Electronics Worksheet: Components and Ohm’s Law Test
Remember (Find the topic, use the formula): Find the topic and the formula: V = I × R, I = V ÷ R, R = V ÷ I, P = V × I, units = W × h ÷ 1000. Change mA to A and kΩ to Ω before using a formula. Check: put your answer back into the formula.
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- 1.🧮 A 2 V battery is joined to 12 Ω and 8 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 2.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 330 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 3.What does a diode do? (a) has coloured bands (b) blows if current is high (c) turns a fan or wheels (d) lets current go one way
- 4.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 100 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 5.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 6.🧮 A 1.4 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 7.🔺 A current of 2 A flows through a 6 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 8.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) less than either one (b) their sum (c) more than either one (d) always zero
- 9.Which of these saves electricity? (a) leave the TV on standby (b) close the fridge quickly (c) run fans in empty rooms (d) leave fridge door open
- 10.🧮 A 0.7 V battery is joined to 2 Ω and 5 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 11.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) bigger (b) smaller (c) stay the same (d) zero
- 12.🧾 A 1000 W appliance runs for 8 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 13.📏 In the water-pipe picture of a circuit, resistance is like … (a) a bigger tank (b) the water pressure (c) the flow of water (d) a narrow pipe
- 14.🧾 A family uses 40 units of electricity in a month and each unit costs ₹4. What is the bill (in ₹)?
- 15.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 16.🧮 A 1.8 V battery is joined to 6 Ω and 12 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 17.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.2 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 18.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to switch off empty rooms? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 19.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, yellow, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 20.🔺 A 5.5 V supply is joined across a 220 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 21.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it makes a sound (b) it does not light (c) it lights brighter (d) it changes colour
- 22.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to close the fridge quickly? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 23.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a fuse (b) a resistor (c) a motor (d) an LED
- 24.🔺 A 2 V supply is joined across a 200 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 25.True or false: to use LED lamps saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 26.What does a motor do? (a) boosts a small signal (b) beeps for an alarm (c) turns a fan or wheels (d) smooths a wobbly supply
- 27.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 28.📏 How many amperes (A) is 1290 mA? =
- 29.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) stays the same (b) becomes zero (c) gets smaller (d) gets bigger
- 30.True or false: the ammeter measures current. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🔺 A current of 0.25 A flows through a 2 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 32.⚡ A 24 W device works on 12 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 33.True or false: to run fans in empty rooms saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 35.🧮 Resistors of 20 Ω and 68 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 36.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) switch off empty rooms (b) use old filament bulbs (c) leave the TV on standby (d) run fans in empty rooms
- 38.⚡ A device works on 1.5 V and takes 0.1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 39.🧮 Four equal 20 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 40.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V + I (b) P = I ÷ V (c) P = V × I (d) P = V ÷ I
Answer key
- 0.1
- 6.6
- lets current go one way
- 2
- 9
- 0.2
- 12
- less than either one
- close the fridge quickly
- 0.1
- bigger
- 8
- a narrow pipe
- 160
- cathode (−)
- 0.1
- 0.3
- saves electricity
- 6.4
- 25
- it does not light
- saves electricity
- a motor
- 10
- True
- turns a fan or wheels
- 9500
- 1.29
- gets smaller
- True
- 0.5
- 2
- False
- 37.5
- 88
- 12.5
- switch off empty rooms
- 0.15
- 5
- P = V × I
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