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NUMERICALS Q8. The number density of conduction electrons in a

copper conductor is 8.5 × 1028 m–3. How long
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does an electron take to drift from one end of a
Q1. A battery of emf 10V and internal resistance 3 wire 3.0m long to its other end ? The area of
is connected to a resistor. If the current in the cross-section of the wire is 2.0 × 10–6 m2 and it is
circuit is 0.5A, what is the resistance of the resis- carrying a current of 3.0A. [3A/Pg 22/Q3.13]
tor ? What is the terminal voltage of the battery Q9. (a) Six lead-acid type of secondary cells each
when the circuit is closed ? [3A/Pg 22/Q3.2] of emf 2.0V and internal resistance 0.015
Q2. At room temperature (27.0°C) the resistance of are joined in series to provide a supply to a
a heating element is 100. What is the tempera- resistance of 8.5. What are the current
ture of the element if the resistance is found to be drawn from the supply and its terminal volt-
117, given that the temperature coefficient of age?
the material of the resistor is 1.70 × 10–4 °C–1. (b) A secondary cell after long use has an emf
[3A/Pg 22/Q3.5] of 1.9V and a large internal resistance of
Q3. A negligibly small current is passed through a wire 380. What maximum current can be
of length 15m and uniform cross-section 6.0 × 10–7 drawn from the cell ? Could the cell drive
m2, and its resistance is measured to be 5.0. the starting motor of a car ? [3A/Pg 22/Q3.15]
What is the resistivity of the material at the tem- Q10. (a) Given n resistors each of resistance R, how
perature of the experiment ? [3A/Pg 22/Q3.6] will you combine them to get the (i) maxi-
Q4. A silver wire has a resistance of 2.1 at 27.5°C, mum (ii) minimum effective resistance ?
and a resistance of 2.7 at 100 oC. Determine What is the ratio of the maximum to mini-
the temperature coefficient of resistivity of silver. mum resistance ?
[3A/Pg 22/Q3.7] (b) Given the resistances of 1, 2, 3, how
Q5. A heating element using nichrome connected to a will we combine them to get an equivalent
230V supply draws an initial current of 3.2A which resistance of (i) (11/3) (ii) (11/5) (iii) 6
settles after a few seconds to a steady value of and (iv) (6/11) ?
2.8A. What is the steady temperature of the heat- (c) Determine the equivalent resistance of
ing element if the room temperature is 27.0°C ? network shown in figure given below :
Temperature coefficient of resistance of nichrome
averaged over the temperature range involved is
1.70 × 10–4 °C–1. [3A/Pg 22/Q3.8]

Q6. Determine the current in each branch of the net-

work shown in figure. [3A/Pg 22/Q3.9]

[3A/Pg 23/Q3.20]

Q7. A storage battery of emf 8.0V and internal resis-

tance 0.5 is being charged by a 120V dc supply
using a series resistor of 15.5. What is the termi- B - CHT Sec-B2 Grade 70%+ Date
nal voltage of the battery during charging ? What
is the purpose of having a series resistor in the Q11. Determine the current drawn from a 12V supply
charging circuit ? [3A/Pg 22/Q3.11]
with internal resistance 0.5 by the following infinite

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network. Each resistor has 1 resistance. Q17. (a) Three resistors 1, 2 and 3 are com-
bined in series. What is the total resistance
of the combination?
(b) If the combination is connected to a battery
of emf 12V and negligible internal resistance,
obtain the potential drop across each resistor.
[3A/Pg 31/Q25]
[3A/Pg 23/Q3.21] Q18. Using kirchhoff's laws in the electrical network
Q12. A galvanometer coil has a resistance of 12 and shown in figure, calculate the values of
the meter shows full scale deflection for a cur- I1 , I 2 and I 3 .
rent of 3mA. How will you convert the meter
into a voltmeter of range 0 to 18V ? [3A/Pg 24/Q1]
Q13. A galvanometer has a resistance of 15 and the
[3A/Pg 32/Q28]
meter shows full scale deflection for a current of
4mA. How will you convert the meter into an
ammeter of range 0 to 6A ? [3A/Pg 24/Q2] Q19. In the circuit shown in figure, calculate the cur-
Q14. In hydrogen atom, an electron moves in an orbit of rent in each resistance. The internal resistances
radius 5.0  1011 m with a speed of of the cells are negligible. [3A/Pg 32/Q29]

