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Are the Lights in Your House Wired in Series? - Science

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Are the lights in your house wired in series?

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उत्तर

No, the lights in the house are wired in parallel.

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पाठ 1: Electricity - Exercise 6

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संबंधित प्रश्‍न

With a neat labelled diagram and derive the equation for three resistances connected in parallel.


A 4 Ω coil and a 2 Ω coil are connected in parallel. What is their combined resistance? A total current of 3 A passes through the coils. What current passes through the 2 Ω coil? 


The figure given below shows three resistors? 

 


Their combined resistance is: 

(a) `1 5/7`Ω

(b) `14` Ω

(c) `6 2/3` Ω

(d) `7 1/2` Ω


Show with the help of diagrams, how you would connect three resistors each of resistance 6 Ω, so that the combination has resistance of (i) 9 Ω (ii) 4 Ω.


You are given three resistances of 1, 2 and 3 ohms. Shows by diagrams, how with the help of these resistances you can get:

(i) 6 Ω
(ii) `6/1` Ω
(iii) 1.5 Ω


Which of the following combinations have the same equivalent resistance between X and Y?


What is the equivalent resistance of 5 equal resistors, each of value 2`Omega` 1 when oonnected in (a) Series  ( b) ParaIleI?


In household circuits, is a fuse connected in series or in parallel?

Show how would you connect three resistors, each of resistance 6 O so that
the combination has a resistance of(a) 9 Ω (b) 4 .Ω


What are the advantages of a parallel connection?


Explain, why is the p.d. between the terminals of a storage battery less when it is supplying current than when it is on open circuit. A battery of e.m.f. 10 volts and internal resistance 2.5 ohms has two resistances of 50 ohms each connected to it. Calculate the power dissipated in each resistance
(a) When they are in series,
(b) When they are in parallel.
In each case calculate the power dissipated in the battery.


A particular resistance wire has a resistance of 3 ohm per meter. Find :

The total resistance of three lengths of this wire each 1.5 m long, in parallel.


The equivalent resistance of a parallel combination of two resistors of 30 Ω and 60 Ω is ______________.


How does the resistance of a metallic wire depend on the thickness of wire?


Two devices are connected between two points say A and B in parallel. The physical quantity that will remain the same between the two points is:


The least resistance obtained by using 2 Ω, 4 Ω, 1 Ω and 100 Ω is:


Study the following circuit:

On the basis of this circuit, answer the following questions:

i. Find the value of total resistance between the points A and B.

ii. Find the resistance between the points B and C.

iii. Calculate the current drawn from the battery, when the key is closed

OR

iii. In the above circuit, the 16Ω resistor or the parallel combination of two resistors of 8 Ω, which one of the two will have more potential difference across its two ends? Justify your answer.


You have three resistors of values 2 Ω, 3 Ω, and 5 Ω. How will you join them so that the total resistance is less than 1 Ω? Draw a diagram and find the total resistance.


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