This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Science > Electricity > Class 10 Science Chapter 12 Electricity – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Science Chapter 12 Electricity Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The meters should be attached to the power circuit A) Parallelly. B) In serial order. C) The two ways above. D) None of the. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In serial order. 2. The work done in moving a unit postive charge from infinity to that point is known as A) Potential difference. B) Resistance. C) Electric current. D) Electrostatic potential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electrostatic potential. 3. The flow rate of electric fronts is called ..... A) The dissatisfied. B) Condemnation. C) Electric. D) Electron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electric. 4. Current is measured in ..... A) Volts. B) Amps. C) Watts. D) Mph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amps. 5. The electrical resistance of insulators is A) Low. B) High. C) Zero. D) Infinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Infinity. 6. When resistors are connected in series, a current is less as effective resistance is more A) Unpredictable. B) False. C) True. D) Hypothetical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 7. The flow of electricity in a circuit- A) Current. B) Flow. C) Circuit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Current. 8. What is the unit of current? A) Volts. B) Ohm. C) Ampere. D) Tesla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ampere. 9. There is no flow of current between two charge bodies when connected because they have same A) Potential Difference. B) Ratio of potential per unit charge. C) Quantity of charge. D) Capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potential Difference. 10. What voltage is needed to cause a 2A current flow through a 10$\Omega$ resistor? A) 5V. B) 200V. C) 20V. D) 0.2V. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20V. 11. The device used for measuring potential difference is known as: A) Galvanometer. B) Ammeter. C) Potentiometer. D) Voltmeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voltmeter. 12. How much energy is given to each coulomb of charge passing through a 6 V battery? A) 6J. B) Aj. C) 1 J. D) P. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6J. 13. When the area decreases, the resistivity A) Not enough information is provided. B) Increases. C) Decreases. D) Remains the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Remains the same. 14. When resistors (R1, R2, R3) are connected in series, then the equivalent resistance R= A) R1+R2+R3. B) 1/R1+1/R2+1/R3. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R1+R2+R3. 15. Unit of electric power may also be expressed as A) Watt second. B) Had ampere. C) Joule second. D) Kilowatt hour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had ampere. 16. The unit for current is the A) Ohm. B) Amp. C) Volt. D) Electron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amp. 17. Who invented electric motor A) Neil Bohr. B) Newton. C) Michael faraday. D) Rutherford. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michael faraday. 18. What voltage is needed to cause a 50A current flow through a 10$\Omega$ resistor? A) 15V. B) 0.2V. C) 500 kV. D) 500V. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 500V. 19. A particle that carries a negative electric charge is called a(n) ..... A) Proton. B) Neutron. C) Atom. D) Electron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electron. 20. Potential difference (V) between two points = Work done (W )/Charge (Q) A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) W=VQ. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 21. Which of these is a good insulator? A) Gold. B) Silver. C) Copper. D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plastic. 22. Coulomb is the unit of A) Potential difference. B) Charge. C) Resistance. D) Current. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charge. 23. A cylindrical conductor of length l and uniform area of cross section A has resistance R. Another conductor of length 2l and resistance R of the same material has area of cross section A) Any. B) For/2. C) A/2. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any. 24. What is the weathering device A) Volt meter. B) Gleno meter. C) Vicator. D) Electric flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volt meter. 25. Two wires of same length and area, made of two materials of resistivity $\rho_1$ $\rho_2$ A) $\rho_1+\rho_2$. B) $\frac{\left(\rho_1+\rho_2\right)}{\rho_1\rho_2}$. C) $\frac{\rho_1\rho_2}{\rho_1+\rho_2}$. D) $\left|\rho_1-\rho_2\right|$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $\frac{\rho_1\rho_2}{\rho_1+\rho_2}$. 26. Electric motors are devices that convert ..... energy into ..... energy. A) Mechanical; kinetic. B) Chemical; potential. C) Electrical; mechanical. D) Mechanical; electrical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electrical; mechanical. 27. How much is the power to get an electron? A) Boring. B) 2ev. C) 1ev. D) Pardon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1ev. 28. SI Unit of time is? A) Seconds. B) Minutes. C) Hours. D) Eons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seconds. 29. Which of the following is a unit of electrical power? A) Volt. B) Watt. C) Ohm. D) Joule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watt. 30. Bulbs in the street lighting are all connected in A) Series. B) Parallel. C) Series-Parallel. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Series. 31. A car headlight bulb working on a 12 V car battery draws a current of 0.5 A. The resistance of the light bulb is: A) 0.5 Oh. B) 6 oh. C) 24 oh. D) 12 oh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24 oh. 32. What is the formula of Potential Difference? A) $\frac{w}{q}=v$. B) $ \frac {cq} {of} = 1 $. C) $i=\frac{v}{r}\times qc$. D) $i=\frac{v}{r}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $\frac{w}{q}=v$. 