Page 1 of 5 CPP - SANKALP_CE–1-PH-V

CPP
CURRENT ELECTRICITY -SHEET: 1(Lecture – 1)
Level-I
1. An electron gun emits 2.0  1010 electron per second. What electric current does this correspond to?

2. The electric current existing in a discharge tube is 2.0 A. How much charge is transferred across a cross-
section of the tube in 5 minutes?

3. The current through a wire depends on time as

i  i0  t where i0 = 10 A and  = 4 A/s. Find the charge crossed through a section of the wire in 10 seconds.

4. A source of e.m.f. E = 15 V and having negligible internal resistance is connected to a variable resistance so
that the current in the circuit increases with time as i = 1.2 t + 3. Then, the total charge that will flow in first
five second will be
(a) 10 C (b) 20 C (c) 30 C (d) 40 C

5. The current in a wire varies with time according to the equation I = 4 + 2t, where I is in ampere and t is in sec.
Calculate the quantity of charge which has passed through a cross-section of the wire during the time t = 2
sec to t = 6 sec.

6. Two wires each of radius of cross section r but of different materials are connected together end to end (in
series). If the densities of charge carriers in the two wires are in the ratio 1 : 4, Find the ratio drift velocity of
electrons in the two wires.

7. The amount of charge passed in time t through a cross-section of a wire is

2
Q(t) = At + Bt +C
(a) Write the dimensional formulae for A, B and C.
(b) If the numerical values of A, B and C are 5, 3 and 1 respectively in IS units, find the value of the current at
t = 5 s.

8. 62 . 5  10 18 electrons per second are flowing through a wire of area of cross-section 0.1 m 2 . Find the value of
current flowing

9. An electron moves in a circle of radius 10 cm with a constant speed of 4.0  106 m/s. Find the electric current
at a point on the circle.

10. In a conductor 4 coulombs of charge flows for 2 seconds. The value of electric current will be
(A) 4 volts (B) 4 amperes (C) 2 amperes (D) 2 volts

Level-II
1. A metallic block has no potential difference applied across it, then the mean velocity of free electrons is T =
absolute temperature of the block)
(a) Proportional to T (b) Proportional to T
(c) Zero (d) Finite but independent of temperature

2. There is a current of 20 amperes in a copper wire of 10 6 square metre area of cross-section. If the number
of free electrons per cubic metre is 10 29 , then the drift velocity is
(a) 125  10 3 m / sec (b) 12 .5  10 3 m / sec (c) 1 .25  10 3 m / sec (d) 1 .25  10 4 m / sec

3. The electric intensity E , current density j and specific resistance k are related to each other by the relation
(a) E  j / k (b) E  jk (c) E  k / j (d) k  jE

4. There is a current of 1.344 amp in a copper wire whose area of cross-section normal to the length of the wire
is 1 mm 2 . If the number of free electrons per cm 3 is 8 . 4  10 22 , then the drift velocity would be
(a) 1.0 mm / sec (b) 1.0 m / sec (c) 0.1 mm / sec (d) 0.01 mm / sec

FIITJEE Ltd., ICES House, Sarvapriya Vihar (Near Hauz Khas Bus Terminal), New Delhi - 16, Ph : 6515949 , 6865182, 6854102, Fax : 6513942
Page 2 of 5 CPP - SANKALP_CE–1-PH-V
5. The drift velocity of free electrons in a conductor is ‘v’ when a current ‘i’ is flowing in it. If both the radius and
current are doubled, then drift velocity will be
v v v
(a) v (b) (c) (d)
2 4 8

7. An insulating pipe of cross-section area 'A' contains an electrolyte which has two types of ions and their
charges being –e and +2e. A potential difference applied between the ends of the pipe result in the drifting of
the two types of ions, having drift speed = v (–ve ion) and v/4 (+ve ion). Both ions have the same number per
unit volume = n. Calculate the current flowing through the pipe.

