MCQ Bank
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
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