a) Consider the circuit in the figure. How much energy is absorbed by electrons from the initial state of no current to the state of drift velocity? b) Electrons give up energy at the rate of RI2 per second to the thermal energy. What time scale would one associate with energy in problem a) n = no of electron/volume = 1029/m3, length of circuit = 10 cm, cross-section = A = 1mm2

 In an experiment with a potentiometer, VB = 10V. R is adjusted to be 50 Ω. A student wanting to measure voltage E1 of a battery finds no null point possible. He then diminishes R to 10 Ω and is able to locate the null point on the last segment of the potentiometer. Find the resistance of the potentiometer wire and potential drop per unit length across the wire in the second case.

A room has AC run for 5 hours a day at a voltage of 220V. The wiring of the room consists of Cu of 1 mm radius and a length of 10 m. Power consumption per day is 10 commercial units. What fraction of it goes in the joule heating in wires? What would happen if the wiring is made of aluminium of the same dimensions?

Two cells of voltage 10V and 2V and internal resistances 10Ω and 5Ω respectively are connected in parallel with the positive end of the 10V battery connected to the negative pole of 2V battery. Find the effective voltage and effective resistance of the combination.

Suppose there is a circuit consisting of only resistances and batteries and we have to double all voltages and all resistances. Show that currents are unaltered.

Two conductors are made of the same material and have the same length. Conductor A is a solid wire of diameter 1 mm. Conductor B is a hollow tube of outer diameter 2 mm and inner diameter 1 mm. Find the ratio of resistance RA to RB.

The circuit in the figure shows two cells connected in opposition to each other. Cell E1 is of emf 6V and internal resistance 2Ω; the cell E2 is of emf 4V and internal resistance 8 Ω. Find the potential difference between the points A and B.

Two cells of same emf E but internal resistance r1 and r2 are connected in series to an external resistor R. What should be the value of R so that the potential difference across the terminals of the first cell becomes zero.

Let there be n resistors R1……..Rn with Rmax = max(R1……Rn) and Rmin = min(R1…….Rn). Show that when they are connected in parallel, the resultant resistance Rp < Rmin and when they are connected in series, the resultant resistance Rs > Rmax. Interpret the result physically.

. A cell of emf E and internal resistance r is connected across an external resistance R. Plot a graph showing the variation of PD across R versus R.

While doing an experiment with potentiometer it was found that the deflection is one-sided and i) the deflection decreased while moving from one end A of the wire to the end B; ii) the deflection increased, while the jockey was moved towards the end B. i) Which terminal +ve or –ve of the cell E, is connected at X in case
i) and how is E1 related to E?
ii) Which terminal of the cell E1 is connected at X in case ii)?

Power P is to be delivered to a device via transmission cables having resistance Rc. If V is the voltage across R and I the current through it, find the power wasted and how can it be reduced.