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Physics - Current Electricity

Practise 24 KVPY previous year questions on Current Electricity, compiled from papers spanning 2011 to 2020. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty KVPY tests.

  1. 1A student was trying to construct the circuit shown in the figure below marked (a), but ended up constructing the circuit marked (b). Realiz2020 (SA)
  2. 2A student in a town in India, where the price per unit (1 unit = 1 kWh ) of electricity is 5 . 00 , purchases a 1 kVA UPS (uninterrupted pow2019 (SA)
  3. 3A student uses the resistance of a known resistor ( 1 Ω ) to calibrate a voltmeter and an ammeter using the circuits shown below. The studen2019 (SA)
  4. 4As shown in the schematic below, a rod of uniform cross-sectional area A and length l is carrying a constant current i through it and voltag2019 (SB/SX)
  5. 5A steady current I is set up in a wire whose cross-sectional area decreases in the direction of the flow of the current. Then, as we examine2018 (SA)
  6. 6Two rods of copper and iron with the same cross-sectional area are joined at S and a steady current I flows through the rods as shown in the2018 (SB/SX)
  7. 7A uniform metallic wire of lenght is mounted in two configurations. In configuration I (triangle), it is an equilateral triangle and a volta19 Nov, 2017 (SA)
  8. 8In the circuit shown below, a student performing Ohm's lawexperiment accidently puts the voltmeter and the ammeter as shown in the circuit b19 Nov, 2017 (SA)
  9. 9In the circuit shown below (on the left) the resistance and the emf source are both variable. The graph of seven readings of the voltmeter a05 Nov, 2017 (SA)
  10. 10In the circuit, wire 1 is of negligible resistance, Then2016 (SA)
  11. 11A light bulb of resistance is attached in series with an infinite resistor network. with identical resistances as shown below. A battery der2015 (SA)
  12. 12Consider the circuit shown below where all resistors are of If a current of magnitude flows through the resistor marked , what is the potent2014 (SA)
  13. 13A current of A flows through a resistor represented by the circuit diagram. The current in the resistor is2013 (SA)
  14. 14Consider the circuit shown in the figure below : All the resistors are identical. The ratio is2013 (SA)
  15. 15A electrical heater is used to heat a container filled with of water. It is found that the temperature of the water and the container rise b2013 (SA)
  16. 16In the circuit shown, identical resistors are connected in parallel ) and the combination is connected in series to another resistor . In th2012 (SA)
  17. 17Following figures show different combinations of identical bulb(s) connected to identical battery(ies). Which option is correct regarding th2012 (SA)
  18. 18Which of the following statements is true about the flow of electrons in an electric circuit?2012 (SA)
  19. 19As shown in the figure below, a cube is formed with ten identical resistance (thick lines) and two shorteing wires (dotted lines) along the 2012 (SB/SX)
  20. 20A cylindrical copper rod has length and resistance . If it is melted and formed into another rod of length , the resistance will be2011 (SA)
  21. 21In the following circuit, the resistor dissipates power . If the resistor is replaced by , the power dissipated in it is2011 (SA)
  22. 22Figure below shows a portion of an electric circuit with the currents in amperes and their directions. The magnitude and direction of the cu2011 (SA)
  23. 23Two batteries and are connected to three resistors as shown below. If and , the current . If and , the current . Now, if and , the current I2011 (SB/SX)
  24. 24In the circuit shown below the resistance are given in ohms and the battery is assumed ideal with emf equal to volts. The resistor that diss2011 (SB/SX)

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Current Electricity?

This chapter includes 24 questions compiled from KVPY papers spanning 2011 to 2020.

2.Are these questions only from KVPY, or from other exams too?

These are KVPY questions specifically for the Current Electricity chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Current Electricity an important chapter for KVPY Physics?

Current Electricity has appeared in 10 of the 11 years of KVPY papers covered here, with 24 questions across 15 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.