Total Questions : 60 ASSIGNMENT – 02

Max. Marks : 240 Practice Sheet: Current Electricity By: Mohit Agarwal
Time Duration : 90 Minutes

1. The temperature coefficient of resistance for a wire is 0.00125/ C . At 300K its resistance is 1 ohm. The temperature
at which the resistance becomes 2 ohm is
(1) 1154 K (2) 1100 K (3) 1400 K (4) 1127 K

2. The resistance of a wire is 20 ohms. It is so stretched that the length becomes three times, then the new resistance
of the wire will be
(1) 6.67 ohms (2) 60.0 ohms (3) 120 ohms (4) 180.0 ohms

3. In hydrogen atom, the electron makes 6.6  10 15 revolutions per second around the nucleus in an orbit of radius
0.5  10 −10 m . It is equivalent to a current nearly
(1) 1 A (2) 1 mA (3) 1 A (4) 1.6  10 −19 A

4. In an electrolyte 3.2  10 18 bivalent positive ions drift to the right per second while 3.6  10 18 monovalent negative
ions drift to the left per second. Then the current is
(1) 1.6 amp to the left (2) 1.6 amp to the right
(3) 0.45 amp to the right (4) 0.45 amp to the left

5. Dimensions of a block are 1 cm  1 cm  100 cm . If specific resistance of its material is 3  10 −7 ohm − m , then the
resistance between the opposite rectangular faces is
(1) 3  10 −9 ohm (2) 3  10 −7 ohm (3) 3  10 −5 ohm (4) 3  10 −3 ohm

6. The resistance of a wire is 10  . Its length is increased by 10% by stretching. The new resistance will now be
(1) 12  (2) 1.2  (3) 13  (4) 11 

7. Which of the following has a negative temperature coefficient

(1) C (2) Fe (3) Mn (4) Ag

8. A potential difference of V is applied at the ends of a copper wire of length l and diameter d. On doubling only d,
drift velocity
(1) Becomes two times (2) Becomes half
(3) Does not change (4) Becomes one fourth

9. The resistivity of a wire depends on its

(1) Length (2) Area of cross-section
(3) Shape (4) Material

10. Conductivity increases in the order of

(1) Al, Ag, Cu (2) Al, Cu, Ag (3) Cu, Al, Ag (4) Ag, Cu, Al

11. A nichrome wire 50 cm long and one square millimetre cross-section carries a current of 4A when connected to a
2V battery. The resistivity of nichrome wire in ohm metre is
(1) 1 × 10 −6 (2) 4 × 10 −7 (3) 3 × 10 −7 (4) 2 × 10 −7

12. There is a current of 40 ampere in a wire of 10 −6 m 2 area of cross-section. If the number of free electron per m3 is
10 29 , then the drift velocity will be
(1) 1.25 × 10 3 m/s (2) 2.50 × 10 −3 m/s (3) 25.0 × 10 −3 m/s (4) 250 × 10 −3 m/s

13. 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
(1) v (2) v (3) (4)
2 4 8
14. 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
(1) 10 C (2) 20 C (3) 30 C (4) 40 C

15. The following four wires are made of the same material and are at the same temperature. Which one of them has
highest electrical resistance
(1) Length = 50 cm, diameter = 0.5 mm (2) Length = 100 cm, diameter = 1 mm
(3) Length = 200 cm, diameter = 2 mm (4) Length = 300 cm, diameter = 3 mm

16. Two wires that are made up of two different materials whose specific resistance are in the ratio 2 : 3, length 3 : 4
and area 4 : 5. The ratio of their resistances is
(1) 6 : 5 (2) 6 : 8 (3) 5 : 8 (4) 1 : 2

17. The effective resistance between the points A and B in the figure is
D
3 3

6
A C

3 3

(1) 5  (2) 2  (3) 3  (4) 4 

18. A current of 2 A flows in a system of conductors as shown. The potential difference (VA − VB ) will be
A

2 3

2A
D C

3 2

(1) +2 V (2) +1 V (3) −1 V (4) −2 V

19. Two resistances are joined in parallel whose resultant is 6 ohm. One of the resistance wire is broken and the
8
effective resistance becomes 2  . Then the resistance in ohm of the wire that got broken was
(1) 3/5 (2) 2 (3) 6/5 (4) 3

20. Given three equal resistors, how many different combination of all the three resistors can be made
(1) Six (2) Five (3) Four (4) Three

21. In the figure shown, the total resistance between A and B is

2 C 1 1 1 1 1
A
8 8 4

B 2 D 1 1 1 1 1

(1) 12  (2) 4  (3) 6  (4) 8 

22. A battery of e.m.f. 10 V is connected to resistance as shown in figure. The potential difference VA − VB between the
points A and B is
1 A 3
3

3 B 1
10V

20
(1) −2V (2) 2V (3) 5 V (4) V
11

23. Three equal resistances each of value R are joined as shown in the figure. The equivalent resistance between M and
N is