9. (a) The current density across a cylindrical conductor of radius R varies according to the equation
 r 
J  J0  1   , where r = distance from the axis. Thus the current density is a maximum J0 at the axis
 R
r = 0 and decreases linearly to zero at the surface r = R. Calculate the current in terms of J0 and the
conductor's cross-sectional area A =  R2.
(b) Suppose that instead the current density is a maximum J0 at the surface and decreases linearly to zero at
r
the axis so that J  J0. Calculate the current.
R
10. A copper wire of cross-section 2 mm2 carries a current of 30 A. Calculate the root-mean-square velocity
o
(thermal velocity) of free electrons at 27 C. Also, prove that vd is very small compared to it.
[Data given: Cu = 8.9 gm/cc, Boltzmann constant (k) = 1.38  1023 J/K, me = 9.1  1031 kg, NA = 6.023 
23
10 , atomic weight of Cu = 63.]

11. Statement I: In a conducting rod, motion of conduction electrons in electric field E is the sum of the motion

due to random collision between the electrons and that due to E . Statement II: Drift velocity of conduction
electrons depends upon the applied electric field and contribution of random collision between the electrons.
(A) Statement I is true, statement II is true; statement II is a correct explanation for statement I.
(B) Statement I is true, statement II is true; statement II is NOT a correct explanation for statement I.
(C) Statement I is true, statement II is false. (D) Statement I is false, statement II is true.

12. The drift velocity of electrons in a conducting wire is of the order of 1mm/s, yet the bulb glows very quickly after
the switch is put on because
(A) the random speed of electrons is very high, of the order of 106 m/s
(B) the electrons transfer their energy very quickly through collisions
(C) electric field is set up in the wire very quickly, producing a current through each cross section, almost
intantaneousty
(D) All of above

FIITJEE Ltd., ICES House, Sarvapriya Vihar (Near Hauz Khas Bus Terminal), New Delhi - 16, Ph : 6515949 , 6865182, 6854102, Fax : 6513942
Page 3 of 5 CPP - SANKALP_CE–1-PH-V

CPP
ELECTROSTATICS -SHEET: 1(Lecture – 1)
ANSWER KEY
Level-I
1. 3.2  103 A

2. 6.0  104 C

3. 300 C

dQ t2 5
4. (c) i   dQ  idt  Q   t1 i dt  0 (1.2t  3) dt
dt
5
 1.2t 2 
  3 t   30 C
 2  0

5. Let dq be the charge which has passed in a small interval of time dt. Then
dq = i dt = (4+2t) dt
Hence, total charge passed during the interval t = 2 sec and t = 6 sec is
6
q= 2  4  2t  dt  48 coulomb
6. 4:1
7. (a) IT1, I, IT (b) 53 A

8. 10
ne 62 . 5  10 18  1 . 6  10 19
8. i   10 ampere
t 1

9. 1.0  1012 A.

10. 2
q 4
i   2 ampere
10. t 2

Level-II
1. (b) In the absence of external electric field mean velocity of free electron (Vrms) is given by
3 KT
Vrms   Vrms  T
m
i 20
2. (c) v d    1.25  10 3 m / s
nAe 10 29  10 6  1 . 6  10 19
E
3. (b) Specific resistance k 
j
i 1 .344 1 . 344
4. (c) vd     0 . 01 cm / s  0 .1mm / s
nAe 10  6  1 . 6  10 19  8 . 4  10 22 10  1 . 6  8 . 4
2
i i v i r  v
5. (b) vd   vd  2   1   2   v '  .
ner 2 r v' i2 r
 1 2

9. (a) J0 A/3 (b) 2 J0 A/3

3kT I
10. Vrms   1.17 105 m / s ; v d 
m neA
23
63 gm of Cu = 6.023  10 Cu atoms.
6.023 1023  8.9
8.9gmof Cu  Cu atoms = 1 cc of Cu atoms.
63

FIITJEE Ltd., ICES House, Sarvapriya Vihar (Near Hauz Khas Bus Terminal), New Delhi - 16, Ph : 6515949 , 6865182, 6854102, Fax : 6513942
Page 4 of 5 CPP - SANKALP_CE–1-PH-V
3 28
 1 m of Cu  8.5  10 Cu atoms.
Now, each Cu atom contributes one electron.
 n = 8.5  1028 electron s/m3
I 30
 vd   = 1.1 103 m/s

neA n 1.6  1019  2  106   
It is clear that vd is much smaller than v thermal .

11. C
Drift velocity of conduction electrons depends upon due to the applied electric field.

12. C

FIITJEE Ltd., ICES House, Sarvapriya Vihar (Near Hauz Khas Bus Terminal), New Delhi - 16, Ph : 6515949 , 6865182, 6854102, Fax : 6513942