Naik Coaching Institute (Electrostatics)

Total No. of Questions: 50 Total Marks: 200

SECTION 1: MCQ
Q1 (4 Marks)
Two unlike charges attract each other with a force of 10N. If the distance between them is doubled,
the force between them is :

A. 40N
B. 20N
C. 5N
D. 2.5N

Q2 A particle A has charge +q and a particle B has charge +4q. each having the same m . allowed to fall (4 Marks)
from rest through the same electric potential difference. the ratio of the speed of A to that of B will e
A. 2 :1
B. 1 :2
C. 4 :1
D. 1 :4

Q3 Unit of electric flux is: (4 Marks)

A. Vm
B. N m/C
C. V /m
D. C/N m

Q4 The electrons present in the outermost orbit revolving around the nucleus held by weak forces are (4 Marks)
known as
A. Hidden electrons
B. Revolving electrons
C. Free electrons
D. Attached electrons

Q5 (4 Marks)
The electric field at a point at a distance r from an electric dipole is proportional to :

1
A. ​

r
1
B.
r2
​

1
C.
r3
​

D. r 2

Q6 Complete the following sentences: (4 Marks)

Like charges ...... , while unlike charges ...... each other.
A. attract, attract
B. repel, repel
C. attract, repel
D. repel, attract.

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Q7 When we remove polyester or woollen cloth in dark, we can see sparkand hear a cracking sound. (4 Marks)
These are due to:
A. static electricity
B. current electricity
C. reflection of light
D. refraction of light

Q8 Four charges +Q, −Q, +Q and −Q are situated at the corners of a square; in a sequence then at the (4 Marks)
centre of the square:
A. E = 0, V = 0
B. E = 0, V =  0
C. E = 0, V = 0
D. E=  0, V =
 0

Q9 −4 (4 Marks)
A non conducting spherical shell of diameter 10 cm has a charge of 1.6 × 10 C. A charge of 20 C
is placed at a distance of 10 cm from its center, then force between them will be
A. 2.88 × 109 N
B. 1.88 × 109 N
C. 2.0 × 109 N
D. 1.0 × 109 N

Q10 Two uncharged bodies on rubbing, get charged due to: (4 Marks)
A. conduction
B. friction
C. induction
D. none of these

Q11 If there is only one type of charge in the universe, then what is the flux to the entire universe. (4 Marks)
(E → Electric field, ds → Area vector)
A. ∮ E ⋅ ds = 0 on any surface
B. ∮ E ⋅ ds could not be defined
C. ∮ E ⋅ ds = ∞ if charge is inside
q
D. ∮ E ⋅ ds = 0 if charge is outside, = if charge is inside
ϵ0
​

Q12 A particle having a charge of 10μC and mass 1μg moves in a horizontal circle of radius 10 cm (4 Marks)
under the influence of a magnetic field of 0.1 T . When the particle is at a point P , a uniform
electric field is switched on so that the particle starts moving along the tangent with uniform velocity.
The electric field is.
A. 0.1 V /m
B. 1.0 V /m
C. 10.0 V /m
D. 100 V /m

Q13 Which of the following is not a unit of charge ? (4 Marks)

A. coulomb
B. ampere-second
C. microcoulomb
D. ampere/second

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Q14 A particle of mass 100gm and charge 2μC is released from a distance of 50cm from a fixed (4 Marks)
change of 5μC . Find the speed of the particle when its distance from the fixed charge becomes 3m.
A. 6m/s. ​

B. 3m/s.
​

C. 4m/s.
​

D. 5m/s.​

Q15 A and B are two points on the axis and the perpendicular bisector respectively of an electric dipole. A (4 Marks)
and B are far away from the dipole and at equal distances from its centre. The fields at A and B i.e.
EA ​ ​
andE B are respectively such that ​ ​

