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The________ indicates the multiplier telling you the power of ten to which the two significant digits in color coding of the resistor  must be multiplied (or how many zeros to add).

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  1. 2nd band

  2. 3rd band

  3. 4th band

  4. last band

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The 3rd band indicates the multiplier telling the power of ten to which the two significant digits in color coding of the resistor must be multiplied.


Answer-(B)

Which color band  in the color coding of a resistor has the multiplier $10^{-1}$?

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  1. Silver

  2. Gold

  3. Yellow

  4. Orange

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The $gold$ colour has the color coding as the multiplier of $10^{-1}=0.1$.

These data need to be remembered.

Answer-(B)

Which of the following is true for carbon resistors?

physics electric current through conductors carbon resistance and colour codes for carbon resistance carbon resistors and their colour coding resistors

  1. Resistance value does not get changed by change in temperature

  2. Current carrying capacity and hence power wattage are limited to about $50$ Watts.

  3. It has low-temperature coefficient value.

  4. Stability and reliability are very good.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$A\rightarrow$ Resistance value of carbon resistor with change in temperature it has negative thermal coefficient.

$B\rightarrow$ Carbon resistors are not current carrying capacitor.
$C\rightarrow$ Carbon has low temperature coefficient value i.e. higher the temperature, lower the resistivity.
$D\rightarrow$ Because of low stability of resistance value this type of resistors are not suitable.

Red,orange,black are the color bands on resistors.Find its resistance?

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  1. $23\Omega \pm20$ %

  2. $25\Omega \pm10$ %

  3. $32\Omega \pm20$ %

  4. $53\Omega \pm15$ %

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

For first two significant digits of resistance ,  we see the first two colours .

And, third color signifies the multiplier.

Here, red color means digit $2$ and orange color means $3$.
And for multiplier, black colour means multiplier of $1$.

Hence resistance is $(23\times 1)=23\Omega$

Since , nothing is said about fourth color, we can check answer from the calculated resistance.

Answer-(A)

Brown,black and gold is the color band on the resistor,find its resistance?

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  1. $10\times 10^{-2}\Omega$

  2. $1\Omega$

  3. $100 \Omega$

  4. $10\times 10^{0}\Omega$

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The first two colours are brown and black.


For first two significant digits we need to consider digits signified by first two colours.
And, brown colour signifies $1$, and black colour signifies $0$.
And for multiplier the third colour is considered which is here gold meaning $0.1$.

Hence, resistor is $10\times 0.1=1\Omega$

Answer-(B)

A carbon resistance with color band is $200\Omega$. If red band is replaced by green band then the new resistance is:

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  1. $500\Omega$

  2. $300\Omega$

  3. $400\Omega$

  4. $100\Omega$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Significant figure of red band is $2$ and for green is $5$
 so new resistance $500 \Omega$

Which of the following is not the advantage of Carbon resistors?

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  1. It is small in size and is light in weight.

  2. It has low-temperature coefficient value.

  3. Using it high-value resistor can easily be made.

  4. It has high power rating with a low tolerance value.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Advantages of carbon resistors are:

  1. It is small in size and is light in weight.
  2. It has low temperature coefficient that means small change in temperature leds to high resistivity change.
  3. It provides greater resistance, so using this high value resistor can easy be made.
  4. They have low to medium type power rating of range $0.125w$ to $5w$.
  5. They have high tolerance values such as $\pm 5\%,\pm 10\%,$ and $\pm 20\%$.
Hence statement $(D)$ is wrong.


The carbon resistor has three orange bands. The maximum value of resistance offered by the resistor will be __________.

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  1. $39.6k\Omega $

  2. $49.6k\Omega $

  3. $33k\Omega $

  4. $26.4k\Omega $

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The resistance can be calculated with a help of the colour coding chart.
The colour of the first band indicates the first significant figure, the colour of the second band indicates the second significant figure and the colour of the third band indicates the multiplier to be used. 
Thus, the resistance of a carbon resistor with three orange bands would be:
3 (orange) 3(orange) x 1000 (orange) = 33,000 ohms

The maximum value of resistance $=33\times { 10 }^{ 3 }\Omega =33k\Omega $

Brown, Red and Orange coloured bands on a Carbon resistor are followed by silver band. The value of resistor is ________

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  1. $320\Omega \pm 5$%

  2. $12k\Omega \pm 5$%

  3. $320\Omega \pm 10$%

  4. $12k\Omega \pm 10$%

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Color Coding of the resistances is given by:


Black     Bown     Red     Orange    Yellow      Green     Blue     Violet     Grey     White
     0           1            2           3              4              5             6            7           8              9

Tolerance:
Gold     Silver     No color
    5%        10%         20%

So, according to the color-coding, 
$R=AB\times10^C \pm D$

Here, A is the first color, B is the second color, C is the third color and D is the strip of the tolerance.

So $R=12\times 10^3\pm10\%$

$\implies12k\Omega\pm10\%$

So option $D$ is correct.

Blue,green,yellow and yellow is the color band on the resistor,find its resistance?

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  1. $(75\times 10^4 )\Omega \pm 5$%

  2. $(65\times 10^4 )\Omega \pm 5$%

  3. $(52\times 10^4 )\Omega \pm 5$%

  4. $(65\times 10^4 )\Omega \pm 10$%

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The first two colours are blue and green.


For first two significant digits we need to consider digits signified by first two colours.
And, blue colour signifies $6$, and green colour signifies $5$.
And for multiplier the third colour is considered which is here yellow meaning $10^4$.

And, for tolerance , fourth colour is given yellow meaning $5\%$.

Hence resistance is $ (65\times 10^4)\Omega \pm5\%$

Answer-(B)