NEET Physics Current Electricity MCQs Set 17

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Practise 25 chapter-wise NEET Physics questions on Current Electricity in this set, each with a worked solution you can open after attempting it. The questions test Ohm's law, resistivity, combinations of resistors, Kirchhoff's laws, cells, the potentiometer and the Wheatstone bridge.

Question 1: Four wires \(AB, BC, CD, DA\) of resistance \(4 ohm\) each and a fifth wire \(BD\) of resistance \(8 ohm\) are joined to form a rectangle \(ABCD\) of which \(BD\) is a diagonal. The effective resistance between the points \(A\) and \(B\) is
(a) \(24 ohm\)
(b) \(16 ohm\)
(c) \(\frac{4}{3} ohm\)
(d) \(\frac{8}{3} ohm\)
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Answer: (d) \(\frac{8}{3} ohm\)

Explanation:
1. Effective resistance between the points \(A\) and \(B\) is
2. \(R=\frac{32}{12}=\frac{8}{3}Ω\)

Question 2: The amount of charge \(Q\) passed in time \(t\) through a cross-section of a wire is \(Q=5{t}^{2}+3t+1.\)The value of current at time \(t=5 s\) is
(a) 9A
(b) 49A
(c) 53A
(d) None of these
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Answer: (c) 53A

Explanation:
1. \(i=\frac{dQ}{dt}=\frac{d}{dt}\left(5{t}^{2}+3t+1\right)=10t+3\)
2. When \(t=5s, i=10×5+3=53 A\)

Question 3: One junction of a certain thermo-couple is at a fixed temperature \({T}_{r}\) and the other junction is at temperature \(T\). The thermo electric force for this is expressed by
\(E=K\left(T-{T}_{r}\right)[ {T}_{0}+\frac{1}{2}\left({T}^{2}+{T}_{r}^{2}) \right]\).
At temperature \(T={T}_{0}/2\) the thermoelectric power is
(a) \(\frac{1}{2} K {T}_{0}\)
(b) \(\frac{3}{2}K {T}_{0}\)
(c) \(\frac{1}{2 } K {T}_{0}^{2}\)
(d) \(\frac{1}{2 }K {\left({T}_{0}-{T}_{r}\right)}^{2}\)
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Answer: (b) \(\frac{3}{2}K {T}_{0}\)

Explanation:
1. \(E=K\left(T-{T}_{r}\right){T}_{0}+\frac{1}{2}K({T}^{2}-{T}_{r}^{2})\)
2. \(\frac{dE}{dT}=K{T}_{0}+\frac{1}{2}K×2T=K{T}_{0}+KT\)
3. At temperature \(T={T}_{0}\)/2,
4. Thermo-electric power is \(\frac{dE}{dT}=K{T}_{0}+K\frac{{T}_{0}}{2}=\frac{3}{2}K{ T}_{0}\).

Question 4: A wire is stretched so as to change its diameter by 0.25%. The percentage change in resistance is
(a) 4.0%
(b) 2.0%
(c) 1.0%
(d) 0.5%
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Answer: (c) 1.0%

Explanation:
1. On stretching, volume (\(V\)) remains constant. So
2. \(V=Al \mathrm{or} l=V/A.\)
3. Now, \(R=\frac{ρl}{A}=\frac{ρV}{{A}^{2}}=\frac{ρV}{{π}^{2}{D}^{4}/16}=\frac{16ρV}{{π}^{2}{D}^{4}}\)
4. Taking logarithm of both the side and differentiating it we get
5. \(\frac{∆R}{R}=-4\frac{∆D}{D}\mathrm{or}\frac{∆R}{R}=-4×0.25=1.0\%\)

Question 5: A cylindrical metal wire of length \(l\) and cross sectional area \(S,\) has resistance \(R,\) conductance \(G,\) conductivity \(σ\) and resistivity \(ρ.\) Which one of the following expressions for \(σ\) is valid
(a) \(\frac{GR}{ρ}\)
(b) \(\frac{ρR}{G}\)
(c) \(\frac{GS}{l}\)
(d) \(\frac{Rl}{S}\)
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Answer: (a) \(\frac{GR}{ρ}\)

