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What Makes an Electric Current Flow in a Wire?

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The potential difference between the ends of the wire makes the current flow through the wire.

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अध्याय 1: Electricity - Exercise 2

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लखमीर सिंग Physics (Science) [English] Class 10
अध्याय 1 Electricity
Exercise 2 | Q 17.2

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संबंधित प्रश्न

What does an electric circuit mean?


By what name is the physical quantity coulomb/second called?


A current of 4 A flows around a circuit for 10 s. How much charge flows past a point in the circuit in this time?


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

  

Calculate:

  1. current through each resistor.
  2. total current in the circuit. 
  3. total resistance in the circuit.

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

 

  1. Are the resistors connected in series with each other or in parallel?
  2. For each resistors, state the p.d. across it.
  3. The current flowing from the battery is shared between the two resistors. Which resistor will have bigger share of the current?
  4. Calculate the effective resistance of the two resistors.
  5. Calculate the current that flows from the battery.

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?

 


Two lamps, one rated 40 W at 220 V and the other 60 W at 220 V, are connected in parallel to the electric supply at 220 V.  


(a) Draw a circuit diagram to show the connections.
(b) Calculate the current drawn from the electric supply.
(c) Calculate the total energy consumed by the two lamps together when they operate for one hour.


The rating of a fuse connected in the lighting circuit is:
(a) 15 A (b) 5 A (c) 10 A (d) Zero


'A fuse is rated 8 A'. Can it be used with an electrical appliance of rating 5 kW, 200 V?

An electric bulb is rated at 220 V, 100 W. What is its resistance? What maximum current can be passed through it?

A charge of 80 C flows in a conductor for 2 minutes.
(a) Calculate the current flowing through the conductor.
(b) If the current through a heater is 4 A what charge must be passing in 8 seconds?


Find the effective resistance in the following circuit diagrams (Fig.):


A primary of 800 turns is connected to a 220 V A.C. supply and the secondary has 8 turns. What will be the output voltage?

An electric bulb is rated at 220 V, 100 W.

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

State the conditions for the flow of charge in a circuit from one point to the other.


An electric bulb is marked 100 W, 250 V. How much current will the bulb draw if connected to a 250 V supply?


Conventionally, the direction of the current is taken as:


Coulomb is the SI unit of ____________.


A current of 1 A is drawn by a filament of an electric bulb. Number of electrons passing through a cross section of the filament in 16 seconds would be roughly


Unit of electric power may also be expressed as


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