Physics For IIT- JEE (Main & Advanced), NEET and CBSE Board

By R.P. Sharma [Link] (IIT Delhi), UGC-NET Qualified

Class XII Assignment – 4 Topic – Electric Circuits
1. A uniform wire of 16  is made into the form
of a square. Two opposite corners of the
square are connected by a wire of resistance
16  . The effective resistance between the
other two opposite corners is
(a) 32  (b) 20 
(c) 8  (d) 4  (a) 6  (b) 7 
2. For what value of R the net resistance of the (c) 8  (d) 9 
circuit will be 18 ohms 7. 10 wires (same length, same area, same
material) are connected in parallel and each
has 1 resistance, then the equivalent
resistance will be
(a) 10  (b) 1 
(c) 0.1  (d) 0.001 
8. An infinite ladder network is arranged with
(a) 8  (b) 10  resistances R and 2 R as shown. The effective
(c) 16  (d) 24  resistance between terminals A and B is
3. In the figure, current through the 3  resistor is
0.8 ampere, then potential drop through 4 
resistor is

(a)  (b) R
(c) 2 R (d) 3 R
9. The potential drop across the 3 resistor is

(a) 9.6 V (b) 2.6 V

(c) 4.8 V (d) 1.2 V
4. Three resistances 4  each of are connected in
the form of an equilateral triangle. The
effective resistance between two corners is
(a) 1 V (b) 1.5 V
(a) 8  (b) 12 
(c) 2 V (d) 3 V
3 8
(c)  (d)  10. If each resistance in the figure is of 9  then
8 3
5. What will be the equivalent resistance between reading of ammeter is
the two points A and D

(a) 5 A (b) 8 A
(c) 2 A (d) 9 A
(a) 10  (b) 20  11. Four resistances 10 , 5 , 7  and 3  are
(c) 30  (d) 40  connected so that they form the sides of a
6. What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit rectangle AB, BC, CD and DA respectively.
Another resistance of 10  is connected across
 the diagonal AC. The equivalent resistance (c) 6
ohm (d) 3 ohm
between A and B is 5
(a) 2  (b) 5  18. Three resistors are connected to form the sides
(c) 7  (d) 10  of a triangle ABC, the resistance of the sides
12. Two wires of equal diameters, of resistivities AB, BC and CA are 40 ohms, 60 ohms and 100
1 and  2 and lengths l1 and l2, respectively, ohms respectively. The effective resistance
between the points A and B in ohms will be
are joined in series. The equivalent resistivity
(a) 32 (b) 64
of the combination is
(c) 50 (d) 200
(a)  1 l1   2 l 2 (b)  1 l 2   2 l1 19. Find the equivalent resistance across AB
l1  l 2 l1  l 2
 1 l 2   2 l1  1 l1   2 l 2
(c) (d)
l1  l 2 l1  l 2
13. Two wires of the same material and equal
length are joined in parallel combination. If
one of them has half the thickness of the other
and the thinner wire has a resistance of 8 ohms, (a) 1  (b) 2 
the resistance of the combination is equal to (c) 3  (d) 4 
20. The current is the branch AB of figure is
(a) 5 ohms (b) 8 ohms
8 5
3 8
(c) ohms (d) ohms
8 3
14. A uniform wire of resistance 9  is cut into 3
equal parts. They are connected in the form of
equilateral triangle ABC. A cell of e.m.f. 2 V
and negligible internal resistance is connected (a) 1A (b) 2A (c) 1.5A (d) 3A
across B and C. Potential difference across AB 21. In the given circuit, it is observed that the
is current I is independent of the value of the
(a) 1 V (b) 2 V resistance R6. Then the resistance values must
(c) 3 V (d) 0.5 V satisfy
15. Effective resistance between A and B is

