Kirchhoff's Law

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Kirchhoff's Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Kirchhoff's Law, Kirchhoff's First Law, Kirchhoff's Second Law, Earthing in Electric Circuit, Methods of Finding Current in Simple Circuit & Finding Potential Difference between Two Points in an Electrical Circuit etc.

Important Questions on Kirchhoff's Law

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Which of the following rule may be used to obtain the values of the three unknown currents in the branches (shown) of the circuit given below?
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Apply Kirchhoff’s rule to the loops PRSP and PRQP to find currents   I 1 , I 2  and   I 3  in the network.

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Apply Kirchhoff’s rules to the loops ACBPA and ACBQA to write the expressions for the currents  I1, I2  and   I 3  in the network.
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State Kirchhoff’s rules. Use these rules to write the expressions for the currents  I1, I2 and I 3 in the circuit diagram shown.

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Two cells of emf 1.5 V and 2 V and internal resistance 1 ohm and 2 ohm respectively are connected in parallel to pass a current in the same direction through an external resistance of 5 ohm.

Using Kirchhoff’s laws, calculate the current through each branch of the circuit and potential difference across the 5 ohm resistor.

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The magnitude and direction of the current in the following circuit is

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Figure shows a part of an electric circuit. The potentials at points a, b and c are 30 V, 12 V and 2 V respectively. The current through the 20 Ω resistor will be,

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The potential difference between points A and B in the circuit shown in figure will be
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Find current through 4 Ω resistor in the circuit given below

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Conservation of charge and conservation of energy are respectively the basis of

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For what value of battery voltage E the potential of A is equal to the potential of B?

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Two cells of emf 10 V and internal resistances 2 Ω and 3 Ω connected as shown. The current I is

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In the given circuit, the current I equals to

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In the given circuit, find the current through each branch of the network

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For the circuit shown in figure, potential difference across a and b, is

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A current of 15 mA flows in the circuit as shown in figure. The value of potential difference between the points A and B will be

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In the given circuit, find the power dissipated in R2=3Ω.

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In the circuit shown in figure, find the energy (in mJ) stored in 4μF capacitor in steady state.

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For what value of battery voltage E the potential of A is equal to the potential of B?

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In the given circuit, the current I1 is

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