Kirchoff’s Law

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Kirchoff’s Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Kirchhoff's Law, Kirchhoff's First Law, Short-circuiting & Earthing in Electric Circuit etc.

Important Questions on Kirchoff’s Law

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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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A current of 15 mA flows in the circuit as shown in figure. The value of potential difference between the points A and B will be

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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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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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In the circuit shown, what is the approximate current passing through the resistor R3 ?

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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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In the circuit shown, the reading of the Ammeter is doubled after the switch is closed. Each resistor has a resistance =1 Ω and the ideal cell has e.m.f. =10 V. Then the ammeter has a resistance (in Ω) equal to

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As the switch S is closed in the circuit, the current passed through it is (in A)

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Four resistances 40Ω, 60Ω, 90Ω and 110Ω make the arms of a quadrilateral ABCD. Across AC is a battery of emf 40 V and internal resistance negligible. The potential difference across BD in V is __________ .

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In the circuit shown in the figure, reading of voltmeter is V1 when S1 is closed, reading of voltmeter is V2 when only S2 is closed and reading of voltmeter is V3 when both S1 and S2 are closed. Then -

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