a) 1.6  1019 b) 3.1  1019 c) 4.8  1019 d) 6.

2  1019
ORBIT MBBS PREPARATION 19. In a thermocouple, the temperature of the cold junction is 0C. If the temperature of the inversion be
Thermal and chemical Effects of Electric Current +C, what is the neutral temperature in C?
1. Watt = …….
θ θ
a) A2  b) A  c) A 2 d) none of the above a) - b)  c)  d) None of the above
2. 1 kWh = 2 2
a) 3.6 MJ b) 3.6 kJ c) 3.6 J d) 3.6 MJ 20. If the conductivity of the fuse wire is doubled, the safe current will be:
3. What are the essential requirements for the heater filament? 1 1
a) High resistivity, low melting point b) Low resistivity, low melting point a) 2 times b) 2 times c) times d) times
c) High resistivity, high melting point d) Low resistivity, high melting point 2 2
4. The safe current of fuse wire is independent of: 21. Two heater wires of same length and material but of different thickness are connected in series
a) area of cross section b) length c) resistivity d) none of the above across a power supply. The power dissipated
5. What is the maximum power output that can be obtained from a cell of emf  and internal resistance r? a) will be same in both b) will be more in thinner wire
a) 22/r b) 2/2r c) 2/4r d) none of the above c) will be more in thicker wire d) cannot be predicted
6. If I be the safe current for the fuse wire of radius r, then: 22. The mouth piece of the telephone works on the principle of change of resistance due to:
a) I  r1/2 b) I  r c) I  r3/2 d) I  r2 a) heating b) pressure c) air flow d) none of these
7. Which of the following is not reversible? 23. A wire of radius r and another wire of radius 2r, both of same material and length are connected in
a) Seebeck effect b) peltier effect c) Joule’s effect d) Thomson effect series to each other. The combination is connected across a battery. The ratio of the heats produced
8. The Thomson coefficient for lead is: in the two wires will be:
a) Less than zero b) zero a) 4.00 b) 2.00 c) 0.50 d) 0.25
c) more than 0 but less than 1 d) more than 1 24 An electric bulb is rated 220 volt and 100 watt. Power consumed by it when operated on 110 volt is
9. same current passed through different electrolytes for given time liberates ions in proportion to their: a) 50 watt b) 75 watt c) 90 watt d) 25 watt
a) electrochemical equivalent b) chemical equivalent 25. A battery of 25 cells is charged by 250 volt with a charging current of 10 ampere. If the e.m.f. of
c) atomic masses d) atomic number each cell is 2 volt and internal resistance is 0.2 ohm. Then the series resistance required to be
10. The ratio of the number of hydrogen to that of oxygen atoms liberated in the electrolysis of acidulated placed in the circuit is:
water is: a) 5 ohm b) 10 ohm c) 15 ohm d) 25 ohm
a) 1 : 4 b) 1 : 2 c) 2 : 1 d) 4 : 1 26. A battery sends current through a resistance R1 for time t ad the heat produced in the resistor is Q.
11. If 1.5 A current liberates x kg of ions, the ions liberated by 6.0 A of current will be: It sends the current through another resistance R2 for time t and again the heat produced is Q. What
a) x/4 kg b) x/2 kg c) 2x kg d) 4x kg. is the internal resistance of the battery?
12. How much current cross-section blows with a current of 5 A. For what current a fuse wire of same R R R R
material and cross-section but of double length will blow? a) 1 2 b) 1 2 c) R1R2 d) R R
a) 22.4 b) 19.3 A c) 9.65 A d) 1 A 2 2 1 2
13. If the current in a conductor is doubled, the rate of rise of temperature in the conductor will be 27. A heater coil is cut into two equal parts and only one part is used in the heater. How will the heat
(assuming that there is no loss of heat from the conductor) generated vary?
