DCC Class 10 Electricity Assignment
DCC Class 10 Electricity Assignment
DCC Class 10 Electricity Assignment
1. Write the relation between electric power (P) of a device with potential difference (Volt)
across it and current (amp) flowing through it.
2. A charge of 150 coulomb flows through a wire in one minute. Find the electric current
flowing through it.
6. How is the resistivity of alloys compared with those of pure metals from which they
may have been formed?
7. If a person has five resistors each of value 15 Ω, then the maximum resistance he can
obtain by connecting them is
(a) 1 Ω
(b) 5 Ω
(c) 10 Ω
(d) 25 Ω
9. An electric heater rated 800 W operates 6h/day. Find the cost of energy to operate it for
30 days at ₹3.00 per unit.
10. The resistance of a wire of 0.01 cm radius is 10 Ω. If the resistivity of the material of
the wire is 50 × 10-8 ohm meter, find the length of the wire.
11. Three resistors of 10 Ω, 15 Ω and 5 Ω are connected in parallel. Find their equivalent
resistance.
12. Define an electric circuit. Draw a labelled, schematic diagram of an electric circuit
comprising of a cell, a resistor, an ammeter, a volt meter and a closed switch.
14. Show how you would connect three resistors, each of 6 Ω, so that the combination has
a resistance of: (a) 9Ω, (b) 4Ω
15. (a) Describe in brief any three important features of domestic electric supply lines.
(b) List two distinguishing features between overloading and short circuiting in domestic
circuits.
(i) Calculate the amount of charge passed through any area of cross section of the
conductor.
(ii) If the charge of an electron is 1.6 × 10-19 C, then calculate the total number of
electrons flowing.
17. (a) Nichrome wire of length ‘l’ and radius ‘r’ has resistance of 10 Ω. How would the
resistance of the wire change when:
19. Show four different ways in which four resistors of r ohm each may be connected in a
circuit. In which case is the equivalent resistance of the combination
(i) Electric bulbs are usually filled with chemically inactive gases like nitrogen and argon.
(ii) Copper and aluminium wires are usually employed for electricity transmission.
21. Two resistors, with resistance 10 Ω and 15 Ω, are to be connected to a battery of e.m.f.
12 V so as to obtain:
(b) Calculate the strength of the total current in the circuit in each case.
22. (a) Two identical resistors each of resistance 10 ohm are connected:
(i) in series
(ii) in parallel, in turn to a battery of 6V. Calculate the ratio of power consumed in the
combination of resistors in the two cases.
23. Draw the symbols of commonly used components in electric circuit diagrams for
(v) Battery
24. A copper wire has diameter 0.5 mm and resistivity 1.6 × 10-8 Ω m. Calculate the length
of this wire to make it resistance 100 Ω. How much does the resistance change if the
diameter is doubled without changing its length?
ASSERTION REASON
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
25. Assertion (A) : Tungsten metal is used for making filaments of incandescent lamps.
Reason (R) : The melting point of tungsten is very low.
26. Assertion (A) : If a graph is plotted between the potential difference and the current
flowing,the graph is a straight line passing through the origin.
27. Assertion (A) : Longer wires have greater resistance and the smaller wires have lesser
resistance.
28. Assertion (A) : Alloys are commonly used in electrical heating devices, like electrical
iron,
Toasters etc.
29. Assertion (A) : When the resistances are connected end-to-end consecutively, they are
said to be in series.
Reason (R) : In case the total resistance is to be increased, then the individual resistances
are connected in series.
30. Assertion (A) : A cell is a device which converts chemical energy into electrical energy.
Reason (R) : Cell maintains a constant potential difference between its terminals for a long
time.
31. Assertion(A) : Tungsten metal is used for making filaments of incandescent lamps.
32. Assertion (A) : The coil of a heater is cut into two equal halves and only one of them is
used into heater. The heater will now require half the time to produce the same amount of
heat.