Current Electricity

(Average Marks: 6.17)

For: KCET 2021

1. A metal rod of length 10 cm and a rectangular

1 5. I-V characteristic of a copper wire of length
cross-section of 1 cm × 2 cm is connected to
L and area of cross-section A is shown in
a) battery across opposite faces. The figure. The slope of the curve becomes
resistance will be (2020)
a) maximum when the battery is connected
1
across 1cm × 2cm faces
b) maximum when the battery is connected
1
across 10 cm × 2 cm faces
c) maximum when the battery is connected a) More if experiment is performed at higher
across 10 cm × 1 cm faces temperature
d) same irrespective of the three faces (2020) b) More if a wire of steel of same dimension
2. A car has a fresh storage battery of e.m.f 12V is used
and internal resistance 2×10-2Ω. If the starter c) Less if the area of the wire is increased
d) Less if the length of the wire is increased
motor draws a current of 80A. Then the
6. Though the electron drift velocity is small
terminal voltage when the starter is on is
and electron charge is very small, a
(2020)
conductor can carry an appreciably large
a) 12V b) 8.4 V
current because
c) 10.4 V d) 9.3 V
a) Electron number density depends on
3. The colour code for a carbon resistor of
temperature
resistance 0.28kΩ±10% is (2020)
b) Electron number density is very large
a) Red, Grey, Brown, Silver
c) Relaxation time is small
b) Red, Green, Brown, Silver
d) Drift velocity of electron is very large
c) Red, Grey, Silver, Silver
(2019)
d) Red, Green, Silver
7. Masses of three wires of copper are in the
4. Each resistance in the given cubical network
ration 1 : 3 : 5 and their lengths are in the
has resistance of 1Ω and equivalent
resistance between A and B is (2020) ratio 5 : 3 : 1. The ration of their electrical
resistance are
a) 1 : 15 : 125 b) 1 : 3 : 5
c) 125 : 15 : 1 d) 5 : 3 : 1 (2019)
8. In the given circuit, the current through 2Ω
resistor is

5 6 a) 0.4A b) 0.2 A
a) 6 Ω b) 5 Ω
5 12
c) 0.1A d) 0.3A (2019)
c) 12 Ω d) Ω 9. Kirchhoff’s junction rule is a reflection of
5
a) Conservation of momentum
b) Conservation of current density vector
c) Conservation of charges
d) Conservation of energy (2019)
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10. The variation of terminal 16. Two cells of internal resistance r1 and r2 and
potential difference (V) of same emf are connected in series across a
with current flowing resistor of resistance R. if the terminal
through a cell is as shown. potential difference across the cell of
The emf and internal internal resistance r1 is zero, then the value
resistance of the cell are of R is
a) R = 2(r1 + r2) b) R = r2 – r1
a) 6V, 2Ω b) 3V, 2Ω c) R = r1 – r2 d) R = 2(r1 – r2)
c) 6V, 0.5Ω d) 3V, 0.5Ω (2019) (2018)
11. In a potentiometer experiment, the balancing 17. The I-V graphs for two different electrical
point with a cell is at a length 240cm. on appliances P and Q are
shunting the cell with a resistance of 2Ω, the shown in the diagram. If
balancing length becomes 120cm. The RP and RQ be the
internal resistance of the cell is resistances of the devices,
a) 1 Ω b) 4 Ω then
c) 0.5 Ω d) 2Ω (2019)
12. Ohm’s law is applicable to a) RP = RQ b) RP > RQ
𝑅𝑄
a) diode b) transistor c) RP < RQ d) RP = (2018)
2
c) electrolyte d) conductor (2018) 18. In meter bridge experiment, with a standard
13. If the last band on the carbon resistor is resistance in the right gap and a resistance
absent, then the tolerance is coil dipped in water (in a beaker) in the left
a) 5% b) 20% gap, the balancing length obtained is ‘l’. if
c) 10% d) 15% (2018) the temperature of water is increased, the
14. The effective resistance between P and Q for new balancing length is
the following network is a) > l b) < l
c) = 0 d) = l (2017)
19. Of the following graphs, the one that
correctly represents the I-V characteristics
of a Ohmic device is

a) 1/12 Ω b) 21 Ω
c) 12 Ω d) 1/21 Ω (2018)
15. Five identical resistors each of resistance R
= 1500 Ω are connected to a 300 V battery
as shown in the circuit. The reading of the
ideal ammeter A is