M R
L R R N Z

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

24. The equivalent resistance between points A and B of an infinite network of resistances each of 1  connected as
shown, is
1 1 1
A

1 1 1

1+ 5
(1) Infinite (2) 2  (3)  (4) Zero
2

25. A wire has resistance 12  . It is bent in the form of a circle. The effective resistance between the two points on any
diameter is equal to
(1) 12  (2) 6  (3) 3  (4) 24 

26. In the figure, current through the 3  resistor is 0.8 ampere, then potential drop through 4  resistor is
3

4
6

+ –

(1) 9.6 V (2) 2.6 V (3) 4.8 V (4) 1.2 V

27. What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit

4V, 1  2
+ – 2
2 A

4

(1) 6  (2) 7  (3) 8  (4) 9 

28. A battery of emf 10 V and internal resistance 3  is connected to a resistor as shown in the figure. If the current in
the circuit is 0.5 A. then the resistance of the resistor will be

(1) 19 (2) 17 (3) 10 (4) 12

29. The potential drop across the 3 resistor is

3

4

6

3V

(1) 1 V (2) 1.5 V (3) 2 V (4) 3 V

30. If each resistance in the figure is of 9 then reading of ammeter is

+
9V
–

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

31. Effective resistance between A and B is

5

5 5 5
A
B

5

5
(1) 15 (2) 5 (3)  (4) 20
2
32. Five resistors are connected as shown in the diagram. The equivalent resistance between A and B is
C

5 4

9
A B
10 8
D
(1) 6 ohm (2) 9 ohm (3) 12 ohm (4) 15 ohm

33. The total current supplied to the circuit by the battery is

2
6V 6
3

1.5

(1) 1 A (2) 2 A (3) 4 A (4) 6 A

34. In the given circuit, the voltmeter records 5 volts. The resistance of the voltmeter in ohms is
V

100 50

10 V

(1) 200 (2) 100 (3) 10 (4) 50

35. In the adjoining circuit, the battery E1 has an e.m. f . of 12 volt and zero internal resistance while the battery E has
an e.m. f . of 2 volt . If the galvanometer G reads zero, then the value of the resistance X in ohm is
500 
A G B

E1 X E

D C

(1) 10 (2) 100 (3) 500 (4) 200

36. The magnitude and direction of the current in the circuit shown will be
1 e 2
a b
10V 4V

3
d c

7 7
(1) A from a to b through e (2) A from b to a through e
3 3
(3) 1A from b to a through e (4) 1A from a to b through e

37. A cell of e.m. f . 1.5 V having a finite internal resistance is connected to a load resistance of 2  . For maximum
power transfer the internal resistance of the cell should be
(1) 4 ohm (2) 0.5 ohm (3) 2 ohm (4) None of these

38. By a cell a current of 0.9 A flows through 2 ohm resistor and 0.3 A through 7 ohm resistor. The internal resistance
of the cell is
(1) 0.5  (2) 1.0  (3) 1.2  (4) 2.0 

39. Kirchhoff's first law i.e. i = 0 at a junction is based on the law of conservation of
(1) Charge (2) Energy
(3) Momentum (4) Angular momentum

40. In the circuit shown, A and V are ideal ammeter and voltmeter respectively. Reading of the voltmeter will be
2V

A V

1 1

(1) 2 V (2) 1 V (3) 0.5 V (4) Zero

41. The terminal potential difference of a cell when short-circuited is ( E = E.M.F. of the cell)
(1) E (2) E / 2 (3) Zero (4) E / 3
42. The reading of a high resistance voltmeter when a cell is connected across it is 2.2 V. When the terminals of the
cell are also connected to a resistance of 5  the voltmeter reading drops to 1.8 V. Find the internal resistance of
the cell
(1) 1.2  (2) 1.3  (3) 1.1  (4) 1.4 

43. The internal resistances of two cells shown are 0.1  and 0.3  . If R = 0.2  , the potential difference across the cell
2V, 0.1 2V, 0.3

A B

0.2

(1) B will be zero (2) A will be zero

(3) A and B will be 2V (4) A will be  2V and B will be  2V

44. The figure shows a network of currents. The magnitude of currents is shown here. The current i will be
15A
3A

8A

i
5A

(1) 3 A (2) 13 A (3) 23 A (4) – 3 A

45. Consider the circuit shown in the figure. The current I3 is equal to
28 54

6V
I3

8V 12 V
(1) 5 amp (2) 3 amp (3) −3 amp (4) −5 / 6 amp

46. A cell of emf 6 V and resistance 0.5 ohm is short circuited. The current in the cell is
(1) 3 amp (2) 12 amp (3) 24 amp (4) 6 amp

