1) In an experiment Alpha rays are projected, if number of alpha rays emitted per second

are 6.25 x 1015 then the current being generated because of these particles is:
a) 1 mA
b) 2 mA
c) 3 mA
d) 4 mA
2) Temperature coefficient of silver is 3.8 x 10-3 /°C, what is the resistivity at 330°C, if
resistivity at 30° C is 1.59 x 10-8 ohm-m
a) 3.4 x 10-8 ohm-m
b) 2.3 x 10-8 ohm-m
c) 4.8 x 10-8 ohm-m
d) 5.6 x 10-8 ohm-m
3) If the current carried by a conductor is doubled what happens to a) current density a)
electron drift velocity c) average time between two collisions
a) Double, double, double
b) Double, double, remains same
c) Double, remains same, double
d) Remains same, double, double
4) 0.9 volt potential difference is maintained across a 1.5 m length of tungsten wire that
cross sectional area of 0.6 mm2. What is the current in the wire, if the resistivity of
tungsten is 5.6 x 10-8 ohm-m?
a) 6.4 micro ampere
b) 1.2 micro ampere
c) 6.4 ampere
d) 1.2 ampere
5) What's the resistance of a hollow cylinder of length 2m with outer radius as 10cm and in
a radius 5cm, and 2 x 106 /ohm/m is the conductivity of the cylinder?
a) 53.3 Mega ohm
b) 6.39 kilo ohm
c) 63.9 mega ohm
d) 0.42 milli ohm
6) Number of electrons flowing per second in a conductor which has resistance of 2 ohms,
connected across the battery of potential difference 6.4 Vis:
a) 2 x 1019
b) 3 x 1019
c) 4 x 1019
d) 5x 1019
7) If the resistance of a wire is 15 ohms, the wire is cut into two parts. It is cut in such a way
that one part is one third of the whole wire. What is the resultant resistance of the
combination if they both are connected in parallel?
a) 5 ohm
b) 15 ohm
c) 10/3 ohm
d) 3/10 ohm
8) A uniform metallic wire has resistance of 18 ohm is bent into an equilateral triangle. Then
the resistance between any two vertices of the triangle is:
a) 4 ohm
b) 8 ohm
c) 12 ohm
d) 2 ohm
9) Assertion: If angle made by wires of two incoming currents of 3A and 4 A at a junction is
90°, then current going out of the junction is 5 A.
Reason: electric field which is generated with the potential differences helps to move the
current is a vector quantity.
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.

10) If k1 = 5.6 x 10-3 ohm-1 m-1, is the conductivity of a material temperature 50° Celsius, and
k2 is the conductivity of the material at 100° Celsius, if the temperature coefficient of
resistivity is 1.2 x 10-3/° C, find k2
a) 5.29 x 10-3 ohm-1 m-1
b) 5.9 x 10-3 ohm-1 m-1
c) 5.4 x 10-3 ohm-1 m-1
d) 6 x 10-3 ohm-1 m-1
11) If two identical wires of the same materials are taken. If one of the wires is stretched to
double its length, and another wire is stretched so that the area of the cross section gets
half of original. What is the ratio of resistances of first wire to second wire?
a) 1:2
b) 2:1
c) 4:1
d) 1:1
12) Drift velocity of current in a wire of cross section area 2 x 10-6 m2, with number density of
free electrons is 8 x 1028 m-3 is: (if current passing through the wire is 2 A)
a) 7.8 x 10-4 m/s
b) 8.8 x 10-4 m/s
c) 6.8 x 10-4 m/s
d) 5.8 x 10-4 m/s
13) Assertion: equivalent resistance of resistors in a series combination is greater than the
equivalent resistance of The parallel combination of same resistors. Reason: the
resistivity of a material is independent of temperature
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are the true and Reason (R) is a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are the true but Reason (R) is not a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
 c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.
14) Rectangular parallel pipe is measured as 1 cm x 1 cm x 100 cm. If specific resistance is
3 x 10-7 ohm-m, then the resistance between its two opposite a rectangular faces will be:
a) 2 milli ohm
b) 3 milli ohm
c) 4 milli ohm
d) 2.4 milli ohm
15) What is the specific resistance of a material if the wire made of the material is of 2 kilo
ohms resistance and its length is 100 cm and cross sectional area is 2 sq mm
a) 4 x 10-2 ohm
b) 4 x 10-3 ohm
c) 2 ohm
d) 2 x 10-1 ohm
16) If a wire has linear electron density 2.6 x 1010 per meter, it is recorded to have a current
of 2mA. What is the drift velocity?
a) 1.6 x 105 m/s
b) 4.8 x 105 m/s
c) 3.2 x 105 m/s
d) 0.6 x 105 m/s
17) Find the potential drop across the resistor, if the length of the wire is 100 cm and cross
section area is 1 mm2 has current density of 50000A/m2, (specific resistance of
substance is 5.6x10-4 ohm-m)
a) 2.8 milli volts
b) 28 milli volts
c) 2.8 micro volts
d) 2.8 kilo volts
18) Iron rod length 2 m with the area of Cross section 2 cm 2 is cut into two equal parts and
welded side by side all over the one meter length. What will be the resultant resistance
of specific resistance is 10-7 ohm - m.
a) 4 mA
b) 1mA
c) 2mA
d) 3mA
19) If change in resistance of a conductor is 2k ohm because of increase of temperature
from 20 K to 120K, if initial resistance is 25k ohm, then temperature coefficient of
resistance is:
a) 8 x 10-3/K
b) 0.2 /K
c) 0.16/K
d) 0.89/K
20) Which of the following is false:
a) If temperature changes current flowing in the conductor decreases even for the
same emf
 b) Emf is a measure of the energy provided per unit charge.
c) The emf is defined as the potential difference across a source when no current is
flowing
d) It is dependent on the external circuit resistance but independent on the
source's internal resistance.
21) Assertion: Current across a resistor increases with the decrease of source resistance
Reasonn: Emf of the battery decreases because of the internal resistance of the battery
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not a correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.