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Current electricity questions with answers

89 multiple-choice questions. Open any question for its answer and explanation.

  1. What will be energy used by the battery if the battery has to drive 6.28 x 1018 electrons with potential difference of 20 V across the terminal?
  2. In the case of direct current
  3. An open resistor, when checked with an ohmmeter reads
  4. The resistance of a conductor varies inversely as
  5. Which of the following materials has a negative temperature coefficient of resistance?
  6. Conductance is reciprocal of
  7. With three resistances connected in parallel, if each dissipates 20 W the total power supplied by the voltage source equals
  8. Ohm's law is not applicable to
  9. The number of electrons in the outer most orbit of carbon atom is
  10. Three 6 ohm resistors are connected to form a triangle. What is the resistance between any two corners?
  11. Nichrome wire is an alloy of
  12. When electric current passes through a metallic conductor, its temperature rises. This is due to
  13. Switching of a lamp in house produces noise in the radio. This is because switching operation produces
  14. The thickness of insulation provided on the conductor depends on
  15. What is the answer to this question? The resistance of a few meters of wire conductor in closed electrical circuit is
  16. When resistance element of a heater fuses and then we reconnect it after removing a portion of it, the power of the heater will
  17. Electric current passing through the circuit produces
  18. Two lamps 100 W and 40 W are connected in series across 230 V (alternating). Which of the following statement is correct?
  19. All of the following are equivalent to watt except
  20. A thermistor has
  21. Varistors are
  22. If a wire conductor of 0.2 ohm resistance is doubled in length, its resistance becomes
  23. The property of a conductor due to which it passes current is called
  24. A field of force can exist only between
  25. In a series circuit with unequal resistances