Q125 / 200 · NEET 2023 (All India) · Physics

Resistance of a carbon resistor determined from colour codes is (22000±5%) Ω. The colour of the third band must be :

  • A
    Yellow
  • B
    Red
  • C
    Green
  • Correct answer
    D
    Orange

Solution

Resistance using the colour codes is written as 
R=[(numbers)×(multiplier) ±(tolerance(%))].

Colour 1: First significant figure
Colour 2: Second significant figure
Colour 3: Decimal multiplier
Colour 4(or no colour): Tolerance

For the given case:

Resistance can be written as =22×103±5% Ω.

Colour of the third band corresponds to decimal multiplier which is 103, hence colour is Orange.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'D'.

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