Kirchhoff's Laws and their Applications

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Kirchhoff's Laws and their Applications: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Kirchhoff's Law,Kirchhoff's First Law,Kirchhoff's Second Law, etc.

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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For the given network calculate the current flowing through the battery and in the branch A

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The magnitude and direction of the current in the following circuit is

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In this figure the resistance of the coil of galvanometer G is 2 . The emf of the cell is 4 V. The ratio of potential difference across C1 and C2 is

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Figure shows a part of an electric circuit. The potentials at points a, b and c are 30 V, 12 V and 2 V respectively. The current through the 20 Ω resistor will be,

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An experiment is performed to determine  IV characteristics of a Zener diode. which has a protective resistance of R=100 Ω and a maximum power of dissipation rating of 1 W. The minimum voltage range of the DC source in the circuit is:

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Which of the given statement is incorrect about sign convention for applying loop rule?

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In the circuit given below if I is the current entering the network of resistors of equal resistances,

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i. Using Kirchhoff’s rules, prove that current through the arm AC is equal to that in the arm CE. Show the distribution of the current diagrammatically.

ii. Redraw the diagram to show the split in junction C without altering the current in any arm.

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Explain Kirchhoff's laws with examples.

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Calculate the value of i1,i2 and i3 in the following diagram.

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The potential difference between points A and B in the circuit shown in figure will be
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Find current through 4 Ω resistor in the circuit given below

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In the below network, the galvanometer has a resistance of 5 Ω. The current through it is

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Conservation of charge and conservation of energy are respectively the basis of

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Find the potential difference across each cell and the rate of energy dissipation in R.

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