
To determine the equivalent resistance of two resistors when connected in series, a student arranged the circuit components as shown in the diagram. But he did not succeed to achieve the objective: Which of the following mistakes has been committed by him in setting up the circuit:



Important Questions on Electricity
For the experiment “to find the equivalent resistance of the two given resistors connected in parallel” the following circuit was drawn by a student:
The teacher pointed out the possibility of the following faults:
The ammeter was not correctly connected in the circuit
The voltmeter was not correctly connected in the circuit
The resistors and were not correctly connected in parallel
The rheostat and the key were not correctly connected in the circuit.
The two faults pointed out correctly by the teacher, are

The current flowing through a resistor connected in an electric circuit and the potential difference developed across the ends of it are as shown in the diagrams.
The value of the resistance of the resistor used in ohm is:

In an experiment to study the dependence of current on potential difference across a resistor, a student obtained the graph as shown in the diagram.
The value of resistance of the resistor is:

In the circuit given below, on plugging the key the voltmeter reads but ammeter reads . The resistance of the combination is:


Which of the following statements will be true for this circuit?

In the experiment studying the dependence of current on the potential difference , three students plotted the following graphs between and . The graph that is likely to be correct is/are:

Assuming their ammeters to be ideal, the ammeter correctly connected in:
