INAMDAR AND CHADHA’S SCIENCE ACADEMY

PHYSICS – ELECTROSTATICS

1. If the distance between the plates of a 8. Minimum numbers of 8 F and 250 V

parallel condenser is halved and the capacitors used to make a combination of
dielectric constant is made three times, then 16 F and 1000 V are
its capacity will a) 4 b) 32 c) 8 d) 3
a) increase by 12 times
b) increase by 3 times 9. An insulated charged sphere of radius 5 cm
c) remain the same has a potential of 10 V at the surface. The
d) increase by 6 times potential at the centres will be
a) same as that at 5 cm from the surface
2. If an electron is brought towards an another b) same as that at 25 cm from the surface
electron, the electric potential energy of the c) 10 V d) zero
system
a) remains the same b) becomes zero 10. A particle of mass 2 g and charge 1 C is
c) increases d) decreases held at a distance of 1 m from a fixed charge
1 mC. If the particle is released it will be
3. A hollow charged metal sphere has radius r repelled. The speed of particle when it is at a
. If the potential difference between its distance of 10 m from the fixed charge is
surface and a point at a distance 3 r from the a) 90 m/s b) 100 m/s
centre is V, then electric field intensity at a c) 45 m/s d) 55 m/s
distance 3 r is
V V V V 11. What is electric flux associated with one of
a) b) c) d)
2r 3r 6r 4r faces of the cube, when a charge ( q ) is
placed at the centre of cube?
4. A condenser of capacity 50 F is charged to 6q q q 3q
a) b) c) d)
10 V, the energy stored is 0 6 0 3 0 0
a) 5 x 10–3 J b) 2.5 x 10–3 J
c) 3.75 x 10–3 J d) 1.25 x 10–3 J
12. Two point charges Q and – 2Q are placed at
5. some distance apart. If the electric field at the
If the separation between the plates of a
location of Q is E, the electric field at the
capacitor is 5 mm, then the area of the plate
location of – 2Q will be
of a 3F parallel plate capacitor is
a) 3E/2 b) – E/2 c) E/2 d) – 2E
a) 4.259 x 109 m2 b) 1.964 x 109 m2
c) 12.81 x 109 m2 d) 1.694 x 109 m2
13. A conducting sphere of radius 10 cm is
A body can be negatively charged by charged with 10 C. Another uncharged
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a) removing some neutrons from it sphere of radius 20 cm is allowed to touch it
b) giving excess electrons to it for some time. After that if the spheres are
c) removing some protons from it separated, then surface density of charge on
d) removing some electrons from it the spheres will be in the ratio of
a) 1 : 1 b) 2 : 1 c) 1 : 3 d) 1 : 4
7. Two identical conductors of copper and
aluminium are placed in an identical electric 14. Three capacitors of capacitance 6 F, 15 F
field. What is the magnitude of induced and 30 F are connected in series to a voltage
charge in the aluminium? source of 100 V, the charge on 15 F
a) Less than that in copper capacitor will be
b) Equal to that in copper a) 375 C b) 200 C
c) Greater than that in copper c) 150 C d) 100 C
d) Zero
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15. The capacity of a spherical conductor is 1 23. Two concentric spheres of radii R and r
F, then its diameter would be have similar charges with equal surface
a) 18 m b) 1.8 x 103 m densities (  ). What is the electric potential
c) 1.8 m d) 1.8 x 104 m at their common centre?
 
