8th Phenom Electricity DPP-3

1. A wire of resistance R is bent into a triangular pyramid as shown in figure with each
segment having same length. The resistance between points A and B R/n. The Value of
n is:

(a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 12

2. From the combination of resistors with resistance values R1  R2  R3  5 and R4  10

which of the following combination is the best circuit to get an equivalent resistance of
6 ?

3. In the figure shown below, a resistance of 150.4 is connected in series to an ammeter

A of resistance 240 .
4. Find the equivalent resistance between two ends of the following circuit.

r r r
(a) r (b) (c) (d)
6 9 3

5. A wire of resistance R is bent into an equilateral triangle and an identical wire is bent
into a square. The ratio of resistance between the two end points of and edge of the
triangle to that of the square is.
9 8 27 32
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 9 32 27

6. A wire of resistance 9 is bent to form an equilateral triangle. Then the equivalent

resistance across any two vertices will be _______ ohm.

7. At steady state the charge on the capacitor, as shown in the circuit below, is ____ C .

8. The net current flowing in the given circuit is _______ A.

9. The equivalent resistance between A and B is:

(a) 18 (b) 25 (c) 27 (d) 19

10. The effective resistance between A and B, if resistance of each resistor is R, will be.
 2 8R 5R 4R
(a) R (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3

11. In the given figure and ammeter A consists of a 240 coil connected in parallel to a
10 shunt. The reading of the ammeter is __________ mA.

12. In the given figure R1  10, R2  8 , R3  4 and R4  8 .Battery is ideal with emf 12V.
Equivalent resistant of the circuit and current supplied by battery are respectively.

(a) 12and11.4 A (b) 10.5and1.14 A

(c) 10.5and1A (d) 12and1A

13. A wire of resistance 20 is divided into 10 equal parts. A combination of two parts are
connected in parallel and so on. Now resulting pairs of parallel combination are
connected in series. The equivalent resistance of final combination is _________  .

14. Equivalent resistance of the following network is ______  .

15. Two conductors have the same resistances at 00 C but their temperature coefficients of
resistance are a1 and a2 The respective temperature coefficient for their series and
parallel combinations are:
a1 a2 a1  a2 a1  a2
(a) a1  a2, (b) ,
2 2 2

a1  a2 a1a2
(c) , a1  a2 (d) a1  a2 ,
2 a1  a2
16. A potential divider circuit is shown in figure. The output voltage V0 is:

(a) 4V (b) 2mV (c) 0.5 V (d) 12m V

17. A 16 wire is bend to form a square loop. A 9V battery with internal resistance 1 is
connected across one of its sides. If a 4F capacitor is connected across one of its
x
diagonals, the energy stored by the capacitor will be  J, where x = ____________.
2

18. In the given circuit, the current in resistance R3 is:

(a) 2.5 A (b) 1 A (c) 1.5 A (d) 2A

19. In the given figure, the charge stored in 6 F capacitor, when points A and B are joined
by a connecting wire is _______  C.

20. In the given circuit, the current flowing through the resistance 20 is 0.3 A, while the
ammeter reads 0.9 A. The value of R1 is ________  .
21. A wire of resistance R and length L is cut into 5 equal parts, If these parts are joined
parallel, then resultant resistance will be:
1 1
(a) R (b) R (c) 25R (d) 5R
25 5

22. In the network shown below, the charge accumulated in the capacitor in steady state
will be:

(a) 7.2C (b) 4.8C (c) 10.3C (d) 12C

23. The equivalent resistance of the circuit shown below between points a and b is:

(a) 24 (b) 3.2 (c) 20 (d) 16

24. 10 resistors each of resistance 10 can be connected in such as to get maximum and
minimum equivalent resistance. The ratio of maximum and minimum equivalent
resistance will be __________ .

