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ELECTRIC CHABGES 7. Amobjectis charged when thas charge imbalance,
which means the
{@) object contains no protons
(6) object contains no electrons
{object contains equal number of electrons and
protons
1. There are two types of electric charges positive
charges and negative charges. The property which
dferentiates the two types of charges is
(a) field ofcharge -(b) amount of charge
strel of charge (d) pols of chi
(0 strength Ce): polary oc ha (@) object contains unequal number of electrons
2, What will happen when we rub a glass rod with sill cad peer
loth? : 4 ,
fate oti aca he Gai (5d we | = SR IE negatively charged. Which
: of the following statements is true?
| transferred tothe silk loth. SE coral dats t
(b) ‘The glass rod gets positive charge and silk cloth eae eae sie throughou
gets negative charge. ni ae
(New charge is created in the process of rubbing. 2 mee 5 located sf the comer ©
(4) both (a) and (b) are correct. (©) The charge is located at the bottom of the sphere
3. When a person combs his hair, static electricity is because of gravity.
(@) The charge is uniformly distributed on the
sometimes generated by what process?
surface of the sphere.
(a) Contact between the comb and hair results in a
charge.
(b) Friction between the comb and hair results in BASIC PROPERTIES OF ELECTRIC CHAI
the transfer of electrons. 9. The number of electrons present in -1 C of charge
(© Deduction between the comb and hair. eee cal
(@ Induction between the comb and hair. (a) 6x 10" (b) 1.6x 10%
4. Object may acquire an excess or deficiency ofcharge | (©) 6 10” @ 16x10"
by . | 10. Acup contains 250 g of water. Find the total positive
(@) electric force (b) heating charge present in the cup of water.
(© shaking (d) by rubbing (a) 1.34x10%C (b) 1.34 107C
5. The charge on an electron was calculated by (©) 243x109 @ 243x107 C
(@) Faraday (b) JJ. Thomson. | IL. A polythene piece rubbed with wool is found to
(©) Millikan (@) Einstein |” have a negative charge of 6 x 10°7C. The number of
clectrons transferred to polythene from wool is
Tce TPs sucess (a) 3.75 10 (b) 9.6 x 10"
12
6 Amethod for charginga conductor without bringing (© 96x10! (@ 375x102
a charged body in contact with it is called | 12, If 10° electrons move out of a body to another body
every second, then the time required to get a total
(@) Magnetization |
(b) Electrification | charge of 1 Con the other body is
(©) Electrostatic induction (a) 250 years (b) 100 years.
(©) 198 years (@) 150 years.
(d) Electromagnetic induction13, The number of electrons that must be removed from
an electrically neutral silver dollar to give it a charge
of +24 Cis
(a) 25x10" (b) 15x10
(©) 15x10 (@) 25x10?
‘A coin is made up of Al and weighs 0.75 g, It has
fa square shape and its diagonal measures 17 mm.
Itis electrically neutral and contains equal amounts
of positive and negative charges. The magnitude of
these charges is (Atomic mass of Al = 26.98 g)
(a) 3.47 x 10°C (b) 3.47 x 10°C
(©) 1.67 x 10°C (d) 1.67 x 102°C
15. If an object of mass 1 kg contains 4 x 10%? atoms.
If one electron is removed from every atom of the
solid, the charge gained by the solid in 1 gis
(a) 28C (b) 6.4% 107C
(©) 36x 103C (d) 9.2.x 104C
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14,
16. Coulomb’ law relates two charges and distance |
between them describing the electric force as being,
(a) proportional to the sum of the charges
(b) inversely proportional to the distance between
charges
(©) proportional to the product of the charges and
inversely proportional to the distance
(d) proportional to the product of the charges and
inversely proportional to the square of distance.
17. Which of the following statements is true about
electrical forces?
(a) Electrical forces are produced by electrical
charges.
(b) Like charges attract, unlike charges repel.
(©) Blectric forces are weaker than gravitational
forces.
(@) Positive and negative charges can combine to
produce a third type of charge.
18. The constant k in Coulomb's law depends on
(@) nature of medium
(b) system of units
(©) intensity of charge
(@) both (a) and (b)
19. Which of the following statement is not a similarity
between electrostatic and gravitational forces?
(a) Both forces obey inverse square law.
(b) Both forces operate over very large distances.
(©) Both forces are conservative in nature.
(@) Both forces are attractive in nature always.
20. SI unit of permittivity of free space is
(a) Farad (b) Weber
() CN m? (@) CN"!