A. EA = EB ​ ​ ​ ​

B. E A = 2E B ​ ​ ​ ​

C. E A = −2E B ​ ​ ​ ​

D. E A = 1 E B
2
​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Q16 Three concentric spherical metallic shells A, B and C of radii a, b and c (a < b < c) have charge (4 Marks)
densities σ, −σ and σ respectively. If the shells A and C are at the same potential then the relation
between a, b and c is :
A. a + b + c = 0
B. a + c = b
C. a + b = c
D. a = b+c

Q17 A and B are two hollow metal spheres of radii 50cm and 1m carrying charges 0.6μC and 1μC (4 Marks)
respectively. They are connected externally by a conducting wire. Now the charge flows from :
A. A to B till the charges become equal
B. A to B till the potentials become equal
C. B to A till the charges become equal
D. B to A till the potentials become equal

Q18 Consider the charges q, q and −q placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of each side l. The (4 Marks)
sum of forces acting on each charge is
q2
A.
4 2πε0 l2
​

​ ​

−q 2
B.
4πε0 l2
​

q2
C.
4πε0 l2
​

D. zero

Q19 A coil of circular cross-section having 1000 turns and 4 cm2 face area is placed with its axis (4 Marks)
−2
parallel to a magnetic field which decreases by 10 Wb m−2 in 0.01 s. The e.m.f. induced in the
coil is
A. 4 mV
B. 200 mV
C. 400 mV
D. 0.4 mV
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Q20 On decreasing the charge on both particles by a factor of 3 while leaving all other factors the same (4 Marks)
will:
A. Cause the force to decrease by a factor of 9.
B. Cause the force to decrease by a factor of 2.
C. Cause the force to increase by a factor of 4.
D. Cause the force to increase by a factor of 2.
E. Cause the force to remain the same.

Q21 Consider two concentric spherical surfaces S1 with radius a and S2 with radius 2a, both centred on ​ ​
(4 Marks)
the origin. There is a charge +q at the origin, and no other charges. Compare the flux ϕ1 through S1 ​ ​

with the flux ϕ2 through S2 . ​ ​

A. ϕ1 = 4ϕ2 ​ ​

B. ϕ1 = 2ϕ2
​ ​

C. ϕ1 = ϕ2
​ ​

D. ϕ1 = ϕ2 /2 ​ ​

Q22 The electrostatic force between two point charges q 1 and q 2 at separation 'r' is given by F ​ ​ = (4 Marks)
Kq1 q2​ ​

. The constant K:
r2
​

A. Depends on the system of units only

B. Depends on the medium between the charges only
C. Depends on both the system of units and the medium between the charges
D. Is independent of both the system of units and the medium between the charges

Q23 The mean free path of electrons in a metal is 4 × 10−8 m. The electric field which can give on an (4 Marks)
average 2 eV energy to an electron in the metal will be in units of V/m :

A. 5 × 107
B. 8 × 107
C. 5 × 10−11
D. 8 × 10−11

Q24 Two charged conducting spheres of equal surface charge densities have radii R1 and R2 If the ​ ​
(4 Marks)
V1
potential at the centre is V1 and V2 respectively, then
​

​ ​
is ​

V2
r1
​

A. ​

r
r22
​

B. ​

r1 ​

r2
C. 1
​

r22
​

r22
D. 2
​

r1 ​

Q25 A point charge of 0.009 μC is placed at origin. The intensity of electric field due to this charge at a (4 Marks)
2, 7, 0) is
point ( ​ ​

A. (3 2i^ + 3 7j^)N C −1 ​ ​ ​

B. (2 2i^ + 3 7j^)N C −1 ​ ​ ​

C. (3 2i^ + 7 3j^)N C −1 ​ ​ ​

^ + 7 3j^)N C −1
D. ( 2i ​ ​ ​

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Q26 SI unit of permittivity is: (4 Marks)
A. F m−1
B. N m2 C −2
C. N m2 C −1
D. A m−1

