Physics Current Electricity MCQ

14 - CURRENT ELECTRICITY
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( Answers at the end of all questions )

In the circuit, the galvanometer G shows zero
deflection. If the batteries A and B have negligible
internal resistance, the value of the resistor R will
be
( a ) 100
( b ) 200
( c ) 1000
( d ) 500
[ AIEEE 2005 ]
2)
A moving coil galvanometer has 150 equal divisions. Its current sensitivity is 10 divisions
per milliampere and voltage sensitivity is 2 divisions per millivolt In order that each
division reads 1 volt, the resistance in ohms needed to be connect d in series with the
coil will be
5
3
( b ) 10
( c ) 9995
( d ) 99995
[ AIEEE 2005 ]
( a ) 10
3 )
Two sources of equal emf are connected to an externa resistance R. The internal
resistances of the two sources are R1 and R2 ( R2 > R1 ). If the potential difference
across the source having internal resistance R2 is zero, then
R + R2
R1 R 2
R1 R2
(c) R =
(d) R =
( a ) R = R 2 - R1 ( b ) R = R 2 1
R2 - R
R 2 - R1
R1 + R 2
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[ AIEEE 2005 ]
In a potentiometer experiment the balancing with a cell is at 240 cm. On shunting the
cell with a resistance of 2 the balancing length becomes 120 cm. The internal
resistance of the cell is
( a ) 0.5
(b) 1
(c 2
(d) 4
[ AIEEE 2005 ]
5)
The resistance of hot tungsten ilament is about 10 times the cold resistance. What will
be the resistance of 100 W and 200 V lamp when not in use ?
( a ) 20
( b ) 40
( c ) 200
( d ) 400
[ AIEEE 2005 ]
6)
An energy source will upply a constant current into the load if its internal resistance is
( a ) very large as compared to the load resistance
( b ) equal to the esistance of he load
( c ) non- e o but less than the resistance of the load
( d ) ze o
[ AIEEE 2005 ]
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7)
8)
9)
The total current supplied to the circuit by the battery is

(a) 1 A
(b) 2 A
(c) 4 A
d) 6 A
[ AIEEE 2004 ]
An electric current is passed through a circuit containing

two wires of the same material, connected in parallel. If
the lengths and radii of the wires are in the ratio of 4 / 3
and 2 / 3, then the ratio of the currents passing through
the wires will be
(a) 3
(b) 1/3
(c) 8/9
(d) 2
[ AIEEE 2004 ]
The resistance of the series combination of two resistors is S. When they are joined in
parallel, the total resistance is P. If S = nP, then the minimum possible value of n is
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1
[ AIEEE 2004 ]
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10 ) In a meter bridge experiment, null point is obtained at 20 cm from one end of the wire
when resistance X is balanced against another resistance Y. If X < Y, then where will be
the new position of the null point from the same end, if one decides to balance a
resistance of 4X against Y ?
( a ) 50 cm
( b ) 80 cm
( c ) 40 cm
( d ) 70 cm
[ AIEEE 2004 ]
The
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
thermistors are usually made of

metals with low temperature coefficient of resistivity
metals with high temperature coefficient of resistivity
metal oxides with high temperature coefficient of resistivity
semiconducting materials having low temperature coefficient of esist vity
[ AIEEE 2004 ]
12 )
A 3 volt battery with negligible internal resistance is

