Current :

1. In - particle 2 He 4 is revolving in a circular orbit of radius 3.14 A0 with speed of 8 x 1006 m/s . Then the
equivalent current is
1) 6.4 x 10–12 A 2) 12.8 x 10–4 A 3) 12.8 x 10–16 A 4) 6.4 x 10–9 A
2. In a hydrogen tube it is observed that through a given cross - section 3.13 x 1015 electrons per sec. moving
from right to left and 3.12 x 1015 protons per sec are moving from left to right. The electric current in the
discharge tube and its direction is
1) 1.6 A towards leftt 2) 1.6 A towards right 3) 1 mA towards left 4) 1 mA towards right
3. An electron of mass m,moves around the nucleus in a circular orbit of radius ‘r’ under the action of
centripetal force ‘F’. The equivalent electric current is
e F F e F e mr
1) 2) 2 e 3) 4)
2 mr mr mr 2 F
4. The current in a conductor varies with time ‘t’ as I 3t 4t 2 . Where I in amp and t in sec. The electric
charge flows through the section of the conductor between t = 1s and t = 3s
14 3 140 3
1) C 2) C 3) C 4) C
3 14 3 140
5. A copper conductor of area of cross-section 40 mm2 on a side carries a constant current of 32 x 10–6 A.
Then the current density is (in amp/m2)
1) 1.6 2) 0.8 3) 0.4 4) 3.2
6. A wire carrying a current of 4A and its cross-sectional area 10 m . If the free electron density in wire is 1028
–8 2

m–3 , the drift velocity is (in m/s)

1) 2.5 2) 0.25 3) 250 4) 125
7. In a wire of circular cross-section with radius ‘r’ free electrons travel with a drift velocity v, when a current I
flows through the wire. The current in another wire of half the radius and of the same material when the
drift velocity is 2V
I I
1) 2I 2) I 3) 4)
2 4
Resistance :
8. The specific resistance of the material of a wire is ' ' and its volume is 3m3 and its resistance is 3 . The
length of the wire will be (CPMT 84)
1 3 3
1) 2) 3) 4)
3
8
9. A hollow cylinder 2.2 10 m of length 3m has inner and outer diameter as 2mm and 4mm
respectively. The resistance of the cylinder is
1) 0.35 x 10–3 2) 3 x 10–3 3) 7 x 10–3 4) 3.1 x 10–3
10. A metal block has length 50 cm, breadth 30cm and thickness 20cm. When current passes through it parallel
to its length and parallel to its breadth, the ratio of maximum to minimum resistance of that block is
1) 4 : 25 2) 25 : 4 3) 25 : 9 4) 9 : 25
11. Two wires of equal diameters of resistivities 1 and 2
and length X1 and X2 respectively are joined in
series. The equivalent resistivity of the combination is (2000E)
r 1X 1 + r 2 X 2 r 1 X 2 + r 2 X1 r 1 X 2 + r 2 X1 r 1X 1 + r 2 X 2
1) X1 + X 2 2) 3) 4)
X1 - X 2 X1 + X 2 X1 - X 2
12. ‘n’ conducting wires of same dimensions but having resistitives 1,2,3,................n are connected in series the
equivalent resistivity of the combination is (2004 E)
n n 1 n 1 n 1 2n
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 2n n 1
13. A copper of rod (resistivity 2.2 x 10 m ) and an iron (resistivity 1.1 x 100
–8 –8
m ) rod of same length
70 cm each and same diameter 1.4 mm each are joined in series, then the combined resistance is
1) 1.5 x 10–2 2) 13.2 x 10–2 3) 8.8 x 10–2 4) 7 x 10–2

