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Laws of heating is given by :

  1. Joule

  2. Ohm

  3. Maxwell

  4. Faraday


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Answer is A.

The heat which is produced due to the flow of  current   within an electric wire, is expressed in Joules.
James Prescott Joule was an English physicist who studied the nature of heat and established its relationship to mechanical work. He therefore laid the foundation for the theory of conservation of energy, which later influenced the First Law of Thermodynamics. He also formulated the Joules laws which deal with the transfer of energy.

An electric fan is switched on in a closed room. The air in the room is 

  1. cooled

  2. heated

  3. maintains its temperature

  4. heated or cooled depending on the atmosphere


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If an electric fan is switched on in a closed room, the air will be heated because due to motion of the fan, the speed of air molecules will increase. In fact, we feel cold due to evaporation of our sweat

Law of heating was given by

  1. Joule

  2. Ohm

  3. Maxwell

  4. Faraday


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Laws of heating were given by Joule.

Heat produced in the resistor: $H = I^2Rt$

According to Joule's Law, Which of the quantities do not affect heat produced in a resistor?

  1. Current

  2. Resistance

  3. Resistivity

  4. Temperature


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

By Joule's Law, heat produced

$Q = I^2Rt$
Also, $R = \rho l /A$
Hence, no role of temperature

A/C to Joule's law

  1. W=JQ

  2. W=Ft

  3. W=It

  4. W=IR


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to Joule's law,       $W = JQ$

where, $W$ is work done,
             $J$ is Mechanical equivalent of work
            $Q$ is the heat produced

The wire having a red plastic covering is a 

  1. live wire

  2. neutral wire

  3. earth wire

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

During wiring in our houses , we use the traditional concept of using red color wire as live , black as neutral and green for earth. These color codes are used to distinguish between live, neutral and earth wires, which is a standard coding of color nowadays.

$15   A$ current rating used for ________ appliances.

  1. Low power rating

  2. High power rating

  3. Medium power rating

  4. All


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

$15   A$ current rating is used for appliances with high power rating such as washing machines, geysers, air coolers etc.

Bulbs will produce more illumination when connected in

  1. Series

  2. Parallel

  3. Both

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When connected in parallel each bulb has maximum potential difference across it. So, bulb will show its maximum power.

The wire having a black plastic covering is a

  1. live wire

  2. neutral wire

  3. earth wire

  4. none of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

During wiring in our houses , we use the traditional concept of using red color wire as live , black as neutral and green for earth.These color codes are used to distinguish between live, neutral and earth. which is a standard way of coding of colors for electric connections.

According to new convention, earth wire is coded by

  1. Green colour

  2. Black colour

  3. Red colour

  4. All


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to new convention, live wire of codded by brown colour, neutral wire is coded by light blue colour whereas earth wire is coded by green and yellow colour.