(a) 15  (b) 5  (a) R1R2 R5  R3 R4 R6

(c) 5  (d) 20  1 1 1 1
2 (b)   
16. The effective resistance of two resistors in R5 R6 R1  R2 R3  R4
parallel is 12  . If one of the resistors is (c) R1R4  R2 R3
7
(d) R1R3  R2 R4  R5 R6
disconnected the resistance becomes 4 . The
resistance of the other resistor is 22. In circuit shown below, the resistances are
(a) 4  (b) 3  given in ohm and the battery is assumed ideal
12 with emf equal to 3 volt.
(c)  (d) 7  The voltage across the resistance R4 is
7 12
17. Two resistance wires on joining in parallel the
resultant resistance is 6 ohms . One of the wire
5
breaks, the effective resistance is 2 ohms. The
resistance of the broken wire is
(a) 3 ohm (b) 2 ohm (a) 0.4V (b) 0.6V (c) 1.2V (d) 1.5V
5
23. The current flowing through 12 is
 1 3 1
(a) A (b) A (c) A (d) 2A
8 4 2
28. In the circuit shown the cells A and B have
negligible resistances. For VA = 12V, R1 =
500 and R = 100, the galvanometer (G)
shows no deflection. The value of VB is
(a) 0.2A (b) 0.4A (c) 0.6A (d) 0.8A
24. See the electrical circuit shown in this figure.
Which of the following equations is a correct
equation for it
(a) 4V (b) 2V (c) 12V (d) 6V
29. Two batteries, one of emf 18 volt and internal
resistance 2 and the other of emf 12 volt and
internal resistance 1, are connected as shown.
The voltmeter V will record a reading of
(a) 1  (i1  i2 ) R  i1r1  0
(b)  2  i2 r2  1  i1r1  0
(c) 1  (i1  i2 ) R  i2 r2  0
(d)  1  (i1  i2 ) R  i1r1  0
(a) 15 volt (b) 30 volt
25. Two resistances R1 and R2 are joined as shown
(c) 14 volt (d) 18 volt
in the figure to two batteries of emf E1 and E2.
If E2 is short-circuited, the current through R1 30. The voltmeter reads 40V across 60 resistance.
The resistance of voltmeter is
is

(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 40

(a) E1/R1 (b) E2/R1 31. The p.d. across the resistance of 400 ohm, as
(c) E1/R2 (d) E1/(R2 + R1) will be measured by the voltmeter V of
26. A voltmeter of resistance 200  is used to resistance 400 ohm
measure p.d. across resistances 100 and 200

(a) The voltmeter reads 1V, when connected

across 100
(b) The voltmeter reads 2V, when connected
across 200 10 20
(a) V (b) V
(c) Both (a) and (b) 3 3
(d) None (c) 10 V (d) 5 V
27. The reading of the ammeter as per figure Numerical Type
shown is 32. The series combination of two batteries, both of
the same emf 10V, 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 [Voltage distribution V(t) is shown by fig. (1)
R (in ) is ____. and the circuit is shown in figure (2)]
33. Four resistances 40, 60, 90 and 110
make the arms of a quadrilateral ABCD.
Across AC is a battery of emf 40V and internal
resistance negligible. The potential difference
across BD in V is ______.

39. The ratio of the equivalent resistance of the

network (shown in figure) between the points a
and b when switch is open and switch is closed
is x : 8. The value of x is _______.

34. A current of 6A enters one corner P of an

equilateral triangle PQR having 3 wires of 40. The voltage drop across 15 resistance in the
resistance 2 each and leaves by the corner R. given figure will be _____V.
The current i1 in ampere is _____ .

41. For the network shown below, the value VB –

VA is ______V.

35. The voltage across the 10 resistor in the given

circuit is x volt. The value of x to the nearest
integer is ______. 42. In the given figure, the value of V0 will be
____V.

36. In an electric circuit, a cell of certain emf

provides a potential difference of 1.25 V across
43. The current I flowing through the given circuit
a load resistance of 5. However, it provides a will be ______A.
potential difference of 1V across a load
resistance of 2.
x
The emf of the cell is given by V . Then the
10
value of x is ______ .
37. A 16 wire is bent to form a square loop. A 9V
44. In the following circuit, the magnitude of
supply having internal resistance of 1 is
connected across one of its sides. The potential current I1, is ______ A.
drip across the diagonals of the square loop is
______  10-1 V.
38. For the circuit shown, the value of current at
time t = 3.2 s will be ______ A.
 51. A network of four resistances is connected to
45. Two identical cells, when connected either in 9V battery, as shown in figure. The magnitude
parallel or in series gives same current in an of voltage difference between the points A and
external resistance 5. The internal resistance B is _______ V.
of each cell will be________ .
I I
46. In the given circuit the value of 1 3 is
I2
______.

Answer Key:
1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8.
47. Two cells are connected between points A and
B as shown. Cell 1 has emf of 12V and internal (c) 9. (a) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (a)
resistance of 3. Cell 2 has emf of 6V and 15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (a)
internal resistance of 6. An external resistor R 21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (a) 26. (c)
of 4 is connected across A and B. The current 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (c) 31. (b) 32. (30)
flowing through R will be ________ A. 33. (2) 34. (2) 35. (70) 36. (15) 37. (45) 38.
(1) 39. (9) 40. (6) 41. (10) 42. (4) 43. (2) 44.
(1.5) 45. (5) 46. (2) 47. (1) 48. (1) 49. (5) 50.
(75) 51. (3)

48. In the circuit diagram shown in figure given

below, the current flowing through resistance
x
3 is A . The value of x is _____.
3

49. Two identical cells each of emf 1.5V are

connected in series across a 10 resistance. An
ideal voltmeter connected across 10
resistance reads 1.5V. The internal resistance of
each cell is _____.
50. In the circuit shown, the energy stored in the
capacitor is n J. The value of n is ______.