Explanation:
1. Conductivity \(σ=\frac{1}{ρ}\) …(i)
2. and conductance \(G=\frac{1}{R}\)
3. \(⇒GR=1\) ….(ii)
4. From equation (i) and (ii) \(σ=\frac{GR}{ρ}\)

Question 6: A wire has a resistance of 6\(Ω\). It is cut into two parts and both half values are connected in parallel. The new resistance is
(a) 3\(Ω\)
(b) 6\(Ω\)
(c) 12\(Ω\)
(d) 1.5\(Ω\)
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Answer: (d) 1.5\(Ω\)

Explanation:
1. Resistance of original wire is
2. \(R=ρ\frac{l}{A}\)
3. \(ρ\),being the specific resistance of wire. When the wire is cut in two equal halves then resistance becomes
4. \({R}^{'}=\frac{ρl/2}{A}=\frac{R}{2}\)
5. Thus, the net resistance of parallel combination of two halves is given by
6. \({R}_{\mathrm{net}}=\frac{{R}^{'}×{R}^{'}}{{R}^{'}+{R}^{'}}\)
7. \(=\frac{{R}^{'}}{2}=\frac{R}{2×2}=\frac{6}{4}=1.5Ω\)

Question 7: Which of the following statements is wrong
(a) Voltmeter should have high resistance
(b) Ammeter should have low resistance
(c) Ammeter is placed in parallel across the conductor in a circuit
(d) Voltmeter is placed in parallel across the conductor in a circuit
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Answer: (c) Ammeter is placed in parallel across the conductor in a circuit

Explanation:
1. Ammeter is always connected in series with circuit

Question 8: A galvanometer of resistance \(36 Ω\) is changed into an ammeter by using a shunt of \(4 Ω.\) The fraction \({f}_{0}\) of total current passing through the galvanometer is
(a) \(\frac{1}{40}\)
(b) \(\frac{1}{4}\)
(c) \(\frac{1}{140}\)
(d) \(\frac{1}{10}\)
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Answer: (d) \(\frac{1}{10}\)

Explanation:
1. \(\frac{{i}_{g}}{i}=\frac{S}{G+S}=\frac{4}{36+4}=\frac{4}{40}=\frac{1}{10}\)

Question 9: Some electric bulbs are connected in series across a 220V supply in a room. If one bulb is fused, then remaining bulbs are connected again in series across the same supply. The illumination in the room will be
(a) Increase
(b) Decrease
(c) Remain the same
(d) Not continuous
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Answer: (a) Increase

Explanation:
1. From Joule’s law, the heat produced is given by
2. \(P=\frac{{V}^{2}}{R}\)
3. Where \(V\)is potential and \(R\) the resistance.
4. When one bulb is fused, the total resistance of the circuit decreases. Hence, \((P)\) illumination increases.

Question 10: The colour sequence in a carbon resistor is red, brown, orange and silver. The resistance of the resistor is
(a) \(21×{10}^{3}±10\%\)
(b) \(23×{10}^{1}±10\%\)
(c) \(21×{10}^{3}±5\%\)
(d) \(12×{10}^{3}±5\%\)
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Answer: (a) \(21×{10}^{3}±10\%\)

Explanation:
1. Red, brown, orange, silver red and brown represents the first two significant figures
2. \(∴R=21×{10}^{3}±10\%\)

Question 11: A \(3℃\) rise in temperature is observed in a conductor by passing certain current. When the current is doubled, the rise in temperature will be
(a) \(15℃\)
(b) \(12℃\)
(c) \(9℃\)
(d) \(3℃\)
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Answer: (b) \(12℃\)

Explanation:
1. \({i}^{2}Rt=Cθ=3C;C=\) Thermal capacity
2. when\({i}_{1}=2i⇒C{θ}_{1}=4{i}^{2}Rt=4×3C⇒{θ}_{1}=12℃\)

Question 12: Two bulbs, one of \(50 watt\) and another of \(25 watt\) are connected in series to the mains. The ratio of the currents through them is
(a) 2 :1
(b) 1 :2
(c) 1 :1
(d) Without voltage, cannot be calculated
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Answer: (c) 1 :1

