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Carbon resistance and colour codes for carbon resistance - class-XI

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Which resistor is difficult to make of having a value less than about 2 Ohms? 

  1. Iron Resistor

  2. Carbon Resistor

  3. Wire wound Resistor

  4. Both b and c


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Carbon resistor is difficult to make of having a value less than about $20 $Ohms because they have ability to withstand high energy pulses, when current flow through the carbon composition body conducts the energy . So carbon resistor can be made with a higher resistance 

Resistors are generally colour coded to:

  1. Indicate the type of the circuit in which they are to be used

  2. Identify whether they are ohmic or non-ohmic

  3. Determine their values in ohm

  4. Determine whether they are wire wound or composition resistors


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Components and wires are coded with colors to identify their value and function. The colors brown, red, green, blue, and violet are used as tolerance codes on 5-band resistors only.

So,Resistors are generally colour coded to determine their values in ohm.
Therefore, C is correct option.

Which of the following is not true for wire wound resistor?

  1. It has a lower order of stability and reliability.

  2. It has high power rating with a low tolerance value.

  3. Easy to make wire wound resistor of value 0.01 Ohm.

  4. It is not suitable for high-frequency circuits.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
A wire wound resistor is an electrical passive component that limits current. The resistive element exists out of an insulated metallic wire that is winded around a core of non-conductive material. The wire material has a high resistivity, and is usually made of an alloy such as Nickel-chromium (Nichrome) or a copper-nickel-manganese alloy called Manganin. Common core materials include ceramic, plastic and glass. 
It has a lower order of stability and reliability  is not true for wire wound resistor

A given resistor has the following colour scheme of the various strips on it : Brown, black, green and silver. Its value in ohm is :

  1. $1.0 \times 10^4 \pm 10\%$

  2. $1.0 \times 10^5 \pm 10\%$

  3. $1.0 \times 10^6 \pm 10\%$

  4. $1.0 \times 10^7 \pm 10\%$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Numbers attached for brown, black, green and silver are $1, 0, 5, \pm10\%$. Therefore the resistance of given resistor
$= 10 \times 10^5\  \Omega  \pm 10\%$.

Which of the following is not the disadvantage of wire wound resistor?

  1. It has a big size which is not suitable for many of the applications.

  2. It has high power rating with a low tolerance value.

  3. Resistance value gets changed by a change in temperature, humidity etc.

  4. It is not suitable for high-frequency circuits.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In wired resistors are mainly produced with alloys, since pure metal has a high temperature co-efficient.

Due to alloy temperature co-efficient of wire wound resistor is very low.
Therefore it is very less effected by temperature change.

There are three red colored bands on a carbon resistor. What is its resistance ?

  1. $2.2$

  2. $2200$

  3. $\left( 2200\pm 20\% \right) $

  4. $1.76$ to $2.64$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

According to the color code of resistance,

code of red $=2$
code of red $=2$
code of red $=2$
The resistance of carbon resistor, $22\times 10^2 \pm20$%
$2200\pm20$%
The correct option is C.

Which color band  in the color coding of a resistor has the tolerance $\pm2$%?

  1. Orange

  2. Black

  3. Silver

  4. Red


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Red color band in the color coding of a resistor has the tolerance of $\pm2\%$

Carbon resistors are of two types :

  1. composition type resistor and film type resistor

  2. rheostat and film type resistor

  3. rheostat and variable resistor

  4. composition type resistor and rheostat


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Carbon resistors are of two types  composition type resistor and film type resistor.

There are a number of different types of fixed resistor:

Carbon composition: These types were once very common, but are now seldom used. 

Carbon film: This resistor type is formed by "cracking" a hydrocarbon onto a ceramic former.

________  represents the most significant digits of the resistance value in finding the  resistance of carbon resistor.

  1. Last two color bands

  2. First two color bands

  3. Last color band only

  4. First color band only


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Since first and second color bands has higher multiplier, they represents the most significant digits of the resistance value in finding the  resistance of carbon resistor.

