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 0.6 V supply is joined across a 6 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 2.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to use LED lamps? (a) wastes electricity (b) saves electricity
- 3.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands red, green, red. What is its value (in ohms)?
- 4.🧮 A 22 Ω resistor is joined in series with two equal 330 Ω resistors that are in parallel with each other. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 5.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 5 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 6.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) becomes zero (b) gets smaller (c) gets bigger (d) stays the same
- 7.💡 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) may burn out (b) lights up (c) does not light
- 8.🧮 Resistors of 68 Ω, 10 Ω and 33 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 9.📏 How many amperes (A) is 420 mA? =
- 10.💡 On an LED, is the leg by the flat edge the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 11.🔺 A current of 1 A flows through an 8 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 12.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I × R (b) V = R ÷ I (c) V = I + R (d) V = I ÷ R
- 13.🧾 A 100 W filament bulb is swapped for a 15 W LED lamp that gives about the same light. Both would run for 1 hour. How many watt-hours (Wh) are saved?
- 14.🔺 A current of 25 mA flows when 10 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 15.🧮 Resistors of 33 Ω, 220 Ω and 20 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 16.⚡ Power tells us … (a) energy used each second (b) the size of a cell (c) the length of a wire (d) the colour of light
- 17.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 2.4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 18.True or false: an LDR senses how bright it is. (a) True (b) False
- 19.True or false: on an LED, the longer leg is the cathode (−). (a) False (b) True
- 20.🧾 A family uses 190 units of electricity in a month and each unit costs ₹5. What is the bill (in ₹)?
- 21.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) zero (b) bigger (c) stay the same (d) smaller
- 22.Which of these is measured in volts (V)? (a) the flow of charge (b) how much a part resists (c) current (d) voltage
- 23.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 28 Ω resistor? (a) red-grey-black (b) red-grey-brown (c) orange-grey-black (d) grey-red-black
- 24.🔺 A 4 V supply is joined across a 2 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 25.💡 An LED is joined to a 6 V battery with no resistor; its long leg goes to the + side and its short leg to the − side. What happens? (a) does not light (b) lights up (c) may burn out
- 26.Which of these saves electricity? (a) use daylight to read (b) run fans in empty rooms (c) leave fridge door open (d) use old filament bulbs
- 27.💡 What happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it makes a sound (b) it changes colour (c) it lights brighter (d) it does not light
- 28.💡 On an LED, is the round-side leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 29.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 0.5 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 30.Which of these saves electricity? (a) iron one shirt at a time (b) leave the TV on standby (c) leave fridge door open (d) switch off empty rooms
- 31.🧮 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
- 32.⚡ A 1.5 W device works on 3 V. What current does it take (in amperes)? =
- 33.⚡ A device works on 24 V and takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 34.📏 Which unit measures how much a part resists? (a) watt (W) (b) ampere (A) (c) ohm (Ω) (d) volt (V)
- 35.🧮 Three equal 150 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 36.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
- 37.🧮 A 1.2 V battery is joined to 8 Ω and 4 Ω resistors in series. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 38.🧮 Two equal 220 Ω resistors are joined in parallel. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 39.📏 How many ohms make 1 kilo-ohm (kΩ)? (a) 100 (b) 1024 (c) 1000 (d) 10
- 40.💡 On an LED, is the shorter leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) cathode (−) (b) anode (+)
Answer key
- 0.1
- saves electricity
- 2500
- 187
- 1150
- gets smaller
- lights up
- 111
- 0.42
- cathode (−)
- 8
- V = I × R
- 85
- 400
- 273
- energy used each second
- 120
- True
- False
- 950
- bigger
- voltage
- red-grey-black
- 2
- may burn out
- use daylight to read
- it does not light
- anode (+)
- 1.5
- switch off empty rooms
- less than either one
- 0.5
- 24
- ohm (Ω)
- 50
- anode (+)
- 0.1
- 110
- 1000
- cathode (−)
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