Electric Charges and Fields

GROUP 1 - QUESTION BANK
CLASS XII PHYSICS - ELECTROSTATICS

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (MCQ)
1 A glass rod rubbed with silk acquires a charge of +8 × 10 −12C. The number of electrons it has
gained or lost
(a) 5 × 10−7 (gained) (b) 5 × 107 (lost) (c) 2 × 10−8 (lost) (d) –8 × 10−12 (lost)
2 The electrostatic force between two point charges kept at a distance d apart, in a medium ε r = 6,
is 0.3 N. The force between them at the same separation in vacuum is
(a) 20 N (b) 0.5 N (c) 1.8 N (d) 2 N
3 Electric field intensity is 400 V m −1 at a distance of 2 m from a point charge. It will be 100 V
m−1 at a distance?
(a) 50 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 4 m (d) 1.5 m
4 Two point charges +4q and +q are placed 30 cm apart. At what point on the line joining them
the electric field is zero?
(a) 15 cm from the charge q (b) 7.5 cm from the charge q (c) 20 cm from the charge 4q (d) 5 cm
from the charge q
5 A dipole is placed in a uniform electric field with its axis parallel to the field. It experiences
(a) only a net force (b) only a torque (c) both a net force and torque (d) neither a net force nor a
torque
6 If a point lies at a distance x from the midpoint of the dipole, the electric potential at this point
is proportional to
7 Four charges +q, +q, −q and –q respectively are placed at the corners A, B, C and D of a square
of side a. The electric potential at the centre O of the square is
8 Electric potential energy (U) of two point charges is
9 The work done in moving 500 µC charge between two points on equipotential surface is
(a) zero (b) finite positive (c) finite negative (d) infinite
10 Which of the following quantities is scalar?
(a) dipole moment (b) electric force (c) electric field (d) electric potential
11 The unit of permittivity is
(a) C2 N−1 m−2 (b) N m2 C−2 (c) H m−1 (d) N C−2 m−2
12 The electric potential at any point inside a charged hollow sphere
(a) increases with distance from centre b) is zero c) is a constant d) decreases with distance from
centre
13 The electric field outside the plates of two oppositely charged plane sheets of charge density σ
is
14 The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor increases from 5 µf to 60 µf when a dielectric is

filled between the plates. The dielectric constant of the dielectric is
(a) 65 (b) 55 (c) 12 (d) 10
15 A hollow metal ball carrying an electric charge produces no electric field at points
(a) outside the sphere (b) on its surface
(c) inside the sphere (d) at a distance more than twice
16. Two identical point charges of magnitude –q are fixed as shown in the figure below. A third
charge +q is placed midway between the two charges at the point P. Suppose this charge +q is
displaced a small distance from the point P in the directions indicated by the arrows, in which
direction(s) will +q be stable with respect to the displacement?
(a) A1 and A2 (b) B1 and B2 (c) both directions (d) No stable
17. Which charge configuration produces a uniform electric field?

(a) point Charge (b) infinite uniform line charge (c) uniformly charged infinite plane (d)
uniformly charged spherical shell
18. What is the ratio of the charges for the following electric field line pattern?
19. An electric dipole is placed at an alignment angle of 30 o with an electric field of 2 × 10 5 N C-
1
. It experiences a torque equal to 8 N m. The charge on the dipole if the dipole length is 1 cm is
(a) 4 mC (b) 8 mC (c) 5 mC (d) 7 mC
20. Four Gaussian surfaces are given below with charges inside each Gaussian surface. Rank the
electric flux through each Gaussian surface in increasing order.
(a) D < C < B < A (b) A < B = C < D (c) C < A = B < D (d) D > C > B > A
21. The total electric flux for the following closed surface which is kept inside water
22. Two identical conducting balls having positive charges q1 and q2 are separated by a center
to center distance r. If they are made to touch each other and then separated to the same distance,
the force between them will be
(a) less than before (b) same as before (c) more than before (d) zero
23. Rank the electrostatic potential energies for the given system of charges in increasing order.
(a) 1 = 4 < 2 < 3 (b) 2 = 4 < 3 < 1 (c) 2 = 3 < 1 < 4 (d) 3 < 1 < 2 < 4
24. An electric field exists in a certain region of space. Then the potential difference
V = Vo – VA, where Vo is the potential at the origin and VA is the potential at x = 2 m is:
(a) 10 J (b) – 20 J (c) +20 J (d) -10J
25. A thin conducting spherical shell of radius R has a charge Q which is uniformly distributed
on its surface. The correct plot for electrostatic potential due to this spherical shell is
26. Two points A and B are maintained at a potential of 7 V and -4 V respectively. The work
done in moving 50 electrons from A to B is
(a) 8.80 × 10-17 J (b) -8.80 × 10-17 J (c) 4.40 × 10-17 J (d) 5.80 × 10-17 J
27. If voltage applied on a capacitor is increased from V to 2V, choose the correct conclusion.
(a) Q remains the same, C is doubled (b) Q is doubled, C doubled (c) C remains same, Q doubled
(d) Both Q and C remain same

28. A parallel plate capacitor stores a charge Q at a voltage V. Suppose the area of the parallel
plate capacitor and the distance between the plates are each doubled then which is the quantity
that
will change?
(a) Capacitance (b) Charge (c) Voltage (d) Energy density
29. Three capacitors are connected in triangle as shown in the figure. The equivalent capacitance
between the points A and C is
(a) 1µF (b) 2 µF (c) 3 µF (d) 1/4µF
30. Two metallic spheres of radii 1 cm and 3 cm are given charges of -1 x 10 -2 C and 5 x 10-2 C
respectively. If these are connected by a conducting wire, the final charge on the bigger sphere is
(a) 3 × 10-2 C (b) 4 × 10-2 C (c) 1 × 10-2 C (d) 2 × 10-2 C

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GROUP 1 - QUESTION BANK

CLASS XII PHYSICS - ELECTROSTATICS

8 Electric potential energy (U) of two point charges is

14 The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor increases from 5 µf to 60 µf when a dielectric is

(a) A1 and A2 (b) B1 and B2 (c) both directions (d) No stable

17. Which charge configuration produces a uniform electric field?

(a) 10 J (b) – 20 J (c) +20 J (d) -10J

(d) Both Q and C remain same

(a) Capacitance (b) Charge (c) Voltage (d) Energy density

(a) 3 × 10-2 C (b) 4 × 10-2 C (c) 1 × 10-2 C (d) 2 × 10-2 C

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