a) (R − r) b) (R + r)
16. Two dielectrics of equal size and of 0 0
dielectric constants 2 and 3 respectively fill
R r
up the air space between two parallel plates c) d)
of a capacitor. The ratio of capacitance in 0 0
two possible arrangement is
1 5 24 4 24. The electric field required to keep a water
a) b) c) d) drop of mass m just to remain suspended,
1 4 25 5
when charged with one electron is
17. Four capacitors, each of capacitance C are em mg
a) b) c) emg d) mg
connected in series. If the equivalent g e
capacitance of the series combination is 0.5
F, then value of C is 25. A capacitor of 20 F and charged to 500 V
a) 2 F b) 4 F c) 1 F d) 0.5 F is connected in parallel with another
18. Two metal plates have potential difference of capacitor of 10 F charged to 200 V. The
common potential will be
300 V and 1 cm apart. A charged particle of
a) 400 V b) 300 V c) 200 V d) 100 V
mass 1.96 x 10–15 kg is held in equilibrium
between the plates of the capacitor, then the
26. The number of electrons to be put on
electric field will be
spherical conductor of radius 0.1 m to
a) 30 V/m b) 30000 V/m
produce an electric field of 0.036 N/C just
c) 3 V/m d) 300 V/m
above its surface is
19. A particle of mass m and charge q is placed a) 3.4 x 105 b) 2.5 x 105
c) 3.7 x 105 d) 4.7 x 105
at rest in a uniform electric field E and then
released. The kinetic energy attained by the
27. An electric dipole of moment p is placed in
particle after moving a distance y is
the position of stable equilibrium in uniform
a) q 2 Ey b) qEy c) qE 2 y d) qEy 2 electric field of intensity E. This is rotated
through an angle  from the initial position.
20. There is an electric field E in x -direction. If
The potential energy of the electric dipole in
the work done in moving a charge 0.2 C the final position is
through a distance of 2 m along a line a) pE cos  b) pE sin 
making an angle 60 with x -axis is 4 J, the
c) – pE cos  d) pE (1 − cos  )
value of E is
a) 2 3 N/C b) 5 N/C 28. Charge q2 is at the centre of a circular path
c) 4 N/C d) none of these
with radius r . Work done in carrying charge
21. The study of the effects associated with q1 , once around this equipotential path,
electric charge at rest is known as would be
a) electrostatics b) electromagnetism a) zero b) infinite
c) magnetostatics d) none of these 1 q q 1 q q
c)  122 d)  1 2
4 0 r 4 0 r
22. The capacitors of capacitance 4F & 6F are
connected in series. A potential difference of 29. A point charge + q is placed at mid-point of
500 V is applied to the outer plates of two
a cube of side L. The electric flux emerging
capacitor system. Then the charge on each
from the cube is
plate of each capacitor is numerically
a) 6000 C b) 1200 C q 6qL2 q
a) b) c) d) zero
c) 1200 C d) 6000 C 0 0 6 L2 0
2
30. A point Q lies on the perpendicular bisector 36. Some charge is being given to a conductor,
of an electrical dipole of dipole moment p . then its potential is
If the distance of Q from the dipole is r a) maximum at surface
(much larger than the size of the dipole), then b) maximum at centre
electric field at Q is proportional to c) same throughout the conductor
−1
a) p and r −2
b) p and r −2 d) maximum somewhere between surface
and centre
c) p 2 and r −3 d) p and r −3
37. A parallel plate capacitor has a capacitance
31. A hollow insulated conducting sphere is of 2 F. A dielectric slab of constant K = 5
given a positive charge of 10 C. What will is inserted between the plates and the
be the electric field at the centre of the sphere capacitor is charged to 100 V and isolated ,
if its radius is 2 m? then the new potential difference, if the
a) zero b) 5 Cm–2 dielectric slab is removed, will be
c) 20 Cm–2 d) 8 Cm–2 a) 250 V b) 500 V
c) 100 V d) none of these
32. When air is replaced by a dielectric medium
of dielectric constant K, the force of 38. A 3 F capacitor is charged to a potential of
attraction between two charges, separated by 300 V and 2 F capacitor is charged to 200V.
a distance The capacitor is then connected in parallel
a) decreases K-times with plates of opposite polarity joined
b) increases K-times together. What amount of charge will flow,
c) remains unchanged when the plates are so connected?
d) becomes 1/K2 times a) 600 C b) 800 C
c) 700 C d) 300 C
33. A parallel plate condenser with oil (dielectric
constant = 2) between the plates has 39. At a point A, there is an electric field of 400
capacitance C. If oil is removed, the V/m and potential difference of 2000 V.
capacitance of capacitor becomes Then the distance between the point charge
C C and A is
a) 2 C b) 2C c) d)
2 2 a) 10 m b) 2.5 m c) 20 m d) 5 m

34. In a parallel plate capacitor, the distance 40. A particle A has charge + q and a particle B
between the plates is d and potential has a charge + 9q with each of them having
difference across the plates is V. Energy the same mass m . If both the particles are
stored per unit volume between the plates of allowed to fall from rest through the same
capacitor is potential difference, then the ratio of their
 02 1 V2 speeds is
a) 2
b)  0 2
2V 2 d a) 1 : 2 b) 1 : 3
1 V2 1 V2 c) 1 : 2 2 d) none of these
c) d) 0
2 0 d 2
2 d
41. A solid metallic sphere has a charge +3Q.
Concentric with this sphere is a conducting
35. Three capacitors each of capacity 4 F are to spherical shell having charge – Q. The radius
be connected in such a way that the effective of the sphere is a and that of the spherical
capacitance is 6 F. This can be done by shell is b ( b  a ). What is the electric field
a) connecting two in series and one in at a distance R ( a  R  b ) from the centre?
parallel 4Q 3Q
b) connecting two in parallel and one in a) b)
2 0 R 2
4  0 R2
series
c) connecting all of them in series 3Q Q
c) d)
d) connecting all of them in parallel 2 0 R 2
2 0 R

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42. Electric charges of + 12 C, + 3 C, – 5 C 50. Two insulated metallic spheres of 3 F and
and 6 C are placed at the corners of a square 5 F capacitances are charged to 300 V and
of side 2 m. The potential at the centre is 500 V respectively. The energy loss, when
a) 3.28 x 105 V b) 0.72 x 105 V they are connected by a wire, will be
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c) 2.88 x 10 V 5
d) 1.44 x 10 V a) 3.75 J b) 0.0375 J
c) 0.0218 J d) None of these
An air capacitor of capacity C = 10 F is
43. connected to a constant voltage battery of 51. If the potential of a capacitor having capacity
12V. Now the space between the plates is 8 F is increased from 10 V to 20 V, then
filled with a liquid of dielectric constant 5. increase in its energy is
The additional charge that flows now from a) 19 x 10–6 J b) 12 x 10–4 J
–3
battery to the capacitor is c) 6 x 10 J d) None of these
a) 24 C b) 480 C
c) 600 C d) 120 C 52. If the distance between the two charged
particles are doubled, then the electrostatic
Electric potential of earth is taken to be zero force will
44. because the earth is a good a) remain same b) be one-fourth
a) semiconductor b) conductor c) be halved d) be doubled
c) insulator d) dielectric
53. In a certain charge distribution, all points
A dipole moment of a dipole is 16 x 10–26 mC having zero potential can be joined by a
45. and is situated in an electric field of intensity circle S. Points inside S have positive
104 V/m, its minimum energy will be potential and points outside S have negative
a) – 8 x 10–22 J b) – 16 x 10–22 J potential. A positive charge, which is free to
c) 8 x 10–22 J d) 16 x 10–22 J move, is placed inside S, then
a) it will remain in equilibrium
A parallel plate capacitor having a plate b) it can move inside S, but it cannot cross S
separation of 2 mm is charged by connecting c) it must cross S at some time
46. it to a 300 V supply. The energy density is d) it may move, but will ultimately return to
a) 0.01 J/m3 b) 0.1 J/m3 its starting point
c) 1.0 J/m3 d) 10 J/m3 54. A capacitor is charged by a battery and the
charging battery is disconnected and a
How much work is required to carry a 6 C dielectric slab is inserted in it. Then for the
charge from the negative to positive terminal capacitor
47. of a 9 V battery? a) charge remains constant
a) 54 x 10–12 J b) 27 x 10–6 J b) charge increases
c) 54 x 10–6 J d) None of these c) potential difference remains constant
d) potential difference increases
Two charges + 5 C and + 10 C are placed
20 cm apart. The electric field at the mid- 55. The electric field and potential inside a
48. point between the two charges will be hollow sphere of radius R and uniformly
a) 12.5 x 10 N/C towards + 10 C
6 charged with charge q is
b) 12.5 x 106 N/C towards + 5 C 1 q
a) 0, 0 b) 0,
c) 4.5 x 106 N/C towards + 10 C 4 0 R
d) 4.5 x 106 N/C towards + 5 C 1 q 1 q 1 q
c) , d) ,0
How many electrons must be removed from 4 0 R 4  0 R
2
4  0 R2
an electrically neutral metal to give it a
49. positive charge of 1 x 10–7 C? 56. If 1000 small droplets each of charge q
–13 13 combine to form a big drop, the ratio of
a) 8.45 x 10 b) 6.45 x 10
–11 11 potential of big drop to that of small droplet
c) 6.25 x 10 d) 6.25 x 10
will be
a) 10 b) 100 c) 1000 d) 10000
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57. A potential difference of 10 V is applied 63. A ball of mass 1 g and charge 10–8 C moves
across the plates of a parallel plate capacitor from a point A where potential is 600 V to
and its capacitance measured in air is 4 F, the point B where potential is zero. Velocity
while in a medium it is 10 F. The dielectric of the ball at the point B is 20 cm/s. The
constant of the medium is velocity of the ball at the point A will be
a) 4 b) 40 c) 40 d) 2.5 a) 22.8 cm/s b) 228 cm/s
c) 16.8 m/s d) 168 m/s
58. The distance between the plates of a parallel 64. Two capacitors of capacitances 3 F and 6
plate capacitor is 3 mm and the potential F are charged to a potential of 12 V each.
difference applied is 3 x 105 V. If an electron
They are now connected to each other, with
travels from one plate to another, the change
the positive plate of each joined to the
in its potential energy is
negative plate of the other. The potential
a) 3 x 105 eV b) 900 eV difference across each will be
c) 108 eV d) negligible a) 4 V b) 6 V c) zero d) 3 V
59. Two concentric spherical conducting shells 65. The inward and outward electric flux from a
of radius r and R ( R  r ) carry charges q closed surface are respectively 8 x 103 and 4
and Q respectively. The two shells are now x 103 units. Then the net charge inside the
connected by a conducting wire. The final closed surface is
charge on the inner shell is a) – 4 x 103 C b) 4 x 103 C
(Q + q ) r (Q − q ) r qr 4  10 3
a) zero b) c) d) c) − C d) – 4 x 103  0 C
R R R 0
60. Two spherical conductors of radii 4 cm and 66. Two capacitors of capacities C1 and C2 are
5 cm are charged to the same potential. If  1 charged upto potentials V1 and V2 . Then
and  2 be respective value of surface density condition for not flowing the charge between
of charge on both the conductors, then the them in parallel, is
ratio of 1 /  2 will be a) C1 = C2 b) C1 V1 = C2 V2
16 25 4 5 C C
a) b) c) d) c) V1 = V2 d) 1 = 2
25 10 5 4 V1 V2

