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Two Mark Questions

1. Name the unit of (a) electrical resistance (b) resistivity


2. Define One Ohm
3. Define Resistivity
4. Determine the direction of conventional current?
5. What is electrical power? Write its unit.
Three Mark Questions
6. You take two resistors of resistance 2R and 3R and connect them in parallel in an electric circuit. Calculate
the ratio of the electrical power consumed by 2R and 3R?
7. A small bulb has a resistance of 2Ω when cold. It takes up a current of 0.4 A from a source of 4V and then
starts glowing. Calculate (i) the resistance of the bulb when it is glowing and
(ii) Elaborate on the reason for the difference in resistance?
8. Define resistance and resistivity and also give the relation between them. Explain the dependence of
resistance on temperature.
9. A bulb is rated at 330V- 110W. What do you think is its resistance? Three such bulbs burn for 5hrs at a
stretch. What is the energy consumed? Calculate the cost in rupees if the rate is 70 paise per unit?
10. Calculate the resistance of 2 km long copper wire of radius 2 mm. (Resistivity of copper = 1.72 x 1 0-8)
11. What connection is used in domestic appliances and why?
12. A 250 watt electric bulb is lighted for 5 hours daily and four 6 watt bulbs are lighted for 4.5 hours daily.
Calculate the energy consumed (in kWh) in the month of February.
13. A torch bulb is rated at 3V and 600mA. Calculate it’s
(a) Power b) Resistance c) Energy consumed if it is lighted for 4 Hrs.
14. State and derive joule’s law. An electric iron consumes energy at rate of 420w when heating is at
maximum rate and 180 w when heating is at minimum. The voltage is 220V .What is the current and resistant
in each case?
15. A piece of wire having a resistance R is cut into five equal parts.
(i) How will the resistance of each part of the wire compare with the original resistance?
(ii) If the five parts of the wire are placed in parallel, how will the resistance of the combination compare
with the resistance of the original wire? What will be ratio of resistance in series to that of parallel?
Time: 60 Minutes
MM- 35
Question 1 (1.0 marks)
What are the two types of electric charges?
Question 2 (1.0 marks)
What do you understand by potential difference?
Question 3 (1.0 marks)
The direction of current is the same as that of the flow of electrons. Explain with a circuit diagram. Is this
statement true or false?
Question 4 (2.0 marks)
State Ohm’s law.
Question 5 (2.0 marks)
a) Calculate the energy transferred when 2 A current flows through a 10 Ω resistor for 30 minutes.
b) Calculate the amount of charge that would flow in one hour through the element of an electric iron
drawing a current of 0.4 amps.
Question 6 (2.0 marks)
Draw a circuit diagram showing a cell, a bulb and a closed switch.
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Question 7 (2.0 marks)
a) How much work is done in moving a charge of 3 coulumb from a point at the volts 115 to a point
at 125 volts?
b) Ammeter burns out when connected in parallel. Give reasons.
Question 8 (2.0 marks)
Given n resistors each of resistors Rs. How will you combine them to get the ( I ) maximum and (ii) minimum
effective resistance? What is the ratio of the maximum to minimum resistance?
Question 9 (3.0 marks)
a) A wire of length L and resistance R is stretched so that its length it’s doubled. How will the (a)
Resistance change (b) Resistivity change?
b) In an experiment the current flowing through a resistor and potential difference across it are
measured. The values are given below. Show that these values confirm Ohm’s Law
I (ampere) 1.0 1.0 2 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.0
V (volt) 4.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 8.0 8.0 10.0 10.0 12.0 12.0
Question 10 (3.0 marks)
a) A tube light draws 0.1 A current from a 220 V supply. What current will this tube light draw when
it is connected to a 110 V supply?
a) An electric wire is stretched to increase its length by 25%.By what % will the resistance be
increased and what will be increase in its resistivity?
Question 11 (3.0 marks)
a) Two resistances of 4 Ω and 8 Ω are connected in parallel. What would be the combined resistance
of the system?
b) Two identical resistors each of resistance 2 Ohm are connected in turn (1) in series (2) in parallel
to a battery of 12 V. Calculate the ratio of power consumed in two cases.
Question 12 ( 3.0 marks)
a) A household uses the following electric appliances:
(i) Refrigerator of rating 400 W for ten hours each day.
(ii) Two electric fans of rating 80 W each for twelve hours each day.
(iii) Six electric tubes of rating 18 W each for 6 hours each day.
Calculate the electricity bill of the household for the month of June if the cost per unit of electric
energy is Rs. 3.00.
b) An electric iron of resistance 20Ωtakes a current of 5 A. Calculate the heat developed in 30sec.
Question 13 ( 5.0 marks)
a) Derive the expression for Joules� law of heating.
b) Derive a formula for four equivalent resistances connected in series.
Question 14 ( 5.0 marks)
(a) The electric power consumed by a device may be calculated by using either of the two expressions P =
12R or P =V2/R . The first expression indicates that it is directly proportional to R whereas the second
expression indicates inverse proportionality. How can the seemingly different dependence of P on R in these
expressions be explained?
(b) (i) A 100 W electric bulb is connected to 220 V mains power supply. Calculate the strength of the electric
current passing through the bulb. (ii) If the same bulb is taken to U.S.A where the main power supply is 110
V, how much electric current will pass through the bulb when connected to mains?

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