ARVO BOOK MCQS CH#13
1. Drift velocity of electron in a conductor is of order of
(c) 10-3 m/s or 1mm/s.
2. A battery move a charge of 40C around a circuit at constant rate in 20sec. the current
(a)
3. If 1 ampere current flows through 2m long conductor, the charge flowing through this in one hour will
be
(a)
4. A flow of 107 electrons per second in a conductor wire constitutes a current of
(c) As there is given per second so time is equal to 1s
5. When a charge of 5µC passes through a conductor in 2s. The current will
(d)
6. Current flows in the gases is due to
(b) charge carriers are the particles that are the cause of current. In Gases or air that is due to electrons and ions
7. During electrolysis process density of CuSO4 solution
(a) The copper from solution deposit on the cathode and same amount of copper comes from anode into the solution
so density of the solution remain constant
8. Thermocouples produces electrical energy from
(b) Thermocouple is the source of energy and source of energies are those that converts non-electrical energy into
electrical energy. So it converts heat energy into electrical energy.
9. The amount of heat produced in a resistor when a current is passed through. It can be found by
(a) According to Joule’s Thomson Heating effect H=I2RT
10. The smallest resistance obtained by connecting 50 resistance each 1/4Ω is
(b) The smallest or minimum resistance is obtained in parallel combination. And in parallel combination the
equivalent of similar resistance of n resistor can be obtained by
11. One ohm is defined as
(b) According to Ohm’s Law
12. A student has five resistances each of value 1/5Ω. The minimum resistance that can be obtained by
combining them in parallel
(b)
13. Graphical representation of Ohm’s Law is
(c) As potential and current are directly proportional so the graph b/w them will be straight line
14. Proportionality constant b/w current and potential difference is
(c) Constant of proportionality is conductance that is equal to 1/R
15. A source of 10 volts is applied across a 5Ω wire, the current is
(b)
16. A battery of 50V is attached to a series combination of 5,10 and 10Ω resistors. The current in the circuit
(a) In series the equivalent resistance will be addition all the resistance R=5+10+10=25Ω
17. Which one is good conductor
(c) Copper is good conductor due to its efficiency, affordability and versatility.
18. Specific resistance of material depends upon
(c) Specific resistance is also called as resistivity and it is characteristics of material and independence of dimensions
of wire. But depends upon nature of material and temperature
19. Siemen is the unit of
(b) Siemen unit is also called inverse of ohm or mho. Which the unit of conductance
20. The resistivity of conductor increase with
(c) Resistivity is characteristics of material so independence of dimensions of wire. Depend upon temperature and
nature of material
21. Resistivity at a given temperature depends upon
(c) Resistivity is characteristics of material so independence of dimensions of wire. Depend upon temperature and
nature of material
22. The resistance of a wire is R. It is stretched uniformly so that its length is doubled. The resistance now
becomes
(c) For stretching we use
23. A wire of resistance R is cut into two equals parts. Its resistance becomes R/2. What happens to its
resistivity
(b) Resistivity is characteristics of material so independence of dimensions of wire. Depend upon temperature and
nature of material
24. Material having positive temperature coefficient is
(b) Negative temperature coefficient is for 4th group element and positive for metals. Carbon, silicon and germanium
belong to 4th group element. So Copper has PTC.
25. Temperature coefficient of resistance is equal to
(b)
26. The unit of temperature coefficient is
27. Zero ohm resistance is indicated by
(b) The numerical value of resistance can be calculated by the colors indicated on the resistors. Black band has zero
value so zero ohm resistance is indicated by the single black color
28. Resistance tolerance for gold is
(d) ±5%
29. Heat sensitive resistors are called
(c) Thermo means heat or temperature so thermistor is heat sensitive resistor or temperature sensor
30. A rheostat can operate as
(d) Rheostat is wire wound variable resistor it is used as variable resistor and as well as potential divider
31. If fourth band is missing on the carbon resistor its tolerance is
(b) Fourth band indicates the tolerance in the resistance value from the marked value. In resistors if the fourth band is
missing then tolerance value will be ±20%
32. The power output of a lamp is 6W how much energy does the lamp give out in 2 minutes
(d)
33. Watt-second stands for the unit of
(b) ( )( )
And Joule is the unit of work and energy
34. A 100W bulb is operated by 200V. Current flowing through the bulb is
(a)
35. Heat generated by a 50W bulb in one hour is
(d)
36. Terminal potential difference of a battery is greater than its Emf when
(c)
When battery is being charge then the direction of current is opposite to the actual one
( )
37. For the open circuit
(a)
When there is open circuit then
( )
38. Power output is given by
(c) All the formulas are used for the Maximum power output other than P=I2R which is power output
39. Maximum power delivered by the battery is
(a) For maximum power output the denominator should be less in the formula of power. For this the r should be equal
to R. Then formula will be
40. An ideal current source shall have resistance
(c) For a current source the resistance should be high for an ideal source the resistance should be infinite. And for
voltage source the resistance should be low and for ideal voltage source the resistance should be zero
41. Potential is an accurate measuring instrument because
(a) For an accurate measuring device it is necessary that when it is used for measurement in the circuit it should not
draw current or the resistance of the measuring instrument should be very high as compared to the circuit.
Potentiometer is accurate device because it has high resistance and does not draw any current from the circuit
42. Which one is used to determine the internal resistance of the cell
(d) In given options all the devices are used to measure the voltage and current only but potentiometer is the device
that is used to measure the voltage as well as the internal resistance of the cell
