The document contains multiple choice and true/false questions about electricity. Some key details: - Michael Faraday invented electricity and Thomas Edison started the first power plant in 1882 in the US. - Uranium is split in nuclear power plants to produce electricity. Power grids connect power plants across countries to distribute electricity. - Substations lower voltage for regional distribution. Fuses stop electric supply in homes during surges. - Wind farms are places where wind mills generate electricity through rotation of turbines. - The speed of electricity is 186,000 miles per second. Lightning bolts can reach voltages of 3 million volts. - CFL bulbs last up to 20 times

1. Electricity

2. Multiple
choice
questions

3. 1) ___________ invented electricity.
a) Michael Faraday
b) Thomas Edison
c) James joule
d) Einstein
2) ________ started the first power plant.
a) Michael faraday
b) Thomas Edison
c) James joule
d) Einstein
a) Michael Faraday
b) Thomas Edison

4. 3) The first power plant was started in the year _______.
a) 1228
b) 1880
c) 1484
d) 1882
4) _____ element is split in the nuclear power plant to produce
electricity.
a) Uranium
b) Calcium
c) Potassium
d) Helium
5) _________ is the electric system that connects all the power
plants in the country.
a) Electric network
b) Power grid
c) Sub-station network
d) Cross-country cable
d) 1882
a) Uranium
b) Power grid

5. 6) ______ of the following lowers the voltage for
regional supply?
a) Power grid b) high tension cable
c) Substation d) electric meter
7) In case of surge in electricity, ______ stops the
electric supply in our houses.
a) Electric Metre b) CFL
c) Fuse d) service box
8) Which of the following cannot be used to rotate a
turbine.
a) Water b) steam
c) Wind d) sun
c) Substation
d) service box
d) sun

6. 9) _____ is the speed of electricity.
a) 186000 km/hr b) 186000miles/hr
c) 186000 miles/sec d) 186000 km/sec
10) ______ is the voltage of a boult of lightening.
a) 3000000 volts b) 300000 volts
c) 30000000 d) 3000 volts
11) The first power plant was capable of lighting
_______ bulbs.
a) 600 b) 500
c) 700 d) 800
a) 3000000 volts
d) 800
c) 186000 miles/sec

7. 12) The first power plant was started in ______
a) Verginia b) California
c) Atlanta d) new York
13) A magnetic field created by spinning motion of
magnet _____ the wire and current is produced.
a) solidfied b) electrifies
c) Rectifies d) none of these
14) Fossil fuel power plants burn ______ fuels to
generate stem.
a) Carbon b) Sulphur
b) Hydrogen d) phosphorous
d) new York
b) electrifies
a) Carbon

8. 15) Places where wind mills are used to make
electricity are called ____________
a) Nuclear plants b) power plants
c) Wind farms d) none of these
c) Wind farms

9. TRUE OR
FALSE

10. 1) The power grid help balance supply and
consumption of electricity in the county.
2) A fan consumes more electricity than an air
conditioner.
3) The more the voltage, the longer is the
capacity for the current to travel.
4) Electric current of any voltage can travel
through any wire
5) CFL’s last upto 20 times longer than regular
bulbs.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE