Electricity

MCQ-1

1-Which of the following is good conductor of electricity?

a) Mica, quartz
b) Metals, quartz
c) Metals, Rubber
d) Metals, mica
2 -The number of electrons present in one coulomb of charge is
a)

610

b)

610

c)

610

d)

610

19

20

18
-19

3 -When a steady current flows through a conductor, the electrons in it move with certain average
speed as
a) root mean square speed
b) drift speed
c) Accelerated speed
d) average velocity
4 -The function of rheostat in an electrical circuit is to
a) change the resistance in the circuit
b) decrease the resistance in the circuit
c) Imprecise the resistance in the circuit
d) None of these
5 -What is the resistivity of Nichrome
a)

1.6010

-8

b)

12.910

-8

c)

10 10

d)

11010

10

14

-8

6 -Which of the following is incorrect about the heat produced in a resistor?

a) It is directly proportional to the square of the current
b) directly proportional to resistance for a given current
c) directly proportional to the time for which the current flows through the resistors

d) None of these

7 -Electrons are consumed in an electric circuit , the above statement is

a) True
b) Partially true
c) Partially false
d) False
8 -Which of the following fuse should be used for an electric iron of 1kw when operated at 220v?
a) 5A
b) 3A
c) 7A
d) 1A
9 -The melting point of Tungsten is
a)

4000C

b)

3500C

c)

3333C

d)

3380C

10 -In an electric circuit the direction of electric current is

a) from positive to negative
b) from negative to positive terminal
c) from positive to positive
d) from negative to negative
11 -Calculate the resistance of a conductor if the current flowing through it is 0.2A, when potential
applied is 0.8v
a) 0.25
b) 3
c) 5
d) 4

12 -Why is tungsten used exclusively for the filament of an incandescent lamp?

a) The melting point of tungsten is very high

b) Tungsten can be drawn into thin wires which in turn offer high resistance
c) All of these
d) Tungsten has a fairly good resistivity

13 -0.5 coulombs of charge flows through a conductor in 0.5 seconds. What is the magnitude of the
current flowing through the conductor?
a) 0.2 A
b) 0.25A
c) 0.5 A
d) 1A

14 -How is ammeter connected in an electric circuit?

a) None of these
b) In parallel
c) In series
d) sometimes in series and sometimes in parallel
15 -Find the Incorrect statement
a) The P. D. for all the resistors in the parallel circuit remains constant
b) The direction of flow of negative charge was taken to the direction of electric current
c) None of these
d) The S. I unit of electric charge is coulomb

Electricity
MCQ-2

1 -If a wire of resistivity R is stretched to thrice its length, what will be its new resistivity?
a) R/2
b) 2R
c) R
d) R/9
2 -Which of the following material is used for electric wire heater?
a) Silver
b) Nichrome
c) Copper
d) lead
3 -Ammeter is likely to burn out if you connect it in parallel because.
a) It has low voltage
b) It has high resistance
c) It has high voltage
d) It has low resistance
4 -Two ebonite rods rubbed on fur repel each other because
a) They both have like charges of positive
b) None of these
c) They both have like charges of negative
d) They both have opposite charges
5 -A toaster produces more heat than a light bulb when connected in parallel to the 220 V mains.
Which of these two has greater resistance?
a) Both have same resistance
b) None of these.
c) Bulb
d) Toaster

6 -When a constant current is applied for a time of t seconds, How can you increase the heat
produced to four times?
a) By decreasing the potential difference to one fourth
b) By increasing resistance to four times
c) By decreasing resistance to one fourth
d) By increasing the potential difference to four times
7 -A 200W bulb is lighted for two hours. How much energy is consumed?
a) 0.4 kwh
b) 0.8 kwh
c) 4 kwh
d) 1 kwh
8 -The above mentioned symbol is
a) Rheostat
b) Resistance
c) Variable resistance
d) All of these.
9 -Statement A : light from bathroom bulb gets dimmer for a moment, when geyser is switched on ,
Statement B : Insulators conduct charges, they can be charged easily by friction.
a) Both the statement A and B are true
b) statement A is true, B is false
c) statement B is true, A is false
d) Neither statement A nor statement B is true.
10 -When an electric current is flown through a metallic wire, the particles moving are
a) Electron
b) atoms
c) ions
d) Proton
11 -Which of the following does not have plus (+) or minus (-) signs marked on it:

a)
b)
c)
d)

