Question 1.
Which one of the following is the unit of electric field?
(a) Coulomb
(b) Newton
(c) Volt
(d) N/C

Answer

Answer: (d) N/C

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Question 2.
Three charges + 3q + q and Q are placed on a st. line with equal separation. In order to maket the net force on q to be zero, the value of Q will be :
(a) +3q
(b) +2q
(c) -3q
(d) -4q

Answer

Answer: (a) +3q

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Question 3.
If an electric dipole is kept in a uniform electric field then resultant electric force on it is :
(a) always zero
(b) never zero
(c) depend upon capacity of dipole
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (a) always zero

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Question 4.
The number of electron-taken out from a body to produce 1 coulomb of charge will be :
(a) 6.25 × 10¹⁸
(b) 625 × 10¹⁸
(c) 6.023 × 10²³
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (a) 6.25 × 10¹⁸

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Question 5.
The work done in rotating an electric dipole in an electric field:
(a) W = ME (1 – cos θ)
(b) W = ME tan θ
(c)W = ME sec θ
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (a) W = ME (1 – cos θ)

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Question 6.
If sphere of bad conductor is given charge then it is distributed on:
(a) surface
(b) inside the surface
(c) only inside the surface
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (d) None

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Question 7.
Electric field in a cavity of metal:
(a) depends upon the surroundings
(b) depends upon the size of cavity
(c) is always zero
(d) is not necessarily zero

Answer

Answer: (d) is not necessarily zero

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Question 8.
The dielectric constant of a metal is:
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) ∞
(d) -1

Answer

Answer: (c) ∞

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Question 9.
1 coulomb is equal to:
(a) 3 × 10⁹ e.s.u.
(b) \(\frac{1}{3}\) × 10⁹ e.s.u.
(c) 3 × 10¹⁰ e.s.u.
(d) \(\frac{1}{3}\) × 10¹⁰ e.s.u.

Answer

Answer: (a) 3 × 10⁹ e.s.u.

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Question 10.
Each of the two point charges are doubled and their distance is halved. Force of interaction becomes p times, w here p is :
(a) 1
(b) 4
(c) \(\frac{1}{16}\)
(d) 16

Answer

Answer: (d) 16

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Question 11.
Coulomb’s law in vector form can be written as
\(\vec{F} \) = (\(\frac{1}{4πε_n}\)) (\(\frac{q_1q_2}{r^2}\))\(\vec{r} \)
where ε₀ is the permitivity of free space. The SI units of ε₀ will be:
(a) N^-1m^-2C^-2
(b) Nm^-2C²
(c) N^-1m^-2C⁹.
(d) Nm^-2C²

Answer

Answer: (c) N^-1m^-2C⁹

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Question 12.
The dimensional representation of cu will be :
(a) [MLT⁴ A²]
(b) [M^-1L^-3T⁴A²]
(c)[ML^-2T ]
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) [M^-1L^-3T⁴A²]

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Question 13.
When placed in a uniform field, a dipole experiences:
(a) a net force
(b) a torque
(c) both a net force and torque
(d) neither a net force nor a torque

Answer

Answer: (b) a torque

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Question 14.
A parrot comes and sits on a bare high power line. It will:
(a) experience a mild shock ‘
(b) experience a strong shock.
(c) get killed instantaneously
(d) not be affected practically

Answer

Answer: (d) not be affected practically

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Question 15.
The SI units of electric dipole moment are:
(a) C
(b) Cm^-1
(c) Cm
(d) Nm^-1

Answer

Answer: (c) Cm

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Question 16.
If two conducting sphere are connected after charging separately then:
(a) Electrostatic energy sphere energy will remain conserved
(b) Electrostatic energy charges remains conserved
(c) Electrostatic energy energy and charge remains conserved
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (b) Electrostatic energy charges remains conserved

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Question 17.
A soap bubble is given a negative charge, then its radius:
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains unchanged
(d) may increase or decrease

Answer

Answer: (a) increases

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Question 18.
In non-uniform electric field, electric dipole experiences:
(a) torque only
(b) torque as well as net force
(c) force only
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (b) torque as well as net force

