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Daily Practice Problem-1

Chapter’s Name: Current Electricity Topic: Ohm’s Law, Drift Velocity, Resistivity

Q1. Calculate the electric field in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 2.0 mm2 carrying a current of 1 A. The conductivity of
copper = 6.25 × 107 𝑆𝑚 −1 .
Q2. Calculate the resistivity of a material of a wire 10 m long, 0.4 mm in diameter and a resistance of 2.0 Ω.
Q3. Find the time of relaxation between collision and free path of electrons in copper at room temperature. Given resistivity of
copper = 1.7 × 10−8 Ω − 𝑚, number density of electrons in copper = 8.5 × 1028 𝑚 −3 , charge on electron = 1.6 × 10−19 C,
mass of electron = 9.1 × 10−31 kg and drift velocity of free electrons = 1.6 × 10−4 𝑚/𝑠.
Q4. A copper wire has a resistance of 10 Ω and an area of cross-section 1 mm2. A potential difference of 10 V exists across the
wire. Calculate the drift speed of electrons if the number of electrons per cubic meter in copper is 8 × 1028 electrons.
Q5. Figure shows a plot of current I through the cross-section of a wire over a time interval of 10 s. Find the amount of charge
that flows through the wire during this time period.

Q6. The plot represents the flow of current through a wire at three different time intervals. The ratio of charges flowing through
the wire at different intervals is ?

Q7. Consider a current carrying wire (current I) in the shape of a circle. Note that as the current progresses along the wire, the
direction of j (current density) changes in an exact manner, while the current I remain unaffected. The agent that is essentially
responsible for is
(a) source of emf.
(b) electric field produced by charges accumulated on the surface of wire.
(c) the charges just behind a given segment of wire which push them just the right way by repulsion.
(d) the charges ahead.

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Q8. Which of the following characteristics of electrons determines the current in a conductor?
(a) Drift velocity alone. (b) Thermal velocity alone.
(c) Both drift velocity and thermal velocity. (d) Neither drift nor thermal velocity.
Q9. Temperature dependence of resistivity ρ(T) of semiconductors, insulators and metals is significantly based on the following
factors:
(a) number of charge carriers can change with temperature T.
(b) time interval between two successive collisions can depend on T.
(c) length of material can be a function of T.
(d) mass of carriers is a function of T.
Q10. The resistance of a wire is R ohm. What will be its new resistance if it is stretched to n times its original length?
Q11. If a wire is stretched such that it's radius is reduced to 1/nth of its original values then

(a)Resistance increases 𝑛4 times (b)Resistance decreases 𝑛4 times

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(c)Resistance increases 𝑛4 times (d)All
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Q12. A wire of resistance 18 ohm is drawn until its radius reduce of its original radius then resistance of the wire is?
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Q13. Two conductors are made of the same material and have the same length. Conductor A is a solid wire of diameter 1mm.
Conductor B is a hollow tube of outer diameter 2mm and inner diameter 1mm. Find the ratio of resistance R A to R B.
Q14. Two wires A and B of equal mass and of the same metal are taken. The diameter of wire A is half the diameter of wire
B. If the resistance of wire A is 24 Ω, calculate the resistance of wire B.
Q15. On applying the same potential difference between the ends of wires of iron and copper of the same length, the same
current flows in them. Compare their radii. Specific resistance of iron and copper are respectively 1.0 × 10−7 and 1.6 × 10−8
Ω-m. Can their current-densities be made equal by taking appropriate radii?

Q16. Estimate the average drift speed of conduction electrons in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 2.5 × 10−7 m2 carrying
a current of 2.7 A. Assume the density of conduction electrons to be 9 × 1028 𝑚 −3.
Q17. When 5V potential difference is applied across a wire of length 0.1 m, the drift speed of electrons is 2.5 ×
10−4 m/s. If the electron density in the wire is 8 × 1028 𝑚 −3 , calculate the resistivity of the material of wire.

Q18. A current of 5 A is passing through a metallic wire of cross-sectional area 4 × 10−6 𝑚 2. If the density of charge carriers
of the wire is 5 × 1026 𝑚 −3, then find the drift velocity of the electrons?
Q19. A potential difference of 5 V is applied across a conductor of length 0.1m. If drift velocity of electrons is 2.5 ×
104 𝑚/𝑠, calculate the electron mobility.

Q20. A wire of 10 Ω resistance is stretched to thrice its original length. What will be its (i) new resistivity, and (ii) new
resistance?
Q21. A wire has a resistance of 16 Ω. If it is melted and drawn into a wire of half its length. Calculate the resistance of the new
wire. What is the percentage change in its resistance?
Q22. How is the drift velocity in a conductor affected with the rise in temperature?
Q23. Two conducting wires X and Y of the same diameter but different materials are joined in series across a battery. If the
number density of electrons in X is twice that in Y, find the ratio of drift velocity of electrons in the two wires.

