LEVEL-II(C.

W) OHM’s LAW AND COMBINATION

OR RESISTANCES
ELECTRIC CURRENT AND 6. A current of 3A flows in a circuit shown in the
DRIFT VELOCITY figure. The potential difference between A and B is

1. In a hydrogen tube it is observed that through a

given cross-section 3.13X1015 electrons per sec,
moving from right to left and 3.12x1015 protons per
sec are moving from left to right. The electric
current in the discharge tube and its direction is
a)1mA towards left b)1mA towards right
c)1.5 mA towards right
a)4V b)3V c)2V d)5V
d)2mA towards left
7. The resistance of the network between the
2. An electron of mass m, moves around the nucleus
terminals A and B is
in a circular orbit of radius ‘r’ under the action of
centripetal force ‘F’. the equivalent electric current
is
e F e F
a) b)
2 mr  mr
a)30  b)20  c)50  d)60 
e Fm e Fm
c) d) 8. In the figure, the value of resistance to be
2 r  r connected between C and D so that the resistance
3. The current in a conductor varies with time ‘t’ as of the entire circuit between A and B does not
I  3t  4t 2 . Where I in amp and t in sec. the change with the number of elementary sets used is
electric charge flows through the section of the
conductor between t=1s and t=3 s
100 127 140 150
a) C b) C c) C d) C
   
3 4 3 3
4. A conductor has a non-uniform section as shown in
a) R b) R 3  1 c)3 R d) R 3 1
the figure. A steady current is flowing through is. 9. The effective resistance across the points A and I is
Then the drift speed of the electrons

a) is constant throughout the wire

b)varies unpredictably
c)decreases from P&Q a)2  b)1  c)0.5  d)5 
d)increases from P&Q 10. In the circuit shown below, the cell has an emf of
5. A current of 16A is made to pass through a 10V and internal resistance of 1 ohm. The other
conductor in which the number of density of free resistances are shown in the figure the potential
electrons is 4 x1028 m3 and its area if cross section difference VA  VB is
5 2
is 10 m . The average drift velocity of free
electrons in the conductor is (M-2012)
a) 1.6 x104 ms 1 b) 2.5x104 ms 1
c) 6.4 x104 ms 1 d) 3.2 x104 ms 1
 15. Twelve resistances each of resistance R are
connected in the circuit as shown in fig. Net
resistance between points A and C would be

a)6V b)4V c)2V d)-2V

11. A uniform wire of resistance 20  having resistance
1  /m is bent in the form of circle as shown in fig. if
the equivalent resistance between M and N is 1.8 
, then the length of the shorter section is
5R 7R 3R
a) b) c) R d)
3 6 4
16. A resistance is made by connecting two wires
(series) of same material of radii 2mm and 5mm
and length 8cm and 5cm. A potential difference of
22V is applied to them. The potential difference of
a)2m b)5m c)1.8m d)18m the longer wire is
12. If the voltmeter reads 0.2V and the ammeter reads. a)15V b)18V c)16V d)20V
0.101A, the resistance of the voltmeter is (in ohm) 17. A 220 V and 800W electric kettle and three 220V
and 100W bulbs are connected in parallel. On
connecting this combination with 200V supply, the
total current in the circuit will be
a)0.15A b)5A c)5.5A d)4.55A
18. What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit

a)500 b)1000 c)200 d)400

13. In the given circuit Ammeter reading is same when
both switched S1,S2 are closed or opened. The value
of resistance R is

a)6  b)7  c)8  d)9 

19. The temperature coefficient of resistance of
platinum is   3.92 x103 K 1 at 20 0 C . Find the
temperature at which the increase in the resistance
a)200  b)100  c)400  d)600  of platinum wire is 10% of its value at 20 0 C
14. In the following diagram ammeter reading is 4A, a)40.5 0 C b)45.5 0 C c)48.5 0 C d)43.5 0 C
voltmeter reading is 20V, the value of R is 20. Four identical resistance are joined as shown in fig.
The equivalent resistance between points A and B is
R1 and that between A and C is R2 . Then ratio of
R1
is
R2

a)>5  b)<5  c)=5  d)  5 

 used to measure the p.d. across 400  . The error in
the measurement of p.d. in volts approximately
a)0.05V b)0.5V c)0.75V d)5V
26. Copper and carbon wires are connected in series
and the combined resistor is kept at 0 0 C .
Assuming the combined resistance does not vary
with temperature, the ratio of the resistances of
a)1:5 b)3:4 c)2:5 d)1:2 carbon and copper wires and at 0 0 C
21. If the galvanometer reading is zero in the given is(Temperature coefficients of resisti-vity of copper
circuit, the current passing through resistance 250 and carbon respectively are 4 x103 / 0 C and
 is 0.5x103 / 0 C (M-2013)
a)2 b)4 c)8 d)6
27. Three resistances of equal values are arranged in
four different configurations as shown below.
Power dissipation in the increasing order is (E-2012)

a)0.016A b)0.16A c)0.032A d)0.042A

22. The effective resistance between A and B is the
given circuit is

a)  III    II    IV    I 

a)3  b)2  c)4  d)6  b)  II    III    IV    I 

c)  I    IV    III    II 
23. The equivalent resistance between points A and B
of an infinite network of resistance each of 1 
connected as shown is d)  I    III    II    IV 
28. If 400  of resistance is made by adding four
100  resistance of tolerance 5%, then the
tolerance of the combination is (Mains-2011)
1 5 2  5 3  5 1 7
a) b) c) d) a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20%
2 4 2 3
ELECTRIC POWER
24. Equivalent resistance across A and B in the given
29. Two wires A and B with lengths in the ratio of 3:1,
circuit is
diameters in the ratio of 1:2 and resistivity’s in the
ratio of 1:20 are joined in parallel with a source of
emf. 2V. Ratio of the R1 / R2 is:
a)5:2 b)2:5 c)5:3 d)3:5
30. An electric heater operating at 220 volts boils 5 litre
of water in 5 minutes. If it is used on 110 volts, it
2r 5r 7r
a) b) c) d) 6r will boil the same amount of water in
3 3 3 a)10 minutes b)20 minutes
25. Two resistances of 400  and 800  are connected c)15 minutes d)25 minutes
in series with 6V battery of negligible internal
resistance. A voltmeter of resistance 10,000  is
31. Three electric bulbs of 40W,60W and 100W have
the tungsten wire of the same diameter. Then the
longer wire is used by
a)60W b)100W c)40W
d)All use the same length
32. A fuse wire with radius of 0.2 mm blows off with a
current of 5 Amp. The fuse wire of same material
but of radius 0.3 mm will blow off with a current of V V 2V
a) V b) c) d)
3 3 2 3 3
a) 5 x amp b) 5 x amp 37. In the circuit, the galvanometer G shows zero
2 2
deflection. If the batteries A and B have negligible
27 internal resistance, the value of the resistor R will
c) 5 x amp d) 5amp
8 be:
33. In a large building, there are 15 bulbs of 40
W,5bulbs of 100W,5fans of 80W and 1 heater of
1kW. The voltage of electric mains is 220V. The
minimum capacity of the main fuse of the building
will be: (Mains-2014) a)100  b)200  c)500  d)1000 
a)8A b)10A c)12A d)14A 38. Twenty four cells each of emf 1.5V and internal
34. The supply voltage to room is 120V. The resistance resistance 0.5 ohms are to be connected to a 3 ohm
of the lead wires is 6  . A 60 W bulb is already resistances. For maximum current through this
switched on. What is the decrease of voltage across resistance the number of rows and number of
the bulb, when a 240W heater is switched on in columns that you connect these cells is.
parallel to the bulb? (Mains-2013) a) 12 cells in series 2 rows in parallel.
a)Zero b)2.9Volt b) 8 cells in series 3 rows in parallel
c)13.3Volt d)10.04Volt. c)4 cells in series 6 rows in parallel
INTERNAL RESISTANCE AND EMF d)6 cells in series 4 rows in parallel
35. In the circuit shown here, cells A and B have emf 39. A battery of four cells in series each having an emf
10V and each and the internal resistance is 5  for of 1.5V and internal resistance 1  are connected

