ASSIGNMENT-1
1. Name the quantity whose SI unit is coulomb.
2. Which particles are responsible for the flow of electric current through a conductor?
3. Name the device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy.
4. What is an open electric circuit?
5. What is the SI unit of resistivity?
6. What is the nature of VI graph for an ohmic conductor?
7. What happens to the resistance and resistivity of a metal when its temperature is decreased?
8. When a glass rod is rubbed vigorously with a silk fibre, positive charge is developed on
_____________ and an equal amount of negative charge develops on _______________.
9. 1 joule = 1 volt x ___________
10. Slope of I-V graph for a metallic wire gives the value of ___________________.
11. An ammeter is always connected in _____________ and a voltmeter is connected in ___________.
12. Name the SI unit of potential difference and define it.
13. Explain how a cell maintains an electric current in a circuit.
14. Mention the condition under which charges can move in a conductor. Name the device which is used
to maintain this condition in an electric circuit.
15. What is electrical resistivity? On what factors does it depend.
16. Does OHM’s law hold under all conditions? Comment.
17. A wire of resistivity 𝜌 is pulled to double its length. What will be its new resistivity?
18. A wire is cut into three equal parts. How does its (i) resistance and (ii) resistivity get affected?
19. The following table gives the resistivity of three samples in 𝛺 𝑚 units.
Sample A B C
Resistivity ( 𝛺 𝑚 ) 1.6 × 10−8 7.5 × 10−7 44 × 10−6
Which of them is the best conductor and which of them is nearly insulator, and why?
20. Which of the following represents voltage?
𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 ×𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
(i) 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 ×𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 (ii) 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 × 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 (iii) 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡
(iv) 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 × 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 × 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
21. The amount of charge passing through a cell in 4 s is 12 C. Find the current supplied by the cell.
22. Current (I) versus potential difference (V) graphs for two metallic conductors A and B are given in the
figure. Which of the two conductors has higher resistance and why?
23. A cylindrical conductor of length l and uniform area of cross section A has resistance R. Another
conductor of length 2l and resistance R of the same material has area of cross section
(a) A/2 (ii) 3A/2 (iii) 2A (iv) 3A
24. A current of 1 A is drawn by the filament of an electric bulb. Number of electrons passing through a
cross-section of the filament in 16 seconds would be roughly
(i) 1020 (ii) 1016 (iii) 1018 (iv) 1023
25. A student carries out an experiment and plots the V- I graph of three samples of nichrome wire with
resistances 𝑅1 , 𝑅2 and 𝑅3 respectively as shown in figure. Which of the following is true?
(i) 𝑅1 = 𝑅2 = 𝑅3 (ii) 𝑅1 > 𝑅2 > 𝑅3 (iii) 𝑅3 > 𝑅2 > 𝑅1 (iv) 𝑅2 > 𝑅3 > 𝑅1
26. A current of 2 A passes through a circuit for 1 minute. If the potential difference between the terminals
of the circuit is 3 V, what is the work done in transferring the charge?
27. How much current will an electric bulb draw from a 220 V source, if the resistance of the bulb filament
is 1200 ?
28. A copper wire of length 3 m and area of cross section 1.7 × 10−6 𝑚2 has a resistance of 0.03 𝛺.
Calculate the resistivity..
29. Name and state the law that gives the relationship between the potential difference (V) across the two
ends of a conductor and the current (I) flowing through it. Represent it mathematically. Draw a circuit
for the verification of the law and draw the V - I graph.
30. What do we mean by the specific resistance of the wire?