25. The equivalent resistance between A and B and shown in figure is:

(a) 5k (b) 30k (c) 10k (d) 20k

26. As shown in the figure, the voltmeter reads 2V across 5 resistor. The resistance of
the voltmeter is ________________  .
27. The equivalent resistance between A and B of the network shown in figure:

2 8
(a) 14R (b) R (c) R (d) 21R
3 3

28. Equivalent resistance between the adjacent corners of a regular n-sided polygon of
uniform wire of resistance R would be:
(n  1) R n2 R ( n  1) R ( n  1) R
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(2n  1 n 1 n2 n

29. The equivalent resistance between A and B is ……..

2 1 3 1
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
3 2 2 3

30. In the given circuit, the equivalent resistance between the terminal A and B is ____  .

31. As shown in the figure, a network of resistors is connected to a battery of 24V with
and internal resistance of 3 .The currents through the resistors R4 and R5 are I 4 and I 5
respectively. The values of I 4 and I 5 are:

8 2 24 6
(a) I 4  A and I 5  A (b) I 4  A and I 5  A
5 5 5 5

6 24 2 8
(c) I 4  A and I 5  A (d) I 4  A and I 5  A
5 5 5 5
32. A cell of emf 90 V is connected across series combination of two resistors each of
100 is used to measure the potential difference across each resistor. The reading of
the voltmeter will be:

(a) 40 V (b) 45 V (c) 80 V (d) 90 V

33. The current I flowing through the given circuit will be _________ A.

34. Two metallic wires of identical dimensions are connected is series. If 1 and 2 are the
conductivities of the these wires respectively, the effective conductivity of the
combination is:
12 212 1  2 1  2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1  2 1  2 212 12

35. The current I in the given circuit will be:

(a) 10 A (b) 20A (c) 4 A (d) 40 A

36. Eight copper wire of length l and diameter d are joined in parallel to form a single
composite conductor of resistance R. If a single copper wire of length 2l have the same
resistance (R) then its diameter will be __________ d.

36. A current of 15mA flows in the circuit as shown in figure. The value of potential
differfence between the points A and B will be

(a) 50 V (b) 75 V (c) 150 V (d) 275 V

37. An electric cable of copper has just one wire of radius 9 mm. Its resistance is 14 . If
this single copper wire of the cable is replaced by seven identical well insulated copper
 wires each of radius 3 mm connected in parallel, then the new resistance of the
combination will be:

(a) 9 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 126

38. For the network shown below, the value VB  VA is ___________ V.

39. Two resistors are connected in series across a battery as shown in figure. If a voltmeter
of resistance 2000 is used to measure the potential difference across 500 resister,
the reading of the voltmeter will be _____ V.

a
40. All resistances in figure are 1 each. The value of current P is A . The value of a is
5
______ .

41. In the given circuit ‘a’ is an arbitrary constant. The value of m for which the
x
equivalent circuit resistance is minimum, will be . The value of x is ________ .
2

42. The equivalent resistance between points A and B in the given network is:

(a) 65 (b) 20 (c) 5 (d) 2

43. What will be the most suitable combination of three resistors A  2, B  4, C  6 so
that    is equivalent resistance of combination?
22
 3 

(a) Parallel combination of A and C connected in series with B.

(b) Parallel combination of A and B connected in series with C.

(c) Series combination of A and C connected in parallel with B.

(d) Series combination of B and C connected in parallel with A.

44. A square shaped wire with resistance of each side 3 is bent to form a complete circle.
The resistance between two diametrically opposite points of the circle in unit of  will
be _________ .

45. The equivalent resistance of the given circuit between the terminals A and B is:

9
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c)  (d) 1
2

46. First, a set of n equal resistors of 10 each are connected in series to a battery of emf
20V and internal resistance 10 . A current I is observed to flow. Then, the n resistors
are connected in parallel to the same battery. It is observed that the current is increased
20 times, then the value of n is _________.

47. The ratio of the equivalent resistance of the network (show in figure) between the
points a and b when switch is open and switch is closed is x : 8. The value of x is
_________ .

