60

KCET 60 In Physics
ELECTRIC CHARGES
AND FIELD
PYQs
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Q1. Electric field at a distance 'r' from an infinitely long
uniformly charged straight conductor, having linear
charge density λ is E₁. Another uniformly charged
conductor having same linear charge density λ. is bent
into a semicircle of radius 'r'. The electric field at its
centre is 𝑬𝟐 . Then :
A. E₂=E₁/r
B. E₁=E₂
C. Ε₁ = 𝝅𝟏 Ε₂
D. Ε₂ = π𝝉Ε₁
Q2. A cubical Gaussian surface has side of length a= 10
cm. Electric field lines are parallel to x-axis as shown.
The magnitudes of electric fields through surfaces
ABCD and EFGH ae 6kN𝑪−𝟏 and 9kN𝑪−𝟏 respectively.
Then the total charge enclosed by the cube is : [Take
𝜺𝟎 = 𝟗 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟐 𝑭𝒎−𝟏 ]
A. 1.35 nC
B. -1.35 nC
C. 0.27 nC
D. -0.27 nC
Q3. A positively charged glass rod is brought near
uncharged metal sphere, which is mounted on an insulated
stand. If the glass rod is removed, the net charge on the
metal sphere is :
A. Zero
B. 𝟏. 𝟔 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟗 𝑪
C. Positive charge
D. Negative charge
Q4. A tiny spherical oil drop carrying a net charge q is balanced in still
𝟖𝟏
air, with a vertical uniform electric field of strength 𝝅 × 𝟏𝟎𝟓 V/m.
𝟕
When the field is switched 7 off, the drop is observed to fall with
terminal velocity 𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 𝒎 𝒔−𝟏 . Here g = 9.8 m/s². Viscosity of air is
1.8 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟓 Ns/m² and the density of oil is 900 kg 𝒎−𝟑 . The magnitude
of ‘q' is :
A. 𝟏. 𝟔 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟗 𝑪
B. 𝟎. 𝟖 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟗 𝑪
C. 𝟑. 𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟗 𝑪
D. 𝟖 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟗 𝑪
Q5. An electric dipole with dipole moment 4 x 𝟏𝟎−𝟗 Cm is
aligned at 30° with the direction of a uniform electric field of
magnitude 5 x 𝟏𝟎𝟒 N 𝑪−𝟏 , the magnitude of the torque acting on
the dipole is :
A. 𝟏𝟎−𝟓 𝑵 𝒎
B. 𝟏𝟎−𝟒 𝑵 𝒎
C. 𝟏𝟎 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 𝑵 𝒎
D. 𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟒 𝑵 𝒎
Q6. Four charges +q, +2q, +q and -2q are placed at the corners of a
square ABCD respectively. The force on a unit positive charge
kept at the centre O is :
A. along the diagonal AC
B. zero
C. perpendicular to AD
D. along the diagonal BD
Q7. A charged particle of mass 'm' and charge 'q' is released from rest
in an uniform electric field ՜. Neglecting the effect of gravity, the
𝑬
kinetic energy of the charged particle after ‘t' second is :
𝑬𝒒𝒎
A.
𝒕
𝟐𝑬𝟐 𝒕𝟐
B.
𝒎𝒒
𝑬𝟐 𝒒𝟐 𝒓𝟐
C.
𝟐𝒎
𝑬𝒒𝟐 𝒎
D. 𝟐
𝟐𝒕
Q8. Which of the statements is FALSE in the case of polar molecules?
A. Centers of positive and negative charges are separated in the
absence of external electric field.
B. Centers of positive and negative charges are separated in the
presence of external electric field.
C. Do not possess permanent dipole moments.
D. Ionic molecule HCl is the example of polar molecule.
Q9. A 2 gram object, located in a region of uniform electric
field 𝑬 =(300 N 𝑪−𝟏 ) 𝒊Ƹ carries a charge Q. The object released from
rest at x = 0, has a kinetic energy of 0.12 J at x = 0.5 m. Then Q is :
A. 400 μC
B. -400 μC
C. 800 μC
D. -800 μC
Q10. Electric field due to infinite, straight uniformly charged
wire varies with distance r as :
A. 𝒓
𝟏
B.
𝒓
𝟏
C.
𝒓𝟐
D. 𝒓𝟐
Q11. A copper rod AB of length l is rotated about end A with a
constant angular velocity ω. The electric field at a distance x
from the axis of rotation is :
𝒎𝝎𝟐 𝒙
A.
𝒆
𝒎𝝎𝒙
B.
𝒆𝒍
𝒎𝒙
C.
𝝎𝟐 𝒍
𝒎𝒆
D. 𝟐
𝝎 𝒙
Q12. When a soap bubble is charged :
A. the radius remains the same
B. its radius may increase or decrease
C. its radius increases
D. its radius decreases
Q13. The electric field lines on the left have twice
the separation on those on the right as shown in
figure. If the magnitude of the field at A is 40 V
m⁻¹, what is the force on 20 μC charge kept at B?
A. 16×10⁻⁴ N
B. 1×10⁻⁴ N
C. 4 × 10⁻⁴ N
D. 8×10⁻⁴ N
Q14. A point charge q is placed at the corner of a
cube of side a as shown in the figure. What is the
electric flux through the face ABCD?
𝒒
A.
𝟔𝜺𝟎
𝒒
B.
𝟕𝟐𝜺𝟎
C. 0
𝒒
D.
𝟐𝟒𝜺𝟎
Q15. An infinitely long thin straight wire has uniform
𝟏
charge density of × 𝟏𝟎−𝟐 𝑪 𝒎−𝟏 . What is the magnitude
𝟒
of electric field at a distance 20 cm from the axis of the
wire?
A. 2.25 × 10⁸ N C⁻¹
B. 9 × 10⁸ N C⁻¹
C. 1.12 × 10⁸ N C⁻¹
D. 4.5 × 10⁸ N C⁻¹
Q16. An electric dipole is kept in non-uniform electric field. It
generally experiences :
A. A torque but not a force
B. A force and torque
C. Neither a force nor a torque
D. A force but not a torque.
Q17. A certain charge 2Q is divided at first into two parts q₁ and q₂.
Later the charges are placed at a certain distance. If the force of
interaction between two charges is maximum then Q/q₁ = _____.
A. 1
B. 4
C. 0.5
D. 2
Q18. The force of repulsion between two identical positive charges
when kept with a separation r in air is F. Half the gap between the two
charges is filled by a dielectric slab of dielectric constant = 4. Then the
new force of repulsion between those two charges becomes :
𝑭
A.
𝟑
𝑭
B.
𝟐
𝑭
C.
𝟒
𝟒𝑭
D.
𝟗
Q19. The magnitude of point charge due to which the
electric field 30 cm away has the magnitude 2 N 𝑪−𝟏
will be :
A. 𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟏 𝑪
B. 𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟏 𝑪
C. 𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟏 𝑪
D. 𝟗 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟏 𝑪
Q20. Three point charges of +2q, +2q and -4q are placed at the
corners A, B and C of an equilateral triangle ABC of side 'x'. The
magnitude of the electric dipole moment of this system :
A. 𝟐 𝟑 𝒒𝒙
B. 𝟐 𝒒𝒙
C. 𝟑 𝒒𝒙
D. 𝟑 𝟐 𝒒𝒙
Q21. 4x 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟎 electrons are removed from a neutral metal sphere
of diameter 20 cm placed in air. The magnitude of the electric
field (in N 𝑪−𝟏 ) at a distance of 20 cm from its centre is :
A. Zero
B. 5760
C. 640
D. 1440
Q22. Two spheres of electric charges +2 nC and -8 nC are placed at a
distance d apart. If they are allowed to touch each other, what is the
new distance between them to get a repulsive force of same
magnitude as before?
