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TEST PREPARATION GROUP

ELECTRICAL AND
ELECTRONICS
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Compiled by:
Eng.Talha Syed Naqvi Reviewed by:
Eng. Tayyaba Tahir ng..Ali Asad
Eng. M Mobeen

Credits:
Sumalra Zahoor
MSUET Lahore Jamsharo
Session 2015-2018 2014-2017

Mahjabeen
QUCEST Larkana MUST A
session: 2013-17 2014 22018

Amina Arshad ameen

UB 8ahawalpur TTaxda
Sesslonal: 2014-2028 2013-203

Humna Raziq kmna atool

UET Peshawar ET
Session. 2018-2021 2012 -2016

Mehwsh Tari e d

82U Mula san

Session 1.
2013-17
Session- 2013-17
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Credits:
Rafil ullah Nadeem Yaseen
Unbersity name MUST AJ&K Unversity of the Punjab
Session 2014-18 2014-18

Muhammad Abu Bakar Mahammad Saddam

MUST
TAJK MUET Jamshoro
session: 2013-17 2016-2019

Muhammad Ayaz Muhammad Kaleem Aslam

CU-ATD Multan
Sessional: 2017-2021 -2015

rOon kuma I Khan

Quest larkana COMSATS Ab bottabad
Session. 2016-2020 -2015

Abdul Ghafoor
Dawood Jan
cOMSATS
QuCESTLarkana
session 14-18
2014-2018

Umarjaml Dawood Jan

UCP lahore
QUCESTLarkana
2014-20
2014-2018

Ommalr Ahmed Taimoor Naseer Bal

NUST NFC ET Multan
2016-2
2020
2k15-19

ABam
City university of science and technology
Muhammad Asad All
Taxila
201722021
6-2020

hurram shahtad
Mohibu . h Shah
University of the punjab, alochistan UET Khuzdaar
lahore
013-2016

nan
Moh ibu lah Shah
UET Peshawar
salochistan UET Khuzdar
Session- 2014-18
3-2016

Muhammad Umar
AN Fahad
UET Lahore
Unversity of Gujrat (6sc)
2014-18
Unversity of Lahore (MS
Awas Sarfra
Al Shan
2012-2
2016
NFC IE&FR Fasalabad
UET faxila
2013-2017

Ameer Hamza Sddiqui

Wajahat All
2016.
2019
COMSATS Unbversity Islamabad.
Mehran University of
Engineering and Technology 2015-2019
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Chapter(

ELECTRIC CURRENT AND OHM'S LAW

1) Resistivity of wire depends on Material.
2) Whenn resistances each of value r are connected in parallel, then resultant resistance is

. When these n resistances are connected in series, total resistance is n*x.

3) Resistance of a wire isr ohms. The wire ls stretched to double its length, then ls
in ohms is dr.
4)
resistance
Kirchhoff 2nd law is based on law of conversation of Energy.
5) The diameter of nucleus of an atom is of the order of 10- "m.
The mass of proton is roughly 1840 times the
6) mass
to be 1.6x
of an
electron.
7) The charge on an electron
is known 10" coulomb. In circut the current
a

fowing is 1A. 0.625x 10"electrons will be flowing through the dircuit in a second.
8) Twobubs marked 200 watt-250 volts and 100 watt-250 volts are joined in series to 250
volts supply. the power consumed in the circuit is 67 watt.
9) Ampere second could be the unit of charge
10) Ampere/volt is not the same as wat.
n e iowatt hour or electrical energy is the sa as 36x 10 joules.

12) All electric current of 5A is same as 5 C/sec.

13) An electron of mass m kg and having a charge of e coulombs travels from rest through a
potential difference of V volts. Its kinetic energy will be ev Joules.
14) The value of the following is given by 100[klo amperex{micro amperel= 0.1A
100 mili ampere x 10 ampere
15) A circuit contains two un-equal resistances in parallel, potential differences across each is
same.

16) Conductance is expressed in terms of mha.

17) the value of resistivity of copper 1.7x10" ohm-cm.
18) A copper wire of length I and diameter d has potential difference V applied at its two
ends. The dift velocity is vd. f the diameter of wire is made d/3, then dift velocity
becomes vd.
19) Two resistances R1 and R2 give combined resistance of 4.5 ohms when in series and 1
ohm when in parallel. The resistances are 1.5ohm and 3ohm.
20) We have three resistances of values 2 ohm, 3 ohm ,and 6 ohm. 2 ohm resistance in series
with parallel combination of 3 ohm and 6 ohm resistance give an effective resistance of
4 ohm.

