OBJECTIVE LEVEL - I

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1. Three uncharged capcitors of capacities C1, C2 and C3 are conencted to one an-
other as shown in the figure. Points A, B and D are at potential V1 , V2 and V3 . then C1
the potential at O will be
O
C2 C3
V1C1  V2 C2  V3C3 V1  V2  V3
(a) C1  C2  C3 (b) C1  C2  C3 B D

V1  V2  V3  V1V2 V3
(c) C1  C2  C3  (d) C1C2 C3
2. A charge +Q is uniformly distributeed over a thin ring of radius R, velocity of an electron at the
moment it passes through the centre O of the ring, if the electron was initially at rest at a point A
which is very far away from the centre and on the axis of the ring is
2kQe kQe
(a) (b)
mR m

kme kQe
(c) (d) .
QR mR
3. A rod AB of mass m and length l is positively charged with linear charge density  coul/m. It is
provided at end A and is hanging freely. If a horizontal electric field E is switched on in the region, find
the angular acceleration of the rod with which it starts.
E 3E
(a) (b)
2m 2m
3E
(c) (d) zero .
m

4. 1000 small water drops each of radius r and charge q coalesce together to form one spherical drop.
The potential of the big drop is larger than that of the smaller drops by a factor of :
(a) 1000 (b) 100
(c) 10 (d) 1.

5. Two equally charged small balls placed at a fixed distance, experience a force F. A similar uncharged
ball after touching one of them, is placed at the midpoint of the two balls. The force experienced by
this ball is :
(a) F/2 (b) F
(c) 2F (d) 4F.
6. Two concentric spheres of radius R and 2R have charges Q and 2Q. The potential at a point P
situated at a point 3R/2 distance from common centre is V, now outer sphere is earthed, the potential
at point P now is :
(a) V/5 (b) V/10
(c) V/3 (d) V.

7 From a supply of identical capacitors rated 8 mF, 250V, the minimum number of capacitors required
 to form a composite 16 mF, 1000V is :
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 16 (d) 32.

8. Two capacitor C and 2C in parallel are charged with a battery of voltage V and then isolated. Now
a dielectric of relative permittivity k is filled in C
V
(a) the final p.d. across the combination is
3k  1
3V
(b) the final p.d. across the combination is
k2
2V
(c) the final p.d. across the combination is
k
V
(d) the final p.d. across the combination is .
2k  1

9. A parallel plate capacitor has an electric field of 5 x 106 V/m between the plates, If the charge on the
capacitor plate is 0.5 mC, then the force on each capacitor plate is :
(a) 1.25 Nt (b) 2.5 Nt
(c) 0.125 Nt (d) none of these .

10. An infinite number of charges each equal to q are placed along the x = 1, x = 2, x = 4, ……………..
and so on the potential V and the electric field E at the points x = 0 due to this set of charges is :
q 1 4 2q 4 q
(a) V  4 πε , E  4 πε 3 q (b) V  4 πε , E  3 4 πε
0 0 0 0

2q q 4 q 2q
(c) V  4 πε , E  4πε (d) V  3 4 πε , E  4 πε .
0 0 0 0

11. A parallel plate capacitor of area ‘A’ plate separation ‘d’ is A/2 A/2
filled with two dielectrics as shown. What is the capacitance of
the arrangement ?
K d
d
3K 0 A 4K0 A 2
K
(a) (b)
4d 3d

 k  1  0 A k  k  3  0 A
(c) (d) 2  k  1 d .
2d
12. In the arrangement shown the charging battery is disconnect and a directric
slab of dielelctric constnat ‘K’ is inserted between the plate of capacitor C. V C 2C
What is the final potential difference across ‘2C’ ?
(a) zero (b) V
Q
V 3V
(c) (d) .
K2 K2
13. Two concentric hollow conducting spheres of radius r and R (R>r) p
r 2R
R
 are shown. the charge on outer shell is Q. What charge should be
given to inner sphere so that the potential at poitn ‘p’ outside the
outer sphere is zero ?
Qr QR
(a)  (b) 
R r
2QR
(c) – Q (d)  .
r
d
14. Correct plot of vs  in case of an electric dipole placed in any uniform electric field is
d

d d
d d
(a) (b)
 

d d
d d
(c) (d) .
 

