4) None of the above
Q.42 For the same potential difference, a potentiometer wire is replaced by another one of a high specific resistance.
The potential gradient then ( r = Rh = 0)
(1) decreases (2) remains same (3) increases (4) data is incomplete
Q.43 If the current in a potentiometer increases, the position of the null point will
(1) be obtained at a larger length than the previous one
(2) be equal to the previous length
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(3) be obtained at a smaller length than the previous

(4) None of the above
Q.44 The sensitivity of a potentiometer is increased by
(1) increasing the emf of the cell (2) increasing the length of potentiometer wire
(3) decreasing the length of potentiometer wire (4) None of the above
Q.45 In a potentiometer wire, whose resistance is 0.5 ohm/m, a current of 2 ampere is passing. The value of potential
gradient in volt/m will be
(1) 0.1 (2) 0.5 (3) 1.0 (4) 4
Q.46 The potentiometer wire 10 m long and 20 ohm resistance is connected to a 3 volt emf battery and a 10 ohm
resistance. The value of potential gradient in volt/m of the wire will be
(1) 1.0 (2) 0.2 (3) 0.1 (4) 0.02
Q.47 The length of a potentiometer wire is 10 m and a p.d. of 2 volt is applied to its ends. If the length of its wire is
increased by 1 m, the value of potential gradient in volt/m will be

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(1) 0.18 (2) 0.22 (3) 1.3 (4) 0.9
Q.48 The ratio of resistance of two wires is 1 : 2. If current in the two is same, the ratio of the potential gradients will be

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(1) 2 : 1 (2) 1 : 4 (3) 4 : 1 (4) 1 : 2
Q.49 The potential gradient of potentiometer is 0.2 volt/m. A current of 0.1 amp is flowing through a coil of 2 ohm

(2) 1
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resistance. The balancing length in meters for the p.d. at the ends of this coil will be
(1) 2 (3) 0.2 (4) 0.1
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Q.50 The emf of a standard cell is 1.5 volt and its balancing length is 7.5 m. The balancing length in meters for a 3.5
ohm resistance, through which a current of 0.2 A, flows will be
(1) 3.5 (2) 5.0 (3) 5.7 (4) 6.5
Q.51 In the following circuit, the reading in volt of the voltmeter will be
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+ –
12V
Y
A
40 cm 60 cm

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+ –
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4.8volt
(1) 7.2 (2) 4.8 (3) 6 (4) 4
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Q.52 Consider the circuit of figure containing seven resistors. Then the equivalent resistance between points A and B is
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25 45 95 215
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 8 24 24
Q.53 In the above circuit(A), the effective resistance between points A and C is

25 45 63 115
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 8 24 24
Q.54 In the above circuit(A), the effective resistance between points A and D is

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215 25 45 95
(1) (2) (3) (4)
24 3 8 24
Q.55 For the mesh of resistors shown in figure (A) the effective resistance between A and E is

25 215 115 105

(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 24 3 8
Q.56 For the circuit shown in figure (A), the equivalent resistance between points A and F is

95 105 115
(1) (2) (3) (4) None of the above
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Q.57 The potential difference between the points A and B in figure will be

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2 8 4
(1) V (2) V (3) V (4) 2 V
3 9 3

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Q.58 The appropriate material to be used in the construction of resistance boxes out of the following is
(1) Copper (2) Iron (3) Manganin (4) Aluminium
Q.59
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A current of 4.8 A is flowing in a conductor. The number of electrons passing through any cross-section per
second is
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(1) 3 × 1019 (2) 76.8 × 1020 (3) 7.68 × 1012 (4) 3 × 1010
Q.60 The dimensions of a block are 1 cm x 1 cm x 100 cm. If the specific resistance of its material is
2  10 7 ohm  metre , then the resistance between the opposite rectangular faces is
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(1) 2  10 9  (2) 2  10 7  (3) 2  10 5  (4) 2  10 3 

Q.61 In the circuit diagram shown below, the magnitude and direction of the flow of current respectively would be
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(1) amp. from a to b via e (2) amp. from b to a via e
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3 3
(3) 1.0 amp. from b to a via e (4) 1.0 amp. from a to b via e
Q.62 What is the equivalent resistance in ohms between points A and B ?
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(1) 15.4  (2) 2.7  (3) 12.0  (4) 0.37 

Q.63 A coil has a resistance of 50  and 20 0 C . At 400C, its resistance becomes 51 . The temperature coefficient
of the wire at 200C is
(1) 0.01 (2) 0.001 (3) 0.0001 (4) 0.10
Q.64 Which of the following statement is true both for a series and a parallel d.c. circuits?

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(1) Powers are additive (2) Voltages are additive

(3) Currents are additive (4) None of the above
Q.65 If each resistance in the figure is 9 ohm, then reading of the ammeter is

(1) 5 A (2) 8 A (3) 2 A (4) 9 A

Q.66 For what value of unknown resistance X, the potential difference between B and D will be zero in the arrangement
of figure shown.

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(1) 4 ohm (2) 2 ohm (3) 3 ohm (4) 6 ohm

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Q.67 A cell is balanced at 100 cm of a potentiometer wire when the total length of the wire is 400 cm. If the length of the

(2) 125 cm .c
potentiometer wire is increased by 100 cm, then the new balancing length for the cell will be
(1) 100 cm (3) 80 cm (4) 250 cm
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Q.68 A current of 2 amp is flowing in the primary circuit of a potentiometer wire having resistance of 0.2 ohm/m. In a
coil when current of 1 A flows, then potential difference across its terminals are balanced at 2.5 m of the potentiometer
wire. The resistance of the coil is
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(1) 1 ohm (2) 2.5 ohm (3) 0.4 ohm (4) 5.0 ohm
Q.69 Two wires of same dimension but resistivities 1 and 2 are connected in series. The equivalent resistivity of the
combination is
(1) 1 + 2 (2) 1/2 (1 + 2) (3) 1  2 (4) 2(1 + 2)
Q.70 A cell of e.m.f. E is connected across a resistance r. The potential difference between the terminals of the cell is
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found to be V. The internal resistance of the cell must be

2(E  V ) V 2(E  V ) r (E  V ) r
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (E – V) r

r E V
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ANSWER KEY
Que . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans . 4 2 2 3 1 1 4 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 2
Que . 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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Ans . 1 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 2 2
Que . 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Ans . 2 4 1 2 3 1 3 1 3 4 2 2 3 2 3
Que . 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans . 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 2
Que . 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
Ans . 4 2 2 4 1 4 2 1 2 3

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