48. What equal length of an iron wire and a copper-nickel alloy wire, each of 2 mm
diameter connected parallel to give an equivalent resistance of 3 ? (Given resistivities
of iron and copper-nickel alloy wire are 12 cm and 51 cm respectively)

(a) 82 mm (b) 97 m (c) 110 m (d) 90 m

49. If you are provided a set of resistances 2, 4 2 , and 8 . Connect these resistances so
46
as to obtain an equivalent resistance of .
3

(a) 4and 6 are in parallel with 2and 8 in series

(b) 6and 8 are in parallel with 2and 4 in series

(c) 2and 6 are in parallel with 4and 8 in series

(d) 2and 4 are in parallel with 6and 8 in seires

50. In the given figure switches S1 and S 2 are in open condition. The resistance across ab
when the switches S1 and S 2 are closed is ________  .

51. The voltage across the 10 resistor in the given circuit is x volt.

The value ‘x’ to the nearest integer is _____________ .

52. The equivalent resistance of series combination of two resistors is ‘s’. When they are
connected in parallel, the equivalent resistance is ‘p’. If s=np, thenthe minimum value
for n is __________ . (Round off to the nearest Integer)

53. In the figure given, the electric current flowing through the 5k resistor is x mA.

The value of x to the nearest integer is _____________ .

54. Five equal resistances are connected in a network as shown in figure. The net
resistance between the points A and B is:

R 3R
(a) (b) (c) R (d) 2R
2 2

55. In the given circuit diagram, a wire is joining points B and D. The current in this wire
is:

(a) 0.4 A (b) 2A (c) 4A (d) zero

56. The series combination of two batteries, both of the same emf10 V, but different
internal resistance of 20 and 5 , is connected to the parallel combination of two
resistors 30 and R . The voltage difference across the battery of internal resistance
20 is zero, the value of R (in  ) is ____________ .

57. The current I1 (in A) flowing through 1 resistor in the following circuit is:

(a) 0.4 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.2 (d) 0.25

58. A wire of resistance R is bent to form a square ABCD as shown in the figure. The
effective resistance between E and C is: (E is mid-point of arm CD)

7 3 1
(a) R (b) R (c) R (d) R
64 4 16
59. A metal wire of resistance 3 is elongated to make a uniform wire of double its
previous length. This new wire is now bent and the ends joined to make a circle. If two
points on the circle make an angle 60° at the centre, the equivalent resistance between
these two points will be:
12 5 5 7
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
5 2 3 2

60. In the figure shown, what is the current (in ampere) drawn from the battery? You are
given:
R1  15, R2  10, R3  20, R4  5, R5  25, R6  30, E  15V

(a) 13/24 (b) 7/18 (c) 9/32 (d) 20/3

61. A uniform metallic wire has a resistance of 18 and is bent into an equilateral triangle.
Then, the resistance between any two vertices of the triangle is:

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 2

62. The actual value of resistance R, shown in the figure is 30 . This is measured in and
V
experiment in an experiment as shown using the standard formula R  , where V and
I
I are the reading of the voltmeter and ammeter, respectively. If the measured value of
R is 5% less, then the internal resistance of the voltmeter is:

(a) 600 (b) 570 (c) 35 (d) 350

63. In the given circuit the internal resistance of the 18V cell is negligible. If R1  400,
R3  100 and R4  500 and the reading of an ideal voltmeter across R4 is 5V, then the
value of R2 will be:

(a) 300 (b) 450 (c) 550 (d) 230

64. In the given circuit all resistances are of value R ohm each. The equivalent resistance
between A and B is:

5R 5R
(a) 2R (b) (c) (d) 3R
2 3

65. In the given circuit diagram when the current reaches steady state in the circuit, the
charge on the capacitor of capacitance C will be:

r2 r1 r1
(a) CE (b) CE (c) CE (d) CE
( r  r2 ) (r1  r ) ( r2  r )

