CHAPTER 1
ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS
TEST 1
1. If the sizes of charged bodies are very small compared to the distances between them, we
treat them as ____________.
a. Zero charges
b. Point charges
c. Single charge
d. No charges
2. The force per unit charge is known as ____________.
a. Electric current
b. Electric potential
c. Electric field
d. Electric space
3. State true or false: The total charge of the isolated system is NOT conserved.
a. True (b) False
5. If the charge of 1 C is placed at a distance of 1 m from another charge of the same
magnitude in a vacuum, it experiences an electrical force repulsion of magnitude
____________.
a. 9∗10−9N
b. 9∗109N
c. 10∗109N
d. 10∗10-9N
6. The quantisation of charge indicates that
a. Charge, which is a fraction of charge on an electron, is not possible
b. A charge cannot be destroyed
c. Charge exists on particles
d. There exists a minimum permissible charge on a particle
7. The property which differentiates two kinds of charges is called ____________.
a. Equality of charge
b. Polarity of charge
c. Fraction of charge
d. None of the option
8. ————— gives the information on field strength, direction, and nature of the charge.
a. Electric current
b. Electric flux
c. Electric field
d. Electric potential
9. Choose the correct answer.
F=k.(q1∗q2)r2
This is given by which law?
a. Faraday’s law
b. Newton’s law
c. Coulomb’s law
d. Fleming’s law
10. What happens when a glass rod is rubbed with silk?
a. gains protons from silk
b. gains electrons from silk
c. gives electrons to silk
d. gives protons to silk
ASSERTION AND REASON
Directions: These questions consist of two statements, each printed as Assertion and Reason.
While answering these questions, you are required to choose any one of the following four
responses.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the
Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct, Reason is incorrect
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are correct.
Q.1. Assertion: Electron move away from a region of lower potential to a region of higher
potential.
Q.2. Assertion : A metallic shield in form of a hollow shell may be built to block an electric
field.
Reason : In a hollow spherical shield, the electric field inside it is zero at every point.
Q.3. Assertion : Electric lines of force never cross each other.
Reason : Electric field at a point superimpose to give one resultant electric field.
Q.4. Assertion : The Coulomb force is the dominating force in the universe.
Reason : The Coulomb force is weaker than the gravitational force.
Q.5. Assertion : In a cavity within a conductor, the electric field is zero.
Reason : Charges in a conductor reside only at its surface.
CASE BASED
Smallest charge that can exist in nature is the charge of an electron. During friction it is only
the transfer of electron which makes the body charged. Hence net charge on any body is an
integral multiple of charge of an electron (1.6 x 10-19 C) i.e., q=±ne
where r= 1, 2, 3, 4 ….
Hence no body can have a charge represented as 1.8e, 2.7e, 2e/5, etc.
Recently, it has been discovered that elementary particles such as protons or neutrons are
elemental units called quarks.
(i) Which of the following properties is not satisfied by an electric charge?
(a) Total charge conservation.
(b) Quantization of charge.
(c) Two types of charge.
(d) Circular line of force.
(ii) Which one of the following charges is possible?
(a) 5.8 x 10-18 C
(b) 3.2 x 10-18 C
(c) 4.5 x 10-19 C
(d) 8.6 x 10-19 C
(iii) If a charge on a body is 1 nC, then how many electrons are present on the body?
(a) 6.25 x 1027
(b) 1.6 x 1019
(c) 6.25 X 1028
(d) 6.25 X 109
(iv) If a body gives out 109 electrons every second, how much time is required to get a total
charge of 1 from it?
(a) 190.19 years
(b) 150.12 years
(c) 198.19 years
(d) 188.21 years
(v) A polythene piece rubbed with wool is found to have a negative charge of 3.2 x 10 -7C.
Calculate the number of electrons transferred.
(a) 2 x 1012
(b) 3 x 1012
(c) 2 x 1014
(d) 3 x 1014
NUMERICALS
1. A paisa coin is made up of AI-Mg alloy and weighs 0.75g. It has a square shape, and its
diagonal measures 17 mm. It is electrically neutral and contains equal amounts of positive
and negative charges. Treating the paisa coins made up of only Al, find the magnitude of
the equal number of positive and negative charges. What conclusion do you draw from
this magnitude?
2. Consider a scenario of a coin. It is naturally electrically neutral and contains equal
amounts of the negative and positive charge of magnitude 34.8 kC. Suppose that these
equal charges were concentrated in two point charges separated by (i) 1 cm (∼ 1⁄2
diagonal of the one paisa coin), (ii) 100 m (∼ length of along building), and (iii) 106 m
(radius of the Earth). Find the force on each such point charge in each of the three cases.
What do you conclude from these results.
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THEORY
[Link] axial line
[Link] line
[Link] Coulomb's law and derive vector form
[Link] and dimension of epsilon o
[Link] super position
[Link] is electric dipole
[Link] properties of field lines
[Link] torque
[Link] gausses law ,proof and deduction from coulombs law
10 write and derive all applications of coulombs law