UNIT 2

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

QUESTION BANK
ELECTROSTATICS :

CHARGE AND CONSERVATION OF CHARGE

1. The property of particle which produces electrical influence around it is called as

____________
a. Proton b. charge c. positive d. negative
2. The electricity developed on a body,when it is rubbed with another body,is called as
___________
a. current electricity b.frictional electricity c. magnetic electricity d.none of these
3. Which of the following is the correct statement?
a.Like charges attract and unlike charges repel.
b. Like as well as unlike charges attract each other.
c. Unlike charges attract each otherand like charges repel each other.
d. Like charges as well as unlike charges repel each other.
4. Given system carries 1500 C total charge . From that - 500 C negative charge is
removed What amount of positive charge will be present on the system.
a. 1000 C b. 20,000 C c. 500 C d. 1500 c
5. Certain atom has 32 protons and 32 electrons . so it is electrically _________.
a. Charged b. Positively charged c. Negatively charged d. Neutral
6.Like charges ___________ each other and unlike charges ___________ each other.
a. repel , attract b. increases , decreases c. attract ,repel d. both (a) and (b)
COULOMBS LAW

7.The force of attraction or repulsion between two charges is__________

a.directly proportional to the product of the magnitude of two charges.
b.inversely proportional to the product of the magnitude of two charges.
c.inversely proportional to the square of the distance between two charges
d. both a and c
8. Calculate the force of attraction between 10C and -20C separated by 1m from each other
in air
a. 1800X109 N b. 3600X109 N c. 9X1011 N d. 9X109 N

9. Permittivity of free space is __________.

a. greater than one b. equal to one c. less than one d. zero

10. Permittivity of metal is __________.

 a. greater than one b. equal to one c. infinity d. zero

11.Two like charges each of 10µC are placed 10cm apart in a medium of dielectric
constant 2.5. Find the force between them.(ε0 = 8.85 ×10−12 C 2 /N × m2 )
a. 36 N b. 40 N c. 60N d. 20N

12.An electron is placed in an electric field of intensity 8X102N/C. How much force is
acting on the electron?
a. 1.28X10-16 coulomb b.1.28X10-16 dyne c.1.28X10-16 N d.1.28X1016 N

13.Find magnitude of charge which exert a force of N/9 on a charge of 100 µC when kept in
air at a distance of 9cm from it.
a. 10−3 µC b. 10−6 µC c. 10−3 C d. (a) and (b) both

ELECTRIC FIELD AND INTENSITY OF ELECTRIC FIELD

14.

Identify A and B

a. 10 µC , 20 µC b. -10 µC , 20 µC c. 10 µC , - 20 µC d. -10 µC , - 20 µC

15..Force acting on unit positive charge placed at a point is known as _____________

a. Electric field b. Electric field intensity c. magnetic field d. Magnetic field Intensity

16.The space surrounding an electric charge in which any other charge experience a force is
called _______________.
a. Electric field Intensity b. Electric field c. magnetic field d. Magnetic field Intensity

17.Identify E, where
q
E= 2
4 Пε 0 k r
a. Electric field b. Electric field intensity c. magnetic field d. Magnetic field Intensity

18.Intensity of electric field at any point, which is at distance of 2m from given charge in air
,is 4 × 103 N/C. Calculate value of charge in significant figure.
a.5 μ C b. 1.77 μC c. 2 μC d. 4 μC

19. The intensity of electric field at a point 50 cm from a charge 4.8 X 10-6 coulomb in a
medium of dielectric constant 3.6 is
a. 50 N/c2 b. 50 X 103 N/c c.48 N/c2 d. 4.8X 104 N/c

20. Electric intensity…………

(i).is not same at all points inside the electric field
(ii).is maximum near charge
(iii). depends upon strength of charge

a.only statement (i) is correct

b.only statement (ii) is correct
c. only statement (iii) is correct
d.all statements are correct

21. Dielectric constant or permittivity of medium w.r.t. vacuum is the ………………

a. ratio of permittivity of vacuum to permittivity of medium
b. ratio of permittivity of to medium permittivity of vacuum
c. ratio of permittivity of vacuum to permittivity of medium
d. none of these

22. Identify work / charge = ?

a. Potential b. field intensity c. capacitance d. force

23. 1 J/1 C = ___________

a. 1 V b. 103 mV c. 10 μV d. all the above

24. Formula for potential difference between two points A and B = ____________
a. ( WB – WA ) / q0 b. (WB + WA ) / q0 c. (WB WA ) / q0 d. WB /WA q0

25. Dimension of potential difference is ___________ .

a. [ M1 L2 T-3 I-1 ] b. [ M2 L2 T-3 I-1 ] c. [ M1 L2 T-4 I-1 ] d. [ M1 L3 T-4 I-1 ]

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