14. Resistance of a wire is 8 . It is drawn in such away that it experiences a longitudinal strain of 400 %. The
new resistance is
1) 100 2) 200 3) 300 4) 400
Resistance in series and parallel :
15. The resistance of the wire is 121 ohm. It is divided into ‘n’ equal parts and they are connected in parallel,
then effective resistance is 1 ohm. The value of ‘n’ is
1) 12 2) 13 3) 11 4) 3
16. When two resistance 10 and 20 are connected in series and 6 such sets are connected in parallel then
the total resistance is
1) 2.5 2) 7.5 3) 5 4) 3.5
17. When two resistances are connected in series. The effective resistance is found to be 48 . Their resistances
if their values are in the ratio 3 : 1.
1) 24 and 24 2) 36 and 12 3) 12 and 48 4) 36 and 36

18. The resultant resistance of two resistance in series is 50 and it is 12 , when they are in parallel. The
individual resistances are
1) 20 and 15 2) 15 and 30 3) 20 and 30 4) 10 and 15

19. The eqvivalent resistance of three parallel resistors is 30 . Their resistances are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5. The
resistances of resistors are
1) 30 ,90 ,150 2) 23 ,69 ,115 3) 46 ,138 ,230 4) 4 ,12 , 20
20. There are 5 resistance of 1 each if the first three are joined in parallel and then remaining two are joined
in series, and these combinations are connected inserices final resistances of combination is
3 8 7 5
1) 2) 3) 4)
5 3 3 3
21. Three unequal resistors in parallel are equivalent to a resistance 1 ohm. If two of them are in the ratio
1 : 2 and if no resistance value is fractional, the largest of the three resistance in ohm is (2003E)
1) 4 2) 6 3) 8 4) 12
22. When 16 wires which are identical are connected in series, the effective resistance exceeds that when they
7
are in parallel by 31 . Then the resistance of each wire is
8
1) 0.5 2) 1 3) 2 4) 8
23. A uniform conductor of resistance R is cut into 20 equal pieces. Half of them are joined in series and the
remaining half of them are connected in parallel. If the two combinations are joined in series, then the
effective resistance of all the pieces is (2002
E)
 R 101R 201R
1) R 2) 3) 4)
2 200 200
24. A wire of resistance 3 is stretched uniformly then the length is doubled. The wire is now bent in the form
of an equilateral triangle then the effective resistance between the ends of any side of the triangle
(2002 E)
9 8
1) 2) 3) 2 4) 1
2 3
Effective resistance:
25. Four identical resistance are joined as shown in fig. The equivalent resistance between points A and B is R 1
R1
. and that between A and C is R2. Then ratio of
R 2 is
2
1) 3 : 4
A B
2) 1 : 2 2
2
3) 4 : 3

4) 2 : 1 D 2 C

26. If the galvanometer reading is zero in the given circuit, the current passing through resistance 250 is–––
––
1) 16A 500
G
2) 1.6A + +
3) 0.16A 12 V 250 x 4V
4) 0.016A
27. The effective resistance between A and B is the given circuit is 3
1) 2
3 3
2) 3 6 6
6
3) 9 3
3
4) 6 A 3
B

28. Th equivalent resistance between points A and B of an infinite network of resistance each of 1 connected
as shown is
1) inifinite 1 1 1
A

2) 2 1
1 1
3) zero B
1 5
4)
2
29. Equivalent resistance across A and B in the given cicuit is
 1) 7r 2) 8r/7 3) 4r/7 4) 7r/8
30. Effective resistance between A and B in the given circuit is

