Q.

Consider a resistor of uniform cross-sectional area connected to a battery of internal resistance zero. If the length of the resistor is doubled by stretching it, then

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a

the thermal power produced by the resistor will become one-fourth

b

the current will become four times

c

the electric field in the wire will become half                   

d

the product of the current density and conductance will become half

answer is B, C.

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Detailed Solution

 As the length is doubled, the cross-sectional area of the wire becomes half, thus the resistance of the wire R=ρL/A  becomes four times the previous value. Hence after the wire is elongated, the current becomes one-fourth. Electric field is potential difference per unit length and hence becomes half the initial value. The power delivered to resistance is P=V2/R and hence becomes one-fourth.

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