Physics Test – 6

Syllabus: Electrostatics and Current Electricity

Q.1 Four charges +q, –q, +q, –q are placed in order on on the x-axis are shown in the figure. These
the four consecutive corners of a square of side lines suggest that :-
'a'. The work done in interchanging the positions
of any two neighbouring charges of opposite sign
Q1 Q2
is :-
q2 q2
(1) (4  2) (2) (4  2 2) (1) |Q1| > |Q2|
4 0a 4 0a
(2) |Q1| < |Q2|
q2 q2
(3) (4  2 2) (4) (4  2) (3) at a finite distance to the left of Q1 the
4 0a 4 0a
electric field is zero
Q.2 Two concentric spheres of radii R and 2R are (4) at a finite distance to the right of Q2 the
charged. The inner sphere has a charge of 1µC
electric field is not zero
and the outer sphere has a charge of 2µC of the
Q.8 The masses of three wires of copper are in the
same sign. The potential is 9000 V at a distance
ratio of 1 : 3 : 5 and their lengths are in the ratio
3R from the common centre. The value of R is
5 : 3 : 1. The ratio of their electrical resistances
(1) 1 m (2) 2 m
is:
(3) 3 m (4) 4 m
(1) 1 : 3 : 5 (2) 5 : 3 : 1
Q.3 1000 drops of same size are charged to a
(3) 1 : 15 : 125 (4) 125 : 15 : 1
potential of 1 V each. If they coalesce to form a
Q.9 A current I flows through a uniform wire of
single drop, its potential would be :-
diameter d, when the mean drift velocity is vd.
(1) V (2) 10 V
(3) 100 V (4) 1000 V The same current will flow through a wire of
Q.4 Five point charges (+q each) are placed at the diameter d/2 made of the same material, if the
five vertices of a regular hexagon of side 2a. mean drift velocity of the electrons is :
What is the magnitude of the net electric field at (1) v/4 (2) v/2
the centre of the hexagon : (3) 4v (4) 2v
1 q q Q.10 A cell of emf E and internal resistance r is
(1) (2) connected in series with an external resistance
4 0 a 2 16 0a 2 nr. Then, the ratio of the terminal potential
2q 5q difference to emf is:
(3) (4) 1
4 0a 2 16 0a 2 (1) 1/n (2)
n 1
Q.5 Four electric dipoles each of charges ± e are n n 1
placed inside a sphere. The total electric flux of (3) (4)
coming out of the sphere is :- n 1 n
(1) zero (2) 4e / 0 Q.11 In the circuit diagram shown below, the
magnitude and direction of the flow of current
(3) 8e / 0 (4) None of these respectively would be :
Q.6 Figure shows three charged circular arcs, each of a 10V 4V b
radius R, their centres are at same point and total 1 – + e + – 2
charge as indicated. The net electric potential at 3
the centre of curvature :- c
+Q (1) 7/3 amp from a to b via e
(2) 7/3 amp from b to a via e
45°
(3) 1.0 amp from b to a via e
–2Q
30° (4) 1.0 amp from a to b via e
Q.12 In the adjoining circuit shown the potential
R
difference between points A and B will be :
+3Q C 5 5
B
Q 5Q
(1) (2) 5 5
2 0 R 12 0 R 5 5
3Q A
D
(3) (4) none of these
32 0 R + –

Q.7 A few electric field lines for a system of two 2V

charges Q1 and Q2 fixed at two different points (1) (8/9) V (2) (4/3) V
(3) (2/3) V (4) 2 V
Q.13 Two conductors have the same resistance at 0°C Q.18 If the distance between parallel plates of a
but their temperature coefficients of resistance capacitor is halved and dielectric constant is
are 1 and 2. The respective temperature doubled then the capacitance will become :-
coefficient of their series combination is : (1) Half (2) Two times
(3) Four times (4) Remains the same
1 2
(1) 2 (1 + 1) (2) Q.19 In the circuit shown, a potential difference of
1   2 60V is applied across AB. The potential
1   2   2 difference between the point M and N is :-
(3) (4) 1 A 2C M
2 2
Q.14 The current-voltage graphs for a given metallic 60V C C
wire at two different temperatures T1 and T2 are
B N
shown in the fig. The temperatures T1 & T2 are 2C
(1) 10 V (2) 15 V
related as: (3) 20 V (4) 30 V
T1 Q.20 If potential of A is 10V, then potential of B is-
1µF 1µF
I B
T2

