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Two conductors have the same resistance at 0°C but their temperature coefficients of resistance are α1 and α2. The respective temperature coefficients of their series and parallel combinations are nearly

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If wire is stretched to make it 0.1% longer, its resistance will
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Two electric bulbs marked 25 W-220 V and 100 W-220 V are connected in series to a 440 V supply. Which of the bulbs will fuse?
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This question has Statement I and Statement II. Of the four choices given after the Statements, choose the one that best describes the two Statements.

Statement I. Higher the range, greater is the resistance of ammeter.

Statement II. To increase the range of ammeter, additional shunt needs to be used across it.

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The supply voltage to a room is 120 V. The resistance of the lead wires is 6 Ω. A 60 W bulb is already switched on. What is the decrease of voltage across the bulb, when a 240 W heater is switched on in parallel to the bulb?
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In a large building, there are 15 bulbs of 40 W5 bulbs of 100 W5 fans of 80 W and 1 heater of 1 kW. The voltage of the electric mains is 220 V. The minimum capacity of the main fuse of the building will be
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When 5 V potential difference is applied across a wire of length 0.1 m, the drift speed of electrons is 2.5×10-4 m s-1. If the electron density in the wire is 8×1028 m-3, the resistivity of the material is close to
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In the circuit shown below, the current in the 1 Ω resistor is

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A galvanometer having a coil resistance of 100 Ω gives a full-scale deflection, when a current of 1 mA is passed through it. The value of the resistance, which can convert this galvanometer into an ammeter giving a full-scale deflection for a current of 10 A, is