Pass Session - 2013-2014

MCQ
Questions

Underline the Correct Answer

1.

What happen when amber rod brought closer to silk cloth after
rubbing them together?
(a) Repel each other (b) Attract each other
(c) No exchange (d) Amber charged positively

2.

What happen when glass rod rubbed with fur brought closer to
amber rod rubbed with silk?
(a) Repel each other (b) Attract each other
(c) No exchange (d) Glass rod charged positively

3.

Naturally any material is electrically neutral because of,

(a) The presence of equal number of neutral and positive charges.
(b) The presence of equal number of negative and neutral
charges.
(c) The presence of equal number of negative and positive
charges.
(d) The presence of neutral charges.

4.

What are vector fields among the following?

(a) Electric force & field (b) Electric force & potential
(c) Electric field &potential
potential

5.

(d) Electric lines of force and

From which method we cant electrify a body?

(a) Electrification of a body by friction.
(b) Electrification of a body by Induction.
(c) Electrification of a body by convection.
(d) Electrification of a body by conduction.

6.

The electron affinity is defined as,

(a) The capability of capturing electrons from other materials.
(b) The electrons moving around the nucleus.
(c) The protons are fixed to the nucleus.
(d) The electrons can be removed from the electron cloud or
more electrons could be added to the electron cloud.

7.

The Coulombs law in Mathematically is given by,

(a) (b) (c)

8.

(d)

Two charged spheres; 5.0 cm apart, attract each other with a force
of 16.2 108 N. Determine the magnitude of the charge, if one
has twice the charge (of the opposite sign) as the other.
(a) 4.5 10-11 C (b) 1.5 10-10 C (c) 3 10-10 C (d) 30 10-22 C

9.

Magnitude of two charges 2 1010 C and 2.5 1010 C experience

an electrostatic force of 1.8 103 N. How far apart are the centres
of the two charges?
(a) 0.15 m

(b) 5 104 m

(c) 0.3 m

(d) 1.5 102 m

10. Charged spheres A and B are fixed in position, as shown, and have
charges of +4.0 106 C and 2.5 107 C, respectively. Calculate
the net force on sphere C, whose charge is +6.4 10 6 C.
(a) 2.6 N (Right) (b) 1.4 N (Left)
A
B
(Left)
+

C
+

20cm

(c) 1.12 N (Right)

10c
m

(d) 2.6 N

11. The electric field intensity is given by,

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

12. Magnitude of two charges 2 1010 C and 2.5 1010 C

experience an electrostatic force of 1.8 10 4 N. How far apart
are the centres of the two charges?
(a) 0.15 m

(b) 1.5 103 m

(c) 0.3 m

13. Which one is the correct answer?

(i) (ii) (iii)

(a) Only (i)

(b) (i) and (ii)

(c) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(d) Non of the above

(d) 1.5 102 m

14. Which one of the following is incorrect regarding lines of force?

(a) Lines of force always starts from a positive charge and terminated
on negative charge.
(b) Line of force is a line drawn tangent to the electric field at any
point.
(c) Lines of force discontinuous in between the two charges.
(c) The number of lines of force coming out from a charge is
proportional to the magnitude of that charge.
15. What is the net charge of an electric dipole?
(a) Infinity (b) Zero
above

(c) Algebraic sum of charges

(d) None of the

16. The product of one of the charges and the distance between the two
charges is called,
(a)Dipole

(b)Dipole moment (c)Field

(d)Flux

17. When a dipole is placed in electric field of intensity E, the force acts
on the two charges produce a torque, which is given by,

(a) (b) (c) (d)

18. When is the torque acting on an electric dipole placed in a

uniform electric field maximum?
(a) When the dipole is placed perpendicular to the direction of
the Charges
(b) When the dipole is placed parallel to the direction of the field
(c) When the dipole is placed perpendicular to the direction of
the field
(d) When the dipole is placed parallel to the direction of the
Charges
19. A pair of equal and opposite point charges separated by a vector
distance is called,
(a) Electric flux
(d)Electric field

(b)Electric dipole

(c)Electric charge

20. What is the electric field intensity 0.30 m away from a small
sphere with a positive charge of 2.1 107 C?
(a) 0.3 108 NC-1 (b) 2.1 104 NC-1
(c) 2.1 107 NC-1 (d) 6.3 104 NC-1

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