SHREE NIKETAN PATASALA

ELECTRICITY – QUESTION BANK

Numerical Problems

Q1. Calculate the resistance of an electric bulb which uses 15A current when connected to a 220V source.

Q2. A simple electric circuit has 20V battery and resistor of 100 ohm. What will be the current in the
circuit?

Q3. The potential difference across the terminal of a cell is 1.5 V. It is connected with a resistance of 30
ohms. Calculate the current flowing through the circuit.

Q4. Draw a V-I graph based on the following data:

V in volt 1 2 3 4 5
I in ampere 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.0 1.25

What would be the value of V/I ratio when the potential difference V across the resistor is 3.6V?

Q5. The value of the current I flowing in a given resistor for the corresponding values of the potential
difference V across the resistor are given below:

I in ampere 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0

V in volt 1.6 3.4 6.7 10.2 13.2

Plot a graph between V & I and calculate the resistance of that resistor.

Q6. An electric current of 15 A is flowing through an electric fan. If the potential difference between two
terminals of electric fan is 240 V, what will be resistance?

Q7. f the resistance of an electric iron is 48 Ω and an electric current of 5 A is flowing through it, what will
be the potential difference between two terminals of electric iron.

Q8. Calculate the potential difference between two points of a terminal, if an electric current of 10 A is
flowing through it having resistance of 20Ω.

Q9. If the resistance between two terminals of an electric heater is 15Ω and an electric current of 15 A is
flowing through it then what will be the voltage of electric current?

Q10. Calculate the resistance if 5 A of electric current flows through a conductor having potential difference
between two points is equal to 15 V.
Q11. A copper wire of length 2m and area of cross section 1.7 X 10-6m2 has a resistance of 2 X 10-2 ohm.
Calculate the resistivity. (1.7 X 10-8 ohm m)
Q12. A wire of length 3 m and area of cross-section 1.7 × 10-6 m2 has a resistance 3 × 102 ohm.
a. What is the formula for resistivity of the wire and what is the unit of it
b. calculate the resistivity of the wire (1.7 X 10-8 ohm m)
Q13. Compute the resistivity of the given material whose resistance is 2 Ω; area of cross-section and length
are 25cm2 and 15 cm respectively? (3.333 ohm m)
Q14. The length and area of wire are given as 0.2 m and 0.5 m2 respectively. The resistance of that wire is 3
Ω, calculate the resistivity? (7.5 ohm m)
Q15. A copper wire has a diameter of 0.5mm & resistivity of 1.6 X 10-8 ohm m.
a. What will be the length of this wire to make its resistance 10 ohm?
b. How much does the resistance change if the diameter is doubled? (122.7 m, 1/4th of the original)
Q16. A 6 ohm resistance wire is doubled up by folding. Calculate the new resistance of the wire.(1.5 ohm)
Q17. A given length of wire id doubled on itself and this process is repeated once again. By what factor does
the resistance of the wire change?(1/16th of the original)
Q18.A piece of wire of resistance 20ohm is drawn out so that its length is increased to twice its original
length. Calculate the resistance of the wire in new situation. (80 ohm)
Q19. The resistance of a metal wire of length 1m is 10000 ohm. If the diameter of the wire is 0.15mm, find
the resistivity of the metal. (1.76 X 10-8 ohm m)
Q20. Two metallic wires A and B of the same material are connected in parallel. Wire A has length l and
radius r, wire B has length l and radius r. Calculate the ratio of the equivalent resistance in the parallel
combination and the resistance of wire A. ( 1:3)
Q21. There are three resistors joined in series in a system having resistance equal to 10 Ω, 20 Ω and 30 Ω
respectively. If the potential difference of the circuit is 240 V, find the total resistance and current through
the circuit. (60 ohm, 4 A)

Q22. There are two electric lamps M and N which are joined in a series having resistance equal to 15 Ω and
20 Ω respectively. If the potential difference between two terminals of electric circuit is 220V, find the total
resistance and electric current through the circuit. Also find the potential difference across the two lamps
separately. (35.2 ohm, 6.25 A lamp M- 2.43 V, lamp N 3.2 V)

Q23. There are two resistors R1 and R2 having resistance equal to 20Ω and 30Ω respectively are connected
in parallel in an electric circuit. If the potential difference across the electric circuit is 5 V, find the electric
current flowing through the circuit and the total resistance of the resistors. (12 ohm, 0.46 A)

Q24. There are five electric appliances, viz. electric heater and electric lamp, an electric fan, computer and
an exhaust fan are connected in parallel in a household. The resistance electric appliances are 40Ω, 5 Ω, 8Ω,
20Ω and 10Ω respectively. If an electric current of 240V is flowing through the circuit then find
 a. Total resistance through the circuit
b. Total electric current (I) through the circuit and
c. The current through each of the resistor.(2ohm, 120 A)

