At the time of short circuit, the curren | Class 10 Science Chapter Magnetic effects of Electric Current, Magnetic effects of Electric Current NCERT Solutions

When a 12 V battery is connected across an unknown resistor, there is a current of 2.5 mA in the circuit. Find the value of the resistance of the resistor.

Outline a project which aims to find the dominant coat colour in dogs.

Draw the structure for the following compounds.                

       (i)    Ethanoic acid             (ii)   Bromopentane*
       (iii)  Butanone                   (iv)   Hexanal.

*Are structural isomers possible for bromopentane?

A hot plate of an electric oven connected to a 220 V line has two resistance coils A and B, each of 24 Ω resistance, which may be used separately, in series, or in parallel. What are the currents in the three cases?

How is the sex of the child determined in human beings?

(a)  What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic Table as boron have in common?
(b)  What property do all elements in the same column of the Periodic Table as fluorine have in common?

Calculate the number of electrons constituting one coulomb of charge.

A man with blood group A marries a woman with blood group O and their daughter has blood group O. Is this information enough to tell you which of the traits – blood group A or O – is dominant? Why or why not?

What is an homologous series? Explain with an example.

Why is variation beneficial to the species but not necessarily for the individual?

What are oxidising agents?

The xylem in plants are responsible for

         (a) transport of water.                   (c) transport of amino acids.
         (b) transport of food.                     (d) transport of oxygen.

How is oxygen and carbon dioxide transported in human beings?

What are fossils? What do they tell us about the process of evolution?

Which metals do not corrode easily?

Why should a magnesium ribbon be cleared before burning in air?

Make a diagram to show how hypermetropia is corrected. The near point of a hypermetropic eye is 1 m. What is the power of the lens required to correct this defect? Assume that the near point of the normal eye is 25 cm.

How does fertilisation take place? Fertilisation occurs once in a month. Comment.

A solution reacts with crushed egg-shells to give a gas that turns lime-water milky. The solution contains

  (a) NaCl          (b) HCl          (c) LiCl          (d) KCl

What are the differences between autotrophic nutrition and heterotrophic nutrition?