1) 6r 2) r 3) 2r 4) r/2
31. The equivalent resistance across XY is

1) r 2) 2r 3) r/2 4) r/4
Ohm’s law :
32. If the resistance of a circuit having 12V source is increased by 4 , the current drops by 0.5 A. What is the
original resistance of circuit
1) 6 2) 8 3) 4 4) 10
33. An electric current is passed through a circuit containing two wires of the same material connected in
parallel. If the lengths and radii of the wire are in the ratio 4/3 and 2/3, then the ratio of the currents
passing through the wires will be (AIEEE
2004)
1) 3 2) 2
3) 8/9 4) 1/3
34. Three resistance 2 ,3 and 5 are connected in series and a p.d. of 20V is applied across the terminals
of combination. The p.d. across 5 resistance is
1) 20 V 2) 10 V 3) 5 V 4) 15 V
35. Three resistance 4 ,6 and 10 are connected in parallel and a p.d. of 30V is applied across the
terminals of combination. The current flowing through 6 resistance is
1) 10 A 2) 5 A 3) 15 A 4) 20 A
36. Two wires sof the same material have length 6cm and 10cm and radii 0.5 mm and 1.5 mm respectively. They
are connected in series across a battery of 16 V. The p.d. across the shorter wire is
1) 5V 2) 13.5 V 3) 27 V 4) 10 V
37. The current ‘i’ in the circuit as shown in fig. is (AIEEE 2003)
 i B
1) 2A
+

30
3
3
30
24V
3V
1
2) A
3 i A C
3
30
3) 1A 4) 1.5 A
38. Effective resistance between A and B in the given circuit is

1) r

2) 3r

3) 5r 4) 4r

39. The variation of current and voltage in a conductor has been shown in figure. The resistance of the conductor
is
Y
1) 4
9
2) 2 V

3) 3
IN VOLT X
O 3
4) 1 In amp

40. Two resistances of 400 and 800 are connected in series with 6 V battery of negligible internal resistance.
A voltmeter of resistance 10, 00 0 is used to measure the p.d. across 400 . The error in the measurement
of p.d. in volts approximately (2003
E)
1) 0.01 2) 0.02 3) 0.03 4) 0.05
41. Current coming from the battery and ammeter reading are
4
3 1
1) A, A 4
8 8 i 2V

1 1 4
2) A, A A
8 8 4

2 1
3) 2A, A 4) 2A , A
3 8
42. In the steady state, the charge on the capacitor capacity 0.2 F is
2
1) zero 2) 0.36 c
C 3
3) 0.2 c 4

4) 1.2 c 6V 2.8
Variation of resistance with temperature :
 3 0 3 0
43. An aluminium Al 4 10 / C wire resistance ‘R1’ and carbon wire c 0.5 10 / C resistance
‘R2’ are connected in series to have a resultant resistance of 18 ohm at all temperatures . The values of R1
and R2 in ohms
1) 2 , 16 2) 12, 6 3) 13, 5 4) 14, 4

44. A carbon filament has resistance of 120 at 00C what must be the resistance of a copper filament connected
in series with carbon so that combination has same resistance at all temperatures
( c arbon = 5 x 100–4 /0C , copper = 4 x10
0–3/0C)
1) 120 2) 15 3) 60 4) 210

45. The resistance of an Carbon wire is 10 . A current of 30 mA is flowing in it at 20 0 C. If p.d. across its ends
constant. then its temperature is increased to 1200C then the current flowing in the wire will be in mA ( C
= 5 x 10–3/0C)
1) 20 2) 15 3) 10 4) 40
Cells :
46. When two identical cells are connected either in series or in parallel across a 4 ohm resistor, they send the
same current through it. The internal resistance of the cell in ohm is ( K P M T
2002)
1) 1.2 2) 2 3) 4 4) 4.8
47. Two cells with same e.m.f. ‘E’ and different internal resistances r1 and r2 are connected in series to an
external resistance ‘R’. The value of R so that the p.d. across the first cell be zero is (2003M)(AIEEE 2005)
r1 r2
1) r1r2 2) r1 + r2 3) r1 – r2 4)
2
48. The p.d. across the terminals of a battery is 50 V when 11A are drawn and 60 V when 1A is drawn. The emf
and internal resistance of the battery are
1) 62 V , 2 2) 63 V , 1 3) 61 V , 1 4) 64 V , 2
49. The current in a circuit containing a battery connected to 2 resistance is 0.9A. When a resistance of 7
is connected to the same battery, the current observed in the circuit is 0.3A. Then the internal resistace of
the battery.
1) 0.1 2) 0.5 3) 1 4) zero

