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Class 10 Electricity Numericals

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CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL, GREATER NOIDA

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CLASS 10 CH- ELECTRICITY


1. Calculate the number of electrons constituting 16 coulombs of charge.
2. A current of 0.5 A is drawn by a filament of an electric bulb for 20 minutes. Find the
amount of electric charge that flows through the circuit.
3. A 9V battery is connected across an unknown resistor, there is a current of 3 mA in the
circuit Find the value of the resistance of the resistor.
4. An electric heater draws a current of 11 A, when connected to 220 V mains supply.
Calculate the resistance of the filament of the heater.
5. How much current will an electric bulb draw from a 220 V source, if the resistance of the
filament of the bulb is 1100 ohm?
6. The potential difference between the terminals of an electric heater is 250 V, when it draws
a current of 10 A. What current will the heater draw, if the potential difference is increased
to 300 V?
7. What is the shape of the graph obtained by plotting potential difference applied across a
conductor against the current flowing through it? What does the slope V-I graph at any
point represents?
8. A 6 resistance wire is doubled on itself. Calculate the new resistance of the wire.
9. The electrical resistivities of copper and aluminium are 1.62X10-8 ohm m and 2.63X10-8
ohm m respectively. Which is a better conductor? Why?
10. The resistance of an electric wire of an alloy is 10Omega If the thickness of wire is 0.001 m
and length is 1 m, find its resistivity.
11. A piece of wire is redrawn by pulling it until its length is doubled and area is halved.
Compare the new resistance with the original value.
12. A silver wire of resistivity 1.7 X10-8 ohm m has a diameter of 0.2 mm. What will be the
length of this wire to offer a resistance of 2ohm? What will be the resistance if the diameter
is increased four times?
13. What will be the length of a silver wire of resistance 6ohm, if the length of a similar wire is
80 cm and has a resistance of 3ohm?
14. A conductor of length 65 cm has a resistance of 4 Q. Calculate the resistance of the same
conductor of length 260 cm.
15. An electric lamp of resistance 100 ohm, a toaster of resistance 50 ohm and a water filter of
resistance 500 ohm 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 much current as all the three
appliances and what is the current through it?
16. What is a. the highest b. the lowest total resistance that can be secured by combinations of
four coils of resistance 4 Ω, 8 Ω, 12 Ω and 24 Ω?
17. Four resistors are connected in series such that their total resistance is 50 Ω. If the
resistances of three resistors is 5 Ω, 10 Ω and 15 Ω respectively, find the resistance of the
fourth resistor.
18. Four resistors of 3 Ω, 5 Ω, 7 Ω and 10 Ω are connected in series to a 10 V battery.
Calculate the current in 5 Ω resistor.
19. A charge of 90,000 coulombs flows through a conductor at a potential difference of 60 V
for one hour. What is the magnitude of heat energy produced?
20. An electric toaster of resistance 80 2 takes a current of 10 A. Calculate the heat developed
in 2 minutes.
21. Calculate the rate at which heat is developed in the filament of a bulb of resistance 100 ohm
such that a current of 0.5 A flows through it for 10 minutes.
22. Two resistance wires of the same material and of equal lengths and equal diameters are first
connected in parallel and then in series in an electric circuit. What is the ratio of heat
produced in parallel and series combination?
23. 400 joules of heat is produced per second in a 4 resistor. What is the potential difference
across the resistor?
24. In the circuit diagram given below, calculate a. the current through each resister, b.the total
current in the circuit, c. the total circuit resistance, when a battery is connected.

A B

Calculate the total resistance of the circuit in the following diagrams:

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