(2017)
20. The value of I in the figure shown below is
a) 19 A
a) 1/5 A b) 3/5 A b) 21 A
c) 2/5 A d) 4/5 A (2018) c) 8 A
d) 4 A
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(2017)
21. The power dissipated in 3 Ω resistance in
the following circuit is

a) 4 V b) 5.6 V
c) 2.8 V d) 6 V (2016)
28. In the following network potential at O
a) 1 W b) 0.5 W
c) 0.25 W d) 0.75W (2017)
22. A piece of copper is to shaped into a
conducting wire of maximum resistance.
The suitable length and diameter are _____ a) 4 V b) 3 V
and _____ respectively. c) 6 V d) 4.8 V (2016)
a) L and d b) 2L and d/2 29. Effective resistance between A and B in the
c) L/2 and 2d d) 2L and d (2017) following circuit
23. A cylindrical conductor of diameter 0.1 mm a) 10 Ω b) 20 Ω
carries a current of 90 mA. The current 20
c) 5 Ω d) 3 Ω
density (in A m-2) is (π = 3)
a) 1.2 × 107 b) 6 × 106
c) 3 × 106 d) 2.4 × 107 (2017) (2016)
24. A capacitor of 8F is connected as shown. 30. Two heating coils of resistance 10 Ω and 20
Charge on the plates of the capacitor Ω are connected in parallel and connected to
a battery of emf 12 V and internal resistance
1 Ω. The power consumed by them are in
the ratio
a) 1 : 4 b) 1 : 3
a) 32 C b) 40 C c) 2 : 1 d) 4 : 1 (2016)
c) 0 C d) 80 C (2016) 31. The quantity of a charge that will be
25. Mobility of free electrons in a conductor is transferred by a current flow of 20 A over 1
a) Directly proportional to electron density hour 30 minutes period is
b) Directly proportional to relaxation time a) 10.8 × 103 C b) 10.8 × 104 C
3
c) Inversely proportional to electron density c) 5.4 × 10 C d) 1.8 × 104 C (2016)
d) Inversely proportional to relaxation time 32. The resistance of the bulb filament is 100Ω
(2016) at a temperature of 1000 C. If its temperature
26. Variation of resistance of the conductor with coefficient of resistance be
temperature is as shown. The temperature 0.005 per 0C, its resistance
co-efficient (α) of the conductor is will become 200 Ω at a
𝑅 temperature
a) 𝑚0 b) mR0
𝑚
c) m2Ro d) 𝑅 (2016) a) 4000 C b)
0
0
27. Potential difference between A and B in the 200 C
following circuit c) 3000 C d) 500 0 C (2015)
33. In Wheatstone’s network P = 2 Ω, Q = 2 Ω,
R = 2 Ω and S = 3 Ω. The resistance with
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which S is to shunted in order that the bridge

may be balanced is
a) 2 Ω b) 6 Ω
c) 1 Ω d) 4 Ω (2015)
34. Three resistances 2 Ω, 3 Ω and 4 Ω are
connected in parallel. The ratio of currents
passing through them when a potential
difference is applied across its ends will be
a) 6 : 4 : 3 b) 4 : 3 : 2
c) 6 : 3 : 2 d) 5 : 4 : 3 (2015)
35. Four identical cells of emf E and internal
resistance r are to be connected in series.
Suppose f one of the cell is connected
wrongly, the equivalent emf and effective
internal resistance of the combination is
a) 4E and 2r b) 2E and 2r
c) 4E and 4r d) 2E and 4r (2015)

36. In the circuit shown below, the ammeter and

the voltmeter readings are 3A and 6V
respectively. Then the value of the

resistance R is
a) > 2 Ω b) ≥ 2 Ω
c) 2 Ω d) < 2 Ω (2015)
37. Two cells of emf E1 and E2 are joined in
opposition (such that E1 > E2). If r1 and r2 be
the internal resistance and R be the external
resistance, then the terminal potential

difference R is
𝐸1 +𝐸2 𝐸1 −𝐸2
a) 𝑟 +𝑟 +𝑅
×𝑅 b) 𝑟 ×𝑅
1 2 1 +𝑟2 +𝑅
𝐸1 +𝐸2 𝐸1 −𝐸2
c) ×𝑅 d) ×𝑅 (2015)
𝑟1 +𝑟2 𝑟1 +𝑟2