connected in a circuit as shown in the figure. The cu rent
in the circuit will be
(a) 1/3 A
(b) 1 A
( c ) 1.5 A
(d) 2 A
[ AIEEE 2003 ]
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11 )
An ammeter reads upto 1 ampere Its internal resistance 0.81 ohm. To increase the
range to 10 ampere, the value of the r quired shunt is
( a ) 0.09
( b ) 0.03
( c ) 0.3
( d ) 0.9
[ AIEEE 2003 ]
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13 ) The length of a given cylindrical wire is increased by 100 %. Due to this decrease in
its diameter, the change in the resistance of t e wire will be
( a ) 300 %
( b ) 200 %
( c ) 100 %
( d ) 50 %
[ AIEEE 2003 ]
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15 ) The length of a wire of potentiometer is 100 cm and the e.m.f. of its standard cell is E
volt. It is employed to measure the e.m.f. of a battery whose internal resistance is 0.5 .
If the balance point is obtained at l = 30 cm from the positive end, the e.m.f. of the
battery is
( a ) 0.2 E
(b) 03E
( c ) 0.4 E
( d ) 0.5 E
[ AIEEE 2003 ]
( Note: The concept of potentiometer is incorrectly used in this question.)
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16 ) The therm emf of a thermocouple is 25 V / C at room temperature. A galvanometer of

A, is connected with the
40 , capable of detecting current as low as 10
thermocouple. The smallest temperature difference that can be detected by the system is
( a ) 20 C
( b ) 16 C
( c ) 12 C
( d ) 8 C
[ AIEEE 2003 ]
17
The resistance of a coil at 100 C is 4.2 . If temperature coefficient of resistance is

0.004 / C, then its resistance at 0 C is
( a ) 6.5
(b) 5
(c) 3
( d ) 2.5
[ AIEEE 2002 ]
18 )
If a wire of resistance R is melted and recasted to half of its length, then the new
resistance of the wire will be
(a) R/4
(b) R/2
(c) R
(d) 2R
[ AIEEE 2002 ]
19 )
A steady current flows in a metallic conductor of non-uniform cross-section. Which of

the following quantity is constant along the conductor ?
( a ) current ( b ) drift speed ( c ) current density ( d ) none of these
[ AIEEE 2002 ]
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20 ) Find out current in 2 resistance.
(a) 0
(b) 2A
(c) 3A
(d) 5A
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[ IIT 2005 ]
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21 ) A galvanometer of resistance 100 is converted to an ammeter using r sistance of 0.1

. It gives full scale deflection at 100 A. The minimum current i the circuit for
maximum deflection is
( a ) 100.1 mA ( b ) 1000.1 mA ( c ) 1.001 mA ( d ) 10.01 mA
[ IIT 2005 ]
A rigid container with thermally insulated walls contains a coil
carrying current 1 A. Change in internal energy after 5 minutes is
( a ) 0 kJ
( b ) 10 kJ
( c ) 20 kJ
( d ) 30 kJ
f resistance
100
[ IIT 2005 ]
( b ) Q and R
( c ) P and R
( d ) any two points
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( a ) P and Q
For the post office b x arrangement to determine the

value of unknown resistance, the unknown resistance
should be connected between
( a ) B and C
( b ) C and D
( c ) A and D
[ IIT 2004 ]
( d ) B1 nd C1
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23 ) Six equal resistors are connected between point P, Q

and R as shown in the figure. Then the next esistance
will be maximum between
hich of the following set ups can be used to verify Ohms law ?
25 ) Express
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
[ IIT 2003 ]
26 )
The temperature coefficient of resistance of a wire is 0.00125 per C. At 300 K its

resistance is 1 ohm. The resistance of the wire will be 2 ohm at
( a ) 1154 K
( b ) 1100 K
( c ) 1400 K
( d ) 1127 K
[ IIT 1980 ]
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In the sown arrangement of the experiment of the
meter bridge if AC corresponding to null deflection
of galvanometer is x, what would be its value if the
radius of the wire AB is doubled ?
(a) x
(b) x/4
( c ) 4x
( d ) 2x
[ IIT 2003 ]
The effective resistance between points P and Q of the

electrical circuit shown in the figure is
(a)
2Rr
R+r
8R ( R + r )
3R + r
(b)
( d ) 5R /2 + 2r
[ IIT 2002 ]
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( c ) 2r + 4R
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27 )
In the given circuit, with st

