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According to Joule's law of heating, the heat produced in any resistor is inversely proportional to the resistance of the resistor.

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Important Questions on Electricity

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Consider a current of 4A passing through a coil and let the heat produced in the circuit be H1.  What happens to the heat if the current is decreased by 1A.
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The heat produced by passing an electric current through a fixed resistor is proportional to the square of:
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If the current flowing through a fixed resistor is halved, the heat produced in it will become:
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In an electrical circuit, two resistors of 2 Ω and 4 Ω respectively are connected in series to a 6 V battery. The heat dissipated by the 4 Ω resistor in 5 s will be: 
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The elements of electrical heating devices are usually made of:
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If W is the work done when a current I, flows through a conductor of potential difference V for t seconds then:
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Heat generated in a resistor by an electric current will become _____ times if the magnitude of current is doubled.
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When a current of I ampere is passed, through a resistor of R ohm for t seconds, the amount of heat produced is :
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Which of the following characteristics is not suitable for a fuse wire?
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In the following circuits, the heat produced in the resistor or combination of resistors connected to a 12 V battery will be

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The working of an electric heater depends on:

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In an electrical circuit, two resistors of 2 Ω and 4 Ω respectively are connected in series to a 6 V battery. The heat dissipated by the 4 Ω resistor in 5 s will be

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Unit of electric power may also be expressed as_____.

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The current passing through an electric kettle has been doubled. The heat produced will become:
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When electric current is passed through a wire, it gets hot. This is called _____ (melting/heating) effect of the current.
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For the same battery, heating of wire will _____ (increase/decrease) if its resistance is increased.
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The heat produced in a wire of resistance 'x' when a current 'y' flows through it in time 'z' is given by
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The coil of a heater is cut into two equal halves and only one of them is used in the heater, the ratio of the heat produced by this half of the coil to that produced by the original coil is: