Ohm's Law

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Ohm's Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Bulb Filaments, Ohm's Law, Ohmic Material and Non Ohmic Material & I-V Curve for Filament etc.

Important Questions on Ohm's Law

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A wire of  15 Ω resistance is gradually stretched to double its original length. It is then cut into two equal parts. These parts are then connected in parallel across a 3.0 V battery. Find the current drawn from the battery.

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A voltage of 30 V is applied across a carbon resistor with first, second and third rings of blue, black and yellow colours respectively. Calculate the value of current, in mA, through the resistor.

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Bulb filament follows ohm's law.

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Give comment on the IV curve of the filament at high and low voltage curve.

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In the figure the potential difference across 6 ohm resistor is 48 V. Then the potential difference between A and B is

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A bulb used in car Headlamps is marked 12 V/60 W. Calculate the current (in amperes) flowing through it when lit?

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In the following diagram current in the 5Ω resistor is (when the internal resistance of the battery is zero) :-

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The voltage current graph of conductor at two different temperature are shown in the Figure. If the resistances corresponding to these temperatures are R1 and R2 then which of the following statements is true.

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6 V battery is connected to the terminals of a 3 m long wire of uniform thickness and resistance of 100 Ω. The difference of potential between two points on the wire separated by a distance of 50 cm will be

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The potential difference between the points A and B as shown in the figure is
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A voltmeter of resistance 998Ω is connected across a cell of emf 2 V and internal resistance 2 Ω. The potential difference across the voltmeter is

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A PN junction is designed to withstand current up to a maximum of 10 mA. A resistor R=200Ω is connected in series with it. When forward biased the diode has a potential drop of 0.5 V. The maximum voltage of the battery required to forward bias the diode is

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A cell of emf E is connected across a resistance R. The potential difference between the terminals of the cell is found to be V. The internal resistance of the cell must be

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A wire of length 100 cm is connected to a cell of emf 2 V and negligible internal resistance. The resistance of the wire is 3 Ω, the additional resistance required to produce a potential difference of 1 mV/cm is

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The current-voltage graph for a device is shown in figure. The resistance is negative in region.

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Two similar cells, whether joined in series or in parallel, have the same current through an external resistance of 2Ω . The internal resistance of each cell is .................

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A potential difference 16 V is established across an electrolytic solution. It is found that 1.5×1016 divalent positive ions move towards cathode per second and 2×1016 monovalent negative ions move towards the anode per second. The resistance of the electrolytic solution is:

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In the given diagram, if VAVB is 23 V, then,




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A cell of emf e and internal resistance r is put across a variable resistor of zero to R. V and I are potential difference and current through variable resistor. The VI curve indicates that
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Consider the circuit containing resistors and an ideal battery. Potential difference Va-Vb is equal to (where points a and b are as shown in the figure)

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