SCHOOL EDUCATION - VILLUPURAM DISTRICT

+2 PHYSICS SLIP TEST – I

Time : 45 min.
Marks: 25.
PART – A
I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER (Answer the all questions) 5×1=5
1. A parallel plate capacitor stores a charge Q at a voltage V. Suppose the area of the parallel
plate capacitor and the distance between the plates are each doubled then which is the quantity
that will change?
(a) Capacitance (b) Charge (c) Voltage (d) Energy density

2. Which charge configuration produces a uniform electric field?

(a) point charge (b) uniformly charged infinite line
(c) uniformly charged infinite plane (d) uniformly charged spherical shell

3. An electric dipole is placed at an alignment angle of 30 o with an electric field of 2 × 105 N C–1.
It experiences a torque equal to 8 N m. The charge on the dipole if the dipole length is 1 cm is
(a) 4 mC (b) 8 mC (c) 5 mC (d) 7 mC

4. If voltage applied on a capacitor is increased from V to 2V, choose the correct conclusion.
(a) Q remains the same, C is doubled (b) Q is doubled, C doubled
(c) C remains same, Q doubled (d) Both Q and C remain same

5. Two points A and B are maintained at a potential of 7 V and -4 V respectively. The work done
in moving 50 electrons from A to B is
(a) 8.80 × 10–17 J (b) -8.80 × 10–17 J (c) 4.40 × 10–17 J (d) 5.80 × 10–17 J
PART – B
II. ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS 2×2=4
6. Define ‘electric flux’.
7. What is corona discharge?
8. What is an equipotential surface?
9. What is polarisation?
PART – C
III. ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS 2×3=6
10. Write properties of electric field lines.
11. Dielectric strength of air is 3 × 106 V m–1. Suppose the radius of a hollow sphere in the Van
de Graff generator is R = 0.5 m, calculate the maximum potential difference created by this Van
de Graaff generator.
12. Derive an expression for electrostatic potential due to a point charge.
13. Write applications of capacitors.
PART – D

IV. ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS 2 × 5 = 10

14. Explain in detail the construction and working of a Van de Graaff generator.
15. Calculate the electric field due to a dipole on its axial line.
16. Derive an expression for electrostatic potential due to electric dipole.