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What is an Electric Current?

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What is an electric current?

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उत्तर

 An electric current is the flow of electric charge called electrons in a conductor and its magnitude is the amount of electric charge passing through a given point of the conductor in one second. 

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अध्याय 4: Electricity - Exercise 2

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लखमीर सिंग Physics [English] Class 10
अध्याय 4 Electricity
Exercise 2 | Q 17.1

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Fill in the folloing blank with suitable words:  

 Current is measured in ............... using an ............... placed in ............... in a circuit.


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State the factors on which the strength of electric current flowing in a given conductor depends.


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

 


Which type of circuit, series or parallel, is preferred while connecting a large number of bulbs:  

(b) for lighting inside the rooms of the hotel?

 


Define electric intensity. Write its SI unit. Is it a scalar or a vector physical quantity?

Name the physical quantity which defines the rate of flow of charge.

Explain the meaning of the statement 'the current rating of a fuse is 5 A'.

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What do you mean by a solenoid?

Tick(✓) the correct choice in the following:

Which of the following quantities has the same value for all electrical
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What is the purpose of fuse in an electrical circuit?


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  1. What is its resistance?
  2. What safe current can be passed through it?

Fill in the blank :

1 mA = ............................. A.


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One unit of electrical energy consumed is equal to 1000 kilowatt-hour.


What is the SI unit for the current?


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