
First order derivation of thermos emf produced in thermos - couple with respect to temperature gives

Important Questions on Current Electricity

A battery of e.m.f and internal resistance is charged by a battery charger which supplies a d.c. supply using a series resistance of . What is the terminal voltage of the battery during charging?

Consider an electrical conductor connected across a potential difference Let be a small charge moving through it in time . If is the electric current through it,
(i) the kinetic energy of the charge increases by
(ii) the electric potential energy of the charge decreases by .
(iii) the thermal energy of the conductor increases by .
Then the correct statements is/are

In the given circuit, an ideal voltmeter connected across the resistance reads . The internal resistance , of each cell is:

Two cells of the same EMF but different internal resistances and are connected in series with an external resistance as shown in the figure. The terminal potential difference across, the second cell is found to be zero. The external resistance must then be:






For the circuit shown in the figure, the current will be


Two cells of emf and with internal resistance and respectively are connected in series to an external resistor (see figure). The value of at which the potential difference across the terminals of the first cell becomes zero is




Two cells are connected between points and as shown. Cell 1 has emf of and internal resistance of . Cell 2 has emf of and internal resistance of . An external resistor of is connected across and . The current flowing through will be ______ .



The variation of terminal potential difference with current flowing through as cell is as shown
The and internal resistance of the cell are

