VIDYA MANDIR IND PU COLLEGE

PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT- 6
CURRENT ELECTRICITY
PU QUESTIONS

1. Define resistance. Mention its SI unit. (2M)

2. Define resistivity. Mention SI unit. (2M)
3. Mention the limitations of ohm’s law. (2M)
→ →
4. State and explain ohm’s law. Obtain the relation 𝐽 = 𝐸 where the symbols have their usual
meaning. (5M)
5. Define mobility of free electrons. Mention its SI unit. (2M)
6. Obtain the relation between current and drift velocity of electrons in metals. (3M)
7. Derive the expression for electrical conductivity. (5M)

NUMERICALS

1. A current of 5 A flows through a heater for 30 minutes. Find the number of electrons transported
through the heater wire.
2. The resistance of a wire having a length of 0.6 m and diameter 0.4 mm is 1.5 Ω. Calculate the
resistivity of its material.
3. A silver wire 2.6 mm in diameter transports a charge of 420 C in 80 minutes. Silver contains 5.8 x 1028
electrons per m3. Calculate current and drift velocity of electrons in the wire.
4. The resistance of a conductor is 100  at 0 oC. Determine its resistance at 70 oC if the temperature
coefficient of conductor is 0.0043 /K.
ii.
CET MCQ’s

1. When a current flows through a conductor AB from one end A to the other end B, the charge carriers
in motion are
(A) protons from A to B (B) electrons from A to B
(C) protons from B to A (D) electrons from B to A
2. The current through a conductor in which 5 x 1013 electrons cross a given section of the conductor in
1 second is
(Α) 0.8 μΑ (Β) 8 μΑ (C) 3 μΑ (D) 0.3 μΑ
3. A and B are two copper wires such that the radius of B is twice that of A. When the same steady
current flows through A and B, the drift velocities of electrons in them are vA and vB respectively we
have

4. When a potential difference V is applied across a conductor at a temperature T, the drift speed of
electrons is proportional to
(A) √𝑉 (B) V (C) √𝑇 (D) T
5. The electron drift speed is small and the charge of the electron is also small but still, we obtain large
current in a conductor. This is due to
(A) the conducting property of the conductor
(B) the resistance of the conductor being small
(C) the small electron number density of the conductor
 (D) the enormous electron number density of the conductor
6. A cylindrical metal wire of length 𝑙 and cross-sectional area A, has resistance R, conductance G,
conductivity and resistivity ρ. The conductivity of the material of conductor is

7. The I-V graph for a certain ohmic device is as shown in the

diagram. The resistance of the device is
(Α) 2 Ω
(Β) 1 Ω
(C) 4 Ω
(D) 0.5 Ω

8. A copper coil is wound using copper wire of length 220 m and diameter 2 mm. If the resistance of
the coil is 1.19 Ω, the resistivity of copper is

9. A metallic wire has a resistance of 1Ω. A second wire of the same material of double the length and
half of the radius of the first wire will have a resistance of
(Α) 4 Ω (Β) 8 Ω (C) 10 Ω (D) 20 Ω
10. A rectangular metal block has dimensions 3 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm. The ratio of the resistance measured
between the two opposite rectangular faces to that measured between the two square faces of the
block is
(A) 1:3 (B) 1:9 (C) 3:1 (D) 9:1
11. A wire of resistance 2 Ω is stretched uniformly so that its length is trebled. The new resistance of the
wire is
(Α) 6 Ω (Β) 18 Ω (C) 5Ω (D) 21 Ω
12. A wire of resistances 2 Ω has a volume of 2 cm³. The resistivity of its material is ρ Ohm. The length
of the wire in cm is

13. The resistances of a copper conductor at 50 °C and 75 °C are respectively 2.4 Ω and 2.6 Ω. The
temperature co-efficient of resistance of co-efficient of resistance of copper is
(A) 4 x 10 – 3/°C (B) 3.8 x 10 – 3/°C
(C) 4.8 x 10 – 3/°C (D) 5 x 10 – 3/°C
14. The graph that represents the variation of conductivity o of a typical metal with temperature t (below
100 °C) is