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Q24. Estimate the average drift speed of conduction electrons in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 1 × 10−7 𝑚 2 carrying a
current of 1.5 A. Assume the density of conduction electrons to be 9 × 1028 𝑚 −3 .
Q25. A conductor of length ‘𝑙’ is connected to a dc source of potential ‘V’ constant. If the length of the conductor is tripled by
gradually stretching it, how will (i) drift speed of electrons and (ii) resistance of the conductor be affected. Justify your answer.
Q26. A steady current flow in a metallic conductor of non-uniform cross-section. Which of these quantities is constant along
the conductor: current, current density, electric field, drift speed?
Q27. Graph showing the variation of current versus voltage for a material GaAs is shown in the
figure. Identify the region of
(i) Negative resistance
(ii) Where ohm’s law is obeyed.

Q28. Two wires of equal length, one of copper and the other of manganin have the same resistance.
Which wire is thicker?
Q29. I-V graph for a metallic wire at two different temperatures, T 1 and T2 is as shown in the figure.
Which of the two temperatures is lower and why?

Q30. Two metallic resistors are connected first in series and then in parallel across a dc supply. Plot of
I-V graph is shown for the two cases. Which one represents a parallel combination of the resistors and
why?

Q31. I-V graph for two identical conductors of different materials A and B is shown in the figure. Which one of the two has
higher resistivity?

Q32. Two materials Si and Cu, are cooled from 300 K and 60 K. What will be the effect on their resistivity?
Q33. The following table gives the length of three copper wires, their diameters, and the applied potential difference across
their ends. Arrange the wires in increasing order according to the following:
(i) The magnitude of the electric field within them
(ii) The drift speed of electrons through them, and
(iii) The current density within them.

Wire No. Length Diameter Potential Difference

1 L 3d V
2 2L d V
3 3L 2d 2V

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Q34. Why are alloys used for making standard resistance coils?
Q35. A potential difference V is applied across the ends of copper wire of length l and diameter D. What is the effect on drift
velocity of electrons if
(i) V is halved (ii) 𝑙 is doubled (iii) D is halved.
Q36. The ratio of current density and electric field is called
(a) resistivity (b) drift velocity (c)conductivity (d) mobility
OR
In a current carrying conductor , the ratio of the electric field and the current density at a point is called
(a) resistivity (b) resistance (c) conductivity (d) mobility

Q37. How does the random motion of free electrons in a conductor get affected when a potential difference is applied across
its ends?

Q38. A metal rod of square cross-sectional area A having length 𝑙 has current 𝐼 flowing through it when a potential difference
of V volt is applied across its ends (figure i). Now the rod is cut parallel to its length into two identical pieces and joined as
shown in figure ii. What potential difference must be maintained across the length of 2𝑙 so that the current in the rod is still I?

Q39. The resistance of a metal wire increases with increasing temperature on account of
(a) decrease in free electron density (b) decrease in relaxation time
(c) increase in mean free path (d) increase in the mass of electron.

Q40.Resistivity of a given conductor depends upon

(a) temperature (b) length of conductor (c) area of cross-section (d) shape of the conductor.

Q41. Which of the following has negative temperature coefficient of resistivity?

(a) Metal (b) Metal and semiconductor (c) Semiconductor (d) Metal and alloy.

Q42. A potential difference of 200 V is maintained across a conductor of resistance 100 Ω. The number of electrons passing
through it in 1𝑠 is
(a)1.25 × 1019 (b) 1.25 × 1018 (c) 2.5 × 1018 (d) 2.5 × 1016

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Answer keys
1. 1.8 mV/m 2. 2.5Ω × 10−8 Ω

3.2.49 × 10−14 𝑠 4. 7.8 × 10−5 𝑚/𝑠

5. 37.5 C 6.1:1:1

7.(b) 8.(a)

9.(a),(b) 10. 𝑛2 𝑅

11. Resistance increases by 𝑛4 times 12. 288Ω

13. 3:1 14. 1.5Ω

15. 2.5 , No 16. 7.5 × 10−4 m/s

17. 1.6 × 10−8 Ω𝑚 18. 1.56 × 10−2 m/s

20. (i)No change in Resistivity

19. 5 × 10−6 𝑚2 /𝑉 − 𝑠
(ii)90 Ω
22.With increase of temperature drift velocity
21. 4 Ω
decreases

23.1:2 24. 1.04 mm/s

25.(i) 𝑉𝑑 becomes one third

26. Current
(ii)new resistance becomes 9 times the original

27.(i)DE (ii)BC 28. Manganin wire is thicker

29.𝑇1 < 𝑇2 30.Line A represents parallel combination

31. Material B has higher resistivity 32. Resistivity of Si increases and Cu decreases

33. (i)𝐸2 < 𝐸3 < 𝐸1

34. Due to High resistivity and Low temperature
(ii)𝑉𝑑2 < 𝑉𝑑3 < 𝑉𝑑1
coefficient (𝛼)of resistance
(iii)𝐽2 < 𝐽3 < 𝐽1
35.(i)Halved
(ii)Doubled 36. (a)&(c)
(iii)Independent of diameter

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37. When potential difference is applied across the ends of a
conductor, the electrons are pushed towards the positive end.
Hence, drift velocity gets superposed on their thermal
velocity or random motion, and they get drifted towards the 38. Four times the initial voltage
positive end of the conductor and hence constitute electric
current. Their straight line motion will get converted into
curved path motion

39. (b) 40. (a)

41. (c) 42.1.25 × 1019

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