MCQ Bank
What is the expression for electric potential due to an electric dipole at a point on the axis at distance r?
- A) 𝑽 = 𝒒/(4𝝅ε₀r)
- B) 𝑽 = 𝒒d/(4𝝅ε₀r)
- C) 𝑽 = 𝒒d/(4𝝅ε₀r²)
- D) 𝑽 = 𝒒/(4𝝅ε₀r²)
It is required to suspend a proton of charge q and mass m in an electric field. The strength of field must be:
- A) m/qv
- B) qv/mg
- C) mg/q
- D) q/mg
Electric field due to oppositely charged parallel plate capacitor is
- A) σ/2εo
- B) ϕ/εo
- C) σ/εo
- D) ϕ/2εo
If the area of the plates increase by 6 times, and the distance between plates is reduced to half, the capacitance will be
- A) increased by 3 times
- B) decreased by 12 times
- C) decreased by 3 times
- D) increased by 12 times
What is the direction of the force between two charges according to Coulomb's law?
- A) Towards each other
- B) Away from each other
- C) Depends on the polarity of the charges
- D) Perpendicular to each other
In US the electricity standards are:
- A) 120 Volts and 50 Hertz
- B) 120 Volts and 60 Hertz
- C) 100 Volts and 50 Hertz
- D) 230 Volts and 50 Hertz
The electric mains supply in our homes and offices is a voltage that varies like a sine function with time. Such a voltage is called ___ and the current driven by it in a circuit is called ____.
- A) DC voltage, AC current
- B) AC voltage, DC current
- C) AC voltage, DC voltage
- D) AC voltage, AC current
Greenhouse gases absorb _____ radiation.
- A) infrared
- B) microwaves
- C) gamma
- D) ultraviolet
What is the unit of electric potential?
- A) Joule/Meter
- B) Volt/Coulomb
- C) Joule/Coulomb
- D) Newton/Meter
The relation between electric filed due to infinite sheet of charge (Es) to oppositely charged parallel plate capacitor of infinite length (Ec) is
- A) Es = 2Ep
- B) Es = Ep
- C) Ec = 2Es
- D) Es = 4Ep
Work done between two points on equipotential surface is
- A) Zero
- B) Maximum
- C) Infinite
- D) Negative
What is the unit of charge distribution for linear density?
- A) Coulomb / length2
- B) length / Coulomb
- C) Length/ Farad
- D) Coulomb / length
How is the capacitance of a capacitor defined as?
- A) Voltage per unit charge
- B) Amount of charge stored per unit potential difference
- C) Electric field strength
- D) Electric force per unit charge
We desire to make an LC circuit that oscillates at 100 Hz using an inductance of 2.5H. We also need a capacitance of:
- A) 1μF
- B) 100μF
- C) 1 F
- D) 1mF
Which physical quantity is produced by a calculation where a charge is multiplied by a potential difference (p.d)?
- A) Energy
- B) e.m.f
- C) Current
- D) Power
Magnetic flux (ΦB) is defined as:
- A) The strength of a magnet
- B) The quantity of magnetic field passing through a surface
- C) The ability of a material to conduct magnetic lines
- D) The measure of magnetic pole strength
Maximum power delivered by a battery is:
- A) VIT
- B) 4rE2
- C) Unlimited
- D) E2/4r
If 0.5 T field over an area of 2m2 which lies at an angle of 600 with field. Then the resultant flux will be
- A) 0.50 T
- B) 0.50 Wb
- C) 0.25 Wb
- D) 0.25 T
The value of k in coulomb's law depends upon
- A) magnitude of charges
- B) distance between charges
- C) medium between two charges
- D) all of these
Inductive reactance XL of an inductor is:
- A) 2πL
- B) πfL
- C) 4πfL
- D) 2πfL