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WORKSHEET OF ELECTRICITY
Class 10 - Science

Section A
1. An ammeter has 20 divisions between mark 0 and mark 2 on its scale. The least count of the ammeter is [1]

a) 0.01 A b) 0.02 A

c) 0.2 A d) 0.1 A

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2. The plot represents the flow of current through a wire at three different time intervals. The ratio of charges [1]
flowing through the wire at different intervals is

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a) 1 : 2 : 3 b) 3 : 2 : 2

c) 2 : 3 : 3 d) 1 : 1 : 1
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3. If a person has five resistors each of value 1

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Ω , then the maximum resistance he can obtain by connecting them [1]
is

a) 25 Ω b) 1 Ω

c) 5 Ω d) 10 Ω
4. An electric bulb is rated 220 V and 100 W. When it is operated on 110 V, the power consumed will be- [1]

a) 100 W b) 50 W

c) 25 W d) 75 W
5. An electric motor takes 5 ampere current from a 220 volt supply line. The power of the motor and electric [1]
energy consumed by it in 2:

a) 2.4 kWh b) 2.7 kWh

c) 2.2 kWh d) 2.1 kWh

6. There is a dual of 8 ohm resistance on the aerial. Determine the aerial's new resistance. [1]

a) 10 Ω b) 2 Ω

c) 7 Ω d) 4 Ω

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 7. There are three resistors connected in parallel, the resistance of each resistor is 3 ohm. What is the total [1]
resistance of all the three resistors?

a) 3 ohm b) 6 ohm

c) 15 ohm d) 1 ohm
8. How much resistance does a superconductor have? [1]

a) Considerable resistance b) Low resistance

c) High resistance d) Zero resistance

9. When an electric lamp is connected to 12 V battery, it draws a current of 0.5A. The power of the lamp is: [1]

a) 0.5W b) 24W

c) 12W d) 6W
10. In an electrical circuit two resistors of 2Ω and 4Ω respectively are connected in series to a 6 V battery. The heat [1]

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dissipated by the 4Ω resistor in 5 s will be

a) 30 J b) 20 J

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c) 10 J
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Which among the following is the correct way connecting ammeter and voltmeter in the circuit to determine the [1]
equivalent resistance of two resistors in series?

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a) Both ammeter and voltmeter in parallel b) Ammeter in series and voltmeter in parallel
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c) Ammeter in parallel and voltmeter in series d) Both ammeter and voltmeter in series
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12. The wire connected necessarily in series is [1]

a) Fuse wire b) Connecting wire

c) Heating wire d) Source wire

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13. If the current through a flood lamp is 5A, what charge passes in 10 seconds? [1]

a) 50 C b) 2 C

c) 5 C d) 0.5 C
14. When a number of resistors are connected in series total resistance is equal to: [1]

a) Inversely proportional resistances b) Sum of individual resistance

c) Product of resistance d) Difference of resistance

15. Following graph was plotted between V and I values, across a metal wire. Which of the following statement(s) [1]
is/are correct regarding this?

a) This graph illustrates the non-ohmic law. b) While plotting this graph, the temperature
remains constant.

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when the potential d) All of these
difference in 0.8 V is not equal to the value
of ratio V

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when the potential difference is
1.2 V.
16. Assertion (A): Positive charge inside the cell always goes from positive terminal to the negative terminal. [1]
Reason (R): Positive charge inside the cell may go from negative terminal to the positive terminal.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

17. Assertion (A): Voltmeter is always connected in parallel across the circuit while measuring the potential [1]
difference.
Reason (R): As the voltage in parallel circuits are measured to be the same.

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a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

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c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
Assertion (A): If a graph is plotted between the potential difference and the current flowing, the graph is a [1]
straight line passing through the origin.

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Reason (R): The current is directly proportional to the potential difference.
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a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
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c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

19. Assertion (A): The resistivity of the conductor increases with the increase of temperature. [1]
Reason (R): The resistivity is the reciprocal of the conductivity.
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a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

20. Assertion (A): The equation V = Ri does not apply to those conducting. devices that do not obey Ohm's law. [1]
Reason (R): V = RI is a statement of Ohm's law.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

21. Assertion (A): When the resistances are connected end-to-end consecutively, they are said to be in series. [1]
Reason (R): In case the total resistance is to be increased, then the individual resistances are connected in series.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

22. Assertion (A): 40 W tube light gives more light in comparison to 40 W bulb. [1]
Reason (R): Light produced is same from same power.

