(MCQS based of chapter ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE )

1. Electric potential at a point due to a point charge q depends on distance as:

(a) Distance (b) Distance2
(c) 1/distance (d) 1/distance2
2. SI unit of electric potential is:
(a) volt (b) watt
(c) farad (d) coulomb
3. Work done in moving a unit positive charge from infinity to a point against the
electric field is said to be the electricat that point.
(a) Field (b) Flux
(c) Potential (d) Dipole
4. The correct formula for electric potential is:
(a) Potential = work done/ charge (b) Potential = work done × charge
(c) Potential = charge/ work done (d) Potential = work done - charge

5. Work done in moving a unit positive charge against the electric field from one
point to another is called ........
(a) Potential (b) Potential energy
(c) Potential difference (d) Potential energy difference

6. The ratio of 1joule to 1coulomb is:

(a) 1volt (b) 1ampere
(c) 1farad (d) 1ohm
7. Identify the vector quantity among the following:
(a) Electric dipole moment (b) Electric potential
(c) Electric potential difference (d) Electric potential energy

8. Electric potential at a point due to a short dipole varies with distance as:
(a) Distance (b) Distance2
(c) 1/distance (d) 1/distance2
9. Electric potential at a point due to a short dipole varies with orientation as:
(a) cos θ (b) sin θ
(c) tan θ (d) cos2 θ
10. For a point on the axis of a short dipole, electric potential due to it is:
1 p
(a) 2 (b) 0
4πϵ0 r 1 p
1 p (d) ±
(c) ± 4πϵ0 r2
4πϵ0 r
11. For a point on the equatorial line of a short dipole, electric potential due to it is:
1 p
(a) 2 (b) 0
4πϵ0 r 1 p
1 p (d) ±
(c) ± 4πϵ0 r
4πϵ0 r
12. Electric potential due to a uniformly charged (with total charge q) spherical shell
of radius R at a point on the surface is:
1 q
(a) 1 q
4πϵ0 r (b) 2
1 q2 4πϵ0 r2
(c) (d) 0
4πϵ0 r
13. Electric potential due to a uniformly charged (with total charge q) spherical con-
ducting shell of radius R at any point inside the surface is:
1 q 1 q
(a) (b) 2
4πϵ0 r 4πϵ0 r2
(c) Changes at every point (d) 0
14. Electric potential due to a uniformly charged (with total charge q) spherical shell
of radius R at a distance r (r > R) is:
1 q 1 q
(a) (b)
4πϵ0 R 4πϵ0 r
1 q 1 q
(c) 2
(d)
4πϵ0 R 4πϵ0 r2
15. The angle between electric field and equipotential surface is:
(a) 900 (b) 00
(c) 1800 (d) 450
16. If we carry a charge once around an equipotential surface, then work done by it
is:
(a) Positive (b) Negative
(c) Zero (d) Infinite
17. Equipotential surface is a surface
(a) On which each and every point has positive potential
(b) On which each and every point has negative potential
(c) On which each and every point has zero potential
(d) On which each and every point has the same potential

18. Which of the following sentences is WRONG for an equipotential surface?

(a) Work done to move a charge between two points on the surface is 0.
(b) Electric field at any point on the surface is perpendicular to the surface.
(c) Equipotential surfaces are close together in regions of strong electric field
(d) Equipotential surfaces can intersect with each other.

