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Earn 100

Can you think of any four devices which can work even when not connected to the switchboards at your home?

Important Questions on The World of Electricity

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What is dynamo? Describe its method of working with a diagram.
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In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. There are questions given below the passage and for each question, four words are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case.

Whenever I go into a bank, I feel scared. Everybody and everything that I see there (1) ____ me. As for the manager the sight (2) ____ him simply terrifies me and (3) ____ me want to runaway (4) _____ I can. As soon as I (5) ____ the door of the bank I lose my head (6) ____ when I try to do any (7) ____ there, I behave like an idiot. I cannot explain (8) ____ for this but that is how it (9) ____ has been that is how it is (10) ____.

Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 10.

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What type of energy is transformed to electrical energy in a dynamo?

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Give two differences between alternating current and direct current.
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Which one of the following  alternating current is supplied in our house hold circuits?
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Write in brief the basic principle of hydroelectric power generation.

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Establish the relationship between electromotive force, terminal voltage and internal resistance.
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Write the name of two alternating current producing sources.
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Explain the main principle of an electric generator by drawing a labelled diagram.
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Explain the underlying principle, working and uses of an electric generator with a labelled diagram.
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The device used for producing electric current is called :
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Answer the following:

What is the frequency of household alternating current (AC) in India?

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Write the names of three sources of direct current.
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On which principle, electric generator works?
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Write the conventional symbol of the following component used in electric circuit diagram-

An electric cell

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Explain with circuit diagram the parallel combination of identical cells. Obtain the condition for maximum current in the external resistance connected with the combination.
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The device / machine is used to produce electric current is
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Consider an electrical conductor connected across a potential difference V. Let Δq be a small charge moving through it in time Δt. If I is the electric current through it,
(i) the kinetic energy of the charge increases by IVΔt
(ii) the electric potential energy of the charge decreases by IVΔt.
(iii) the thermal energy of the conductor increases by IVΔt.

Then the correct statements is/are