Electricity Worksheet 2
1) Fill in the blank: 1.The SI unit of current is ……… .
2. According to ……… Law, the potential difference across the ends of a resistor is directly
proportional to the ……… through it, provided its remains constant.
3. The resistance of a conductor depends directly on its ……… , inversely on its ……… and also on
the ……… of the conductor.
4. The SI unit of resistivity is ……… .
5. If the potential difference across the ends of a conductor is doubled, the current flowing through it,
gets ……….
2) Following questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these questions
selecting the appropriate option given below:(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false. (d) A is false but R is true.
a) Assertion (A) : Tungsten metal is used for making filaments of incandescent lamps.
Reason (R) : The melting point of tungsten is very low.
b) Assertion (A) : If a graph is plotted between the potential difference and the current flowing,
the graph is a straight line passing through the origin.
Reason (R) : The current is directly proportional to the potential difference.
c) Assertion (A) : Longer wires have greater resistance and the smaller wires have lesser
resistance.
Reason (R) : Resistance is inversely proportional to the length of the wire.
d) Assertion (A) : A cell is a device which converts chemical energy into electrical energy.
Reason (R) : Cell maintains a constant potential difference between its terminals for a long time.
e) Assertion (A) : The resistivity of a substance does not depend on the nature of the substance
and temperature.
Reason (R) : The resistivity of a substance is a characteristic property of the material.
f) Assertion (A) : A current carrying wire should be charged.
Reason (R) : The current in a wire is due to flow of free electrons in a definite direction.
3) The obstruction offered by material of conductor to the passage of electric current is known as:
A. Resistance B. Conductance C. Inductance D. None of these
4) On which of the given resistance does not depend :
A. Length of conductor B. Area of cross-section C. Temperature D. Density
5) How the charge will flow?
A. By heating them B. By applying potential difference C. Both D. None of these
6) If length of a conductor and it’s radius is increased twice, how the resistance will change?
A. Resistance will remain unchanged B. Resistance increase twice
C. Resistance will become half D. Resistance will increase 4 times
7) The potential difference applied is directly proportional to current only if
A. Always B. Never C. Sometimes D. When temperature is constant
8) The SI unit of resistance is: A. Newton B. Ohm C. Watt D. Joule
9) Which of the given statements is not true, regarding the electrical set-up for the verification of
Ohm’s law: A. The voltmeter is connected in parallel with the known resistance
B. The ammeter is connected in series circuit C. The rheostat can only increase the resistance
in electric circuit D. The single key is used to switch on/off the electric circuit
10) The V–I graph is a straight line that passes through the origin of the graph. What do you conclude from
this observation?
11) A battery of 10 volt carries 20,000 C of charge through a resistance of 20 Ω. The work done in 10
seconds is: (a) 2 × 103 joule (b) 2 × 105joule (c) 2 × 104 joule (d) 2 × 102 joule
12) A boy records that 4000 joule of work is required to transfer 10 coulomb of charge between two points
of a resistor of 50 Ω. The current passing through it is: (a) 2 A (b) 4 A (c) 8 A (d) 16 A
13) An electrical appliance has a resistance of 25 Ω. When this electrical appliance is connected to a 230 V
supply line, current passing through it will be:(a) 0.92 A (b) 2.9 A (c) 9.2 A (d) 92 A
14) When a 4 Ω resistor is connected across the terminals of a 2 V battery, the number of coulombs
passing through the resistor per second is:(a) 0.5 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
15) Keeping the potential difference constant, the resistance of the circuit is halved. The current will
become: (a) One-fourth (b) Four times (c) Half (d) Double
16) The resistance whose V-I graph is given below is
17) How do we connect ammeter & voltmeter in an electric circuit? Draw a circuit diagram to justify
your answer. What is likely to happen if positions of these instruments interchanged? Give reason.
18) The resistance of a wire of 0.01 cm radius is 10 Ω. If the resistivity of the material of the wire is
50×10-8 ohm meters, find the length of the wire.
19) A copper wire has a diameter 0.5 mm and resistivity 1.6 10-8ohm m.
(i) What will be the length of this wire to make the resistance of 12 Ohm
(ii) How much will be the resistance of another copper wire of same length but half the diameter?
20) Resistivity of a given copper wire of length 2m is 1.7 x 10-8 Ωm. The wire is stretched so that its length
becomes 4m. Find new resistivity of the copper wire.
21) A copper wire of length 2m and area of cross section 1.7 x 10-6 m2 has a resistance of 2 x 10-2 ohms.
Calculate the resistivity of copper.
22) Calculate the resistance of a copper wire of length 2m and area of cross section 10 -6 m². Resistivity of
copper is 1.7 x 10-8 Ωm
23) A copper wire has a diameter of 0.5 mm and resistivity of 1.6 x 10-8 Ωm. What will be the length of
this wire to make its resistance 10Ω? How much does the resistance change if the diameter is doubled?
24) Calculate the resistance of an aluminium cable of length 10km and diameter 20mm if the resistivity of
aluminum is 2.7 x 10-8 Ωm
25) A piece of wire of resistance 20Ω is drawn out so that its length is increased to twice its original length
Calculate the resistance of the wire in the new situation
26) The relationship between potential difference and current was first established by George Simon Ohm
called Ohm's law. According to this law, the current through a metallic conductor is proportional to the
potential difference applied between its ends, provided the temperature remain constant i.e.V α I or
V = IR; where R is constant for the conductor and it is called resistance of the conductor. Although
Ohm's law has been found valid over a large class of materials, there do exist materials and devices used
in electric circuits where the proportionality of V and I does not hold.
(i) If both the potential difference and the resistance in a circuit are doubled, then :
(a) current remains same (b) current is doubled (c) current is halved (d) current is quadrupled
(ii) The slope of V - I graph (V on x-axis and I on y-axis) gives:
(a) resistance (b) reciprocal of resistance (c) charge (d) reciprocal of charge.
(iii) When battery of 9 V is connected across a conductor and the current flows is 0.1 A, the resistance is:
(a) 9 Ω (b) 0.9 Ω (c) 90 Ω (d) 900 Ω
(vi) By increasing the voltage across a conductor, the
(a) I will decrease (b) R will increase (c) I will increase (d) R will decrease.
(v)For a conductor, the graph between V and I is there. Which one is the correct?
a) b) c) d)
