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Conductors and Insulators

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Question

Write true or false for each statement:

(a) A fuse wire has a high melting point.

(b) Flow of protons constitutes electric current.

(c) A fuse wire is made of silver.

(d) S.I. unit and commercial unit of electrical energy are same.

(e) Overloading of electric current in circuits can lead to short circuiting.

(f) Our body can pass electricity through it.

(g) The metallic cases of all appliances are insulators of electricity.

(h) The earth wire protects us from an electric shock.

(i) A switch should not be touched with wet hands.

(j) All electrical appliances in a household circuit work at the same voltage.

(k) In a cable,the green wire is the live wire.

(l) A fuse is connected to the live wire.

(m) A switch is connected to the neutral wire.

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Solution

(a) A fuse wire has a high melting point.
Answer. False.

(b) Flow of protons constitutes electric current.
Answer. False.

(c) Silver is an insulator of electricity.
Answer. False.

(d) S.I. unit and commercial unit of electrical energy are same.
Answer. False.

(e) Overloading of electric current in circuits can lead to short circuiting.
Answer. True.

(f) Our body can pass electricity through it.
Answer. True.

(g) All metals are insulators of electricity.
Answer. False.

(h) The earth wire protects us from an electric shock.
Answer. True.

(i) A switch should not be touched with wet hands.
Answer. True.

(j) AH electrical appliances in a household circuit work at the same voltage.
Answer. True.

(k) In a cable, the green wire is the live wire.
Answer. False.

(l) A fuse is connected to the live wire.
Answer. True.

(m) A switch is connected to the neutral wire.
Answer. False.

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(ii) conducting material

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(iii) very high melting point

(iv) none of the above.

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(i) the live wire

(ii) the neutral wire

(iii) the earth wire

(iv) the live and the neutral wires.

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(i) to give the cost of electricity directly

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(iii) to safeguard the circuit from short circuiting

(iv) to put on or off the mains.

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(iv) other bulb will remain lighted unaffected.

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