𝒅
A.
𝟐
B. d
𝟑𝒅
C.
𝟒
𝟒𝒅
D.
𝟑
Q23. If and represents electric field at a point on
𝑬𝒂𝒙 𝑬𝒆𝒒
the axial and equatorial line of a dipole. If points are at a
distance r from the centre of the dipole, for r >> a :
A. =
𝑬𝒂𝒙 𝑬𝒆𝒒
B. =−
𝑬𝒂𝒙 𝑬𝒆𝒒
C. = −𝟐
𝑬𝒂𝒙 𝑬𝒆𝒒
D. =𝟐
𝑬𝒆𝒒 𝑬𝒂𝒙
Q24. An electron of mass m, charge e falls through a distance h
meter in a uniform electric field E. Then time of fall
𝟐𝒉𝒎
A. 𝒕 =
𝒆𝑬
𝟐𝒉𝒎
B. 𝒕 =
𝒆𝑬
𝟐𝒆𝑬
C. 𝒕 =
𝒉𝒎
𝟐𝒆𝑬
D. 𝒕 =
𝒉𝒎
Q25. If there is only one type of charge in the universe, then (𝑬 Electric
field, 𝒅𝒔 Area vector)
A. ‫𝑬 ׯ‬. 𝒅𝒔 ≠ 𝟎 on any surface
B.‫𝑬 ׯ‬. 𝒅𝒔 could not be defined
C. ‫𝑬 ׯ‬. 𝒅𝒔 = ∞ if charge is inside
𝒒
D. ‫𝑬 ׯ‬. 𝒅𝒔 = 𝟎 if charge is outside, = if charge is inside
𝜺𝟎
Q26. Two spheres carrying charges +6 µC and +9 µC, separated by a
distance d, experiences a force of repulsion F. When a charge of -3
µC is given to both the sphere and kept at the same distance as
before, the new force of repulsion is :
A. 3F
B. F/9
C. F
D. F/3
Q27. Pick out the statement which is incorrect.
A. The electric field lines forms closed loop.
B. Field lines never intersect.
C. The tangent drawn to a line of force represents the direction
of electric field
D. A negative test charge experiences a force opposite to the
direction of the field.
Q28. The angle between the dipole moment and electric
field at any point on the equatorial plane is :
A. 90°
B. 45°
C. 0°
D. 180°
Q29. A spherical conductor of radius 2 cm is uniformly charged with 3
nC. What is the electric field at a distance of 3 cm from centre of the
sphere?
A. 3 × 𝟏𝟎𝟒 V 𝒎−𝟏
B. 𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎𝟔 𝑽 𝒎−𝟏
C. 𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟒 𝒎−𝟏
D. 𝟑 𝑽 𝒎−𝟏
Q30. What is the nature of Gaussian surface involved in Gauss law of
electrostatic?
A. Magnetic
B. Scalar
C. Vector
D. Electrical
 Home Work #1
Q31. Two equal and opposite charges of masses 𝒎𝟏 and m₂ are
accelerated in an uniform electric field through the same
distance. What is the ratio of their accelerations if their ratio of
𝒎
masses is 𝟏 = 0.5?
𝒎𝟐
𝒂𝟏
A. =𝟐
𝒂𝟐
𝒂
B. 𝟏 = 𝟎. 𝟓
𝒂𝟐
𝒂
C. 𝟏 =𝟑
𝒂𝟐
𝒂
D. 𝟏 =𝟏
𝒂𝟐
 Home Work #2
Q32. If a charge on the body is 1 nC, then how
many electrons are present on the body?
A. 𝟔. 𝟐𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟕
B. 𝟏. 𝟔 × 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟗
C. 𝟔. 𝟐𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟖
D. 𝟔. 𝟐𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎𝟗