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331 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
Two resistance R1{R_1} and R2{R_2}are made of different materials. The temperature coefficient of the material of R1{R_1} is α and of the material of R2{R_2} is −β- \beta. The resistance of the series combination of R1{R_1} and R2{R_2} will not change with temperature, if R1/R2{R_1}/{R_2} equals
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Correct option: D
βα\frac{\beta }{\alpha }
Option D (βα\frac{\beta}{\alpha}) is correct because the ratio of resistances must equal the inverse ratio of their temperature coefficients for the series combination to have a constant resistance.
332 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A cylindrical wire is stretched to increase its length by 10%10 \%. Calculate the percentage increase in resistance.
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Correct option: D
21%21 \%
Option D (21%21 \%) is correct because the percentage increase in resistance is calculated considering the change in length and area.
333 Medium
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Remembering +4 | -1
The electrolyte used in Lechlanche cell is
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Correct option: B
Ammonium chloride solution
Option B (Ammonium chloride solution) is correct because ammonium chloride solution is used as the electrolyte in a Leclanche cell (dry cell).
334 Medium
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Remembering +4 | -1
The amount of heat produced in a resistor when a current is passed through it can be found using
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Correct option: D
Joule's law
Option D (Joule's law) is correct because Joule's law describes the relationship between heat produced, current, resistance, and time.
335 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
For a battery the electromotive force is 1.5 V1.5 \mathrm{~V}. Terminal velocity is 1.25 V1.25 \mathrm{~V}. power supplied to external resistance is 2.5 W2.5 \mathrm{~W}. Find the internal resistance of the battery
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Correct option: A
0.125Ω0.125 \Omega
Option A (0.125Ω0.125 \Omega) is correct because it is the internal resistance calculated using the electromotive force, terminal voltage, and power supplied to the external resistance.
336 Medium
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Remembering +4 | -1
Identify the correct variation of drift velocity (vd)\left({v}_{{d}}\right) with electric field strength (E)({E}):
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Correct option: A
vd∝Ev_d \propto E
Option A (vd∝Ev_d \propto E) is correct because the drift velocity of electrons in a conductor is directly proportional to the electric field strength.
337 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A copper and a chromium voltmeter are connected in series with a battery. It found that in half an hour 0.475  g0.475\,\,g of copper and 0.130  g0.130\,\,g of chromium have been deposited. The ECE ratio of copper and chromium is
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Correct option: C
3.65\begin{array}{llllllllllllllllllll} {\mathrm{3}\mathrm{.65}} \end{array}
Option C (3.65) is correct because the ratio of ECE is directly proportional to the ratio of the masses deposited, as the current and time are the same.
338 Easy
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Remembering +4 | -1
The Kirchhoff's second law (ΣiR=ΣE),(\Sigma i R=\Sigma E), where the symbols have their usual meanings, is based on
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Correct option: D
conservation of energy
Option D (conservation of energy) is correct because Kirchhoff's second law is a statement about the conservation of energy in a closed loop.
339 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
If 400  Ω400\,\,\mathrm{\Omega } of resistance is made by adding four 100  Ω100\,\,\mathrm{\Omega } resistance of tolerance 5  %\mathrm{5}\,\,\mathrm{\% }, then the tolerance of the combination is
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Correct option: B
5  %\mathrm{5}\,\,\mathrm{\% }
Option B (5 %\mathrm{5}\,\mathrm{\% }) is correct because the tolerance of the combination remains the same as the individual resistors in a series combination.
340 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
An electric lamp is marked 60  W\mathrm{60}\,\,\mathrm{W}, 230  V\mathrm{230}\,\,\mathrm{V}. The cost of kilowatt hour of power is Rs 1.25\mathrm{Rs }\,\mathrm{1}\mathrm{.25}. The cost of using this lamp 8  h\mathrm{8}\,\,\mathrm{h} a day for 30 days\mathrm{30 }\,\mathrm{days} is
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Correct option: C
Rs  18\begin{array}{llllllllllllllllllll} {\mathrm{Rs}\,\,\mathrm{18}} \end{array}
The correct answer is Rs 18 because the total energy consumed is calculated and then multiplied by the cost per kilowatt-hour.