a) halved b) remain unchanged c) doubled d) four times a) Become one fourth b) Halved
14. A current of I ampere is flowing through a resistor R ohm. The rate of heat generated in joules will be: c) Doubled d) Become four times
a) I2R b) 4.2I2R c) I2R/4.2 d) none of the above 28. If wire of resistanc3e 20  is covered with ice and a voltage of 210 V is applied across the wire,
15. How much electric energy is consumed in using a 100 W lamp for 6 hours every day for 30 days? then rate of melting of ice is
a) 0.5 kJ b) 0.5 kWh c) 18 kJ d) 18 kWh a) 0.85g/s b) 1.92 g/s c) 6.56 g/s d) All of these
16. The power dissipated in a conductor of resistivity  is proportional to: 29. A wire of radius r has resistance R. if it is stretched to a wire of r/2 radius, then the resistance
a) 2 b)  c)  d) none of the above becomes
a) 2R b) 4R c) 16R d) zero
17. If the temperature of the hot junction of a thermocouple changes from 80C to 100C, the percentage
30. The electrochemical equivalent of a metal is 3.3  10-7 kg per coulomb. The mass of the metal
change in thermoelectric power is:
liberated at the cathode when a 3A current is passed for 2 seconds will be
a) 8% b) 10% c) 20% d) 25%
18. If 1 A of current is passed through CuSO4 solution for 10 seconds, then the number of copper ions a) 19.8  10-7 kg b) 9.9  10-7 kg c) 6.6  10-7 kg d) 1.1  10-7 kg
deposited at the cathode will be about: 31. The conductivity of a superconductor is
a) Infinite b) Very large c) Very small d) Zero
32. A wire of resistance R is cut into ‘n’ equal parts. These parts are then connected in parallel. The 46. A copper wire stretched so as to make it 0.1% longer. The percentage increases in the resistance of
equivalent resistance of the combination will be the wire will be
R n R a) 1.0 b) 0.1 c) 2.0 d) 0.2
a) nR b) c) d) 47. A 60 W bulb operates on 220 V supply. The current following through the bulb is
n R n a) 11/2 A b) 3 A c) 3/11 A d) 6 A
33. If nearly 105 coulomb liberate 1 g equivalent of aluminum, then the amount of aluminum 48.
(equivalent weight 9) deposited through electrolysis in 20 minutes by a current of 50 ampere will
be
a) 0.6 g b) 0.09 g c) 5.4 g d) 10.8 g
34. A piece of fuse wire melts when a current of 15 ampere flows through it. With this current, if it
dissipates 22.5 W, the resistance of fuse wire will be
a) Zero b) 10 c) 1  d) 0.10 
35. For a cell of emf 2 V, a balance is obtained for 50 cm of the potentiomerter wire. If the cell is
obtained across 40 cm of the wire, then the internal resistance of the cell is
a) 0.25  b) 0.50 c) 0.80 d) 1.00
36. In a voltameter the conduction takes place due to
a) electrons only b) holes only c) electrons and holes d) electrons and ions
37. when 2 equal resistances are connected in parallel to the poles of a cell of negligible internal
resistance, the power developed is P. When the same resistances are connected in series across the
same cell, the power developed is
P P
a) b) 4P c) P d)
4 2
38 a potentiometer consists of a wire of length 4 m and resistance 10. It is connected to a celi of emf
2V. The potential difference per unit length of the wire will be
a) 0.5 V/m b) 2 V/m c) 5 V/m d) 10 V/m
39. A certain charge liberates 0.8 g of oxygen. The same charge will liberate, how many g of silver?
a) 108 g b) 10.8 g c) 0.8 g d) 108/0.8 g
40. A 10F capacitor is charged to a potential difference of 50 V and is connected to another
uncharged capacitor in parallel. Now the common potential difference becomes 20 volt. The
capacitance of second capacitor is
a) 10F b) 20F c) 30F d) 15F
41. The powers of two electric bulbs are 100 W and 200 W. Both of them are joined with 220 V mains.
The ratio of resistances of their filaments will be
a) 1 : 2 b) 2 : 1 c) 1 : 4 d) 4 : 1
42. The specific resistance of maganin is 50 10-6 ohm metres. The resistance of a cube of maganin
having length 50cm will be
a) 10-6 ohm b) 2.5  10-5 ohm c) 10-5 ohm d) 5  10-4 ohm
43. The resistance of a wire at 20C is 20 ohms and at 500C si 60 ohms. At which temperature its
resistance will be 25 ohms?
a) 50C b) 60C c) 70C d) 80C
44. Masses of three wires of copper are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5 and lengths are in the ratio 5 : 3 : 1. Then
the ratio of their electrical resistance are
a) 1 : 3 : 5 b) 5 : 3 : 1 c) 1 : 15 : 125 d) 125 : 15 : 1
45. A car battery has emf 12 volt and internal resistance 5  10-2 ohm. If it draws 60 ampere current,
the terminal voltage of the battery will be
a) 5 volt b) 3 volt c) 15 volt d) 9 volt