Kirchhoff's Laws with Resistors

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Kirchhoff's Laws with Resistors: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Methods of Finding Current in Simple Circuit, Kirchhoff's Law, Kirchhoff's First Law, Kirchhoff's Second Law, Method to Solve Complex Circuit Using Kirchhoff's Law, Short-circuiting, etc.

Important Questions on Kirchhoff's Laws with Resistors

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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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When a battery of emf 8 V with internal resistance 0.5 Ω is charged by a 120 V DC supply using a series resistance of 15.5 Ω, the terminal voltage of the battery is x2 V, find x.

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Consider the circuit shown in which the batteries are assumed to have negligible internal resistance.

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Determine the total power supplied by the middle cell.
 

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Consider the circuit shown in which the batteries are assumed to have negligible internal resistance.

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Determine the potential difference between A and B.

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Consider the circuit shown in which the batteries are assumed to have negligible internal resistance.

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Calculate the magnitude of the current through the middle cell.

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Consider the circuit shown in which the batteries are assumed to have negligible internal resistance.

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Calculate the magnitude of the current through the left cell.

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Kirchhoff's loop law follows from the conservative nature of _____ field.

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State whether the given statement is true or false.

Kirchhoff's junction law follows from conservation of charge.

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A battery of 10 V and negligible internal resistance is connected across the diagonally opposite corners of a cubical network consisting of 12 resistors each of 1 Ω resistance. Use Kirchhoff's rule to determine the total current in the network.

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For the given figure, identify the relation between currents according to KCL:

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In the above circuit the current in each resistance is:

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The reading of ideal ammeter in the circuit is

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