Kirchhoff's Laws and Their Applications

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Kirchhoff's Laws and Their Applications: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Kirchhoff's Law, Kirchhoff's First Law, Kirchhoff's Second Law, Method to Solve Complex Circuit Using Kirchhoff's Law, and Finding Potential Difference between Two Points in an Electrical Circuit.

Important Questions on Kirchhoff's Laws and Their Applications

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Which of the following rule may be used to obtain the values of the three unknown currents in the branches (shown) of the circuit given below?
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Apply Kirchhoff’s rule to the loops PRSP and PRQP to find currents   I 1 , I 2  and   I 3  in the network.

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Apply Kirchhoff’s rules to the loops ACBPA and ACBQA to write the expressions for the currents  I1, I2  and   I 3  in the network.
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State Kirchhoff’s rules. Use these rules to write the expressions for the currents  I1, I2 and I 3 in the circuit diagram shown.

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Two cells of emf 1.5 V and 2 V and internal resistance 1 ohm and 2 ohm respectively are connected in parallel to pass a current in the same direction through an external resistance of 5 ohm.

Using Kirchhoff’s laws, calculate the current through each branch of the circuit and potential difference across the 5 ohm resistor.

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Explain Kirchhoff's laws with examples.

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A battery of internal resistance 4 Ω is connected to the network of resistances, as shown in the figure. In order that the maximum power can be delivered to the network, the value of R in Ω should be

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In the circuit shown in the figure. AR3 is a variable resistance

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As the value R3 is changed, current I though the cell varies as shown. Obviously, the variation is asymptotic, i.e. I  6 A as R3 . Ratio of resistances R1 and R2 will be: 

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In the figure, the potential at A is _____ V, when the potential at B is zero.

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Explain Kirchhoff's laws with examples.

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The box in the circuit below has two inputs marked v+ and v- and a single output marked V0. The output obeys

V0=+10V, if v+>v-

V0=-10V, if v+<v-

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The output V0 of this circuit a long time after it is switched on is best represented by:

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A student was trying to construct the circuit shown in the figure below marked (a), but ended up constructing the circuit marked (b). Realizing her mistake, she corrected the circuit, but to her surprise, the output voltage (across R) did not change.

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The value of resistance R is :-

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Consider the part of the circuit shown. What is the value of current I, if the battery is ideal?

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Kirchhoff's first law is based on conservation of

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Kirchhoff’s second law states that the total sum of currents entering into a node is zero.

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If the diodes are ideal in the circuit given below, then the current through the cell is

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Find the magnitude of flowing current in R2 of following circuit, when a constant voltage 22 V is kept between AB.

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A 6 V cell with 1 Ω internal resistance and 10 V cell with 2 Ω internal resistance and 10 Ω external resistance are connected in parallel. The current in ampere through 10 V cell is

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Consider the circuit as shown below. In the circuit R1=R2=R3=4 Ω, V1=10 V and V2=5 V. The current flowing through resistance R3 is

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Find the current I in the circuit below that flows through 20 Ω resistor.

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