MK 52 TIME: 25 MINTS.

ELECTROSTATICS MARKS: 100

1. Given that = . For what ratio will the force between and be maximum? (a) 0.25 (b) 0.5 (c) 1 (d)2 2. Two charges and are distance apart. If dielectric of thickness and dielectric constant K is inserted inbetween the two charges, the force experienced would be (a) (b) (c)

(d) none of these

3. Figure12.23 shows the electric lines of force emerging from a charged body. If the electric field at A and B are EA and E B respectively and if the displacement between A and B is , then (a) (b) (c) (d) A r B

4. An electron of mass , initially at rest, moves through a certain distance in a uniform electric field in time . A proton of mass also initially at rest, takes time to move through an equal distance in this uniform electric field. Neglecting the effect of gravity, the ratio is nearly equal to (a) 1 (b) (c) (d) 1836 5. If an electron has an initial velocity in a direction different from that of an electric field, the path of the electron is (a) A straight line (b) a circle (c) an ellipse (d) a parabola 6. If one penetrates a uniformly charged spherical cloud, electric field strength (a) Decrease directly as the distance from the centre (b) increase directly as the distance from the centre (c) remains constant (d) none of the above 7. A force of 2.25 N acts on a charge of 15 x 10-4 C. Calculate the intensity of electric field at that point (a) 1500 NC-1 (b) 150 NC-1 (c) 15000 NC-1 (d) none of the above 4 8. An particle is situated in an electric field of strength 15 x 10 NC-1. Force acting on it is (a) 4.8 x 10-12 N (b) 4.8 x 10-14 N (c) 48 x 10-14 N (d) none of these 9. The electric field that can balance a deuteron of mass 3.2 x 10-27 kg is (a) 19.6 x 10-10 N/C (b) 19.6 x 10-8 N/C (c) 19.6 x 1010 N/C (d) 19.6 x 108 N/C 10. A point charge produces an electric field of magnitude 2 NC-1 at a point distant 0.25 from it. What is the value of charge? (a) 1.39 x 10-11 C (b) 1.39 x 1011 C (c) 13.9 x 10-11 C (d) 13.9 x 1011 C 11. The electric field strength at a distance from a point charge Q is E. What will be electric field strength if the distance of the observation point is increased by 2 ? (a) E/2 (b) E/4 (c) E/5 (d) none of the above

12. Debye is the unit of (a) Electrical flux (b) electric dipole moment (c) electric potential (d) electric field intensity 13. Electric lines of force (a) Exist everywhere (b) Exist only in the immediate vicinity of electric charges (c) Exist only when both positive and negative charges are near one another (d) Are imaginary 14. The dimensional formula of electric intensity is (a) MLT -2A-1 (b) MLT-3A-1 (c) ML2T -3A-1 (d) ML2T -3A-2 15. Due to the dipole shown in Fig. 12.24, the electric intensity will be parallel to the dipole axis at the point FIGURE 12.24 Q

-q A

+q B P

(a) Q (b) P (c) both P and Q (d) neither P nor Q 16. In a region with a uniform electric field, the number of lines of force per unit area is E. If a spherical metallic conductor is placed in the area, the field inside the conductor will be (a) Zero (b) E (c) more than E (d) less than E 17. A positively charged ball hangs from a silk thread. We put a positive test charge q0 at a pint and measure F/q0, then it can be predicted that the electric field strength E will be (a) (b) > (c) < (d) none of these 18. Which one of the following graphs, shows the variation of electric field strength E with distance d from the centre of the hollow conducting sphere? E E

(a) E

r E

(b)

(d)

19. In a region where intensity of electric field is 5 NC-1, 50 electric lines of force are crossing per square metre. The number of electric lines of force crossing per square metre, where intensity of electric field is 20 NC-1 will be (a) 20 (b) 50 (c) 100 (d) 200 20. The surface density on the copper sphere is . The electric field strength on the surface of the sphere is (a) (b) (c) (d) 21. A drop of oil density and radius r carries a charge q when placed in an electric field E, it moves upwards with a velocity . If is the density of air, is the viscosity of air, then which of the following forces is directed upwards (a) qE (b) 6 (c) ( )g (d) none of the above 22. What is the angle between the electric dipole moment and the electric field due to it on the axial line? (a) 00 (b) 900 (c) 1800 (d) none of the above 23. The positive terminal of 12 V battery is connected to the ground. Then the negative terminal will be at (a) -6V (b) +12V (c) zero (d)-12V 24. An electric dipole is kept in a uniform electric field. It experiences (a) A force and a torque (b) a force, but no torque (c) a torque but no force (e) Neither a force nor a torque 25. Two conducting spheres of radii r1 and r2 are charged to the same surface charge density. The ratio of electric field near their surface is (a) / (b) / (b) r1/r2 (d) 1 : 1

Answer key 1(b) 2(c) 15(c) 16(a) 3(a) 4(b) 5(d) 6(a) 7(a) 8(b) 9(b) 17(b) 18(d) 19(d) 20(d) 21(a) 22(a) 10(a) 11(d) 12(b) 13(d) 14(b) 23(d) 24(c) 25(d)