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2. ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

1. Work done in moving a unit positive charge from infinity to a point against the electric field is said
to be the electricat that point.
a) Field b) Flux c) Potential d) Dipole
2. SI unit of electric potential is:
a) volt b) watt c) farad d) coulomb
3. Electric potential due to a uniformly charged (with total charge q) spherical shell of radius r at a
point on the surface is:

1 Q Q1 1 Q2
a) 4 r b) 4 r 2 c) d) 0
0 0 4 0 r

4. Work done in moving a unit positive charge against the electric field from one point to another is
called ____________
a) Potential b) Potential energy
c) Potential difference d) Potential energy difference
5. The work done in moving a point charge q in between the points A and B is

a) W  q VA  VB  b) W  q VB  VA 

c) W  VB  VA  d) W  VA  VB 

6. The work done on a point charge by the electric field is independent of the path followed but
depends only on
a) Initial Position b) Final Position
c) Initial and Final Position d) None of these
7. Electric potential at a point due to a short dipole varies with orientation as:
a) Cos  b) Sin 
c) Tan  d) Cos 2 
8. Potential at any point due to group of n point charges is

a) V  V1  V2  ...  Vn

1  q1 q 2 q 
b) V  V1  V2  ...  Vn     ...  n 
40  r1 r2 rn 

c) V  V1  V2  V3

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d) V  V1  V2  V3 ....  Vn
9. Equipotential surface is a surface
a) On which each and every point has positive potential
b) On which each and every point has negative potential
c) On which each and every point has zero potential
d) On which each and every point has the same potential
10 Which of the following sentences is WRONG for an equipotential surface?
a) Work done to move a charge between two points on the surface is 0.
b) Electric field at any point on the surface is perpendicular to the surface.
c) Equipotential surfaces are close together in regions of strong electric field
d) Equipotential surfaces can intersect with each other.
11. The correct formula connecting electric field and electric potential:

 V E
a) E  b) V  
l l

 V E
c) E   d) V 
l l
12. Potential energy of a system of 2 charges varies with distance as:
a) Distance b) 1/distance
c) Distance 2 d) 1/Distance 2
13. Potential energy of a system of three charges is

1  q1q 2 q 2q 3 q 3q1 
a) V     
40  r1 r2 r3 

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1  q 2q1 q 3q 2 q 3q1 
b) V     
40  r1 r3 r2 

1  q 2q1 q 3q 2 q 3q1 
c) V     
40  r2 r3 r1 

d) All the above

14. The work done W in rotating an electric dipole of dipole moment P in an electric field of intensity
E from an angle 1 to 2 is

a) W  PE  cos 1  cos 2  b) W  PE  cos 1  cos 2 

c) W  PE  sin 1  sin 2  d) W  PE  sin 1  sin 2 

15. The potential energy U of a dipole of dipole moment P in an electric field of intensity E making an
angle  with the direction of the field is

a) U  PE cos . b) U  PE sin .

c) U  PE cos . d) U  PE sin .
16. Inside a conductor, electrostatic field is
a) One b) Zero c) Infinity d) None of these
17. At the surface of a charged conductor, electrostatic field must be
a) Normal to the surface at every point
b) Parallel to the surface at every point
c) 600 to the surface at every point
d) None of these
18. The interior of a conductor can have
a) Excess charge in static situation.
b) Less charge in static situation.
c) No charge in static situation.
d) Both b & c
19. The Electrostatic potential of a conductor at the surface has the value is
a) Constant b) Infinity
c) Zero d) None of the above

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20. Electric field intensity E at the surface of a charged conductor having surface charge density  is
2 
a) E  b) E 
0 20

3 
c) E  d) E  .
20 0
21. The electric field inside a cavity of any conductor is
a) One b) Infinity c) Zero d) None
22. In conductor all the charges are resides is
a) Inner surface b) Outer surface
c) Both a & b d) None
23. Dielectrics are
a) Conducting substance b) Non-conducting substances.
c) Insulating material d) Semi conducting material
24. Capacitors are used to
a) Destroy electric charges b) Store electric charges
c) Produce electric charges d) Produce high potential differences
25. Capacitance of a capacitor is defined as:
a) Ratio of charge on the capacitor to its potential difference
b) Ratio of potential difference of the capacitor to its charge
c) Product of charge on the capacitor and its potential difference
d) Ratio of electric field across the capacitor to the charge on it
26. S.I. Unit of capacitor
a) Volt/Columb b) Columb
c) Farad d) All the above
27. The capacitance of a body depends only on
a) Geometrical Configuration b) charges
c) Potential Difference d) All the above
28. The capacitor is a device used to store the
a) Large amount of charge at low potential.
b) Small amount of charge at high potential.
c) Large amount of charge at high potential.
d) Small amount of charge at low potential.

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29. Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor is :
a) C   0 / d b) C   0 A / d
c) C  0 A / d 3 d) C   0 A / d 2
30. Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with dielectric material of dielectric constant K is given
by:
a) C   0 K / d b) C   0 KA / d
c) C   0 A / d d) C   0 KA / d 2
31. In a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance increases if:
a) Charge on the plates decreases
b) Distance between the plates increases
c) Area of plates increases
d) Dielectric constant of the material between the plates decreases

32. Ratio of capacitance of a capacitor with a dielectric substance to the capacitance of the same
capacitorwithout the dielectric substance is called:
a) Permittivity of vacuum
b) Susceptibility of the dielectric substance
c) Permittivity of the dielectric substance
d) Permeability of the dielectric substance
33. Dielectric constant
C0 C
a) k  b) k 
C C0
c) Both a and b d) None
34. The capacity of a parallel plate capacitor having a dielectric of dielectric constant k  and having

thickness t  is

0A 0 A
a) d  t  1  1  b) d * t 1  1 
   
 k   k

0A 0 A
c) d  t  1  1  d) d  t 1  1 
   
 k   k
35. For three capacitors connected in series, which of the following formulae is INCORRECT?
A) Vs  V1  V2  V3 B) Qs  Q1  Q2  Q3
C) CS   C1C2C3  /  C1  C2  C3  D) None of these

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36. Formula for Parallel combination of capacitors:

a) C  C1  C 2  C 3 b) 1
C

1
C 1

1
C 2

1
C 3

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
c)    d)   
C C1 C 2 C 3 C C1 C 2 C3

37. The energy stored in a capacitor of capacity C having charge q with a potential difference V
is
q2 1
a) U  b) U  qv
2C 2
1 2
c) U  cv d) All the above
2
38. Electrical energy stored in a capacitor per unit volume of the space is called as:
a) Average electrical energy b) Total electrical energy
c) Energy density d) Energy coefficient

KEY

1) c 2) a 3) a 4) c 5) b 6) c 7) a 8) b 9) d 10) d

11) c 12) b 13) a 14) a 15) a 16) b 17) a 18) c 19) a 20) d

21) c 22) b 23) b 24) b 25) a 26) c 27) a 28) a 29) b 30) b

31) c 32) c 33) b 34) c 35) c 36) a 37) d 38) c

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