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Question 19.
An electron is sent in an electric field of magnitude 9.1 × 10⁶NC^-1. The acceleration produced in it is :
(a) 1.6 ms^-2
(b) 1.6 × 10¹⁸ms^-2
(c) 3.2 × 10¹⁸ms^-2
(d) 0.8 × 10¹⁸ ms^-2

Answer

Answer: (b) 1.6 × 10¹⁸ms^-2

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Question 20.
A semicircular arc of radius r is charged uniformly and the charge per unit length is λ. The electric field at the centre is:
(a) \(\frac{λ}{2λε_0r^2}\)
(b) \(\frac{λ}{4πε_0r}\)
(c) \(\frac{λ^2}{2πε_0r}\)
(d) \(\frac{λ}{2πε_0r}\)

Answer

Answer: (b) \(\frac{λ}{4πε_0r}\)

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Question 21.
When a dipole of moment \(\vec{p} \) is placed in uniform electric field \(\vec{E} \), then the torque acting on the dipole is:
(a) \(\vec{τ} \) = \(\vec{p} \).\(\vec{E} \)
(b) \(\vec{τ} \) = \(\vec{P} \) + \(\vec{E} \)
(c) \(\vec{τ} \) = \(\vec{p} \) + \(\vec{E} \)
(d ) \(\vec{τ} \) = \(\vec{p} \) – \(\vec{E} \)

Answer

Answer: (c) \(\vec{τ} \) = \(\vec{p} \) + \(\vec{E} \)

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Question 22.
Two point charges +8q and -2q are located at ,v = O and ,v = L respectively. The location of a point on the .v-axis at which the net electric field due to these two point charges b is zero :
(a) 4L
(b) 8L
(c) L/4
(d) 2L

Answer

Answer: (d) 2L

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Question 23.
The graph drawn between V are r for a non-conducting charged solid sphere of radius R for r < R will be :
(a) straight line
(b) parabola
(c) hyperbola
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (d) None of these

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Question 24.
Corona discharge takes place:
(a) at the surface of a conductor
(b) near the sharp points of a conductor
(c) outside the conductor
(d) at the centre of the conductor

Answer

Answer: (b) near the sharp points of a conductor

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Question 25.
The belt of a Vande Graaf generator gets charge by :
(a) corona discharge
(b) induction
(c) electrification
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) corona discharge

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Question 26.
Quantisation of charge implies:
(a) Charge does not exist
(b) Charge exists on particles
(c) There is a minimum permissible magnitude of charge
(d) Charge can’t be created

Answer

Answer: (c) There is a minimum permissible magnitude of charge

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Question 27.
The conservation of electric charge implies that:
(a) Charge can’t be created
(b) Charge can’t be destroyed
(c) The number of charged particle in the universe is constant
(d) Simultaneous creation of equal and opposite charges is permissible

Answer

Answer: (d) Simultaneous creation of equal and opposite charges is permissible

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Question 28.
The number of electrons contained in one coulomb of charge is:
(a) 6.25 × 10¹⁸
(b) 6.25 × 10¹⁷
(c) 6.25 × 10¹⁹
(d) 1.6 × 10¹⁹

Answer

Answer: (a) 6.25 × 10¹⁸

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Question 29.
The unit of intensity of electric field is :
(a) metre/volt
(b) Joule/newton
(c) Coulomb/newton
(d) Newton/coulomb

Answer

Answer: (a) metre/volt

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Question 30.
1 V equals to:
(a) 1 J
(b) 1 JC^-1
(c) 1 CJ^-1
(d) 1 JC

Answer

Answer: (b) 1 JC^-1

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Question 31.
1 V m^-1 equals to:
(a) 1 N
(b) 1 Mm^-1
(c) 1 NC^-1
(d) 1 J^-1

Answer

Answer: (c) 1 NC^-1

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Question 32.
The minimum amount of charge observed so far is:
(a) 1 C
(b) 4.8 × 1^-13 C
(c) 1.6 × 10^-19 C
(d) 1.6 × 10¹⁹ C

Answer

Answer: (c) 1.6 × 10^-19 C

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Question 33.
The ratio of electric force between two electrons to the gravitational force between them is of the order:
(a) 10⁴²
(b) 10³⁹
(c) 10³⁶
(d) 1

Answer

Answer: (a) 10⁴²

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