50. A 6V cell with 0.5 internal resistance and 10 V cell with 1 internal resistance and a 12 external
resistance are connected in parallel. The current in amp through the 10 V cell is (2005E)
1) 0.6 2) 2.27 3) 2.87 4) 5.14
51. Two cells of emf E1 and E2 are connected to two resistors R1 and R2 as shown. If E2 is short circuited then
currents through R1 and R2 are

E1 E1
1) ,0 2) 0,
R2 R2 R1
E1 R2 E2
E1 E1
3) ,0 4) 0 ,
R1 R1

52. If in the circuit shown below. The internal resistance of the battery is 1.5 and vP and vQ are the potentials
at P and Q respectively, the potential difference between the points P and Q is
 1) zero 20 V
1.5
+
2) 4V( V P > VQ) 3 2
P
3) 4 V (VQ > VP)
2 Q 3
4) 2.5 V(VQ > VP)

53. In the circuit R 1 = 400 ohm and R 2 = 200 ohm. If the resistance of the voltmeter
R = 10,000 ohm, voltmeter reading is
1) 2V
2) greater
3) greater than 3V
4) less than 2V

54. For a cell, the graph between the p.d.(V) across the terminals of the cell and the current I drawn from the cell
is shown in the fig. the emf and the internal resistance of the cell is E and r respectively.

1) E = 2 V , r = 0.5

V( volt) 2
2) E = 2V , r = 0.4

3) E > 2 V , r = 0.5 O 5
I(in amp)
4) E > 2 V , r = 0.4
55. When two cells of different emf’s are connected in series to an external resistance the current is 5A. When
the poles of one cell are interchanged, the current is 3A. The ratio of emf’s of two cell is
1) 2 : 1 2) 1 : 3 3) 4 : 1 4) 5 : 1
56. How many cells each marked (6V – 12A) should be connected in mixed grouping so that it may be marked
(24V – 24 A)
1) 4 2) 8 3) 12 4) 6
57. The minimum number of cells in mixed grouping required to produce a maximum current of 1.5 A through
an external resistance of 30 , given the emf of each cell is 1.5 V and internal resistance is 1 is
1) 30 2) 120 3) 40 4) 60
58. Three equal resistance each of 3 are in series and connected to cell of internal resistance one ohm. If
three resistances are parallel and connected to the same cell. Then the ratio of the respective currents
through the electric circuits in the two cases is (2002
M)
1) 1/8 2) 1/7 3) 1/5 4) 1/3
59. The P.d between the terminals A&B is–
1) 2V
2) 3V
3) 3.6V
4) 1.8V
Kirchhoffs law, Wheatstones bridge and meter bridge :
60. The current through 10 resister in the figure is approximately
7V
1)0.1A
10V 20
2)0.172A
10
3)0.3A 30
5V
4)0.4A
61. The value of current i1 in the given circuit is
i B
1) r
i3 2r
5
A i1 r C
i i2
2i i
2) 2r r
5
D
3i 4i
3) 4)
5 5
62. A current of 3A flows in a circuit the potential difference between points A and D is
A
1) 1v 6 4
2) 2v C D
3A
3) 4v 3 2
4) 1.5v B
63. A balanced wheatstone bridge is shown the values of currents i1 and i2 aree (ATB)
B
1) 0.9A,0.6A 2) 0.3A,0.2A 2
4
A i1 G C
3) 0.5A,0.7A i2
3
40
6

