Q. Select the correct alternative:
(a) All wires used in electric circuits should be covered with:
(i) colouring material
(ii) conducting material
(iii) an insulting material
(iv) none of the above.
(b) Electrical work done per unit time is:
(i) electrical energy
(ii) electric current
(iii) electric voltage
(iv) electric power
(c) One kilowatt is equal to :
(i) 100 watt (ii) 1000 watt
(iii) 10 watt (iv) none of the these.
(d) Fuse wire is an alloy of :
(i) tin-lead (ii) copper-lead
(iii) tin-copper (iv) lead-silver
(e) A fuse wire should have :
(i) a low melting point
(ii) high melting point
(iii) very high melting point
(iv) none of the above.
(f) When the switch of an electric appliance is put off, it disconnects:
(i) the live wire
(ii) the neutral wire
(iii) the earth wire
(iv) the live and the neutral wires.
(g) The purpose of an electric meter in a house is :
(i) to give the cost of electricity directly
(ii) to give the consumption of electrical energy
(iii) to safeguard the circuit from short circuiting
(iv) to put on or off the mains.
(h) If out of the two lighted bulbs in a room, one bulb suddenly fuses, then:
(i) other bulb will glow more
(ii) other bulb will glow less
(iii) other bulb will also fuse
(iv) other bulb will remain lighted unaffected.
