The resistance of a wire is \(R\) ohm. If it is melted and stretched to \(n\) times its original length, its new resistance will be:

1. \(nR\) 2. \(\frac{R}{n}\)
3. \(n^2R\) 4. \(\frac{R}{n^2}\)
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A wire made of a metal of uniform resistivity \(1.0\times 10^{-6}~\Omega{\text{-m}}\)  is \(2.0~\text{m}\) long and has a diameter of \(2.0\times 10^{-3}~\text{m}.\). What is the electrical resistance of this length of the wire?
1. \(\dfrac {2.0 ~\times~10^{-3}}{\pi} ~\Omega\) 2. \(5.0 ~\times~10^{-13}\pi~\Omega\)
3. \(\dfrac {1.0}{2\pi}~\Omega\) 4. \(\dfrac{2.0}{\pi}~\Omega\)
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Two solid conductors are made up of the same material and have the same length and the same resistance. One of them has a circular cross-section of area \(  𝐴 _1\) and the other one has a square cross-section of area \(A_2.\) The ratio of \(𝐴 _1 / 𝐴 _2  \) is:

1. \(1.5\) 2. \(1\)
3. \(0.8\) 4. \(2\)
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A wire of resistance \(4~\Omega\) is stretched to twice its original length. The resistance of a stretched wire would be:
1. \(4~\Omega\)
2. \(8~\Omega\)
3. \(16~\Omega\)
4. \(2~\Omega\)
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The specific resistance of a conductor increases with:

1. increase in temperature.
2. increase in cross-section area.
3. increase in cross-section and decrease in length.
4. decrease in cross-section area.

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The plot of current \(I~\text{(A)}\) flowing through a metallic conductor versus the applied voltage \(V~\text{(volt)}\) across the ends of a conductor is:

1.   2.
3. 4.
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The current-voltage graph for a given metallic conductor at two different temperatures \(T_{1}\) and \(T_{2}\) is as shown in the figure. Then:
                         
1. \(T_{1}=T_{2}\)
2. \(T_{2}>T_{1}\)
3. \(T_{1}>T_{2}\)
4. Insufficient information to conclude.
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The dependence of resistivity \((\rho)\) on the temperature \((T)\) of a semiconductor is, roughly, represented by:

1. 2.
3. 4.
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Two metal wires of identical dimensions are connected in series. If \(\sigma_1~\text{and}~\sigma_2\) are the conductivities of the metal wires respectively, the effective conductivity of the combination is:

1. \(\frac{2\sigma_1 \sigma_2}{\sigma_1+\sigma_2}\) 2. \(\frac{\sigma_1 +\sigma_2}{2\sigma_1\sigma_2}\)
3. \(\frac{\sigma_1 +\sigma_2}{\sigma_1\sigma_2}\) 4. \(\frac{\sigma_1 \sigma_2}{\sigma_1+\sigma_2}\)

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Consider a thin rectangular sheet of side \(L,\) width \(b\) and thickness \(t,\) made of a material of resistivity \(\rho\). The resistance between two opposite faces, shown by the shaded areas in the figure is:
             
1.  directly proportional to \(b\)
2.  inversely proportional to \(t\)
3.  inversely proportional to \(L\)
4.  both (1) and (2)
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