Ohm's Law

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Ohm's Law: Overview

In this topic, we will learn that in Ohm’s law the current flowing through a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference at its ends. The constant of proportionality is called resistance. Variable resistance is used to regulate current without changing voltage.

Important Questions on Ohm's Law

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State ohms law with graphical representation.

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Define electric shock.

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Distinguish between ohmic and non-ohmic materials.

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Semiconductors are examples of ohmic material.

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Define ohmic materials and give examples.

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The output of a digital multimeter is

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What is the function of the selection knob in a multimeter?

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Which device can measure the current, voltage, resistance, and has several measurement functions?

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How many ports are there in a multimeter?

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The display of a multimeter usually has _____ digits.

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A torch bulb when cold has 1 Ω resistance. It draws a current of 0.3 A when glowing from a source of 3 V. Calculate the resistance of the bulb when glowing and explain the reason for the difference in the resistance.

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The resistance of the ceiling fan is changed from 200 Ω to 240 Ω. Calculate how much ampere of the electric current is flowing through the ceiling fan if the potential difference is 240 V.

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Write two application of Ohm's law in daily life.

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The _____ of the substance changes with temperature and that is why Ohm's law is not applicable to semiconductors such as germanium and silicon.

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Ohm's law is not applicable to _____ (gaseous/ solid) conductors hence, the V-I graph for such conductors is nonlinear.

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Which of the following will not obey Ohm's law?

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Mathematical representation of Ohm's law is:

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A potential difference of 24 V is needed to make a current of 0.06 A flow through a given wire. What potential difference (in volts) is needed to make a current of 150 mA flow through the same wire.

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The equivalent resistance of the parallel combination of two resistors of 60 Ω and 40 Ω is _____.

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An observer takes two observations as given below, while performing Ohm’s law experiment : 

S.No. Ammeter reading Voltmeter reading
(i) 0.50 A  2 V
(ii) 0.75 A  3 V

Find the resistance of the conducting wire in ohms.