21) Three equal resistors are connected in series across a source of emf together dissipate 10
watts of power. The power would be dissipate In the same resistors when they are
connected in parallel across the same source of emf is 90 watt.
22) Four identical resistors are first connected in parallel and then in series. The resultant
resistance of the first combination to the second will be 1/16 times.
23) Twelve wire of same length and same cross-section are connected in the form of a cube. If
the resistance of each wire is R, then the effective resistance between P and Q will be
5/6 R.
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24) When P=
Power, yz Voltage I =
Current, R Resistance and
G Conductance, G=P/l"
Incorrect relation. (V=yPR, P=V-6, I=VPJR are correct relations).

25) The unit of electrical conductivity is mhof metre.

26) The ratio of the resistance of a 100 W,2200 lamp to that of a 100W, 110 V lamp will be
nearly4.
27) The resistance of 100w ,200V lamp is 400 ohm.
28) Two 1 kilo ohm, % W resistors are connected in series. Their combined resistance value
and wattage will be 2k0, 1w.
29) Wheat stone bridge method can be used for absolute measurement of resistances.
30) Three 3 ohm resistors are connected to forma triangle. the resistance between any two
Or the corner i5 20.

31) 4 combinations may be obtained with three resistors. Each having the resistanceR.
32) A wire of 0.14 mm diameter and specific resistance 9.6 u cm is 440 cm long. The
resistance of the wire will be 27.4 0.
33) Ohms law is not applicable to semiconductors.
34) A metal resistor has a resistance of 10 ohms at o'C and 11 ohms at 160"C, the
temperature coefficient would be 0.000625/C.
35) Specified resistance of a substance is measured in ohm-cm.
36) A wire of resistance R has it length and area of cross-section both doubled. Its resistance
wil become R.
37) Ohms law is applicable on insulators.
38) The element of an electric heater is made of nichrome.
39) Sx 10 electrons pass across the section of a conductor in 1 minutes and 20 seconds.
he current is flowing 0.1mA.
40) Three elements having conductance Gl, G2, and G3 are connected in parallel. Their
combined conductance will be Gl+62+G3.
41) A cube of material of side 1 cm has a resistance of O.002 Q between its opposite faces.
the same voume of the material has a length of 8 cm and a uniform cross section, the
resistance of this length will be 0.128 ohm.
42) A 60W bulb Is connected in series with a room heater and combination is connected
axross the mains. If the 60W is replaced by a 100W bulb, the heater output will
increase.
43) Two aluminium conductors have equal length. The cross-sectional area of one conductor
s four times that of the other. if the conductor having smaller cross-sectional area has
a resistance of 100 ohms the resistance of other conductor will be 25 ohm.
44) A nichrome wire used as a heater coil has a resistance of 1ohm/m. for a heater of 1kw at
200v,the length required is 40 m.
45) Varlable resistors are wire wound resisto
Low resistance be accurately measured by Kelvin Bridge.
46)
47)
can

A heating element of a hot plate on an electric cooking range draws 12 A from 240 v
mains. 3.9 w h ot energy will be consumed in one hour and 15 min.

48) Temperature coeficient of resistance is expressed in terms of ohms/ohm'C.

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49) R1 is the resistance of a col of copper at t °C and RT is the resistance at T ®C and also
the resistance temperature coefficient of copper per degree centigrade at 0oC is
1/234.45, then R/RT is (234,45+)/ (234.45 T).
50) Resistivity Is usually expressed in terms of ohms/am-cube
S1) Copper material is expected to have least resistivity.
52) The shunt winding of a motor has a resistance of 85 ohm at 22*C. When the motor runs at
full load, its resistance increases to 100 ohms. The resistance temperature coefficient
d winding per 09C is 0.004. The rise in temperature of the winding will be nearly 709C
53) me resistance temperature coefficlent is defined as the ratio of Increase In resistance per
degree centigrade to the resistance at 0eC.
54) Two colls connected in series have resistance of 600 ohm and 300 ohm and temperature
coefficients of 0.1% and 0.4% respectively. The resistance of the combination at S0®C
will be 990 ohms.
S5) A 100 W, 200 V filament lamp has operating temperature of 2000C. The filament
material has resistance temperature coefficient of O.005 at 0C per C. The current
taken by the lamp at the instant of switching with 200 V supply with flament
of will be SA.
56)
temperature 20c
A fuse is always installed in a circuit is series.
rating of fuse wire is expressed in terms of Amperes.
37 The
S8) arbon material is not used as fuse material.
39) he current carrying capacity of the fuse material depends on cross-sectional area, length
and material all of the these.
50) According to the fluse law, the curent carrying capacity varies as (diameter)3/2
61) A100 W bulb is connected in series with a room heater of 750 W. What will happen if the
is 60W bulb
62)
builb replaced by a
Heater output will decrease.
An immersion rod heatsa bucket of water in 15 minutes. In order that the water should
boll in10 minutes length of heating element of the rod should be reduced.
63) A lamp of 100 W at 200 V is supplied current at 100 volts. It will be equlvalent to the lamp