66. In the above circuit the current in each resistance is.

(a) 0.5 A (b) 0 A (c) 1 A (d) 0.25 A

67. Six equal resistances are connected between points P, Q and R as shown in figure.
Then net resistance will be maximum between:

(a) P and R (b) P and Q (c) Q and R (d) Any two points
68. Two conductors have the same resistance at 0°C but their temperature coefficients of
resistance are a1 and a2 . The respective temperature coefficients of their series and
parallel combinations are nearly.
a1  a2 a1  a2 a1a2 a1  a2 a1  a2
(a) , a1  a2 (b) a1  a2 , (c) a1  a2 , (d) ,
2 2 a1  a2 2 2

69. The current I drawn from the 5 volt source will be

(a) 0.33 A (b) 0.5 A (c) 0.67 A (d) 0.17 A

70. The total current supplied to the circuit by the battery is.

(a) 4 A (b) 2 A (c) 1 A (d) 6 A

71. A 3 volt battery with negligible internal resistance is connected in a circuit as shown in
the figure. The current I, in the circuit will be.

(a) 1A (b) 1.5 A (c) 2A (d) 1/3A

72. Two cells of emf 1V and 2 V and internal resistance 2 and 1 , respectively, are
connected in series with an external resistance of 6 . The total current in the circuit is
I1 . Now the same two cells in parallel configuration are connected to same external
I  x
resistance. In this case, the total current drawn is I 2 . The value of  1  is . The value
 I2  3
of x is _______.
73. The value of current I in the electrical circuit as given below, when potential at A is
equal to the potential at B, will be _________ A.

74. Given below are two statements:

Statement-I: The equivalent emf of two nonideal batteries connected in parallel is
smaller than either to the two emfs.
Statement-II: The equivalent internal resistance of two nonideal batteries connected in
parallel is smaller than the internal resistance of either of the two batteries.
(a) Statement-I is true but Statement-II is false
(b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are false
(c) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are true
(d) Statement-I is false but Statement-II is true

n
75. The current flowing through the 1 resistor is A . The value of n is _______.
10

76. In the given circuit, the terminal potential difference of the cell is:

(a) 2V (b) 4V (c) 1.5 V (d) 3V

77. The electric field between the two parallel plates of capacitor of 1.5F capacitance
drop to one third of its initial value in 6.6s when the plates are connected by a thin
wire. The resistance of this wire is _________  . (Given, log 3=1.1)

78. The reading in the ideal voltmeter (V) shown in the given circuit diagram is:

(a) 5V (b) 10 V (c) 0V (d) 3V

79. A galvanometer (G) of 2 resistance is connected in the given circuit. The ratio of
charge stored in C1 and C2 is:

(a) 1 (b) 2/3 (c) 3/2 (d) ½

80. In an electrical circuit drawn below the amount of charge stored in the capacitor is
________  C.

81. Two cells are connected in opposition as shown. Cell E1 is of 8V emf and 2 internal
resistance; the cell E2 is __________ V.

82. The charge accumulated on the capacitor connected in the following circuit is ___  C.

(Given C=150  F)

83. A network of four resistances is connected to 9V battery, as shown in figure. The

magnitude of voltage difference between the points A and B is ________ V.
84. In the circuit shown, the energy stored in the capacitor is n  J. The value of n is ____.

85. In the circuit diagram shown in figure given below, the current flowing through
x
resistance 3 is A . The value of x is ________.
3

86. Two identical cells each of emf 1.5 V are connected in series across a 10 resistance.
An ideal voltmeter connected across 10 resistance reads 1.5 V. The internal
resistance of each cell is ________  .

87. In this figure the resistance of the coil of galvanometer G is 2  . The emf of the cell is
4V. The ratio of potential difference across C1 and C2 is:

4 3 5
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d)
5 4 4

88. Figure shows a part of an electric circuit. The potentials at points a, b and c are 30 V,
12V and 2V respectively. The current through the 20 resistor will be.