61. The equivalent capacitance of three 67. Let E = xiˆ + y ˆj & E = xy 2 iˆ + x2 y ˆj , then
1 2
capacitors of capacitance C1 , C2 and C3
a) E1 represents constant electric field
connected in parallel is 12 units and product
C1  C2  C3 = 48 . When the capacitors C1 and b) E2 represents constant electric field
c) both represent constant electric field
C2 are connected in parallel, the equivalent
d) none of the above
capacitance is 6 units. Then capacitances are
a) 2, 3, 7 b) 1.5, 2.5, 8 68. The insulation property of air breaks down at
c) 1, 5, 6 d) 4, 2, 6 intensity as 3 x 106 V/m. The maximum
charge that can be given to a sphere of
62. Two capacitors of capacitances C1 and C2 diameter 5 m is
are charged to potentials V1 and V2 a) 2 x 10–2 C b) 2 x 10–3 C
c) 2 x 10–4 C d) zero
respectively. When they are connected in
parallel the ratio of their respective charges 69. When a glass rod is rubbed with silk, the
will be amount of positive charge acquired by glass
C1 C12 rod in magnitude is
a) b) 2
C2 C2 a) less than the charge on silk
b) greater than the charge on silk
V1 V12
c) d) 2 c) equal to the charge on silk
V2 V2
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70. Four equal charges q are placed at centre of 77. There is an air-filled 1 pF parallel plate
a conducting hollow sphere. If they are capacitor. When the plate separation is
displaced 1.5 cm from centre the change in doubled and the space is filled with wax the
flux will be capacitance increases to 2 pF. The dielectric
a) doubled b) tripled constant of wax is
c) zero d) none of these a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
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71. A charged particle is suspended in 78. The voltage of clouds is 4 x 10 V with
equilibrium in a uniform vertical electric respect to ground. In a lightning strike
field of intensity 20,000 V/m. If mass of the lasting 100 ms, a charge of 4 C is delivered
–16 to the ground. The power of lightning strike
particle is 9.6 x 10 kg, the charge on it and
excess number of electrons on the particle is
are respectively (g = 10 m/s )2 a) 160 MW b) 80 MW
–19 –19 c) 20 MW d) 500 kW
a) 4.8 x 10 C, 3 b) 5.8 x 10 C, 4
–19 –19
c) 3.8 x 10 C, 2 d) 2.8 x 10 C, 1
79. What is the angle between the electric dipole
72. The ratio of electrostatic and gravitational moment and the electric field strength due to
forces acting between electron and proton it on the equatorial line?
–11 a) 0 b) 90 c) 180 d) None of these
separated by a distance 5 x 10 m, will be
–19
(Charge on electron = 1.6 x 10 C, mass of
electron = 9.1 x 10–31 kg, mass of proton = 80. Which of the following is not the property of
1.6 x 10–27 kg, G = 6.7 x 10–11 Nm2/kg2) equipotential surfaces?
39 40 a) They do not cross each other
a) 2.36 x 10 b) 2.36 x 10
c) 2.34 x 1041 d) 2.34 x 1042 b) They are concentric spheres for uniform
electric field
73. Two charges each of 4 C are separated by c) Rate of change of potential with distance
0.5 m. Their mutual potential energy will be on them is zero
a) 0.29 J b) 0.72 J c) 1.08 J d) 1.44 J d) They can be imaginary spheres

