PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. An electric shock is experienced on opening the door of a car due to

a) heating of car engine
b) motion of car
c) discharge of electric charge
d) None of the above 2

2. A soap bubble is given a negative charge, then its radius

a) decreases
b) increases
c) remains unchanged
d) nothing can be predicted as information is insufficient

3. If two bodies are rubbed and one of them acquires q1 charge and another acquires q2 charge,
then ratio of q1: q 2 is
a) 1: 2 b) 2: 1 c) – 1: 1 d) 1: 4

4. In charging by induction,
a) body to be charged must be an insulator
b) body to be charged must be a semiconductor
c) body to be charged must be a conductor
d) any type of body can be charged by induction

5. The Coulomb’s law is based on the assumption that charges are treated as
a) positive charges
b) negative charges
c) neutral charges
d) point charges

6. The ratio of electric fields on the axis and at equator of an electric dipole will be
a) 1: 1 b) 2: 1 c) 4: 1 d) None of these
7. Force between two charges varies with distance between them as

8. If point charges Q1 7 = ´ 2 10- C and Q2 7 = ´ 3 10- C are at 30 cm separation, then find

electrostatic force between them.
a) 2 × 10—3 N b) 6 × 10—3 N c) 510—3 N d) 1 × 10—3 N

9. The electric field at a point is

a) always continuous
b) continuous, if there is no charge at that point
c) continuous, if there is a charge at that point
d) None of the above

10. When the charge of a body becomes half, the electric field becomes
a) half b) twice c) thrice d) No change

11.A charged particle is free to move in an electric field. It will travel

a) always along a line of force
b) along a line of force, if its initial velocity is zero
c) along a line of force, if it has some initial velocity in the direction of an acute angle with the
line of force
d) None of the above

12. Two field lines can never cross each other because
a) field lines are closed curves
b) field lines repel each other
c) field lines crowded only near the charge
d) field has a unique direction at each point
13. The surface charge density s of an area element ignores
a) the quantisation of charge
b) discontinuity in charge distribution at macroscopic level
c) discontinuity in charge distribution at microscopic level
d) Both (a) and (c)

14. A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.4 m diameter has a surface charge density of 80
𝜇𝐶𝑚—2. What is the charge on the sphere?
a) 0.7 × 10—1 C b) 1.4 × 10—4 C c) 1.4 × 10—3 C d) 1.7 × 10—4 C

15.If ∫E. d’s = 0 over a surface, then

a) the electric field inside the surface and on it is zero
b) the electric field inside the surface is necessarily uniform
c) the number of flux lines entering the surface must be equal to the number of flux lines leaving
it
d) None of the above

16. Total electric flux coming out of a unit positive charge put in air is
a) ε0 b) ε0 ^-1 c) 4𝑝 𝜀0 —1 d) 4𝑝ε0

17. If same charge q is placed inside a sphere and cube having radius 1m and side 2m,
respectively. What will be the ratio of flux passing through them?
a) 1: 1 b) 1: 8 c) 8: 1 d) 1: 2

18. A hollow metal sphere of radius R is uniformly charged. The electric field due to the sphere at
a distance r from the centre
a) zero as r increases for r < R, decreases as r increases for r >R
b) zero as r increases for r <R, increases as r increases for r> R
c) decreases as r increases for r <R and for r >R
d) increases as r increases for r <R and for r R> 20

19. What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 ∗ 10—7𝐶 and 3 ∗
10—7𝐶 placed 30 cm apart in air?
a) 5 × 10—2𝑁
b) 6 × 10—3𝑁
c) 7 × 10—3 𝑁
d) 8 × 10—4𝑁
20. Two-point charges qA = 3mC and qB = -3mC are located 20 cm apart in vacuum. What is the
electric field at the mid-point O of the line AB joining the two charges?
a) 0
b) 2.7 ∗ 106 (N/C)
c) 5.4 ∗ 106 (N/C)
d) 10.2 ∗ 106 (N/C)

21. A point charge of 2.0 is at the centre of a cubic Gaussian surface 9.0 cm on edge. What is
the net electric flux through the surface?
a) 0
b) 2 ∗ 102𝑁𝑚2/𝐶
c) 2 ∗ 104𝑁𝑚2/𝐶
d) 2 ∗ 105𝑁𝑚2/𝐶

22. Consider a system of three charges 𝑞 , 𝑞 and — 2𝑞 placed at point A, B and C, respectively, as
3 3 3
shown in the figure. Take O to be the centre of the circle of radius R and angle CAB=60°.
y B