15. The external diameter of a 314 m long copper tube is 1.2 cm and the internal diameter is 1 cm. If the
specific resistance of copper is 2.2 x 10 – 8 ohm-metre, its resistance is
(A) 5.0 x 10 – 2 Ω (B) 4.4 x 10 – 2 Ω
(C) 3.14 x 10 – 2 Ω (D) 20 x 10 – 2 Ω
 16. Two wires A and B of equal masses and of the same metal are taken. The diameter of wire A is half
the diameter of the wire B. If the resistance of wire A be 24 Ω, the resistance of B will be
(A) 3 Ω (B) 1.5 Ω (C) 4.5 Ω (D) 6.0 Ω
𝐿
17. A uniform wire of resistance R and length L. is cut into four equal parts, each of length 4 which are
then connected in parallel combination. The effective resistance of the combination will be
𝑅 𝑅
(A) R (B) 4R (C) 4 (D) 16
18. A copper rod of length 20 cm and cross-sectional area 2 mm² is joined with a similar aluminium rod
as 2 shown in figure.

The resistance of the composite system is

(A) 1.0 mΩ (B) 2.0 mΩ (C) 3.0 mΩ (D) 0.5 mΩ

19. Masses of three wires of copper are in the ratio of 1:35 and their lengths are in the ratio of 5:3: 1.
The ratio of their electrical resistances is
(A) 1:3:5 (B) 5:3:1 (C) 1:15:125 (D) 125: 15:1
20. The variation of resistance of a metallic conductor with temperature is shown graphically in the
adjoining figure

The temperature co-efficient (a) of resistance of the material of conductor is

NEET MCQ’s

1. An electric current 10 A flows in a 20 Ω resistor for 5 minutes. The number of electrons passing through
any cross-section of the resistor in that time interval is (in multiples of 1019)
(A) 1600 (B) 1875 (C) 2400 (D) 3000
2. The charge flowing in a conductor varies with time as q = at – bt². Then the current
(A) decreases non-linearly with time
(B) reaches a maximum and then decreases
𝑎
(C) falls to zero after time t = 𝑏
(D) changes at the rate of – 2b
3. An electric current is established in a wire of non-uniform cross-section. The quantity that depends on
cross-section is
(A) the charge crossing in a given interval of time
(B) current
 (C) current density
(D) free electron density
4. A current of 5 A is passing through a metallic wire of cross-sectional area 4 x 10 – 6 m². If the density
of charge carriers of the wire is 5 x 1026 /m³, the drift velocity of the electrons will be

5. The mass and charge of an electron are m and e respectively. The momentum acquired by an electron
in 𝑙 cm of wire when a current i starts to flow is

6. Assume that each atom of copper contributes one free electron. if the current flowing through a copper
wire of 1 mm diameter is 1.1 A, the drift velocity of electrons will be (Density of Cu=9 g/cm³, atomic
mass of Cu =63)
(A) 0.3 mm/s (B) 0.5 mm/s (C) 0.1 mm/s (D) 0.2 mm/s
7. A wire of radius r has resistance R. If it is stretched so that the radius is halved, the new resistance is
(A) 2R (B) 4R (C) 16R (D) 0
8. A material B has twice the specific resistance as that of another material A. The wires made of A and
B have diameters in the ratio 1: 2 respectively. For the two wires to have same resistance, the ratio of
𝑙
their respective lengths 𝑙𝐴 must be
𝐵
1 1
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 2
9. When a potential difference of 200 V is applied across a wire of length 20 m and radius 0.5 mm, the
current density is 1.8 x 104 /Am². The resistivity of the wire (in 2 m) is,
(A) 1.56 x 10 – 3 (B) 5.6 x 10 – 4 (C) 2.56 x 10 – 5 (D) 3.56 × 105
10. Read the following statements carefully:
Y: The resistivity of semiconductor decreases with increase of temperature.
Z: In a conducting solid, the rate of collisions between free electrons and ions increases with increase
of temperature.
Select the correct statement(s) from the following
(A) Y is true but Z is false (C) Both Y and Z are true
(B) Y is false but Z is true (D) Y is true and Z is the correct reason for Y
11. An electrical cable of copper has just one wire of radius 9 mm. Its resistance is 5 Ω. This single
copper wire of the cable is replaced by 6 different well insulated copper wires each of radius 3 mm.
The total resistance of the cable will now be equal to
(Α) 7.5 Ω (Β) 45 Ω (C) 90 Ω (D) 270 Ω
12. The current through a conductor is represented by 𝐼 = 𝑎𝑡² + 𝑏𝑡 + 𝑐 where I is in ampere and t is
in second a, b and c are constants. The dimensionless constant is 2
(A) a (B) b (C) c (D) none
13. The I-V graph for a non-ohmic device is as shown in the
diagram. The resistance offered by the device is negative in the
region represented by the portion of the curve
(A) OA
(B) AB
(C) BC
(D) CD
14. The quantity of charge q coulomb passing through a conductor varies with time t second according
to the relation q = 2t2 + 8t + 1. The current through the conductor at t = 1 s is
 (A) 10 A (B) 12 A (C) 13 A (D) 9 A

