1.

When a glass rod is rubbed with silk, it

(a) gains electrons from silk.
(b) gives electrons to silk.
(c) gains protons from silk.
(d) gives protons to silk.

Answer/Explanation
Answer: b
Explaination:
(b) On rubbing a glass rod with silk, excess electrons are transferred from glass to silk. So
glass rod becomes positive and silk becomes negative.

2. In general, metallic ropes are suspended on the carriers taking

inflammable materials. The reason is
(a) to control the speed of the carrier.
(b) to keep the centre of gravity of the carrier nearer to the earth.
(c) to keep the body of the carrier in contact with the earth.
(d) none of these.

Answer/Explanation
Answer: c
Explaination:
(c) For providing a path to the charge induced on the surface of the carriers.

3. Two charges q1 and q2 are placed in vacuum at a distance d and the

force acting between them is F. If a medium of dielectric constant 4 is
introduced around them, the force now will be ______ .

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination: F4.In the presence of medium, force becomes 1K time
4. When 1014 electrons are removed from a neutral metal sphere, the
charge on the sphere becomes ______ .

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
16 µC, Q = ne= 1014 x 1.6 × 10-19 or 0=1.6 × 10-5 C = 16 µC
As electrons are removed, so charge will be positive.

5. Two similar spheres having +Q and -Q charges are kept at a certain

distance. F force acts between the two. If at the middle of two spheres,
another similar sphere having +Q charge is kept, then it experiences a
force in magnitude and direction as
(a) zero having no direction.
(b) 8F towards +Q charge.
(c) 8F towards -Q charge.
(d) 4F towards +Q charge.

Answer/Explanation
Answer: c
Explaination:
(c) Initially, force between A and C,

When a similar sphere B having charge +Q is kept at the mid-point of line joining A and
C, then net force on B is

The direction is shown in figure.

6. A charge Q is divided into two parts of q and Q – q. If the coulomb
repulsion between them when they are separated is to be maximum, the
ratio of Q/q should be
(a) 2:1
(b) 1/2
(c) 4:1
(d) 1/4

Answer/Explanation
Answer: a
Explaination:
(a) Let separation between two parts be r, then
F = k.q(Q – q)/r² , For F to be maximum dF/dq = 0 then Q/q = 2/1 = 2 : 1

7. Four equal charges q are placed at the four comers A, B, C, D of a

square of length a. The magnitude of the force on the charge at B will
be

Answer/Explanation
Answer: c
Explaination:
8. Dielectric constant for metal ______ .

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
Infinite [Dielectric constant K = εε0
Permittivity of metals (Undefined control sequence \E) is assumed to be very high.]

9. Two charges of equal magnitudes kept at a distance r exert a force F

on each other. If the charges are halved and distance between them is
doubled, then the new force acting on each charge is
Answer/Explanation
Answer: d
Explaination:
(d) F = k⋅Q2r2. If Q is halved, r is doubled then F = 116 time

10. The electric field inside a spherical shell of uniform surface charge
density is
(a) zero.
(b) constant, less than zero.
(c) directly proportional to the distance from the centre.
(d) none of the these

Answer/Explanation
Answer: a
Explaination:
(a) All charges reside on the outer surface of the shell so according to Gauss’s law,
electric field inside the shell is zero.

11. A cylinder of radius R and length L is placed in a uniform electric field E

parallel to the cylinder axis. The total flux for the surface of the cylinder is given
by

Answer/Explanation
Answer: d
Explaination:

12. Electric field at a point varies as r° for

(a) an electric dipole
(b) a point charge
(c) a plane infinite sheet of charge
(d) a line charge of infinite length

Answer
Answer: c

13. An electric charge q is placed at the centre of a cube of side a. The electric
flux on one of its faces will be

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination: (a) Using Gauss’s theorem

14. Total electric flux coming out of a unit positive charge kept in air is

Answer/Explanation
Answer: b
Explaination:
(b) Total flux coming out from the unit charge is

15. The electric field intensity due to an infinite cylinder of radius R and having
charge q per unit length at a distance rir r(r > R) from its axis is
(a) directly proportional to r².
(b) directly proportional to r3.
(c) inversely proportional to r.
(d) inversely proportional to r².

Answer/Explanation
Answer: c
Explaination:
16. A point charge q is placed at a distance a/2 directly above the centre of a
square of side a. The electric flux through the square is

Answer/Explanation
Answer: d
Explaination:
(d) An imaginary cube can be made by considering charge q at the centre and
given square is one of its face. So flux through the given square (i.e. one face)

17. Which of the following graphs shows the variation of electric field E due to a
hollow spherical conductor of radius R as a function of distance from the centre
of the sphere?

Answer/Explanation
Answer: a
Explaination:
(a) Electric field due to a hollow spherical conductor is governed by equations E
= 0, for r < R …(i)
and E=Q/4πε0r2 for r ≥ R ….(ii)
i.e. inside the conductor, electric field will be zero and outside the conductor it will
vary according to E oc 1/r².

18. The magnitude of electric field intensity E is such that, an electron placed in it
would experience an electrical force equal to its weight is given by
(a) mge
(b) mg/e
(c) e/mg
(d) e²g/m²
Answer/Explanation
Answer: b
Explaination: (b) According to the question, eE = mg or E = mg/e

19. In Fig. (i) two positive charges q2 and q3 fixed along the y-axis, exert a net
electric force in the +x direction on a charge q1 fixed along the x-axis. If a positive
charge Q is added at (x, 0) in figure (ii), the force on q 1 is [NCERT Exemplar]

(a) shall increase along the positive x-axis.

(b) shall decrease along the positive x-axis.
(c) shall point along the negative x-axis.
(d) shall increase but the direction changes because of the intersection of Q with
q2 and qy

Answer/Explanation
Answer: a
Explaination:
(a) The net electrostatic force on the charge q 1 by the charges q2 and q3 is along
the positive x-direction. Hence the nature of force between qu q2 and qx, q3
should be attractive. It means qx should be negative.

20. Which of the following statement is correct? The electric field at a point is
[NCERT Exemplar]
(a) always continuous.
(b) continuous if there is a charge at that point.
(c) discontinuous only if there is a negative charge at that point.
(d) discontinuous if there is a charge at that point.

Answer/Explanation
Answer: d
Explaination:
(d) The electric field due to any charge will be continuous, if there is no other
charge in the medium. It will be discontinuous if there is a charge at the point
under consideration.

21. A point charge +q is placed at a distance d from an isolated conducting

plane. The field at a point P on the other side of the plane is [NCERT Exemplar]
(a) directed perpendicular to the plane and away from the plane.
(b) directed perpendicular to the plane but towards the plane.
(c) directed radially away from the point charge.
(d) directed radially towards the point charge.

Answer/Explanation
Answer: a
Explaination:
(a) The electric field lines are away from positive charge and perpendicular to the
surface. Hence the field at a point P on the other side of the plane is directed
perpendicular to the plane and away from the plane.

22. Gauss’s law will be invalid if

(a) there is magnetic monopoles.
(b) the inverse square law is not exactly true.
(c) the velocity of light is not a universal constant.
(d) none of these.

Answer
Answer: b

23. SI unit of permittivity of free space is

(a) Farad
(b) Weber
(c) C2N-1 m-2
(d) C2N-1 m-2
Answer
Answer: c

24. A charge Q is placed at the centre of the line joining two point charges +q
and +q as shown in the figure. The ratio of charges Q and q is

(a) 4
(b) 1/4
(c) -4
(d) -1/4

Answer
Answer: d

25. The force per unit charge is known as

(a) electric flux
(b) electric field
(c) electric potential
(d) electric current

Answer
Answer: b

26. Electric field lines provide information about

(a) field strength
(b) direction
(c) nature of charge
(d) all of these

Answer
Answer: d
27. Which of the following figures represent the electric field lines due to a single
negative charge?

Answer
Answer: b

28. The SI unit of electric flux is

(a) N C-1 m-2
(b) N C m-2
(c) N C-2 m2
(d) N C-1 m2

Answer
Answer: d

29. The unit of electric dipole moment is

(a) newton
(b) coulomb
(c) farad
(d) debye

Answer
Answer: d

30. Consider a region inside which, there are various types of charges but the
total charge is zero. At points outside the region
(a) the electric field is necessarily zero.
(b) the electric field is due to the dipole moment of the charge distribution only.
(c) the dominant electric field is inversely pro-portional to r3, for large r (distance
from ori-gin).
(d) the work done to move a charged particle along a closed path, away from the
region will not be zero.

Answer
Answer: c

31. The surface considered for Gauss’s law is called

(a) Closed surface
(b) Spherical surface
(c) Gaussian surface
(d) Plane surface

Answer
Answer: c

32. The total flux through the faces of the cube with side of length a if a charge q
is placed at corner A of the cube is

Answer
Answer: a
33. Which of the following statements is not true about Gauss’s law?
(a) Gauss’s law is true for any closed surface.
(b) The term q on the right side side of Gauss’s law includes the sum of all
charges enclosed by the surface.
(c) Gauss’s law is not much useful in calculating electrostatic field when the
system has some symmetry.
(d) Gauss’s law is based on the inverse square dependence on distance
contained in the coulomb’s law

Answer
Answer: c

34. Four charges are arranged at the comers of a square ABCD, as shown. The
force on the charge kept at the centre O is

(a) zero
(b) along the diagonal AC
(c) along the diagonal BD
(d) perpendicular to side AB

Answer/Explanation
Answer: c
Explaination:
(c) Place a unit positive charge at O. Resultant force due to the charges placed
at A and C is zero and resultant charge due to B and D is towards D along the
diagonal BD.

35. One end of a copper wire is connected to a neutral pith ball and other end to
a negatively charged plastic rod. What will be the charge acquired by a pith ball?
[Chennai 2019]
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination: Negative charge.

36. Distinguish between an insulator (dielectric) and a conductor.

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
Dielectrics do not have free electrons, while conductors have free electrons.
When some charge is transferred to a conductor, it readily gets distributed over
the entire surface of the conductor, but on insulators, the charge stays at the
same place.

37. Why does a nylon or plastic comb get electrified on combing or rubbing but a
metal spoon does not?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
The charge on a metal spoon discharges through our body to the ground as both
are conductors. But when a nylon or plastic comb is rubbed, due to the friction its
acquires a negative (-ve) charge, which stays on it as it is an insulator.

38. Two metallic spheres having same shape and size, but one of Cu and other
of Al, are both placed in an identical electric field. In which metallic sphere will
more charge be induced?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
Same charge will be induced on both the spheres. As the dielectric constant K =
oo for metals and the induced charge is given by q’ = =−q(1−1K).
39. What causes the charging of an object?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
When an object looses or gains electrons by friction/conduction/induction, then it
is charged.

40. What does the additive nature of electric charge mean?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
It means an electric charge is a scalar quantity and is added like algebraic
numbers.

41. When does a charged ring behave as a point charge?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
When the radius of ring is much smaller than the distance under consideration.

42. Two insulated charged copper spheres A and B of identical size have
charges qA and qB respectively. A third sphere C of the same size but uncharged
is brought in contact with the first and then in contact with the second and finally
removed from both. What are the new charges on A and B1 [Chennai 2019,
Foreign 2011]

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:

43. What does q1 + q2 = 0 signify?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
q1 + q2 = 0
⇒ q1 = – q2
∴ q1 and qq2 are the two charges of an electric dipole.

44. What is the cause of quantisation of electric charge?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
The minimum charge that is stable, is charge of an electron. Since, electrons are
transferred from one object to another, therefore, electric charge is said to be
quantised.

45. What do you mean by conservative nature of the electric force?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
The electric force is conservative in nature, because the work done by it in
moving a charge is path independent.
46. If a body contains n1 electrons and n2 protons, then what will be the total
amount of charge on the body?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
Electric charge on n1 electrons = – n1e and electric charge on n2 protons = + n2e
Therefore, the total charge = (n2 – n1)e.

47. What is the limitation of Coulomb’s law?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination: It is applied only for point charges.

48. What does e(absolute permittivity) signify?

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination: It is a measure of the degree to which a medium can resist the
movement of charges.

49. Define 1 coulomb (1 C) of electric charge.

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
One coulomb is that charge, when placed in vacuum at a distance of one metre
from an equal and similar charge, would repel it with a force of 9 × 10 9 N.

50. Write two properties of an electrostatic force.

Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explaination:
(a) It is conservative in nature.
(b) It depends on medium between the two charges.