2.
22.
25.
27.
wiae@: Objective NCERT Physics
1a two small charged spheres having
The force between Me ad 2 x 10-7 C placed 20 em
charges of 1 x 10
apart in air is
(a) 45% 10?N
(0) 54x 107N
cleus of helium atom contains two protons
i ae separated by distance 3.0 x 10"! m. The
magnitude ofthe electrostatic force that each proton
exerts on the other is
(@) 20.6N (b) 256N (c) 156N
sulated charged metallic spheres P and
Q have their centres separated by a distance of
ep em. The radii of P and Qare negligible compared
to the distance of separation. The mutual force of
clectrostatic repulsion if the charge on each is
3.2.x 107 Cis :
(@) 52x104N (b) 25x 103N
(o) 15x10°N (d) 3.5x104N
‘Two point charges of + 3 uC and + 4 HC repel
‘each other with a force of 10 N. If each is given an
additional charge of -6 pC, the new force is
(a) 2N (b)4N ()5N (4) 75N
“The ratio of magnitude of electrostatic force and
(b) 45% 103N
(d) 54x 103N
(d) 12.6N
‘Two in
gravitational force for an electron and a proton is
(a) 6.6.x 10” (b) 2.4 x 10”
(©) 6.6.x 10” (d) 24x 10%
“The electrostatic attracting force on a small sphere of
charge 0.2 1C due to another small sphere of charge
~0.4 uC in air is 0.4 N. The distance between the two
spheres is
(a) 43.2 x 10m (b) 42.4 10% m
(©) 18.110 m (d) 19.2 x 10m
Under the action of a given coulombic force the
acceleration of an electron is 2.5 x 10? m s~, Then
the magnitude of the acceleration of a proton under
the action of same force is nearly
(—) 16x10-%ms? —(b) 9.1 x 10° ms?
(© 15x10%ms? — (d) 1.6 x 107 ms?
The acceleration for electron and proton due to
electrical force of their mutual attraction when they
are 1 A apart is,
(a) 3.1 10? ms, 1.3 x 10! ms?
(b) 3.3 x 10" ms, 3.2 x 10 ms?
(c) 2.5 x 10? ms, 1.4 x 10! ms?
(@) 25x 10! ms, 1.3 x 10m s?
FORCES BETWEEN MULTIPLE CHARGES
29.
‘Two charges q and -3q are fixed on x-axis separated
by distance d. Where should a third charge 24 be
placed from A such that it will not experience any
force?en charges and Fels
q “3g
paces a IE
i 4———
d-v3d
oF (o) Syd
d+3d re
a a
os @
430. Consider the charges 9, q and -g placed at the
vertices of an equilateral triangle of each side J. The
sum of forces acting on each charge is
2
4 b)
o 4avone,! ) 4ne
é
Oak (4) zero
31. A charge Qis placed at the centre of the line joining
‘two point charges +q and +q as shown in figure. The
ratio of charges Q and q is
9; Q +9
o—_____#—______e
<1 oe x
(@)4 (bt) 1/4) -4 (d) -1/4
32, Four point charges are =4yC 3
placed at the corners of a
square ABCD of side 10
cm, as shown in figure. *0
‘The force on a charge of
1 pC placed at the centre le
of square is 45yC__~4nC
(@7N (b)8N ()2N — (d) zero
33, Three charges of equal magnitude q is placed at the
vertices of an equilateral triangle of side I. The force
ona charge Q placed at the centroid of the triangle is
3 2
(a) 28 gy 20% ()
neg! Ane! 2ne ql
po ELECTRIC FIELD
34. ‘The force per unit charge is known as
@) electric flux (b) electric field
(©) electric potential (4) electric current
35, Electrical as well as gravitational affects can be
(d) zero
thought to be caused by fields. Which ofthe following —
istrue of an electrical or gravitational field?
(@) ‘The field concept is often used to describe
contact forces. oe
(b) Gravitational or electric field does not exist in
the space around an object.
(©) Fields are useful for understan«
through a distance.
(d) There is no way to verify the existence of a force
field since it is just a concept.
ding forces acting
36.
37.
38,
39.
4.
42.
45.
‘The electric field at a point is
(a) always continuous
(b) continuous if there is no charge at that point
(©) discontinuous if there is a charge at that point
(d) both (b) and (c) are correct
‘The dimensional formula of electric intensity is
(a) (M'L'TA) (b) [ML“'T?A!]
