PHYSICS MCQS IN CHAPTERS 1, 2 Two similar spheres having + and -Q charges are kept at a certain distance. F force acts between the two. If at the middle of two spheres, another similar sphere having +Q charge is kept, then it experiences a farce in magnitude and direction as (a) zero having no direction (b) 8F towards +Q charge (c) BF towards -Q charge (d) 4F towards -@ charge A charge Q is divided into two parts of q and Q— q. If the coulomb repulsion between them when they are separated is to be maximum, the ratio of Q/q should be (a) 21 (b) 1/2 (41 (a) 14 Four equal charges q are placed at the four comers A, B,C, D of a square of length a. The magnitude of the force on the charge at B will be aL A B a a Dl jc mes 4g? gi @—, ot, 4neya" 4xsya* Cee 1+2¥2) 2 } © Ce it 2x 4neya' nea" SI unit of permittivity of free space is (a) Farad (b) Weber (c) C2N+ m2 (d) C2N-* m2 Accharge Qs placed at the centre of the line joining twa point charges +q and +q as shown in the figure so that the system is in equilibrium. The ratio of charges Q and q a 2 4 eS (b) 1/4, (c)-4 (d)-1/46. Which of the following graphs shows the variation of electric field E due to a hollow spherical conductor of radius R as a function of distance from the centre of the sphere? @ a 7. The unit of electric dipale moment is (a) newton (b) coulomb (c) farad (d) debye 8. Which of the following statements is nat correct? (a) the electric field inside a charged shell is necessarily zero (b) the total work done in moving a charge along a closed path is always zero. (c) the electric field due to a dipole is inversely proportional to 18, for large r. (d) the electric flux through a closed surface enclosing an electric dipole is positive 9. The total flux through the cube of side "a" when a charge q is placed at corner A of the cube is, <7 oe a a os @e10.Which of the following statements is not true about Gauss's law? (a) Gauss’s law is true for any clased surface (b) The term q on the right side of Gauss's law includes the sum of all charges enclosed by the surface (c) Gauss's law is not much useful in calculating electrostatic field when the system has symmetry (d) Gauss’s law is based on the inverse square dependence on distance contained in the coulomb's law 11.A metallic shell having inner radius Rx and outer radii Re has a point charge Q kept inside the cavity. Electric field in the region Ri 0 and is displaced away from the centre in the plane of the ring, it will be pushed back towards the centre. (b) If q< 0 and is displaced away fram the centre in the plane of the ring, it will never return to the centre and will continue moving til it hits the ring. (c) If q > 0, it will perform SHM for small displacement along the axis. (d) q at the centre of the ring Is in an unstable equilibrium within the plane of the ring for q> 0. 16. The electric potential V at any point © (x, y, z all in metres) in space Is given by V = 4 volt. The electric field at the point (1 m, 0, 2 m) in valtmetre Is. (a) 8 along negative x-axis (b) 8 along positive x-axis (c) 16 along negative x-axis (d) 16 along positive z-axis 17.The electrostatic force between the metal plates of an isolated parallel plate capacitor C having a charge Q and area A, is (a) proportional to the square root of the distance between the plates (b) linearly proportional to the distance between the plates (c) independent of the distance between the plates. (d) inversely proportional to the distance between the plates. 18.A capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery is removed and another identical uncharged capacitor is connected in parallel. The total electrostatic energy of resulting system (a) increases by a factor of 4 (b) decreases by a factor of 2 (c) remains the same (d) increases by a factor of 2. 19 Figure shows the electric lines of force emerging fram a charged body. If the electric field at A and B are EA and EB respectively and if the displacement between A and Bisrthen, Ea>Ee ) ) Ea < Es ) Ea = Eeir ) (a) (b) c (4) Ea = Ea i 20. The radii of two metallic spheres A and B are ri and rz respectively (r1 > ra). They are connected by a thin wire and the system is given a certain charge. The charge will be greater, (a) on the surface of the sphere B (b) on the surface of the sphere A (c) equal an both (d) zero on both21.A parallel plate condenser is connected with the terminals of a battery. The distance between the plates Is 6mm. If a glass plate (dielectric constant K = 9) of 4.6 mm is introduced between them, then the capacity will become (a) 2times (b) the same (c) 3 times (d) 4 times 22. Three charges Q, +q and +q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side | as shown in the figure. If the net electrostatic energy of the system is zero, then Qs equal ta, 4 T oh (a) (b) (2 (d) 23.A capacitor of 4 pF is connected as shown in the circuit. The internal resistance of the battery is 0.5 Q. The amount of charge on the capacitor plates will be, 4 uF 199 24.A capacitor is charged by using a battery which is then disconnected. A dielectric slab then slipped between the plates, which results in, (a) reduction of charge on the plates and increase of potential difference across the plates (b) increase in the potential difference across the plate, reduction in stored energy, but no change in the charge on the plates (c) decrease in the potential difference across the plates, reduction in the stored energy, but no change in the charge on the plates. (d) none of these25. Two spherical conductors each of capacity C are charged to potential V and -V. These are then connected by means of a fine wire. The loss of energy is, (a) zero 26.An electric dipole of mament #7 is placed in a uniform electric field # . Then i) the torque on the dipole is 7x E. (i (i) the potential energy of the system is iE (iil) the resultant force on the dipole is zero. Choose the correct option. (a) (i), il) and (il) are correct (b) (i) and (ii) are correct and (ii) is wrong (c) only (i) is correct (4) (i) and (il) are correct and (iil) is wrong 27. The patential energy of two negative charges of 2 C each held 1m apart in air is. (a) 2d (b) 2ev (c)4u (d) 0.036 J 28. The direction of the electric field in space is: (a) depends on the magnitude of the electric potential (b) in the direction of constant electric potential (c) in the direction of decreasing electric potential (d) in the direction of increasing electric potential 29 Find the total charge in the capacitors 3 uF 4uF 1 Our 2 2 uF IT J} | 8v (a) 20 uC (b) 25 pC (c) 40 pc (d) 90 pC30.In the circuit shawn, initially key Ks is closed and key Ka is open. Then K is opened and 2 is closed (order is important). [Take Qi’ and Qo' as charges on C1 and C2 and V1 and V2 as voltage respectively | rey | | charge an C1 gets redistributed such that V1 = V2 charge an C: gets redistributed such that Qi' = Qo! charge an C1 gets redistributed such that CiV1 + C2V2 = CaV charge an C1 gets redistributed such that V1 # V2 (a) (b) (c (