A and 3  for .For what value of R will the potential in series with an ammeter, a coil of resistance 2 
difference across the cell A will be zero? and a filament lamp. If the ammeter reads 0.5A, the
resistance of the filment lamp is
a)4  b)6  c)2  d)12 
40. A 5V battery with internal resistance 2  and a 2V
battery with internal resistance 1  are connected
in parallel with unlike polarities connected together.
This combination is connected to 10  resistor the
a)Zero b)1 ohm c)2 ohm d)3 ohm
36. In the circuit of fig. with steady current, the current in the 10  resistor is.
potential drop across the capacitor is a)0.27A b)0.05A c)0.25A d)0.3A
41. A voltmeter resistance 500  is used to measure
the emf of a cell of internal resistance 4  . The
percentage error in the reading of the voltmeter
will be
a)0.4% b)0.6% c)0.8% d)1.2%
42. When two identical cells are connected either in 48. In the circuit shown below, the ammeter reading is
series or in parallel across a 4 ohm resistor, they zero. Then the value of the resistance R is
send the same current through it. The internal a)50  b)100  c)200  d)400 
resistance of the cell in ohm is METRE BRIDGE
a)4  b)2  c)1  d)7  49. Two unknown resistance X and Y are connected to
43. Two cells with same e.m.f. ‘E’ and different internal left and right gaps of a meter bridge and the
resistances r1andr2 are connected in series to an balancing point is obtained at 80 cm from left.
external resistance ‘R’. The value of R so that the When a 10  resistance is connected in parallel to
p.d. across the first cell be zero is ‘X’ , the balance point is 50 cm from left. The values
r1  r2 of X and Y respectively are
a) r2  r1 b) r1  r2 c) r1  r2 d)
2
44. Two conductors have the same resistance at 00 C
but their temperature coefficients of resistance are
1and 2 . The respective temperature coefficients
of their series and parallel combinations are a)40  ,9  b)30  ,7.5 
nearly(AIE-2010)
c)20  ,6  d)10  ,3 
1   2 1   2
a) , 1   2 b) 1   2 , 50. In the mater bridge experiment, the length AB of
2 2 the wire is 1m. The resistors X and Y have values
1 2    2 1   2 5  and 2  respectively. When a shunt resistance
c) 1   2 , d) 1 ,
1   2 2 2 S is connected to X, the balancing point is found to
KIRCHOFF’S LAWS AND WHEAT be 0.625 m from A. then, the resistance of the
SHONE’S BRIDGE shunt is
45. The electric current I in the circuit shown in (E-
2011)

a)5  b)10  c)7.5  d)12.5 

POTENTIOn METER
a)6A b)2A c)3A d)4A 51. The potential gradient along the length of a uniform
46. In the circuit shown in the figure, the current ‘I’ is wire is 10 Volt/m B and C are two points at 30cm
and 60 cm in a scale fitted along the wire. The pd
between B and C is
a)3V b)0.4V c)7V d)4V
52. In the determination of the internal resistance of a
cell using a potentiometer, when the cell is shunted
a)6A b)2A c)4A d)7A by a resistance “R” and connected in the secondary
47. Four resistors A, B,C and D form a wheat stone’s circuit, the balance length is found to be L1 . On
bridge. The bridge is balanced when C=100  . If A doubling the shunt resistance, the balance length is
and B are inter changed, the bridge balances for found to increase to L2 . The value of the internal
C=121  . The value of D is (E2012) resistance is
a)10  b)100  c)110  d)120 
 2 R  L2  L1  2 R  L2  L1  1. An electron of mass 9 x1031 kg moves around a
a) b)
 L1  2 L2   2 L1  L2  nucleus in a circular orbit of radius 2A0 under the
R  L2  L1  R  L2  L1  action of centripetal force 3.2N. Then the
c) d)
 L1  2 L2   2 L1  L2  equivalent electric current is
32 3 32 3
53. Figure shows a potentiometer circuit for a) b) c) d)
comparison of two resistances. The balance point 3 32 3 16
2. The current in a conductor varies with time ‘t’ as
with a standard resistor R  10.0 is found to be
I=2-0.02t ampers. The electric charge that passes
58.3 cm, while that with the unknown resistance X
from t=0 to t=100 sec is
is 68.5 cm. The value of X is
a)50C b)100C c)25C d)75C
OHM’s LAW AND COMBINATION
OF RESISTANCES
3. Four resistances 10  , 5  ,7  and3  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
a)11.75  b)12.55  c)9.55  d)12.75  equivalent resistance between A and B is
54. In a experiment for calibration of voltmeter a a)2  b)5  c)7  d)10 
standard cell of emf 1.5V is balanced at 300cm 4. A 3  resistor and a 6  resistor are connected in
length of potentiometer wire. The P.D across a parallel and the combination is connected in series
resistance in the circuit is balanced at 1.25m. if a
to a battery of 5V and a 3  resistor. The potential
voltmeter is connected across the same resistance it
difference across the 6  resistor
reads 0.65V. The error in the volt meter is
a)2V b)4V c)3V d)1V
a)0.5V b)0.025V c)0.05V d)0.25V
5. You are given a wire of length 100 cm and linear
55. The current in the primary circuit of a
resistance of 1 ohm/cm. if it is cut into two parts, so
potentiometer is 0.2A. The specific resistance and
that when they are in parallel, the effective
cross- section of the potentiometer wire are
resistance is 24 ohm. The lengths of the two parts
4 x107 m2 , respectively. The potential gradient will
are
be equal to (Mains-2011)
a)30cm &70cm b)60cm&40cm
a)1V/m b)0.5V/m c)0.1V/m d)0.2V/m
c)70cm&30cm d)20cm&80cm
LEVEL –II (C.W) KEY
6. The resistance of a platinum wire of a platinum
1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. b resistance thermometer at the ice points is 5  a
6. c 7. b 8. b 9. b 10. d
and at steam point is 5.4  . When the
11. a 12. c 13. d 14. a 15. d
thermometer is inserted in a hot bath, the
16. d 17. d 18. c 19. b 20. b
21. a 22. b 23. a 24. b 25. a resistance of the platinum wire is 6.2  . Find the
26. c 27. a 28. a 29. c 30. b temperature of the hot bath.
31. c 32. c 33. c 34. d 35. c 0 0 0
a)3000 C b)30 C c)300 C d)300K
36. c 37. b 38. a 39. b 40. c
7. Three unequal resistors in parallel are equivalent to
41. c 42. a 43. b 44. d 45. d
a resistance 1 ohm . if two of them are in the ratio
46. c 47. c 48. b 49. b 50. b
51. a 52. b 53. a 54. b 55. c 1:2 and if no resistance value is fractional, the
largest of the three resistance in ohm is
LEVEL-II (H.W) a)4 b)6 c)8 d)12
ELECTRIC CURRENT AND DRIFT 8. A carbon filament has resistance of 120  at 0 0 C
VELOCITY
what must be the resistance of copper filament
 connected in series with carbon so that
combination has same resistance at all
temperatures
 carbon  5x104 / 0 C, copper  4 x103 / 0 C 
a)120  b)15  c)60  d)210 
9. The equivalent resistance across XY in fig.
E 2E r E
a) b) c) d)
r r 2E 2r
15. A current of 7A flows through the circuit as shown
in the figure the potentialdifference across points B
and D is
a)r b)2r c)4r d)r/2
10. If the resistance of a circuit having 12V source is
increased by 4  , the current drops by 0.5A. What
is the original resistance of circuit
1
a)4  b)8  c)16  d)  a)5V b)3V c)10V d)7V
16 16. If a wire a stretched to make it 0.1% longer, its
11. An electric current is passed through a circuit resistance will : (Mains-2011)