© [MILT3a}] (@) [MTA]
If the charge on an object is doubled then electric
field becomes
(a) half (b) double
(©) unchanged (d) thrice
‘A force of 2.25 N acts on a charge of 15 x 10-4. The
intensity of electric field at that point is
(a) 150NC1 (b) IsNC*
(© 1500NC# (@15NCt
‘A conducting sphere of radius 10 cm has unknown
charge. If the electric field at a distance 20 cm from
the centre of the sphere is 1.2 x 10° N C-! and points
radially inwards. The net charge on the sphere is
(a) -45x 10°C (b) 4.5 x 10°C
(©) -5.3x10°C (d) 5.3 x 10°C
A particle of mass 10° kg and charge 5 uCis thrown,
at a speed of 20 m s™ against a uniform electric field
of strength 2 x 10°N C-1. The distance travelled by
particle before coming to rest is
(a) 0.1m (b) 02m
(© 03m (d) 04m
An electron initially at rest falls a distance of 1.5 cm
in a uniform electric field of magnitude 2 x 10* N/C.
“The time taken by the electron to fall this distance
is
(@) 13x 10s (b) 21x 10-?s
(©) 1.6x 107s (d) 29x 10s
“The electric field that can balance a charged particle
‘of mass 3.2 x 10°” kg is (Given that the charge on
the particle is 1.6 x 10" C)
(a) 19.6x108NC* (b) 20x10°NCt
(© 19.6x100°NC1 (4) 20x10°NC*
‘An oil drop of 10 excess electrons is held stationary
under a constant electric field of 3.65 x 10¢N C-lin
Millikan’s oil drop experiment. The density of oil is
1.26 g cm”, Radius of the oil drop is
(Take, g= 9.8 ms, e= 1.6 x 10°C)
(a) 1.04x 10m (b) 48x 105m
(6) 48x 10° m (a) 113 x10" m
Five equal charges each of value q are placed at the
corners of a regular pentagon of side a. The electric
field at the centre of the pentagon is47.
49.
eed 4
neg?
¢ 2
Oa tt
Meg
2q
ae? vee
(@) zero
In question number 45, what willbe the electric field
at centre O, ifthe charge from one of the corners
(say A) is removed?
q
oe
¢ 24
(© Greg HOBOS) GF along oA
()
= along OA (b) along OB
Anegr*
In question number 45, what willbe the electric field
at Oif the charge q at A is replaced by -q?
(@) —1, alongos ) 4,
‘anegr “neg
along OA
© ae alongOC (a) zero
‘he tracks of three charged particles in a uniform
lectrostatic field as shown in the figure, Which
particle has the highest charge to mass ratio?
2
pes
@A
®B oC
A particle of mass m and charge ~q enters the region
between the two charged plates initially moving
along x-axis with speed v, as shown in figure. The
length of plate is L and a uniform electric field E is
‘maintained between theplates. The vertical deflection
of the particle at the far edge of the plate is
+++ + +
gE EE mvt my,
© oa ®) a Om oR
(@) AandB |
50.
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the particle in question number 49 ay
gece projected with velocity v_ = 4 x 106m sg
tleetric field between the plates separated by 1 cm ig
8.2 x 10°C" then the electron will strike the upper
plate ifthe length of plate is (Take m_=9.1 x 107" kg)
(a) 2.14cm (b) [Link]
(c) [Link] (d) 3.3cm
51.
52.
53.
55,
Electric field lines provide information about
(a) field strength (b) direction
(©) nature of charge (4) all ofthese
Which ofthe following figures represents the electric
field lines due to a single positive charge ?
(a) (b)
—— ——
arena —
é
0 o> @ —O—
— ———
‘Which of the following figures represent the electric
field lines due to a single negative charge?
@) ()
—— —-
— =>
(d)
© —O— @) —o—
— SS
Which of the following figures
correctly shows the top view sketch of
the electric field lines for a uniformly
charged hollow cylinder as shown in
figure? €¢
Se
Figure shows the electric field lines around three
Point charges A, B and C, Which of the following
charges are positive?
e+eet
F404enc Charges and Fields
57.
58.
59,
AY
f
VY 4
st KK
(a) Only A (b) Only C
(© Both A and C
In question 55,
magnitude?
@A
(b) B
wc
(4) Band Chave equal magnitude
(@) Both Band c
which charge has the largest
In question 55, which region or regions of the figure
could the electric field be zero?
