MCQ Bank
Electromagnetic waves do not transport:
- A) Charge
- B) Energy
- C) Information
- D) Momentum
Electric field inside a conductor is
- A) Maximum
- B) q / εo
- C) Infinite
- D) Zero
What is a Gaussian surface in the context of Gauss's Law?
- A) A surface with constant electric field
- B) A surface with nonzero electric flux
- C) Any closed surface in space
- D) An imaginary surface used to apply Gauss's Law
Along the axial line of an electric dipole, how does the electric field vary with distance "r" from the center of the dipole?
- A) E ∝ r
- B) E ∝ 1/r²
- C) E ∝ 1/r³
- D) E ∝ 1/r
In a parallel circuit with resistors R1 and R2, if R1 is much greater than R2, how does the voltage across R2 compare to the voltage across R1?
- A) Voltage across R1 is much greater
- B) Voltage across R2 is much greater
- C) Voltage across both resistors is the same
- D) Voltages can not be determined
Which of the following is equivalent to one coulomb?
- A) one volt per ampere
- B) One volt second
- C) One volt ampere
- D) One ampere second
A particle carrying a charge of 2e falls through potential difference of 3V. the energy acquired by it will be:
- A) 3 eV
- B) 1.5 eV
- C) 6 eV
- D) 0.66 eV
Which of the following types of electromagnetic radiation travels at the greatest speed in vacuum?
- A) All of these travel at the same speed
- B) Radio waves
- C) Gamma rays
- D) X rays
A step-down transformer is used to:
- A) increase the voltage
- B) decrease the voltage
- C) decrease the power
- D) increase the power
Kirchhoff’s first rule is the manifestation of the law of conservation of:
- A) Charge
- B) Energy
- C) Momentum
- D) Mass
As per Coulomb's law, the force of attraction or repulsion between two point charges directly proportional to the
- A) square of the distance between them
- B) sum of the magnitude of charges
- C) product of the magnitude of charges
- D) cube of the distance
What does effect polarization have on the dipole moment in a dielectric material?
- A) Dipole moment remains constant
- B) Dipole moment increases
- C) Dipole moment decreases
- D) Dipole moment becomes zero
Which field(s) are involved in the Lorentz force acting on charged particles in a velocity selector?
- A) Electric and magnetic fields
- B) Gravitational field only
- C) Electric field only
- D) Magnetic field only
Force per unit charge is:
- A) Lorentz force
- B) Electric Flux
- C) Electric potential
- D) Electric field intensity
How does the total current behave when it is divided between two resistors in an electrical circuit?
- A) Becomes zero
- B) Remains constant
- C) Increases
- D) Decreases
Maxwell’s second equation is expressed as __________:
- A) ▽×B = 1
- B) ▽⋅B = 1
- C) ▽×B = 0
- D) ▽⋅B = 0
According to faraday's law, the e.m.f. induced in the coil with N turns and magnetic flux ‘φ’ is:
- A) ɛ = -N2 dφ/dt
- B) ɛ = -N dt2/ d2φ
- C) ɛ = -N d2φ/dt2
- D) ɛ = -N dφ/dt
The waves used by artificial satellites for communication is:
- A) Infrared waves
- B) Radio waves
- C) X-rays
- D) Microwaves
The formula for the energy density (u) in a capacitor, with electric field (E) is:
- A) u = 0.5ε₀E²
- B) u = E/ε₀
- C) u = 0.5E/ε₀
- D) u = ε₀E²
If Io is the peak value of an AC supply, then its rms value is given as Irms:
- A) Io/2
- B) √2 Io
- C) Io/0.707
- D) Io/√2