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JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA ..............

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1. How is an ammeter connected in a circuit to measure current flowing through it? 1

2. Calculate the current in a circuit if 500 C of charge passes through it in 10 minutes. 1

3. An electric iron draws a current of 0.6 A when the voltage is 100 volt. Calculate the amount of 1
electric charge flowing through it in one hour.

4. Work done in moving 5 C charge across the ends of a conductor is 100 J. If the potential at the 1
one end of the conductor is 10V, find the potential at the other end of this conductor.

5. Electric current flows through a metallic conductor from its one end A to other end B. Which end 1
of the conductor is at higher potential? Why?

6. Mention the condition under which charges can move in a conductor. Name the device which is 1
used to maintain this condition in an electric circuit.

7. Difference between potential and potential difference. Give their S.I. unit. 2

8. When a particle of charge 10 μC is brought from infinity to a point in the electric field, 10 mJ work 2
is done by the external forces. What is the potential at that point?

9. (a) State the relation between work, charge and potential difference for an electric circuit. 2
(b) Calculate the potential difference between the two terminals of a battery if 100 J of work is
required to transfer 20 C of charge from one terminal of the battery to the other.

10. In an experiment to study the relation between the potential difference across a resistor and the 2
current through it, a student recorded the following observations:

Potential difference V (volts) 1.0 2.2 3.0 4.0 6.4

On examine the above observations, the teacher asked the student to reject one set of readings as
the values were out of agreement with the rest. Which one of the above sets of readings can be
rejected? Calculate the mean value of resistance of the resistor based on the remaining four sets of
readings.

11. Draw an electric circuit to describe Ohm’s law. Label the circuit components used to measure 2
electric current and potential difference.

12. 100 J of work is done in transferring 20 C of charge between two points in a conductor. Find the 2
resistance offered by the conductor, if a current of 2A flows through it.

13. Graph shown in figure was plotted between V and I. What would be the value of V and I 2
corresponding to points A and C on graph. Analyse these values and draw conclusion.

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14. Two students perform the experiments on series and parallel combinations of two given resistors 2
R1 and R2 and plot the following V-I graphs.

Which of the two diagrams correctly represents the labels ‘series and parallel’ on the plotted
curves? Justify your answer.

15. V-I graph for two wires A and B are shown in the figure. If both wires are of same length and 3
same thickness, which of the two is made of a material of high resistivity? Give justification for your
answer.

16. Study the following electric circuit and find (i) the current flowing in the circuit and (ii) the potential 3
difference across 10 Ω resistor.

17. Name the physical quantity which is (i) same (ii) different in all the bulbs when three bulbs of : 3
(a) same wattage are connected in series.
(b) same wattage are connected in parallel.
(c) different wattage are connected in series.
(d) different wattage are connected in parallel.

18. Two resistors with resistances 5 Ω and 10 Ω are to be connected to a battery of emf 6 V so as to 3
obtain :
(i) minimum current (ii) maximum current
(a) How will you connect the resistances in each case ?
(b) Calculate the strength of the total current in the circuit in the two cases.

19. An electric bulb of resistance 200 Ω draws a current of 1 Ampere. Calculate the power of the 3
bulb, the potential difference at its ends and the energy in kWh consumed in burning it for 5h.

20. Two lamps, one rated 60 W at 220 V and the other 40 W at 220 V, are connected in parallel to 3
the electric supply at 220 V.
(a) Draw a circuit diagram to show the connections.
(b) Calculate the current drawn from the electric supply.
(c) Calculate the total energy consumed by the two lamps together when they operate for one hour.

21. Two wires A and B are of equal length and have equal resistance. If the resistivity of A is more 5
than that of B which wire is thicker and why?
For the electric circuit given below calculate:
(i) Current in each resistor,
(ii) Total current drawn from the battery, and
(iii) Equivalent resistance of the circuit.
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22. What is meant by electrical resistivity of a material? Derive its S.I. unit. Describe an experiment 5
to study the factor on which the resistance of a conducting wire depends.

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