Q25. If four resistors each of value 1ohm are connected in series, what will be the resultant resistance? (4
ohm)

Q26. A resistance of 6 ohm is connected in series with another resistance of 4 ohm. A potential difference of
20V is applied across the combination. Calculate the current through the circuit and potential difference
across 6 ohm resistor. (2 A, 12 V)

Q27. Calculate the equivalent resistance when two resistors of 3 ohm and 6 ohm are connected in parallel. (2
ohm)

Q28. The parallel combination of two 10 ohm resistors are placed across the terminals of 2.4 V battery.

a. What is the effective resistance of the parallel circuit?

b. What is the current through the entire circuit?
c. What is the current through each branch of the circuit? (5 ohm, 4.8 A, 2.4 A)

Q29. You are given several identical resistors each having resistance of 10 ohm and a maximum current of 1
A is allowed to pass through each resistor. It is required to make a suitable combination of these resistances
of 5 ohm which can carry a current of 4 A. Find the number of such resistances that will be required. (8)

Q30. A piece of wire having resistance R is cut into four equal parts.

a. How can resistance of each part be compared with the original one?
b. If all the four parts are connected in parallel, how the joint resistance be compared with the resistance
of the original wire? (R/4, R/16)

Q31.Distinguish between resistances in series and resistances in parallel.

Q32. Two coils of resistance R1 = 3Ω and R2 = 9Ω are connected in series across a battery of potential
difference 14 V. Draw the circuit diagram. Find the electrical energy consumed in 1 min in each resistance.

Q33. A piece of wire having resistance ‘R’ is cut into four equal parts.
(a) How does the resistance of each part compare with the original resistance?
(b) If the four parts are placed in parallel, how will be the resistance of the combination compare with the
resistance of the original wire?

Q34. What is the better way of connecting lights and other electrical appliances in domestic wiring? Why?

Q35.An electric lamp, whose resistance is 20 Ω, and a conductor of 4 Ω resistance are connected to aft V
battery (Fig.).
Calculate (a) the total resistance of the circuit, (b) the current through the circuit, and (c) the potential
difference across the electric conductor.

Q36. If, in Figure R1 = 10 ohms, R2 = 40 ohms, R3, = 30 ohms, R4 = 20 ohms, Rg = 60 ohms and a 12 volt
battery is connected to the arrangement, calculate: (a) the total resistance and (b) the total current flowing in
the circuit.

Q37. Three incandescent bulbs of 100 W each are connected in series in an electric circuit. In another circuit
another set of three bulbs of the same wattage are connected in parallel to the same source. (a) Will the bulb
in the two circuits glow with the same brightness? Justify your answer. (b) Now let one bulb in both the circuits
get fused. Will the rest of the bulbs continue to glow in each circuit? Give reason.

Q38. State Ohm’s law? How can it be verified experimentally? Does it hold good under all conditions?
Comment.

Q39 .What is electrical resistivity of a material? What is its unit? Describe an experiment to study the factors
on which the resistance of conducting wire depends.

Q40. How will you infer with the help of an experiment that the same current flows through every part of the
circuit containing three resistances in series connected to a battery?
Q41. How will you conclude that the same potential difference (voltage) exists across three resistors connected
in a parallel arrangement to a battery?

Q42.What is Joule’s heating effect? How can it be demonstrated experimentally? List its four applications in
daily life.

Q43. In the below circuit, if the current reading in the ammeter A is 2A, what would be the value of R1? (2)

Q44. Consider the following electric circuit : 5 V (a) Which two resistors are connected in series? (b) Which
two resistors are connected in parallel? (c) If every resistor of the circuit is of 2 Ω, what current will flow in
the circuit?

Q45. Five resistors are connected in a circuit as shown. Find the ammeter reading when circuit is closed. (2)

(a) Find the value of current I in the circuit given below:

Q46.Study the following circuit and find :

 (i) Effective resistance of the circuit (ii) Current drawn from the battery (iii) Potential difference
across the 5 ohm resistor. (3)

Q47.Three V–I graphs are drawn individually for two resistors and their series combination. Out of A, B, C
which one represents the graph for series combination of the other two? Give reason for your answer. (2)

Q48. In the given circuit, A, B, C and D are four lamps connected with a battery of 60V.

Analyse the circuit to answer the following questions.

(i) What kind of combination are the lamps arranged in (series or parallel)?
(ii) Explain with reference to your above answer, what are the advantages (any two) of this
combination of lamps?
(iii) Explain with proper calculations which lamp glows the brightest?
(iv) Find out the total resistance of the circuit. (4)
Q49.

Q50. (a) What is meant by heating effect of electric current ? Give two applications of heating effect of current.
(b) State the law relating heat dissipated in an electric circuit with the current, potential difference and time.
(c) 50 J of heat is produced each second in a 2 Ω resistor. Find the potential difference across the resistor.