ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

ELECTRICITY

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (1 MARK)

1. Define Electrostatic potential.

2. What is potential difference?

3. Define 1 volt.

4. Name the SI unit of potential difference.

5. Is potential difference a scalar or a vector quantity?

6. Name the instrument used to measure potential difference.

7. Does a voltmeter have a high or low resistance?

8. Write the other name of Joule/Coulomb?

9. How much work is done when one coulomb of charge moves against a
potential difference of 1 volt?

10. Name the SI unit of electric current.

11. Is electric current a scalar or vector quantity?

12. Name the instrument used to measure electric current.

13. Does an ammeter have low or a high resistance?

14. Write the other name of variable resistance.

15. How do we connect an ammeter in a circuit?

16. Write the unit of electrical resistance.

17. State the factors on which the resistance of a conductor depends.

18. What is the term for the reciprocal of resistance?

19. What is the nature of the graph between I and V for a metallic conductor?

20. Does Ohm’s law hold for a copper wire?

21. Does Ohm’s law hold for a liquid electrolyte?

22. Does Ohm’s law hold for a vacuum tube?

23. Following are the I vs V graphs for a (a) metallic conductor (b) liquid
electrolyte and (c) vacuum tube. In which case dows the Ohm/s law hold
good?

24. What do you mean by resistance?

25. Dows the resistance of a metal change when we raise the temperature of the
metal?

26. Name the substance having the largest and smallest electrical resistance
amongst the following: Silver, copper, nichrome, rubber, acidulated water.

27. Name the best conductor of electricity.

28. Name an excellent insulator.

29. Is wood a good conductor of electricity.

30. When are two resistances said to be in series?

31. When are two resistances said to be in parallel?

32. How many different resistance-combinations are possible with two equal
resistors, taking both of them together?

33. The unit of resistance is ohm. What is the unit of conductance?

34. Define electric power.

35. What is the SI unit of electrical power?

36. Name the quantity which is the product of potential difference and current.

37. Express power P in terms of I and R.

38. Write various formulae for electric power.

39. What does 220V, 100W written on an electrical appliance mean? What do you
mean by power rating?
40. Which of the following electrical appliances usually has the (a) highest (b)
least, power ratings? Tube light, Electric fan, Electric heater, Immersion
heater.

41. Which of the following electrical appliances usually draws the (a) highest and
(b) least, current when operated at 220V? Tube light, Electrical fan, Electrical
heater, Immersion heater.

42. What do you mean by electrical energy being consumed by an electrical

appliance?

43. Write the SI unit of electrical energy.

44. Write the commercial unit of energy.

45. Define one Kilowatt-hour.

46. Convert 1 Kwh to MJ.

47. What is the ratio of SI units to C.G.S. unit of electrical energy?

48. What are the factors on which electrical energy consumed by an eletrcial
appliance depends?

49. What do you mean by one unit of electrical energy?

50. How many joules are in one watt-hour?

51. List some important effects of electric current.

52. Name the quantity whose role in mechanics is similar to the role of resistance
in electrical circuits.

53. Write a formula for calculating the amount of heat (H) produced in a resistor
of resistance R when current I is passed through it for time t.

54. List of factors on which heating effect of electric current depends.

55. How is the heat produced by a current passing through a constant resistance
related to the strength of the current?

56. Name the Scientist who gave the formula for finding the heating produced in a
conductor.
57. Is joule’s heating a reversible effect?

58. How much can be Joule’s heating produced in an ideal insulator?

59. Name three electrical appliances that involve the heating effect of electric
current.

60. Is electric fuse an application of heating effect of current?

61. Out of 5A fuse and 15A fuse which will you prefer to use for the lighting
circuit?

62. In domestic wiring do we connect various distribution circuits in series?

63. Usually three insulated wires of different colours are used in electrical
appliance. Name the three colours.

64. What do you mean by short circuiting?

65. What do you mean by a fuse?

66. Should a fuse wire be connected in series or in parallel in the main circuit?

67. Can we use a copper wire as a fuse wire?

68. Name the instrument used to measure current in a circuit.

69. Name the instrument used to detect weak currents in a circuit.

70. Is ammeter connected in series or parallel in a circuit?

71. What does the potential of a charged body determine?

72. Is potential difference between two points in an electric field a vector

quantity?

73. What does a voltmeter measure?

74. Is a voltmeter same as a voltameter?

75. What are the conditions under which charges cane move in a conductor?

76. How will you maintain a potential difference between the ends of a conductor?

77. Name the quantity that determines the rate of flow of charge through a
conductor.
78. What determines the direction of flow of charge: Potential of a body or
Quantity of charge on a body?

79. When the two ends of copper wire are connected to the two terminals of a
battery some potential difference is created between its ends. Do electrons
start flowing from high potential end to low potential end?

80. In the question above, does current flow from the low potential end to the high
potential end of the wire?

81. What is the difference between a cell and a battery?

82. What do you mean by an electric circuit?

83. What do you mean by a circuit diagram?

84. How does a cell maintain some constant potential difference across its
terminals?

85. Do all substances have the same resistivity?

86. Give two substances having very low resistivities.

87. Give two substances having moderate resistivities.

88. Give two substances having high resistivities.

89. What is the name given to substances which are used for making heating
soils?

90. Why do electricians wear rubber shoes or sandals or rubber hand gloves while
working?

91. What are the two ways in which the resistances are combined?

92. What is meant by an equivalent resistance?

93. Name the SI unit of electrical energy.

94. Name the commercial unit of energy.

95. Name the property of a conductor by virtue of which it opposes the flow of
electric current through it.
96. Is resistance a scalar or a vector quantity?