1µF
V
(1) T1 > T2 (2) T1 < T2
A
(3) T1 = T2 (4) T1 = 2T2 10V
Q.15 Three electric bulbs of 200 W, 200 W and 400 (1) (25/3) V (2) (50/3) V
W are shown in figure. The resultant power of (3) (100/3) V (4) 50 V
the combination is : Q.21 Three point charges q1, q2, q3 are placed at the
200W
vertices of a triangle if force on q1 and q2 are
400W
(2iˆ  ˆj) N and (iˆ  3j)
ˆ N, respectively, then
what will be force on q3 ?
200W
(1) Zero (2) ( 3iˆ  2ˆj) N
(3) (iˆ  ˆj) N (4) Cannot be
(1) 800 W (2) 400 W calculated
(3) 200 W (4) 600 W Q.22 The electric field in a region is given by
Q.16 In the circuit shown, the power developed in the  3 4
6 resistor is 6 W. The power developed in the E  E 0ˆi  E 0ˆj and E0 = 2 × 103 N/C.
4 resistor is : 5 5
6 Then, the flux of this field through a rectangular
surface of area 0.2 m2 parallel to the y-z plane is
4 :-
N  m2 N  m2
(1) 240 (2) 320
C C
(1) 16 W (2) 9 W N  m2
(3) Zero (4) 560
(3) 6 W (4) 4 W C
Q.17 Find the equivalent capacitance between A and Q.23 n identical cells are joined in series with two
B:- cells A and B with reversed polarities. emf of
1µF
A each cell is E and internal resistance is r.
1µF 1µF Potential difference across cell A and B is :
2µF
(n > 4)
2E  1
2µF 1µF (1) (2) 2E 1  
n  n
B
1µF 4E  2
(3) (4) 2E 1  
3 n  n
(1) F (2) 1 µF
7 Q.24 In the part of a circuit shown in the figure, the
4 2 potential difference (VG – VH) between points
(3) F (4) F G and H will be :-
5 5
 G
2amp 2amp
4 5V
2
3V 1 3amp
H

(1) 6 V (2) 15 V (1) 0.8 A (2) 0.6 A

(3) 7 V (4) 3 V (3) 0.4 A (4) 0.2 A
Q.25 In the given circuit, with steady current, the Q.30 For ensuring dissipation of same energy in all
potential drop across the capacitor must be :- the three resistors (R1, R2, R3) connected as
V R shown in figure, their values must be related as

V C

2V 2R
(1) R1 = R2 = R3
(1) V (2) V/2 (2) R2 = R3 and R1 = 4R2
(3) V/3 (4) 2V/3
(3) R2 = R3 and R1 = R2 / 4
Q.26 We have three identical metallic spheres A, B
and C. A is given a charge Q, and B and C are (4) R1 = R2 + R3
uncharged. The following processes of touching Q.31 Find the charge on the capacitor C in the given
of two spheres are carried out in succession. circuit :
Each process is carried out with sufficient time.
(i) A and B (ii) B and C
(iii) C and A (iv) A and B
(v) B and C
The final charges on the spheres are
(1) 12µC (2) 14µC
11Q 5Q 11Q 11Q 11Q 5Q (3) 20µC (4) 18µC
(1) , , (2) , ,
32 16 32 32 32 16 Q.32 Calculate the charge on the second capacitor
8Q 5Q 5Q 5Q 11Q 11Q before and after switch in the circuit is closed:-
(3) , , (4) , ,
8 16 16 16 32 32

