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 happens if an LED is put in backwards? (a) it changes colour (b) it makes a sound (c) it does not light (d) it lights brighter
- 2.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find I? (a) I = V ÷ R (b) I = V + R (c) I = V × R (d) I = R ÷ V
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) iron one shirt at a time (b) close the fridge quickly (c) leave the TV on standby (d) run fans in empty rooms
- 4.🧩 Which component senses how hot it is? (a) thermistor (b) capacitor (c) resistor (d) transistor
- 5.🧩 Which component makes things spin? (a) thermistor (b) motor (c) transistor (d) capacitor
- 6.⚡ Which formula gives electric power? (a) P = V × I (b) P = V ÷ I (c) P = V + I (d) P = I ÷ V
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) leave fridge door open (b) switch off empty rooms (c) iron one shirt at a time (d) run fans in empty rooms
- 8.💡 An LED is joined to a 6 V battery with no 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
- 9.⚡ 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
- 10.🌈 Which band is read first on a resistor? (a) any band (b) the one nearest an end (c) the widest gap (d) the gold band
- 11.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined in series? (a) voltmeter (b) ammeter
- 12.🔺 A current of 0.2 A flows when 0.4 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 13.🧮 Adding another resistor in series makes the total resistance … (a) bigger (b) zero (c) stay the same (d) smaller
- 14.📏 Voltmeter or ammeter: which one is joined across a part? (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter
- 15.🔺 The voltage stays the same and the resistance gets bigger. The current … (a) gets smaller (b) stays the same (c) gets bigger (d) becomes zero
- 16.🧾 A family uses 110 units of electricity in a month and each unit costs ₹4. What is the bill (in ₹)?
- 17.🔺 A current of 20 mA flows when 2 V is joined across a resistor. What is its resistance (in ohms)?
- 18.📏 How many milliamperes (mA) make 1 ampere? (a) 100 (b) 1000 (c) 60 (d) 10
- 19.🧮 Resistors of 20 Ω, 47 Ω, 50 Ω and 22 Ω are joined in series. What is the total resistance (in ohms)?
- 20.⚡ A device works on 3 V and takes 1 A. What is its power (in watts)? =
- 21.💡 Does it save or waste electricity to set the AC to 24 °C? (a) saves electricity (b) wastes electricity
- 22.💡 On an LED, is the longer leg the anode (+) or the cathode (−)? (a) anode (+) (b) cathode (−)
- 23.True or false: an LDR has coloured bands. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows through a 5 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 25.🌈 A gold fourth band on a resistor means the value may be off by … (a) 5 % (b) 50 % (c) 0 % (d) 25 %
- 26.True or false: to set the AC to 24 °C saves electricity. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🔺 In the V-I-R triangle, how do we find V? (a) V = I + R (b) V = I × R (c) V = R ÷ I (d) V = I ÷ R
- 28.🔺 A current of 1 A flows through a 15 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 29.🔺 A current of 2.5 A flows through a 3 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 30.🔺 A current of 50 mA flows through a 470 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
- 31.🌈 A resistor has the colour bands orange, black, orange. What is its value in kilo-ohms (kΩ)? =
- 32.🌈 Which colour bands (1st digit, 2nd digit, multiplier) mark a 950 Ω resistor? (a) white-green-black (b) green-white-brown (c) white-green-brown (d) white-green-red
- 33.🔺 A 30 V supply is joined across a 15 Ω resistor. What current flows (in amperes)? =
- 34.🧩 Which component limits the current? (a) LDR (b) transistor (c) motor (d) resistor
- 35.🌈 In the resistor colour code, which number does green stand for?
- 36.⚡ A home appliance on the 230 V mains takes 10 A. What is its power (in watts)?
- 37.What does a capacitor do? (a) limits the current (b) is a resistance knob (c) smooths a wobbly supply (d) has coloured bands
- 38.True or false: on an LED, the round-side leg is the cathode (−). (a) False (b) True
- 39.💡 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
- 40.🔺 A current of 40 mA flows through a 220 Ω resistor. What is the voltage across it (in volts)? =
Answer key
- it does not light
- I = V ÷ R
- close the fridge quickly
- thermistor
- motor
- P = V × I
- switch off empty rooms
- may burn out
- energy used each second
- the one nearest an end
- ammeter
- 2
- bigger
- voltmeter
- gets smaller
- 440
- 100
- 1000
- 139
- 3
- saves electricity
- anode (+)
- False
- 12.5
- 5 %
- True
- V = I × R
- 15
- 7.5
- 23.5
- 30
- white-green-brown
- 2
- resistor
- 5
- 2300
- smooths a wobbly supply
- False
- to limit the current
- 8.8
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