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Numericals – Set 2

Electricity:

1. Show how you would connect two 4 ohm resistors to produce a combined resistance of
(a) 2 ohms. (b) 8 ohms.

2. Which of the following resistor arrangement, A or B, has the lower combined resistance ?

3. A wire that has resistance R is cut into two equal pieces. The two parts are joined in
parallel. What is the resistance of the combination ?

4. Calculate the combined resistance in each case :

5. Find the current in each resistor in the circuit shown below :

6. A battery of 9 V is connected in series with resistors of 0.2 ohm, 0.3 ohm, 0.4 ohm, 0.5
ohm and 12 ohm How much Current would flow through the 12 ohm resistor ?

7. An electric bulb of resistance 20 and a resistance wire of 4 are connected in series


with a 6 V battery. Draw the circuit diagram and calculate :

(a) Total resistance of the circuit.


(b) Current through the circuit.

(C) potential difference across the electric bulb.

(d) Potential difference across the resistance wire.


8. Three resistors are connected as shown in the diagram.

Through the resistor 5 ohm, a current of 1 ampere is flowing.

(i) What is the current through the other two resistors ?


(ii) What is the p.d. across AB and across AC ?
(iii) What is the total resistance ?

9. For the circuit shown in the diagram below :

What is the value of :

(i) Current through 6 ohm resistor ?


(ii) Potential difference across 12 ohm resistor ?

10. Two resistors, with resistances 5 ohm and 10 ohm respectively are to be connected to a
battery of emf 6 V so as to Obtain :

(i) Minimum current flowing (ii) maximum current flowing


(a) How will you connect the resistances in each case ?
(b) Calculate the strength of the total current in the circuit in the two cases.

11. The circuit diagram given below shows the combination of three resistors R1, R2 and R3

Find i) total resistance of the circuit.

(ii) Total current flowing in the circuit.


(iii) The potential difference across R1.
12. In the circuit diagram given below, the current flowing across 5 ohm resistor is 1 amp.
Find the current flowing through the other two resistors.

13. In the circuit diagram given below five resistances of 10 ohm, 40 ohm, 30 ohm, 20 ohm
and 60 ohm are connected as shown to a 12 V battery.

Calculate :

(a) total resistance in the circuit.

(b) total current flowing in the circuit.

14. In the circuit diagram given below, three resistors R1, R2, and R3 of 5 ohm, 10 ohm and
30 ohm, respectively are connected as shown.

Calculate :

(a) Current through each resistor.


(b) Total current in the circuit

© total resistance in the circuit


15. A p.d. of 4 V is applied to two resistors of 6 ohm and 2 ohm connected in series.
Calculate :

(a) The combined resistance


(b) The current flowing

C) the p.d. across the 6 ohm resistor

16. A p.d. of 6 V is applied to two resistors of 3 ohm and 6 ohm connected in parallel.
Calculate :

(a) The combined resistance


(b) The current flowing in the main circuit

© the current flowing in the 3 ohm resistor.

17. In the circuit shown below, the voltmeter reads 10 V.

(a) What is the combined resistance ?

(b) What current flows ?

(c) What is the p.d. across 2 ohm resistor ?

(d) What is the p.d. across 3 ohm resistor ?

18. In the circuit given below :

(a) What is the combined resistance ?

(b) What is the p.d. across the combined resistance ?


(c) What is the p.d. across the 3 ohm resistor ?

(d) What is the current in the 3 ohm resistor ?

(e) What is the current in the 6 ohm resistor ?

19. A 5 V battery is connected to two 20 ohm resistors which are joined together in series.

(a) Draw a circuit diagram to represent this. Add an arrow to indicate the direction of
conventional current flow in the circuit.
(b) What is the effective resistance of the two resistors ?

© Calculate the current that flows from the battery

(c) What is the p.d. across each resistor ?

20. The figure given below shows an electric circuit in which current flows from a 6 V
battery through two resistors.

(a) Are the resistors connected in series with each other or in parallel ?
(b) For each resistor, state the p.d. across it.

© The current flowing from the battery is shared between the two resistors. Which resistor
will have bigger share of the current ?

(c) Calculate the effective resistance of the two resistors.

€ Calculate the current that flows from the battery.

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