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What equal length of an iron wire and a copper-nickel alloy wire, each of 2 mm diameter connected parallel to give an equivalent resistance of 3 Ω?
(Given resistivities of iron and copper-nickel alloy wire are 12 μΩ cm and 51 μΩ cm respectively)

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An electric bulb of 500 W at 100 V is used in a circuit having a 200 V supply. Calculate the resistance R to be connected in series with the bulb so that the power delivered by the bulb is 500 W.
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If you are provided a set of resistances, 2 Ω, 4 Ω, 6 Ω and 8 Ω. Connect these resistances to obtain an equivalent resistance of 463 Ω.
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Calculate the amount of charge on capacitor of 4 μF. The internal resistance of battery is 1Ω:

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Five identical cells each of internal resistance 1 Ω and emf 5 V are connected in series and in parallel with an external resistance R. For what value of R, current in series and parallel combination will remain the same?
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First, a set of n equal resistors of 10 Ω each are connected in series to a battery of E.M.F. 20 V and internal resistance 10 Ω. A current I is observed to flow. Then, the n resistors are connected in parallel to the same battery. It is observed that the current is increased 20 times, then the value of n is ___________.
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For full scale deflection of total 50 divisions, 50mV voltage is required in galvanometer. The resistance of galvanometer if its current sensitivity is 2 div /mA will be:
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The colour coding on a carbon resistor is shown in the given figure. The resistance value of the given resistor is:

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The ratio of the equivalent resistance of the network (shown in figure) between the points a and b when switch is open and switch is closed is x: 8. The value of x is

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