74. A parallel plate capacitor of capacity 5 F 81. The potentials of the two plates of capacitors
and plate separation 6 cm is connected to a are +10 V and – 10 V. The charge on one of
1 V battery and is charged. A dielectric of the plates is 40 C. The capacitance of the
dielectric constant 4 and thickness 4 cm is capacitor is
introduced into the capacitor. The additional a) 2 F b) 4 F
charge that flows into the capacitor from the c) 0.5 F d) 0.25 F
battery is
a) 2 C b) 3 C c) 5 C d) 10 C 82. 27 small drops each having charge q and
radius r coalesce to from big drop. How
75. Two electrons separated by distance r many times charge and capacitance will
experience a force F between them. The become?
force between a proton and a singly ionized a) 3, 27 b) 27, 3
helium atom separated by distance 2 r is c) 27, 27 d) 3, 3
a) 4F b) 2F c) F / 2 d) F / 4
83. Two equal –ve charges − q are fixed at the
76. Two infinitely long parallel conducting
plates having surface charge densities + point (0, a) and (0, − a ) on the y-axis. A
and − respectively, are separated by a positive charge Q is released from rest at the
small distance. The medium between the point (2a, 0) on the x -axis. The charge will
plates is vacuum. If  0 is the dielectric a) execute SHM about the origin
permittivity of vacuum, then the electric b) move to the origin and remain at rest
field in the region between the plates is c) move to infinity
a) zero b)  / 2 0 V/m d) execute oscillatory but not SHM

