MCQ Bank
Capacitive reactance Xc is:
- A) 1/2πfC
- B) 4πfC
- C) 1/4πfC
- D) 2πfC
What does Gauss's law for magnetism state regarding the net magnetic flux through a closed surface?
- A) The net magnetic flux is zero.
- B) The net magnetic flux depends on the size of the closed surface.
- C) The net magnetic flux is always positive.
- D) The net magnetic flux is always negative.
Which of the following is equivalent to one coulomb?
- A) one volt per ampere
- B) One volt ampere
- C) one ampere per volt
- D) One ampere second
Which of the following is usually taken to make the core of a transformer?
- A) Aluminum
- B) Hard iron
- C) Copper
- D) Soft iron
When the angle θ is 60°, how does the magnetic flux compare to its maximum value?
- A) Magnetic flux is maximized.
- B) Magnetic flux is unchanged.
- C) Magnetic flux is half of the maximum.
- D) Magnetic flux is zero.
What is a Gaussian surface in the context of Gauss's Law?
- A) A surface with constant electric field
- B) Any closed surface in space
- C) An imaginary surface used to apply Gauss's Law
- D) A surface with nonzero electric flux
What principle governs the conversion of magnetic variations into an electric current in magnetic recording tapes?
- A) Ampere's Law
- B) Coulomb's Law
- C) Faraday's Law
- D) Ohm's Law
Which of the following is equivalent to 1 V?
- A) 1 J/W
- B) 1 J/s
- C) 1 J/C
- D) 1 J/A
The graphical representation of Ohm’s law is:
- A) Parabola
- B) Hyperbola
- C) Ellipse
- D) Straight line
Under what condition is induced electromotive force (EMF) produced in a conductor?
- A) When there is a constant magnetic field
- B) When there is a strong magnetic field
- C) When there is a strong electric field
- D) When there is a time-varying magnetic field
Phase difference between V and I of an A.C through resistor is:
- A) 270 degree
- B) 180 degree
- C) 0 degree
- D) 90 degree
A capacitor in an LC oscillator has a maximum potential difference of 15V and a maximum energy of 360 μJ. At a certain instant the energy in the capacitor is 40 μJ. At that instant what is the emf induced in the inductor?
- A) 5V
- B) zero
- C) 15V
- D) 10V
Which of the following is the expression for Lorentz force?
- A) F = ma + qE
- B) F = qE
- C) F = q (v x B)
- D) F = qE + q (v x B)
What fundamental principle does Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL) rely on?
- A) Conservation of energy
- B) Conservation of momentum
- C) Conservation of charge
- D) Conservation of power
What does the electric potential due to a dipole depend on?
- A) Magnitude of charges in the dipole
- B) Both distance and angle
- C) Angle between the dipole moment and the field point
- D) Distance from the center of the dipole
An inductor may store energy in its:
- A) Electric field
- B) Gravitational field
- C) Magnetic field
- D) Potential field
If a charged particle moves in a magnetic field, what effect does the magnetic force have on the kinetic energy of the particle?
- A) It increases the kinetic energy.
- B) It decreases the kinetic energy.
- C) It stops the particle.
- D) It does not change the kinetic energy.
If magnetic field is doubled then magnetic energy density becomes:
- A) Three times
- B) Six times
- C) Two times
- D) Four times
What is the primary principle behind a velocity selector in the context of the Lorentz force?
- A) Eliminating the Lorentz force
- B) Minimizing the electric field
- C) Balancing electric and magnetic forces
- D) Maximizing the magnetic force
Electromagnetic waves do not transport:
- A) Charge
- B) Momentum
- C) Information
- D) Energy