Delhi Public School Sector 84

WORKSHEET

ELECTRICITY

1.(a)State weather current is scalar or vector quantity. What does the direction of current
represent ?

(b) Potential is scalar or vector ? what does the positive or negative sign of potential convey..

2. Explain the statement that potential difference between 2 points is I volt

3.(a) Name the particles which are responsible for the flow of current in a metallic wire.
(b) Explain the flow of current in a metallic wire on the basis of movement of the particles named
by you above in part (a).
(c) What is the cause of resistance offered by the metallic wire in the flow of current through it?
4. (a) What is an Ohmic resistor? Give one example of an ohmic resistor. Draw a graph to show
its current – voltage relationship. How is the resistance of the resistor determined from this
graph?
(b) What are Non-Ohmic resistors? Give one example and draw a graph to show its current-
voltage relationship.

5. Two copper wires are of same length, but one is thicker than the other. Which will have more
resistance?
6. State the order of specific resistance of (i) a metal, (ii) a semiconductor and (iii) an insulator.
7.Name a substance of which the specific resistance remains almost unchanged by the
increase in temperature.
8.(a) Name the material used for making the connection wires. Give reason for your answer.
(b) Why should a connection wire be thick?
9.Which of the following is an Ohmic resistance?
(a) LED
(b) Junction diode
(c) Filament of a bulb
(d) Nichrome wire
10. For which of the following substances, resistance decreases with increase in temperature?
(a) Copper
(b) Mercury
(c) Carbon
(d) Platinum
11. In a conductor, 6.25 × 1016 electrons flow from its end A to B in 2 s. Find the current flowing
through the conductor. (e = 1.6 × 10-19 C)
12. A current of 1.6 mA flows through a conductor. If charge of an electron is -1.6 x 10 -
19
coulomb, find the number of electrons that will pass each second through the cross section of
that conductor.
13. An electric bulb draws 1.2 A current at 6.0 V. Find the resistance of filament of bulb while
glowing.
14. A car bulb connected to a 12 volt battery draws 2 A current when glowing. What is the
resistance of the filament of the bulb? Will the resistance be more, same or less when the bulb
is not glowing.
15. In an experiment of verification of Ohm’s law, following observations are obtained.

Potential difference V (in volt) 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5

Current I (in amp) 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0

Draw a characteristic V-I graph and use this graph to find:
(a) potential difference V when the current I is 0.5 A.
(b) current I when the potential difference V is 0.75 V.
(c) resistance in circuit
16. Two wires of the same material and same length have radii 1 mm and 2 mm respectively.
Compare (i) their resistances (ii) their specific resistance.
17. A wire of resistance 3 Ohm and length 10 cm is stretched to length 30 cm. Assuming that it
has a uniform cross-section, what will be its new resistance?
18. A wire of resistance 9 Ohm having length 30 cm is tripled on itself. What is its new
resistance?
19. The filament of a bulb takes a current 100 mA when potential difference across it is 0.2 V.
When the potential difference across it becomes 1.0 V, the current becomes 400 mA. Calculate
the resistance of filament in each case and account for the difference.
20. The V-I graph for a series combination and for a parallel combination of two resistors is
shown in fig. Which of the two, A or B, represents the parallel combination? Give a reason for

21. Which of the following combinations have the same equivalent resistance between X and Y?

22. Calculate the effective resistance between the points A and B in the circuit shown in figure

23. A uniform wire with a resistance of 27 ohm is divided into three equal pieces and then they
are joined in parallel. Find the equivalent resistance of the parallel combination.

24. Calculate the equivalent resistance between the points A and B in figure
25. Five resistors, each of 3 ohm, are connected as shown in figure. Calculate the resistance (a)
between the points P and Q, and (b) between the points X and Y.

26.In figure, calculate :

(a) the total resistance of the circuit.
(b) the value of R, and
(c) the current flowing in R

27. A particular resistance wire has a resistance of 3 ohm per meter. Find:
(a) The total resistance of three lengths of this wire each 1.5 m long, in parallel.
(b) The potential difference of the battery which gives a current of 2 A in each of the 1.5 m
length when connected in the parallel to the battery (assume that resistance of the battery is
negligible).
(c) The resistance of 5 m length of a wire of the same material, but with twice the area of cross
section.
28. A cell supplies a current of 1.2 A through two 2 ohm resistors connected in parallel. When
resistors are connected in series, it supplies a current of 0.4 A. Calculate the potential difference
of the cell.
28. A cell supplies a current of 1.2 A through two 2 ohm resistors connected in parallel. When
resistors are connected in series, it supplies a current of 0.4 A. Calculate the potential difference
of the cell.
30.Explain the meaning of the statement ‘the power of an appliance is 100 W’.
(i)State and define the household unit of electricity.
(ii)What is the voltage of the electricity that is generally supplied to a house?
(iii) What is consumed while using different electrical appliances, for which electricity bills are
paid?
31. What do you mean by power rating of an electrical appliance? How do you use it to
calculate (a) the resistance of the appliance and (b) the safe limit of the current in it, while in
use?
32. the names of three electrical gadgets used in your house are given along with their power,
voltage rating and approximate time for which each one is used in a day. Hence find the
electrical energy consumed by each in a month of 30 days. Also calculate your electricity bill if
the c ost of I unit is Rs 15/-

Appliance Power Voltage Time (hours) Electrical energy

(in watt) (in volts)