Q27 The electric flux entering a closed surface is 2000Vm and the flux coming out of the closed surface (4 Marks)
is 1000Vm. Then, the net charge enclosed inside the surface is :
A. zero
B. +8.85nC
C. −8.85nC
D. −17.7nC

Q28 An infinitely large non-conducting plane sheet of charge density σ has a circular aperture of certain (4 Marks)
radius carved out of [Link] electric field at a point which is at a distance 'a' from the centre of
aperture is 2 σ2ε .The radius of aperture is.
​

0 ​ ​

A. a
a
B. 2 ​

C. 2a ​

D. a/2

Q29 −1 (4 Marks)
A sample of mass 50 gm is suspended by a string, in an electric field of intensity 5NC , acting
vertically upward. If the tension in the string is 520 milli Newton, the charge on the sphere is ?
(g = 10ms−2 )
−3
A. 4 × 10 C
B. −4 × 10−3 C
C. 8 × 10−3 C
−3
D. −8 × 10 C

Q30 To get equilibrium of three point charges (4 Marks)

A. They should be collinear and of same nature
B. They should be collinear and different in nature
C. They must lie on vertices of equilateral triangle
D. They must be same nature

Q31 An electric field due to a positively charged long straight wire at a distance r from its is proportional (4 Marks)
to r −1 in magnitude. Two electrons are orbiting such a long straight wire in circular orbit of radii 1A
and 2 A. The ratio of their respective time periods is
A. 1:1
B. 1:2
C. 2:1
D. 4:1

Q32 If the net charge enclosed by a closed Gaussian surface is zero, does this mean that the electric field (4 Marks)
at all points on the surface is also zero?
Qenc
A. Yes; because ∮ E dA =
​

, if Qenc is zero, then E must be zero.

​ ​

ϵ0​

B. Yes; electric field strength depends on how much net charge is present in a region.
C. Yes; electric field can be cancelled out by charges outside the surface.
D. No; It is not necessary that electric field should be zero but flux should be zero.
E. No; there is no relationship between charge and electric field.

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Q33 A plane square sheet of charge of side 0.5m has uniform surface charge density. An electron at 1cm (4 Marks)
from the centre of the sheet experiences a force of 1.6 × 10−12 N directed away form the sheet. The
−12 2 −2 −1
total charge on the plane and square sheet is (ε0 = 8.854 × 10 C m N ) ​

A. 16.25μC
B. −22.15μC
C. 44.27μC
D. 144.27μC

Q34 A semicircular ring of radius 0.5 m is uniformly charged with a total charge of 1.5 x 10−9 coul. The (4 Marks)
potential at the center of the ring is
A. 27 V
B. 13.5 V
C. 54 V
D. 45 .5 V

Q35 There are two charges +1μC and +5μC . The ratio of the forces (force on one due to other) acting (4 Marks)
on them will be
A. 1 : 1
B. 1 : 2
C. 1 : 3
D. 1 : 4

Q36 (4 Marks)
Two point charges +4C and +6C repel each other with a force F. If a charge −5C is given to each
of these charges, the force becomes:

F
A. repulsive force of
24
​

F
B. attractive force of
24
​

C. repulsive force 24F

D. attractive force 24F

Q37 The force between two charges 2μC and 4μC is 24N , when they are separated by a certain (4 Marks)
distance in free space. The forces if, (a) distance between them is doubled and (b) distance is halved
are :
A. 16N , 80N
B. 8N , 72N
C. 6N , 96N
D. 10N , 68N

Q38 A uniformly charged solid sphere of radius R has potential V 0 (measured with respect to ∞) on its
​
(4 Marks)
3V 0 5V 0 3V 0 V0
, ,
​ ​ ​ ​

surface. For this sphere the equipotential with potentials and have radius
2 4 4 4
​ ​ ​ ​

