MCQ Bank
Radio waves and light waves are __________.
- A) Electromagnetic and transverse both
- B) Transverse waves
- C) Electromagnetic and longitudinal both
- D) Longitudinal waves
If an electron of charge is accelerated through a potential difference V, it will acquire energy
- A) 2V
- B) V/2
- C) E/2
- D) Ve
Force per unit charge is:
- A) Electric field intensity
- B) Lorentz force
- C) Electric potential
- D) Electric Flux
Electromagnetic waves are transverse in nature, as evident by the phenomenon of ______.
- A) Polarization
- B) Interference
- C) Reflection
- D) Diffraction
What is the direction of the area vector for a flat surface in the context of magnetic flux?
- A) Perpendicular to the surface
- B) Directed randomly
- C) Parallel to the surface
- D) Tangential to the surface
If velocity of a conductor moving through a magnetic field B is made zero then motional emf is:
- A) -v/LB
- B) Zero
- C) -BL/v
- D) -vBL
Work done on a charged particle moving in uniform magnetic field is:
- A) Negative
- B) Zero
- C) Minimum
- D) Maximum
In the context of capacitors, how is energy related to the electric field strength?
- A) Energy is inversely proportional to the electric field strength
- B) Energy is proportional to the square of the electric field strength
- C) Energy is unrelated to the electric field strength
- D) Energy is directly proportional to the electric field strength
A stationary charge placed in a magnetic field will experience:
- A) An electric force.
- B) Both electric and magnetic forces.
- C) A magnetic force.
- D) No force.
What is the relationship between the electric field and charges on a perfect electric conductor's surface?
- A) Electric field is normal to the surface and proportional to charge density
- B) Electric field is proportional to charge density
- C) Electric field is discontinuous and inversely proportional to charge density
- D) Electric field is always zero
If a conductor is placed between the plates of a capacitor, what will happen to the potential difference between the plates?
- A) It will be maintained
- B) It will increase
- C) It will decrease
- D) It will become zero
Total flux through a closed surface depends on:
- A) Medium only
- B) Charge and – N
- C) Charge enclosed
- D) Shape of surface
Energy density in case of a capacitor is always proportional to:
- A) E 2
- B) CV
- C) C 2
- D) V 2
Potentiometer can be used as
- A) Galvanometer
- B) Potential divider
- C) Ohm meter
- D) Ammeter
Two parallel straight wires carrying current in same direction will:
- A) Repel each other
- B) No effect
- C) Attract each other
- D) May repel or attract
If the velocity of a charged particle in perpendicular electric and magnetic field is 7.27 x 106 m/s and the Electric field is 6 x 106 N/c, what should be the value of the magnetic field?
- A) 0.45 T
- B) 0.94 T
- C) 0.78 T
- D) 0.83 T
When a dielectric material is introduced between the plates of a capacitor, what does effect it have on the capacitance?
- A) Remains the same
- B) Depends on the dielectric constant
- C) Decreases
- D) Increases
The ability of a capacitor to store charge depends upon
- A) area of plates
- B) all of these
- C) distance between plates
- D) type of dielectric used
If Io is the peak value of an AC supply, then its rms value is given as Irms:
- A) √2 Io
- B) Io/0.707
- C) Io/√2
- D) Io/2
When we accelerate the charge, which types of waves are produced?
- A) Electromagnetic waves
- B) Stationary waves
- C) Travelling waves
- D) Mechanical waves