97. Name the property of a conductor by virtue of which it allows the flow of
charge through it.

98. Is conductance a scalar or a vector quantity?

99. Which has a greater resistance: thin wire or thick wire of the same material?

100. What happens to the resistance of a copper wire when its temperature is
raised?

101. What happens to the conductance of a copper wire when its temperature is
raised?

102. What happens to the resistance of the following substances when its
temperature is raised?

(i) Aluminium (ii) Silicon (iii) Silver (iv) Germanium

103. Define 1KWh.

104. Name the quantity that represents the electric work done per unit time.

105. Express electric power (P) in terms of current (I) and resistance (R).

106. Express electric power (P) in terms of current (I) and potential difference (V).

107. Name the quantity that represents the product of power rating and time.

108. What voltage for the electrical appliance is kept in India?

109. What voltage is kept for the domestic electric supply in USA?

110. An electric heater is rated as 220V, 1KW. What does it mean?

111. Name the term used to represent the values of the voltage and wattage(power)
of an electrical appliance taken together.

112. Which bulb has the lesser resistance: 100W or 60W?

113. Which electrical appliance generally draws more current for the same applied
voltage: Electric iron or Electric bulb?

114. What do you understand by the heating effect of electric current?

115. A number of bulbs are to be connected to a single source. Will they provide
more illumination if connected in parallel, or in series?

116. What do you mean by the overloading of the electrical circuit?

117. All electrical circuits consist of three wires: a live wire, a neutral wire and an
earth wire, what colours are assigned to these wires?

118. What do you understand by short circuiting?

119. What will happen when the live and the neutral wires ina circuit touch each
other due to defective wiring?

120. What is the use of electrical fuse in an electrical circuit?

121. Name the effect of current on which a fuse works.

122. Where do we connect a fuse in an electrical circuit?

123. By what symbol is earthing represented?

124. Why do we do the earthing of an electrical appliance?

125. What does an electric meter in the house hold electric circuit measure?

126. Are distribution circuits connected to each other in series or in parallel?

127. Are switches connected in the neutral wire?

128. What do you mean by earthing of an electrical appliance?

SHORT ANSWER TYPE – I QUESTIONS (2 MARKS)

1. Why can’t we use a copper wire as a fuse wire?

2. What is usual colour code followed for connecting live, neutral and earth
wires? Why is it so important?

3. Define Electric current. How can you measure the magnitude of electric
current?

4. What is the direction of conventional current?

5. State the law, which relates the current in a conductor to the potential
difference across its ends.
6. Differentiate between conductors and insulators.

7. What is the law of combination of resistances in series?

8. What is the law of combination of resistances in parallel?

9. What do you mean when we say that the electric appliance is earthed? What is
its importance?

10. What causes electric resistance? What is the physical significance of

resistance?

11. What are the limitations of Ohm’s law? What are ohmic conductors?

12. A graph is plotted between V(potential difference) and I(current) for a metal at
two different temperatures T1 and T2. What is the relationship between T1 and
T2?

13. How many different resistances are possible with two equal resistors?

14. Draw a diagram used for a fuse to be used in an electrical appliance. Write the
symbol for an electrical fuse in circuit diagram.

15. One billion electrons pass from a point A towards another point B in 10–4 s.
What is the current in amperes? What is its direction?

SHORT ANSWER TYPE – II QUESTIONS (3 MARKS)

1. Given five equal resistances; each of the value 5 ohms. (a) What is the
maximum resistance that can be obtained from them? (b) What is the
minimum resistance that can be obtained from them?

2. How many different resistance combinations are possible with three equal
resistors taken all of them together?

3. Write symbols for the following:

(a) Cell (b) Battery (c) Fixed resistance (d) Wires crossing without contact

(e) Variable resistance (f) A wire joint

4. Write symbols for the following: (a) Ammeter (b) Voltmeter (c) Galvanometer
(d) Open switch (e) Closed switch
5. Draw a labelled circuit diagram for the verification of Ohm’s law. Plot a I-V
graph for an ohmic conductor.

6. With the help of a diagram, derive the formula for the equivalent resistance of
three resistances connected in series.

7. With the help of a diagram, derive the formula for the equivalent resistance of
three resistances connected in parallel.

8. Write the SI and commercial unit of energy. Derive the relation between them.

9. What do you mean by resistivity of a conductor? What are the factors on

which the resistance of a conductor depends?

10. State Joule’s law of heating. Derive the formula for the Heat produced due to
current flowing in a conductor.

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (5 MARKS)

1. Discuss series and parallel combinations of resistors with their salient features.

2. What is electric energy and electric power? Derive their expressions and
define their units.

3. What is Ohm’s law? How is it represented graphically? Derive an expression

for the resultant resistance of series combinations of resistors.

4. State Ohm’s law? Derive an expression for the equivalent resistance of

parallel combinations of resistors.

5. What is Joule’s heating effect? How can it be demonstrated experimentally?

List its four applications in daily life.

6. What is electrical resistivity of a material? What is its unit? Describe an

experimentally to study the factors on which the resistance of conducting wire
depends?