Ohm's Law
Ohm's Law: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Potential Difference, Ohm's Law, Ohm's Law in Vector Form, Resistance of a Wire, Resistance, Electric Current Density & Resistivity etc.
Important Questions on Ohm's Law
A cell of emf having an internal resistance is connected to an external resistance . The potential difference across the resistance varies with as shown by the curve,

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

In the figure the potential difference across resistor is . Then the potential difference between and is

A steady current 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

Electric _____ between two points in an electric circuit carrying some current is defined as the work done to move a unit charge from one point to the other.

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

A graph drawn between current and voltage in a conductor is as shown in the figure. The changes in the resistance in and parts respectively

The length of a given cylindrical wire is increased by . Due to the consequent decrease in diameter the change in the resistance of the wire will be

The specific resistance of a wire is its volume is and its resistance is ohms, then its length will be:-

In the following diagram current in the resistor is (when the internal resistance of the battery is zero) :-

A wire of resistance is used to wind a coil of radius . The wire has a diameter of and the specific resistance of its material is . The number of turns in the coil is

Find the radius of the wire of length needed to prepare a coil of resistance ( Resistivity of material of wire is )

The product of resistivity and conductivity of a conductor depends on -

A potential of is applied across the ends of a cylindrical copper rod of length and radius . Find the value of the current through the rod. (The resistivity of copper is .)

The voltage current graph of conductor at two different temperature are shown in the Figure. If the resistances corresponding to these temperatures are and then which of the following statements is true.

A battery is connected to the terminals of a long wire of uniform thickness and resistance of The difference of potential between two points on the wire separated by a distance of will be

Electrical resistivity of a given metallic wire depends upon

The area of cross section, length and density of a piece of metal of atomic weight are and respectively. If every atom contributes one free electron, then drift velocity is (charge of .)

Find the potential difference (in ) between points and , shown in the circuit.

The masses of the three wires of copper are in the ratio of and their length are in the ratio of . The ratio of their electrical resistance is,