of 25 W.
64) Two electric bulbs of 100 W, 200 V are put in series and the combination is supplied 100
.The power consumption of each bulb willbe 100/ 16 W.
65) Filaments of electric bulbs are usually made of tungsten.
66) he value of supply voltage for 500w,5 ohm load is SOV.
67) 10 ohm, 50 W resistor will be physically larger in size.
68) Four resistances R1 , R2, R3 and R4 are connected in series against 220 V supply. The
such that Rl >R2 R3 R4. The least
esistonces
resistor
are > >
power consumption will be in
69) 100 resistors of 100 ohms each are connected in parallel. Their equivalent resistances will
De1ohm.
70) For a fixed supply voltage the curent flowing through a conductor will decrease when
length of the conductor is increased.
71) when current flows through heater coil it glows but supply wiring does not glow because
resistance of heater coll ls more than that supply wires.
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72) The resistance of 1 meter length of 18 gauge copper wire is k ohm. The resistance of one
metre length of 24 gauge copper wire wll be more
than k
ohm.
73) If the length and diameter of a conductor is tripped, the resistance will increase
approximately by 66 /s%.
74) 1If the resistance of an incandescent light bulb changes as the voltage across the bulb Is

changed, The bulb is a type of non-inear resistance.

75) wheat stone bridge method can be used for absolute measurement of resistance wheat
stone bridge.
76) Two 1 kilo ohm, 1/2 W resistors are connected in series. Their combined resistance value
and watage will be 2 kohm, 1 W.

77) The resistance of 100 W, 200 V tamp is 400 ohm.

78) A cyindrical wire is compressed in length by 10%. The percentage decrease in the

resistance will be 19%.

79) The unit of conductance is mho.
80) The unit of conductivity is mho/m
81) Ohm's law is not applicable on Electrolysis, Arc lamps, Vacuum radio valves except
insulators.
82) 10Vacross two 10 ohm resistances in parallel circuit the voltage source produce the most
current.
83) A piece of sliver wire has a resistance of 1 ohm. A manganin wire has specific resistance
30 times that of silver. The resistance of a manganin wire of one fourth length and one
third diameter will be 67.5 ohm.
84) A cube of material of side 1 cm has a resistance of 0.002 ohm between its opposite faces.
f the same volume of the material has a length of 8 cm and a uniform cross-section,
the resistance of this length will be 0.128 ohm.
85) According to Joule law heat produced by a current I while in flowing through a material of
resistance R for a length of time T, is proportional to ('RT).
86) In the color code for resis tances black color represents the number o.
87) In the color code white color represents the number 9.
88) In the color code number 3 is represented by orange.
89) The condition for the validity under Ohm's law is Resistance must be uniform.
90) Productilon of heat due to current is related by joule's law.
91) A1k,1W resistor can safely passa current of 30mA.
92) The resistance to the flow of current through a copper wire increases as the length of wire
increases.

93) For the same voltage, the ratio Resistance of 100 W lamp Resistance of 25 W lamp is 1/4.
94) The voltage drop across a resistor of 100 ohm is 10 volts. The wattage of the resistor must
be 1 W.
95) A 100 volt bulb hasa resistance of S00 ohms. The numberof hours it can work for every
kwh of energy consumed wll be 50.
96) Asemi-conductor isa material whose conductivity is same as between that of a conductor
and an insulator.
97) Two resistors R1 47 kohm, 1 W and R2 - 0 ohm, 1 W are connected in parallel. The
combined value will be 0k ohm, 1W.
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A rheostat differs from potentiometer in the respect that heostat has higher wattage
98)
ratings. to
For the electrical resistance, the weight of aluminium conductor as compared
99) same

copper conductor of identical cross-section is S0%.

