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ELECTRICITY

1. Two charges Q and Q are placed at the opposite corners of a square and Q q
two charges q and q are placed at the other opposite corners of the
Q
square. If the resultant electric force on any Q is zero then q is q Q
1 1
(A) 2 2 (B) 2 2 (C) – 2 2 (D) – 2

2. Two similar metal balls are hung from the same point by long silk threads of equal length.
Each ball carries equal charge Q. The separation between them is 2 cm. The charge on the
balls is increased equally such that separation is 8 cm. The charge on each ball now is
(A) 2Q (B) 4Q (C) 8Q (D) 16Q

3. There are two charges +1 microcoulomb and –5 microcoulomb; the ratio of forces acting on
them will be
(A) 1 : 5 (B) 1 : 1 (C) 5 : 1 (D) 1 : 25
4. An electron is moving round the nucleus of a hydrogen atom in a circular orbit of radius r. The
r
coulomb force F between the two is
e2 e2 r e2 r e2
K 3
rˆ K r K r K rˆ
(A) r (B) r3 (C) r3
(D) r
3

5. Work done in carrying a charge Q on round the circle of radius r with a charge Q at the centre
is
1 Q QQ QQ
40  r  40r 2r
(A) (B) (C) zero (D)
6. Two point charges are separated by a distance R in air repel each other by a force F. One of
the charges is doubled and the other is made one–fourth. For what new separation between
them will the force remain same?
1/ 2 1/ 2
2R 2  1 3R
3 R 2 R
(A) 3 (B)   (C)   (D) 2
7. A pendulum bob of mass 80 mg carrying a charge of 2 x 10 –8 C at rest in a horizontal uniform
field 2 x 104 V/m. The angle it makes with vertical is
 25   25   25   25 
cot 1   sin1   tan1   cos 1  
(A)  49  (B)  49  (C)  49  (D)  49 
 8. A charged particle of mass 5 x 10–6 kg is held stationary in space by placing it in an electric
field of strength 106 N/C directed vertically down wards. The charge on the particle is (g = 10
m/s2)
(A) – 20 x 10–5 C (B) –5 x 10–5 C (C) 5 x 10–5 C (D) 20 x 10–5 C
Fe=electric force on particle 
q=charge on particle
Net force=Fe+mg=0
qE+mg=0
q=−Emg
q=−1065×10−6×10
q=−5×10−5μC
9. If initially the spring is in its natural length and mass is at rest find the maximum separation
between the wall and the mass shown in figure is (unstretched length of the spring is L and
surfaces are smooth,K is spring constant)
2Eq Eq Eq Eq
L L L L
(A) K (B) K (C) 2K (D) 3K K E
wall m q

10. .A few electric field lines for a system of two charges Q 1 and Q2
fixed at two different points on the x-axis are shown in the figure.
These lines suggest that
Q  Q Q  Q
(A) 1 2
(B) 1 2

(C) at a finite distance to the left of Q1 the electric field is zero

(D) at a finite distance to the right of Q2 the electric field is zero

11. Charge Q is distributed uniformly on length ' l ' of a wire. It is bent in form of semicircle. The
electric field strength near the centre of arc is
Qp Q Q Q
2 2 2 2
(A) 4eo l (B) 4peo l (C) 2peo l (D) 2 eo l
12. A particle of charge q and mass m moves under the action of an electric field E = (a – bx)
where b is a positive constant and x is distance from the point where the particle was initially at
rest. The acceleration of that particle when it comes to rest is
aq aq bq

(A) 0 (B) m (C) m (D) m
13. find the work done by an external agent in slowly shifting a charge q=1μC in the electric
field E=103iˆV/m, from the point P(1,2)to Q(3,4).
(A) 2×10−3J (B) 2×103J (C) 3×10−3J (D) 6×10−3J

14. A uniform field of magnitude  E=2000NC-1 is directed at

θ=370 below the horizontal  as shown in the figure .
(A) 80V (B) 500V (C) -80V (D)None

15. The p.d. between two plates separated by a distance of 1 mm is

100 V. The force on an electron placed in between the plates is
A) 105N B)1.6×10−24N C)1.6×10−14N D)1.6×10−19N
16. The current in the given circuit is
A) 1A B) 0.1A C) 10A D) 2A

17. Find the equivalent resistance of the given circuit

A) R B)2R C)2(R/3) D)3R

18. A uniform wire of resistance 4 ohm is cut into two equal

lengths.  Each wire is drawn to twice its length.  Resistance of each wire will be
(A) 16 ohm (B) 2 ohm (C)  4 ohm (D)8 ohm

19. The dimensions of electrical conductivity are

(a) M−1L−3T−3A (b)  M−1L−3T3A2 (c)  ML−3T3A−2 (d) MLTA−2

20. Figure shows line of constant potential in a region in w’hich an electric field is present. The
values of the potential are written in brackets Of the points A,B
and C, the magnitude of the electric field is greatest at the point
(A) A (B) B (C)  C (D)D