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1. A parallel plate capacitor of area A, plate separation and capacitor C is filled with four
dielectric materials having dielectric constant k1, k2 , k3 and k4 as shown in the figure below.
If a single dielectric materials is to be used to have the same capacitance C in this capacitor
then its dielectric constant k is given by

2. A parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and plate separation d is filled with a dielectric
slab as shown. What is the capacitance of the arrangement?

3. In the arrangement shown in figure,

dielectric constant K1 = 2 and K2 = 3. If the
capacitance across P and Q are C1 and C2
respectively, then C2 / C2 will be ( the gaps
shown are negligible)

a) 1:1
b) 2:3
c) 9:5
d) 25:24

4. Three different dielectric are filled in a parallel plate capacitor as shown. What should be
the dielectric constant of a material which when fully filled between the plates produces
same capacitance?

a) 4
b) 6
c) 5
d) 9

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5. In the figure a capacitor is filled with dielectrics. The resultant capacitance is

6. Find Cq between A and B

7. Find

8. Find

9. Find

10. Find Cq between A and B

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11. A current of 0.6 A is drawn by an electric bulb for 10 mins. Which one of the following is the
amount of electric charge that flows through the circuit?

a) 6C
b) 0.6 C
c) 360 C
d) 36 C

12. If the amount of charge passing through the cell in 4 minutes is 480 C then calculate the
current passing through the cell?
13. The current in a wire varies with time according to the equation 1 = 4 + 2t, where I is in
ampere ant t is in sec. the quantity of charge which has passed through a cross-section of
the wire during the time t = 2 sec to t = 6 sec will be

a) 60 coulomb
b) 24 coulomb
c) 48 coulomb
d) 30 coulomb

14. If charge Q = t2 + 2t – 4 is flowing through wire then find

current at t = 2 sec and in 2 sec.
15. The graph of current versus time in a wire is given by if
charge flows through the wire in 7.5 is q1 and the flows
through the wire in 15s in q2 then the ratio q1 : q1 is

a) 2:1
b) 1:2
c) 4:1
d) 1:4

16. Through a given cross section n1 electrons per second are passing from left to right and n2
protons per second are passing from right to left simultaneously. The electric current
through that cross section is ( e = electronic charge)

a) ( n1 + n2 ) e towards left
b) (n1 – n2 ) e towards left
c) (n12 + n22) e towards left
d) (n22 – n12) e towards right

17. If electrons is moving on the circular path with frequency f then find current
18. Current density j at an area a = ( 2i + 3j) mm2 is j = (3i + 4j) A/m2. Current through the area is

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a) 9 μA
b) Zero
c) 18 μA
d) 12 μA

19. A certain piece of copper is to be shaped into a conductor of minimum resistance. Its length
and diameter should respectively be

a) L, D
b) 2L, D/2
c) L/2, 2D
d) L, D/2

20. A wire resistance x ohm is drawn out. So that its length is increased to twice its original
length, and its new resistance becomes 20 Ω, then x will be

a) 5Ω
b) 10 Ω
c) 15 Ω
d) 20 Ω

21. A pieces of wire is cut into four equal parts and the pieces are bumdled together side by side
to form a thicker wire. Compared with that of the original wire the resistance of the bundle
is

a) The same
b) 1/16 as much
c) 1/8 as much
d) ¼ as much

22. Find avg. current in 8 sec

a) 40 A
b) 50 A
c) 60 A
d) None of these

23. Find ratio of current through wire A and B

a) √3 : 1
b) 1 : √3
c) 1:3
d) 3:1

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24. If I = 3t2 find current at t = 2 sec and in 2 sec

25. The number of 2μF, 300 V capacitor needed to obtain a capacitor value of 4 μF rated for
1200 V is
26. Available capacitor is 4 μF, 200 V no. of required this capacitor to obtain 8 μF not
capacitance & required breakdown voltage 1000 V
27. A capacitance of 2 μF is required in an electrical circuit across a potential difference of 10 kV.
A large number of 1 μF capacitors are available which can withstand a potential difference of
not more than 300 V. the minimum number of capacitors required to achieve this is

a) 32
b) 2
c) 16
d) 24

28. What would be the minimum number of capacitor required to produce an equivalent
capacitance of 12 μF, only 10 μF capacitors are available

a) 2
b) 6
c) 5
d) 12

29. A series combination of n1 capacitors each of value C1 is charged by a sources of potential

difference 4 V. when another parallel combination of n 2 capacitors each of value C2 is
charged by a source of potential difference V, it has the same (total) energy stored in it, as
the first combination has. The value of C2 in terms of C1 is then

a) 2C1 /n1 n2
b) 16 n2 /n1 C1
c) 2 n2 / n1 C1
d) 16C1 /n1 n2

30. The value of drift speeds at cross section (1) and (2) are V1 and V2 respectively on the
conductor shown below in the shape of a truncated cone. Which of the following is correct ?