that its diameter becomes one
Adrawn wire of resistance 25 ohm is further drawn
so
100)
fifth. Its resistance will now be.
hermistor has negative coefficient of resistance.
101)
certain circuit may be written as a function of time t, as i(
102) The current at a given point in a

between t 99 and t = 102 sec will be 292.5

t) -3+tThe total charge passing a point
coulombs.
103) A certain passive circuit element has the characteristic that the
instantaneous oltage
instantaneous current through t
axross it is always exactly three times the cube of the
The power being dissipated when i= 0.1 A will be 3 x 10 4 W. The power being

dissipated when i = 10 A will be 30KW.

the value of 30 kohm and the current in it is measured to be 0.5 mA. The
104) Aresistor has
conductance is 3.33 x 10-5. the terminal voltage must be 15V.

10-19C. 6.2 1018 electron does not 1

105) The charge of an electron is known to be 1.6 x x

make it C of charge.
106) Certain substances lose their electrical resistance completely at finite low temperatures.

Such substances are called super-conductors.

be
have three resistances each of 1 ohm. four different values of resistance
can
107) We
obtained by different series-parallel combinations if all the three resistances are to

remain in the circuit.

108) Aresistor has the value of 3 kohm and the current through it s measured to be 0.3 mA.
The conductance is 0.33 mili mho.
109) When checked with an ohm meter an open resistor reads Intinte.
110) A current of 1 mA flows through a 1 Mohm, 2 W carbon resistor. The power dissipated as

heat in the resistor will be 1w.

111) Brown, black, orange and no tolerance band carbon coded resistor has value of 10 kohm

with 20% tolerance.

112) A 10 ohm resistor with a 10 W power rating is expected to be a wire wound resistor.
113) Two 10 kohm, 5 W resistors in parallel have equivalent resistances of S kohm and power
rating of 10w.

114) 10 ohm, 50 W is typical resistance and power dissipation value for a wire wound resistor.
115) A 100 kohm resistor with a 1 W power rating is likely to be a carbon resistor.
116) Two 5 kohm, 5 W resistors in series have equivalent resistance of 10 kohm with power
rating of 10w.
117) 1000,000 ohm, 1 W are typical resistance and power-dissipation values for a carbon
composition resistor.
118) Aresistor is to be connected across a 45 V battery to provide 1 mA of current. The
required resistance with a suitable wattage rating is 45 kohm, 1/4 W.
119) For a carbon-composition resistor color-coded with yellow, violet, orange and silver
stripes from left to right, the value of resistance and tolerance are 47ohm & 10%.
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120) For a carbon-composition resistor color coded with green, black, gold and silver stripes

from left to right, the resistance and tolerance are 5 ohm :

10%.
121) Aresistor with the color coded value of 1000 ohms and + 10% tolerance can have an

actual resistance between 900 ohm and 1100 ohm.

122) For carbon resistors green is the color for 5.

123) For carbon resistors, darker colour generally have values close to
124) In a carbon resistor in case fourth stripe is not present, it can be concluded that the

tolerance limit is t 20 %.
125) The four stripes of a resistor are yellow-violet-orange-gold. The value of resistor should be
47 kilo ohm: 5%.

126) The tolerance for silver stripe is t 10%.

127) iron can have positive or negative charge.

128) In series as well as parallel circuits the equivalent (total) value of certain parameter is

gven by X=X1+ X2+ *3+ X4+.. The parameter X could be power.

129) The resistance of a 150-scale voltmeter is 12000 ohms. The power consumed by the
voltmeter when it is connected across a 125 volt circuit,
will be nearly 1.3W.
130) Materials having electrical conductivity much less than most of the metals but much
geater than that of typical insulators, are known as semiconductors.
131) In a nickel-cadmium-alkali cell the electrolyte is potasslum hydroxide.
132) Two batteries have an open-dircuit voltage of 12.8 volts each and an intemal resistance of
o.08 ohms. The short circuit current of two batteries connected in parallei will be 320A.

133) All good conductors have high conductance.

134) A light dependent resistor is baslcally a variable resistor.
135) Voltage dependent resistors are usually made from silicon carbide.
136) The power rating of a 470 ohm resistor carrying a current of 40 mA should be 1W.
137) Voltage dependent resstors are used to suppress surges.
138) Metals approach super-conductivity conditions near absolute zero temperature.
139) resistance decreases with rise in temperature in NTC Thermistor.
140) The equivalent resistance of 2N branches in parallel, each having resistance N/2 ohms will
be 1/4 ohm.