ELECTRICITY
Grade : 10 Worksheet -1 Subject : Physics
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. A battery of 10 volt carries 20,000 C of charge through a resistance of 20 Ω. The work done in
10 seconds is
(a) 2 × 103 joule (b) 2 × 105 joule
(c) 2 × 104 joule (d) 2 × 102 joule
2. To get 2 Ω resistance using only 6 Ω resistors, the number of them required is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
3. The temperature of a conductor is increased. The graph best showing the variation of its
resistance is
4. A boy records that 4000 joule of work is required to transfer 10 coulomb of charge between
two points of a resistor of 50 Ω. The current passing through it is
(a) 2 A (b) 4 A (c) 8 A (d) 16 A
5. The resistance whose V-I graph is given below is
5 3 5 2
(a)3 Ω (b) 5 Ω (c) 2 Ω (d) 5 Ω
6. The charge of 10 coulomb flow through the conductor for 2 s. the electric current flowing
through the conductor is______
(a)2A (b)3A (c)4A (d)5A
7. A fuse wire repeatedly gets burnt when used with a good heater. It is advised to use a fuse
wire of
(a) more length (b) less radius
(c) less length (d) more radius
8. If R1 and R2 be the resistance of the filament of 40 W and 60 W respectively operating 220 V,
then
(a) R1 < R2 (b) R2 < R1 (c) R1 = R2 (d) R1 ≥ R2
9. The unit of electrical resistance is:
(a). Ampere (b) Volt (c) Coulomb (d) Ohm
10. The commercial unit of energy is:
(a) Watt (b)Watt-hour
(c) Kilowatt-hour (d)Kilo-joule
II. Redraw the given circuit diagram using the electric symbols.
III. Fill in the blanks
1. A car headlight bulb working on a 12 V car battery draws a current of 0.5 A. The resistance of
the light bulb is_____
2. A fuse wire is connected in ________ with_________ wire
3. The effective resistance between A and B is_______
4. The maximum resistance which can be made using five resistors each of 1/5 Ω is _____
5. 1 mV is equal to_______
6. 100 J of heat is produced each second in a 4Ω resistor. The potential difference across the
resistor will be _____
IV. State whether the following statement is true or false:
1. In an open circuit, the current passes from one terminal of the electric cell to
another.(True/False)
2. Current is a scalar quantity. (True/False)
3. Presence of argon prolongs the life of an electric bulb(True/ False)
4. Rheostat used in series in a circuit can make a bulb to glow with varying brightness.
[True/False]
5. One common point and no sharing devices for that point are the conditions to be satisfied for
two resistors to be in series. [True/False]
V. Solve the problems :
1. Find the current drawn from the battery by the network of four resistors Shown in the figure.
2. A bulb is rated at 200 V, 100 W. Calculate its resistance. Five such bulbs bum for 4 hours daily.
Calculate the units of electrical energy consumed per day. What would be the cost of using these
bulbs per day at the rate of ₹4.00 per unit?