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31. Two copper wires of length L and 2L have radii R and 2R respectively. What is ratio of their
specific resistances?

( hint : specific resistance or resistivity is material property independent of geometry)

a) 1:2
b) 2:1
c) 1:1
d) 1:3

32. Two wires a and B of the same material having radii in the ratio 1:2 carry currents in the
ratio 4:1. The ratio of drift speed of electrons in A and B is

a) 16:1
b) 1:16
c) 1:4
d) 4:1

33. If a copper wire is stretched to make its radius by 0.1% then the percentage increase in
resistance is nearly

a) 0.1%’
b) 0.8%
c) 0.4%
d) 0.2%

34. A flow of 107 electrons per second in a conducting wire constitutes a current of

a) 1.6 * 10-12 A
b) 1.6 * 1026 A
c) 1.6 * 10-26 A
d) 1.6 * 1012 A

35. Specific resistance of a conductor increases with

a) Increase in temperature
b) Increase in cross section area
c) Increase in cross section and decrease in length
d) Decrease in cross section area

36. A charged particle having drift of 7.5 * 10-4 m/s in an electric field of 3 * 10-10 V/m has a
mobility is m2 V-1 of

a) 2.25 * 1015
b) 2.5 * 106
c) 2.5 * 10-6
d) 2.25 * 10-15

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37. The resistance of a wire is “R” ohm. If it melted and stretched to ‘n’ times its original length,
its new resistance will be

a) R/n
b) n2 R
c) R /n2
d) nR

38. a wire resistance 4 Ω is stretched to twice its original length. The resistance of stretched wire
would be

a) 8Ω
b) 16 Ω
c) 2Ω
d) 4Ω

39. The masses of the wires of copper is in the ratio of 1:3:5 and their lengths are in the ratio of
5:3:1. The ratio of their electrical resistance is

a) 1:3:5
b) 5:3:1
c) 1:25:125
d) 125:15:1

40. The electric resistance of a certain wire of iron is R. if its length and radius are both doubled,
then

a) The resistance will be doubled and the specific resistance will be halved
b) The resistance will be halved and the specific resistance will remain unchanged
c) The resistance will be halved and the specific resistance will be doubled
d) The resistance and the specific resistance will both remain unchanged

41. From the graph between current (I) and voltage (V)
is shown. Identify the portion corresponding to
negative resistance

a) CD
b) DE
c) AB
d) BC

42. The solids which have the negative temperature coefficient of resistance are

a) Metals
b) Insulators only
c) Semiconductor only
d) Insulator and semiconductor

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43. The mean free path of electrons in a metal 4 * 10-8 m. the electric field which can give on an
average 2 eV energy to an electrons in the metal will be in units V/m

a) 5 * 10-11
b) 8 * 10-11
c) 56 * 107
d) 8 * 107

44. Which of the following acts as a circuit protection device?

a) Fuse
b) Conductor
c) Inductor
d) Switch

45. Three copper wires of lengths and cross sectional area are ( I, A), (2I, A/2) and (I/2 , 2A).
resistance is minimum in ‘

a) Wire of cross sectional are 2A

b) Wire of cross sectional area A/2
c) Wire of cross sectional area A
d) Same in all three cases

46. A wire of resistance 5 Ω, break into 4 equal part and all are then connected in parallel then
resistance will be

a) 5Ω
b) 5/4 Ω
c) 5 * 16 Ω
d) 5/16 Ω

47. if length of wire increased by 4-times keeping volumes constant then find % change in
resistance
48. if length of wire increased by 50% then find % changed in resistance ( A = constant)
49. if length of wire increased to 200% then find % changed in resistance ( A = constant )
50. A potential difference V is applied to a conducting wire of length l and diameter d. how are
the electric field E the drift speed vd and the resistance R affected if (i) V is doubled (ii) l is
doubled (iii) d is doubled?

