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Question 12 Marks

An electron gun emits $2.0 \times 10^{16}$ electrons per second. What electric current does this correspond to?

Answer

No. of electrons per second = $2 \times 10^{16}$ electrons/ sec. Charge passing per second $=2\times10^{16}\times1.6\times10^{-9}\frac{\text{coulomb}}{\text{sec}}$$=3.2\times10^{-9}$ Coulomb/ sec
Current $=3.2\times10^{-3}\text{A}.$

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Question 22 Marks

Can the potential difference across a battery be greater than its emf?

Answer

In general potential difference can be equal or less than the emf.
E.m.f can never exceed the potential difference.
If the emf of a battery is E Volt, the potential difference across a battery is given by,
V = E - I r where I is the current in the circuit and r is the internal resistance.

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Question 32 Marks

Consider a circuit containing an ideal battery connected to a resistor. Do "work done by the battery" and "the thermal energy developed" represent two names of the same physical quantity?

Answer

No as the work done by the battery is work done by the battery like ouput. and the thermal energy developed is due to lesser efficiency of battery. In case of ideal battery there would be no thermal energy developed.

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Question 42 Marks

What should be the value of R in the figure. for which the current in it is zero?

Answer

For an value of R, the current in the branch is 0.

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Question 52 Marks

A parallel-plate capacitor is filled with a dielectric material of resistivity ρ and dielectric constant K. The capacitor is charged and disconnected from the charging source. The capacitor is slowly discharged through the dielectric. Show that the time constant of the discharge is independent of all geometrical parameters like the plate area or separation between the plates. Find this time constant.

Answer

Equation of discharging capacitor$=\text{q}_0\text{e}^{\frac{-\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}=\frac{\text{K}\in_0\text{AV}}{\text{d}}\text{e}^{\frac{-1}{\frac{(\rho\text{dK}\in_0\text{A})}{\text{Ad}}}}=\frac{\text{K}\in_0\text{AV}}{\text{d}}\text{e}^{\frac{-\text{t}}{\rho\text{K}\in_0}}$
$\therefore\tau=\rho\text{K}\in_0$
$\therefore$ Time constant is $\rho\text{K}\in_0$ is independent of plate area or separation between the plate.

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Question 62 Marks

A wire has a length of 2.0m and a resistance of $5.0\Omega.$ Find the electric field existing inside the wire if it carries a current of 10A.

Answer

$\text{l}=2\text{m},\text{R}=5\Omega,\text{i}=10\text{A},\text{E}=?$$\text{V}=\text{iR}=10\times5=50\text{V}$
$\text{E}=\frac{\text{V}}{\text{l}}=\frac{50}{2}=25\text{V}/\text{m}$

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Question 72 Marks

A non-ideal battery is connected to a resistor. Is work done by the battery equal to the thermal energy developed in the resistor? Will your answer change if the battery is ideal?

Answer

Yes, the answer will change if the battery is ideal. An ideal battery has no internal resistance. Hence, the work done by an ideal battery will be equal to the thermal energy developed in the resistor, assuming that the resistance of the wires used for connection is negligible.

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Question 82 Marks

The electric current existing in a discharge tube is $2.0\mu\text{A}.$ How much charge is transferred across a cross-section of the tube in 5 minutes?

Answer

$\text{i}'=2\mu\text{A},\text{t}=5\text{min}=5\times60\text{sec}$$\text{q}=\text{i t}$
$=2\times10^{-6}\times5\times60$
$=10\times60\times10^{-6}\text{c}=6\times10^{-4}\text{c}$

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Question 92 Marks

The potential difference between the terminals of a 6.0V battery is 7.2V when it is being charged by a current of 2.0A. What is the internal resistance of the battery?

Answer

$\text{V}=\in+\text{ir}$
$\Rightarrow7.2=6+2\times\text{r}$
$\Rightarrow1.2=2\text{r}\Rightarrow\text{r}=0.6\Omega.$

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Question 102 Marks

A voltmeter consists of a $25\Omega$ coil connected in series with a $575\Omega$ resistor. The coil takes 10mA for full scale deflection. What maximum potential difference can be measured by this voltmeter?

Answer

Full deflection current $=10\text{mA}=(10\times10^{-3})\text{A}$
$\text{R}_\text{eff}=(575+25)\Omega=600\Omega$
$\text{V}=\text{R}_\text{eff}\times\text{i}=600\times10\times10^{-3}=6\text{V}.$

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Question 112 Marks

A bulb is made using two filaments. A switch selects whether the filaments are used individually or in parallel. When used with a 15V battery, the bulb can be operated at 5W, 10W or 15W. What should be the resistances of the filaments?

Answer

The various resistances of the bulbs $=\frac{\text{V}^2}{\text{P}}$
Resistances are $\frac{(15)^2}{10},\frac{(15)^2}{10},\frac{(15)^2}{15},=45,22.5,15.$
Since two resistances when used in parallel have resistances less than both.
The resistances are 45 and 22.5.