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84. Two plates (area = S) charged to +q1 and 90. An air filled parallel plate condenser has a
+ q2 ( q2  q1 ) are brought closer to form a capacity of 2 pF. The separation of the plates
is doubled and the interspace between the
capacitor of capacitance C. The potential plates is filled with wax. If the capacity is
difference across the plates is increased to 6 pF, the dielectric constant of
q1 − q2 q1 − q2 wax is
a) b)
2C C a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6
q1 − q2 2 (q1 − q2 )
c) d)
4C C 91. The potential to which a conductor is raised,
depends on
85. Two small charged spheres A and B have a) the amount of charge
charges 10 C and 40 C respectively, and b) geometry and size of the conductor
are held at a separation of 90 cm from each c) both (a) and (b)
other. At what distance from A, electric d) none of these
intensity would be zero?
a) 22.5 cm b) 18 cm 92. A comb run through one’s dry hair attracts
c) 36 cm d) 30 cm small bits of paper. This is due to
a) comb is a good conductor
86. Across each of two capacitors of capacitance b) paper is a good conductor
1 F, a potential difference of 10 V is c) the atoms in the paper get polarised by the
applied. Then positive plate of one is charged comb
connected to the negative plate of the other d) the comb possesses magnetic properties
and negative plate of one is connected to the
positive plate of the other. After contact 93. A simple pendulum has a length l and the
a) charge on each is zero mass of the bob is m . The bob is given a
b) charge on each is same but non-zero charge q coulomb. The pendulum is
c) charge on each is different but non-zero suspended between the vertical plates of a
d) none of the above charged parallel plate capacitor. If E is the
electric field strength between the plates, the
87. Two spheres of radii R1 and R2 respectively time period of the pendulum is given by
are charged and joined by a wire. The ratio l l
a) 2 b) 2
of electric fields of spheres is g qE
a) R22 / R12 b) R12 / R22 g+
m
c) R2 / R1 d) R1 / R2 l l
c) 2 d) 2
2
qE  qE 
88. If a positive charge is shifted from a low g− 2
+
m g  
potential region to a high potential region,  m
the electric potential energy
a) decreases 94. A Gaussian sphere encloses an electric
b) increases dipole within it. The total flux across the
c) remains the same sphere is
d) may increase or decrease a) zero
b) half that due to a single charge
89. The work done in carrying a charge q once c) double that due to a single charge
round a circle of radius r with a charge Q at d) dependent on the position of the dipole
the centre is
qQ qQ 95. A parallel plate air capacitor has a
a) b)
4 0 r 4 0 r
2 2 capacitance C. When it is half filled with a
qQ dielectric of dielectric constant 5, the
c) d) none of these percentage increase in capacitance will be
4 0 r 2
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 a) 400% b) 66.6%
c) 33.3% d) 200%
96. Two identical mercury drops each of radius 104 Two point charges + 3 C and + 8 C repel
r are charged to the same potential V. If the each other with a force of 40 N. If a charge
mercury drops coalesce to form a big drop of of – 5 C is added to each of them, the force
radius R, then potential of the combined drop between them will become
will be a) – 10 N b) + 10 N
a) (2)3/2 V b) (2)2/3 V c) 20 N d) – 20 N
c) (e)2/3 V d) (3)1/2 V
105 A pendulum bon carries a –ve charge − q . A
97. Two charges are placed at a certain distance positive charge + q is held at the point of
apart in air. If the glass slab is introduced
support. Then the time period of the bob is
between them, the force between them will
L L
a) increase b) decrease a) greater than 2 b) less than 2
c) remain same d) be zero g g
L 2L
98. Energy E is stored in a parallel plate c) equal to 2 d) equal to 2
g g
capacitor C1. An identical uncharged
capacitor C2 is connected to it, kept in
contact with it for a while and then 106 If the plates of a parallel plate capacitor are
disconnected, the energy stored in C2 is not equal in area, then
a) E / 2 b) E / 3 c) E / 4 d) zero a) quantity of charge on the plates will be
same but nature of charge will differ
99. The electric potential on the surface of a b) quantity of charge on the plates as well as
–6 nature of charge will be different
sphere of radius R due to a charge 3 x 10 C
is 500 V. The intensity of electric field on the c) quantity of charge on the plates will be
surface of the sphere is different but nature of charge will be same
 1 d) quantity of charge as well as nature of
2 −2 
 = 9  109
Nm C  (in NC –1
) charge will be same
 4  0 
a) < 10 b) > 20 107 The equivalent capacitance between the
c) between 10 and 20 d) < 5 points A and B of five identical capacitors
each of capacity C, will be
100 Two unit negative charges are placed on a
B
straight line. A positive charge q is placed C
exactly at the mid-point between these unit
C C
charges. If the system of three charges is in C
equilibrium the value of q (in C) is
A
a) 1.0 b) 0.75 c) 0.5 d) 0.25 C

101 If the capacity of a spherical conductor is 1 a) C / 2 b) 5C

F, then its diameter is c) C / 5 d) 2C
a) 18 x 103 m b) 1.8 x 107 m
c) 1.8 x 103 m d) none of these 108 Four condensers each of capacity 4 m F are
connected as shown in the figure.
102 If 4 x 1020 eV energy is required to move a If VP – VQ = 15 V, the energy stored in the
charge of 0.25 C between two points, then system is
4 m F
what will be the P.D. between them?
4 m F 4 m F
a) 178 V b) 256 V
P Q
c) 356 V d) none of these

