Worksheet

Electricity
1. State Joule’s law of heating. list two special characteristics of a heating element wire. An
electric iron consumes energy at the rate of 880 W when heating is at the maximum rate
and 440 W when the heating is at the minimum rate. The applied voltage is 220 V.
Calculate the current and resistance in each case.
2. Copper and aluminum wires are usually employed for electricity transmission Why?
3. Obtain the expression for the heat developed in a resistor by the passage of electric
current through it. 220 J of heat is produced each second in a 8 ohm resistor. Find the
potential difference across the resistor.
4. (a) What is the heating effect of current? List two electrical appliances which work on
this effect.
(b) An electric bulb is connected to a 220 V generator. If the current drawn by the bulb is
0.50 A; find its power.
(c) An electric refrigerator rated 400 W operates eight hours a day. Calculate the energy
per day in kWh.
(d) State the difference between kilowatt and kilowatt hour.
(e) Why is the series arrangement of appliances not used for domestic circuits?
5. How much energy is given to each coulomb of charge passing through a 6 V battery?
6. A copper wire has a diameter 0.5 mm and resistivity 1.6 10 -8ohm m.
(i) What will be the length of this wire to make the resistance of 12 Ohm
(ii) How much will be the resistance of another copper wire of same length but half the
diameter?
7. A wire of uniform cross-section and length l has a resistance of 4 ohm. The wire is cut
into four equal pieces. each piece is then stretched to length ‘l’. Thereafter, the four wires
are joined in parallel. Calculate the net resistance
8. Calculate the electrical energy produced in 5 minutes when a current of 2 A is sent
through a conductor by a potential difference of 500 volts.
9. An electric bulb draws a current of 0.2 A when it operates at 220 V. Calculate the amount
of electric charge flowing through it in 1 h.
10. An electric bulb is rated 220 V and 100 W. when it is operated on 110 V, what will be the
power consumed?
11. Resistors are given as R1 = 10 ohm, R2 = 20 ohm, and R3 = 30 ohm. Calculate the
effective resistance when they are connected in series. Also calculate the current flowing
when the combination is connected to a 6 V battery.
 12. The filament of an electric lamp, which draws a current of 0.2 A, is used for 5 hours.
Calculate the amount of charge flowing through the circuit.
13. Calculate the number of electrons passing per second through a conductor to produce a
current of one ampere.
14. A 5 ohm resistor is connected across a battery of 6 volts. Calculate
(i) The current flowing through the resistor.
(ii) The energy that dissipates as heat in 10 s.
15. You have two electric lamps having rating 40 W; 220 V and 60 W; 220 V. Which of the
two has a higher resistance? Give reason for your answer. If these two lamps are
connected to a source of 220 V, which will glow brighter?
16. A current of 5 ampere is passed through a conductor of 12 ohms for 2 minutes. Calculate
the amount of heat produced.
17. A wire of length 3 m and area of cross-section 1.7 × 10 -6 m2 has a resistance 3 × 10-2 ohm.
a. What is the formula for resistivity of the wire and what is the unit of it
b. Calculate the resistivity of the wire
18. The table given below shows the resistivity of three Material X, Y and Z?
Samples X Y Z

Resistivity 3 X 10-9 11.1 X 0-6 18X10-17

a. Arrange the samples in increasing order of conductivity

b. Which of these is the best conductor?
19. Give the formula for each
1 Ohm’s Law

2 Resistance in terms of
Length,Area,resistivity

3 Current in terms of Resistance and

Voltage

4 Equivalent Resistance for Resistors in

Series

5 Equivalent Resistance for Resistors in

Parallel
6 Power produced in the resistance

20. which one of the below circuit is properly connected with the electrical components

21. State Ohm's law. How can it be verified experimentally? Does it hold good in all
conditions?
22. What is the resistance of 12 m wire having radius 2×10-4 m and resistivity 3.14×10-8 Ω-m.
23. A 4Ω resistance wire is doubled on it. Calculate the new resistance of the wire.
24. a.Define 1 volt. Express it in terms of SI unit of work and charge.
b. Calculate the amount of energy consumed in carrying a charge of 1 coulomb through a
battery of 3 volts.
25. Write symbols of the following circuit elements:
(i) Battery
(ii) Ammeter
(iii) Voltmeter
State the role of these elements in an electric circuit.
26. What is meant by electrical resistance of a conductor? State how resistance of a
conductor is affected when
(i) a low current passes through it for a short duration
(ii) a heavy current passes through it for about 30 seconds.
27. How do we connect ammeter and voltmeter in an electric circuit? Draw a circuit diagram
to justify your answer. What is likely to happen if the positions of these instruments are
interchanged? Give a reason.
28. A student has a resistance wire of 1 ohm. If the length of this wire is 50 cm, to what
length should he stretch it uniformly so as to obtain a wire of 4 Ω resistance? Justify your
answer.
29. Calculate the resistivity of the material of a wire of length 1 m, radius 0.01 cm and of
resistance 20 ohms.
30. The resistance per meter length of a wire is 10 Ω. If the resistivity of the material of the
wire is 50×10-8 ohm meters, find the area of cross – section of the wire.
31. The resistance of a wire of 0.01 cm radius is 10 Ω. If the resistivity of the material of the
wire is 50×10-8 ohm meters, find the length of the wire.
32. Show different ways in which three resistance of R ohm each may be connected in a
circuit. In which case is the equivalent resistance of the combination:
(i) maximum
(ii) minimum
33. a. What is meant by electric current? Name and define its SI unit.
b. In a conductor electrons are flowing from B to A. What is the direction of conventional
current? Give justification for your answer.
c. A steady current of 1 ampere flows through a conductor. Calculate the number of
electrons that flow through any section of the conductor in 1 second. (Charge on electron
= 1.6 × 10−19 coulomb)
34. a. What does an electric circuit mean?
b. Name a device that helps to maintain a potential difference across a conductor in a
circuit.
c. When do we say that the potential difference across a conductor is 1 volt?
d.Calculate the amount of work done in shifting a charge of 2 coulombs from a point A to
B having potentials 10 V and 5V respectively.
35. Draw a labeled circuit diagram to study a relationship between the current (I) flowing
through a conductor and the potential difference (V) applied across its two ends. State the
formula correlating the I in a conductor and the V across it. also show this relationship by
drawing a diagram.