Hohete Tibeb Share Company
Education and Technology Team
Ethio-Parents' Schools, Addis Ababa/Hawassa
Physics Worksheet for Grade 10
2025/26
1. Three resistors are connected in parallel and across each of them three voltmeters and three ammeters are
connected, and the combination is connected across a source of potential difference V where there is a total current
of I. Then which one of the following statement is false?
A. I = I1 = I2 = I3 B. V1 = V2 = V3 C. I = I1 + I2 + I3 D. V = V3
2. The reading of a voltmeter in an open circuit is
A. lost volt C. electromotive force
B. internal voltage D. terminal voltage
3. In order to maximize the percentage of the power that is delivered from a battery to a device, the internal
resistance of the battery should be
A. as low as possible
B. as high as possible
C. The percentage does not depend on the internal resistance.
D. Making the internal resistance equal to the external load
4. A potential difference of 300 v is connected across points a and b shown in the figure below.
What is the current through the circuit?
A. 1 A B. 2 A C. 1.5 A D. 0.5 A
5. Among the following one is not used in place of a fuse?
A. Miniature circuit breakers C. Earth circuit leakage breakers
B. Earthing D. Residual current circuit breakers
6. Which one of the following is correct about electric current?
A. It is not a measurable physical quantity
B. It is a derived physical quantity
C. It is the rate of flow of charges
D. Its SI unit is Coulomb
7. How many electrons flow through a light bulb each second if the current through the light bulb is 6.4 A?
A.2 x 1019 B. 4 x 1019 C. 5 x 1019 D. 6 x 1019
8. The potential difference across a 12 resistor is 6 v. How long does it take for 40 Coulomb charges to pass
through the resistor?
A.40 s B. 60 s C. 80 s D. 120 s
9. The resistance of a wire does not depend on its:
A. temperature C. length
B. the shape with fixed cross sectional area D. conductivity
10. A certain wire has resistance R, another wire of the same material has half the length and half the diameter of
the first wire. Then the resistance of the second wire is
A.¼ R B. ½ R C. R D. 2R
11. An automobile battery has an electromotive force of 6 v and an internal resistance of 0.01. When the starter
draws 200 A from the battery, the terminal voltage of the battery is
A.2 v B. 4 v C. 6 v D. 8 v
12. How much heat is produced in a 5 resistor in 10 seconds, when a current of 2 A flows through it?
A.2 J B. 200 J C. 20 J D. 100 J
13. Two identical resistors connected in series have an equivalent resistance of 4 . The same two resistors when
connected in parallel have an equivalent resistance of
A.8 B. 2 C. 1 D. 4
14. A total resistance of 3 is produced by combining an unknown resistor R with a 12 resistor. What is the
value of R and how it is connected to the 12 resistor?
A. 4 , parallel B. 4 , series C. 2.4 , parallel D. 2.4 , series
15. The terminal potential difference of a battery is the maximum when
A. The e.m.f. of the battery is the minimum
B. The battery is being discharged through a wire
C. There is a steady current flowing through a battery
D. There is no current flowing through the battery
16. A device used necessarily for detecting the presence of an electric current is
A. galvanoscope B. voltmeter C. ammeter D. ohmmeter
17. A resistor having a diameter d has a resistance R, If its diameter is made quartered what will be its new
resistance?
A. 16R B. 4R C. 1/16 R D. ¼ R
18. Consider the circuit shown below.
What is the total current in the circuit?
A.1 A B. 2 A C. 3.5 A D. 1.25 A
19. When three resistors 3 , 6 , and 9 are connected across a potential difference of 36 v, the current in the
circuit is 1.5 A. What is the internal resistance of the source?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8
20. Two resistors R1 and R2 are identical but the potential difference across R1 is half the potential difference
across R2. What is the ratio of current in R1 to current in R2?
A. ¼ B. ½ C. 1 D. 2
21. A car battery supplies a total of 100 W to two identical headlights in parallel. The resistance of a single head
light is
A. 144 B. 14.4 C. 0.72 D. 120 k
22. The number of electrons passing a point in the wire per unit volume increase with
A. decreases of current
B. increase of the area of the wire
C. decrease of the diameter of the wire
D. increase of the drift speed of the charge carriers
