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12 Physics Current Electricity Assignment -1
1. The relationship between current density and drift velocity is-
a) j = nevd b) j = ne/vd c) j = evd / n d) j = nevd2
2. Which of the following characteristics of electrons determines the current in a conductor?
a) Drift velocity alone. b) Thermal velocity alone.
c) Both drift velocity and thermal velocity. d) Neither drift nor thermal Velocity
3. Drift velocity (vd) depends upon the electric field, in which the following dependence of drift
velocity on the electric field obey the ohm's law is :
a) vd= constant b) vd ∝ E c) vd ∝ √E d) vd ∝ E2
4. The product of conductivity and resistivity of a conductor _________.
a) Depends on pressure applied b) Depends on current flowing through conductor
c) Is the same for all conductors d) Varies from conductor to conductor
5. The resistance of a 10 m long wire is 10Ω. Its length is increased by 25% by stretching the
wire uniformly. The resistance of wire will change to (approximately)-
a) 12.5 Ω b) 14.5 Ω c) 15.6 Ω d) 16.6 Ω
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6. 2×10 electrons pass from point P to point Q in one micro second. What is the current and its
direction?
7. I-V graph for a metallic wire at two different temperatures, T1 and T2 is a shown in the figure.
Which of the two temperature is lower and why?

8. Graph showing the variation of current versus voltage for a material GaAs is shown in the
figure. Identify the region of
(i) Negative resistance (ii) Where Ohm's law is obeyed.
Define the term ‘mobility’ of charge carriers. Write its S.I. unit
9. A heating element using nichrome connected to a 230 V supply draws an initial current of
3.2 A which settles after a few seconds to a steady value of 2.8 A. What is the steady
temperature of the heating element if the room temperature is 27 0C? Temperature coefficient of
resistance of nichrome averaged over the temperature range involved is 1.70×10-4 0C-1
10. A resistance coil marked 3Ω is found to have a true resistance of 3.115Ω at 300K. Calculate
the temperature at which marking is correct. Temperature coefficient of resistance of the material
of coil is 4.2×10-3 0C-1
11. Wire resistance R is stretched to thrice of its original length, what is its new resistance?
12. Why constantan and manganin are used for making standard resistance coils?
13. A heating element is marked 210V, 630W. Find the resistance of the element when
connected to a 210V dc source.
14. A room has AC run for 5 hours a day at a voltage of 220V. The wiring of the room consists
of Cu of 1mm radius and a length of 10m. Power consumption per day is 10 commercial units.
What fraction of it goes in the joule heating in wires? Take ρcu =1.7×10−8 Ωm
Q 15 to 16 are assertion reasoning based questions:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
15. Assertion (A): The average time of the collision decreases with increasing temperature.
Reason (R): At increased Temperature average speed of electrons,which act as the carrier of
current increases resulting in more frequent collision
16. Assertion (A): The resistivity for a substance is its resistance when it is one meter long and
its area of cross section is one square meter.
Reason (R): The SI units of resistivity is ohm metre ( m).

Case study based

17. According to Ohm's law, the current flowing through a conductor is directly proportional
to the potential difference across the ends of the conductor i.e I∝V⇒VI=R where R is
resistance of the conductor Electrical resistance of a conductor is the obstruction posed by the
conductor to the flow of electric current through it. It depends upon length, area of cross-
section, nature of material and temperature of the conductor We can write R∝l/A or R=ρl/A
where ρ is electrical resistivity of the material of the conductor.
(i) Dimensions of electric resistance is
(a) [ML2 T−2 A−2] (b) [ML2T-3A−2] (c) [M−1 L−2 T−1 A] (d) [M−1 L2 T2 A-1]
(ii) If 1μA current flows through a conductor when potential difference of 2 volt is applied
across its ends, then the resistance of the conductor is -
(a) 2×106 Ω (b) 3×105 Ω (c) 1.5×105 Ω (d) 5×107 Ω
(iii) Specific resistance of a wire depends upon
(a) Length (b) Cross-sectional area (c) Mass (d) None of these
(iv) The slope of the graph between potential difference and current through a conductor is
(a) a straight line (b) curve (c) first curve then straight line (d) first straight line then curve
(v) The resistivity of the material of a wire 1.0 m long, 0.4 mm in diameter and having a
resistance of 2.0 ohm is
(a) 1.57×10-6 Ωm (b) 5.25×10-7 Ωm (c) 7.12×10-5 Ωm (d) 2.55×10-7 Ωm

