NUMERICAL PROBLEMS

1. What will be the current drawn by an electric bulb of 40 W when it is connected

to a source of 220V?

2. A bulb is rated as 250V;0.4A. Find its power and resistance.

3. An electric bulb is connected to a 220V power supply line. If the bulb draw a
current of 0.5A, calculate the power of the bulb.
4. An electric bulb is connected to a 250 V generator. The current is 0.50 A. What is
the power of the bulb?
5. What current will be taken by a 920W appliance if the supply voltage is 230V?
6. When an electric lamp is connected to 12V battery, it draws a current 0.5A. Find
the power of the lamp.
7. Calculate the power used 22 resistor in each (i) a 6V battery in series with 12
and 292 resistor (ü) a 4V battery in parallel with 122 and 22 resistor.
8. A 100 W electric light bulb is connected to a 250 V supply. Determine (a) the
current flowing in the bulb, and (b) the resistance of the bulb.
9. Calculate the power dissipated when a current of 4 mA flows through a resistance
of 5 k2

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10. An electric kettle has a resistance of 302. What current will flow when it is

connected to a 240V supply? Find also the power rating of the kettle.
11. A current of 5 A flows in the winding of an electric motor, the resistance of the
winding being 1002. Determine (a) the p.d. across the winding, and (b) the power
dissipated by the coil.
12. The current/voltage relationship for two resistors A and B is as shown in below
Figure. Determine the value of the resistance of each resistor and also find the
power dissipated through each resistor.

25
Current/
mA
20
Resistor A
15
10F
5 Resistor B
4 8 12 16 20
Voltage /V
NUMERICAL PROBLEMS
1. For the circuit shown in below Figure, determine (a) the battery voltage V, (b) the
total resistance of the circuit, and (c) the values of resistance of resistors RI, R2
and R3, given that the p.d.'s across RI, R2 and R3 are 5 V, 2 V and 6 V
respectively.
R R3

4A V2

2. For the circuit shown in below Figure, determine the p.d. across resistor Rg. If the
total resistance of the circuit is 10092, determine the current flowing through
resistor R,. Find also the value of resistor R2
R R3

10 V 4 V V3

3. A 12 V battery is connected a circuit having three series-connected resistors

having resistances of 42, 92 and 112. Determine the current flowing through,
and the p.d. across the 992 resistor.
4 Q 11 Q

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4. Find the voltage V in the given figure.

4 Q

50 V 62

5. For the circuit shown in given Figure, determine (a) the reading on the ammeter,
and (b) the value of resistor R2
8A R =5 Q

R3=20 Q

11 A

V
6. Two resistors are connected in series across a 24 V supply and a current of 3 A
flows in the circuit. If one of the resist ors has a resistance of 22 determine (a) the
value of the other resistor, and (b) the p.d. across the 22 resistor. If the circuit is
connected for 50 hours, how much energy is used?
 NUMERICAL PROBLEMS ON RESISTIVITY

1. Calculate the resistance of a copper wire of length 2m and area of cross section
10°m.Resistivity of copper is 1.7x 10® 2m
2. A copper wire of length 2m and area of cross section 1.7 x 10 °m has a resistance
of 2 x 10 ohms. Calculate the resistivity of copper.
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3. The amount of charge passing through a cell in 12 seconds is 3C. What is the
current supplied by the cell?
4. A 12 V battery of a car is connected across a 42 resistor. Calculate the current
passing through the resistor.
5. Resistivity of a given copper wire of length 2m is 1.7 x 10* Qm The wire is
stretched so that its length becomes 4m. Find new resistivity of the copper wire.
6. Resistance of a given wire of length '/ is 32. The wire is stretched uniformly
such that its length becomes 21. Find the new resistance of the stretched wire.
7. Resistance of a given wire of length ' ' is 42. The wire is stretched uniformly
such that its length becomes 31. Find the new resistance of the stretched wire.
8. A copper wire has a diameter of 0.5 mm and resistivity of 1.6 x 108 Qm. What
will be the length of this wire to make its resistance 102? How much does the
resistance change if the diameter is doubled?
9. A 6N resistance wire is doubled up by folding. Calculate the new resistance of
the wire.
10. Calculate the resistance of an aluminium cable of length 10km and diameter
20mm ifthe resistivity of aluminum is 2.7 x 10 2m.
11. Calculate the area of cross section of a wire if its length is 1.0m, its resistance is
232 and the resistivity of the material of the wire is 1.84 x 10° 2m.
12. A piece of wire of resistance 20N is drawn out so that its length is increased to
twice its original length. Calculate the resistance of the wire in the new situation.
13. Two cylindrical wires of the same material have their lengths in the ratio of 4:9.
What should be the ratio of their radii so that their resistances are in the ratio of 4:
1?