across the capacitor must be
(b) V/2
(b) V/3
( d ) 2V / 3
urrent, the potential drop
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(a) V
dy
[ IIT 2001 ]
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29 ) The potential difference applied to an X ray ube is 5 kV and the current through it is
3.2 mA. Then the number of electrons st king the target per second is
16
6
7
15
( b ) 5 10
( c ) 1 10
( d ) 4 10
[ IIT 2002 ]
( a ) 2 10
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31 ) In the given circuit, it is observed that the current is

independent of the value of the resistance R 6. Then the
resistance values must satisfy
( a ) R 1 R2 R5 = R3 R4 R6
1
1
1
1
(b)
+
=
+
R5
R6
R1 + R 2
R3 + R4
( d ) R1 R2 = R2 R4
[ IIT 2001 ]
( c ) R 1 R4 = R2 R3
32 ) In the circuit shown, P R. The reading in

the galvanometer is the same with switch S
open or closed. Then
(a) R = G
(b) P = G
(c) Q = G
(d) Q = R
[ IIT 1999 ]
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the figure, the current through
0.50 A
0.25 A
0.50 A
0.25 A
[ IIT 1998 ]
The circuit shown in the figure contains two diodes

each with a forward resistance of 50 and with
infinite backward resistance. If the battery voltage is
6 V, the current through the 100 resistor ( in A ) is
( a ) zero
( b ) 0.02
( c ) 0.03
( d ) 0.036
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33 ) In the circuit shown

( a ) the 3 resistor
( b ) the 3 resistor
( c ) the 4 resistor
( d ) the 4 resistor
[ IIT 1997
A steady current flows in a metallic condu tor o non-uniform cross-section. The

quantity / quantities constant along the length of th conductor is / are
( a ) current, electric field and drift velocity
( b ) drift speed only
( c ) current and drift speed
( d ) current only
[ IIT 1997 ]
36 )
The current i in the circuit is
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[ IIT 1983 ]
A charge of 3 C experiences a force of 3000 N when it is moved in a uniform

electric i ld What is the potential difference between two points separated by a
distance
cm ?
( a ) 10 V
( b ) 90 V
( c ) 1000 V
( d ) 100 V
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( b ) 1 / 15 A
(d)
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( a ) 1 / 45 A
( c ) 1 / 10 A
38 )
39 )
A cu ent I flows in a wire of circular cross-section with the free electrons traveling
with a drift velocity V. What is the drift velocity of electrons when a current 2 I flows
in another wire of twice the radius and of the same material ?
a) 2V
(b) V
(c)
V/2
(d) V/4
A piece of
parallel. The
resistance of
( a ) 0.01
copper wire is cut into ten equal parts. These parts are connected in
joint resistance of the parallel combination will be equal to the original
the uncut wire, multiplied by a factor of
( b ) 0.1
(c) 1
( d ) 10
40 ) Using the resistors R1 and R2 singly, in series and in parallel combination, we can get
4, 5, 20 and 25 . Then R1, R2 are
( a ) 4, 5
( b ) 5, 20
( c ) 20, 25
( d ) 25, 4
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Six wires each of resistance R are connected to form a hexagon. To each vertex of
the hexagon one end of a wire of resistance R is connected. The other ends of six
such resistors connected to the vertices of the hexagon are connected to a common
point A. Similarly, six more such resistors of resistance R are connected to the
vertices and their other ends are connected to a common point B. Th equivalent
resistance of the combination across A and B is
(a) 6R
(b) R/2
(c) R/3
( d ) 18 R
42 )
The masses of the three wires of copper are in the ratio of 1 : 3 5 and their lengths
are in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 1. The ratio of their electrical resistances s
(a) 1:3:5
(b) 5:3:1
( c ) 1 : 15 : 125
( d ) 125 15 1
43 )
The resistance of 20 cm long wire is 5 . If it is stretched o 40 cm length, the new

resistance in ohm is
(a) 5
( b ) 10
( c ) 20
( d ) 40
44 )
The resistance of a carbon filament at 0 C is 104 It is connected in series to an