Battery
Voltmeter
a resistor
Ammeter

12 -Ayush has connected 3 cells of 2V each to form a battery of 6V. Which arrangement made by
him is correct?
a) D is
correct
b) B is

correct

c) C is

correct

d) A is

correct

13 -By considering their position in the periodic table which one of the following elements would you
expect to have maximum metallic characteristics?
a) Be
b) As
c) Ga
d) Ge
14 -What will happen to current passing though a resistor if the potential difference across its ends
is doubled and the resistance is halved?
a) Becomes one fourth
b) Remain unchanged
c) Becomes halved
d) Becomes four times
15 -Three resistors are connected in series with the current in each resistor is 1.5A. The current
drawn
a) 1.5A
b) 4.5A
c) 1.0A
d) 3A

Electricity
MCQ-3

1 -An electric device draws a current of 1.5 A and is kept on for 4 hours. What is the total charge
that flows through this device?
a) 21500 coulomb
b) 21650 coulomb
c) None of these.
d) 21600 coulomb
2 -When two objects are rubbed together, one of the objects looses some of its free electrons while
the other gains the same number of these free electrons. Which object gains the positive charge?
a) Both of these
b) None of these
c) object loosing electron
d) object gaining electron
3 -The path of motion of tree electron in a metal is
a) circular
b) straight line
c) parabolic
d) zigzag
4 -In a conductor, free electrons:
a) move towards the region of higher potential
b) move towards the region of lower potential
c) move towards the region of equal potential
d) do not move at all.
5 -A unit charge is moved from a point A to another point B. The work done in the process is called
a) the potential difference between A and B

b) Potential at the point B

c) None of the above.
d) potential at the point A

6 -Ohms law is not obeyed by

a) electrolytes
b) Both electrolytes and semiconductor diodes.
c) semiconductor diodes
d) alloys
7 -Constantan or Magnanin are chosen for making standard resistances because of
a) high value of resistivity
b) all of the above factors.
c) low temp coefficient of resistance
d) production of least disturbance in the circuit due to less contact potential

8 -A wire of resistance 2 is bent to form a circle. What is the resistance between two
diametrically opposite points?
a)

1.5

b)

0.5

c)

d)

9 -How many electrons are there in 10 C charge?

a)

6.25x1018

b)

6.25x1018

c)

6.25x1019

d)

6.25x1019

10 -V I graph for a metallic wire at two different temperature T1 and T2 as shown in the following
figure. which of the two temperature is higher?

a)
b)
c)
d)

T1 = T2
Temp T2
Temp T1
None of these.

11 -A rod has a resistivity of 2x10-3 m if its length is doubled and area is halved. What is the new
resistivity.
a) remain the same
b)

210

c)

410

d)

810

-3

-3

-3

12 -Statement A : Resistivity increases with decrease in temperature in insulators. ,

Statement B : Resistivity of a conductor increases with increasing temp.
a) Both the statements A and B are true
b) Statement A is true, B is false
c) statement A is false, B is true
d) Neither statement A nor statement B is true
13 -Nichrome and copper wires of the same length and same radius are connected in series.
Current I is passed through them. Which of the two get heated first?
a) Nichrome wire
b) Both
c) copper wire
d) None of these

14 -Two resistance 11 and 22 are connected in series and then in parallel. The ratio of the
effective resistance of series and parallel combination of resistance is
a) 0.125694444444
b) 0.0430555555556
c) 0.0895833333333
d) 0.376388888889

15 -A heater joined in parallel with a 60w bulb is connected to the minus if the 60w bulbs is
replaced by a 100w bulbs, the rate of heat produced by the heater be
a) None of these.
b) more
c) less
d) remain the same

Electricity
MCQ-4

1 -Match the following with correct response.