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 a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

23. Assertion (A): The coil of a heater is cut into two equal halves and only one of them is used into heater. The [1]
heater will now require half the time to produce the same amount of heat.
Reason (R): The heat produced is directly proportional to square of current.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

24. Assertion (A): A conductor has +3.2 × 10-19 C charge. [1]

Reason (R): Conductor has gained 2 electrons.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the

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explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

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c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
Assertion (A): When a battery is short-circuited, the terminal voltage is zero.
Reason (R): In the situation of a short-circuit, the current is zero.
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a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.
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c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.
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26. How can you conserve electricity at your school? Give any one suggestion. [1]
27. State the S.I. unit of potential difference and name the device used to measure it. [1]
28. How many joule are there in 1 kWh? [1]
29. Name a device that helps to maintain a potential difference across a conductor. [1]
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30. Identify the X, Y and Z in the circuit given below: [1]

31. An electric iron of resistance 20 Ω takes a current of 5A. Calculate the heat developed in 30s. [1]
32. What constitutes the current ? [1]
33. State Ohm's law. [1]
34. A student using the same two resistors, ammeter, voltmeter, and battery, makes two circuits connecting the two [1]
resistors first in series and second in parallel. If the ammeter and voltmeter readings in both the cases be I1, I2,

and V1, V2, respectively. Write his observations.

35. What is measured by an ammeter ? [1]
Section B
36. Compute the heat generated while transferring 96,000 coulomb of charge in one hour through a potential [2]
difference of 50V.

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37. Two lamps, one rated 100 W at 220 V, and the other 60 W at 220 V, are connected in parallel to electric mains [2]
supply. What current is drawn from the line if the supply voltage is 220 V?
38. What is Joule’s heating effect? How can it be demonstrated experimentally? List its four applications in daily [2]
life.
39. B1, B2 and B3 are three identical bulbs connected as shown in figure. When all the three bulbs glow, a current of [2]
3A is recorded by the ammeter A.

What happens to the glow of the other two bulbs when the bulb B1 gets fused?

40. What is Ohm's law? How can it be verified? [2]

41. You are given fifty 5Ω resistors. What is [2]
i. smallest and

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ii. largest resistance can be obtained by using these?
42. Write the advantages of connecting electrical appliances in parallel and disadvantages of connecting them in [2]

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series in a household circuit.
How does potential difference (V) across a resistor depend on current passing through it? What is nature of I-V
graph obtained?
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44. Which of the cables, one rated 5 A and the other 10 A will be of thicker wire? Give a reason for your answer.
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45. The values of the current I flowing in a given resistor for corresponding values of potential difference V across [2]
the resistor are given below:
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I (amperes) 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0

V (volts) 1.6 3.4 6.7 10.2 13.2

Plot a graph between V and I and calculate the resistance of that resistor.
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Section C
46. What possible values of the resultant resistance one can get by combining two resistances one of value 2Ω and [3]
the other 6Ω ?
47. i. Several electric bulbs designed to be used on a 220V electric supply line are rated 10W. How many lamps [3]
can be connected in parallel with each other across the two wires of 220V line if the maximum allowable
current is 5A?
ii. Calculate the cost of seeing 2 movies on colour T.V. daily for the month of September.
Given wattage of colour T.V. = 60 W, duration of each movie is 2 hours 30 min and 1kWh costs Rs. 4

48. i. It would cost a man ₹3.50 to buy 1.0 kW h of electrical energy from the Main Electricity Board. His [3]
generator has a maximum power of 2.0 kW. The generator produces energy at this maximum power for 3
hours. Calculate how much it would cost to buy the same amount of energy from the Main Electricity Board.
ii. A student boils water in an electric kettle for 20 minutes. Using the same mains supply he wants to reduce
the boiling time of water. To do so should he increase or decrease the length of the heating element? Justify
your answer.

49. i. When a 12 V battery is connected across an unknown resistor, there is a current of 2.5 mA in the circuit. Find [3]
the value of the resistance of the resistor?
ii. 320J of heat is produced in 10 s in a 2Ω resistor. Find the amount of current flowing through the resistor.

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50. Two resistors of resistances R and 2R are connected in series is an electrical circuit? Calculate the ratio of the [3]
electric power consumed by R and 2R?
51. The current flowing through a resistor connected in a circuit and the potential difference developed across its [3]
ends are as shown in the diagram by milliammeter and voltmeter readings respectively:
a. What are the least counts of these meters?
b. What is the resistance of the resistor?

52. A hot plate of an electric oven connected to a 220 V line has two resistance coils A and B, each of 24Ω [3]
resistance, which may be used separately, in series, or in parallel. What are the currents in the three cases?