Therefore, B is correct option.

In the 5 band color resistor,which color bands are considered as significant digits?

  1. First band only

  2. First three bands

  3. First two bands

  4. Last band


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A 5-bandcolor resistor is represented as

$R=abc\times d\pm e\%$
Where, $a$ represents the $1^{st}$ significant digit, which is the first band color of resistor.
$b$ represents the $2^{nd}$ significant digit, which is the second band color of resistor.
$c$ represents the $3^{rd}$ significant digit, which is the third band color of resistor.
$d$ represents the $4^{th}$ significant digit, which is the fourth band color of resistor and this is the multiplier value used in formula.
$e$ represents the $5^{th}$ significant digit, which is the fifth band color of resistor and this is the tolerance value of resistor.

Which color band in the resistor is having highest tolerance?

  1. Violet

  2. Green

  3. Blue

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Tolerance level of

Green:$0.5\%$
Blue:$0.25\%$
Violet:$0.1\%$
Hence green is having highest tolerance.

The sequence of bands in carbon resistor are brown, black, brown and gold, the value of resistance is (in $\Omega$)

  1. Exactly 100

  2. 95 to 105

  3. 90 to 110

  4. 80 to 120


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

${1^{st}}Band:Brown - 1$

${2^{nd}}Band:Black - 0$
$Multiplier:Brown -  \times 10\Omega $
$Tolerance: \pm 5\% $
${\rm{Resistor }}value:{\rm{ }}100\Omega  \pm 5\% $
$95$ to $105\Omega$ 

A resistor with the color coded value of 1000 ohms and 10% tolerance can have an actual resistance between

  1. 900 ohm and 1100 ohm

  2. 900 ohm and 1010 ohm

  3. 990 ohm and 1010 ohm

  4. 900 ohm and 1000 ohm


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

color coding gives a range in which value of resister lies.


Actual resistance $R=1000\pm 10$%
$ R=1000\pm 1000\times \frac { 10 }{ 100 } \ R=1000\pm 100$
Value of R is between 900 to 1100ohms.

The color coding of  earth, live and neutral wire respectively is

  1. Green, Red, black

  2. Red, Green, Black

  3. Red, Black, Green

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The electric power line enters our house through three wires- namely the live wire, the neutral wire and the earth wire. To avoid confusion we follow a colour code for insulating these wires. The red wire is the live wire, and the black wire is neutral. The earth wire is given green plastic insulation.
The colour coding of wires is green for earth red for live and black for neutral.

According to international convention of colour coding in a wire

  1. Live is red, neutral is yellow and earth is green

  2. Live is red, neutral is green and earth is black

  3. Live is brown, neutral is blue and earth is black

  4. Live is red, neutral is black and earth is green


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

According to international color coding system in Old colors red is live ( or phase) black is neutral, green/ yellow is earth 
and in New colors brown is live, blue is neutral and green/ yellow is earth.

The colour code of a resistor is brown, black and brown. Then the value of resistance is .....

  1. $10 \Omega$

  2. $100 m \Omega$

  3. $0.1 k\Omega$

  4. 100 + 5%


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Answer is C.

Carbon-composition and carbon film resistors are too small to have the resistance value printed on their housings. Therefore, bands of color are used to represent the resistance value.
The first and second band represents the numerical value of the resistor, and the color of the third band specify the power-of-ten multiplier. The color bands are always read from left to right starting with the side that has a band closer to the edge.
Hence, for a brown, black, brown color code of a resistor. The resistance value is 100 ohms, that is, $0.1k\Omega $.

Color of the four strips of carbon resistor are respectively orange, green, golden, silver. Then its resistance is :

  1. $2.5 \pm 10$% ohm

  2. $3.5 \pm 5$% ohm

  3. $3.5 \pm 10$% ohm

  4. $350 \pm 10$% ohm


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Code of orange$=3$


Code of green $=5$


Code of golden $=\div10$

Code of silver , Tolerance$=\pm 10$%

The resistance of wire, $R=3.5\pm10$% $ohm$

The correct option is C.