Explanation:
1. The bulbs are in series, hence they will have the same current through them

Question 13: An aluminium (resistivity\(ρ=2.2×{10}^{-8}Ω-m\)) wire of a diameter 1.4 mm is used to make a\(4Ω\) esistor. The length of the wire is
(a) 220 m
(b) 1000 m
(c) 280 m
(d) 1 m
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Answer: (c) 280 m

Explanation:
1. Length of the wire is
2. \(l=\frac{RA}{ρ}\)
3. \(∴l=\frac{4×π×{\left(0.7×{10}^{-3}\right)}^{2}}{2.2×{10}^{-8}}=280m\)

Question 14: The current in a simple series circuit is 5.0.A. when an additional resistance of 2.0\(Ω\) is inserted, the current drops to 4.0 A. the original resistance of the circuit in ohm was
(a) 1.25
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 20
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Answer: (b) 8

Explanation:
1. Let the original resistance is R \(Ω\).
2. ∴ \(V=IR\)
3. \(V=5×R=5R …\)(i)
4. When 2 \(Ω\) resistance is inserted, then total resistance
5. =(R+2)\(Ω\)
6. ∴ \(V = I’ (R+2)=4(R+2)\) …(ii)
7. From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
8. \(5R = 4(R+2)\)
9. ∴ R=8 \(Ω\)

Question 15: The internal resistance of a cell of e.m.f. \(12V\) is \(5×{10}^{-2}Ω.\) It is connected across an unknown resistance. Voltage across the cell, when a current of \(60 A\) is drawn from it, is
(a) \(15 V\)
(b) \(12 V\)
(c) \(9 V\)
(d) \(6 V\)
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Answer: (c) \(9 V\)

Explanation:
1. \(V=E-ir=12-60×5×{10}^{-2}=9V\)

Question 16: A strip of copper and another of germanium are cooled from room temperature to \(80 K.\) The resistance of
(a) Each of these increases
(b) Each of these decreases
(c) Copper strip increases and that of germanium decreases
(d) Copper strip decreases and that of germanium increases
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Answer: (d) Copper strip decreases and that of germanium increases

Explanation:
1. For conductors, resistance \(∝\) Temperature and for semiconductor, resistance \(∝\frac{1}{\mathrm{Temperature}}\)

Question 17: An electric current passes through a circuit containing two wires of the same material connected in parallel. If the lengths of the wires are in the ratio of 4/3 and radius of the wires are in the ratio of 2/3, then the ratio of the current passing through the wires will be
(a) 3
(b) 1/3
(c) 8/9
(d) None of these
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Answer: (b) 1/3

Explanation:
1. Given that,
2. \(\frac{{l}_{1}}{{l}_{2}}=\frac{4}{3}\mathrm{and}\frac{{r}_{1}}{{r}_{2}}=\frac{2}{3}\)
3. Here, \({l}_{1}\)and \({l}_{2}\)are the length of the wires while \({r}_{1}\)and \({r}_{2}\) are the radii of the wires.
4. Now, we know that
5. \(V=IR⟹IR\mathrm{=constant}\)
6. \(⟹{I}_{1}{R}_{1}={I}_{2}{R}_{2}\)
7. \(\mathrm{or}\frac{{I}_{1}}{{I}_{2}}=\frac{{R}_{2}}{{R}_{1}} ….\left(i\right)\)
8. But we know that the resistance of the wire is
9. \(R=\frac{ρl}{A}\)
10. Hence, from Eq (i)
11. \(\frac{{I}_{1}}{{I}_{2}}=\frac{ρ{l}_{2}/{A}_{2}}{ρ{l}_{1}/{A}_{1}}\)
12. Here,
13. \({R}_{1}=\frac{ρ{l}_{1}}{{A}_{1}},{R}_{2}=\frac{ρ{l}_{2}}{{A}_{2}}and {ρ}_{1}={ρ}_{2}=ρ\)
14. Because both wires are of same material.
15. \(∴ \frac{{I}_{1}}{{I}_{2}}=\frac{{l}_{2}{A}_{1}}{{l}_{1}{A}_{2}}\)
16. \(⟹\frac{{I}_{1}}{{I}_{2}}=\frac{{l}_{2}π{r}_{1}^{2}}{{l}_{1}π{r}_{2}^{2}}\)
17. \(⟹\frac{{I}_{1}}{{I}_{2}}=\frac{{l}_{2}{r}_{1}^{2}}{{l}_{2}{r}_{2}^{2}}\)
18. Here, \(\frac{{l}_{2}}{{l}_{1}}=\frac{3}{4} and\frac{{r}_{1}}{{r}_{2}}=\frac{2}{3}\)
19. \(⟹ \frac{{I}_{1}}{{I}_{2}}=\frac{3}{4}×{\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)}^{2}\)
20. Or \(\frac{{I}_{1}}{{I}_{2}}=\frac{1}{3}\)

Question 18: A uniform copper wire of length 1 m and cross-section area \(5×{10}^{-7}{m}^{2}\) carries a current of 1 A. Assuming that there are \(8×{10}^{28}\) free electron \({m}^{-3}\)in copper, how long will an electron take to drift from one end of the wire to the other?
(a) \(0.8×{10}^{3}s\)
(b) \(1.6×{10}^{3}s\)
(c) \(3.2×{10}^{3}s\)
(d) \(6.4×{10}^{3}s\)
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Answer: (d) \(6.4×{10}^{3}s\)

Explanation:
1. Current in wire \(i=Ane{v}_{d}\)
2. Here, \(i=1A, n=8×{10}^{28}\mathrm{electron/}{m}^{-3}\)
3. \(A=5×{10}^{-7}{m}^{2}\)
4. \(∴1=8×{10}^{28}×1.6×{10}^{-19}×5×{10}^{-7}×{v}_{d}\)
5. \(\mathrm{or}{v}_{d}=\frac{1}{8×{10}^{28}×1.6×{10}^{-19}×5×{10}^{-7}}\)
6. Now,
7. \(t=\frac{1}{{v}_{d}}=8×{10}^{28}×1.6×{10}^{-19}×5×{10}^{-7}\)
8. \(=64×{10}^{2}=6.4×{10}^{3}s\)

Question 19: A coil takes 15 min to boil a certain amount of water; another coil takes 20 min for the same process. Time taken to boil the same amount of water when both coils are connected in series
(a) 5 min
(b) 8.6 min
(c) 35 min
(d) 30 min
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Answer: (c) 35 min

Explanation:
1. From Joule’s law,
2. \(H=\frac{{V}^{2}t}{RJ}\mathrm{cal}\)
3. Where \(V\) is potential difference, \(t\) the time and \(R\) the resistance.
4. \(R={R}_{1}+{R}_{2}\)
5. Let \(\frac{t}{R}=\frac{HJ}{{V}^{2}}= \mathrm{constant=}k\)
6. \(⇒{R}_{1}=k{t}_{1}\mathrm{and}{R}_{2}=k{t}_{2}\)
7. \(∴ kt=k{t}_{1}+k{t}_{2}\)
8. Or \(t=15+20\)
9. \(t=35 \mathrm{min}\)

Question 20: A source of \(e.m.f. E=15 V\) and having negligible internal resistance is connected to a variable resistance so that the current in the circuit increases with time as \(i=1.2 t+3.\) Then, the total charge that will flow in first five seconds will be
(a) \(10 C\)
(b) \(20 C\)
(c) \(30 C\)
(d) \(40 C\)
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Answer: (c) \(30 C\)

Explanation:
1. \(i=\frac{dQ}{dt}⇒dQ=idt⇒Q=\int_{{t}_{1}}^{{t}_{2}} idt=\int_{0}^{5} \left(1.2t+3\right)dt\)
2. \(={\left[\frac{1.2{t}^{2}}{2}+3t\right]}_{0}^{5}=30C\)

