Current Electricity  MCQs

MCQs of Current Electricity

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81.
Internal resistance of a cell of emf 4 V is 0·1 Ω, and 3·9 Ω resistor is connected across it. Voltage across the cell is _____.
(a) 3·8 V
(b) 0·1 V
(c) 2 V
(d) 3·9 V
Answer:

Option (d)

82.
Area of cross-section of a copper wire is equal to the area of a square of 2 mm length. It carries a current of 8 A. Find drift velocity of electrons.(Density of three electrons in copper is 8 ×1028 m-3)
(a) 1·56 × 10-2 m-1
(b) 1·56 × 10-4 m-1
(c) 3·12 × 10-2 m-1
(d) 1·56 × 10-3 m-1
Answer:

Option (b)

83.
The physical quantity having the dimensions [M-1L-3T3A2] is _____.
(a) resistance
(b) resistivity
(c) electrical conductivity
(d) electromotive force
Answer:

Option (c)

84.
Length of a wire is halved keeping its cross-section constant. What will be its new conductance ?
(a) Halved
(b) Does not change
(c) Doubled
(d) Four times
Answer:

Option (c)

85.
A wire of resistance 20 Ω is bent from the middle by 180º and then both parts are twisted. What will be its new resistance ?
(a) 20 Ω
(b) 10 Ω
(c) 5 Ω
(d) 4 Ω
Answer:

Option (c)

86.
At 100ºC resistance of a conducting coil is 4·2 Ω. If temperature coefficient of resistance is 0·004 (ºC)-1, what will be its resistance at 0º C ?
(a) 5 Ω
(b) 3 Ω
(c) 4 Ω
(d) 3·5 Ω
Answer:

Option (b)

87.
emf is a kind of
(a) non-electrical force
(b) energy
(c) electrical force
(d) electromagnetic force
Answer:

Option (b)

88.
Two wires of same dimensions but resistivities p1 and p2 are connected in series. The equivalent resistivity of the combination is _____.
(a) p1p2
(b) (p1+ p2)
(c) p1+ p22
(d) None of the above
Answer:

Option (c)

89.
Resistivity of copper is 1·72 × 10-8 Ω m and current density through a copper wire is 1·3 × 105 A/m2. Find the electric field set up in the wire
(a) 2·2 × 10-3 V/m
(b) 1·1 × 10-3 V/m
(c) 2·2 × 10-6 V/m
(d) 1·1 × 103 V/m
Answer:

Option (a)

90.
Suppose drift velocity over the entire cross section of a wire is v (r) =v01-rR. What is the current density at the surface of the wire ?
(a) Zero
(b) v0R
(c) nev0
(d) nevrR
Answer:

Option (a)

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