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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

Differentiate between resistances in series and parallel.


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


State the law of combination of resistances in parallel.


Find the current in each resistor in the circuit shown below: 


In the circuit given below:    

 

(a) What is the combined resistance?
(b) What is the p.d. across the combined resistor?
(c) What is the p.d. across the 3 Ω resistor?
(d) What is the current in the 3 Ω resistor?
(e) What is the current in the 6 Ω resistor?


How will you connect three resistors of resistances 2 Ω, 3 Ω, and 6 Ω to obtain a total resistance of  4 Ω, and  1 Ω?


Two exactly similar electric lamps are arranged (i) in parallel, and (ii) in series. If the parallel and series combination of lamps are connected to 220 V supply line one by one, what will be the ratio of electric power consumed by them?  

 


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


Two resistors having resistance 4𝛀 and 6𝛀 are connected in parallel. Find their equivalent resistance. 


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


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


Tick (✓) the correct choice among the following :

Consider two cases of two parallel current carrying conductors. Current in
th e same direction and currents in th e opposi te directions will produce


A cell supplies a current of 1.2 A through two 2Ω resistors connected in parallel. When the resistors are connected in series, if supplies a current of 0.4 A. Calculate the internal resistance and e.m.f of the cell.


Two resistors of resistance 4 Ω and 6 Ω are connected in parallel to a cell to draw 0.5 A current from the cell.

Draw a labeled diagram of the arrangement


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.


A given wire is stretched to double its length. How will its resistance change?


A piece of wire having a resistance R is cut into five equal parts.

  1. How will the resistance of each part of the wire change compared with the original resistance?
  2. If the five parts of the wire are placed in parallel, how will the resistance of the combination change?
  3. What will be ratio of the effective resistance in series connection to that of the parallel connection?

Two V-I graphs A and B for series and parallel combinations of two resistors are as shown. Giving reason state which graph shows (a) series, (b) parallel combination of the resistors.


A particular resistance wire has a resistance of 3·0 ohm per metre. Find the resistance of 5 m length of a wire of the same material, but with twice the area of cross section.


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