MK 60 Time: 25 minutes ELECTROSTATICS Marks: 100

1. State electricity is produced due to (a) Friction (b) Conduction (c) Induction (d) both A and C. 2. A polytechnic piece rubbed with wool is found to have a negative charge of 1.6X10-6C. (The charge on electron is 1.6X10-19C). Then, the number of electrons transferred is (a) 1013 from wool to polythene (b) 1013 from polythene to wool 2.56X1015 wool to polythene 10-13 from wool to polythene

3. A positively charged glass rod is brought near an uncharged pith ball pendulum. The pith ball is (a) Attracted towards the rod. (b) repelled away from the rod not affected by the rod thrown away from it (d) attracted towards the rod, touches it and is then

4. In SI, unit of permittivity is: (a) Nm2C-2 (b) Nm-2C-1 (c) C2N-1m-2 (d) Am-1 5. Two point charges of +3 and -8 attract each other with a force of 1N. A charged of +5 is added to each of them, Now, the force will be (a) 1 N (attractive) (b) 1 N (repulsive) (c) zero (d) cannot be found 6. When air is replaced by a dielectric medium of dielectric constant K, the maximum force of attraction between two charges separated by a distance (a) Decreases K times (b) remains unchanged (c) increases K times (d) decreases K2 times 7. Force between two stationary charges, when placed in free space is 10N. If they are placed in a medium of relative permittivity 5, the force between them is (a) 50N (b) 2 N (c) 0.5 N (d) 10 N 8. Four charges are arranged at the corners of a square ABCD as shown in figure. The force on the charge +q kept at the centre O is +qA B +2q

+q
O

-2q D (a) Along the diagonal AC. (c) Perpendicular to side AB

+q C (b) Along the diagonal BD (d) zero

9. Three charges +4 , Q and are placed in a straight line of length at point at distances 0, 1/2 and respectively. What should be Q in order to make the net force on to be zero? (a) (b) (c) (d) . A third charge is brought near. Then, force

10. A charge exerts some force on a second charge exerted by on will (a) decrease in magnitude (d) increase, if is of the same sign as

(b) increase in magnitude and will decrease, if

remain unchanged

is of opposite sign

11. Choose the correct answer: (a) Total charge present in the universe is constant (b) Total positive charge present in the universe is constant Total negative charge present in the universe is constant (d) Total number of charged particles present in the universe is constant 12. Five balls numbered 1 to 5 are suspended using separates threads. Pairs (1,2), (2,4) and (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

13. Two small spheres each having the charge are suspended by insulating threads of length from a hook. This arrangement is taken in space, where there is no gravitational effect. Then, the angle between the two suspensions and the tension in each will be (a) 180o ; (b) 90o ; (c) 180o ; (d) 180o ;

14. A soap bubble is given a negative charge. Then, its radius (a) decreases 15. A charge (b) increases (c) remains unchanged and is given by (d) 4 : 1 (d) nothing can be predicted

is divided into two parts

. If the two parts exert a maximum force of

repulsion on each other, then the ratio (a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1

(c) 1 : 4

16. A charge is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal positive charges Q. The system of te three charges will be in equilibrium, if is equal to (a) Q/2 (b) Q/4 (c) + Q/4 (d) + Q/2

17. Two charges each of units are placed along a line. A third charge of between them. The system will (a) be in equilibrium (b) not be in equilibrium (c) lose charge

is placed midway

(d) oscillate

18. Two equal and similar charges are placed along a straight line. A third equal and similar charge is placed midway between the two charges. Then, system will (a) be in equilibrium (b) not be in equilibrium (c) lose charge (d) oscillate

19. Two equal and similar charges are placed along a straight line. A third charge equal but opposite to the other two charges is placed midway between them. The system will: (a) be in equilibrium 20. Point charges +4 respectively. (b) not be in equilibrium and +4 (c) lose charge (d) oscillate and

are kept on the X-axis at points

(a) Only is in stable equilibrium All the charges are in unstable equilibrium

(b) none of the charges is in equilibrium (d) All the charges are in stable equilibrium

21. Two equal negative charges are fixed at the points (0, ) and (0, ) on the Y-axis. A positive charge Q is released from rest at the point ( ) on the X-axis. The charge Q will (a) execute simple harmonic motion above the origin move to infinity (b) move to the origin and remain at rest

(d) execute oscillatory but not simple harmonic motion

22. In SI, unit of electric field is (a) A m-1 (b) N C-1 (c) C m-1 (d) C m-2

23. The strength of the electric field is such that an electron of charge placed inside it experiences an electric force equal to its own weight . The strength of the field is given by (a) (b) (c) (d) cannot be found

24. A cube of side has a charge at each of its vertices. The electric field due to this charge distribution at the centre of the cube will be (a) . (b) . (c) . (d) zero

25. Three charges each of + are placed at the three vertices of an equilateral triangle. If the distance of centroid from each vertex of the triangle is , then strength of electric field at the centroid will be (a) . (b) . (c) . (d) zero

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

18 (b) 19 (b)