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53. Find out the following in the electric circuit given in Figure [3]

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i. The effective resistance of two 8 Ω resistors in the combination
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ii. Current flowing through 4 Ω resistor
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54. i. An electric iron consumes energy at a rate of 840 W when heating is at the maximum rate and 360 W when
the heating is at the minimum rate. The applied voltage is 220 V. What is the value of current and the
resistance in each case?
ii. Which uses more energy, a 250 W TV set for 1 hour or a 1,200 W toaster for 10 minutes?
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55. Study the following circuit and find: [3]

i. Effective resistance of the circuit

ii. Current drawn from the battery
iii. Potential difference across the 5Ω resistor
Section D
Question No. 56 to 59 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
In 1827, a German physicist Georg Simon Ohm (1787-1854) found out the relationship between the current I, flowing
in metallic wire and the potential difference across its terminals. He stated that the electric current flowing through a
metallic wire is directly proportional to the potential difference V, across its ends provided its temperature remains the
same.
The resistance of a circuit is defined as the ratio between the voltage applied to the current flowing through it.
Rearranging the above relation,

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Electric charge flows easily through some materials than others. The electrical resistance measures how much the flow
of this electric charge is restricted within the circuit.

56. What is the unit of electrical resistance?

57. Define Ohm's law.
58. From graph which resistance have high resistance?
59. What does the slope of V-I graph at any point represent?
Question No. 60 to 63 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]

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The heating effect of current is obtained by transformation of electrical energy into heat energy. Just as mechanical

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energy used to overcome friction is covered into heat, in the same way, electrical energy is converted into heat energy
when an electric current flows through a resistance wire. The heat produced in a conductor, when a current flows
through it is found to depend directly on (a) strength of current (b) resistance of the conductor (c) time for which the
current flows.

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The mathematical expression is given by H = I2Rt.
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The electrical fuse, electrical heater, electric iron, electric geyser etc. all are based on the heating effect of current.
60. What are the properties of heating element?
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61. What are the properties of electric fuse?

62. When the current is doubled in a heating device and time is halved, what will be the heat energy produced?
63. A fuse wire melts at 5 A. It is desired that the fuse wire of same material melt at 10 A. Find the new radius of the wire?
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Section E
64. Two resistances when connected in parallel give resultant value of 2 Ω and when connected in series the value [5]
becomes 9 Ω .Calculate the value of each resistance.
65. Obtain an expression for the heat produced in a conductor when a voltage V is applied across it. Heating effect [5]
of electric current is desirable as well as undesirable. Explain this statement.
66. i. How is electric current related to the potential difference across the terminals of a conductor? [5]
Draw a labelled circuit diagram to verify this relationship.
ii. Why should an ammeter have low resistance?
iii. Two V - I graphs A and B for series and parallel combinations of two resistors are as shown. Giving reason
state which graph shows (a) series, (b) parallel combination of the resistors.

67. a. A 6 Ω resistance wire is doubled on itself. Calculate the new resistance of the wire. [5]

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 b. Three 2 Ω resistors A, B and C are connected in such a way that the total resistance of the combination is 3
Ω . Show the arrangement of the three resistors and justify your answer.
68. Three equal resistors each equal to r and connected as shown in Fig. Calculate the equivalent resistance. [5]

69. A letter 'A' consists of a uniform wire of resistance 1 ohm cm-1. The side of the letter are each 20 cm long and [5]

the cross-piece in the middle is 10 cm long while apex angle is 60o. Find the resistance of the letter between the
two ends of the legs.

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70. Three resistors are connected as shown in Fig. Through a resistor of 5 ohms; a current of 1A is flowing. [5]
i. what is the current through the other two resistors?

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ii. what is the potential difference (P.D.) across AB and AC?
iii. what is the total resistance?

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71. What is the resultant resistance when number of resistors are connected in parallel? [5]
72. i. The potential difference between two points in an electric circuit is 1 V. What does it mean? Name a device [5]
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that helps to measure the potential difference across a conductor.

ii. Why does the connecting cord of an electric heater not glow while the heating element does?
iii. Electrical resistivities of silver and nicrome at 20o C are 1.6× 10-6and 1.0× 10-4,then explain why silver is
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used as good conductor and nicrome is used in making filaments ?

73. Redraw the circuit putting in an ammeter to measure the current through the resistors and a voltmeter to measure [5]
the potential difference across the 12 Ω resistor. What would be the readings in the ammeter and the voltmeter?

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