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Board Exam Practice — Electricity and Magnetism

Science · Grade 10 · Week 46 · 25 questions

Electricity powers modern life — from phones to cities. Understanding circuits, current, voltage, and resistance helps you grasp how electrical devices work.

What you'll practise

  • Draw and interpret simple circuit diagrams
  • Calculate current, voltage, and resistance
  • Distinguish between series and parallel circuits
  • Understand conductors and insulators
All 25 questions in this Board Exam Practice — Electricity and Magnetism quiz

Grade 10 ScienceBoard Exam Practice — Electricity and Magnetism: 25 practice questions with instant scoring and explanations.

  1. The SI unit of electric current is:
  2. Ohm's law states that:
  3. Two resistors of 2Ω and 3Ω connected in series have total resistance:
  4. Two resistors of 4Ω and 4Ω connected in parallel have equivalent resistance:
  5. The power consumed by a resistor is given by:
  6. The commercial unit of electrical energy is:
  7. A 60W bulb and 40W bulb connected in series experience a voltage in ratio:
  8. The magnetic field due to a straight current-carrying wire is:
  9. The force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field is given by:
  10. An electric motor converts:
  11. An electric generator converts:
  12. The magnetic field inside a solenoid is:
  13. The SI unit of magnetic field is:
  14. Lenz's law states that induced current opposes:
  15. The equivalent resistance of three 6Ω resistors connected in parallel is:
  16. If the potential difference across a resistor is doubled, the current becomes:
  17. The direction of induced current can be determined by:
  18. A 100Ω resistor carrying 2A of current has power dissipated of:
  19. The EMF of a cell is the:
  20. In a fused plug, the fuse is placed in:
  21. Eddy currents are caused due to:
  22. The transformer equation is:
  23. The magnetic force on a stationary charge is:
  24. If a circuit has 5A current and 10Ω resistance, the voltage is:
  25. The resistance of a conductor increases with:
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The SI unit of electric current is: