X CLASS

Electricity-work sheet

1. An electric heater of resistance 10 Ω and resistance wire of 8 Ω are connected in

series with a 6V battery. Find
(i) Current through the circuit
Potential difference across the electric heater
(ii) Potential difference across electric wire

2. A heater connected to a 230V power source draws 5.5 A current. Calculate

(i) Electric power of the heater
(ii) Resistance of the heater
(iii) Cost of operating this heater for 20 hours if commercial electricity unit cost is
Rs.4

3. (a) Which gas is filled in an electric bulb and why?

(b) State Ohm’s law.

4. Draw an electric circuit for studying Ohm's law. Label the circuit component
used to measure electric current and potential difference.

5. Two identical resistors of resistance R are connected in series with a battery

of potential difference V for time t. The resistors are then connected in parallel with
the same battery for the same time t. Compare the heat produced in the two
cases.
6.

In the given circuit, calculate

(a) Total resistance of the circuit
(b) Current flowing through the circuit

OR

Two resistors each of 10 Ω are connected in i) series ii) and then in parallel to a battery
of6 V. Calculate the ratio of power consumed in the combination of resistor in two case.
7. Draw a circuit diagram to show how 3 bulbs can be lit from a battery so that 2
bulbs are controlled by the same switch while the third bulb has its own switch.

8. An electric appliance of 1.5 kW power rating operates on a 220V main supply

and has a current rating of 5 A. Is this fuse suitable for this electrical appliance?
Explain.
9 . Consider the following electric circuit: Calculate: I .Resultant resistance , ii. Total

current iii. Voltage across 7 Ω resistor

OR

A 4 kW heater is connected to a 220-V power source. Calculate

i. Electric current passing through the heater
ii. Resistance of the heater
iii. Electric energy consumed in a 2-hour use of the heater

9. In the circuit given below, three resistors of 5 Ω, 10 Ω and 20 Ω, respectively,

are connected across a battery of 12 V.

Calculate:
(a) Current through each resistor
(b) Total current in the circuit
11. Two electric lamps rated 100 W, 220 V and 60 W,220 V are connected in parallel to
electric mains supply. Calculate the current drawn from the mains if the supply voltage is
220 V?
b. A lamp consumes 50 W and is lighted 2 h daily in month of April. How many units
of electric energy is consumed ?

12 a. How will you infer with the help of an experiment that the same current
flows through every part of a circuit containing three resistors in series connected to a
battery?
b. Consider the given circuit and find the current flowing in the circuit and
potential difference across the 15 Ω resistors when the circuit is closed.
13. If in the figure R1= 10Ω, R2 = 40Ω, R3 = 30Ω, R4 = 20Ω, R5 = 60Ω, and a 12 V battery is

connected to the arrangement. Calculate

i. the total resistance in the circuit ,and
ii. the total current flowing in the circuit.

14. (a) How much current will an electric bulb draw from a 220 V source, if the
resistance of the bulb filament is 1200 Ω?
( b) How much current will an electric heater coil draw from a 220 V source, if the
resistance of the Heater coil is 100 Ω?
15. Calculate the total cost of running the following electrical devices in the month of
September, if the rate of 1 unit of electricity is R s. 6.00.
i) Electric heater of 1000 W for 5 hours daily.
i) Electric refrigerator of 400 W for 10 hours daily
16. Find out the following in the electric circuit given in Figure
i.

i. The effective resistance of two 8 Ω resistors in the combination

ii . Current flowing through 4 Ω resistor

OR
The following circuit diagram shows three resistors 2Ω, 4Ω, RΩ connected to a battery of
e. m .f. 2V and internal resistance 3Ω. A main current of 0.25 A flows through the circuit.
a. What is the potential difference across RΩ and 2Ω resistors ?
b. Calculate the value of R.

17. In the circuit diagram given here, calculate-

i. The total effective resistance and the total current
ii. The current through each resistor

OR
18. a. How will you infer with the help of an experiment that the same current flows
through every part of a circuit containing three resistors in series connected to a
battery?
b. Consider the given circuit and find the current flowing in the circuit and potential
difference across the 15 Ω resistors when the circuit is closed.

19. i. A lamp consumes 50 W and is lighted 2 h daily in month of April. How many
units of electric energy is consumed?
ii. An electric iron of resistance 20 Ω takes a current of 5A. Calculate the heat developed in
30s.
20. For the circuit shown in the given diagram:

What is the value of

i. current through 6Ω resistor?
ii. potential difference across 12Ω resistor?

OR
Calculate:
i. the effective resistance of the circuit and the current in the circuit

ii. Potential difference across 10 Ω resistor of a circuit shown in the figure.

21. i. It would cost a man ₹3.50 to buy 1.0 kW h of electrical energy from the Main
Electricity Board. His generator has a maximum power of 2.0 kW. The generator
produces energy at this maximum power for 3 hours. Calculate how much it would cost
to buy the same amount of energy from the Main Electricity Board.
ii. A student boils water in an electric kettle for 20 minutes. Using the same mains supply
he wants to reduce the boiling time of water. To do so should he increase or decrease the
length of the heating element? Justify your answer.

22. Five resistors are connected in a circuit as shown in

figure. Find the ammeter reading when the circuit is closed.
23. In a circuit find (I) . total resistance
( ii ) .current shown by ammeter

24. An electric heater is rated at 2kW. Electrical energy costs ₹4 per kWh. What is the cost of
using the heater for 3 hours?
ii. You have two electric lamps having rating 40W, 220V and 60W, 220V. Which of the two has a
higher resistance? Give reason for your answer. If these two lamps are connected to a source of
220V, which will glow brighter?

25. a. Two electric lamps rated 100 W,220 V and 60 W,220 V are connected in parallel to electric
mains supply. Calculate the current drawn from the mains if the supply voltage is 220 V?
b. A lamp consumes 50 W and is lighted 2 h daily in month of April. How many units of electric
energy is consumed ?

26. Given in fig. is the circuit diagram in which three resistors of 1Ω,
2Ω and 3Ω are connected to cell of e. m. f. 2V and internal resistance
0.5 Ω.
Calculate the total resistance of the circuit.
cell is connected in series with the given cell ?

27. i. An electric iron consumes energy at a rate of 840 W when heating is at the maximum rate
and 360 W when the heating is at the minimum rate. The applied voltage is 220 V. What is the
value of current and the resistance in each case?
ii. Which uses more energy, a 250 W TV set for 1 hour or a 1,200 W toaster for 10 minutes?

28. A circuit diagram is given as shown below:

Calculate
i. the total effective resistance of the circuit.
ii. the total current in the circuit and the current through each resistor

29. Find the value of current in the circuit given as below:

You have four resistors of 8Ω each. Show how would you connect these resistors to have effective
resistance of 8Ω?
30. An electric iron draws a current of 0.5 A when voltage is 200 V. Calculate the amount of charge flowing through
it in one hour.
OR
On what factors does the resistance of a conductor depend? Will current flow more easily through a thick wire or a
thin wire of the same material when connected to the same source? Why?

31. Write Joule’s law of heating.

32. In a house 4 bulbs of 100 watt each are lighted for 5 hours daily, 2 fans of 50 watt each are
used for 10 hours daily and a refrigerator of 1.00 kW is used for half an hour daily. Calculate the
total energy consumed in a month of January and its cost at the rate of ` 3.60 per kWh.

33. Two resistors are connected first in series and then in parallel across a battery as shown.
What effect will it have on the readings of voltmeter and ammeter?

34. Two circular coils A and B are kept close to each other, of which coil A carries a current.
What will you observe in the galvanometer connected across the coil B
(a) if current in the coil A is changed?
(b) if both the coils are moved in the same direction with the same speed? Give reason to
justify your answer in each case.
35. A bulb is rated 40 W; 220 V. Find the current drawn by it, when it is connected to a 220 V
supply. Also find its resistance. If the given bulb is replaced by a bulb of rating 25 W; 220 V, will
there be any change in the value of current and resistance? Justify your answer and determine
the change.

36. Draw a schematic diagram of a circuit consisting of a battery of three cells each of 2V, a
combination of three resistors of 10 W, 20 W and 30 W connected in parallel, a plug key and an
ammeter, all connected in series. Find the value of current through each resistor?

37. Show how would you join three resistors, each of resistance 9 W so that the equivalent
resistance of the combination is (a) 13.5 W, (b) 6 W?

