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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 wire will be

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Important Questions on Current Electricity

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The figure below shows a circuit and its input voltage Vi as a function of time t.

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Assuming the diodes to be ideal, which of the following graphs depicts the output voltage Vo as function of time t ?

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In the circuit shown, the current in the 1 Ω resistor is:
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A current of 0.1 A flows through a 25 Ω resistor represented by the circuit diagram. The current in the 80 Ω resistor is:

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In the given circuit the internal resistance of the 18V cell is negligible. If R1=400 Ω, R3=100 Ω and R4=500 Ω and the reading of an ideal voltmeter across R4 is 5 V, then the value of R2 will be:

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In the electric network shown, when no current flows through the 4 Ω resistor in the arm EB, the potential difference between the points A and D will be:

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A d.c. main supply of e.m.f. 220 V is connected across a storage battery of e.m.f. 200 V through a resistance of 1  Ω . The battery terminals are connected to external resistance R. The minimum value of R, so that a current passes through the battery to charge it is:
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In the above circuit the current in each resistance is:
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In the given electrical circuit, which one of the following equation is a correct equation?
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A letter 'A' is constructed of a uniform wire with resistance 1.0 Ω cm-1. The sides of the letter are 20 cm and the cross-piece in the middle is 10 cm long. The apex angle is 60o. The resistance between the ends of the legs is
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The potential difference VA-VB between the points A and B in the given figure is
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In the given circuit diagram, the currents, I1=-0.3 A, I4=0.8 A and I5=0.4 A, are flowing as shown. The currents I2,I3 and I6, respectively, are:

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The actual value of resistance R , shown in the figure is 30Ω. This is measured in an experiment as shown using the standard formula R=VI , where V and I are the readings of the voltmeter and ammeter, respectively. If the measured value of R is 5% less, then the internal resistance of the voltmeter is:

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Two batteries with e.m.f. 12 V and 13 V are connected in parallel across a load resistor of 10 Ω. The internal resistance of the two batteries are 1 Ω and 2 Ω respectively. The voltage across the load lies between, 

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For a diode connected in parallel with a resistor, which is the most likely current (I)-voltage (V) characteristic graph?

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For the circuit shown, with R1=1.0 Ω , R2=2.0 Ω , E1=2 V and E2=E3=4 V, the potential difference between the points a and b is approximately ( in V ):
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In the given circuit diagram, a wire is joining points B and D. The current in this wire is:
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In the given figure, a diode D is connected to an external resistance R = 100 Ω and an emf of 3.5 V If the barrier potential developed across the diode is 0.5 V, the current in the circuit will be

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In the given circuit the cells have zero internal resistance. The currents (in amperes) passing through resistance R1 and R2 respectively, are:

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