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.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) LDR (b) LED (c) buzzer (d) resistor
- 2.🧾 A 50 W appliance runs for 2 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 3.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 220 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 4.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows through a 330 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 5.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 400 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 6.⚡ A device works on 12 V and takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 7.True or false: to switch off empty rooms saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🔺 A 3.75 V supply is joined across a 150 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 9.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 50 % (b) 25 % (c) 5 % (d) 0 %
- 10.🧾 A family uses 180 units of electricity in a month and each unit costs ₹7. What is the bill (in ₹)?
- 11.🧮 A 20 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 470 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 12.🧮 Four equal 400 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 13.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one measures voltage? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 14.What does a thermistor do? (a) has coloured bands (b) limits the current (c) senses how hot it is (d) makes a beeping sound
- 15.🧩 Which component senses how bright it is? (a) buzzer (b) LDR (c) transistor (d) potentiometer
- 16.💡 An LED is joined to a 3 V battery through a 220 Ω resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the + side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) may burn out (c) does not light
- 17.True or false: a resistor stores a little charge. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: to close the fridge quickly wastes electricity. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🧾 A 50 W appliance runs for 5 hours. How many units (kWh) of electricity does it use? =
- 20.True or false: to use LED lamps saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 21.Which of these saves electricity? (a) run fans in empty rooms (b) use old filament bulbs (c) use LED lamps (d) leave fridge door open
- 22.True or false: a transistor lets current go one way. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which of these is measured in watts (W)? (a) current (b) the flow of charge (c) resistance (d) energy used each second
- 24.💡 A red LED (it uses 2 V) is joined with a 300 Ω resistor to a 6.5 V supply. What current flows (in mA)?
- 25.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I + R (b) V = I × R (c) V = I ÷ R (d) V = R ÷ I
- 26.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 27.🧮 Three equal 150 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 28.🔺 A current of 10 mA flows through a 500 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 29.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use daylight to read? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 30.📏 How many kilo-ohms (kΩ) is 2200 Ω? =
- 31.🧮 Resistors of 330 Ω and 47 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 32.What does a resistor do? (a) stores a little charge (b) makes things spin (c) boosts a small signal (d) limits the current
- 33.🔺 A 6.25 V supply is joined across a 250 Ω resistor. What current flows (in milliamperes, mA)?
- 34.⚡ A 4.5 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 35.True or false: a motor makes things spin. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these is measured in ohms (Ω)? (a) the flow of charge (b) power (c) resistance (d) the push of a cell
- 37.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 38.🔺 A current of 1.5 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 39.⚡ A 1.8 W device works on 9 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 40.💡 An LED is joined to a 5 V battery through a 220 Ω resistor; the leg next to the flat edge of its rim goes to the − side. What happens? (a) lights up (b) does not light (c) may burn out
Answer key
- resistor
- 0.1
- 4.4
- 8.25
- 20
- 6
- True
- 25
- 5 %
- 1260
- 255
- 100
- voltmeter
- senses how hot it is
- LDR
- does not light
- False
- False
- 0.25
- True
- use LED lamps
- False
- energy used each second
- 15
- V = I × R
- anode (+)
- 50
- 5
- saves electricity
- 2.2
- 377
- limits the current
- 25
- 0.5
- True
- resistance
- 9.4
- 15
- 0.2
- lights up
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