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Current Electricity MCQ

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Current Electricity MCQ Questions

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Current Electricity MCQ Test

1) What do you mean by electric current?

  • A. Electric current is the flow of electrons through a complete circuit of conductors.
  • B.Electric current is the flow of protons through a complete circuit of conductors.
  • C.Electric current is the flow of newtons through a complete circuit of conductors.
  • D.None of the above

2) What is the ratio of power dissipated if two electric bulbs are connected in series and the ratio of their resistance is 1:2?

  • A. 1:4
  • B.1:2
  • C.2:1
  • D.1: 1

3) What is the principle behind thermocouple?

  • A. Joule effect
  • B.Thomson effect
  • C.Seebeck effect
  • D.Peltier effect

4) Why a potentiometer is considered a versatile and accurate device to make an electrical measurement of EMF?

  • A. Because the method involves a combination
  • B.There are cells involved
  • C.because no flow of current through the galvanometer
  • D.Because of potential gradients

5) By increasing the temperature the resistance of a conductor __.

  • A. increases
  • B.decreases
  • C.remains constant
  • D.initially increases then decreases.
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6) A circuit consists of a resistance R connected to n similar cells. If the current in the circuit is the same whether the cells are connected in series or in parallel then the internal resistance r of each cell is given by ___.

  • A. r = R/n
  • B.r = R
  • C.r = 1/R
  • D.r = nR

7) Which of the following is wrong? Resistivity of a conductor is ___.

  • A. independent of temperature.
  • B.inversely proportional to temperature
  • C.independent of dimensions of conductor
  • D.less than resistivity of a semiconductor

8) Is Resistivity of a conductor is inversely proportional to temperature?

  • A. Yes
  • B.No

9) Resistivity of a conductor is independent of dimensions of conductor.

  • A. True
  • B.False

10) When there is an electric current through a conducting wire along its length, then an electric field must exist ___.

  • A. outside the wire but normal to it
  • B.inside the wire but normal to it
  • C.inside the wire but parallel to it
  • D.outside the wire but parallel to it

11) Combine three resistors 5 Q, 4.5 Q and 3 Q in such a way that the total resistance of this combination is maximum ___.

  • A. 12.5 Q
  • B.13.5 Q
  • C.14.5 Q
  • D.16.5 Q

12) In parallel combination of n cells, we obtain ___.

  • A. more voltage
  • B.more current
  • C.less voltage
  • D.less current

13) An electric heater is connected to the voltage supply. After few seconds, current gets its steady value then its initial current will be ___.

  • A. equal to its steady current
  • B.slightly higher than its steady current
  • C.slightly less than its steady current
  • D.zero

14) In Joule’s heating law, when I and t are constant, if the H is taken along the y axis and I2 along the x axis, the graph is ___.

  • A. straight line
  • B.parabola
  • C.circle
  • D.ellipse

15) A Daniel cell is balanced on 125 cm length of a potentiometer wire. Now the cell is short-circuited by a resistance 2 ohm and the balance is obtained at 100 cm. The internal resistance of the Daniel cell is ___.

  • A. 0.5 ohm
  • B.1.5 ohm
  • C.1.25 ohm
  • D.4/5 ohm

16) Electric pressure is also called ___.

  • A. Voltage
  • B.Current
  • C.Resistance
  • D.None of the above

17) What is the unit of electric current?

  • A. Arc
  • B.Ohm
  • C.Watt
  • D.amphere

18) Which instrument is used to measure electric current?

  • A. Voltmeter
  • B.Galvanometer
  • C.Wattmeter
  • D.None of the above

19) A piece of copper and another of germanium are cooled from room temperature to 80 K. The resistance of __.

  • A. copper decreases and germanium increases
  • B.each of them increases
  • C.each of them decreases
  • D.copper increases and germanium decreases

20) One ampere of current represents one coulomb of electric charge moving past a specific point in one second.

  • A. True
  • B.False

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