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The voltage current graph of conductor at two different temperature are shown in the Figure. If the resistances corresponding to these temperatures are R1 and R2 then which of the following statements is true.

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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