Ohm's Law

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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

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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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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.

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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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The length of a given cylindrical wire is increased by 100%. Due to the consequent decrease in diameter the change in the resistance of the wire will be

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The specific resistance of a wire is ρ, its volume is 3 m3 and its resistance is 3 ohms, then its length will be:-

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In the following diagram current in the 5Ω resistor is (when the internal resistance of the battery is zero) :-

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A wire of resistance 4 Ω is used to wind a coil of radius 7 cm. The wire has a diameter of 1.4 mm and the specific resistance of its material is 2×10-7 Ω m. The number of turns in the coil is

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Find the radius of the wire of length 25 m needed to prepare a coil of resistance 25 Ω ( Resistivity of material of wire is 3.142×10-7 Ω m

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

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A potential of 120 V is applied across the ends of a cylindrical copper rod of length 1 cm and radius 2.0 mm. Find the value of the current through the rod. (The resistivity of copper is 1.7×10-8 Ωm.)

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The voltage current graph of conductor at two different temperature are shown in the Figure. If the resistances corresponding to these temperatures are R1 and R2 then which of the following statements is true.

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6 V battery is connected to the terminals of a 3 m long wire of uniform thickness and resistance of 100 Ω. The difference of potential between two points on the wire separated by a distance of 50 cm will be

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Electrical resistivity of a given metallic wire depends upon

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The area of cross section, length and density of a piece of metal of atomic weight 60 are 10-6 m2, 1 m, and 5×103 kgm-3 respectively. If every atom contributes one free electron, then drift velocity is (charge of e=1.6×10-19 C.)

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Find the potential difference (in V) between points A and B, shown in the circuit.
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The masses of the three wires of copper are in the ratio of 1:3:5 and their length are in the ratio of 5:3:1. The ratio of their electrical resistance is,