containing two wires of the same material a) increase by 0.2%
connected in parallel. If the lengths and radii of the b) decrease by 0.2%
wire are in the ratio 4/3 and 2/3, then the radio the c) decrease by 0.05%
currents passing through the wires will be d) increase by 0.05%
a)1/3 b)3/1 c)4/3 d)3/4 ELECTRIC POWER
12. When ‘n’ wires which are identical are connected in 17. Two resistances R1andR2 when connected in series
series, the effective resistance exceeds that when
consume power equal to 25 W. when connected in
they are in parallel by X/Y  . Then the resistance of
parallel they consume 100W. The ratio of power of
each wire is
each is
xn yn
a) b) a)1/4 b)1/3 c)1/2 d)1
y  n 2  1 x  n 2  1 18. Two electric bulbs marked 500W, 220V are put in
xn yn series with 110V line. The power dissipated in each
c) d)
y  n  1 x  n  1 of the bulb is
13. The equivalent resistance across A and B is 125 25 225 325
a) W b) W c) W d) W
4 4 4 4
19. A conductor of resistance 3 ohm is stretched
uniformly till its length is doubled. The wire now is
bent in the form of an equilateral triangle. The
effective resistance between the ends of any side of
a)2  b)4  c)8  d)12  the triangle in ohms is
14. An ammeter A is connected as shown in the a)9/2 b)8/3 c)2 d)1
diagram. Ammeter reading is 20. The energy in kilowatt hour is consumed in
operating ten 50W bulbs for 10 hours per day in a
month of 30 days is
a)1500 b)15000 c)15 d)150
21. Two electric bulbs rate 25W-220V and 100W-220V a)1.5  b)2  c)2.5  d)6 
are connected in series to 440V supply. Which of 29. Two cells of emf 4V and 8V are connected to two
the bulbs will fuse? (Mains-2012) resister 4  and 6  as shown. If 8V cell is short
a)Both b)100W c)25W d)Neither
circuited. Then current through resistance 4  and
INTERNAL RESISTANCE AND EMF
6
22. Two batteries of different emf and internal
resistances connected in series with each other and
with an external load resistor. The current is 3.0A.
When the polarity of one battery is reversed, the
current becomes 1.0 A. The ratio of the emf of the a)2A b)1A c)2.5A d)3A
two batteries is 30. If in the circuit shown below, the internal resistance
a)2.5:1 b)2:1 c)3:2 d)1:1 of the battery is 1  and VpandVQ are the potentials
23. The pd across terminals of a cell is found to be 29 at P and Q respectively, the potential difference
volt and 28 volt respectively when it delivers a between the points P and Q is
current of 1 ampere and 2 ampere respectively. The
emf and internal resistance of a cell are respectively
a)30V,2  b)30V,1 
c)29V,1  d)28V,2 
24. The current in a circuit containing a battery
connected to 2  resistance is 0.9A. When a
resistance of 7  connected to the same battery,
a)9V b)11V c)7V d)6V
the current observed in the circuit is 0.3A. Then the
31. Voltmeter reading in the given circuit is (volt-meter
internal resistance of the battery is
is ideal)
a)0.1  b)0.5  c)1  d)Zero
25. The potential difference across the terminals of a
battery is terminal. When the current is 2A in the
reverse direction, the potential difference becomes
15V. The internal resistance of the battery is
a)1  b)0.4  c)0.6  d)0.8 
26. Two cells of emf 3V and 5V and internal resistance
a)6V b)8V c)10V d)14V
r1 and r2 respectively are in series with an external
resistance R. if the p.d. across 1st cell is zero, the R is 32. For a cell the graph between the p.d(v) across the
terminals of the cells and the current (I)drawn from
5r1  3r2 2r  3r2 3r1  5r2 4r1  5r2
a) b) 1 c) d) the cell as shown. The emf and internal resistance is
3 4 3 3
27. A battery when connected by a resistance of 16 
gives a terminal voltage of 12V. and when
connected by a resistance of 10  gives a terminal
voltage of 11V. Then the emf of the battery and its
internal resistance.
a)12.8V b)13.7V c)10.7V d)9V
28. When a resistor of 11 ohm is connected in series
with an electric cell the current flowing in it is 0.5A. 3 1 2
Instead, when a resistor of 5  is connected to the a)  b)  c)3  d) 
2 3 3
same electric cell in series, the current increases by 33. The minimum number of cells in mixed grouping
0.4A. the internal resistance of cell is required to produced a maximum current of 1A
 through external resistance of 20  given the emf
of each cell is 2V and internal resistance 1  is
a)25 b)20 c)16 d)30
34. A batter of emf ’E’ and internal resistance ‘r’ is
connected to a resistor of resistance ‘r1’and Q
Joules of heat is produced in a certain time ‘t’.
a) 0.27AP2toP1 b) 0.03APtoP
1 2
When the same battery is connected to another
resistor of resistance r2 the same quantity of heat is c) 0.03AP2toP1 d) 0.27APtoP
1 2

