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Electricity class 8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name a device used to detect presence of charge and nature of charge on an object

a)

Battery

b)

Fuse

c)

Electoscope

d)

Transformer

2.

Moving charges constitute

a)

Electrode

b)

Electric current

c)

Static electricity

d)

Magnetism

3.

The SI unit of electric current is

a)

Coulomb

b)

Ampere

c)

Volt

d)

Ohm

4.

Good conductors have many loosely bound

a)

Molecules

b)

atoms

c)

protons

d)

electrons

5.

When a glass rod is rubbed with a silk cloth the charge on glass rod will be

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

d)

No charge

6.

SI unit of electric charge is

a)

ampere

b)

volt

c)

coulomb

d)

joule

7.

How can it be explained that someone's hair can stick to a balloon?

a)

There is static electricity

b)

There is too much dust in the air

c)

A parallel circuit was too long

d)

The person needs to wash his hair

8.
When you charge an electroscope by touching it with a charged balloon, the process is called _____.
a)
friction
b)
conduction
c)
induction
d)
grounding
9.
A circuit that is connected to Earth is said to be _____.
a)
series
b)
parallel
c)
grounded
d)
discharged
10.
A neutral object becomes negatively charged when it loses electrons.
a)
true
b)
false
11.
Conduction is the process of charging an object without touching it.
a)
true
b)
false
12.

Galvanometer is used to

a)

detect electric current

b)

negative terminal to positive terminal

c)

positive terminal to negative terminal

d)

the flow rate of electric charges through a conductor

13.

The colour code for a live wire is

a)

Black or blue

b)

Green or yellow

c)

Red or brown

d)

White or black

14.

The top thick pin of a plug is always connected to the

a)

Live wire

b)

Neutral wire

c)

Earth wire

d)

Fuse wire

15.

Full form of MCB is

a)

Miniature charge breaker

b)

Miniature coloumb breaker

c)

Miniature circus breaker

d)

Miniature circuit breaker

16.

Which is not a way to charge an uncharged body

a)

Friction

b)

Convection

c)

Conduction

d)

Induction

17.

A small device to open or close a circuit

a)

Switch

b)

Socket

c)

Plug

d)

Fuse

18.

The wire which carries the current away from appliances to the mains and completes the circuit

a)

Live wire

b)

Neutral wire

c)

Earth wire

d)

Fuse wire

19.

An electric meter records the consumption of electric energy directly in

a)

Joules

b)

Watt

c)

Kilowatt hours

d)

Watt hour

20.

Electric hazard due to loose connection or damaged wiring when live and neutral wires sometimes touch each other

a)

Overloading

b)

Electric shock

c)

Short circuit

d)

Load shedding