(a) 0.4A (b) 0.2A (c) 0.6A (d) 1.0A

 I1  I 3
89. In the given circuit, the value of is _______.
I2

90. Two identical cells, when connected either in parallel or in series gives same current in
an external resistance 5 . The internal resistance of each cell will be ______  .

91. For the given circuit, in the steady state, VB  VD  ______ V .

92. In the following circuit, the magnitude of current I1 , is _______ A.

93. Two cells are connected between points A and B as shown. Cell 1 has emf of 12V and
internal resistance of 3 .Cell 2 has emf 6V and internal resistance of 6 . An external
resistor R of 4 is connected across A and B. The current flowing through R will be
_______ A.

94. Two sources of equal emfs are connected in series. This combination is connected to
an external resistance R. The internal resistances of the two sources are r1 and r2 (r1  r2) .
If the potential difference across the source of internal resistance r1 is zero then the
value of R will be.
r1r2 r1  r2
(a) r1  r2 (b) (c) (d) r2  r1
r1  r2 2
95. In the given figure, the value of V0 will be _______ V.

96. The combination of two identical cell, whether connected in series or parallel
combination provides the same current through an external resistance of 2 . The
value of internal resistance of each cell is:

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

97. Two cells of same emf but different internal resistances r1 and r2 are connected in
series R, for which the potential difference across second cell is zero, is.

(a) r2  r1 (b) r1  r2 (c) r1 (d) r2

98. Two identical cells each of emf 1.5 V are connected in parallel across a parallel
combination of two resistors each of resistance 20 . A voltmeter connected in the
circuit measures 1.2 V. The internal resistance of each cell is.

(a) 2.5 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 10

99. Five identical cells each of internal resistance 1 and emf 5V are connected in series
and in parallel with an external resistance ‘R’. For what value of ‘R’, current inseries
and parallel combination will remain the same?

(a) 1 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 10

100. In an electric circuit, a cell of certain emf provides a potential difference of 1.25V
across a load resistance of 5 . However, it provides a potential difference of 1 V
x
across a load resistance of 2 . The emf of the cell is given by V. Then the value of
10
x is __________.

101.

In the figure shown, the current in the 10V battery is close to:

(a) 0.71A from positive to negative terminal

(b) 0.42 A from positive to negative terminal

(c) 0.21 A from positive to negative terminal

(d) 0.36 A from negative to positive terminal

102. In the circuit, given in the figure currents in different branches and value of one
resistor are shown. Then potential at point B with respect to the point A is:

(a) +2V (b) -2V (c) -1V (d) +1V

103. The value of current i1 of current i1 flowing from A to C in the circuit diagram is:

(a) 2A (b) 4A (c) 1A (d) 5A

104. Four resistance 40 , 60 , 90 and 110 make the arms of a quadrilateral ABCE.
Across AC is a battery of emf 40 V and internal resistance negligible. The potential
difference across BD in V is __________.

105. In the given circuit, and ideal voltmeter connected across the 10 resistance read 2V.
The internal resistance r, of each cell is:

(a) 1 (b) 0.5 (c) 1.5 (d) 0

106. For circuit shown, with R1  1.0 , R1  2V and E2  E3  E4  4V , the potential difference
between the points ‘a’ and ‘b’ is approximately (in V):

(a) 2.7 (b) 2.3 (c) 3.7 (d) 3.3

107. A cell internal resistance r drives current through an external resistance R. The power
delivered by the cell to the external resistance will be maximum when:

(a) R=0.001r (b) R=1000r (c)R=2r (d) R=r

108. In the given circuit diagram, the current , I1  0.3 A , I  0.8 A and I5  0.4 A , are flowing
as shown. The currents I 2, I 3 and I 6 respectively, are:

