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Assignment - Current Electricity

This document is an assignment for a Physics subject focused on Current Electricity, consisting of multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, and longer descriptive questions. It covers topics such as Wheatstone's Network, potentiometers, Kirchhoff's laws, and methods to convert galvanometers into ammeters and voltmeters. The assignment is structured into four sections with varying marks assigned to each question.

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Assignment - Current Electricity

This document is an assignment for a Physics subject focused on Current Electricity, consisting of multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, and longer descriptive questions. It covers topics such as Wheatstone's Network, potentiometers, Kirchhoff's laws, and methods to convert galvanometers into ammeters and voltmeters. The assignment is structured into four sections with varying marks assigned to each question.

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STD: XII SUBJECT NAME: PHYSICS MARKS: 25

DATE: Assignment (Current Electricity) DURATION: 1HR

SECTION - A
Q.1 Select and write the correct answer 5M
i In a Wheatstone's Network, Ig represents current through ____________.
a) a loop b) an arm
c) a galvanometer d) an ammeter

ii Connecting a low resistance in a parallel with the galvanometer it converts


into _________.
a)potentiometer b) voltmeter
c) ammeter d) moving coil

iii) Potentiometer works as a __________ for a machine.


a) electric sensor b) voltage sensor
c) motion current d)motion sensor

iv) An ideal voltmeter should have __________ resistance.


a) small b) large
c) infinite d) zero

v) The specific resistance 'ρ' of a wire in a meter bridge experiment is ______. If


length resistance & radius are 1m, 2Ω and 0.2 cm respectively.
a) 12.5 Ω m b) 2.5⨯10-4 Ω m
c) 2.5⨯10 Ω m
-3 d) 2.5⨯10-5 Ω m

Q.2 Answer the following. 4M


i Define potential gradient.
ii What is working principle of potentiometer?
iii State Kirchhoff's first law.
iv Why the meter bridge given this name.

SECTION - B
Answer the following: (Attempt any three questions) 6M
Q.3 State uses of potentiometer.
Q.4 A voltmeter has resistance 30Ω. What will be its reading, when it is connected
across a cell of emf 2v having internal resistance 10 Ω?
Q.5 A potential drop per unit length along a wire is 5⨯10 -3 v/m. If the emf of a cell
Balances against length 216 cm of this potentiometer wire, find emf of the
cell.
Q.6 State Kirchhoff's second law
SECTION - C
Answer the following: (Attempt any two questions) 6M
Q.7 Describe Kelvin's method to determine the resistance of a galvanometer by
using a meter bridge
Q.8 Describe how a potentiometer is used to compare the emfs of cell by connecting
the cell in sum and difference method.
Q.9 A battery of emf 4 volt and internal resistance 1Ω is connected in parallel
with another battery of emf 1v and internal resistance 1Ω (with their like
poles connected together). The combination is used to send current through
an external resistance of 2Ω. Calculate the current through external
resistance.
Q.10 A galvanometer has a resistance of 40 Ω and a current of 4mA is needed for a
full scale deflection. what is the resistance and how is it to be connected to
convert the galvanometer i) into an ammeter of 0.4 A range and ii) into a
voltmeter of 0.5 v range.
SECTION - D
Answer the following: (Attempt any one question): 4M
Q.11 Describe how galvanometer can be converted into ammeter.
Q.12 a) Distinguish between potentiometer and voltmeter.
b) Two resistance 2Ω and 3Ω are connected across the two gaps of the meter
bridge as shown in fig Calculate the current through the cell when the bridge
is balance and the specific resistance of the material of the meter bridge wire.
Given the resistance of the bridge wire is 1.49 Ω and its diameter is 0.12 cm.

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