DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

Secunderabad
NACHARAM | MAHENDRA HILLS | NADERGUL

SUBJECT: PHYSICS ELECTRICITY WORKSHEET CLASS : X

1.Define the terms

a.electric current b.electric resistance c. potential difference d. resistivity.
2. Define the S.I units of:
A .current b. potential difference c.Power
3. How are ammeter and voltmeter connected in the circuit and Why?
4.A charge of 5000 C flows through an electric circuit in 2.5 hours. Calculate the magnitude of
current flowing through the circuit in A and mA.
5. A current of 0.2 A flows through a conductor of resistance 4.5 Ω. Calculate the p.d. at the ends
of the conductor.
6.A battery can supply a charge of 2.5 × 10 3C. If the current drawn from the battery is 12.5 mA,
calculate the time in which battery will get discharged.
7.State Ohm’s law. Express it mathematically. Write the necessary conditions for its validity.
How is this law verified experimentally?
b.What will be the nature of graph between potential difference and current for a conductor?
Name the physical quantity that can be obtained from this graph
8. The resistance of a wire of length 80 cm and of uniform area of cross-section 0.025 cm2 is
found to be 1.50 ohm. Calculate specific resistance of wire in SI units.
9.What should be the length of nichrome wire of resistance 4.5 Ω, if the length of similar wire is
60 cm and resistance 2.5 Ω?
10.Out of the two wires X and Y shown below, which one has greater resistance? Justify your

answer.
11.The figure below shows three cylindrical copper conductors along with their face areas and
lengths. Discuss in which geometrical shape the resistance will be highest.

12.The potential difference between the terminals of an electric heater is 60 V when it draws a
current of 4 A from the source. Find the resistance of heater when in use.
13.Calculate the resistance of 1 km long copper wire of radius 1 mm. Resistivity of the copper is
1.72 x 10-8 Ω m
14.Why does the cord of an electric heater does not glow while the heating element does?
15.Why are the conductors of electric heating devices such as bread toasters and electric iron
made of iron rather than a pure metal?
16. Read the following and answer any four questions from 20.1 to 20.5. 1
Ohms law gives a relationship between current and potential difference. According to this Law,
at constant temperature, the current flowing through a conductor is directly proportional. to the
potential difference across its ends. The ratio of potential difference applied between the ends of
a conductor and the current flowing through it is a constant quantity called resistance. The
following graph is obtained by a researcher while doing an experiment to study Ohm s law. The I
V- graph for four conductors A B, ,C and D having resistance RA RB ,RC and RD respectively are
shown in the graph.
1 If all the conductors are of same length and same material, which is the thickest ?
(a) C (b) D (c) A (d) B
2 If all the conductors are of same thickness and of same material, which is
the longest ?
(a) B (b) C (c) A (d) D
3. If conductors A and B are connected in series and I V- graph is plotted for the combination, its
slope would be:
(a) more than that of A (b) between A and B
(c) more than that of D (d) less than that of A
4. If conductors C and D are connected in parallel and I V- graph is plotted for the combination,
its slope would be:
(a) between C and D (b) lesser than that of A
(c) more than that of D (d) between B and C
(v) Which one of the following relations is true for these conductors?

17.A hot plate of an electric oven connected to a 220V line has two resistors A and B each of 22
Ohm resistance. These resistors may be used separately, in series or in parallel .Find the current
flowing in all the three cases.
18.An electric iron has a rating of 750W, 220V.Calculate the
(i) current flowing through it (ii) Its resistance when in use
19.Deduce the expression for the equivalent resistance of the (i) parallel combination of three
resistors R1, R2 and R3.(ii) series combination of three resistors R1, R2 and R3.
20.Two resistors with resistances 5Ω and 10 Ω are to be connected to a battery of emf 6 V so as
to 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.
21.For the electric circuit given below calculate:
(i) Current in each resistor
(ii) Total current drawn from the battery(iii) Equivalent resistance of the Circuit
22.Study the following electric circuit and find
(i) the current flowing in the circuit and
(ii) the potential difference across 10 Ω resistor.

23.For the circuit shown in this diagram, calculate

(i) the resultant resistance.
(ii) the total current.
(iii) the voltage across 7 Ω resistor.

24. A circuit is shown in the diagram given below.

(i) Find the value of R.

