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What is the condition in which the heat produced in an electric circuit is :

(a) directly proportional

(b) inversely proportional

to the resistance of the circuit?

Compute the ratio of the total quantity of heat produced in the two cases.

Important Questions on Current Electricity

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Two metallic wires A and B are connected in parallel. Wire A has length L and radius r. Wire B has length 2L and radius 2r. Compute the ratio of the total resistance of the parallel combination and resistance of wire A.
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In a house, three bulbs of 100 W each are lighted for 4 hours daily and six tube lights of 20 W each are lighted for 5 hours daily and a refrigerator of 400 W is worked for 10 hours daily for a month of 30 days. Calculate the electricity bill if the cost of one unit is 4.00.
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Three resistors of 4 ohms, 6 ohms and 12 ohms are connected in parallel. The combination of the above resistors is connected in series to a resistance of 2 ohms and then to a battery of 6 volts. Draw a circuit diagram and calculate the current in the main circuit.
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Three resistors of 4 ohms, 6 ohms and 12 ohms are connected in parallel. The combination of the above resistors is connected in series to a resistance of 2 ohms and then to a battery of 6 volts. Draw a circuit diagram and calculate the current flowing through each of the resistors in parallel.
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Three resistors of 4 ohms, 6 ohms and 12 ohms are connected in parallel. The combination of the above resistors is connected in series to a resistance of 2 ohms and then to a battery of 6 volts. Draw a circuit diagram and calculate the potential difference and the power used by the 2 ohm resistor.
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Two lamps, one rated 100 W at 220 V and the other 60 W at 220 V are connected in parallel to a 220 volt supply. What current (in A) is drawn from the supply line?
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The average drift speed of conduction electrons in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 3.0×10-7 m2 carrying a current of 5 A is x×10-4 m s-1. Assume that each copper atom contributes roughly one conduction electron. The density of copper is 9.0×103 kg m-3 and its atomic mass is 63.5 u. Write the value of x to the nearest integer.

(Take 1 e=1.6×10-19 C and NA=6×1023 mol-1)

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Compare the average drift speed of conduction electrons in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 3.0×10-7 m2 carrying a current of 5 A with the thermal speed of copper atoms at ordinary temperatures. Assume that each copper atom contributes roughly one conduction electron. The density of copper is 9.0×103 kg m-3 and its atomic mass is 63.5 u.