38. For a heater rated at 4 kW and 220 V, calculate (a) the current and the resistance of the heater, (b) the energy
consumed in 2 hours and the cost, if 1 kWh is priced at 50 paisa

39. The resistivity of the material of a wire is 44 × 10–8  m. If the resistance of the wire is 14  and its diameter is 1
mm, calculate the length of the wire.

40. A bulb is rated 50 W; 220 V. Find the current drawn by it, when it is connected to a 220 V supply. Also find its
resistance. If the given bulb is replaced by a bulb of rating 30 W; 220 V, will there be any change in the value of current
and resistance? Justify your answer and determine the change

41. (a) State one difference between kilowatt and kilowatt hour. Express 1 kWh in joules.
(b) A bulb is rated 5V; 500 mA. Calculate the rated power and resistance of the bulb when it glows.

42. In the given circuit diagram calculate

(a) the total effective resistance of the circuit.
(b) the current through each resistor.

43. An electric kettle consumes 1 kW of electric power when operated at 220 V. A fuse wire of
what rating must be used for it?
(b) How does the heat H produced by a current passing through a fixed resistance wire depend
on the magnitude of current I ?
44. Several electric bulbs designed to be used on a 220 V electric supply line, are rated 10 W.
How many lamps can be connected in parallel with each other across the two wires of 220 V line
if the maximum allowable current is 6 A?

45. Write the relation between resistance (R) of filament of a bulb, its power (P) and a constant
voltage (V) applied across it.
(b) Power of a lamp is 60 W. Find the energy in joules consumed by it in 1 s.

46. Several resistors may be combined to form a network. The combination should have two end
points to connect it with a battery or other circuit elements. When the resistances are connected
in series, the current in each resistance is same but the potential difference is different in each
resistor. When the resistances are connected in parallel, the voltage drop
across each resistance is same but the current is different in each
resistor.
(a) In which combination series or parallel the household circuits are
connected.
(b) The two wires A and B, each of resistance R, initially connected in series
and then in parallel. In the graph it shows the resistance in series and in parallel. In the given
graph which combination is denoted by wires A and B

(C ) Find the equivalent resistance between A and B

(d) In the circuit shown, find the equivalent resistance between A and B

47. List in a tubular form three differences between a voltmeter and an ammeter.
OR
On what factors does the resistance of a conductor depend and how?

48. Several resistors may be combined to form a network. The combination should have two end points to connect it
with a battery or other circuit elements. When the resistances are connected in series, the current in each resistance is
same but the potential difference is different in each resistor. When the resistances are connected in parallel, the
voltage drop across each resistance is same but the current is different in each resistor.
Now consider the following electric circuit and answer the following questions.

(a) Which two resistors are connected in parallel?

(b) Which two resistors are connected in series?
(c) If every resistors of the circuit is of 2 Ω, what current will
flow in the circuit?
OR
Deduce the expression for the equivalent resistance of the parallel combination of three resistors
R1, R2 and R3.

49. What is Electric power? Express it in terms of potential difference V and resistance R.
(b) An electric iron of 1 kW is operated at 220 V. Find, which of the following fuses that
respectively rated at 1 A, 3 A and 5 A can be used in it?
50. The figure below shows three cylindrical copper conductors along with their face areas and
lengths. Compare the resistance and the resistivity of the three conductors. Justify your answer.
 OR

Calculate the readings of the ammeter and the voltmeter

when key 'K' is closed. Give reason to justify your
answer.

51. Calculate the total cost of running the following electrical devices in the month of September, if the rate of 1 unit
of electricity is `6.00.
(a) Electric heater of 1000 W for 5 hours daily.
(b) Electric refrigerator of 400 W for 10 hours daily.

52. Find the effective resistance between the points A and B in the network shown in the figure

53. Study the following electric circuit and calculate the potential difference across a 5W resistor

54. Two coils of resistance R1 = 3W and R2 = 9W are connected in series across a battery of potential difference 14
V.
(a) Draw the circuit diagram.
(b) Find the electrical energy consumed in 1 min in each resistance

55. Find the current drawn from the battery by the network of four resistors shown in the figure.
3V
R1=10 R2=10

R4=10
I R3=10

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56. For the electric circuit given below, calculate: For the electric circuit given below, calculate:

(a) Current in each resistor.

(b) Total current drawn from the battery and
(c ) Equivalent resistance of the circuit.