4) 0.7A,0.6A
D

6V 0.4
64. The resistances in the left and right gaps of a balanced meter bridge are R 1, R2. The balance point is 50cm. If a
resistance of 24 is connected in parallel to R2, the blance point is 70cm. The value of R1 is
1) 2 2) 8 3) 12 4) 32
65. A metallic conductor at 10 C connected in the left gap of Meter Bridge gives balancing length 40cm.When
the conductor is at 60 C , the balancing point shifts by ---cm, (temperature coefficient of resistance of the
0
material of the wire is 1 220 C )
1)4.8 2)10 3)15 4)7
66. When a conducting wire is connected in the right gap and known resistance in the left gap, the balancing
length is 60cm. the balancing length becomes 42.4 cm when the wire is stretched so that its length increases
by
1) 10 % 2) 20 % 3) 25 % 4) 42.7 %
67. Two unkonwn resistances X and Y are connected to left and right gaps of a meter bridge and the balancing
point is obtained at 80cm from left . When a 10 resistance is connected to parallel to X,the balancing
point is 50 cm from left.The values of X and Y respectively are (2007
M)(ATB)
1) 40 ,9 2) 30 , 7.5 3) 20 , 6 4) 10 ,3
68. In a metere bridge,the balance length from left end (standard resistance of 1 is in theright gap) is found to
o
 1
be 20cm the length of Resistance in left gap is m and radiusis 2mm its specific resistance is
2
p - 6
1) p ´ 10- 6 ohm-m 2) 2p ´ 10- 6 ohm-m 3) ´ 10 ohm -m 4) 3p ´ 10- 6 ohm-m
2
69. In a meter bridge 30 resistance is connected in the left gap and a pair of resistance 20 W and Q in (Ohm)
are in right gapand they are connected in series,then the balanceing length is 50 cm. When they were
connected in parallel ,the balanceing length will be
1) 20cm 2) 40cm 3) 60cm 4) 81.81cm
70. In a meter bridge, the left and right gaps are closed by resistances 2 ohm and 3 ohm respectively. The value
of shunt to be connected to 3 ohm resistor to shift the balancing point by 22.5 cm is
1) 3 ohm 2) 1.7 ohm 3) 1 ohm 4) 2 ohm
Potentiometer :
71. A student finds the balancing length to be ‘l’ with a cell of constant emf in the secondary circuit.Another
student connects the same cell in the secondary circuit of potentio meterof double the length but with a cell
of half the emf in the primary circuit.The balancing length will be [cell in primary is ideal and no series
resistance is present in primary circuit.]
1) 4l 2) l 4 3) 2l 4) l 2
72. In an experiment with potentio meter to measure the internal resistance of a cell, when the cell is shunted
by 5 , the null point is obtained at 2m. when cell is shunted by 20 the null point is obtained at 3m.The
internal resistance of cell is
1) 2 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8
73. A potentio meter wire of length 100cm has a resistance 5ohm. It is connected in series with a resistance and
a cell of emf 2v and of negligible internal resistance. A source of emf 5mv balanced by 10cm length of
potentio meter wire.The value of External resistance is_____ (2001-
M)
1) 540 2) 195 3) 190 4) 990
74. 1 Ohm resistance is in , series with an Ammeter which is balanced by 75cm of potentiometer wire.A stan-
dard cell of 1.02V is balanced by 50cm. The Ammeter shows a readingof 1.5A.The error in the Ammeter
reading is
1) 0.002A 2) 0.03A 3) 1.01A 4) no error
75. A battery of negligible internal resistance is connected with 10m long wire. A standardcell gets balanced on
6m length of this wire.On increasing the length of potentiometerwire by 2m,the null point with the same
standard cell in the secondary will be( no series resistance in primary)(ATB)
1) increased by 2m 2) decreased by 2m 3) increased by 1.2m 4) decreased by 1.2m
