HOUSE HOLD CIRCUITS

Question .1. What do you understand by 1 kilowatt hour?

Question .2. An electric bulb has a filament and gases filled at low pressure.

(i) What is the material commonly used for the filament?

(ii) Name the gases used for filling the bulb.

Question .3. Name the colour of the three core cable along with their corresponding electrical
connections to a socket.

Question .4. Which part of an electric appliance is earthed?

Question .5. Define 1 watt and 1 kilowatt.

Question .6. There are three pins in an electric plug top. Answer the following :

(i) How would you identify the earth pin?

(ii) In which of the three connecting wires should the electric switch be connected?

(iii) Explain why a switch should not be touched with wet hands.

Question .7. Give one example each of material suitable for making (i) fuse wire and (ii) heater
element.

Question .8. Score off the incorrect and write correctly the following :
In wiring a three pin plug, the brown sleeved wire is connected to the material/live pin and the
green/ blue sleeved wire is connected to the metal body of the appliance.

Question .9. You have just paid the electricity bill for your house

(i) what was it that your family consumed, for which you had to pay?

(ii) In what unit was it measured?

Question .10. What are high tension wires? Give two characteristics of these wires.

Question .11. Why is the filament of an electric iron or kettle put between mica sheets?
Question .12. Explain briefly how a fuse protects an electric circuit?

Question .13. What is earthing? What is its use?

Question .14What is meant by earthing of an electrical appliance? Why is it essential?

Question .15. Name the material used for making fuse wire. State two properties of the
material of fuse wire which make it suitable for use.

Question .16. Under what circumstances does one get an electric shock from an electric
appliance?

Question .17. How does the power rating of a device help us to decide about the type of leads
(connecting wires) to be used for that?

Question .18. Explain briefly the function of the following in the household wiring (i) a three pin
plug and (ii) main switch.

Question . 19. Make a table with names of 3 electrical appliances used in your home in one
column, their power, voltage rating and approximate time for which each is used in one day in
the other column.

Question .20. Which of the two wires of similar dimension, copper or nichrome, would you use
for the electric heater. Give reasons to justify your answer.

Question .21. Two fuse wires of the same length are rated 5 A and 20 A. Which of the two fuse
wires is thicker and why?

Question .22. Electric power P is given by the expression P = (Q × V)

(i) What do the symbol Q and V represent?

(ii) Express power in terms of current and resistance explaining the symbols used their in.

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Question .24. In a three-pin plug, why is the earth pin made longer and thicker than the other
two pins?

Question .25. Draw a labelled diagram of a three-pin socket.

Question .26. Of the three connecting wires in a household circuit :

(i) Which two of the three wires are at the same potential?

(ii) In which of the three wires should the switch be connected?

Question 27: What are the two main systems of wiring commonly used in houses? Which of
these systems mentioned by you is better and why?
Question 28 : State two advantages of ‘the ring system of house wiring’.

Question 29: Name three main characteristics of an heating element.

Question 30: Name two common material used for heating elements.

Question 31: Why is the filament in an electric bulb coiled?

Question 32: What are ‘dual switches’? Mention their one main use.

Question 33: Two lamps are rated 220V, 50W and the other rated 220V, 100W are connected
in series with the mains of 220 V. Explain, why the 50W lamp glows more?

Question 34: Why does not the heating coil produce any visible light?

Question 35: What is ‘Rating’ of an electric appliance?

Question 36: What would happen and why, to an electric bulb when it is connected across a
supply of voltage (i) lower (ii) higher than its proper rating?

Question 37: A family uses a light bulb of 100W, a fan of 100W, and a heater of 1000W, each
for 8 hours a day. If the cost of electricity is Rs. 2 per unit, what is the expenditure to the family
per day, on electricity?

Question 38: An electric lamp A of 40 W and another electric lamp B of 100 W are connected to
220 V supply. Calculate the ratio of their filament resistances?

Question 39: An electric bulb is rated as 100W-250V. What information does it convey?
Calculate:
(i) The resistance of its filament while glowing, and
(ii) The current through the filament of the bulb.

Question 40: A bulb is connected to a battery of e.m.f. 6V and internal resistance 2Ω A

steady current of 0.5A flows through the bulb. Calculate: (i) the total energy supplied by
the battery in 10 minutes, (ii) the resistance of the bulb, (iii) the heat energy dissipated in
the bulb in 10 minutes.

Question 41: Two bulbs are rated: bulb A 100W, 120 V bulb B 10 W, 120 V. If both are
connected across a 120V supply, which bulb will consume more energy, (i) When in series?
(ii) When in parallel? Also calculate the current through each bulb in above cases.