103 4 m F

a) 5.4 erg b) 3.6 erg

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 An electron experiences a force equal to its c) 2.4 erg d) 1.8 erg
weight when placed in an electric field. The
intensity of the field will be
a) 1.7 x 10–11 N/C b) 5.0 x 10–11 N/C
c) 5.5 x 10–11 N/C d) 56 N/C
109 Two materials having the dielectric 113 Four capacitors each of 25 F are connected
constants K1 and K 2 , are filled between two as shown in diagram. The DC voltmeter
parallel plates of a capacitor, which is shown reads 200 V. The charge on each plate of
in figure. The capacity of the capacitor is capacitors will be

A  0 ( K1  K 2 ) 2 A  0 ( K1 − K 2 )
a) b)
d ( K1 + K 2 ) d
A  0 K1 K 2 A  0 ( K1 + K 2 ) a) 5 x 10–2 C b) 2 x 10–2 C
c) d)
( K1 + K 2 ) 2d c) 5 x 10–3 C d) 2 x 10–3 C

110 The capacitors C1, C3, C4, C5 have a

114 The equivalent capacitance of the
combination of three capacitors, each of
capacitance 4 F each and C2 has
capacitance C shown in the given figure,
capacitance 10 F. The effective capacitance
between A and B is
between P and Q will be
C4

b d
P c
Q
a
C1 C2 C3
a) C / 2 b) 3C / 2 c) 1 / 3C d) 2C
C5
115 The given figure gives electric lines of force
a) 8 F b) 6 F c) 4 F d) 2 F due to two charges q1 and q2 . What are the
111 signs of the two charges?
Shown in the figure is a distribution of
charges. The flux of electric field due to
these charges through the surface S is
a) 3q /  0
b) 2q /  0
c) q /  0
a) Both are negative b) Both are positive
d) zero
c) q1 is positive but q2 is negative
d) q1 is negative but q2 is positive
112 The electric field due to a uniformly charged
non-conducting sphere of radius R, as a 116 Four charges are arranged at the corners of a
function of the distance from its centre is square ABCD as shown in the figure. The
represented graphically by force on the charge kept at the centre O will
be +q + 2q
A B

D C
- 2q +q
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 a) perpendicular to side AB
b) along the diagonal BD
c) along the diagonal AC
d) zero

117 In the given circuit, the potential difference 121 Figure shows three points A, B and C in a
across 3 F capacitor will be region of uniform electric field E . The line
AB is perpendicular and BC is parallel to
20 V field lines. Then which of the following
3 F 5 F holds good?

4V
a) 16 V b) 10 V c) 6 V d) 4 V

118 A parallel plate capacitor is filled with two

dielectrics as shown in figure. If A is area of
each plate, then the effective capacitance a) VA = VB = VC b) VA = VB > VC
between X and Y is c) VA = VB < VC d) VA > VB = VC

122 In the electric circuit as shown in figure, the

capacitance of each capacitor is 1 F. The
effective capacitance between P & Q will be

 0 A  K1 + K 2  2 0 A
a)   b) ( K1 + K 2 )
d  2  d
2 0 A  K1 + K 2  2 0 A  K1 K 2 
c)   d)   a) 2/3 F b) 5/6 F c) 6 F d) 1/6 F
d  K1 K 2  d  K1 + K 2 
123 An infinite ladder is constructed by
119 For a spherical capacitor shown, at which connecting several sections of 2 F, 4 F
points the electric field will be zero? ( r is capacitor combination as shown in figure. It
the distance of point from centre O) is terminated by a capacitor of capacitance
C. What value should be chosen for C such
that the equivalent capacitance of the ladder
between points A and B becomes
independent of the number of sections in
between?

