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.What does an LED do? (a) turns a fan or wheels (b) makes a beeping sound (c) smooths a wobbly supply (d) glows using little power
- 2.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows when 12.5 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 3.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) measure heat (b) make light (c) spin a wheel (d) store charge briefly
- 4.📏 Which unit measures the push of a cell? (a) volt (V) (b) ohm (Ω) (c) ampere (A) (d) watt (W)
- 5.True or false: a potentiometer is a resistance knob. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 10 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 7.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows when 0.4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 8.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands white, white, black. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 9.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows when 2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 10.💡 On an LED, is the leg by the flat edge the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 11.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 120 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 12.🧮 Two resistors in parallel give a total that is … (a) more than either one (b) their sum (c) less than either one (d) always zero
- 13.⚡ A 0.15 W device works on 1.5 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 14.What does a motor do? (a) stores a little charge (b) boosts a small signal (c) makes a beeping sound (d) makes things spin
- 15.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures voltage? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 16.⚡ Power tells us … (a) the size of a cell (b) the length of a wire (c) the colour of light (d) energy used each second
- 17.🔺 A 5 V supply is joined across a 100 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 18.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) make 1 ampere? (a) 1000 (b) 60 (c) 100 (d) 10
- 19.True or false: the voltmeter is joined in series. (a) False (b) True
- 20.💡 Why does an LED need a resistor in series? (a) to make it brighter (b) to limit the current (c) to store charge (d) to change its colour
- 21.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) the one nearest an end (b) the widest gap (c) the gold band (d) any band
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) run fans in empty rooms (b) leave fridge door open (c) close the fridge quickly (d) use old filament bulbs
- 23.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V ÷ I (b) P = V + I (c) P = V × I (d) P = I ÷ V
- 24.🧾 A family uses 90 units of electricity in a month and each unit costs ₹4. What is the bill (in ₹)?
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) iron one shirt at a time (b) leave the TV on standby (c) unplug idle chargers (d) leave fridge door open
- 26.Which of these saves electricity? (a) run fans in empty rooms (b) unplug idle chargers (c) iron one shirt at a time (d) leave fridge door open
- 27.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 900 Ω resistor? (a) brown-white-brown (b) white-black-brown (c) white-black-black (d) white-black-red
- 28.🔺 A 12.5 V supply is joined across a 5 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 29.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does violet stand for?
- 30.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands violet, blue, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 31.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) power (b) resistance (c) current (d) voltage
- 32.Which of these wastes electricity? (a) use LED lamps (b) set the AC to 24 °C (c) unplug idle chargers (d) iron one shirt at a time
- 33.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands blue, blue, red. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 34.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) smaller (b) bigger (c) stay the same (d) zero
- 35.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 36.🧾 One “unit” on an electricity bill is … (a) 1 volt (b) 1 ampere (c) 1 watt (d) 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- 37.📏 Which unit measures how much a part resists? (a) ohm (Ω) (b) watt (W) (c) volt (V) (d) ampere (A)
- 38.📏 How many ohms make 1 kilo-ohm (kΩ)? (a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 1000 (d) 1024
- 39.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = R ÷ I (b) V = I + R (c) V = I × R (d) V = I ÷ R
- 40.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 66 Ω resistor? (a) blue-violet-black (b) blue-blue-brown (c) violet-blue-black (d) blue-blue-black
Answer key
- glows using little power
- 250
- store charge briefly
- volt (V)
- True
- 400
- 2
- 99
- 200
- cathode (−)
- 3
- less than either one
- 0.1
- makes things spin
- voltmeter
- energy used each second
- 50
- 1000
- False
- to limit the current
- the one nearest an end
- close the fridge quickly
- P = V × I
- 360
- unplug idle chargers
- unplug idle chargers
- white-black-brown
- 2.5
- 7
- 7600
- power
- iron one shirt at a time
- 6.6
- bigger
- 18.8
- 1 kilowatt-hour (kWh)
- ohm (Ω)
- 1000
- V = I × R
- blue-blue-black
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