The colour code on a resistor is red, black, the value of its resistance is 

  1. $22\,\Omega exact$

  2. $22 \pm 2.2\Omega $

  3. $\left( {22 \pm 4.4} \right)\Omega $

  4. $22 \pm 4.4\Omega $


Correct Option: A

The power factor of a circuit in which a box having unknown electrical devices connected in series with a resistor of resistance $3\Omega$ is $3/5$. The reactance of the box is

  1. $5\Omega$

  2. $\dfrac{5}{3}\Omega$

  3. $4\Omega$

  4. $\dfrac{4}{3}\Omega$


Correct Option: B

The tolerance for silver color in color coding of a resistor is:

  1. $10$%

  2. $5$%

  3. $1$%

  4. $15$%


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The tolerance of silver colour is $10\%$.

And that of gold colour is $5\%$.

Answer-(A)

The________ indicates the multiplier telling you the power of ten to which the two significant digits in color coding of the resistor  must be multiplied (or how many zeros to add).

  1. 2nd band

  2. 3rd band

  3. 4th band

  4. last band


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The 3rd band indicates the multiplier telling the power of ten to which the two significant digits in color coding of the resistor must be multiplied.


Answer-(B)

Which color band  in the color coding of a resistor has the multiplier $10^{-1}$?

  1. Silver

  2. Gold

  3. Yellow

  4. Orange


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The $gold$ colour has the color coding as the multiplier of $10^{-1}=0.1$.

These data need to be remembered.

Answer-(B)

Which of the following is true for carbon resistors?

  1. Resistance value does not get changed by change in temperature

  2. Current carrying capacity and hence power wattage are limited to about $50$ Watts.

  3. It has low-temperature coefficient value.

  4. Stability and reliability are very good.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$A\rightarrow$ Resistance value of carbon resistor with change in temperature it has negative thermal coefficient.

$B\rightarrow$ Carbon resistors are not current carrying capacitor.
$C\rightarrow$ Carbon has low temperature coefficient value i.e. higher the temperature, lower the resistivity.
$D\rightarrow$ Because of low stability of resistance value this type of resistors are not suitable.

Red,orange,black are the color bands on resistors.Find its resistance?

  1. $23\Omega \pm20$ %

  2. $25\Omega \pm10$ %

  3. $32\Omega \pm20$ %

  4. $53\Omega \pm15$ %


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

For first two significant digits of resistance ,  we see the first two colours .

And, third color signifies the multiplier.

Here, red color means digit $2$ and orange color means $3$.
And for multiplier, black colour means multiplier of $1$.

Hence resistance is $(23\times 1)=23\Omega$

Since , nothing is said about fourth color, we can check answer from the calculated resistance.

Answer-(A)

Brown,black and gold is the color band on the resistor,find its resistance?

  1. $10\times 10^{-2}\Omega$

  2. $1\Omega$

  3. $100 \Omega$

  4. $10\times 10^{0}\Omega$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The first two colours are brown and black.


For first two significant digits we need to consider digits signified by first two colours.
And, brown colour signifies $1$, and black colour signifies $0$.
And for multiplier the third colour is considered which is here gold meaning $0.1$.

Hence, resistor is $10\times 0.1=1\Omega$

Answer-(B)

A carbon resistance with color band is $200\Omega$. If red band is replaced by green band then the new resistance is:

  1. $500\Omega$

  2. $300\Omega$

  3. $400\Omega$

  4. $100\Omega$


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Significant figure of red band is $2$ and for green is $5$
 so new resistance $500 \Omega$

Which of the following is not the advantage of Carbon resistors?

