Electric Current

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Electric Current: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Electric Current, Electric Current Density, Charge Flown when Current Is Constant, Charge Flown when Current Is Variable & Calculation of Charge Flown from Current-Time Graph etc.

Important Questions on Electric Current

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Find the force of interaction between the following, as shown in figure. 

 

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Current density in a cylindrical wire of radius R is given as JJ0xR-1 for 0xR2 J0xR for R2xR. The current following in the wire is

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How many coulombs are provided by a current of 0.010 mA in the calculator battery that can operate for 1000 hours?

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When one ampere current is passed through a Cu wire for 10 seconds, the number of electrons passing through it is

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The current density in a cylindrical wire of radius r=4.0 mm is 1.0×106 A2 m2. The current through the outer portion of the wire between radial distances r2 and r is xπ A; where x is

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The current density in a cylindrical wire of radius 4 mm is 4×106 A m-2. The current through the outer portion of the wire between radial distances R2 and R is _____ π A.

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A flow of 107 electrons per second in a conducting wire constitutes a current of

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In hydrogen discharge tube, it is observed that through a given cross-section 5×1016 electrons are moving from right to left and 5×1016 protons are moving from left to right per second. The current(in mA) in the discharge tube will be

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Current flowing through a wire depends on time as I=3t2+2t+5. The charge flowing through the cross-section of the wire in time t=0 to t=2 s is 

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The amount of charge Q passed in time t through a cross section of a wire is Q=5t2+3t+1. The value of current at time t=5s is 

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A current of 2 A is established in a circuit containing an aluminium resistor of length 30 cm. If the area of cross-section of the resistor is 0.003 cm2 at a point P.The current density at that point will be :

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A cylindrical conductor has length l and area of cross-section A. Its conductivity changes with distance (x) from one of its ends as σ=σ0lx [σ0 is a constant]. The electric field inside the conductor as a function of x is k10 V m-1  when a cell of emf V is connected across the ends. Find k. [Given that l=10 m, x=2 m, V=10 Volt.]

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A steady current I is set up in a wire whose cross-sectional area decreases in the direction of the flow of the current. Then, as we examine the narrowing region

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Number of electrons passes through a wire in 2 minutes is 2.25×10y, if current passing through the wire is 300 mA. Find the value of y.

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The current through an element is shown in the figure. Determine the total charge that passes through the element after  t= 2 s in Coulombs.
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In the circuit element given here, if the potential at point B, VB=0, then the potentials of A and D are given as,

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The current through an element is shown in the figure. Determine the total charge that passes through the element after  t= 2 s in Coulombs.
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The current through an element is shown in the figure. Determine the total charge that has passed through the element at t=0 s in Coulombs.
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Number of electrons passes through a wire in 2 minutes is 2.25×10y, if current passing through the wire is 300 mA. Find the value of y.

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A source of e.m.f. E = 15 V and having negligible internal resistance is connected to a variable resistance so that the current in the circuit increases with time as i = (1.2 t + 3). Then, the total charge that will flow in first five second will be