(a) 1.1A, -0.4A, 0.4A (b) 1.1A, 0.4A, 0.4A

(c) 0.4A, 1.1a, 0.4A (d) -0.4A, 0.4A, 1.1A

109. In the circuit shown, the potential difference between A and B is :

(a) 1V (b) 2V (c) 3V (d) 6V

110. In the given circuit the cells have zero internal resistance. The currents (in amperes)
passing through resistance R1 and R2 respectively, are:

(a) 1,2 (b) 2,2 (c) 0.5 ,0 (d) 0, 1

111. When the switch S, in the circuit shown, is closed then the valued of current i will be:

(a) 3A (b) 5A (c) 4A (d) 2A

112. Two batteries e.m.f. 12 V and 13 V are connected in parallel across a load resistor of
10 . The internal resistances of the two batteries are 1 and 2 respectively. The
voltage across the load lies between:

(a) 11.6 V and 11.7 V (b) 11.5 V and 11.6 V

(c) 11.4 V and 11.5 V (d) 11.7 V and 11.8 V

113. In the circuit shown, the current in the 1 resistor is:

(a) 0.13 A from Q to P (b) 0.13 A, from P to Q

(c) 1.3 A from P to Q (d) 0A

114. A d.c. main supply of e.m.f. 220 V is connected across a storage battery of e.m.f 200
V through a resistance of 1 .The battery terminal are connected to an external
resistance ‘R’. The minimum value of ‘R’, so that a current passes through the battery
to charge it is:

(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) Zero

115. A dc source of emf E1 =100V and internal resistance r  0.5 , a storage battery of emf
E2  90 V and an external resistance R are connected as shown in figure. For what
value of R no current will pass through the battery?

(a) 5.5 (b) 3.5 (c) 4.5 (d) 2.5

116. A 5V battery with internal resistance 2 and a 2V battery with internal resistance 1
are connected to a 10 resistor as shown in the figure.

The current in the 10 resistor is

(a) 0.27 A P2 to P1 (b) 0.03 A P1 to P2

(c) 0.03 A P2 to P1 (d) 0.27 A P1 to P2

117. A battery is used to charge a parallel plate capacitor till the potential difference
between the plates becomes equal to the electromotive force of the battery. The ratio
of the energy stored in the capacitor and the work done by the battery will be.

(a) ½ (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) ¼

118. The Kirchhoff’s first law (   i  0  and second law   iR   E  , where the symbols
have their usual meanings, are respectively based on.

(a) Conservation of charge, conservation of momentum

(b) Conservation of momentum, conservation of charge

(c) Conservation of momentum, conservation of energy

(d) Conservation of charge, conservation of energy

119. Two sources of equal emf are connected to an external resistance R. The internal
resistance of the two sources are R1 and R2 ( R1  R1 ) .If the potential difference across the
source having internal resistance R2 is zero, then.

(a) R  R2  R1 (b) R  R2  ( R1  R2 ) / ( R2  R1)

(c) R  R1R2 / ( R2  R1 ) (d) R  R1R2 / ( R1  R2 )

120. An electric bulb rated 50 W -200 V is connected across a 100 V supply. The power
dissipation of the bulb is:

(a) 12.5 W (b) 25 W (c) 50 W (d) 100 W

121. By what percentage will the illumination of the lamp decrease if the current drops by
20%?

(a) 46% (b) 26% (c) 36% (d) 56%

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122. In the following circuit, the battery has an emf of 2 V and an internal resistance of 
3
. The Power consumption in the entire circuit is __________ W.

123. When a potential difference V is applied across a wire of resistance R, it dissipates

energy at a rate W. If the wire is cut into two halves and these halves are connected
mutually parallel across the same supply, the energy dissipation rate will become:
 (a) 1/4W (b) 1/2W (c) 2W (d) 4W

124. Different combination of 3 resistors of equal resistance R are shown in the figures.

The increasing order for power dissipation is:

(a) PA  PB  PC  PD (b) PC  PD  PA  PB

(c) PB  PC  PD  PA (d) PC  PB  PA  PD

125. A potential V0 is applied across a uniform wire of resistance R. The power dissipation
is P1 . The ratio is then cut into two equal halves and a potential of V0 is applied across
the length of each half. The total power dissipation across two wires is P2 .The ratio
P2 : P1 is x :1 . The value of x is _______.

126. Two identical heater filaments are connected first in parallel and then in series. Ata the
same applied voltage, the ratio of heat produced in same time for parallel to series will
be:

(a) 4:1 (b) 2:1 (c) 1:2 (d) 1:4

127. The H amount of thermal energy is developed by a resistor in 10 s when a current of

4A is passed through it. If the current is increased to 16A, the thermal energy
developed by the resistor in 10 s will be:
H
(a) H (b) 16H (c) (d) 4H
4

128. Ratio of thermal energy released in two resistor R and 3R connected in parallel in an
electric circuit is:

(a) 3:1 (b) 1:1 (c) 1:3 (d) 1:27

129. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as

Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

 Assertion A: Alloys such as constantan and manganin are used in making standard
resistance coils.

Reason R: Constantan and manganin have very small value of temperature coefficient
of resistance.

In the light of the above statement, choose the correct answer from the option given
below.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

(c) A is true but R is false.

(d) A is false but R is ture.

130. An electrical bulb rated 220 V, 100W, is connected in series with another bulb rated
220V, 60W. It the voltage across combination is 220V, the power consumed by the
100 W bulb will be about _________ W.

131. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: A uniform wire of resistance 80 is cut into four equal parts. These parts
are now connected in parallel. The equivalent resistance of the combination will be 5 .

Statement II: Two resistances 2R and 3R are connected in parallel in an electric

circuit. The value of thermal energy developed in 3R and 2R will be in the ratio 3:2.

132. Water fall from a 40m high dam at the rate of 9 104 kg per hour. Fifty percentage of
gravitational potential energy. Using this hydroelectric energy number of 100W lamps,
that can be lit, is: (Take g  10ms2 ).

(a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 100 (d) 18

133. A 220 V, 50HzAC source is connected to a 25V, 5W lamp and an additional resistance
R in series (as shown in figure) to run the lamp at its peak brightness, then the value of
R (in ohm) will be _______.

134. A uniform heating wire of resistance 36 is connected across a potential difference of
240V. The wire is then cut into half and potential difference of 240V is applied across
 each half separately. The ratio of power dissipation in first case to the total power
dissipation in the second case would be 1: x where x is __________.

135. Due to cold weather a 1 m water pipe of cross-sectional area 1cm2 is filled with ice at
100°C. Resistive heating is used to melt the ice. Current of 0.5 A is passed through
4k resistance. Assuming that all the heat produced is used for melting, what is the
minimum time required? (Given latent heat of fusion for water/ice = 3.33105 Jkg 1 ,
specific heat of ice  2 103 jkg 1 and density of ice  103 kg / m3 .

(a) 0.253 g (b) 35.3 s (c) 3.53 s (d) 70.6 s

136. An electric appliance supplies 6000 J/min heat to the system. If the system delivers a
power of 90W. How long it would take to increase the internal energy by 2.5 103 J?

(a) 2.5 102 s (b) 4.1101 s (c) 2.4 103 s (d) 2.5 101 s

137. An electric bulb of 500 volt is use in a circuit having a 200 V supply. Calculate the
resistance R to be connected in series with the bulb so that the power delivered by the
bulb is 500 W.

(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 5 (d) 10

138. An electrical power line, having a total resistance of 2 , delivers 1kW at 220 [Link]
efficiency of the transmission line is approximately:

(a) 72% (b) 91% (c) 85% (d) 96%

139. Model a torch battery of length l to be made up of a thin cylindrical bar of radius ‘a’
and a concentric thin cylindrical shell of radius ‘b’ filled in between with an
electrolyte of resistivity P (see figure). If the battery is connected to a resistance of
value R, the maximum Joule heating in R will take place for:

p b p b
(a) R    (b) R  ln  
2l  a  2l  a 

p b 2p  b 
(c) R  ln   (d) R  ln  
l  a  l  a 
140. In a building there are 15 bulbs of 45W, 15 bulb of 100W, 15 small fan of 10W and 2
heaters of 1kW. The voltage of electric main is 220 V. The minimum fuse capacity
(rated value) of the building will be:

(a) 10 A (b) 25 A (c) 15 A (d) 20 A

141. The resistive network shown below in connected to a D.C. source of 16V. the power
consumed by the network is 4 watt. The value of R is:

(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 1 (d) 16

142. One kg of water, at 20°C, is heated in an electric kettle whose heating element has a
mean (temperature averaged) resistance of 20 . The rms voltage in the mains is 200
V. Ignoring heat loss form the kettle, time taken for water to evaporate fully, is close
to:

[Specific heat of water =4200j/(kg°C), Latent heat of water = 2260 kJ/kg]

(a) 16 minutes (b) 22 minutes (c) 3 minutes (d) 3 minutes

143. Two electric bulbs, rated at (25 W,220V) and (100 W, 220 V), are connected in series
across a 220 V voltage source. If the 25 W and 100 W bulbs draw powers P1 and P2
respectively, then:

(a) P1  16W , P2  4W (b) P1  16W , P2  9W

(c) P1  9W , P2  16W (d) P1  4W , P2  16W

144. Two equal resistances when connected in series to a battery, consume electric power
of 60W. If these resistances are now connected in parallel combination to the same
battery, the electric power consumed will be:

(a) 60W (b) 240W (c) 120W (d) 30W

145. A current of 2mA was passed through an unknown resistor which dissipated a power
of 4.4 W. Dissipated power when an ideal power supply of 11V is connected it is:

(a) 11105W (b) 11103W (c) 11104W (d) 11105W

146. A constant voltage is applied between two ends of a metallic wire. If the length is
halved and the radius of the wire is doubled, the rate of heat developed in the wire will
be:
 (a) Increased 8 times (b) Doubled

(c) Halved (d) Unchanged

147. In the circuit shown, the resistance r is a variable resistance. If for r = fR, the heat
generation in r maximum then the value of f is:

(a) 1/2 (b) 1 (c) 1/4 (d) ¾

148. In a large building, there are 15 bulbs of 40W, 5 bulbs of 100W, 5fans of 80 W and 1
heater of 1kW. The voltage of electric mains is 220 V. The minimum capacity of the
main fuse of the building will be:

(a) 8 A (b) 10 A (c) 12 A (d) 14 A

149. Four bulbs B1, B2 , B3 and B4 of 100 W each are connected to 220 V main as shown in the
figure.

The reading in an ideal ammeter will be:

(a) 0.45 A (b) 0.90 A (c) 1.35 A (d) 1.80 A

150. The supply voltage to room is 120V. The resistance of the lead wires is 6 . A 60 W
bulb is already switched on. What is the decrease of voltage across the bulb, when a
240 W heater is switched on in parallel to the bulb?

(a) zero (b) 2.9 volt (c) 13.3 volt (d) 10.04 volt

151. Two electric bulbs rated 25W – 220 V and 100 W – 220 V are connected in series to a
440 V supply. Which of the bulbs will fuse?

(a) Both (b) 100 W (c) 25 W (d) Neither

152. Three resistors of 4 , 6 and 12 are connected in parallel and the combination is
connected in series with a 1.5 V battery of 1 internal resistance. The rate of Joule
heating in the 4 resistor is.

(a) 0.55 W (b) 0.33 W (c) 0.25 W (d) 0.86 W

153. The resistance of a bulb filmanet is 100 at a temperature of 100°C. If its temperature
coefficient of resistance be 0.005 per °C, its resistance will become 200 at a
temperature of.

(a) 300°C (b) 400°C (c) 500°C (d) 200°C