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Lightning rods are made of: a) porcelain b) Bakelite c) plastic

d) metal

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SHREE GURU VIDYA PEETHA PU COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

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Topic: Electrostatics Date: 1. If a glass rod is rubbed with silk it acquires a positive charge because: a) Protons are added to it b) protons are removed from it c) Electrons are added to it d) electrons are removed from it 2. The existence of a negative charge on a body implies that has: a) lost some of its electrons b) lost some of its protons c) acquired some electrons from outside d) acquired some protons from outside 3. The ratio of emu of charge to esu of charge is: a) 3x1010 b) 1/137 c) 4.8x1019 d)1.01x107 4. Ampere- hour is a unit of: a) Quantity of electricity c) strength of electric current b) power d) energy d)

11. Lightning conductor protects a building by: a) making the charged clouds stay away from the building b) neutralizing or conducting the charge of cloud to the ground c) not allowing the lightning to strike the building d) none 12. In induction the charge induced in the near surface of a dielectric is: a) equal and similar b) greater and dissimilar c) lesser and dissimilar d) equal and dissimilar 13. Five balls, numbered 1to 5, are suspended using separate threads. Pairs (1,2), (2,4), (4,1) show electrostatic attraction, while pairs (2,3) and (4,5) show repulsion; therefore ball 1 must be: a) positively charged b) negatively charged c) neutral d) made of metal 14. An electric charge in uniform motion produces: a) an electric field only c) both magnetic and electric field b) a magnetic field only d) neither magnetic and electric field 15. Electromagnetic energy is radiated by: a) stationary charge b) a charge in uniform motion c) an accelerated charge only d) an accelerated charge and a charge in uniform motion 16. A positively charged body is brought near an uncharged gold leaf electroscope; then: a) no charge is induced in the leaves b)positive charge is induced in both the leaves c) negative charge is induced in both the leaves d) positive charge is induced in one leaf and negative in the other 17. Electric charge on electroscope produces in surrounding space: a) only magnetic field c) both magnetic and electric field b) only electric field d) neither magnetic and electric field 18. When a glass rod rubbed with silk is brought near the knob of a positively charged gold leaf electroscope, the gold leaves: a) come closer c) are affected by other conditions b) move further apart d) completely collapse 19. A gold leaf electroscope is charged and the leaves are observed to diverge by a certain amount.

5. A sure test of electrification is: a) Attraction b) repulsion c) friction induction

6. A strong argument for the particle nature of cathode rays is its ability to: a) produce fluorescence b) travel through vacuum c) get deflected by electric or magnetic fields d) to cast shadow 7. If the radii of a solid and hollow sphere are same which one can hold greater charge? a) Solid sphere b) Hollow sphere c) Both will hold equal charge d) none 8. When a soap bubble is charged: a) it contracts expands c) it does not undergo any change bursts b) it d) it

9. Two bodies of metal are mounted on glassstands. Their surface areas are equal, but one is a sphere and the other is pear-shaped. Both are given the amount of electric charge. Which one will lose its charge first? a) Sphere b) Pear shaped c) none d) The question is irrelevant as both will lose their charge in equal times

A beam of X- rays is allowed to fall upon the electroscope for a short period. The effect is as follows: a) the leaves will diverge further b) the leaves will collapse c) there will be no change in the divergence of the leaves d) the gold leaves will melt 20. A variable parallel plate capacitor and an electroscope are connected in parallel to a battery. The reading of the electroscope would be decreased by: a) increasing the area of overlap of the plates b) decreasing the distance between the plates c) placing a block of paraffin between the plates d) decreasing the battery potential 21. Electrophorus is an instrument for producing: a) positively electricity b) negatively electricity c) both positively and negatively electricity d) Phosphorescence 22. Which of the following is not the unit of charge? a) Farad b) Coulomb c) Stat. coulomb d) Faraday 23. Select the correct alternative: a) The charge gained by the uncharged body from a charged body due to conduction is equal to charge initially present b) The magnitude of charge increase with the velocity of charge c) Charge cannot exist without matter although matter can exist without charge d) Attraction is the sure test of electrification 24. When a negatively charged rod is brought near the cap of a gold leaf electroscope whose case is earthed, then: a) the leaf has an induced negative charge b) no charge is induced on the leaves c) positive charge is induced on one leaf and negative on the other d) the leaf has an induced positive charge 25. Static electricity is produced by: a) friction only c) friction and induction only b) induction only Chemical reaction only

b) newtons law of gravitation c) newtons second law of motion d) the law of conservation of charge 29. A charge Q1 exerts some force on a second charge Q2. If a 3rd charge Q3 is brought near, the force of Q1 is exerted on Q 2: a) will increase b) will decrease c) will remain unchanged d) will increase if Q3 is of the same sign as Q1and will decrease if Q3 is of opposite sign 30. There are two charges +1C and -5 C: the ratio of forces acting on them will be: a) 1:5 b) 1:1 c) 5:1 d) 1:25 31. The strength of electric repulsion between electrons is larger than the gravitational attraction between them by an order of: a) 1042 b) 1039 c) 1036 d) 109 32. If two charges of1C each are placed 1km apart, the force between them will be: a) 9x103N b) 9x10 -3 N c) 1.1x 10-4N d) 10-6N 33. Two point charges separated by a distance d, repel each other with a force of 9N. If the separation between them becomes 3d, the force of repulsion will be: a) 1N b) 3N c) 6N d) 27N 34. Two particles having charges q1 and q2 when kept at a certain distance exert a force F on each other. If the distance between the two particles is reduced to half and the charge on each particle is doubled the force between the particles would be: a) 2F b) 4F c) 8F d) 16F 35. Four charges are arranged at the corners of a square ABCD as shown in the fig., The force on a charge kept at the centre o is: a) zero b) along diagonal AC c) along diagonal BD d) perpendicular to the side AB 36. A negatively charged particle is situated in a straight line joining two other stationary particles each having charge +q. The direction of motion of the negatively charged particle will depend on: a) the magnitude of its charge b) the position at which it is situated c) both magnitude of charge and its position d) the magnitude of +q charge 37. An electric charge is surrounded by several other electric charges. The force exerted by one of the surrounding charges on this charge: a) decrease because of the other charges b) increases because of the surrounding charges c) is independent of the presence of other charges d) depends on the position of other charges 38. Two spherical conductors B and C having equal radii and carrying equal charges in them repel each other with a force F when kept apart at some distance. A third spherical conductor having same radius as that of B but uncharged is brought

