Current Electricity  MCQs

MCQs of Current Electricity

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91.
A wire has length of 2·0 m and a resistance of 5·0 Ω. Find the electric field inside the wire if it carries a current of 10 A.
(a) 100 Vm
(b) 25 mVm
(c) 100 mVm
(d) 25 Vm
Answer:

Option (d)

92.
The potential difference between the terminals of a battery is 10 V and internal resistance 1 Ω drops to 8 V when connected across and external resistor. Find the resistance of the external resistor.
(a) 40 Ω
(b) 0·4 Ω
(c) 4 m Ω
(d) 4 Ω
Answer:

Option (d)

93.
An ideal battery sends a current of 10 A in a resistor. When another resistor of 50 Ω is joined in parallel, the current increases to 30 A. Find the resistance of first resistor.
(a) 10 Ω
(b) 100 Ω
(c) 40 Ω
(d) 30 Ω
Answer:

Option (b)

94.
A uniform wire of resistance 24 Ω is used to form a regular hexagon ABCDEFA. The equivalent resistance of the loop between A and B is _____Ω.
(a) 4·8 Ω
(b) 3·3 Ω
(c) 48 Ω
(d) 33 Ω
Answer:

Option (b)

95.
A wire of resistivity ρ is stretched to three times its original length. What will be its new resistivity ?
(a) ρ
(b) ρ3
(c) 3ρ
(d) Data is not enough
Answer:

Option (a)

96.
Two wires of equal lengths, one of copper and other of manganin, have the same resistance, then which wire is thicker ?
(a) Copper
(b) Manganin
(c) Both have equal thickness
(d) None of the above
Answer:

Option (b)

97.
The resistivity of semiconductors with temperature _____.
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) does not change
(d) None of the above
Answer:

Option (b)

98.
Resistivity of the material of potentiometer wire is ρ and area of its uniform cross section is A. hence potential gradient on the wire is _____.
(a) IAρ
(b) IAρ
(c) IρA
(d) IρA
Answer:

Option (d)

99.
Which unknown quantity is measured with the help of Wheatstone's Bridge ?
(a) Electric curerent
(b) Voltage
(c) resistance
(d) emf
Answer:

Option (c)

100.
If a wire of resistance R is melted and recasted to half of its length, then the resistance of the wire will be _____.
(a) R4
(b) R2
(c) R
(d) 2R
Answer:

Option (a)

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