ELECTRICITY

One Mark Each

1. Identify the symbol.

2. Identify the symbol.

3. Relation between current and voltage. Write the mathematical form.

4. 1 µA =_________

5. What is the unit of electric current?

6. SI unit of potential difference.

7. Name a device that helps to maintain a potential difference across a conductor.

8. SI unit of resistivity.

9. On what factors the resistance of a conductor depends?

10. SI unit of electric power.

11. Commercial unit of Electric Power.

12. 1 kWh =

13. How is voltmeter is connected in a circuit to measure the potential difference between two ends?

14. In which configuration, a fuse is placed in a device?

15. On what factors the resistivity of a conductor depends?

16. Name any two appliances which are based on the application of heating effect of electric current.

17. What happens to resistance of a conductor when its area of cross-section is increased?
18. A given length of a wire is doubled on itself and this process is repeated once again. By what factor does the
resistance of the wire change?

19. Two resistors of 10 Ω and 15 Ω are connected in series to a battery of 6 V. How can the values of current
passing through them be compared?

20. Define the term ‘volt’

Two Marks Each

1. Draw a schematic diagram for the three resistors connected in series along with a key, ammeter
and a battery.

2. A) How much current will an electric bulb draw from a 220 V source, if the resistance of the bulb
filament is 1200 Ω?

B) How much current will an electric heater coil draw from a 220 V source, if the resistance of
the coil is 100 Ω?

3. Resistance of a metal wire of length 1m is 26 Ω. If the diameter of the wire is 0.2 mm, what will
be the resistivity of the metal?

4. Why are coils of the electric toasters and electric iron are made of alloy rather than a pure
metal?

Four Marks Each

1. In resistance for a system of the resistor, there are two methods of joining the resistors
together as shown below: -

R1 R2 R3

V
A

Figure 1.
 R1

X R2 Y

R3

Figure 2.
It showed an electric current in which three resistors having R1, R2, and R3 respectively are join end to end
i.e. series while the combination of resistors in which three resistors are connected together at point X and
Y are said to be parallel.
1. What is the total potential across a combination of a resistor in series?
2. What is the value of current in series combination of resistor at every point?
3. If 6 resistors, each of 1.2Ω are connected in series, what will be the resultant resistance?
4. If 3 resistors, each of 1Ω are connected in parallel, what will be the resultant resistance?

2. Calculate

I. Effective resistance
II. Current
III. Potential difference across 10 Ω resistor
IV. Potential difference across 5 Ω resistor as shown in figure.

5Ω

10Ω

2V
 3. The value of current I flowing in a resistor for the corresponding values of potential difference V across

the resistor is given below:

I (ampere) 1A 2A 3A 4A

V (volt) 2V 4V 6V 8V

i) Plot the graph between V and I

ii) What is the shape of graph obtained by you?

iii) Is it in accordance with Ohm’s law?

iv) Calculate the resistance of resistor.

4. Explain with the help of a labelled circuit diagram, how will you find the resistance of a combination of

three resistors, of resistance R1, R2 and R3 joined in parallel. Also mention how will you connect the

ammeter and the voltmeter in the circuit while measuring the current in the circuit and the potential

difference across one of the three resistors of the combination.

5. Name the physical quantity which is (i) same (ii) different in all the bulbs , when three bulbs of:

(a) same wattage are connected in series.

(b) same wattage are connected in parallel.

(c) different wattage are connected in series.

(d) different wattage are connected in parallel.

6. (a) 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.

(b) Draw a schematic diagram of a circuit consisting of a battery of 4 cells of 2V each connected to a key,

an ammeter and two resistors of 2 Ω and 3 Ω respectively in series and a voltmeter to measure potential

difference across 3 Ω.