Ohm's Law

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Ohm's Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Resistance, Ohm's Law, Ohm's Law in Vector Form, Resistance of a Wire, and Microscopic View of Electric Current.

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 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 electrical network shown in the figure, the potential difference across 3 Ω resistance will be

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Two identical cells whether connected in parallel or in series gives the same current when connected to an external resistance 1.5Ω. Find the value of internal resistance of each cell.

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The figure given below shows a network of eight resistors, each equal to 2 Ω, connected to a 3 V battery of negligible internal resistance. The current I in the circuit is 

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A thick wire is stretched, so that its length becomes two times. Assuming that there is no change in its density, then what is the ratio of change in resistance of wire to initial resistance of wire ?

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What is the SI unit of electrical resistance?

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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 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 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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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 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,