14. Two wires of the same metal, have the same area of cross section but their lengths
in the ratio of 3: 1. What should be the ratio of current flowing through them
respectively, when the same potential difference is applied across each of their
length?
15. Two wires A and B of length 30m and 10m have radi 2cm and lem respectively.
Compare the resistances of the two wires. Which will have less resistance?
16. Calculate the resistance of lkm long copper wire of radius Imm. Resistivity of
copper is 1.7 x 10 Qm
17. A 4Q wire is doubled on it. Calculate the new resistance of the wire.
18. What should be the length of the nichrome wire of resistance 4.5, if the length
of a similar wire is 60cm and resistance 2.52?
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1. What current must flow if 0.24 coulombs is to be transferred in 15 ms?
2. If a current of 10 A flows for four minutes, find the quantity of electricity
transferred.
3. An electric bulb draws a current of 0.25A for 20 minutes. Calculate the electric

charge that flows through the circuit.

4. If the amount of electric charge passing through a conductor in 1Omin is 300C,
find the current.

5. How many electrons are flowing per second past a point in a circuit in which there
is a current of 4A?

6. A lamp of resistance 802 draw a current of 0.75A. Find the line voltage.
7. A electric heater draw a current of 5A when connected to 220V mains. Calculate

the resistance of its filament.

8. How much current will an electric bulb draw from a 200V source, if the resistance
of the filament is 120092?

9. How much current will an electric heater draw from a 200V source, if the
resistance of the filament is 10092?

10. How much current does an electric heater draw from a 220V line, if the resistance
of the heater (when hot) is 50S2?
11. A bulb when cold has 12 resistance. It draws a current of 0.3A when glowing
from a source of 3V. Calculate the resistance of the bulb when flowing and
explain the reason for the diference in resistance.

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12. Calculate the potential difference required across a conductor of resistance 52 to

make a current of1.5A flow through it.
13. What is the resistance of an eectric are lamp when hot, if the lamp uses 20A when
connected to a 220V line?

14. Calculate the amount of work done to draw a current of 8A from a point at 100V
to a point at 120V in 2 seconds.
15. If 200C of charge pass a point in a circuit in 4 sec, what current is flowing?
16. A current of 4A flows around a circuit in 10 seconds. How much charge flows
past a point in the circuit this time? Also find the number of clectrons passes in
the circuit.
17. The current flowing through a resistor is 0.8 A when a p.d. of 20 V is applied.
Determine the value of the resistance.
18. Determine the p.d, which must be applied to a 2 kQ resistor in order that a current

of 10 mA may flow.
19. A coil has a current of 50 mA flowing through it when the applied voltage is 12 V.
What is the resistance of the coil?
20. A 100 V battery is connected across a resistor and causes a current of 5 mA to
flow. Determine the resistance of the resistor. If the voltage is now reduced to 25
V, what will be the new value of the current flowing?
21. What is the resistance of a coil which draws a current of (a) 50 mÀ and (b) 200
HA from a 120 V supply?
22. If a current of 5 A flows for 2 minutes, find the quantity of electricity transferred.
23. A current of 0.5 A is drawn by a filament of an electric bulb for 10 minutes. Find
the amount of electric charge that flows through the circuit.
24. How much current will an electric bulb draw from a 220 V source, if the
resistance of the bulb filament is 120062?

25. How much current will an electric heater coil draw from a 220 V source, if the
resistance of the heater coil is 1002?

26. The potential difference between the terminals of an electric heater is 60 V when
it draws a current of 4 A from the source. What current will the heater draw if the

potential difference is increased to 120 V?