(@) Near A (b) Near B
(¢) NearC (d) Nowhere
Which of the following represents the electric
field lines due to a combinations of two negative
charges?
(b)
© =
IK
Which of the following figure represents the electric
field lines due to a combination of one positive and
‘one negative charge?
@)
) +> @—o—
©
(a)
9
60. A non-uniform electric field is represented by
the diagram. At which of the following points the
Clectric field is greatest in magnitude?
(@) A ()B oc (@)D
Which of the following curves shown below cannot
possibly represent electrostatic field lines?
@ fo, )
Which of the following statements is not true about
electric field lines?
(a) Electric field lines start from positive charge and
end at negative charge.
(b) Two electric field lines can never cross each
other.
(©) Blectrostatic field lines do not form any closed
loops.
(d) Electric field lines cannot be taken as continuous
curve.
Lemme CECTRICFLUX
63. ‘The SI unit of electric flux is
(a) NC! m? (b) NC m?
(© NC?m (@) NCI m2
‘The dimensional formula of electric flux is
@) (MILT? () (M1T3471]
© [M2T7A2] (@) [MLeray)
A circular plane sheet of radius 10 cm is placed in
a uniform electric field of 5 x 10° N C-!, making an
angle of 60° with the field. The electric flux through
the sheet is
(a) 1.36 x 10° N m?C" (b) 1.36 x 10¢N m2 Ct
(©) 0.515 x10°N m*C*(d) 0.515 x 108 N me Ct
A uniform electric field E = 2 x 10° N Cl is acti
along the positive x-axis. The ux of this field
through a square of 10 cm on a side whose plane is
parallel to the yz plane is
(@ 20NC'm
(© 10NC' m?
61,
62,
65,
66.
(b) 30NC1 m?
(@) 40N Cm?10
67.
In the question number 66, the flux through the
same square if the line normal to its plane makes a
660° angle with the x-axis is
(a) 30N Cm? (b) 10N Cm?
(c) 20NCtm? (d) 25N Cm?
Girsnras
68,
69.
70.
7.
72
Which of the following statements about dipole
moment is not true?
(a) ‘The dimensions of dipole moment is [LT Al.
(b) ‘The unit of dipole moment is C m.
(©) Dipole moment is vector quantity and directed
from negative to positive charge.
(4) Dipole moment is a scalar quantity and has
magnitude charge equal to the potential of
separation between charge.
‘The unit of electric dipole moment is
(a) newton (b) coulomb
(©) farad (€) debye
‘Two charges + 20 uC and -20 uC are placed 10mm __
apart. The electric field at point P, on the axis of the
dipole 10 cm away from its centre O on the side of
the positive charge is,
40 8 E
#20 uC P
(@) 86x10NC! — (b) 4.1.x 108NC#
(©) 36x108NCt — (@) 46x 10°NC#
Consider a region inside which, there are various
types of charges but the total charge is zero. At points
outside the region i
(a) the electric field is necessarily zero.
(b) the electric field is due to the dipole moment of
the charge distribution only.
(©) the dominant electric field is inversely
proportional to 1°, for large r (distance from
origin).
(@) the work done to move a charged particle along
closed path, away from theregion will notbezero.
‘Two point charges of 1 wC and -1 uC are separated
by a distance of 100 A. A point Pis at a distance of
10 cm from the midpoint and on the perpendicular
bisector of the line joining the two charges. The
20 uC
electric field at P will be
(a) 9NC* (b) 09NC*
(© 90NCt (¢) 009NC#
DIANE eae)
73. Anlectric dipole is placed at an angle of 30° with an
electric field of intensity 2x 10°N C1 Itexperiences
4 torque equal to 4 N m. The charge on the dipole if
the dipole length is 2cm is
(a) 8mC (b)4mC (c) 6mC (4) 2mC
74. In a certain region of space,
75.
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electric field is along
the z-direction throughout. The magnitude of
clectrc field is however not constant, but increases
iformly along the positive z-direction at the
ite of 108 NC! m°!. The force experienced by
the system having a total dipole moment equal to
10-7 C min the negative z- direction is
(a) -107N(b) 107N (©) 104N (4) -104N
In the question number 74, torque experienced by
the system is
(a) 10°N (b) 107N (c) zero (d) 10° N
PO ee
76. Match the following and find the correct option.
(Cofamn T (Colama If
Charge
(A) [Linear charge density | (p) | 0, and is displaced away
from the centre in the plane of the ring, it will be
pushed back towards the centre.