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TEST - ELECTRIC POTENTIAL & CAPACITANCE

M.M : 25 TIME : 1 ½ Hr.
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01. If a charged spherical conductor of radius 10 cm has potential V at a point distant 5 cm from its centre,
then the potential at a point distant 15 cm from the centre will be
1 2 3
(a) V (b) V (c) V (d) 3 V
3 3 2
02. Eight oil drops of same size are charged to a potential of 50 V each. These oil drops are merged into
one single large drop. What will be the potential of the large drop
(a) 50 V (b) 100 V (c) 200 V (d) 400 V
03. The electric potential V is given as function of distance x (metre) by V = (5x2 + 10x – 9) volt. The value
of electric field at x = 1 is:
(a) –20 V/m (b) 9 V/m (c) 11 V/m (d) –23 V/m
04. Three charges Q, (+q) and (+q) are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. If the net
electrostatic energy of the system is zero, then Q is equal to
(a)   q / 2  (b)  q (c)  q (d) zero
05. Three capacitors of capacitances 3 F, 9 F and 18 F are connected once in series and another time in
 C 
parallel. the ratio of equivalent capacitance in the two cases 
s
 will be:
Cp

(a) 1 : 15 (b) 15 : 1 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 1 : 3

06. The resultant capacitance between A and B in the following figure is equal to

(a) 1 F (b) 3 F (c) 2 F (d) 1.5 F

07. In the figure, a capacitor is filled with dielectrics. The resultant capacitance is

20 A  1 1 1  0 A  1 1 1 
(a)     (b)    
d  K1 K2 K3  d  K1 K2 K3 

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(c)  K1  K2  K3 (d) None of these
d
08. A parallel plate air capacitor is charged to a potential difference of V. After disconnecting the battery,
distance between the plates of the capacitor is increased using an insulating handle. As a result, the
potential difference between the plates.
(a) decreases (b) increases (c) becomes zero (d) does not change
09. Two spheres A and B of radius 4 cm and 6 cm are given charges of 80 C and 40 C, respectively. If
they are connected by a fine wire, the amount of charge flowing from one to the other is:
(a) 20 C from A to B (b) 20 C from B to A
(c) 32 C from B to A (d) 32 C from A to B
10. Two spherical conductors of radii 4 cm and 5 cm are charged to the same potential. If 1 and 2 be
respective vale of surface density of charge on both the conductors, then the ratio of 1 / 2 will be:
16 25 4 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25 10 5 4

11. Potential difference between two points (VA – VB) in an electric field  
E  2 iˆ  4 ˆj N / C , where
A = (0,0) and B = (3 m, 4 m) is:
(a) 10 V (b) –10 V (c) 16 V (d) –16 V
12. A hollow sphere of radius r is put inside another hollow sphere of radius R. The charges on the two
are +Q as shown in the figure. A point P is located at a distance x from the common centre such that
r<x<R. The potential at the point P is:

1 Q  q 1 Q q 1 Q q 1  q Q
(a)   (b)    (c)    (d)   
40  x  40  R r 40  R x 40  r x

13. Four condensers are joined as shown in the below figure. The capacity of each is 8 F. The equivalent
capacity between the points A and B will be

(a) 32 F (b) 2 F (c) 8 F (d) 16 F

14. The work done in taking a unit positive charge from P to A is WA and from P to B is WB Then

(a)WA>WB (b)WA<WB (c) WA= WB (d)WA + WB=0

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15. The electric field in a region surrounding the origin and along the x-axis is uniform. A small circle is
drawn with the center at the origin cutting the axes at points A, B, C, and D having coordinates (a, 0),
(0, a), (-a, 0), and (0, -a), respectively, as shown in Fig. Then the potential is minimum at

(a) A (b)B (c)C (d)D

16. Two charged particles having charges 1 and -1 C and of mass 50 g each are held at rest while their
separation is 2 m. Now the charges are released. Find the speed of the particles when their separation
is 1 m.
1 3 3 2
(a) ms
1
(b) ms
1
(c) ms
1
(d) ms
1

5 5 10 7
17. Two isolated, charged conducting spheres of radii a and b produce the same electric field near their
surfaces. The ratio of electric potentials on their surfaces is
2 2
a b a b
(a) (b) (c) 2
(d) 2
b a b a
18. An infinite line of charge per unit length is placed along the y-axis. The work done in moving a
charge q from A(a, 0) to B(2a, 0) is
q q 1 q q
(a) ln 2 (b) ln   (c) ln 2 (d) ln 2
40 20 2 40 40

19. Three concentric spherical metallic shells A,B and C of radii a, b and c(c> b>a) have charge densities ,
- and respectively. The potential of shell B is
 a
2
  a
2
b  
2 c
(a) ( a  b  c ) (b)   b  c (c)    c (d)
0  b  0  c c  0 0

20. Four point charges A,B,C and D are placed at the four corners of a square of side a. The energy
required to take the charges C and D to infinity (they are also infinitely separated from each other) is

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q 2q q q
(a) (b) (c) ( 2  1) (d) ( 2  1)
4  0a  0a 40a 40a
 
21 If electric field is E =  100 
 i , potential difference between points x = 10 and x = 20 is
2
 x 

a) 1 b) 2 c) 5 d) 10
22. Two electric charges 12 C and – 6 C are placed 20 cm apart in air. There will be a point P on the line
joining these charges and outside the region between them, at which the electric potential is zero. The
distance of P from – 6 C charge is
(a) 0.10 m (b) 0.15 m (c) 0.20 m (d) 0.25 m
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23. An electric field E  50 ˆ
i  75 ˆj N / C exists in a certain region of space. Presuming the potential at the
origin to be zero, the potential at point P (1 m, 2m) will be
(a) 100 V (b) – 100 V (c) 200 V (d) – 200 V
24. A body of capacity 4 F is charged to 80 V and another body of capacity 6 F is charged to 30 V .
When they are connected the energy lost by 4 F capacitor is
(a) 1. 8 mJ (b) 4 . 6 mJ (c) 3 . 2 mJ (d) 2 . 5 mJ

25. In the circuit shown in the figure the amount of charge that will flow through any section of the
connecting wires to the battery when the key K is closed is

(a) 800C (b) 1800C (c) 1200C (d) 1600C

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