C x
60o O

A
a) The electric field at point O is directed along the negative -axis
8 0 2
b) The potential energy of the system is zero
c) The magnitude of the force between the charges at C and B is
2

2
54 0
d) The potential at point O is

12 0

23. Four charges equal to —𝑄 are placed at the four corners of a square and a charge 𝑞 is at its
centre. If the system is in equilibrium the value of 𝑞 is
𝑄 𝑄 𝑄 d) 𝑄 (1 + 2 2)
𝑎) — (1 + 2 2) b) (1 + 2 2) c) 2)
4
— (1 + 2
4 2 2

24. Two conducting spheres of radii 5 and 10 are given a charge of 15 each. After
the two spheres are joined by a conducting wire, the charge on the smaller sphere is
)5 b) 10 c) 15 d) 20
25. In the given circuit, a charge of +80 is given to the upper plate of the 4 capacitor.
Then in the steady state, the charge on the upper plate of the 3 capacitor is

) + 32 b) +40 c) +48 d) +80

26. A hollow sphere of charge does not produce an electric field at any
a) Point beyond 2 m b) Point beyond 10 m

c) Interior point d) Outer point

27. A point Q lies on the perpendicular bisector of an electrical dipole of dipole moment p.
If the distance of Q from the dipole is r (much larger than the size of the dipole),
then the electric intensity E at Q is proportional to
𝑎) 𝑟—2 b) 𝑟—4 c) 𝑟—1 d) 𝑟—3

28. If an insulated non-conducting sphere of radius has charge density . The electric field
at a distance from the centre of sphere ( < ) will be
a) b) c) d) 3
3 0 0 3 0 0

29. A soap bubble is given a negative charge, then its radius

a) Decreases c) Increases
b) Remains unchanged d) Nothing can be predicted as information is
insufficient

30. The capacitance between the points and in the given circuit will be

)1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
31. Four capacitors of each of capacity 3 are connected as shown in the adjoining figure. The rati
equivalent capacitance between and and between and will be

a) 4: 3 b) 3: 4 c) 2: 3 d) 3: 2

32. The equivalent capacitance between and is (in )

a) 25 b) 84 c) 9 d) 1
25
33. For a dipole 𝑞 = 2 × 10—6𝐶 and 𝑑 = 0.01 𝑚. Calculate the maximum torque for this dipole if 𝐸
105 𝑁/𝐶
𝑎)1 × 10—3𝑁𝑚—1 b) 10 × 10—3𝑁𝑚—1 c) 10 × 10—3𝑁𝑚 d) 1 × 102𝑁𝑚2

34. If the electric field given by 5 ^ + 4 ^ + 9^ , the electric flux through a surface of area 20
unit lying in the Y-Z plane will be
a) 100 unit b) 80unit c) 180 unit d) 20 unit

35. An electron of mass initially at rest moves through a certain distance in a uniform
electric field in time 1. A proton of mass also initially at rest takes time 2 to move
through and equal distance in this uniform electric field. Neglecting the effect of gravity,
the ratio of 2/ 1 is nearly equal to
a) 1 b) /
1/2 c) /
1/2 d) 1836

36. Two unlike charges of the same magnitude are placed at a distance . The intensity of
the electric field at the middle point in the line joining the two charges.
a) Zero b) 3 c) 6 d) 4
2 2
4 0 2 0 4 0 2

37. A solid conducting sphere of radius 1 is surrounded by another concentric hollow

conducting sphere of radius 2. The capacitance of this assembly is proportional to
𝑅 —𝑅
a) 2 1 b) 2 + 1 c) 1 2 d) 1 2
1 2 1 2 1 + 2 𝑅2 — 𝑅1
38. A total charge is broken in two parts 1 and 2 and they are placed at a distance from
each other. The maximum force of repulsion between them will occur, when
a) 𝑄2 = 𝑄 , 𝑄1 = 𝑄— 𝑄
b) 𝑄2 = 𝑄 , 𝑄1 = 𝑄— 2𝑄
4 3
c) 2 = , 1 =3
4 4
d) 1 = , 2 =
2 2

39. Two-point charges + 8q and -2q are located at = 0 and = respectively. The location of a
point on the - axis at which the net electric field due to these two-point charges is zero is
a) 2L b) L/4 c) 8L d) 4L

40. An electric dipole in a uniform electric field experiences (When it is placed at an angle
with the field)
a) Force and torque both b) Force but no torque
c) Torque but no force d) No force and no torque