341 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
The rate of increase of thermo e.m.f.e.\mathrm{m}\mathrm{.f}\mathrm{.} with temperature at the neutral temperature of a thermocouple
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Correct option: C
Is zero
Option C (Is zero) is correct because at the neutral temperature of a thermocouple, the rate of change of thermo emf with temperature is zero.
342 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
In a potentiometer circuit a cell of EMF 1.5 V gives balance point at 36 cm length of wire. If another cell of EMF 2.5 V replaces the first cell, then at what length of the wire, the balance point occurs?
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Correct option: C
60 cm
Option C (60 cm) is correct because the balancing length in a potentiometer is directly proportional to the EMF of the cell.
343 Medium
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Remembering +4 | -1
Kirchhoff’s second law is based on the law of conservation of
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Correct option: B
Energy
Option B (Energy) is correct because Kirchhoff's second law (loop rule) is a statement of energy conservation in a closed loop.
344 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
A resistor of 6kΩ6 {k} \Omega with tolerance 10%10 \% and another resistance of 4kΩ4 {k} \Omega with tolerance 10%10 \% are connected in series. The tolerance of the combination is about
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Correct option: B
10%10 \%
Option B (10 %) is correct because the percentage tolerance of resistors in series is calculated by summing the absolute errors and dividing by the total resistance.
345 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Two bulbs, one of 50  watt50\,\,watt and another of 25  watt25\,\,watt are connected in series to the mains. The ratio of the currents through them is
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Correct option: C
1:1\begin{array}{llllllllllllllllllll} {\mathrm{1 :1}} \end{array}
Option C is correct. When bulbs are connected in series, the current flowing through them is the same, regardless of their power rating.
346 Easy
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Application +4 | -1
When a current II is set up in a wire of radius rr, the drift velocity is vd\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{d}}. If the same current is set up through a wire of radius 2r2 \mathrm{r}, the drift velocity will be
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Correct option: D
vd/4\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{d}} / 4
Option D (vd/4\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{d}} / 4) is correct because drift velocity is inversely proportional to the cross-sectional area of the wire, which depends on the square of the radius.
347 Medium
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Analyzing +4 | -1
A potential difference V{V} is applied to a copper wire of diameter dd and length LL. There will be no effect on the electron drift speed after doubling which of the parameter
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Correct option: C
Diameter
Option C (Diameter) is correct because the electron drift speed is independent of the diameter of the wire.
348 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
Resistance of a conducting wire is ' RR '. Calculate its new resistance in case of nn-times the length by stretching it.
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Correct option: A
R′=n2RR^{\prime}=n^2 R
Option A (R′=n2RR^{\prime}=n^2 R) is correct because when a wire is stretched to n times its length, its resistance increases by a factor of n2.
349 Medium
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Remembering +4 | -1
The device or substances which do not obey Ohm's law is/are
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Correct option: B
Crystal rectifiers
Option B (Crystal rectifiers) is correct because crystal rectifiers, being semiconductor devices, do not exhibit a linear relationship between voltage and current as described by Ohm's law.
350 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
12  cells\mathrm{12}\,\,\mathrm{cells} each having same emf are connected in series with some cells wrongly connected. The arrangement is connected in series with an ammeter and two cells which are in series. Current is 3  A3\,\,A when cells and battery aid each other and is 2  A2\,\,A when cells and battery oppose each other. The number of cells wrongly connected is
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Correct option: B
1
Option B (1) is correct because solving the system of equations derived from the given conditions yields one wrongly connected cell.
351 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
What determines the conventional direction of the product of current and resistance while applying the Kirchhoff's law?
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Correct option: C
Direction of current
Option C (Direction of current) is correct because the conventional direction of current determines the sign of the voltage drop across a resistor when applying Kirchhoff's loop rule.
352 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Assertion: When the length of a conductor is doubled; its resistance will also get doubled.

Reason: Resistance is directly proportional to the length of a conductor.
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Correct option: A
If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
Option A is correct because both the assertion and the reason are true, and the reason correctly explains why the resistance doubles when the length doubles.
353 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
Temperature of cold junction in a thermocouple is 270  0C270\,{\,^0}\mathrm{C}, then the temperature of inversion is
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Correct option: B
530  0C530\,{\,^0}\mathrm{C}
Option B (530  0C530\,{\,^0}\mathrm{C}) is correct because it is calculated using the relationship between the neutral temperature, cold junction temperature, and temperature of inversion.
354 Medium
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Remembering +4 | -1
Which of the following has a negative temperature coefficient
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Correct option: A
CC
Option A (CC) is correct because Carbon is a semiconductor and semiconductors have negative temperature coefficients.
355 Medium
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Understanding +4 | -1
Which of the following is not the cause of low conductivity of electrolytes ?
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Correct option: B
Ionisation of salt
Option B (Ionisation of salt) is correct because ionization of salt is a prerequisite for conductivity of electrolytes, not a cause of low conductivity.
356 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
Find the resistance of a copper coil of total wire-length 10 m10 \mathrm{~m} and area of cross section 1.0 mm21.0 \mathrm{~mm}^2. What would be the resistance of a similar coil of aluminium? The resistivity of copper =1.7×10−8Ωm=1.7 \times 10^{-8} \Omega \mathrm{m} and that of aluminium =2.6×10−8Ωm=2.6 \times 10^{-8} \Omega \mathrm{m}.
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Correct option: C
0.17Ω;  0.26Ω0.17 \Omega;\,\,0.26 \Omega
Option C (0.17Ω;,0.26Ω0.17 \Omega;\\,0.26 \Omega) is correct because it accurately calculates the resistance of the copper and aluminum coils using the given resistivity, length, and cross-sectional area.
357 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
If nearly 105 C{10^5}\,\mathrm{C} liberate 1  g\mathrm{1}\,\,\mathrm{g} equivalent of aluminium, then the amount of aluminium (equivalent weight g\mathrm{g}) deposited through electrolysis in 20  min\mathrm{20}\,\,\mathrm{min} by a current of 50  A\mathrm{50}\,\,\mathrm{A} will be
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Correct option: C
5.4  g\begin{array}{llllllllllllllllllll} {\mathrm{5}\mathrm{.4}\,\,\mathrm{g}} \end{array}
Option C (5.4 g5.4 \,\mathrm{g}) is correct because it is the calculated mass of aluminum deposited using Faraday's laws of electrolysis.
358 Medium
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Analyzing +4 | -1
Choose the incorrect statement out of the following
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Correct option: B
Resistivity of all materials increases with increase in temperature
Option B is correct. The resistivity of semiconductors decreases with increasing temperature, while it increases for most metals.
359 Medium
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Application +4 | -1
An inductor (L=20 H)(L=20 \mathrm{\,H}), a resistor (R=100 Ω)(R=100 \, \Omega) and a battery ( E=10 VE=10 \mathrm{~V} ) are connected in series. After a long time, the circuit is short-circuited and then the battery is disconnected Find the current in the Circuit at I ns after short circuiting
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Correct option: D
6.7×10−4 A6.7 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{~A}
Option D (6.7×10−4 A6.7 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{~A}) is correct because it is calculated using the formula for current decay in an LR circuit after short-circuiting.
360 Medium
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Remembering +4 | -1
One kilowattkilowatt hour is equal to
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Correct option: A
36  ×  105 joules36\,\, \times \,\,{10^5}\,joules
Option A (36×105joules36 \times {10^5} joules) is correct because 1 kilowatt hour is equal to 3.6 million joules.
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