Ohm's Law

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Ohm's Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Potential Difference, Ohm's Law, Resistance, Resistance of a Wire, Resistivity, Electric Current Density and Ohm's Law in Vector Form.

Important Questions on Ohm's Law

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A wire of  15 Ω resistance is gradually stretched to double its original length. It is then cut into two equal parts. These parts are then connected in parallel across a 3.0 V battery. Find the current drawn from the battery.

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A physical quantity, associated with electrical conductivity, has the SI unit ohm-meter. Identify this physical quantity.

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A voltage of 30 V is applied across a carbon resistor with first, second and third rings of blue, black and yellow colours respectively. Calculate the value of current, in mA, through the resistor.

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In the circuit diagram shown below, VA and VB are the potentials at points A and B respectively. Then. VA-VB is

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The terminal potential difference across A and B in the circuit shown is

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Ends of two wires A and B having resistivity ρA=3×10-5 Ω m and ρB=6×10-5 Ω m of same cross section area joined in series together to from a single wire. If the resistance of the joined wire does not change with temperature, then find the ratio of their lengths lAlB, given that temperature coefficient of resistivity of wire A and B is αA=4×10-5 °C-1 and αB=-6×10-6 CC-1. Assume that mechanical dimensions do not change with temperature

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A cylindrical conductor of length l and inner radius R1 and outer radius R2 has specific resistance ρ. A cell of emf ε is connected across the two lateral faces of the conductor. Find the current from the cell. 

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The relationship between the current density j  and the electric field E is given by j=σE equivalently represents

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A solid metallic cuboid of homogeneous material having geometrical dimension as shown in the figure will have a ratio of resistances for the sense of current along xy and z directions respectively, equal to


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Current is flowing with a current density J=480 A cm-2 in a copper wire. Assuming that each copper atom contributes one free electron and given that

Avogadro number =6.0×1023atoms mol-1

Density of copper =9.0g cm-3

Atomic weight of copper = 6 4g mol-1

The drift velocity of electrons 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 cell of emf E having an internal resistance r is connected to an external resistance R. The potential difference V across the resistance R varies with R as shown by the curve,

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In the shown circuit, what is the potential difference across A and B?

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In the figure the potential difference across 6 ohm resistor is 48 V. Then the potential difference between A and B is

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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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As shown in the schematic below, a rod of uniform cross-sectional area A and length l is carrying a constant current i through it and voltage across the rod is measured using an ideal voltmeter. The rod is stretched by the application of a force F.

Which of the following graphs would show the variation in the voltage across the rod as function of the strain ε when the strain is small. Neglect Joule heating.

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Two metal slabs of equal lengths, equal cross sectional areas and having resistances in the ratio 1:2 are connected first in series and then in parallel separately. The ratio of their effective conductivities is

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A graph drawn between current I and voltage V in a conductor is as shown in the figure. The changes in the resistance in 1st  and 3rd  parts respectively

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A cylindrical conductor has a uniform cross-section. The resistivity of its material increases linearly from left end to right end. If a constant current is flowing through it and at a section distance x from left end, the magnitude of electric field intensity is E, which of the following graphs is correct?

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In the given circuit ammeter and voltmeter are ideal and battery of 6 V has internal resistance 1 Ω. The reading of voltmeter and ammeter is

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