19. Electric field due to a point charge is in the direction in which

(a) Potential increases the steepest (b) Flux increases the steepest
(c) Potential decreases the steepest (d) Flux decreases the steepest
20. The correct formula connecting electric field and electric potential:
⃗ = δV
(a) E (b) V = −
δV
δl δl
δE⃗ ⃗
δE
(c) V = − (d) V =
δl δl
21. Potential energy due to a system of two charges is negative when:
(a) Both charges are negative (b) Both charges have unequal magni-
(c) One charge is positive and the other tude
is negative (d) Both charges are positive
22. In the relation A=BC where A is Electric Potential energy, B is Electric charge,
which physical quantity does C represent?
(a) Capacitance (b) Electric potential
(c) Electric force (d) Electric flux
23. SI units of potential and potential energy:
(a) Volt and joule (b) Joule and volt
(c) Volt and volt (d) Joule and joule
24. Potential energy of a system of 2 charges varies with distance as:
(a) Distance (b) 1/Distance
(c) Distance2 (d) 1/Distance2
25. When dipole moment is aligned in the direction of the uniform electric field:
(a) The dipole is in stable equilibrium (b) The dipole is in unstable equilibrium
(c) Potential energy stored by the dipole (d) The dipole stores maximum poten-
is 0 tial energy
26. When dipole moment is aligned 1800 with respect to the uniform electric field:
(a) The dipole is in stable equilibrium (b) The dipole is in unstable equilibrium
(c) Potential energy stored by the dipole (d) The dipole stores minimum potential
is 0 energy
27. At the surface of a charged conductor, electric field must be always:
(a) Parallel to the surface (b) Perpendicular to the surface
0
(c) Aligned at 45 from the surface (d) Zero
28. Electric potential at any point inside a conductor is:
(a) Constant and is equal to the poten-
(b) Constant and is independent of the
tial on the surface
potential on the surface
(c) Constant and is less than the poten-
(d) zero
tial at a point outside the surface
29. The electric field inside a cavity present in a conductor is always:
(b) Negative
(a) Positive
(d) Greater than the electric field out-
(c) Zero
side the conductor
30. The electric field inside the cavity of a charged conductor is zero. This is known
as:
(a) Discharging (b) Grounding
(c) Electrostatic shielding (d) Electrification
31. Effect of introducing a dielectric in a region of electric field is:
(a) Electric field decreases but doesn’t (b) Electric field increases
become zero (d) Electric field decreases and becomes
(c) Electric field remains constant zero
32. The maximum electric field that a dielectric medium can withstand without break-
down is called its:
(a)Permittivity (b) Dielectric constant
(c) Electric susceptibility (d) Dielectric strength

33. ‘A’ represents a molecule in which centers of positive and negative charges coin-
cide. ‘B’ represents a molecule in which centers of positive and negative charges
are separate. Then, which of the following is TRUE for A and B?
(a) A and B are both polar molecules (b) A and B are both non-polar
(c) A is a polar molecule, B is a non- molecules
polar molecule (d) A is a non-polar molecule, B is a po-
lar molecule
34. An example for polar molecule is:
(a) Oxygen (O2 ) molecule (b) Nitrogen (N2 ) molecule
(c) Hydrogen (H2 ) molecule (d) Water (H2 O) molecule

35. In case of dielectric, which of the following options is true with regard to the
induced dipole moment (p) and the applied external electric field (Eext )?
(b) (Eext ) and p are in the same direction
(a) (Eext ) and p can be in any direction
but not proportional to each other
(c) (Eext ) and p are in the same direction
(d) (Eext ) and p are in opposite direction
but proportional to each other
and not proportional to each other.

36. Capacitors are used to

(a) Destroy electric charges (b) Store electric charges
(c) Produce electric charges (d) Produce high potential differences

37. Capacitance of a capacitor is defined as:

(a) Ratio of charge on the capacitor to (b) Ratio of potential difference of the
its potential differenc capacitor to its charge
(c) Product of charge on the capacitor (d) Ratio of electric field across the ca-
and its potential difference pacitor to the charge on it

38. Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor does not depend on:

(a) Shape of the plates
(b) Size of the plates
(c) Dielectric constant between the
(d) Charge on the plates
plates

39. Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with dielectric material of dielectric con-
stant K is given by:
(a) C=ϵ0 K/d (b) C=ϵ0 KA/d
(c) C=ϵ0 A/d (d) C=ϵ0 KA/d2

40. In a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance increases if:

(b) Distance between the plates in-
(a) Charge on the plates decreases creases
(c) Area of plates increases (d) Dielectric constant of the material
between the plates decreases
41. In a parallel plate capacitor, if the area of the plates is decreased by n times, then
the capacitance
(a) Increases by n times (b) Decreases by n times
(c) Remains same (d) Increases by n2 times
MCQs based on chapter NUJCLEI