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2 . T~e drift v~locity of the free electrons in a conducting 11. A piece of copper is to be shaped so as to h jO• ol
. .
mm1mum .
resistance. Its 1ength and cross-sectiave a
wrre canymg a current i is v. If in a wire of the same 0 (il
metal, but of double the radius, the current be 2i, area should be : na1 A
then the drift velocity of the electrons will be : (a) land A f 31

(a) v/4 (b) v/2 (c) v (d) 4u. (l

(b) 2 l andN2
z f(
3 . A potential difference V is applied across the ends of (c) l/2 and 2A i ,a
a copper wire of length l metre and radius r metre. (d) does not matter, since volume remains same. b
The drift velocity of electrons is vd. If the diameter
of wire is doubled, the drift velocity of electrons will
12. The specific resistance of manganin is 50 x 10-8 n 51
(1
The resistance of a cube of manganin of length 50 in.
become :
will be: Ctn 23, y
~
(a) 2vd (b) vd (c) ud (d) ~. (a) 10-6 n 5
(b) 2.s x 10- n
2 8
(c) 10- n (d) s x 10- 4 n.
4 . The relation between current density j and drift 13. The resistance of a wire is 500 n. The electric
velocity vd is : conductivity of the wire is : al 24- !
(a) j = n e vd (b) j = -
ne (a) 0.002 n-1 (b) 0.02 n-1
Vd (c) so n-1 (d) soo n-1 .
( ) . vd e • 2 14. The unit of the specific resistance is :
C J =- (d) J = ne vd .
n (a) ohm-m (b) ohm-m-1
(c) ohm-1-m-1 (d) ohm-1-m.
where e is electronic charge and n is their number.
5 . Which of the following dependences of drift velocity
15. The unit of specific conductivity is :
(a) ohm x m (b) ohm x m-1
vi on electric field E obeys Ohm's law?
(c) ohm-1 x m-1 (d) ohm-1 x m. 25,
(a) ud = constant (b) vd cc E
(c) vd O'.; E112 (d) vd cc £2. 16. The sequence of bands marked on a carbon resistor are
Blue, Yellow, Red and Silver. The value of resistance
6 . The product of resistivity and specific conductivity of is :
a cylindrical conductor depends on : 2
(a) 64 x 102 n (b) (64 x 10 ± 10%) n
(a) temperature (b) material 4
(c) 26 x 103 n (d) 642 x 10 n.
(c) area of cross-section (d) none of these. 1 7 . The value of resistance of carbon resistor is
1 . The dimension of resistance is : (24 x 106 ± 5%) . The colours of bands from left to
(a) [ML2r-2A- 2] 3T-
(b) [M2L 2A- 2J
right are: 26.
(c) [ML2r-3A-2 ] (d) [ML31 3A-3J.
(a) Brown, Red, Yellow, Green
8 . The length of a metallic wire of SO n resistance is
(b) Red, Yellow, Blue, Golden
stretched two times its initial length. Its new resistance
is : (c) Red, Yellow, Blue, Silver

(a) 25 n (b) son (c) 100 n (d) 200 n. (d) Yellow, Red, Blue, Golden.

9. If a copper wire is stretched to make it 1% longer, then 18. Two unequal resistances are connected in parallel. 27
Which of the following statements is true?
the percentage change in resistance will be :
(a) Current is same in both
(a) increased by 4% (b) increased by 2% .
(b) Current is larger in higher resistance
(c) increased by 1% (d) decreased by 2% .
(c) Voltage-drop is same across both
10. The graph between voltage (V) and current (i) for a (d) voltage-drop is lower in lower resistance.
conductor is a straight line which makes an angle 0
19. Two resistances R 1 and R2 (> R 1) connected in parallel
with Y-axis (representing i). The resistance of the
have an equivalent resistance R. Then :
conductor will be :
(a) R > (R1 + R2) (b) R1 < R < R2
(a) tan e (b) cote (c) sine (d) cos e.
(c)R2<R<(R1+R2) (d)R<R1.
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20. Equivalent resistance of two resistances, each of 10 28. The emf of a primary cell is 2.4 V. A current of 4.0 A
ohm connected in parallel is : is obtained when cell is short circuited. The internal
(a) 20 ohm (b) 10 ohm (c) 15 ohm (d) 5 ohm. resistance of the cell is :
21, A wire of resistance R is cut into ten equal parts which (a) 6.0 n (b) 1.2 n (c) 4:0 n (d) o.6 n.
are then joined in parallel. The new resistance is :
(a) 0.01 R (b) [Link] (c) lOR (d) l00R. 29. The emf of a cell is E. When it is short-circuited then
22. Four wires of equal lengths each of resistance 5!'2 , its terminal voltage is :
~ are joined to form a square. The equivalent resistance (d) E/ 3.
lo~ (a) E (b) E/ 2 (c) zero
I
between two diagonally opposite comers of the
!Pi! .'
•~i: square is: 30. A battery of emf 5 V and internal resistance 2.0 n is
(a) s n (b) 10 n (c) 20 n (d) 5/4 n. connected to an external resistance. If the current in
23. You are given n identical wires, each of resistance R. the circuit is 0.4 A, the terminal voltage of the battery
When these are connected in parallel, the equivalent is :
resistance isX. When these will be connected in series,
(a) 5 volt (b) 5.8 volt (c) 4.6 volt (d) 4.2 volt.
e~ then the equivalent resistance will be :
2 2
(a) XJn (b) n X (c) X/n (d) n X. 31. The emf of a cell is E and internal resistance r. It is
24. Equivalent resistance between P and Q is : connected to an external resistance r. The potential
R difference between both the terminals of the cell will
Q be:
(a) E (b) 2E (c) E/ 2 (d) E/ 4.