51. A potential difference V is applied to a conducting wire of length l and diameter d. how are
the electric field E the drift speed vd and the resistance R affected if (i) V is doubled (ii) l is
doubled (iii) d is doubled?

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52. Find the resistance of following carbon resistor

53. A carbon resistor of ( 47 +- 4.7) kW is to be marked with rings of different colours for its
identifications. The colour sequence will be

a) Violet – yellow – orange – silver

b) Yellow – violet – orange – silver
c) Yellow – green – violet – gold
d) Green – orange – violet – gold

54. The color code of a resistance is given below yellow violet brown gold .

The values of resistance and tolerance respectively are

a) 470 kΩ, 5%
b) 47 kW, 10%
c) 4.7 kΩ, 5%
d) 470 Ω, 5%

55. The potential difference ( VA – VB ) between the points A and B in the given figure is

a) -3V
b) +3V
c) +6V
d) +9V

56. Value of the resistance R in the figure is

a) 6Ω
b) 8 Ω
c) 10 Ω

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d) 12 Ω

57. The resistance of platinum wire at 0 °C is 2 Ω and 6.8 Ω at 80 °C. the temperature coefficient
of resistance of the wire is

a) 3 * 10-3 °C-1
b) 3 * 10-2 °C-1
c) 3 * 10-1 °C-1
d) 3 * 10-4 °C-1

58. If resistance R1 at t1 and resistance R2 at t2 then find relation between R1 and R2 . If αR is at 0°C
59. The temperature coefficient of resistance of a wire is 0.00125 per °C. At 300K its resistance is
1 ohm. The resistance of the wire will be 2 ohms at

a) 1154 K
b) 1100 K
c) 1400 K
d) 1127 K

60. Find the relation between coefficient of linear expansion α, temperature coefficient of
resistance αR and temperature coefficient of resistivity αs for a wire
61.

62. Two resistance R1 and R2 are made of different materials. The temperature coefficient of the
materials of R1 is α and that of material of R2 is -β. The material R1 and R2 will not change
with temperature if R1 / R2 equal to

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63.

64. Which of the following graph represents the variation of resistivity (ρ) with temperature (T)
for copper ?

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65. If R = 100 Ω and V = 40 volt then find of ammeter

a) 2A
b) 0.8 A
c) 1.2 A
d) 0.4 A

66. Find reading of A1 & A2 & A3

67. Find A1 & A2 & A3

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68. Find relation between V1 , V2 and V3

a) V1 = V2 = V3
b) V1 > V2 = V3
c) V1 not equal to V2 not equal to V3
d) V1 < V2 = V3

69. The internal resistance of a 2.1 V cll which gives a current of 0.2 A through a resistance of 10
Ω is

a) 0.8 Ω
b) 1.0 Ω
c) 0.2 Ω
d) 0.5 Ω

70. A student measure the terminal potential difference ( v) of a cell ( of emf E and internal
resistance r) as a function of the current ( I ) flowing through it. The slope and intercept of
the graph between V and I then respectively, equal

a) -r and E
b) r and E
c) -E and r
d) E and -r

71. For a cell terminal potential difference is 2.2V when circuit is open and reduces to 1.8 V
when cell is connected to resistance of R = 5 Ω. Determine internal resistance of cell ( r).

a) 10/9 Ω
b) 9/10 Ω
c) 11/9 Ω
d) 5/9 Ω

72.

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79.

80. find potential drop across R1 and R2

81. find potential at junction

82. find Vm ( potential at junction ) and also find current in each wire

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83.

84.

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86. Reading of an ideal voltmeter in the circuit below is

a) Zero
b) 2V
c) 4V
d) 6V

87.

88. Current through 10 ohm resistor shown in figure is

a) Zero
b) 1A
c) 1.5 A
d) 2A

89. The value of current through 2 Ω resistor is

a) 1.0 A
b) 1.5 A
c) 5.0 A
d) 2.1 A

90. The value of current I through the cell in the network shown is

a) 3A
b) 2A
c) 1A
d) 4A

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91. In the network shown below potential difference across CD is

a) 4V
b) 6V
c) 10 V
d) 5V

92. Find Vy – Vx =?

a) 1
b) -1
c) 2
d) -2

93.