a) At points r > R2 b) At point r < R1

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 c) Both (a) and (b) are correct
d) Both (a) and (b) are wrong
120
Four charges Q, – Q, Q, – Q are placed at the 124
corners of a square as shown. The potential
is zero at points
a) 18 F b) 6 F c) 2 F d) 4 F
a) E, F, G, H, O
b) E, O, G only In the circuit as shown in figure, the effective
c) H, O, F only capacitance between points A and B is
d) O only

a) 2 F b) 6 F c) 8 F d) 4 F
125 An uncharged sphere of metal is placed 129 If a square coil is making an angle 60 with
inside a charged parallel plate capacitor. The electric field E according to figure, the
lines of force will look like electric flux passing through the square coil
is (the side of square is 4 m)
a) 853 E
b) 8 E
c) 16 E
d) None of these

130 The equivalent capacitance between A and B

is

126 In the given network capacitance C1 = 5 F,

C2 = 10 F and C3 = 4 F. The resultant
capacitance between P and Q will be
a) C/4 b) 3C/4 c) C/3 d) 4C/3

131 The equivalent capacitance between P and Q

in the given figure is 1 F. Then the value of
capacitance C will be

a) 4.7 F b) 1.2 F
c) 3.2 F d) 2.2 F

127 As shown in the figure half the space a) 1.2 F b) 3.6 F c) 2 F d) 1.4 F
between plates of a capacitor is filled with an
insulating material of dielectric constant K. 132 The force between the plates of a parallel
If initial capacity was C, then new capacity plate air capacitor, if charge on capacitor is
is Q and area of each plate is A, will be

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 Q2
a)
2 A0
2 A0
b)
Q2
C C Q2 A
128 a) ( K + 1) b) c)
2 2 ( K + 1) 133 20
( K + 1) d) None of these
c) d) C ( K + 1)
2C
Five capacitors, each of capacitance value C
Equivalent capacity between A and B is are connected as shown in the figure. The
ratio of capacitance between P and R, and the
capacitance between P and Q is

a) 3 : 1
b) 5 : 2
c) 2 : 3
d) 1 : 1
a) 2 F b) 3 F
c) 4 F d) 0.5 F

134 Two concentric conducting thin spherical 137 A square surface of side L metre is in the
shells A & B having radii rA & rB ( rB > rA ) plane of the paper. A uniform electric field
are charged to QA and −QB ( QB  QA ). E (V/m), and in the plane of the paper, is
limited only to the lower half of the square
The electric field along a line (passing surface, (see figure). The electric flux in SI
through the centre) is units associated with the surface is

a) EL2 / ( 2 0 ) b) EL2 / 2
c) zero d) EL2

138 A capacitor having capacitance 1 F with

air, is filled half-half with two dielectrics as
shown. How many times capacitance will
135 The spatial distribution of the electric field increase?
due to charges (A, B) is shown in figure.
Which one of the following statements is
correct?

a) 12 b) 6 c) 8/3 d) 3

139 An insulator plate is passed between the

plates of a capacitor. Then current outside
the capacitor
a) A is +ve and B is –ve and A  B
b) A is –ve and B is +ve and A = B
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 c) Both are +ve but A and B
d) Both are –ve but A and B
136
As per this diagram a point charge + q is
placed at the origin O. Work done is taking
another point charge −Q from the point A a)first flows from A to B & then from B to A
[coordinates (0, a )] to another point B b)first flows from B to A & then from A to
[coordinates ( a , 0)] along the straight path B
140 c) always flows from B to A
AB is
d) always flows from A to B

The electric flux for Gaussian surface A that

encloses the charged particles in free space
is (given q1 = – 14 nC, q2 = 78.85 nC,
q3 = – 56 nC)
 − qQ 1 
a) zero b)  2 
2a
 4  0 a 
 qQ 1  a  qQ 1 
c)  2 
d)  2 
2a
 4 0 a  2  4  0 a 

a) 103 Nm2C–1 b) 103 CN–1m–2

c) 6.32 x 103 Cm2C–1 d) 6.32 x 103 CN–1m–
2

141 A gang capacitor is formed by interlocking a 143 For circuit the equivalent capacitance
number of plates as shown in figure. The between P and Q is
distance between the consecutive plates is
0.885 cm and the overlapping area of the
plates is 5 cm2. The capacity of the unit is

a) 6C b) 4C
3C 3
c) d) C
2 4

a) 1.06 pF b) 4 pF
c) 6.36 pF d) 12.72 pF

142 The charge on capacitors in the following

figure is

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a) C b) 8 C
3

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c) zero d) infinite

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