47. Eels are able to generate current with biological cells called electroplaques. The electroplaques in an eel are
arranged in 100 rows, each row stretching horizontally along the body of the fish containing 5000 electroplaques.
The arrangement is suggestively shown below. Each electroplaques has an emf of 0.15 V and internal resistance of
0.25
0.15 V
+ – + – + – 0.25 

+ – + – + –
5000 electroplaques per row
100 rows

+ – + – + –

500 
The water surrounding the eel completes a circuit between the head and its tail. If the water surrounding it has a
resistance of 500 , the current an eel can produce in water is about
(1) 1.5 A (2) 3.0 A (3) 15 A (4) 30 A
48. Find out the value of current through 2 resistance for the given circuit

5 10 20V
10V

2

(1) 5 A (2) 2 A (3) Zero (4) 4 A

49. A 2 volt battery, a 15  resistor and a potentiometer of 100 cm length, all are connected in series. If the resistance
of potentiometer wire is 5  , then the potential gradient of the potentiometer wire is
(1) 0.005 V/cm (2) 0.05 V/cm (3) 0.02 V/cm (4) 0.2 V/cm

50. The potential gradient along the length of a uniform wire is 10 volt / metre . B and C are the two points at 30 cm and
60 cm point on a meter scale fitted along the wire. The potential difference between B and C will be
(1) 3 volt (2) 0.4 volt (3) 7 volt (4) 4 volt

51. A Daniel cell is balanced on 125 cm length of a potentiometer wire. Now the cell is short-circuited by a resistance
2 ohm and the balance is obtained at 100 cm . The internal resistance of the Daniel cell is [UPSEAT 2002]
(1) 0.5 ohm (2) 1.5 ohm (3) 1.25 ohm (4) 4/5 ohm

52. Sensitivity of potentiometer can be increased by

(1) Increasing the e.m.f. of the cell
(2) Increasing the length of the potentiometer wire
(3) Decreasing the length of the potentiometer wire
(4) None of the above

53. A potentiometer is used for the comparison of e.m.f. of two cells E1 and E 2 . For cell E1 the no deflection point is
obtained at 20 cm and for E 2 the no deflection point is obtained at 30 cm . The ratio of their e.m.f.'s will be
(1) 2/3 (2) ½ (3) 1 (4) 2

54. Two cells when connected in series are balanced on 8m on a potentiometer. If the cells are connected with polarities
of one of the cell is reversed, they balance on 2m. The ratio of e.m.f.'s of the two cells is
(1) 3 : 5 (2) 5 : 3 (3) 3 : 4 (4) 4 : 3

55. AB is a wire of uniform resistance. The galvanometer G shows no current when the length AC = 20cm and
CB = 80 cm. The resistance R is equal to
R 80 

G
A B
C

(1) 2  (2) 8  (3) 20  (4) 40 

56. The resistance of an ideal voltmeter is

(1) Zero (2) Very low (3) Very large (4) Infinite

57. The ammeter A reads 2 A and the voltmeter V reads 20 V. the value of resistance R is (Assuming finite resistance's
of ammeter and voltmeter)
R
A

V
(1) Exactly 10 ohm (2) Less than 10 ohm
(3) More than 10 ohm (4) We cannot definitely say
58. In the circuit shown, a meter bridge is in its balanced state. The meter bridge wire has a resistance 0.1 ohm/cm.
The value of unknown resistance X and the current drawn from the battery of negligible resistance is
X 6

G
40 cm 60 cm
A B

5V
(1) 6 , 5 amp (2) 10 , 0.1 amp (3) 4 , 1.0 amp (4) 12 , 0.5 amp

59. Variation of current passing through a conductor as the voltage applied across its ends as varied is shown in the
adjoining diagram. If the resistance (R) is determined at the points A, B, C and D, we will find that
D
V C
B

(1) RC = RD (2) RB > RA (3) RC > RB (4) None of these

60. The voltage V and current I graph for a conductor at two different temperatures T1 and T2 are shown in the figure.
The relation between T1 and T2 is
T1
V
T2

(1) T1  T2 (2) T1  T2 (3) T1 = T2 (4) T1  T2

Answer Key
1. (4) 11. (1) 21. (4) 31. (2) 41. (3) 51. (1)
2. (4) 12. (2) 22. (2) 32. (1) 42. (3) 52. (2)
3. (2) 13. (2) 23. (4) 33. (3) 43. (1) 53. (1)
4. (2) 14. (3) 24. (3) 34. (2) 44. (3) 54. (2)
5. (2) 15. (1) 25. (3) 35. (2) 45. (4) 55. (3)
6. (1) 16. (3) 26. (3) 36. (4) 46. (2) 56. (4)
7. (1) 17. (2) 27. (3) 37. (3) 47. (1) 57. (3)
8. (3) 18. (2) 28. (2) 38. (1) 48. (3) 58. (3)
9. (4) 19. (3) 29. (1) 39. (1) 49. (1) 59. (4)
10. (2) 20. (3) 30. (1) 40. (4) 50. (1) 60. (1)

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