7 Topic: Current Eicctricity PHYSICS. CLA = ty! 1. When a potential difference of 2 volt is applied across the ends of a wire of $ m length, a current of 1 A is found tw ow through it, Calculate (i) the resistance per unit length of the wire, (ii) the resistance of 2 m length of the wire, (ii) the resistance across the ends of the wire if it is doubled on itself. 2. Acar 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? ‘Two wires of the same material and same length have radii r, and r, respectively. Compare : (i) their resistances, (ii) their resistivities 4. A given wire is stretched to double its length. How will its resistance change>? 5. Awire of 3 ohm resistance and 10 em length is stretched to 30 cm length. Assuming that it has a uniform cross s what will be its new resistance? 6. A wire of 9 ohm resistance having 30 em length is tripled on itself. What is its new resistance? 7, What length of copper wire of resistivity 1.7 x 10 © m and radius 1 mm is requited so that its resistance 8. Three resistor of 2 ©, 3 2 and 4 Q are connected in (a) series, (b) parallel. Find the equivalent resistance in 9. 1 tion, . What resistance must be connected to a 15 © resistance to provide an effective resistance of 6 0? 0. Three resistors of 6 0, 3 Q and 2 Q are connected together so that the total resistance is greater than 6 ©, but less than 8.0. Draw a diagram to show this arrangement and caleulate its total resistance. 11, Four resistors each of resistance 2.0 Q are joined end to end to form a square ABCD. Calculate the equivalent resistance of the combination between any two adjacent corners. 12. For the combination of resistors shown in figure, find the equivalent resistance between (a) C and D, (b) A and B. R, R c A 3Q 32 | R332 3.0ER, 39 325 13. Two resistors uf 4 and 6 Q are connected in parallel. The combination is connected across a 6 V battery of negligible R. D R | resistance. Calculate : (a) the current through the battery, (b) the current through each resistor. Draw a circuit diagram. | 14. The circuit diagram shown in figure includes a 6 V battery, an ammeter A, a fixed ca 4 resistor R, of 2 Q and a resistance wire R, connected between the terminal A and B. 6V The resistance of the battery and ammeter may be neglected. Calculate the ammeter readings when the wire R, is of (a) 0.20 1 length and of resistance 4.2. R, (b) 0.40 m length and of same thickness and material as in case (a). 20 py (©) 0.20 m length and of area of cross section double than in case (a) RA OB |S. Three resistors 8 , 12 Q and 6 Q are connected to a 12 V battery as shown in the 12V diagram below, pio Find: (a) the current through the 8 © resistor. . (b) the potential difference across the paralle! combination of 6 Q and 12 Q resistors] 120 (©) the current through the 6 © resistor. 30.PHYSICS Crh fol wfep ork Topic: Current Electricity 16. Figure below shows a battery of emf. 9 V and internal resistance 0.6 Q, [HH — conneeted to three resistors A, B and C. Calculate ; (a) the combination 9V.0.6.0 resistance of B and C, (b) the total resistance of A, B and C, (¢) the total resistance of circuit, (d) the current in each resistor A, B and C, (e) the 3 potential drop across the internal resistance, (f) the potential difference across A, Ke the resistor B, (g) the terminal voltage of the cell. 2Q 6a 17. 18. 19. 20. 24. 22. In the diagram given below in figure, A, B and C are three . | t-—+rve ammeters. The ammeter B reads 0.5 A. All the ammeters have negligible resistance. Calculate : 6Q (a) the readings of the ammeters A and C, —_®— (b) the total resistance of the circuit, and n (c) the emf of the cell. yO A cell of e.mf. 1.8 V and internal resistance 2 Q is connected in series with an ammeter of resistance 0.7 © and a resistor of 4.5 © as shown in figure. : A (@) What would be the reading of the ammeter? (b) What is the potential difference across the terminals of the cell? Aq 0.7 45a Calculate the effect resistance between the points A and B in the network shown below in figure. 19, 02 30, 20 A B 130 és B Calculate the equivalent resistance between A and B in the adjacent diagram in figure. 60 40 a . 20 In the network shown in adjacent figure, calculate the equivalent resistance D c between the points (a) AandB (b) AandC. 20 20 Al B 20 Calculate the resistance between the points X and Y in the network (figure) 20. shown below. y 30 20PHYSICS CAs elt cafiof ve k Topic: Current Electricity 23, shown in figure, Calculate the resistance (a) between the points P and Q, (b) 24, The following circuit diagram (figure) shows three resistors 23, 2.0, 4 Qand RQ connected to a battery of em. 2 V and 40 internal resistance 3 ©. A main current of 0.25 A flows through the circuit. c (a) What is the p.d, across the 4 @ resistor? ora R® (b) Calculate the p.d, across the internal resistance of the cell, | (c) What is the p.d. across the RQ of 22 resistor? 2V (d) Calculate the value of R. 4 i. 25. Three resistors of 6.0 Q, 2.0.9 and 4.0 are joined @) to an ammeter and a cell of e.m.f. 6.0 V as shown in 3ov figure. Calculate : R¥600 R3402 (a) the effective resistance of the circuit and (b) the reading of ammeter. R, 202 ANSWERS l. (0.4 Qar' (i) 0.8 2G 0.5.0. 2. 60, Resistance will be less when the bulb is not glowing | 8.) Per? (1s 4, Resistance will become four times | 27a 6. 1a 7. 184.7m 8 @9Q@)0929 | 10Q 10.7.2 1. 1.5Q 12. (a) 2.25 O (b) 8.25. 3. (@)25AQ)1L5A,10A 14, (a) 1A; (0) 0.6A; (©) 15A 15. (a) 1 A; (b) 4 V; (©) 0.67A 6 (2) 2.40, (6) 4.40, (6) 59, 1.8A, 1.08 A, 0.72A, (¢) 1.08 V, (f) 4.32 V, (g) 7.92 V 7. @)1A,15A;0)42;()6V 18.(a) 0.25A()13V 19.100 | 0. 30 21.(a)1502,0)20 22.0.712 23. (a) 22 (b) 8Q 4. (a) 1 V(b) 0.75 V (0) 0.25 V2 25. (a) 3.020)2A |