76. In an experiment for calibration of voltmeter, a standard cell of emf 1.5V is balanced at 300cm length of
potentiometer wire. The P.D.across a resistance in the circuit is balancedat1.25m.If a voltmeter is connected
across the same resistance,it reads 0.65V.The errorin the volt meter is
1)0.05V 2)0.025V 3)0.5V 4)0.25V
77. A potentiometer wire of length 10m and resistance 30 ohm is connected in series with a battery of emf 2.5V,
internal resistance 5 ohm and external resistance R. If the fall of potential along the potentiometer wire is
50mV/m, the value of R in ohms is
1) 115 2) 80 3) 50 4) 100
Electric power :
78. The power of electric kettle is 2000 w contains 1 kg of water at 200c. The water equivalent of the kettle is
400 gms. The time required to heat the water to 1000c is nearly:
 1) 120 s 2) 185 s 3) 235 s 4) 56 s
79. An electric bulb rated for 500watt at 100volt is used in a circuit having a 200 volt supply. Calculate the
resistance R that one must be put in series with the bulb, so that the bulb delivers 500 watt
1) 30 2) 50 3) 25 4) 20
80. A 100 watt immersion heater is placed in a pot containing 1 litre of water at 20ºC. How long will it take to
heat water to boiling temperature if 20% of the available energy is lost to surroundings?
1) 60 minutes 2) 70 minutes 3) 44 minutes 4) 32 minutes
81. The same mass of copper is drawn into two wires 1 mm thick and 2 mm thick. Two wires are then connected
in series and current is passed. The heat produced in the wires is the ratio
1) 16 : 1 2) 1:1 3) 4:1 4) 9:1
82. A house is fitted with 5 tube lights each of 40w. If all of them are lighted for 20 hours and if the cost of
electrical unit is Rs. 2.00 the total cost of electricity consumed is
1) Rs. 80 2) Rs. 20 3) Rs. 16 4) Rs. 8
83. A long resistance wire is divided into 2n parts. Then n parts are connected in series and other 'n' parts in
parallel separately. Both combinations are connected to identical supplies. Then the ratio of heat produced in
series to parallel combinations will be
1) 1 : 1 2) 1 : n2 3) 1 : n4 4) n2 : 1
84. A 1000 watt heating unit is designed to operate on a 120 V line.The line voltage drops to 110 V.The
percentage of heat output drops by ------
1) 9% 2) 16% 3) 27% 4) 30%
85. How many electrons flow per second through an electric bulb rated 220V, 100 watt?----
1) 1.84x1018electrons/second 2) 2..80x1018electrons/second
3) 2.84x1018electrons/second 4) 1.86x1018electrons/second
86. A resistance coil of 60 ohm is immersed in 42000 gm of water. A current of J 7A is passed through it.
Calculate the rise in temperature per minute. The sp. heat of water = 4200 kg -°K
1) 5ºC 2) 3ºC 3) 2ºC 4) 1ºC
87. The temperature of water in a tap is 22ºC. It is required to draw a continuous supply of water at the
temperature of the human body (37ºC) flowing at the rate of 1 litre per minute. How much power will be
consumed by a heater coil placed in water?
1) 1050 W 2) 510 W 3) 2100 W 4) 4200 W
88. A line having a total resistance of 0.5 delivers 15 kW at 240 V to a small factory.The efficiency of trans-
mission is
1) 68% 2) 79% 3) 87% 4) 97%

1) 2 2) 4 3) 1 4) 3 5) 2 6) 2 7) 3 8) 2 9) 3 10) 2

11) 1 12) 2 13) 1 14) 2 15) 3 16) 3 17) 2 18) 3 19) 3 20) 3

21) 2 22) 3 23) 3 24) 2 25) 1 26) 4 27) 1 28) 4 29) 2 30) 4

31) 3 32) 2 33) 4 34) 2 35) 2 36) 2 37) 4 38) 1 39) 3 40) 4

41) 1 42) 2 43) 1 44) 2 45) 1 46) 3 47) 3 48) 3 49) 2 50) 3

51) 3 52) 4 53) 4 54) 2 55) 3 56) 2 57) 2 58) 3 59) 4 60) 2

61) 3 62) 3 63) 1 64) 4 65) 1 66) 2 67) 2 68) 2 69) 4 70) 4

71) 1 72) 2 73) 2 74) 2 75) 3 76) 2 77) 1 78) 3 79) 4 80) 2

81) 1 82) 4 83) 2 84) 2 85) 3 86) 4 87) 1 88) 3