R1 , R2 , R3 and R4 respectively. Then

​ ​ ​

A. R1 = 0 and (R2 − R1 ) > (R4 − R3 )

​ ​ ​ ​ ​

B. R1 = 0 and R2 < (R4 − R3 )

​ ​ ​ ​

C. 2R < R4 ​

D. R1 = 0 and R2 > (R4 − R3 )

​ ​ ​ ​

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Q39 The net electric force on a charge of +3μC at the mid-point on the line joining two charges of (4 Marks)
magnitude +2μC and −2μC separated by the distance of 6 mm, is
A. 6000 N
B. 500 N
C. 60 N
D. zero

Q40 Two particle of equal mass m and charge q are placed at a distance of 16 cm. They do not (4 Marks)
q
experience any force. The value of is ​

m
A. 4πϵ0 G ​

πϵ0
B.
​

​ ​

G
G
C.
4πϵ0
​ ​

D. 4πϵ0 G ​ ​

Q41 A infinitely long non-conducting cylinder of inner radius 5 cm and outer radius 7 cm has uniform (4 Marks)
volume charge density ρ = 8.85 × 10−9 C/m3 . The magnitude of electric field at a distance of
10 cm from axis of the cylinder is:-
A. 12 N /C
B. 6 N /C
C. 18 N /C
D. 24 N /C

Q42 Find the number of carbon atoms that for each excess electron on a toner particle. (4 Marks)
A. 1.15 × 108
B. 1.15 × 107
C. 1.15 × 109
D. 1.15 × 1010 `

Q43 Find an expression for the electric field at r <a (4 Marks)

ke q
A. (−r^)
​

r2
​

ke q
B. r^
​

r2
​

2ke q
C. (−r^)
​

r2
​

2ke q
D. r^
​

r2
​

Q44 The total solid angle subtended by the sphere is (4 Marks)

A. 0.25π
B. 0.5π
C. 4π
D. 2π
E. 1π

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Q45 −6 (4 Marks)
A particle having a charge of 2 × 10 C and a mass of 100 g is placed at the bottom of a smooth
inclined plane of inclination 30o . The distance of another particle of same mass and charge, be
placed on the incline so that it may remain in equilibrium is
A. 27 cm
B. 16 cm
C. 30 cm
D. 45 cm

Q46 Under the influence of the coulomb field of charge +Q, a charge q is moving around it in an (4 Marks)
elliptical orbit. Find out the correct statement(s).
A. The angular momentum of the charge q is constant
B. The linear momentum of the charge q is constant
C. The angular velocity of the charge q is constant
D. The linear speed of the charge q is constant

Q47 The flux of the electric field due to charges distributed in a sphere of radius 5 cm is 10 Vm. What (4 Marks)
will be the electric flux, through a concentric sphere of radius 10 cm ?
A. 20 Vm
B. 30 Vm
C. 5 Vm
D. 10 Vm

Q48 Let there be a spherically symmetric charge distribution with charge density varying as p(r)
= (4 Marks)
5 r
p0 ( − ) upto r = R, and p(r) = 0 for r > R, where r is the distance from the origin. The
4 R
​ ​ ​

electric field at a distance r(r < R) from the origin is given by :

4πp0 r 5 r
( − )
​

A.
3ϵ0 3 R
​ ​ ​

p0 r 5 r
​

B. ( − )
​

4ϵ0 3 R
​ ​ ​

4p0 r 5 r
​

( − )
​

C.
3ϵ0 4 R
​ ​ ​

p0 r 5 r
​

D. ( − )
​

4ϵ0 4 R
​ ​ ​

Q49 If a glass plate is placed between two charges. Then, compare the electric force with the initial (4 Marks)
condition. It will be :
A. more
B. less
C. zero
D. infinite

Q50 A charge Q is divided into 2 parts and they are placed at a fixed distance. The force between the (4 Marks)
charges is always maximum when the charges are
Q 2Q
A. ,
3 3
​ ​

Q Q
B. ,
2 2
​

Q 3Q
C. ,
4 4
​

Q 4Q
D. ,
5 5
​ ​

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