  1. It is small in size and is light in weight.

  2. It has low-temperature coefficient value.

  3. Using it high-value resistor can easily be made.

  4. It has high power rating with a low tolerance value.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Advantages of carbon resistors are:

  1. It is small in size and is light in weight.
  2. It has low temperature coefficient that means small change in temperature leds to high resistivity change.
  3. It provides greater resistance, so using this high value resistor can easy be made.
  4. They have low to medium type power rating of range $0.125w$ to $5w$.
  5. They have high tolerance values such as $\pm 5\%,\pm 10\%,$ and $\pm 20\%$.
Hence statement $(D)$ is wrong.


The carbon resistor has three orange bands. The maximum value of resistance offered by the resistor will be __________.

  1. $39.6k\Omega $

  2. $49.6k\Omega $

  3. $33k\Omega $

  4. $26.4k\Omega $


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The resistance can be calculated with a help of the colour coding chart.
The colour of the first band indicates the first significant figure, the colour of the second band indicates the second significant figure and the colour of the third band indicates the multiplier to be used. 
Thus, the resistance of a carbon resistor with three orange bands would be:
3 (orange) 3(orange) x 1000 (orange) = 33,000 ohms

The maximum value of resistance $=33\times { 10 }^{ 3 }\Omega =33k\Omega $

Brown, Red and Orange coloured bands on a Carbon resistor are followed by silver band. The value of resistor is ________

  1. $320\Omega \pm 5$%

  2. $12k\Omega \pm 5$%

  3. $320\Omega \pm 10$%

  4. $12k\Omega \pm 10$%


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Color Coding of the resistances is given by:


Black     Bown     Red     Orange    Yellow      Green     Blue     Violet     Grey     White
     0           1            2           3              4              5             6            7           8              9

Tolerance:
Gold     Silver     No color
    5%        10%         20%

So, according to the color-coding, 
$R=AB\times10^C \pm D$

Here, A is the first color, B is the second color, C is the third color and D is the strip of the tolerance.

So $R=12\times 10^3\pm10\%$

$\implies12k\Omega\pm10\%$

So option $D$ is correct.

Blue,green,yellow and yellow is the color band on the resistor,find its resistance?

  1. $(75\times 10^4 )\Omega \pm 5$%

  2. $(65\times 10^4 )\Omega \pm 5$%

  3. $(52\times 10^4 )\Omega \pm 5$%

  4. $(65\times 10^4 )\Omega \pm 10$%


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The first two colours are blue and green.


For first two significant digits we need to consider digits signified by first two colours.
And, blue colour signifies $6$, and green colour signifies $5$.
And for multiplier the third colour is considered which is here yellow meaning $10^4$.

And, for tolerance , fourth colour is given yellow meaning $5\%$.

Hence resistance is $ (65\times 10^4)\Omega \pm5\%$

Answer-(B)

The order of coloured rings in a carbon resistor is red, yellow, blue and silver. The resistance of the carbon resistor is :

  1. $24\times 10^6\ \Omega \pm 5\%$

  2. $24\times 10^6\ \Omega \pm 10\%$

  3. $34\times 10^4\ \Omega \pm 10\%$

  4. $26\times 10^4\ \Omega \pm 5\%$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

According to colour code of carbon resistors, red stands for $2$, yellow for $4$, blue for $6$ and silver stands for $5$%.
First and second band represents the first two significant figure of resistance.
Third band represents the power raised to $10$ in the value of resistance.
Fourth band represents the tolerance.
Thus resistance of given carbon resistor is  $24\times 10^{6} \ \Omega$
Tolerance in the resistance is $10%$.
Thus resistance is  $24\times 10^6 \Omega  \ \pm 10$%

A resistance of 600$\Omega$ has the color code given by 3 steps. The color of strips (from left to right) is given by

  1. blue, black & brown

  2. blue, brown & black

  3. brown, blue & black

  4. brown, black & blue


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Resistor Band Colors

As shown above, a carbon-composition resistor can have 4 to 6 bands. A 5-band resistor is more precise compared to a 4-band type because of the inclusion of a third significant digit. A 6-band resistor is like a 5-band resistor but includes a temperature coefficient band (the 6th band). 

|   | 4-band | 5-band | 6-band | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1st band | 1st significant digit | 1st significant digit | 1st significant digit | | 2nd band | 2nd significant digit | 2nd significant digit | 2nd significant digit | | 3rd band | multiplier | 3rd significant digit | 3rd significant digit | | 4th band | tolerance | multiplier | multiplier | | 5th band | N/A | tolerance | tolerance | | 6th band | N/A | N/A | temperature coefficient |

Each color represents a number if it's located from the 1st to 2nd band for a 4-band type or 1st to 3rd band for a 5-band and 6-band type. 

| Color | Value | | --- | --- | | Black (2nd and 3rd bands only) | 0 | | Brown | 1 | | Red | 2 | | Orange | 3 | | Yellow | 4 | | Green | 5 | | Blue | 6 | | Violet | 7 | | Grey | 8 | | White | 9 |

 

Mnemonics were created to easily memorize the sequence of the colors. The most popular mnemonic is "Big Boys Race Our Young Girls But Violet Generally Wins" where the first letter of each word corresponds to the first letter of the color. 

If the color is found on the 3rd band for a 4-band type or the 4th band for a 5-band and 6-band type, then it's a multiplier.

| Color | Value | | --- | --- | | Black | x1 | | Brown | x10 | | Red | x100 | | Orange | x1000 | | Yellow | x10000 | | Green | x100000 | | Blue | x1000000 | | Violet | x10000000 | | Grey | x100000000 | | White | x1000000000 |

Notice that the number of zeroes is equal to the color's number as per the previous table.

The fourth band (or 5th for the 5-band and 6-band) indicates the tolerance values. Here, two colors are added (gold and silver).

| Color | Value | | --- | --- | | Black | N/A | | Brown | ±1% | | Red | ±2% | | Orange | ±3% | | Yellow | ±4% | | Green | ±0.5% | | Blue | ±0.25% | | Violet | ±0.10% | | Grey | ±0.05% | | White | N/A | | Gold | ±5% | | Silver | ±10% |

The 6th band for a 6-band type resistor is the temperature coefficient. This indicates how much the actual resistance value of the resistor changes when the temperature changes.

| Color | Value | | --- | --- | | Black | N/A | | Brown | 100 ppm/ºC | | Red | 50 ppm/ºC | | Orange | 15 ppm/ºC | | Yellow | 25 ppm/ºC | | Green | N/A | | Blue | 10 ppm/ºC | | Violet | 5 ppm/ºC | | Grey | N/A | | White | N/A |

 

Color Code Exceptions

5 Band Resistor with a 4th Band of Gold or Silver

Five band resistors with a fourth band of silver or gold form an exception, and are utilized on specific or older resistors. The first two bands represent the significant digits, the third band is a multiplication factor, the fourth band is for tolerance and the fifth band is for the temperature coefficient (ppm/K).

The colour code of a carbon resistor is, Brown, Black, Brown and Red. The value of the resistor is?

  1. $10\Omega \pm 5\%$

  2. $1k\Omega \pm 2\%$

  3. $100\Omega \pm 2\%$

  4. $10\Omega \pm 2\%$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

According to the colour code, brown colour stands for $1$, black for $0$ and red for  $2$.
First and second band represents the first and second significant number respectively.
So, it is  $10\Omega$.
Third band represents power of $10$ by which it is raised, so it is  $10^1$.
Last band represents the tolerance of resistor, so it is  $2$%.
Thus value of resistance,   $R = (10\times 10^1)\Omega \pm 2$% $ = 100\Omega \pm 2$%

A resistor is marked with the rings coloured brown, black, green and gold. The resistance in ohm is?

  1. $(3.5\times 10^5\pm 5\%)$

  2. $(1.10\times 10^5\pm 10\%)$

  3. $(8\times 10^6\pm 5\%)$

  4. $(1\times 10^6\pm 5\%)$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
By color coding
Brown Black Green Gold
$1             .0   \times10^6 \pm5\%$
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