15. A heater coil of power 100 W is immersed in water for 10 minutes. The amount of heat developed is
(A) 1000 J (B) 600 J (C) 6000 J (D) 60000 J
16. Two bulbs P (25 W, 220 V) and Q (100 W, 220 V) are connected in series across a 440 V supply.
Then
(A) 100 W bull will fuse (B) 25 W bulb will fuse
(C) none of them will fuse (D) both of them will fuse
17. In figure, current through 3 Ω resistor is 0.8 A, then potential drop
through 4 Ω resistor is
(A) 9.6 V.
(B) 2.6 V.
(C) 4.8 V.
(D) 1.2 V

18. A uniform wire of resistance 36 Ω is bent in the form of a circle as

shown in figure. The effective resistance across the points A and B is
(Α) 5 Ω. (C) 7.2 Ω.
(Β) 6 Ω. (D) 30 Ω.

19. A heater coil boils 1 kg of water in time t1, and another heater coil boils the same water in time t2. If
both the heater coils are connected in series, the combination will boil the same quantity of water in
time

20. An electric current is passed through a circuit consisting of two wires made of the same material,
4 2
connected in parallel. If the lengths and radii of the wires are in the ratio 3 and 3 respectively, the ratio
of the currents passing through the wires will be
1 8
(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) 2
JEE MCQ’s

1. In an electrical cable there is a single wire of radius 9 mm of copper. Its resistance is 5 . The cable is
replaced by 6 different insulated copper wires, the radius of each wire is 3mm. Now the total resistance of
the cable will be
(A) 7.5  (B) 45  (C) 90  (D) 270 

2. In the figure shown, the capacity of the condenser C is 2 F. The current in 2  resistor is

1 1
(A) 9 A (B) 0.9 A (C) A (D) A
9 0.9

3. A torch bulb rated as 4.5 W, 1.5 V is connected as shown in the figure. The e.m.f. of the cell needed to
make the bulb glow at full intensity is
(A) 4.5 V
(B) 1.5 V
(C) 2.67 V
(D) 13.5 V

4. If in the circuit shown below, the internal resistance of the battery is 1.5  and VP and VQ are the potentials
at P and Q respectively, what is the potential difference between the points P and Q

(A) Zero (B) 4 volts (VP > VQ)

(C) 4 volts (VQ >VP) (D) 2.5 volts (VQ >VP)

5. Two wires of resistances R1 and R2 have temperature coefficient of resistances 1 and 2 respectively.
These are joined in series. The effective temperature coefficient of resistance is
1 +  2 1R1 +  2 R 2 R1R 21 2
(A) (B) 1 2 (C) (D)
2 R1 + R 2 R12 + R 22

6. Two cells of equal e.m.f. and of internal resistances r1 and r2 (r1 > r2) are connected in series. On connecting
this combination to an external resistance R, it is observed that the potential difference across the first cell
becomes zero The value of R will be
r1 + r2 r1 − r2
(A) r1 + r2 (B) r1 − r2 (C) (D)
2 2
7. In the circuit shown below E1 = 4.0 V, R1 = 2 , E2 = 6.0 V; R2 = 4  and R3 = 2 . The current I1is