Q.27 Charge Q is given a displacement r  aiˆ  bjˆ in

an electric field E  E ˆi  E ˆj. The work done
1 2
is
(1) Q (E1a + E2b)
(1) CE / 2,CE (2) 0, 0
2 2 (3) 0, CE (4) CE / 2, 0
(2) Q (E1a)  (E 2 b)
Q.33 Three charges +Q, q, +Q are placed
2 2 respectively, at distance, 0, d/2 and d from the
(3) Q (E1  E 2 ) a  b
origin, on the x-axis. If the net force experienced
(4) Q (E12  E 22 ) 2 a 2  b2 by + Q, placed at x=0, is zero, then value of q is
(1) +Q/2 (2) –Q/2
Q.28 A parallel plate capacitor has two layers of
(3) –Q/4 (4) +Q/4
dielectrics as shown in fig. This capacitor is
Q.34 For a uniformly charged ring of radius R, the
connected across a battery, then the ratio of
electric field on its axis has the largest
potential difference across the dielectric layers
magnitude at a distance h from its centre. Then
is-
value of h is :
(1) R / 5 (2) R
k1=2 k2=6
(3) R / 2 (4) R 2
Q.35 When the switch S, in the circuit shown, is
d 2d
(1) 4/3 (2) 1/2 closed, then the value of current i will be :
20V i1 C i 2 10V
(3) 1/3 (4) 3/2 A B
2 i 4
Q.29 The reading of the ammeter in the adjoining
2
figure will be :
S
V=0
 (1) 3 A (2) 5 A 1 1 A
(3) 4 A (4) 2 A (1)  0 E 2 Ad (2) 0E 2
2 2 d
Q.36 A resistance is shown in the figure. Its value and
1 d 1 Ad
tolerance are given respectively by: (3) 0 2 (4)
RED ORANGE 2 E A 2 0E2

SILVER Q.43 In the meter bridge experiment, the length AB of

VIOLET
the wire is 1m. The resistors X and Y have
(1) 27 K, 20% (2) 270 K, 5% values 5 and 2 respectively. When a shunt
resistance S is connected to X, the balancing
(3) 270 K, 10% (4) 27 K, 10%
point is found to be 0.625 m from A. Then, the
Q.37 A copper wire is stretched to make it 0.5%
resistance of the shunt is –
longer. The percentage change in its electrical S
resistance if its volume remains unchanged is:
Y

(1) 2.5% (2) 0.5% X G

(3) 1.0% (4) 2.0% A
J B
Q.38 Drift speed of electrons, when 1.5 A of current
flows in a copper wire of cross section 5 mm2,
(1) 5 (2) 10 
is v. If the electron density in copper is 9 ×1028
(3) 7.5  (4) 12.5 
/m3 the value of v in mm/s is close to (Take Q.44 Find equivalent resistance between X and Y
charge of electron to be = 1.6 × 10–19 C)
R R
(1) 0.2 (2) 3
(3) 2 (4) 0.02
R
Q.39 ABC is an equilateral triangle as shown in
R X
figure. Charge +q is placed at each corner. The Y
electric intensity at O will be –
+q R
(1) R (2) R/2
r (3) 2R (4) 5R
Q.45 The line AA' is on a charged infinite conducting
r r
O plane which is perpendicular to the plane of the
paper. The plane has a surface density of charge
+q +q
and B is a ball of mass m with a like charge of
1 q 1 q magnitude q. B is connected by a string from a
(1)  2 (2) 
4 0 r 4 0 r point on the line AA'. The tangent of the angle
1 3q () formed between the line AA' and the string
(3) zero (4)  is
4 0 r 2 q q A
Q.40 A conductor has a non-uniform section as shown (1) (2)
in the figure. A steady current is flowing
2 0 mg 4 0 mg
through it. Then the drift speed of the electrons q q  B
(3) (4)
2 0 mg  0 mg A'
Q P

(1) varies unpredictably

(2) increases from P to Q
(3) decreases from P to Q
(4) is constant throughout the wire
Q.41 An electric charge 10–3 µC is placed at the
origin (0, 0) of (x-y) co-ordinate system. Two
points A and B are situated at ( 2, 2) and
(2, 0) respectively. The potential difference
between the points A and B will be
(1) 4.5 volt (2) 9 volt
(3) zero (4) 2 volt
Q.42 Energy stored in between the plates of parallel
plate capacitor of area A, separated by distance
d is –