(1) Bulb filament
(2) Heating element of an electric iron
(3) Super conductors
(4) EMF is a
(A) Nichrome
(B) Potential difference
(C) Zero resistivity
(D) Tungsten
a) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D
b) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C
c) 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A
d) 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B
2 -Match the following with correct response.
(1) Best conductor
(2) Standard resistor
(3) Semi- conductor
(4) Insulator
(A) Silicon
(B) Silver

(C) Ebonite
(D) Constantan
a) 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B
b) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C
c) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D
d) 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A
3 -Match the following with correct response.
(1) I
(2) P
(3) F
(4) R
(A) F/A
(B) VI
(C) Q/t
(D) K Q1Q2/R2
a) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C
b) 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B
c) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D
d) 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A
4 -Match the following with correct response.
(1) Electric current
(2) Resistance
(3) Potential difference
(4) Resistivity
(A) Ampere
(B) Volt
(C) Ohm
(D) Ohm-m
a) 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B
b) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C
c) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D
d) 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A
5 -Match the following with correct response.
(1) Resistance in series
(2) Resistance in Parallel

(3) Power in parallel

(4) Power in series
(A) 1/R1+1/R2+1/R3+
(B) 1/P1+1/P2+1/P3+
(C) P1+P2+P3
(D) R1+R2+R3+
a)
b)
c)
d)

1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B

1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C
1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D
1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A

6 -Match the following with correct response.

(1) Electric current
(2) Electric Potential
(3) Resistance
(4) Power
(A) The current flowing through conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference applied
across the ends of conductor
(B) Amount of charge flowing through an area in unit second
(C) Rate at which energy is consumed
(D) Work done in moving a unit charge from infinity to that point
a) 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B
b) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C
c) 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A
d) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D
7 -Match the following with correct response.
(1) Current divides at a junction
(2) Two or more cells connected together
(3) Current is the same at all points
(4) They protect electrical appliances from high voltage
(A) Fuse
(B) Battery
(C) Parallel circuit
(D) Series circuit
a) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C

b) 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A

c) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D
d) 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B
8 -Match the following with correct response.
(1) Electric current
(2) Small deflection in the circuit
(3) Maintains potential difference between two points
(4) Variable Resistance
(A) Ammeter
(B) Battery
(C) Galvanometer
(D) Rheostat
a) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C
b) 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B
c) 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A
d) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D
9 -Match the following with correct response.
(1) Volt Columb
(2) Volt Ampere
(3) W S
(4) Columb /Second
(A) Joule/Sec
(B) Q/t
(C) V C
(D) Joule
a) 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B
b) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D
c) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C
d) 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A
10 -The rate of electric energy lost in a thermal device due to resistance R is given by
A. P=I2R
B. P=V2R

C. P = IV
D. P=VI
a)
b)
c)
d)

A and D
A and B
A and C
B and C

11 -Three bulbs of 100w, 200w and 60w are connected in series to the main supply of 220vm the
current will be
A. Equal in 100w and 200w
B. Equal in 200w and 60w
C. Different in all
D. None of the above
a) B and D
b) A and B
c) A, B and C
d) A and C

12 -Maganin is an alloy ofA. Copper

B. Manganese
C. Nickel
D. Platinum
a) A, B and C
b) A and C
c) A and B
d) All of these
13 -Which of the following statement are incorrect
A. A neutron has positive charge of +1.61019c+1.61019c
B. An ammeter is a low resistance device
C. Resistance of semiconductors decreases with temperature
D. One ampere is equal to 106106 uA
a) A and B
b) A, B and C
c) A and C

d) A and D
14 -Which of the following statements are correct about resistance
A. Resistance of a conductor is directly proportional to the length
B. Resistance of a conductor is directly proportional to area of cross section
C. Resistance of a conductor depends the nature of the material
D. Resistance of conductor is inversely proportional to the length
a) A, B and D
b) A and C
c) A and B
d) A and D
15 -Which of the following charges is possible?
A. 1.61019
B. 3.21019
C. 6.41019
D. 0.81019
a)
b)
c)
d)

B and C
A, B and C
A and C
All of these