GURU NANAK PUBLIC SCHOOL,SARABHA NAGAR
Class – 10 Electricity Assignment
1. Define electric current.
2. State Ohm’s law.
3. Write the SI unit of resistance.
4. What is meant by potential difference?
5. Name the device used to measure current in a circuit.
6. Differentiate between conductors and insulators with examples.
7. State two factors on which resistance of a conductor depends.
8. What happens to the resistance of a wire if its length is doubled?
9. How does the area of cross-section of a wire affect its resistance?
10. Write the relation between resistivity, length, area of cross-section, and resistance of a
conductor.
11. Assertion (A): The resistance of a wire is directly proportional to its length.
Reason (R): A longer wire offers more opposition to the flow of electrons.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the 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 true.
12. Assertion (A): Copper wire has more resistance than nichrome wire of the same length
and thickness.
Reason (R): Nichrome has higher resistivity than copper.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the 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 true.
13. A current of 0.5 A flows through a wire of resistance 10 Ω. Calculate the potential
difference across the wire.
14. The resistance of a conductor is 20 Ω. If a current of 2 A flows through it, find the
potential difference across its ends.
15. A wire of length 2 m and area of cross-section 1 mm² has a resistance of 5 Ω. Calculate
the resistivity of the material.
16. A copper wire has a resistance of 10 Ω. If its length is doubled and thickness is also
doubled, find its new resistance.
17. An electric bulb is rated 60 W, 220 V. Find the resistance of the bulb when it is glowing.
18. Read the following passage and answer the questions:
> A student connected a circuit to study the relationship between potential difference and
current across a resistor. She observed that as the potential difference increased, the
current also increased proportionally. She plotted a graph between V and I and obtained a
straight line passing through the origin. She repeated the experiment with wires of different
materials and thickness. She found that wires of higher resistivity offered greater
resistance, while thicker wires had lesser resistance.
Answer the following:
a) Which law is verified by the student?
b) What is the nature of the V–I graph?
c) Define resistivity.
d) On what factors does resistivity depend?
e) Why does a thicker wire have less resistance?
Additional Questions (Resistivity Focused)
19. A wire of material X has resistivity . Another wire of the same material has double the
length and double the area of cross-section. How will its resistance compare with the first
wire?
20. State two differences between resistance and resistivity.