Practice Worksheet – 5
Physics
Name: _________________ Current Electricity Date: 16/7/24
Answer Key
Grade: XII Div: ______ Roll No. : _____
1. The SI unit of Current density is
(a) A/m (b) A/m2 (c) Am ( d) Am2
Ans: (b) A/m2
2. Which of the following are insulators
(a) Ceramics (b) Rubber (c) Plastics (d) All
Ans: (d) all
3. Kirchhoff’s junction rule is based on the
(a) Conservation of energy (b) Conservation of charge (c) Both a and b (d) None
Ans: (b) conservation of charge
4. The effective resistance between C & D in given circuit is
(a) R (b) 3R (c) 2R/3 (d) R/3
Answer:(c) 2R/3
5. A cell of internal resistance r is connected to an external resistance R. The current will be
maximum in R, if
(a) R = r (b) R < r (c) R > r (d) R = r/2
Answer:(a)
.
6. Assertion : In a simple battery circuit, the point of the lowest potential is positive terminal
of the battery.
Reason : The current flows towards the point of the higher potential, as it does in such a
circuit from the negative to the positive terminal.
Answer d
7. Assertion : A larger dry cell has higher emf.
Reason : The emf of a dry cell is proportional to its size.
Answer d
8. Assertion : A current continues to flow in superconducting coil even after switch is off.
Reason : Superconducting coils show Meissner effect.
Answer b
9. Assertion : Voltmeter is connected in parallel with the circuit.
Reason : Resistance of a voltmeter is very large.
Answer b
10. Assertion : Ohm’s law is applicable for all conducting elements.
Reason : Ohm’s law is a fundamental law.
Answer c
11. Case study
Resistance is a measure of the opposition to current flow in an electrical circuit. Resistance
is measured in ohms. Also, Resisti
Resistivity
vity is the electrical resistance of a conductor of unit
cross-sectional
sectional area, and unit length. … A characteristic property of each material,
resistivity is useful in comparing various materials on the basis of their ability to conduct
electric currents.
1. Resistivity is independent of:
(a)nature of material (b) temperature (c)dimensions of material (d)none
none of the above
2. As compared to short wires, long wires have _______ resistance.
(a)More (b)less (c) same (d)zero
3. As compared to thin wires, thick wires have _______ resistance.
(a)More (b)less (c)same
same (d)zero
4. The resistance of a wire depends upon:
(a)cross-sectional area (b) length of wire (c)wire nature (d) all of the above
5. A copper wire having the same size as steel wire have:
(a)more resistance (b) less resistance (c) same resistance (d) none of the above
12. A wire of resistance 8R is bent in the form of a circle. What is the effective resistance
between the ends of a A diameter 2AB?
Answer:
The effective resistance between A and BO
13. Two wires of equal length, one of copper and the other of manganin have the same
resistance. Which wire is thicker?
Answer:
For both wires R and l are same and ρ copper < p manganin.
∴ A copper < A manganin
i.e. Manganin wire is thicker than copper wire.
14. The plot of the variation of potential difference A across a combination of three identical
cells in series, versus current is shown along the question. What is the emf and internal
resistance of each cell?
Answer:
15. Two metallic wires of the same material have the same length but cross cross-sectional
sectional area is in
the ratio 1 : 2. They are connected
(i) in series and
(ii) in parallel. Compare the drift velocities of electrons in the two wires in both the cases
(i) and (ii).
Answer:
16. Calculate the current drawn from the battery in the given network.
Answer:
17. The network PQRS, shown m the circuit diagram, has the batteries of 5 V and 10 V and
negligible internal resistance. A milliammeter of 50Ω res
resistance
istance is connected between P
and R. Calculate the reading in the milliammeter.
Answer:
Applying loop rule to loop PSRP
-10 + 100 I + 50 I1 = 0
or 100 I + 50 I1 = 10
or 10 I + 5 I1 = 1 …[+ by 10 …(i)
Applying loop rule to loop PRQP
Reading in milliammeter = 0.08A
18. Explain the term ‘drift velocity’ of electrons in a conductor. Hence obtain the expression
for the current through a conductor in terms of ‘drift velocity’
Answer:
Definition : Drift velocity is defined as the velocity with which free electrons in a
conductor get drifted in a direction opposite to the direction of the applied field. Its unit is
m-1s and dimensions [LT-1]
Expression : The magnitude of electric field set up across the conductor is given by
E = Vl
Let n be the number of free electrons per unit volume of the conductor.
Then, total number of free electrons in the conductor
= n × Volume of the conductor
Hence, Q = (nAl)e
Time taken by the charge to cross the conductor length l is given by
19. The figure shows a plot of terminal voltage ‘V’ versus the current ‘i’ of a given cell.
Calculate from the graph
(a) emf of the cell and
(b) internal resistance of the cell.
Answer:
20. Answer the following :
(a) Why are the connections between the resistors in a meter bridge made of thick copper
strips?
(b) Why is it generally preferred to obtain the balance point in the middle of the meter
bridge wire?
(c) Which material is used for the meter bridge wire and why?
Answer:
(a) The connections between the resistors in a meter bridge are made of thick copper strip,
so as to have the minimum possible resistances.
(b) It is generally preferred to obtain the balance poi
point
nt in the middle of the meter bridge,
so as to minimise the error of balance.
(c) The material used for meter bridge is an alloy ‘constantant’ or ‘manganin’ because of
(i) hight resistivity and
(ii) low temperature coefficient of resistivity.
