PRACTICE SHEET

TOPIC: CURRENT ELECTRICITY

NAME : ................................... ENROLL NO. : ............................... BATCH: ...............................

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. Given three equal resistors, how many different combination of all the three resistors can be
made [NCERT 1970]
(a) Six (b) Five
(c) Four (d) Three

2. Lamps used for household lighting are connected in

(a) Series (b) Parallel
(c) Mixed circuit (d) None of the above

3. The resistors of resistances 2 , 4  and 8  are connected in parallel, then the equivalent
resistance of the combination will be [KCET 2001]
8 7
(a)  (b) 
7 8
7 4
(c)  (d) 
4 9

4. If you are provided three resistances 2 , 3  and 6 . How will you connect them so as to obtain
the equivalent resistance of 4  [DPMT 2003]
3 6 3 2
(a) (b)
2 6

3
(c) (d) None of these
2
6

5. The figure here shows a portion of a circuit. What are the

1A
magnitude and direction of the current i in the lower right-
2A
hand wire 2A
(a) 7 A 2A
(b) 8 A
(c) 6 A 3A 4A
i
(d) 2 A

6. The equivalent resistance of the arrangement of resistances shown in adjoining figure between
the points A and B is 8
20
[CPMT 1990; BVP 2003]
16
(a) 6 ohm
(b) 8 ohm 16
(c) 16 ohm A B
(d) 24 ohm 9
6
18
7. Four resistances are connected in a circuit in the given figure. The electric current flowing through
4 ohm and 6 ohm resistance is respectively 4 6 [MP PET 1993]
(a) 2 amp and 4 amp
(b) 1 amp and 2 amp 4 6
(c) 1 amp and 1 amp
(d) 2 amp and 2 amp

20V

8. In the figure shown, the total resistance between A and B is

2 C 1 1 1 1 1
A
8 8 4

B 2 D 1 1 1 1 1

(a) 12  (b) 4 
(c) 6  (d) 8 

9. What will be the equivalent resistance between the two points A and D [CBSE PMT 1996]
10 10 10
A B

10 10

C D
10 10 10
(a) 10  (b) 20 
(c) 30  (d) 40 

10. The equivalent resistance of the circuit shown in the figure is [CPMT 1999]
(a) 8  2
(b) 6  2 2
(c) 5  2
(d) 4 

11. If all the resistors shown have the value 2 ohm each, the equivalent resistance over AB is
[JIPMER 1999] A B
(a) 2 ohm
(b) 4 ohm
2
(c) 1 ohm
3
2
(d) 2 ohm
3

12. The figure below shows currents in a part of electric circuit. The current i is [CPMT
1981; RPET 1999] 1amp
(a) 1.7 amp 2amp
(b) 3.7 amp 1.3amp
(c) 1.3 amp
(d) 1 amp 2amp

i
13. The figure shows a network of currents. The magnitude of currents is shown here. The current i
will be 15A
3A
[MP PMT 1995]
(a) 3 A
(b) 13 A 8A
(c) 23 A
(d) – 3 A
i
5A

14. The current in the arm CD of the circuit will be [MP PMT/PET 1998; MP PMT 2000; DPMT 2000]
B
(a) i1 + i2
(b) i2 + i3 i2
i1
(c) i1 + i3 O A
i3
(d) i1 − i2 + i3
C
D

15. In the given current distribution what is the value of I [Orissa PMT 2004]
(a) 3A 4A
(b) 8 A 2A
I
(c) 2A
(d) 5A 3A
5A

16. The figure shows a network of currents. The magnitude of currents is shown here. The current I
will be 1A [BCECE 2005]
(a) 3 A
(b) 9 A
(c) 13 A 10 A I
(d) 19 A
6A

2A

17. Resistance of 6 each are connected in the manner shown in Figure. The potential difference
between points P and Q is
6 6 6

6
P Q
0.5 A
6 6

18. In the given circuit, each resistor has resistance R. The

equivalent resistance between A and B is
R
(a) (b) 4 R A B
4
3R 4R
(c) (d)
4 3
19. Find the equivalent resistance between A and
B 5R 5R
(A) 6R 5R 5R
(B) 5R D
(C) 11 R B
(D) 20 R 5R
5R

A
C 5R

20. The circuit has resistor of equal resistance R. Find the

equivalent resistance between A and B, when key is A
closed 3
11 R 13 R 1 4
(A) (B)
12 12 5
R 15R 2
(C) (D)
5 12

21. Four resistances 10 , 5 , 7  and 3  are connected so that they form the sides of a rectangle
AB, BC, CD and DA respectively. Another resistance of 10  is connected across the diagonal
AC. The equivalent resistance between A & B is [EAMCET Med. 2000]
(a) 2  (b) 5 
(c) 7  (d) 10 

22. If resistance of each wire in the network shown is r, the

equivalent resistance between A & C is equal to E D
r C
(a) r (b)
2
2r 3r A B
(c) (d)
3 2