33. A circuit that is connected to Earth is said to be ..... A) Series. B) Parallel. C) Grounded. D) Discharged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grounded. 34. If the battery produced 12.6 Volts and what would be the current flow be for a 6 Ohm resistor A) 1.71 Amps. B) 2.4 Amps. C) 2.1 Amps. D) 15 Amps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2.1 Amps. 35. The SI unit of current is ..... A) Volt. B) Ampere. C) Joule. D) Watt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ampere. 36. How do we express electric current? A) Rate of flow of Volt. B) Rate of flow of OHM. C) Rate of flow of Charge. D) Rate of flow of Resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rate of flow of Charge. 37. Who discovered Ampere? A) Andre Maria Volta. B) Andre MarieCoulomb. C) Andre Marie Ampere. D) Other marie ampere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Andre Marie Ampere. 38. . In parallel combination of electrical appliances, total electrical power A) Remain same. B) Decrease. C) Increase. D) Does not change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remain same. 39. When you charge an electroscope by touching it with a charged balloon, the process is called ..... A) Induction. B) Friction. C) Conduction. D) Grounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conduction. 40. A coil that is magnetized only when an electric current flows through it is ..... A) A generator. B) An electromagnet. C) A battery. D) A conductor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An electromagnet. 41. When the length of a wire is doubled, its resistivity as well as resistance is doubled. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 42. Which of the given is the SI Unit of Electric Current? A) Faraday. B) Was. C) Ampere. D) Ohm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ampere. 43. In a simple circuit, why does the bulb glow when you close the switch? A) The switch produces electricity. B) Closing the switch breaks the circuit. C) The bulb is getting charged. D) Closing the switch completes the circuit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Closing the switch completes the circuit. 44. The obstruction offered by material of conductor to the passage of electric current is known as: A) Resistance. B) Conductance. C) Inductance. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Resistance. 45. Galvanometer is used to A) Positive terminal to negative terminal. B) Detect electric current. C) Negative terminal to positive terminal. D) The flow rate of electric charges through a conductor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detect electric current. 46. The heating element of an electric iron is made up of: A) Iron. B) Aluminium. C) Copper. D) Nichrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nichrome. 47. Unit used for charge. A) Newtons (N). B) Newtons per Coulomb (N/C). C) Coulombs (C). D) Volts (V). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coulombs (C). 48. Electrical resistivity of any given metallic wire depends upon A) Its shape. B) Its length. C) Nature of the material. D) Its thickness. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nature of the material. 49. One ampere is constituted by the flow of one coulomb of charge per second A) 1A=1C/1sec. B) 1A=1CX1sec. C) 1sec=1AX1C. D) 1C=1A/1sec. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1A=1C/1sec. 50. The voltmeter is connected in A) Series. B) Parallel. C) Not enough information is provided. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallel. 51. Electric potential is A) Scalar quantity. B) Sometimes scalar or vector quantity. C) Vector quantity. D) Neither scalar or vector quantity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scalar quantity. 52. Electric charge is expressed in A) Volt. B) Coulomb. C) Joule. D) Ohm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coulomb. 53. In a ..... circuit there are multiple paths for the current to take. A) Series. B) Parallel. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallel. 54. Why are Christmas lights wired in parallel? A) It is cheaper to make. B) You can make longer strands. C) It uses less electricity. D) If a light breaks, the others keep working. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If a light breaks, the others keep working. 55. Electric current A) Photometer. B) Old meter. C) Amit. D) Larynx. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amit. 56. The direction of the electric stove shown in the drawing of the electricity and the direction of the electric stream of reality A) From debt to day and from money to debt. B) From money to debt and from debt to money. C) Two are right. D) Two wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From money to debt and from debt to money. 57. Your hair might be attracted to your comb as your hair and the combe become oppositely charged. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. The electrons are not completely free to move within a conductor, because the are restrained by A) Motion of electrons. B) Resistance offered to electric current. C) By the circuit in which current is flowing. D) Attraction of atoms among which they move. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attraction of atoms among which they move. 59. Resistance is proportional to ..... ? A) $\frac{1}{\rho}$. B) $\frac{1}{L}$. C) $L$. D) $A$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $L$. 60. Direction of electric current is from A) +ve to-ve. B) -ve to +ve. C) -ve to-ve. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) +ve to-ve. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 10 QuizzesClass 10 Science Chapter 12 Electricity Quiz 2Class 10 Science Chapter 12 Electricity Quiz 3Class 10 Science Chapter 12 Electricity Quiz 4Class 10 Science Chapter 12 Electricity Quiz 5Class 10 Science Chapter 12 Electricity Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books