produced in the same time ‘t’. Then , the value of ’r’ METRE BRIDGE
is (M-2011) 39. When a conductor is connecter in the left gap and
known resistance in the right gap the balancing
a)
r12
r2
b)
r22
r1
c)
1
2
 r1  r2  d) r1r2 length is 50cm. if the wire is stretched so that its
length increased by 20%, New balancing length is
35. The emf of a cell E is 15 V as shown in the figure
a)40.98cm b)38.23cm c)42.56cm d)48.21cm
with an internal resistance of 0.5  . Then the value
40. In a meter bridge experiment when a resistance
of the current drawn from the cell is
wire is connected in the left gap, the balance point
is found at the 30th cm. When the wire is replaced
by another wire, the balance point is found at the
60th cm. find the balance point when the two wires
connected in series in parallel in the left gap
successively
a)20cm b)25cm c)23cm d)30cm
a)1A b)3A c)2A d)5A
41. Shown in the figure below is a meter-bridge set up
KIRCHOFF’S LAWS AND WHEAT
with null deflection in the galvanometer. The value
SHONE’S BRIDGE
of the unknown resistor R is (Mains -2008)
36. The current I drawn from the 5 volt source will be

a)0.5 b)2A c)1.5A d)3A

37. In the given circuit which is a part of a closed circuit a)13.75  b)220  c)110  d)55 
the current i1,i2 are respectively POTENTIO METER
42. A potentiometer wire 10m long has a resistance of
40  . If is connected in series with a resistances
box and a 2v storage cell. If the potential gradient
along the wire is 0.01V/m the resistance unplugged
a)0.4A b)0.6A c)1.6A d)2A in the box is
38. A 5V battery with internal resistance 2  and a 2V a)760  b)260  c)1060  d)960 
43. The ration of potential gradients is 1:2, the
battery with internal resistance 1  are connected
resistance of two potentiometer wires of same
to a 10  resistor as shown in the figure
length are 2  &4  respectively. The current
(Mains-2008) the current in the 10  resistor is
flowing through them are in the ratio
a)1:2 b)2:1 c)1:3 d)1:1
44. The length of potentiometer wire is 100 cm and the
emf of its standard cell is E volts. It is employed to
measure the emf of a battery whose internal
resistance is 0.5ohm. If the balance point is
obtained at l=30 cm from positive end , the emf of
the battery is
30 E 30 E 30 E 100 E
a) b) c) d)
100.5 100  0.5 100 30
45. 1 ohm resistance is in series with an Ammeter
which is balanced by 75cm of potentiometer wire. A
standard cell of 1.02V is balanced by 50 cm.The
ammeter shows a reading of 1.5A. The error in the
ammeter reading is
a)0.002A b)0.03A c)1.01A d)no error

LEVEL-II(H.W)KEY

1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. b
6. c 7. b 8. b 9. d 10. b
11. a 12. a 13. b 14. b 15. a
16. a 17. d 18. a 19. b 20. d
21. c 22. b 23. b 24. b 25. a
26. a 27. b 28. c 29. b 30. a
31. b 32. d 33. b 34. d 35. a
36. a 37. b 38. c 39. a 40. b
41. b 42. a 43. d 44. c 45. b