(A) 1.6 A (B) 1.8 A (C) 1.25 A (D) 1.0 A

8. The potential difference across 8 ohm resistance is 48 volt as shown in the figure. The value of potential
difference across X and Y points will be

(A) 160 volt (B) 128 volt (C) 80 volt (D) 62 volt

9. Two resistances R1 and R2 are made of different materials. The temperature coefficient of the material of
R1 is  and of the material of R2 is −. The resistance of the series combination of R1 and R2 will not
change with temperature, if R1 / R2 equals
 +  2 + 2 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
  −  

10. An ionization chamber with parallel conducting plates as anode and cathode has 5  107 electrons and the
same number of singly-charged positive ions per cm3. The electrons are moving at 0.4 ms−1. The current
density from anode to cathode is 4 A/m2. The velocity of positive ions moving towards cathode is
(A) 0.4 ms−1 (B) 16 ms−1 (C) zero (D) 0.1 ms−1

11. The current in a conductor varies with time t as I = 2t + 3t2 where I is in ampere and t in seconds. Electric
charge flowing through a section of the conductor during t = 2 sec to t = 3 sec is
(A) 10 C (B) 24 C (C) 33 C (D) 44 C

12. Length of a hollow tube is 5m, it’s outer diameter is 10 cm and thickness of it’s wall is 5 mm. If resistivity
of the material of the tube is 1.7  10−8   m then resistance of tube will be
(A) 5.6  10−5  (B) 2  10−5  (C) 4  10−5  (D) None of these

13. In order to quadruple the resistance of a uniform wire, a part of its length was uniformly stretched till the
final length of the entire wire was 1.5 times the original length, the part of the wire was fraction equal to

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 6 10 4
14. In the circuit shown in figure reading of voltmeter is V1 when only S1 is closed, reading of voltmeter is V2
when only S2 is closed and reading of voltmeter is V3 when both S1 and S2 are closed. Then

(A) V3 > V2 > V1 (B) V2 > V1 > V3 (C) V2 > V1 > V3 (D) V2 > V1 > V3

15. 12 cells each having same emf are connected in series with some cells wrongly connected. The
arrangement is connected in series with an ammeter and two cells which are in series. Current is 3 A when
cells and battery aid each other and is 2 A when cells and battery oppose each other. The number of cells
wrongly connected is
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 2
… (ii)
Solving (i) and (ii), n = 1

16. Following figure shows cross-sections through three long conductors of the same length and material, with
square cross-section of edge lengths as shown. Conductor B will fit snugly within conductor A, and
conductor C will fit snugly within conductor B. Relationship between their end to end resistance is

(A) RA = RB = RC (B) RA > RB > RC

(C) RA < RB < RC (D) Information is not sufficient

17. The figure shows, a graph of the current in a discharging circuit of a capacitor through a resistor of
resistance 10 

(A) The initial potential difference across the capacitor is 100 volt
1
(B) The capacitance of the capacitor is F
10 ln 2

500
(C) The total heat produced in the circuit will be joules
ln 2

1
(D) The thermal power in the resistor will decrease with a time constant second
2 ln 2
18. The temperature coefficient of resistance for a wire is 0.00125/C. At 300 K its resistance is 1 ohm. The
temperature at which the resistance becomes 2 ohm is
(A) 1154 K (B) 1100 K (C) 1400 K (D) 1127 K

19. In a closed circuit, the current I (in ampere) at an instant of time t (in second) is given by I = 4 − 0.08t.
The number of electrons flowing in 50 s through the cross section of the conductor is
(A) 1.25  1019 (B) 6.25  1020 (C) 5.25  1019 (D) 2.55  1020

20. 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 mm2. If the number of free electrons per cm3 is 8.4  1022, then the drift velocity would be
(A) 1.0 mm s−1 (B) 1.0 m s−1 (C) 0.1 mm s−1 (D) 0.01 mm s−1