2.2  106 ms1. Find the equivalent current. (Elec-

tronic charge = 1.6  1019 coulomb). [3A/Pg 30/Q1]
Q15. A copper wire is stretched to make it 0.1% thin-
ner. What is the percentage increase in its re-
sistance? [3A/Pg 30/Q8]

Q16. Calculate the equivalent resistance in following

figures :
Q20. Two cells of emf 1.5 and 2V and internal resis-
tance 2 and 1 respectively have their nega-
tive terminals joined by a wire of resistance 4
and positive terminals by another resistance of
(i) 6. A third resistance of 8 connects the mid
points of these two wires. Calculate the current
flowing in each part of the circuit and the poten-
tial at the ends of the third resistance. [3A/Pg 32/Q31]

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Q21. In the circuit shown in figure, calculate the following
(ii)

(iii)
(a) The current in the resistor R
(b) The resistance R
(c) The unknown e.m.f. E
(d) Current through 28V cell when circuit is broken
at point x. [3A/Pg 32/Q32]

Q22. In the circuit diagram

(iv) shown in figure,
using kirchhoff's
laws, calculate the
unknown current I,
[3A/Pg 31/Q22(iii, iv, vii, x)]
resistance R and
emf E. [3A/Pg 32/Q33]
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Q23. 12 cells each of emf 2V and internal resistance

0.1 are connected (a) all in series and (b) all in
parallel. Calculate the current sent in each case
through a wire of resistance 2. [3A/Pg 32/Q37]

Q24. A battery of e.m.f. ‘E’, and internal resistance

‘r’, gives a current of 0.5A with an external re-
Q30. Three cells of emf , 2 and 5 having internal
sistor of 12 ohm and a current of 0.25A with an
resistances r, 2r and 3r respectively are connected
external resistor of 25 ohm. Calculate (i) internal
across a variable resistance R as shown in the
resistance of the cell and (ii) e.m.f. of the cell.
figure. Find the expression for the current. Plot a
[3A/Pg 32/Q39]
graph for variation of current with R. [3A/Pg 41/Q60]
Q25. Calculate the average drift speed of conduction
electrons in a copper wire of cross-sectional area
1.0  107 m 2 , carrying a current of 1.5 A. Assume
that each copper atom contributes roughly one
conduction electron. The density of copper is
9.0  10 3 kg m 3 and its atomic mass is 63.5. Take
Avogadro's number  6.0  1023. [3A/Pg 34/Q71]

Q26. What is the current through the 9 resistance B - CHT Sec-B4 Grade 90%+ Date
and the potential drop across the 5 resistance? Q31. Use Kirchhoff's rules to determine the potential
difference between the points A and D when no
current flows in the BE of the electric network
shown in the figure. [3A/Pg 43/Q80]
[3A/Pg 34/Q72]

Q27. In the given circuit

R 1  6 , R 2  9 , R 3  10

Q32. In the electric network shown in the figure, use

Kirchhoff's rules to calculate the power consumed
by the resistance R = 4 . [3A/Pg 43/Q82]

Determine the current through each cell.

Neglect the internal resistance of each cell.
[3A/Pg 35/Q82]

Q28. Calculate the value of the resistance R in the cir-

cuit shown in the figure so that the current in the
circuit is 0.2 A. What would be the potential dif-
ference between points B and E ? [3A/Pg 41/Q53]

Q33. Use Kirchhoff's rules to determine the value of

the current I1 flowing in the circuit shown in the
figure. [3A/Pg 43/Q84]

Q29. In the circuit shown, R1 = 4, R2 = R3 = 15,

R4 = 30 and E = 10 V. Calculate the equivalent
resistance of the circuit and the current in each
resistor. [3A/Pg 41/Q54]

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Q34. The network PQRS, shown in the circuit diagram, IMPORTANT NOTES & BRIEF
has the batteries of 4V and 5V and negligible
internal resistance. A milliammeter of 20  resis-
tance is connected between P and R. Calculate
the reading in the milliammeter [3A/Pg 44/Q85]

Q35. Using Kirchhoff's rules in the given circuit, deter-

mine (i) the voltage drop across the unknown re-
sistor R and (ii) the current I in the arm EF.

[3A/Pg 44/Q87]

Q36. Calculate the value of current drawn from a 5 V

battery in the circuit as shown. [3A/Pg 45/Q96]

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