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This document is a worksheet from Agurchand Manmull Jain School containing multiple-choice questions related to electric current, resistance, and electrical concepts. It covers topics such as Ohm's law, Joule's law, and properties of resistors in series and parallel circuits. The questions are designed to assess knowledge of fundamental electrical principles and units.

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WS 2 Electricity

This document is a worksheet from Agurchand Manmull Jain School containing multiple-choice questions related to electric current, resistance, and electrical concepts. It covers topics such as Ohm's law, Joule's law, and properties of resistors in series and parallel circuits. The questions are designed to assess knowledge of fundamental electrical principles and units.

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AGURCHAND MANMULL JAIN SCHOOL

Meenambakkam, Chennai -600 061. (CBSE Affiliation No: 1930733)


WORKSHEET - 1

1. The SI unit of electric current is:


a) Volt
b) Ampere
c) Ohm
d) Coulomb

2. Which of the following is not a factor affecting the resistance of a conductor?


a) Length
b) Cross-sectional area
c) Material
d) Current flowing through it

3. The resistance of a wire is doubled and the current passing through it is halved.
The new potential difference across the wire will be:
a) Same as before
b) Half of the previous
c) Double the previous
d) Four times the previous

4. In a series circuit containing two resistors, which of the following remains


constant?
a) Voltage
b) Current
c) Resistance
d) Power

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5. The electric power dissipated in a 2Ω resistor carrying a current of 3A is:
a) 6 W
b) 12 W
c) 18 W
d) 36 W

6. Which of the following represents Ohm's law?


a) V = IR
b) I = VR
c) R = VI
d) V = I/R

7. The equivalent resistance of two 2Ω resistors connected in parallel is:


a) 4Ω
b) 2Ω
c) 1Ω
d) 0.5Ω

8. What happens to the resistance of a conductor when its temperature increases?


a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) Remains the same
d) First increases then decreases

9. The unit of electrical resistivity is:


a) Ohm
b) Ohm-meter
c) Ohm/meter
d) Ohm-meter²

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10. In a parallel circuit, which quantity is the same across all branches?
a) Current
b) Resistance
c) Voltage
d) Power

11. The material best suited for making fuse wire is:
a) Copper
b) Aluminum
c) Lead
d) Iron

12. Joule's law of heating is given by:


a) H = I²Rt
b) H = VIt
c) H = V²/Rt
d) All of the above

13. The resistance of an ideal voltmeter is:


a) Zero
b) Very low
c) Very high
d) Infinite

14. Which of the following is not a source of emf?


a) Solar cell
b) Battery
c) Resistor
d) Thermocouple

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15. The unit of electric power may also be expressed as:
a) Volt-Ampere
b) Kilowatt-hour
c) Joule/second
d) All of the above

16. In domestic circuits, appliances are connected in:


a) Series
b) Parallel
c) Series-Parallel
d) None of the above

17. The resistance of a wire is directly proportional to its:


a) Length
b) Radius
c) Cross-sectional area
d) None of the above

18. Which of the following has the highest resistivity?


a) Copper
b) Aluminum
c) Nichrome
d) Silver

19. The potential difference across a 4Ω resistor when 2A current flows through it is:
a) 2V
b) 4V
c) 8V
d) 16V

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20. What is the color code for a 470Ω resistor?
a) Yellow-Violet-Brown
b) Orange-White-Brown
c) Green-Blue-Brown
d) Blue-Grey-Brown

21. The energy consumed by a 1000W appliance in 1 hour is:


a) 1000 J
b) 3600 J
c) 1 kWh
d) 3600 kWh

22. Which of the following is not a way to increase the sensitivity of a galvanometer?
a) Increasing the number of turns of the coil
b) Using a strong magnetic field
c) Using a coil of larger area
d) Increasing the resistance of the coil

23. The reciprocal of resistance is called:


a) Conductance
b) Conductivity
c) Resistivity
d) Susceptibility

24. In a thermoelectric effect, electricity is produced by:


a) Chemical reaction
b) Magnetic effect
c) Heating effect
d) Temperature difference between two junctions

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25. The electric field inside a conductor is:
a) Zero
b) Infinite
c) Depends on the material
d) Depends on the shape of the conductor

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