ASSIGNMENT
CHAPTER: 12 ELECTRICITY
SECTION – A (Very short answer type questions):
Q1. Tick the correct answer:
i) 1 V m-1 is equal to :
a) 1 NC-1 b) 1 NC-2 c) 1 Jm-1 d) 1Jm- 2
ii) The slope I-V gives:
a) Resistivity b) 1/ Resistivity c) Resistance d) 1/ Resistance
iii) The electric power of an appliance cannot be expressed by:
a) VI b) I2R c) I2/R d) V2/R
iv) Unit of electric power may also be expressed as:
a) volt ampere b) kilowatt hour c) watt second d) joule second
v) If a wire is stretched to make its length three times, its resistance will
become:
a) three times b) one-third c) nine times d) one-tenth
Q2. In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of reason(R).
1. If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the reason is the correct
explanation of the assertion.
2. If both Assertion and Reason are correct but the reason is the not the
correct explanation of the assertion.
3. If Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.
4. If both the Assertion and the Reason are incorrect.
a) Assertion- Tungsten cannot be used as a fuse wire
Reason- The melting point of tungsten is very high.
b) Assertion – Thin wire has less resistance.
Reason – The resistance of a wire is inversely proportional to its cross –
sectional area.
c) Assertion – Electric bulbs are filled with air
Reason – This is done to prevent the oxidation of the filament of the
bulb.
MATCH THE FOLLOWING:
Q3. COLUMN ‘A’ COLUMN’B’
i) Resistance of the air gap a) alloy of tin and lead
ii) Safety fuse b) High melting point
iii) 1Ampere c) Infinity
iv)Tungsten d) 103 mA
Q4 Define-
a) 1 Ohm b) 1 volt c) 1 Ampere d) 1 watt
Q5 Which component is used to regulate current without changing the voltage
source in an electric circuit?
Q6. What do you mean by rating of an electric appliance?
Q7. Which common factor affects both resistance as well as resistivity and how?
Q8. State the law relating the potential difference across a conductor and the
current through it?
Q9. What is the commercial unit of electrical energy? Represent it in terms of
Joule.
Q10. How many electrons are there in 2 Coulomb of charge?
SECTION – B (Short answer type questions):
Q11. Two fuse wires are rated 5A and 15A. Which of the two wires will be thinner?
Why?
Q12. List the advantages of parallel connection over series connection in a
domestic circuit.
Q13. How is an ammeter connected in an electric circuit? Give reason.
Q14. Figure (a), (b) and (c) show three cylindrical copper conductors along with
their face area and length. Which will have highest resistance?
(a) (b) (c)
SECTION – C (Long answer type questions):
Q15. Derive the expression for the effective resistance for three resistances
connected in parallel to each other in an electric circuit.
Q16. State Joule’s law of heating. Derive the mathematical expression for the
same.
SECTION – D (Numericals):
Q17. Two resistors, with resistances 5 Ω and 10 Ω respectively are to be connected
to a battery of emf 6V. Find the value of minimum and maximum current
that can be obtained by combinations.
Q18. The resistance of the two conductors in parallel is 12 Ω and in series is 50 Ω.
Find the resistance of each conductor.
Q19. A wire of resistance 8 ohm is bent in the form of a closed circle. What is the
effective resistance between two points at the ends of any diameter of the
circle?
Q20. In the given circuit, calculate:
a. effective resistance of the circuit
b. reading of ammeter
c. reading of voltmeter across 5 ohm
d. p.d across 3 ohm and 2 ohm each
e. current flowing through 3 ohm.
Q21. Resistance of a metal wire of length 25m is 6.5 Ω. If the diameter of the wire
is 0.3mm, calculate the resistivity of metallic wire.
Q22. A set of ‘n’ identical resistors each R are connected in series and the effective
resistance is found to be ‘X’. When these ‘n’ resistors are connected in
parallel, the effective resistance is found to be ‘Y’. Find the ratio of X and Y.
Q23. In the circuit given below find the value of -
i)current through each resistor ii) p.d across 5 ohm iii) I through 20 ohm
Q24. The resistors, R1, R2 and R3 are connected as shown below in the given
circuit.
Find: i) the total resistance of the circuit. ii) total current flowing in the
circuit iii) the potential difference across R1 and R3.
Q25. A 24 V battery is connected to the arrangement of resistances as shown in
the given [Link] the:
i) the total effective resistance of the circuit
ii) the total current flowing in the circuit
iii) the current flowing through 20 Ω resistor.
iv) the potential difference across 10 Ω and 15 Ω resistors.
Q26. What should be the length of a nichrome wire of resistance 4.5 Ω, if the
length of a similar wire is 60 cm and resistance 2.5 Ω?
Q27. Two lamps , one rated 100 W at 220 V , and the other 60 W at 220 V are
connected in parallel to electric mains supply. What current is drawn from
the line if the supply voltage is 220 V.
Q28. In a factory, an electric bulb of 500 W is used for 2hrs & electric motor of
0.5horsepower is used for 5hrs every day. Calculate the cost of using bulb &
motor for 30 days if cost of electrical energy is Rs 3per unit.
SECTION – E (Practical based questions):
Q29. Ammeter and Voltmeter when not being used in a circuit are as shown below
Find-
i) the least count and Zero error of Ammeter and voltmeter
Q30. If the least count of an ammeter is 0.05 A and the needle rests on sixth
division. Find the current passing through the circuit.
Q31. The values of current flowing through the coil and the corresponding
potential difference across the coil is given below in the table. Plot a graph
between V and I and calculate the resistance of the coil from the graph.
V (volts) 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25
I (milli 100 200 300 400 500
Ampere)
Q32. Suppose in an experiment you see that the deflection on ammeter (or
voltmeter)scale goes beyond the full scale. What will you infer from such an
observation? What will you infer if the deflection takes place in opposite
direction?