94. Find Vx – Vy =?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 6
d) 9

95.

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103.

104. The equivalent capacitance of the combination shown in the figure is

a) 3C
b) 2C
c) C/2
d) 3C/2

105. The current I as shown in the circuit will be

a) 10 A
b) 20 /3 A
c) 2/3 A
d) 5/3 A

106.

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107. The equivalent capacitance of the system shown in the following circuit is

a) 9 μF
b) 2 μF
c) 3 μF
d) 6 μF

108.

109.

110.

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112. The total power dissipated in watt in the circuit shown here is

a) 40
b) 54
c) 4
d) 16

113. A heating coil is labelled 100 W, 220 V. the coil is cut in half and the two pieces are
joined in parallel to the same source. The energy now liberated per second is

a) 200 W
b) 400 W
c) 25 W
d) 50 W

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123.

124.

125. Find R so that power supplied by the battery is maximum

a) R = 11 Ω
b) R = 9 Ω
c) R = 2 Ω
d) R = 3 Ω

126. Power decipated in 8 Ω is 2 watt then power in 3 Ω?

127. A electric kettle takes 4 A current at 220 V. how much time it will take to boil 1 kg water
from 20°? ( temperature of boiling water is 100 °C)
128. Two heater coils separately take 10 minute and 5 minute to boil certain amount of water.
If both the coils are connected in series the time taken will be

a) 15 min
b) 7.5 min
c) 3.33 min
d) 2.5 min

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129. A heater boil certain amount of water in 15 min another heater in 10 min. find time taken
to boil same amount of water when they are connected in parallel?
130. A 50 W bulb connected in series with a heater coil is put to an AC mains. Now the bulb is
replaced by a 100 W bulb. The heater output will

a) Double
b) Halve
c) Increase
d) Decrease

131. Three identical bulbs B1 , B2 and B3 are connected to the

mains as shown in figure. if B3 is disconnected from the circuit
by opening switch S, then incandesces of bulb B1 will

a) Increase
b) Decrease
c) Become zero
d) No change

132.

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134. Three identical bulb ( 60 W, 200 V) rating connected in series with 200 V, then total
power drawn

a) 60W
b) 180 W
c) 20 W
d) 120 W

135.

136.

137. Galvanometer of resistance 100 Ω is used top measure 10 A. find resistance of shunt
of we want to measure 50 A.
138. Ammeter of resistance 100 Ω is used to measure 1 mA find resistance of shunt if we
want to measure 1 Amp.

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142.

143. A millivoltmeter of 25 millivolt range is to be covered into an ammeter of 25 ampere

range. The value ( in ohm) of necessary shunt will be

a) 1
b) 0.05
c) 0.001
d) 0.01

144. A galvanometer has a coil of resistance 100 Ω and gives a full scale deflection for 30
mA current. If it is to work as a voltmeter of 30 V range, the resistance to be added will be

a) 1000 Ω
b) 900 Ω
c) 1800 Ω
d) 500 Ω

145. A galvanometer of resistance 50 Ω is connected to a battery of 3 V along with a

resistance of 2950 Ω in series. A full scale deflection of 30 division is obtained in the
galvanometer. In order to reduce this deflection to 20 divisions the resistance in series
should be

a) 4450 Ω
b) 5050 Ω
c) 5550 Ω
d) 6050 Ω

146. Find ammeter reading R = 5 Ω

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147. If current in ammeter is zero then find emf of unknown battery ?

a) 10 V
b) 6V
c) 4V
d) Can’t say

148.

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150.

151.

152. Find potential gradient in wire

153. Find potential gradient

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154. In a potentiometer circuit a cell EFM 1.5 V gives balance point at 36 cm length of
wire . if another cell of EFM 2.5 V replaces the first cell then at what length of the wire the
balance point occurs?

a) 64 cm
b) 62 cm
c) 60 cm
d) 21.6 cm

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174.

175. Find time when charge on capacitor is half of the maximum charge
176. Find time when potential drop across capacitor and inductor will be same
177. Find time energy on capacitor is half of the maximum energy
178. Find charge on capacitor at steady state’

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182. Condition of wheatstone bridge in R-C circuit

183.

184. Find ratio of heat

185.

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