Television set 120 220 4

Refrigerator 150 220 24
Fluorescent tube 40 220 12
Question: 33
Two lamps, one rated 220 V, 50 W and the other rated 220 V, 100 W, are connected in series
with mains of voltage 220 V. Explain why does the 50 W lamp consume more power.
34. Name the factors on which the heat produced in a wire depends when current is passed in
it, and state how does it depend on the factors stated by you.
35. An electrical appliance has a rating 100 W, 120 V. The resistance of element of appliance
when in use is:
(a) 1.2 ohm
(b) 144 ohm
(c) 120 ohm
(d) 100 ohm
36. A current of 2 A is passed through a coil of resistance 75 Ω for 2 minutes. (a) How much
heat energy is produced? (b) How much charge is passed through the resistance?
38. Calculate the current through a 60 W lamp rated for 250 V. If the line voltage falls to 200 V,
how is power consumed by the lamp affected?
39. An electric bulb is rated at 220 V, 100 W. (a) What is its resistance? (b) What safe current
can be passed through it?
40. An electric press is rated ‘750 W, 230 V’. Calculate the electrical energy consumed by the
press in 16 hours
41. An electrical appliance having a resistance of 200 ohm is operated at 200 V. Calculate the
energy consumed by the appliance in 5 minutes (i) in joule, (ii) in kWh
42. What is the resistance, under normal working conditions, of an electric lamp rated at ‘240 v’,
60 W? If two such lamps are connected in series across a 240 V mains supply, explain why
each one appears less bright.
43. Two resistors A and B of 4 ohm and 6 ohm respectively are connected in parallel. The
combination is connected across a 6 volt battery of negligible resistance. Calculate: (i) the
power supplied by the battery, (ii) the power dissipated in each resistor.
44. Water in an electric kettle connected to a 220 V supply took 5 minutes to reach its boiling
point. How long will it take if the supply had been of 200 V? ( hint … heat gained should be
same ans 6.05 min)
45. A geyser is rated 1500 W, 250 V. This geyser is connected to 250 V mains. Calculate:
(i)The current drawn,
(ii)The energy consumed in 50 hours, and
(iii)The cost of energy consumed at ₹ 4.20 per kWh.
46. A piece of wire having a resistance R is cut into five equal parts.
(i) How will the resistance of each part of the wire compare with the original resistance?
(ii) If the five parts of the wire are placed in parallel, how will the resistance of the
combination compare with the resistance of the original wire? What will be ratio of resistance in
series to that of parallel?

47. A small bulb has a resistance of 2Ω when cold. It takes up a current of 0.4 A from a source
of 4V and then starts glowing. Calculate (i) the resistance of the bulb when it is glowing and
(ii) Elaborate on the reason for the difference in resistance?
48. For the experiment “to find the equivalent resistance of the two given resistors connected in
parallel” the following circuit was drawn by a student.

The teacher pointed out the possibility of the following faults:

A. the ammeter was not correctly connected in the circuit
B. the voltmeter was not correctly connected in the circuit
C. the resistors IT and R2 were not correctly connected in parallel.
D. the rheostat and the key were not correctly connected in the circuit
The two faults pointed out correctly by the teacher, are
(a) A and B
(b) B and C
(c) C and D
(d) D and A

49. The ammeter connected in a circuit reads 0.01 A when battery is switched off. It means
there is:
(a) wrong connections
(b) zero error
(c) positive error
(d) negative error.

49. The current flowing through a resistor connected in an electric circuit and potential
difference developed across its ends are shown in the diagram.
Find the value of the resistance of the resistor is
50. For the circuit diagram shown below, the student would observe

(a) same reading in both the ammeter and the voltmeter

(b) no reading in either the ammeter or the voltmeter
(c) some reading in the ammeter but no reading in the voltmeter.
(d) some reading in the voltmeter but no reading in ammeter.

51.
The following circuit diagram shows the experimental set-up for the study of dependence of
current on potential-difference. Which two components are connected in the series?

(a) battery and Voltmeter

(b) ammeter and voltmeter
(c) ammeter and rheostat
(d) resistor and voltmeter

50. To study the dependence of the current (I) on the potential difference (V), across a resistor,
two students used two set-ups shown in figures (A) and (B) respectively. They kept the contact
J in four different positions, marked (a), (b), (c) and (d) in the two figures.
For the two students, the value of the emf used by student (A) and the resistance due to the
rheostat

used by student (B), will each be minimum when the contact J is in the position.
(a) (d) in both the set-ups.
(b) (a) in both the set-ups.
(c) (d) in set-up (A) and (a) in set-up (B).
(d) (a) in set-up (A) and (d) in set-up (B).

51.
The given graph, is plotted for V-I to verify Ohm’s law.
The resistance of the conductor used in the experiment is:
(a) 1 Ω
(b) 1.5 Ω
(c) 3 Ω
(d) 2 Ω

52. In an experiment to study dependence of current on the potential difference across a given
resistor, four students P, Q, R and S kept the plug key in the circuit closed for time t{ and then
open for time t2 as given in the table below:

Students Closed time t1 seconds Open time t2 seconds

P 30 60

Q 60 30

R 60 15

S 45 15
The best choice of open and closed time is that of student
(a) P (b) Q (c) R (d) S

Also mention the reason for the answer.

Question 53:
In an electric circuit the key should be kept off to avoid:
(a) damage of instrument
(b) damage of resistor
(c) incorrect readings
(d) none of these.

Question 54
In Ohm’s circuit which of the following does not have + and - terminals?
(a) Voltmeter
(b) Ammeter
(c) Battery
(d) Resistor