15. A metal sphere A of radius a is charged to a potential V. What will be its potential if B
it is enclosed by a sphereical conductiing shell B of radius b and the two are
connected by a wire b
a A
av
(a) (b) V
b
4 0 Va
(c) a  b (d) zero.
 OBJECTIVE LEVEL - II

1. A solid conducting sphere of radius a having a charge q is

surrounded by a concentric conducting spherical shell of inner
radius 2a and outer radius 3a as shown in figure. Find the amount of
a
heat produced when switch is closed.
s
Kq 2 Kq 2 2a
(a) (b) 3a
2a 3a
Kq 2 Kq 2
(c) (d) .
4a 6a

2. Figure shows a ball having a charge q fixed at a point A. Two +q

identical balls having charges +q and –q and mass ‘m’ each are
attached to the ends of a light rod of length 2a. The rod is free to
rotate about a fixed axis perpendicular to the plane of the papper
A 2a 2a
and passing through the mid-point of the rod. The system is re-
q
leased from the situation shown in figure. Find the
angular velocity of the rod when the rod becomes horizontal.
2q q
(a) (b) –q
3π 0 ma 3 3π 0 ma 3

q 2q
(c) 3 (d) .
6π 0 ma 4π 0 ma 3
3. Two hollow non conducting spheres of radius a are separated by a distance 2a and having charge +q
and –q. If they are moved apart to a distance 4a and while moving their radii also expended to double
the initial value. Work done by external force in doing so is :
kq 2 kq 2
(a) (b) 
a a
kq 2 kq 2
(c) (d)  .
4a 4a

4. There are two concentric spherical conducting shells of radii r and 3r. The outer shell carries a
charge q and inner is uncharged but connected to earth with a key which is open. Find the amount of
charge flows from inner shell to earth when the key is closed.
(a) -q/3 (b) q/3
(c) 3q (d) -3q .

5. A capacitor of capacitance C is charged by connecting it to a battery of e.m.f. E volts. The capacitor

is now disconnected and reconnected to the same battery with polarity reversed. The heat energy
developed in the connecting wire is :
(a) CE2 (b) 2CE2
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(c) CE2 (d) zero .
2

6. There are three concentric shell having charges (+q, 0, +q) with outer is connected to earth, then
(a) the inner surfaces of middle and outer shells will have the same charge
(b) the inner surfaces of middle and outer shells will have same charge density
(c) the outer surface of all the three shells will have the same charge
(d) the outer surface of the three shells will have same charge density.

7. Two metal spheres of radii a and b are connected by a thin wire. Their separation is large compared
with their dimensions. The capacitance of this system is
(a) 4  0 ab (b) 2  0 (a+b)
(c) 4  0 (a+b) (d) 2  0 (a 2+b2).
8. In a parallel plate capacitor connected to a battery, the plates are pulled apart with a uniform speed.
When the separation between the plates is d, the rate of change of the energy stored in the capacitor
is proportional to
(a) d2 (b) d
(c) 1/d (d) 1/d2 .

9. A capacitor of capacitance C0 is charged to a potential V0 and them isolate. A small capacitor C is

then charged from C0, discharged and charged again and the process is repeated n times. Due to this
potential of the larger capacitor is decreased to V. Value of C is :

 V0 
1/ n  V 1 / n 
0
(a) C0   (b) C0     1
V  V  

n n
 V    V  
   1
(c) C0  V   1 (d) C0  V  .
 0    0  
 

10. The equivalent capacitance between points A and B is

 
A
10 


B

(a) 3  F (b) 4  F
(c) 6  F (d) 8  F..

11. Three capacitors of 1  F, 2  F and 3  F are initially a charged to 10  C, 20  C and 30  C

respectively. Now these are connected as shown in figure. If switch is closed, final charge appearing
on 1F , 2F and 3F capacitors, is
 s

30
+10 +
1 F 3 F
- 10 -
30
2 F
20 + - 20

(a) 0 (b) 10  C each

(c) 50/ 11  C, 160 /11  C and 390/111  C (d) 60/11  C, 40/11  C and 60/11
1  C.

120V
12. The circular plates A and B of a parallel plate
capacitor have a diameter of 0.1 m are 2x10-3 m A B C D
apart. The plates C and D, of a similar capacitor
have a diameter of 0.12 m and are 3x10-3m apart
plate A is earthed, plates B and C are connected
together, plate C is connected to appositive pole of d1 d2
a 120 V battery whose negative is earthed then
the combined capacitance is :
 49   30 
(a)   πε 0 (b)   πε 0
 20   49 
 πε 0   6
(c)   (d)   πε 0
 2   5
13. A negatively charged rod is held near a conductor X that is earthed as shown in figure
–– ––
(a) Uncharged and at a negative potential –– ––
(b) Uncharged and at a positive potential X
(c) Positively charged and at Earth potential
(d) Negatively charged and at Earth potential

14. A, B, C, D, P and and Q are points in a uniform electric field. the potentials at these B C
points are
P
V  A   2 Volt
A D
V  P   V  B   V  D   5 Volt
0.2 m
V  C   8 Volt. the electric field at P is
(a) 10 V cm–1 along PQ (b) 15 2 V cm–1 along PA
A
(c) 5 V cm–1 along PC –1
(d) 5 V cm along PA
cm
15. Figure shows two equipotential lines X and Y. what is E x and E y Y
(x and y conmponent of electric field)
(a) +100 V/m, – 200 V/m (b) –100 V/m, + 200 V/m 2V
(c) + 200 V/m, +100 V/m (d) –200 V/m, – 100 V/m 4V
O 2 4 6 8 cmX