Question 21: A 200 W and a 100 W bulb, both meant for operation at 220 V are connected in series. When connected to a 220 V supply the power consumed by the combination is
(a) 33.3 W
(b) 66.7 W
(c) 300 W
(d) 100 W
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Answer: (b) 66.7 W

Explanation:
1. When two similar bulbs of different powers are connected in series, then
2. \(\frac{1}{P}=\frac{1}{{P}_{1}}+\frac{1}{{P}_{2}}\)
3. Given, \({P}_{1}=200 W, {P}_{2}=100 W\)
4. \(⇒\frac{1}{P}=\frac{1+2}{200}\)
5. \(⇒P=\frac{200}{3}=66.7 W\)

Question 22: For driving a current of \(2 A\) for \(6 minutes\) in a circuit, \(1000 J\) of work is to be done. The e.m.f. of the source in the circuit is
(a) \(1.38 V\)
(b) \(1.68 V\)
(c) \(2.04 V\)
(d) \(3.10 V\)
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Answer: (a) \(1.38 V\)

Explanation:
1. \(P=\frac{W}{t}=Vi⇒V=\frac{W}{it}=\frac{1000}{2×6×60}=1.38 V\)

Question 23: Under what condition will the strength of current in a wire of resistance \(R\) be the same for connection is \(n\) series or in parallel of \(n\) identical cells each of the internal resistance \(r\), when
(a) \(R=nr\)
(b) \(R=r/n\)
(c) \(R=r\)
(d) \(R→∞,r→0\)
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Answer: (c) \(R=r\)

Explanation:
1. In series combination of cells current, \(i=\frac{nE}{nr+R}\)
2. In parallel combination of cell, \({i}^{'}=\frac{E}{(\frac{r}{n)+R}}\)
3. If \(i={i}^{'}\mathrm{then}\frac{nE}{nr+R}=\frac{E}{(\frac{r}{n)+R}}=\frac{nE}{r+nR}\)
4. It will be so if \(r=R\)

Question 24: Two wires of equal diameters, of resistivities\({ρ}_{1}\) and \({ρ}_{2}\) and lengths \({l}_{1}\)and \({l}_{2}\), respectively, are joined in series. The equivalent resistivity of the combination is
(a) \(\frac{{ρ}_{1}{l}_{1}+{ρ}_{2}{l}_{2}}{{l}_{1}+{l}_{2}}\)
(b) \(\frac{{ρ}_{1}{l}_{2}+{ρ}_{2}{l}_{1}}{{l}_{1}-{l}_{2}}\)
(c) \(\frac{{ρ}_{1}{l}_{2}+{ρ}_{2}{l}_{1}}{{l}_{1}+{l}_{2}}\)
(d) \(\frac{{ρ}_{1}{l}_{1}-{ρ}_{2}{l}_{2}}{{l}_{1}-{l}_{2}}\)
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Answer: (a) \(\frac{{ρ}_{1}{l}_{1}+{ρ}_{2}{l}_{2}}{{l}_{1}+{l}_{2}}\)

Explanation:
1. \({R}_{1}=\frac{{ρ}_{1}{l}_{1}}{A}\)and \({R}_{2}=\frac{{ρ}_{2}{l}_{2}}{A}\). In series \({R}_{eq}={R}_{1}+{R}_{2}\)
2. \(\frac{{ρ}_{eq.}({l}_{1}+{l}_{2})}{A}=\frac{{ρ}_{1}{l}_{1}}{A}+\frac{{ρ}_{2}{l}_{2}}{A}⇒{ρ}_{eq}=\frac{{ρ}_{1}{l}_{1}+{ρ}_{2}{l}_{2}}{{l}_{1}+{l}_{2}}\)

Question 25: A milliammeter of range \(10 mA\) has a coil of resistance \(1 Ω.\) To use it as voltmeter of range \(10 volt,\) the resistance that must be connected in series with it, will be
(a) \(999 Ω\)
(b) \(99 Ω\)
(c) \(1000 Ω\)
(d) None of these
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Answer: (a) \(999 Ω\)

Explanation:
1. \(R=\frac{V}{{i}_{g}}-G=\frac{10}{10×{10}^{-3}}-1=999Ω\)

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