Electrical Numerical
Electrical Numerical
Electrical Numerical
7 × 10-6 m2 has a
resistance 3 × 10-2 ohm.
a. What is the formula for resistivity of the wire and what is the unit of it
b. Calculate the resistivity of the wire
2. The table given below shows the resistivity of three Material X, Y and Z?
Samples X Y Z
Resistivity 3 X 10 -9 11.1 X 0 -6 18X10-17
a. Arrange the samples in increasing order of conductivity
b. Which of these is best conductor?
c. Which are these is best insulator?
3. There are m resistor each of resistance R. First they all are connected in
series and equivalent resistance is X. Now they are connected in parallel and
equivalent resistance is Y. What is the ratio of X and Y?
4. We have four resistors A ,B ,C and D of resistance 4 ohm,8 ohm ,12 ohm
and 24 ohm respectively?
S.no Questions
The value of current across each
1
resistor
The value of Potential difference
2
across each resistor
3 Total current in the circuit
4 Effective resistance of the circuit
6. An electric bulb draws a current of .8 A and works on 250 V on the average
8 hours a day.
a. Find the power consumed by the bulb
b. If the electric distribution company changes Rs 5 for 6 KWH, what is the
monthly bill for 60 days
7. Judge the equivalent resistance when the following are connected in
parallel
(a) 1 Ω and 106106 Ω
(b) 1 Ω, 103103 Ω and 106106 Ω.
8. How can three resistors of resistances 2 Ω, 3 Ω and 6Ω be connected to
give a total resistance of (a) 4 Ω, (b) 1 Ω?
9. What is (a) the highest, (b) the lowest total resistance that can be secured
by combinations of four coils of resistances 4 Ω, 8 Ω, 12 Ω, 24 Ω?
10. An electric motor takes 5 A from a 220 V line. Determine the power of the
motor and the energy consumed in 2 h.
11. An electric lamp of 100 Ω, a toaster of resistance 50 Ω, and a water filter
of resistance 500 Ω are connected in parallel to a 220 V source. What is the
resistance of an electric iron connected to the same source that takes as must
current as all three appliances and what is the current through it?
12. What is the resistance of 12 m wire having radius 2×10-4 m and resistivity
3.14×10-8 Ω-m.
13. An electric iron consumer's energy at a rate of 840 W when heating is at
the maximum rate and 360 W when the heating is at the minimum,the voltage
is 220 V. What are the current and the resistance in each case ?
14. A student has a resistance wire of 1 ohm. If the length of this wire is 50
cm, to what length he should stretch it uniformly so as to obtain a wire of 4 Ω
resistance? Justify your answer.
15. The resistance of a wire of 0.01 cm radius is 10 Ω. If the resistivity of the
material of the wire is 50×10-8 ohm meters, find the length of the wire