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In the electric field of a point charge q, a certain charge is carried from point A to B, C, D and E. Then the work done

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Important Questions on Current Electricity

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When a diode is forward biased, it has a voltage drop of 0.5 V . the safe limit of current through the diode is 10 mA. If a battery of emf 1.5 V is used in the circuit, the value of minimum resistance to be connected in series with the diode so that the current does not exceed the safe limit is :
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To verify Ohm’s law, a student connects the voltmeter across the battery as shown in the figure. The measured voltage is plotted as a function of the current, and the following graph is obtained:
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If Vo is almost zero, identify the correct statement:
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Electric field and current density have relation
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Two solid conductors are made up of same material, have same length and same resistance. One of them has a circular cross section of area A1 and the other one has a square cross section of area A2. The ratio A1A2 is
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In the circuit shown below, a student performing Ohm's law experiment accidentally puts the voltmeter and the ammeter as shown in the circuit below; the reading in the voltmeter will be close to
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A circuit to verify Ohm's law uses ammeter and voltmeter in series or parallel connected corrected correctly to the resistor. In the circuit :
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In a conductor, if the number of conduction electrons per unit volume is 8.5×1028  m-3 and mean free time is 25fs (femtosecond), its approximate resistivity is: me=9.1×10-31kg

 

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Resistivity of the material of a conductor having uniform area of cross-section varies along its length on x, according to the relation ρ=ρ0a+bx; if L is length and A is cross-section area of conductor, then resistance of the conductor given by ρ0,a,b are constants)
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The resistance of a wire is R ohm. If it is melted and stretched to n times its original length, its new resistance will be
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A wire of resistance 12 ohms per meter is bent to form a complete circle of radius 10 cm.  The resistance between its two diametrically opposite points, A and B as shown in the figure is

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The electric resistance of a certain wire of iron is R. If its length and radius are both doubled, then
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The resistivity of potentiometer wire is 40×10-8 Ω m and its area of cross-section is 8×10-6 m2. If 0.2 A current is flowing through the wire, the potential gradient of the wire is
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A carbon resistor of 56±5.6  is to be marked with rings of different colours for its identification. The colour code sequence will be
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Model a torch battery of length l to be made up of a thin cylindrical bar of radius a and a concentric thin cylindrical shell of radius b filled in between with an electrolyte of resistivity ρ (see figure). If the battery is connected to a resistance of value R, the maximum Joule heating in R will take place for :

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A circular wire has current density J=2×1010Am2r2 where r is the radial distance, out of the wire radius is 2 mm. The end-to-end potential applied to the wire is 50 V. How much energy (in joule) is converted to thermal energy in 100 s?
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A voltmeter having a resistance of 900 Ω is used to measure the potential difference across a 100 Ω resistor which is connected to a battery of emf 150 V and internal resistance 10 Ω. The percentage of decrease in the potential difference across the 100 Ω resistor when the voltmeter is connected across it is
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Find the potential difference between a and b, as shown in the below circuit.

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In the figure shown, what is the current (in ampere) drawn from the battery? You are given:
R1=15 Ω , R2=10 Ω , R3=20 Ω , R4=5 Ω, R5=25 Ω, R6=30 Ω, E=15 V
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A wire made of aluminium having resistivity ρ=2.8×10-8 Ω-m with a circular cross-section and has a radius of 2×10-3 m. A current of 5 A flows through the wire. If the voltage difference between the ends is 1 V,  the length of the wire in m is