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This document is a test paper for Class 12 Physics focusing on Current Electricity, containing multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, and true/false statements. Topics include Wheatstone's bridge, battery emf, resistance, and electric current concepts. The test assesses understanding of electrical principles and calculations related to circuits and resistivity.

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This document is a test paper for Class 12 Physics focusing on Current Electricity, containing multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, and true/false statements. Topics include Wheatstone's bridge, battery emf, resistance, and electric current concepts. The test assesses understanding of electrical principles and calculations related to circuits and resistivity.

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Class 12 - Physics

Current Electricity Test 01

1. In a Wheatstone's bridge, all the four arms have equal resistance R. If the resistance of the galvanometer arm is also R,
the equivalent resistance of the combination as seen by the battery is:
a. 2R
b. R
c. R

d. R

2. When a current of 0.2 A is drawn from a battery, then potential difference between its terminals is 20 V and when a
current of 2 A is drawn, then the potential difference drops to 16 V. The emf of the battery is:
a. 18.9 V
b. 20.4 V
c. 23.2 V
d. 15.1 V

3. In the adjoining figure, the resistance of the galvanometer G is 50 ohm. Of the following alternatives in which case are
the currents arranged strictly in the order of decreasing magnitudes with the larger coming earlier:

a. I, Ig, I1, I2
b. Ig, I1, I2, I
c. I, I1, Ig, I2
d. I, I2, I1, Ig
4. The charge on the capacitor of capacitance C shown in the figure given below will be:

C ER1
a. R1 + r

C ER1
b.
R2 + r

C ER2
c. R2 + r

d. CE
5. Assertion (A): Bending a wire does not affect electrical resistance.
Reason (R): Resistance of wire is proportional to the resistivity of the material.

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.


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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.
6. Assertion (A): Gases become conducting only when their pressure is lowered.
Reason (R): At low pressure, the discharge current is high.
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.
7. State True or False:
i. Nichrome and Manganin have very low temperature dependent resistivity.
a. True
b. False
ii. An energy source will supply a constant current into the load, if its internal resistance is very large as compared to the
load resistance.
a. True
b. False
8. Fill in the blanks:
a. The mobility of charge carriers increases with ________ in the average collision time.
b. Electric current is a _______ quantity.
9. A 10 V battery of negligible internal resistance is connected across a 200 V battery and a resistance of 38Ω as shown in
the figure. Find the value of the current in circuit.

10. A metal wire of specific resistance 64 × 10-8Ω m and length 1.98 m has a resistance of 7 Ω . Find its radius.

11. The maximum power rating of a 20 Ω resistor is 2.0 kW. (That is, this is the maximum power the resistor can dissipate
(as heat) without melting or changing in some other undesirable way). Would you connect this resistor directly across a
300 V d.c. source of negligible internal resistance? Explain your answer.
12. A room is lighted by 200 W, 124 V incandescent lamps fed by a generator whose output voltage is 130 V. The
connecting wires from the generator to the user are made of aluminium wire of a total length of 150 m and cross-
sectional area 15 mm2. How many such lamps can be installed? What is the total power consumed by the user? The
specific resistance of aluminum = 2.9 × 10-8 Ω m.
13. A current of 1.0 ampere is flowing through a copper wire of length 0.1 metre and cross-section 1.0 × 10-6 m2.
i. If the specific resistance of copper be 1.7 × 10-8 Ω m, calculate the potential difference across the ends of the wire,
ii. Determine current density in the wire,
iii. If there be one free electron per atom in copper, then determine the drift velocity of electrons. Given: density of
copper = 8.9 × 103 kg m-3, atomic weight = 63.5, N = 6.02 × 1026 per kg-atom.
14. i. Deduce the relation between current I flowing through a conductor and drift velocity vd of the electrons.
ii. Figure shows a plot of current I flowing through the cross-section of a wire versus the time t. Use the plot to find the
charge flowing in 10 through the wire.

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15. Read the source given below and answer any four out of the following questions:
The rate of flow of charge through any cross-section of a wire is called electric current flowing through it. Electric
q
current (I) = . Its SI unit is ampere (A). The conventional direction of electric current is the direction of motion of
t

positive charge. The current is the same for all cross-sections of a conductor of the non-uniform cross-
section. Resistance is a measure of the opposition to current flow in an electrical circuit.

i. An example of non-ohmic resistance is:


a. tungsten wire
b. carbon resistance
c. diode
d. copper wire
ii. Current is:
a. scalar quantity
b. vector quantity
c. both scalar and vector quantity
d. none of the above
iii. In a current-carrying conductor, the net charge is:
a. 1.6 × 10–19 coulomb
b. 6.25 × 10–18 coulomb
c. zero
d. infinite
iv. The current which is assumed to be flowing in a circuit from the positive terminal to negative is called:
a. direct current
b. pulsating current
c. conventional current
d. none of these
v. A current passes through a wire of non-uniform cross-section. Which of the following quantities are independent of
the cross-section?
a. The charge crossing
b. drift velocity
c. current density
d. free electron density

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