MCQ Bank
When a dielectric material is introduced between the plates of a capacitor, what does effect it have on the capacitance?
- A) Decreases
- B) Depends on the dielectric constant
- C) Remains the same
- D) Increases
What is the expression for electric potential due to an electric dipole at a point on the axis at distance r?
- A) 𝑽 = 𝒒d/(4𝝅ε₀r²)
- B) 𝑽 = 𝒒/(4𝝅ε₀r²)
- C) 𝑽 = 𝒒/(4𝝅ε₀r)
- D) 𝑽 = 𝒒d/(4𝝅ε₀r)
How does the electric potential V due to an electric dipole behave along its equatorial line at a distance "r"?
- A) 𝑉 ∝ 1/r
- B) 𝑉 is constant
- C) 𝑉 ∝ r
- D) 𝑉 = 0
If two capacitors, each with a capacitance of 100 microfarads, are connected in parallel, what is the total capacitance?
- A) 50 microfarads
- B) 150 microfarads
- C) 100 microfarads
- D) 200 microfarads
Which of the following is not a conservative force?
- A) Drag force
- B) Gravitational force
- C) Electric force
- D) None of these
A charge of 30 C flows through an electric appliance in 2.0 minutes. What is the average current in the appliance?
- A) 0.25 A
- B) 4.0 A
- C) 60 A
- D) 15 A
Which one of is in the order of decreasing frequency?
- A) Infrared rays, visible light, x – rays
- B) X – rays, radio waves, infrared rays
- C) Yellow, green, red
- D) Ultraviolet rays, visible light, radio waves
What is an equipotential surface?
- A) A surface with no electric field
- B) A surface with constant electric field
- C) A surface where all points have the same electric potential
- D) A surface with varying electric potential
Tesla is a unit of
- A) Flux density
- B) Magnetic flux
- C) Mutual inductance
- D) Self-inductance
When the angle θ is 60°, how does the magnetic flux compare to its maximum value?
- A) Magnetic flux is zero.
- B) Magnetic flux is half of the maximum.
- C) Magnetic flux is maximized.
- D) Magnetic flux is unchanged.
The concept of an electric field lines is introduced by:
- A) Faraday
- B) Joseph Henry
- C) Coulomb
- D) Einstein
Electric flux is maximum when surface area vector is _______ to field lines.
- A) Parallel
- B) Antiparallel
- C) 45o
- D) Perpendicular
What is the charge density for a volume charge distribution?
- A) dq = ρdV
- B) dq = σdV
- C) dq = dA
- D) dq = λds
What are the units of current density in the International System of Units (SI)?
- A) Amperes per meter (A/m)
- B) Amperes (A)
- C) Amperes per meter squared (A/m2)
- D) Amperes per meter cubed (A/m3)
Typical values for the magnitude of the electric field inside the wire:
- A) 10-5 N/C
- B) 10 -2 N/C
- C) 10-4N/C
- D) 10 -3N/C
If the magnetic field lines are parallel to the surface, what is the value of the magnetic flux?
- A) Magnetic flux is zero.
- B) Magnetic flux is constant.
- C) Magnetic flux is maximized.
- D) Magnetic flux is negative.
What happens to the total capacitance when capacitors are connected in series?
- A) It becomes infinite
- B) It increases
- C) It remains the same
- D) It decreases
In a transformer, the number of turns in the primary and secondary coil is 40 and 120, respectively. If the current in the primary coil is 6 A, the current in the secondary coil is:
- A) 0.2 A
- B) 2 A
- C) 1.8 A
- D) 18 A
What does the electric potential due to a dipole depend on?
- A) Angle between the dipole moment and the field point
- B) Distance from the center of the dipole
- C) Magnitude of charges in the dipole
- D) Both distance and angle
A generator supplies 100V to the primary coil of a transformer. The primary has 50 turns and the secondary has 500 turns. The secondary voltage is:
- A) 1000V
- B) 100V
- C) 250V
- D) 500V