(ii) Find the potential difference across to terminals of the battery.

25.From the given circuit. Find (i) Current in 6ohm and 3.6 Ohm resistor
(ii) Voltage in 1Ohm and 6ohm (iii) Total Current and total resistance

26. How would you join the three resistors each of 9 ohm so that the combination has a
resistance 13.5 ohm and 6 ohm?
27..Establish the relationship between electric energy and S.I unit of energy . An electric heater
rated 1000W\ 220 V operates 2 hours daily. Calculate the cost of energy to operate for 30days at
the rate of rupees 5 per kWh.
28.Two identical wires one of nichrome and other of copper are connected in series and a current
(I) is passed through them. State the change observed in the temperatures of the two wires.
Justify your answer. State the law which explains the above observation.
29.How much current will an electric bulb draw from 220 V source if the resistance of the bulb
is 1200Ω? If in place of bulb, a heater of resistance 100 Ω is connected to the sources, calculate
the current drawn by it.
30.Explain the role of fuse in series with any electrical appliance in an electric circuit. Why
should a fuse with defined rating for an electric circuit not be replaced by one with a larger
rating? What material is used in making the filament of an electric bulb? Name the
characteristics which make it suitable for this ?
31.The wattage of a bulb is 24 W when it is connected to a 12 V battery. Calculate its effective
wattage if it operates on a 6 V battery (Neglect the change in resistance due to unequal heating of
the filament in the two cases).
32.A torch bulb is rated 2.5 V and 750 mA. Calculate (i) its power, (ii) its resistance and (iii) the
energy consumed, if this bulb is lighted for four hours.
33.Two lamps, one is rated 100W at 220V, and the other 60W at 220V,are connected in parallel
to a 220V supply. Find the current drawn from the supply line.
34.a)Derive the expression for the heat produced due to a current ‘I’ flowing for a time interval
‘t’ through a resistor ‘R’ having a potential difference ‘V’ across its ends. What is the name
given to the above relation.
b)How much heat will an instrument of 12 W produce in one minute if it is connected to a
battery of 12 V?
35.Two conducting wires of same material with equal lengths and equal diameters are first
connected in series and then parallel in an electric circuit. Find the ratio of heat produced in
series and parallel combination.
36(i) The circuit diagram given below shows the combination of three resistors R1, R2, and R3.

Find: (a) Total resistance of the circuit.

(b) Total current flowing in the circuit.

(c) The potential difference across R1 and R3.

37.A student carries out an experiment and plots the V-I graph of three samples of nichrome
wire with resistances R1, R2 and R3 respectively (Figure). Which of the following is true?
a) R1 = R2 = R3 b) R1> R2> R3 c) R3> R2> R1 d) R2 > R3 > R1

38.Question number 4.1 - 4.4 are based on the two tables given below study these table related to
measurement of voltage and current and answer the question that follow Ideal measurement
TABLE A
S.N Voltmeter reading (mV) Ammeter reading (mA)
1. 4 2
2. 6 3
3. 8 4
 4. 10 5
5. 12 6

TABLE B
Student S.No Voltmeter reading Ammeter reading
(mV) (mA)
Student A 1. 2 1
2. 4 2
3. 6 3
Student B 1. 4 4
2. 6 3
3. 8 4

4.1 Which student measurement is wrong in the table B?

4.2 What is the mathematical relation between voltage and current ?
4.3 In the following measurement of student B. Which measurement is wrong?
(a) I = 4, V = 4 (b) I = 3, V = 6 (c) I = 4, V = 8 (d) None of these
4.4 The value of resistance from the measurement of student A is :
(a) 2W (b) 3W (c) 4W (d) 1W
39.A voltmeter has a least count 0.05 volt. While doing Ohm’s law experiment, a student
observed that pointer of the voltmeter coincides with 15th division. The observed reading is :
(a) 0.75 V (b) 0.075 V (c) 7.5 V (d) 75 V
40.In a milliammeter, there are 20 divisions between 400 mA mark and 500 mA mark. The least
count of the milliammeter is
(a) 0.5 mA (b) 5 mA (c) 10 mA (d) 50 mA
41.When a 4V battery is connected across an unknown resistor there is a current of 100 mA in
the circuit. The value of the resistance of the resistor is
i) 4 Ω ii) 40 Ω iii) 400 Ω iv) 0.4 Ω