iron wire. The temperature coefficient of resistivity of c rbon and iron are - 0.0003 and
+ 0.0052 per C. respectively. The resistance o iron wi e so that the combined resistance
does not change with temperature is
( a ) 15
(b) 6
( c ) 1.5
(d) 8
45 )
Resistivity of iron is 10 - -m. The esistance of an iron wire is 1 . If its diameter

is halved and length doubled, the resistivity in -m will be equal to
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( a ) 10 -
(b)
2 10 -
3 10 -
( d ) 4 10 -
The number of free electrons pe unit volume in copper is n. The electrons each of
charge q flowing with veloc ty v constitute current . If A is the cross-sectional area
of the wire, the current density in the wire is
(a) nAq/v
(b) nq/v
(c) nAqv
(d) nqv
47 )
If the change in resistance of a copper wire on stretching is 0.4 %, then its length is
stretched by
( a ) 0.1 %
( b ) 0.2 %
( c ) 0.4 %
( d ) 0.6 %
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( a ) 25 10 -
49 )
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If an electron makes 25 10
rev / s around the nucleus of an atom in an orbit of
radius 1 A , the equivalent current is nearly
2
( b ) 4 10 -
( c ) 1.6 10 -
Five resistors, each equal to r ohm are

connected as shown in the figure. The
equivalent resistance between A and B is
(a) r
(b) 5r
(c) r/5
(d) 2r/3
50 ) In the network shown in the circuit,

each resistance is R ohm. The effective
resistance between A and B is
(a) (4/3)R
(c) 7R
(b) (3/2)R
(d) (8/7)R
( d ) 10 -
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In the network shown, each resistance is of

The equivalent resistance between A and B is
(b) r
(c) 2r
(d) 3r
In the network shown, each resistor is of 10 .

The equivalent resistance between any two co ners is
( b ) 30
( c ) 20
(d) 5
( a ) 60
Three resistors, 1, 2 and 3 are

connected end to end in he cir uit
shown in the figure. The equivalent
resistance between A a d B in ohm
is
( a ) 6 / 11
( b ) 11 / 6
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( d ) 14
In the network shown, each resistance is r ohm.

The equivalent resistance between A and B is
(a) r/2
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14 - CURRENT ELECTRICITY

( Answers at the end of all questions )

The total current supplied to the circuit by the battery is

An electric current is passed through a circuit containing

( Answers at the end of all questions )

thermistors are usually made of

A 3 volt battery with negligible internal resistance is

16 ) The therm emf of a thermocouple is 25 V / C at room temperature. A galvanometer of

The resistance of a coil at 100 C is 4.2 . If temperature coefficient of resistance is

A steady current flows in a metallic conductor of non-uniform cross-section. Which of

( Answers at the end of all questions )

21 ) A galvanometer of resistance 100 is converted to an ammeter using r sistance of 0.1

( d ) any two points

For the post office b x arrangement to determine the

23 ) Six equal resistors are connected between point P, Q

The temperature coefficient of resistance of a wire is 0.00125 per C. At 300 K its

( Answers at the end of all questions )

The effective resistance between points P and Q of the

In the given circuit, with st

urrent, the potential drop

31 ) In the given circuit, it is observed that the current is

32 ) In the circuit shown, P R. The reading in

( Answers at the end of all questions )

The circuit shown in the figure contains two diodes

33 ) In the circuit shown

A steady current flows in a metallic condu tor o non-uniform cross-section. The

The current i in the circuit is

A charge of 3 C experiences a force of 3000 N when it is moved in a uniform

( Answers at the end of all questions )

The resistance of 20 cm long wire is 5 . If it is stretched o 40 cm length, the new

The resistance of a carbon filament at 0 C is 104 It is connected in series to an

Resistivity of iron is 10 - -m. The esistance of an iron wire is 1 . If its diameter

Five resistors, each equal to r ohm are

50 ) In the network shown in the circuit,

( Answers at the end of all questions )

In the network shown, each resistance is of

In the network shown, each resistor is of 10 .

Three resistors, 1, 2 and 3 are

In the network shown, each resistance is r ohm.

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