d)

26. The law of force that governs the force between two electric charges was discovered by: a) Ampere b) Faraday c) Ohm d) Coulomb 27. The force between two electrons separated by a distance r varies as: a) r2 b)r c) r-1 d) r-2 28. Coulombs law for the force between electric charges closely resembles with: a) law of conservation of energy

in contact with C and finally removed away from both. The new force of repulsion between B and C is: a) F/4 b) 2F/4 c) F/8 d) 3F/8 39. The unit of permittivity of free space, 0, is: a) Coulomb/ newton-metre b) Coulomb2 / 2 newton-metre c) newton-metre2/coulomb2+ d) Coulomb2 / ( newton-metre)2 40. A and B are two identical spherical charged bodies which repel each other with a force F, kept at a finite distance apart. A third uncharged sphere of the same size is brought in contact with sphere B and removed. It is then kept at midpoint of A and b. find the magnitude of force on C: a) F/2 b) F/8 c) F d) zero
41. The charge stored in a capacitor is 20C and the potential difference across the plates is 500 V. Its capacity is 1. 0.04F 2. 10 2 F 3. 2x10 6 F 4. 250F 42. A capacitor of 8mF is charged to a potential of 1000V. The energy stored in the capacitor is 1. 8 J 2.12 J 3.2 J 4.4 J 43. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser consisting of two plates each 10 cm square and are separated by a distance of 2 mm is (Take air as the medium between the plate) 1. 8.85x10 13 F 2.4.42x10 11 F 3. 44.25x10 12 F 4 .88.5x10
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2.18x10 4 V

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50. Sixty four spherical drops each of radius 2 cm and carrying 5C charge combine to form a bigger drop. Its capacity is 1. (8/ 9)x10 11 F 2. 90x10 11 F 3.1.1x10 11 F 4.9x10 11 F 51. Two spheres of radii 12 cm and 16 cm have equal charge. The ratio of their energies is 1. 3 : 4 2. 4 : 3 3. 1 : 2 :1 52. A number of identical condensers are first connected in parallel and then in series. The equivalent capacities are found to be in the ratio 9:1. The number of condensers used is 1. 9 2. 81 33 4.100 53. A condenser of 1F is charged to a potential of 1000 volt. The energy stored in the condenser is 1. 1 J 2. 10 3 J 3 0.5 J 4.10 6 J 54. In the above problem if a dielectric slab of dielectric constant 5 is introduced between the plates of the condenser, the loss in the energy of the condenser is 1. 0.1 J 2. 2.5 J 3. 0.4 J 4. 5J 55. Three condensers 1F, 2F and 3F are connected in series to a p.d. of 330 volt. The PD across the plates of 3F is 1. 180 V 2.300 V 3.60 V 4. 270 V 56. The radius of the earth is 6381 km. The capacitance of the earth is 1. 709x10 9 F 2 709x10 9 F 3.709x10 12 F 4. 709x10
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44. The capacity of a parallel plate air condenser is 2F . If a dielectric of dielectric constant 4 is introduced between the plates, its new capacity is 1. 1.5F 2.0.5F 3.8F 4. 6F 45. An oil condenser has a capacity of 100 . The oil has dielectric constant 2. When the oil leaks out its new capacity is 1. 200F 2.0.02F 3.50F 4. 0.5F 46. The ratio of the resultant capacities when three capacitors of 2F, 4F and 6F are connected first in series and then in parallel is 1.1: 11 2.1 : 1 3.12 : 1 4.1 : 12 47. Two parallel plate air capacitors have the same separation. The plates of the first are squares of side 10 cm. The plates of the second are squares of side 20 cm. The ratio of the capacities is 1.2 : 1 2. : 2 3.4 : 1 4.1 : 4 48. A capacitor of 50F is connected across a 200 volt supply. The charge that it would take is 1.1 C 2.2 C 3.8 C 4. 0.01 C 49. Four charges +3C, -1C, +5C and -7C are arranged on the circumference of a circle of radius 0.5 m. The potential at the centre is

57. A capacitor of 30F charged to 100 V is connected in parallel to capacitor of 20F charged to 50 volt. The common potential is 1. 75 V 2.150 V 3.50 V 4.80 V 58. Three capacitors 2F, 3F and 6F are connected in series. The effective capacitance of the combination is 1. 11F 2.1F 3.1.2F 4.2F 59. Three capacitors 2F, 3F and 5F are connected in parallel. The capacitance of the combination. 1. 30 / 31F 2. 31/ 30 F 3.10F 4.2.5F 60. A parallel plate air condenser consists of two circular plates of diameter 8 cm. At what distance should the plates be placed so as to have the same capacity as that of a sphere of diameter 20 cm? 1.2 mm 2.4 mm 3.2 cm 4.4 cm