MK 62 TIME: 25 MINTS.

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL MARKS: 100

1. A hollow metallic sphere of radius 10 cm is charged, such that potential of its surface is 70 V. the potential at the centre of the sphere would be (a) 0 V (b) 7 V (c) 70 V (d) 700 V 2. In SI, unit of electric filed is: (a) C m-2 (b) A m-1 (c) V m-1 (d) C m-1 3. A charge of 5 C experiences a force of 2 N in an electric field. The potential gradient at that point is (a) 0.4 N C-1 (b) 4 x 105 N C-1 (c) 2.5 x 10-6 N C-1 (d) cannot be found 4. The variation of potential (in volt) with distance (in metre) from a fixed point is as shown in the figure. The electric field at = 5 m is equal to (a) 2.5 V m-1 5.0 -1 (b) -2.5 V m V 2.5 -1 (c) 0.6 V m (d) -0.6 V m-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

5. Let V be the electric potential at a given point. Then, the electric field that point is given by (a) (b) (c) (d) V

along E-direction at

6. If the electric field in a given region is zero, the potential in that region (a) Can only be zero throughout the region (b) Can only be uniform throughout the region (c) Can be zero or uniform throughout the region (d) Cannot be uniform throughout the region 7. In the direction of electric field, the electric potential (a) Decreases (b) increases (c) remains unchanged (d) becomes zero 8. There is an electric field E in X-direction. If the work done in moving a charge of 0.2 C through a distance of 2 m along a line making an angel 60o with X-axis is 4 J, then what is the value of E? (a) N C-1 (b) 4 N C-1 (c) 5 N C-1 (d) 20 N C-1 9. In bringing an electron towards another electron, the electrostatic potential energy of the system: (a) Increases (d) decreases (c) remains unchanged (d) becomes zero 10. Identical charges ( ) and placed at each corner of a cube of side . Then the electrostatic potential energy of charge ( ) placed at the centre of the cube will be (a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

11. Can a body have charge and still be at zero potential? (a) Yes, always (b) Yes, but not always (c) Never (d) Depends upon the nature of the charge

12. Can a body have electric potential and still be uncharged? (a) Yes, always (b) Yes, but not always (c) Never (d) Depends upon the type of the potential 13. In the electric field of a point charge +q at point O, a charge is carried from point A to B along the diameter and then along the curved path APB. Then work done (a) Along t path APB is more P (b) Along path AB is more A B (c) Along two paths is equal (d) Is zero in both cases +qO 14. Some charge is being given to a conductor. Then its potential is (a) Maximum at surface (b)Maximum at centre same throughout the conductor (e) Maximum somewhere between the surface and centre 15. A solid conducting sphere having a charge Q is surrounded by an uncharged concentric conducting hollow spherical shell. Let the potential difference between the surfaces of the solid sphere and that of the outer surface of the hollow shell be V. If the shell is now given a charge 3Q, the new potential difference between the same two surface is (a) V (b) 2V (c) 4V (d) -2V 16. The electric potential V at any point x, y, z (all the coordinates are in meters) in space is given by V=4x2 volt. The electric field at the point (1m, 0, 2m) in volt metre -1 is (a) 8 along negative X-axis (b) 8 along positive X-axis 16 along negative X-axis (d) 16 along positive X-axis

17. A uniform electric field pointing in positive X-direction exists in a region. Let A be the origin, B be the point on the X-axis at x=+1 cm. Then the potentials at points A, B and C satisfy (a) VA<VB (b) VA>VB (c) VA<VC (d) VA>VC 18. Two equal point charges are fixed at x=-a and x=+a on the X-axis. Another point charge Q is placed at the origin. The change in the electrical potential energy of Q, when it is displaced by a small distance x along the X-axis, is approximately proportional to (a) x (b) x2 (c) x3 (d) 1/3 19. When the separation between two charges is increased, the electric potential energy of the system (a) Increases (b) decreases (c) remains the same (d) may increase or decrease 20. Three charges Q, +q and +q are placed at the vertices of a right angled isosceles triangle as shown. The net electrostatic energy of the configuration is (a) (b) (c) (d)

2q +q +q

21. Which of the following quantities do not depends upon the choice of the zero of electric potential or zero of electric potential energy? (a) Potential at a point (b) Potential difference between two points (c) Potential energy of a system of two point charges (d) Change in potential energy of a system of two point charges 22. Two identical thin rings, each of radius R metre are coaxially placed at distance R metre apart. If q1 and q2 coulomb are respectively the charges uniformly spread on two rings, the work done in moving a charge q from the centre of one ring to that of the other is (a) Zero (b) ( ) (c) (d) ( 23. Point charge q moves from point P to point S along the path PQRS (as shown in figure) in a uniform electric field P S R E pointing co-parallel to the positive direction of X-axis. The coordinates of the points P, Q, R and S are (a, b, 0), (2a, 0, 0), (a, -b, 0) and (0, 0, 0) respectively. The work done by the field in the above process is given by the expression (a) q E a (b) q E a (c) q E a (d) q E 24. The electric flux through a hemispherical surface of radius R placed in a uniform electric field E parallel to the axis of the circular plane is (a) (2 E (b) ( E (c) ( )E (d) E 25. A cylinder of length L and radius R is placed in a uniform electric field E parallel to the axis of the cylinder. The total electric flux for the surface of the cylinder is given by (a) (2 E (b) (2 (c) 2 (d) zero Q X

Answer key 1 15(a) 2 16(a) 3(b) 4(a) 5(c) 6(c) 19(d) 7(a) 20(b) 8(d) 9(a) 10(c) 11(b) 12(b) 13(d) 14(c)

17(b)

18(b)

21(b & d)

22(b) 23(b) 24(b) 25(d)