Current Electricity Assignment -2

1. Define term Current Density. Is it vector or scalar quantity?
2. A 60 watt bulb carries a current of 1A. Find the total charge passing through it in 1 hour.
3. Derive ohm’s law. Also write its vector form.
4. A refrigerator has power rating of 250 watt which operates for 8hrs a day. Calculate the
cost of electrical energy to operate it for a month of 30 days. The cost of electrical energy is
₹ 5 per kwh.
5. A piece of platinum wire has resistance of 2.5 Ω at 0 °C. If its temperature of coefficient is
4×10-3 °C-1. Find the resistance of the wire at 80 °C.
6. In an electric circuit potential difference across resistor is 10 volt and current flowing in it
is 0.5 ampere.
Find: i) resistance, ii) charge flow through resistor for 30 second.
7. A 4m long wire has diameter of 0.30 mm. If its resistance is 30 ohm, find its resistivity &
conductivity.
8. State and explain limitation of ohm’s law.
9. Define ohmic and non ohmic material with examples.
10. Explain effect of temperature on resistance
11. Define conductivity of material. Write its SI unit.
12. Define electromotive force of cell. Write factors on which emf of cell depends.
13. If n identical cells, each of emf E and internal resistance r, are connected in series, write
an expression for the terminal p.d. of the combination and hence show that this is nearly n
times that of a single cell.
14. If n identical cells, each of emf E and internal resistance r, are connected in parallel,
derive an expression for the current supplied by this combination to external resistance R.
Prove that the combination supplies current almost n times the current supplied by a single
cell, when the external resistance R is much smaller than the internal resistance of the parallel
combination of the cells.
15. An electric heater takes 6A current from a 220V supply line, calculate the power of the
heater and electric energy consumed by it in 4 hours.
16. If a wire of resistance 5 ohms is stretched to its triple of its length then resistance will
become.
17. A conductor has resistance of 15Ω at 10°C and 18Ω at 400°C. Find the temperature
coefficient of resistance of the material.
18. A silver wire has resistance of 2.1Ω at 27.5°C. If temperature coefficient of silver is
3.94×10-3°C-1, find the silver wire resistance at 100°C.
19. The resistance of a tungsten filament at 150°C is 133 ohm. What will be its resistance at
500°C? The temperature coefficient of resistance of tungsten is 0.0045 per °C.
20. The resistivity of Nichrome is 10 -6 Ω-m. What length of this wire has radius of 0.1 mm
with resistance 100 Ω.
21. A wire of length 1 m and radius 0.1 mm has a resistance of 100 Ω. Find the resistivity of
the material.
22. A battery of emf 10 V and internal resistance 3 ohm is connected to a resistor. If the
current in the circuit 0.5 A, find : (i) the resistance of the resistor; (ii) the terminal voltage of
the battery.
23. A battery of emf E and internal resistance r ohm when connected across an external
resistance of 5 Ω, produces a current of 1 A. When connected across a resistance of 11 Ω, it
produces a current of 0.5 A. Determine (i) the emf and (ii) the internal resistance of the cell.
24. If an increases in length of copper wire is 0.5 % due to stretching, the percentage increase
in its resistance will be-
a) 4% b) 1% c) 2% d) 3%
25. A certain piece of copper is to be shaped into a conductor of minimum resistance, its
length and cross sectional area should be –
a) L/3 and 4A b) 2L and 2A c) L/2 and 2A d) L and A