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प्रश्न
What is a switch? State its function in an electric circuit.
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उत्तर
A switch is an on-off device for current flowing in a circuit or in an electric appliance. The switch should always be connected in the live wire. Its main function is either to connect or disconnect an electric appliance in an electric circuit.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the wire in a household electrical circuit to which the switch is connected
What is the purpose of a switch in a circuit?
The diagram below shows a dual control switch circuit connected to a bulb.

(i) Copy the diagram and complete it so that the bulb is switched ON.
(ii) Out of A and B which one is the live wire and which one is the neutral wire ?
It is dangerous to connect the switch in the neutral wire. Explain your answer.
What is the purpose of using an electric switch? Name some electrical gadgets that have switches built into them.
Would the bulb glow in the circuit shown in Figure?

Name the component of a circuit which help us to start or stop the appliances & safely and easily.
You are provided with a bulb, a cell, a switch and some connecting wires. Draw a diagram to show the connections between them to make the bulb glow.
What precaution do you take while handling a switch?
Name the wire to which a switch is connected.
