Date: 25-04-2021 Test Physics (Chapter # 11)

Section-A
Q. No. 1: Choose the correct answer. 6
(i) Electric potential energy per unit charge is
A. Electric Flux B. Electric Potential C- Electric Field D- Electric intensity
(ii) Electrostatics is the study of
A. Electric Current B. Stationary charges
C-Moving Charges D- Magnetism
(iii) Ratio of Electric field intensity due to infinite sheet of charge and two oppositely charged parallel plate
capacitors is:
A. 1:1 B. 1:2 C. 2:1 D. 2:3
(iv) The direction of field lines due to test charge ‘+q’ are:
A- Circular B- Curved C- Radially outward D- Radially inward
(v) The minimum indivisible unit of charge is:
A- Charge on an electron B- One Micro Coulumb
C- One Coulumb D- The charge on Alpha Particle
(vi) The Intensity of electric field between two oppositely charged parallel plates close to each other is
𝜎 𝜎 2𝜎
A- 𝜎𝜀0 B- C- D-
𝜀𝑜 2𝜀𝑜 𝜀𝑜

Section-B
Q. No. 2: Answer the following questions. 24 (=3x8)
i. What are electric lines of force? Why two electric lines of force never cross each other?
ii. How can you identify that which plate of capacitor is positively charged? Discuss briefly.
iii. What is Capacitance of a Capacitor? Define its unit
iv. Briefly explain if the electron tend to go in the region of high potential or low potential?
v. Potential is constant throughout a given region of space. Is the electric field zero or non-zero in this region?
Explain.
vi. Suppose you follow an electric field line due to a positive charge. Do the electric field and potential
increase or decrease?
vii. Discuss the factors upon which capacitance of a capacitor depend?
viii. What is difference between electric potential energy and potential difference?

Section-C
Q. No. 3: 10
a) State and prove Gauss’s Law. Drive an expression for electric intensity due to an infinite sheet of charge.
b) A particle carrying a charge of 2e falls through a potential difference of 3V. Calculate the energy acquired
by it.
Q. No. 4: 10
a) Drive an expression for energy stored in a charged capacitor. Also calculate the energy density stored in
any electric field.
b) A 50μF capacitor has a potential difference of 8V across it. Calculate the charge on capacitor.