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Question 122 Marks

Consider the situation shown in figure. The switch is closed at t = 0 when the capacitors are uncharged. Find the charge on the capacitor $C_1$ as a function of time t.

Answer

$\text{C}_\text{eff}=\frac{\text{C}_1\text{C}_2}{\text{C}_1+\text{C}_2}$
$\text{Q}=\text{C}_\text{eff}\text{E}\Big(1-\text{e}^{\frac{-\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}\Big)=\frac{\text{C}_1\text{C}_2}{\text{C}_1+\text{C}_2}\text{E}\Big(1-\text{e}^\frac{-\text{t}}{\text{RC}}\Big)$

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Question 132 Marks

Find the equivalent resistance of the network shown in figure. between the points a and b.

Answer

Eq. Resistance $=\frac{\text{r}}{3}$

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Question 142 Marks

Consider the circuit shown in figure. Find the current through the $10\Omega$ resistor when the switch $S$ is $(a)$ Open $(b)$ Closed.

Answer

When $S$ is open,

$\text{R}_\text{eq}=(10+20)\Omega=30\Omega$

$i =$ When $S$ is closed,

$\text{R}_\text{eq}=10\Omega$
$\text{i}=\Big(\frac{3}{10}\Big)\Omega=0.3\Omega.$

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Question 152 Marks

In an electrolyte, the positive ions move from left to right and the negative ions from right to left. Is there a net current? If yes, in what direction?

Answer

As positive current moves from left to right and negative current moves from right to left in both cases as explained in previous question the current would be flowing from left to right.

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Question 162 Marks

A proton beam is going from east to west. Is there an electric current? If yes, in what direction?

Answer

A proton beam means positive charge moving in west direction that means current flowing from east to west. As electric current is in direction of positive charge flowing or opposite to negative charge flowing.

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Question 172 Marks

By evaluating $\int\text{i}^2\text{Rdt},$ show that when a capacitor is charged by connecting it to a battery through a resistor, the energy dissipated as heat equals the energy stored in the capacitor.

Answer

$\int\text{i}^2\text{Rdt}=\int\text{i}_0^2\text{Re}^{\frac{-2\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}\text{dt}=\text{i}_0^2\text{R}\int\text{e}^{\frac{-2\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}\text{dt}$$=\text{i}^2_0\text{R}\Big(\frac{-\text{RC}}{2}\Big)\text{e}^{\frac{-2\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}=\frac{1}{2}\text{Ci}_0^2\text{R}^2\text{e}^{\frac{-2\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}=\frac{1}{2}\text{CV}^2$ (Proved).

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Question 182 Marks

Find the charge on each of the capacitors 0.20ms after the switch S is closed in the figure.

Answer

$\text{q}=\text{q}_0\Big(1-\text{e}^{\frac{-\text{t}}{\text{RC}}}\Big)$
$=25(2+2)\times10^{-6}\bigg(1-\text{e}^\frac{-0.2\times10^{-3}}{25\times4\times10^{-6}}\bigg)$
$=24\times10^{-6}(1-\text{e}^2)=20.75$
Charge on each capacitor $=\frac{20.75}{2}=10.3$

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Question 192 Marks

Suppose you have three resistors of $20\Omega,50\Omega$ and $100\Omega.$ What minimum and maximum resistance can you obtain from these resistors?

Answer

$\text{R}_{\text{max}}=(20+50+100)\Omega=170\Omega$$\text{R}_{\text{min}}=\frac{1}{\Big(\frac{1}{20}+\frac{1}{50}+\frac{1}{100}\Big)}=\frac{100}{8}=12.5\Omega.$

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Question 202 Marks

A capacitor of capacitance C is given a charge Q. At t = 0, it is connected to an ideal battery of emf $\in$ through a resistance R. Find the charge on the capacitor at time t.

Answer

The capacitor is given a charge Q. It will discharge and the capacitor will be charged up when connected with battery.
Net charge at time $\text{t}=\text{Qe}^\frac{-\text{t}}{\text{RC}}+\text{Q}\Big(1-\text{e}^\frac{-\text{t}}{\text{RC}}\Big).$

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Question 212 Marks

The internal resistance of an accumulator battery of emf $6V$ is $10\Omega$ when it is fully discharged. As the battery gets charged up, its internal resistance decreases to $1\Omega.$
The battery in its completely discharged state is connected to a charger that maintains a constant potential difference of $9V.$ Find the current through the battery $(a)$ just after the connections are made and $(b)$ after a long time when it is completely charged.

Answer

Net emf while charging

$9-6=3\text{V}$
Current $=\frac{3}{10}=0.3\text{A}$

When completely charged

Internal resistance $'\text{r}'=1\Omega$
Current $=\frac{3}{1}=3\text{A}$

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