32. If R1 and R2 are total internal and total external

resistance respectively of cell combination, then when
(c) 3R R
(a) R
2
(b) 2R
5 5
(d) 3. the series combination of cells are preferred?
(a) R1 > R2 (b) R1 < R2
25. The equivalent resistance 8
(c) R1 = R2 (d) None of these.
between the points A
and D in the given circuit 33. Kirchhoff's current law is a consequence of the
is : A~---'1/ \Ml\/\r-- ~C conservation of :
(a) 5n (a) energy (b) momentum
(b) 40 (c) charge (d) mass.
D
(c) 3 n B
34. A current of 2A flows
(d) 4 n. in the circuit as shown
26. A piece of Al and a piece of Ge are cooled from T 1 K to in the figure. The C
T2 K The resistance of : potential difference 2A
(a) each of them will increase (VB - VD) is :
(b) each of them will decrease (a) 12 volt
D
(c) Al will increase and that of Ge will decrease (b) 6 volt
(d) Al will decrease and that of Ge will increase. (c) 4 volt
27. When a piece of copper and a piece of germanium (d) 0 volt.
are cooled from room temperature down to 35. The adjoining circuit shows 15A 3A
BOK : a network of conductors,
(a) the resistance of each of them increases with currents as shown. 8A
(b) the resistance of each of them decreases The value of current i will
(c) the resistapce of copper increases and that of be:
germanium decreases (a) 3A (b) 13 A
(d) the resistance of copper decreases and that of (c) 23 A (d)-3 A.
germanium increases.
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36. The figure shows currents in a pan of electric circuit. (a) 2.0 x 10-3 V/m (b) 2.5 x 10-2 Vim
The current i is : (c) 1.6 x 10-3 V/m (d) 2.3 x 10-3 Vim.
39. The resistivity of a potentiometer wir~ 40 x 10-an
7·3A m, and area of cross-section is 8 x 10 m2• It carries
a current of 0.2 A. The potential gradient (in volt/
metre) along the wire is :
(a) 0.01 (b) 10
i,A 2
(c) 1.6 x 10- (d) 5.
(a) 1.7 amp (b) 3.7 anip 40. The emf of a standard cell is balanced at 150 cm
(c) 1.3 amp (d) 1.0 amp. length of the wire of a potentiometer. When this cell is
3 7. The potential difference shunted by a wire of 2 n resistance, then the balance-
between the points A l·OA A point is obtained at a length of 100 cm. The internal
and B in the adjoining resistance of the .cell is :
diagram is :
(a) 4V
(b) 6V
4-0 t2
-J-
12V
(a) 0.1 n . (b) 1 n (c) 2 n (d) o.s n.
41 . In a potentiometer experiment, two cells are of
emfs E1 and E2 • The null deflection length on the
(c) 8 V potentiometer wire is obtained at 58 cm, when they
(d) 10 v. are joined in series. If the polarity of emfE2 is reversed,
then the null deflection is at 29 cm. The ratio of E1/E2
38. A current of 2 mA is flowing through a potentiometer is :
wire of length 5 metre and of resistance 5 n. The (a) 3 : 1 (b) 2 : I (c) 1 : 3 (d) 1 : 2.
potential gradient of the potentiometer is :

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