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Electricity

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Which of the following can be measured by using an instrument named ammeter?

  1. Voltage

  2. Current

  3. Resistance

  4. Wattage

  5. Conductivity


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An electric current is a flow of electric charge. Electric charge flows when there is voltage present across a conductor.

Which of the following acts as a circuit breaker?

  1. Fuse

  2. Switch

  3. Resettable protective device

  4. Voltmeter

  5. Resistor


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is an electronic switch which protects a circuit from damage caused by overload or short circuit.

In which of the following devices does the wiper act as a sliding contact?

  1. Switch

  2. Photoconductive cell

  3. Thermistor

  4. Potentiometer

  5. Ammeter


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A potentiometer (informally a pot), is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider.

Which of the following is a two-terminal variable resistor?

  1. Potentiometer

  2. Thermistor

  3. Rheostat

  4. Ammeter

  5. Voltmeter


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A device whose resistance to electric current depends on the position of some mechanical element or control in the device.

Which type of material won't let the current flow under normal condition?

  1. Resistor

  2. Insulator

  3. Conductor

  4. Rheostat

  5. Semiconductor


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An electrical insulator is a material whose internal electric charges do not flow freely, which does not conduct an electric current under the influence of an electric field.

Which of the following can be measured by a multimeter?

  1. Current, conductivity and wattage

  2. Voltage, wattage and current

  3. Resistance, wattage and voltage

  4. Wattage, conductivity and voltage

  5. Current, voltage and resistance


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

An electric current is a flow of electric charge. Voltage is electric potential energy per unit charge. Resistance is a property of a conductor due to which it opposes the flow of current through it.

What will be the result of placing two positively charged materials together?

  1. They repel each other

  2. Attract each other

  3. Both become neutral

  4. Both attain negative charge

  5. Both will lose their charge completely


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Similar charges repel each other.

Which of the following cannot be considered as an energy source?

  1. Generator

  2. Transformer

  3. Solar cell

  4. Rheostat

  5. Battery


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Rheostat is the variable resistance, i.e. we can vary the value of resistor using rheostat. Rheostat is not energy source. It is used only to increase or decrease the given voltage value in lab experiments.

Electrons in the outer orbit are __________.

  1. nuclei

  2. waves

  3. valence

  4. holes

  5. shells


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Valence, also known as valency or valence number, is the number of valence bonds a given atom has formed or can form, with one or more atoms. For most elements the number of bonds can vary.

A sine wave voltage is applied across a capacitor. When the frequency of the voltage is decreased, the current _____________.

  1. increases

  2. decreases

  3. remains constant

  4. first decreases and then increases

  5. first increases and then decreases


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An amount by which a quantity is decreased.

Which of the following of materials possess lots of free electrons?

  1. Conductors

  2. Insulators

  3. Semiconductors

  4. Filters

  5. Thermistor


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Conductor is an object or type of material which permits the flow of electric charges in one or more directions. For example, a wire is an electrical conductor that can carry electricity along its length.

In which unit will electric charge be measured?

  1. Volt

  2. Ohm

  3. Coulomb

  4. Joule

  5. Watt


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The coulomb (symbol: C) is the SI derived unit of electric charge (symbol: Q or q). It is defined as the charge transported by a steady current of one ampere in one second.

Which of the following capacitors is polarised?

  1. Mica

  2. Tin

  3. Ceramic

  4. Plastic film

  5. Electrolytic


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

An electrolyte is a compound that ionises when dissolved in suitable ionising solvents such as water.

Of the following capacitors, which one has the highest dielectric constant?

  1. Glass

  2. Tin

  3. Mica

  4. Paper

  5. Air


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Glass is an amorphous solid material that exhibits a glass transition, which is the reversible transition in amorphous materials from a hard and relatively brittle state into a molten or rubber-like state.

A thermistor is a type of ___________.

  1. switch

  2. battery

  3. fuse

  4. resistor

  5. power supply


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element. The current through a resistor is in direct proportion to the voltage across the resistor's terminals. This relationship is represented by Ohm's law, i.e.V = IR

Where I is the current through the conductor in units of amperes, V is the potential difference measured across the conductor in units of volts, and R is the resistance of the conductor in units of ohms.

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