Section A (Electrostatics)

^^ Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

@@ Electric dipole moment

@@ Electric field

@@ Electric potential~

@@ Electric force

^^ A long cylindrical shell carries a positive surface charge σ in the upper half and
negative surface charge σ in the lower half. The electric lines around the cylindrical shell
will look like

@@ (a)

@@ (b)

@@ (c)

@@ (d) ~

^^ Work done in moving a unit positive charge through a distance of x metre on an

equipotential surface is

@@ 0 ~

Qa
@@ 3
π εo x

2Qa
@@ 3
π εo x

√3 Qa
@@
π εo x3

^^ Two plates are at potentials +20 V and –20 V. If the separation between the plates is 2
cm, the electric field between them will be (in V m-1)
@@ 40

@@ 20

@@ 4000

@@ 2000 ~

^^ In calculations involving electronic force between atomic constituents, the

gravitational force can be neglected because,
@@The electrostatic force is enormously greater than the gravitational force~
@@The electrostatic force is enormously less than the gravitational force
@@The gravitational force is enormously equals to the electronic force
@@None of the above
^^ Calculate the value of two equal charges if they repel one another with a force of 0.1 N
when situated 50 cm apart in a vacuum.

@@ 1.7 μC ~

@@ 1.60 μC

@@ 1.57 μC

@@ 1.75 μC

^^ (using the above information) what would be the size of the charges if they were
situated in an insulating liquid whose permittivity was ten times that of a vacuum?

@@ 5.7 μC

@@ 5.3 μC ~

@@ 5.5 μC

@@ 7.5 μC

^^ An electron of charge 1.6 ×10−1 9 C is situated in a uniform electric field of intensity

−1 −31
120000 V m . Find the force on it (electron mass m=9.1×10 kg ).

@@ 1.82 ×10−14 N

@@ 1.90 ×10−14 N

@@ 1.92 ×10−14 N ~

@@ 1.22 ×10−14 N
 ^^ Two positive point charges of 12 and 8 microcoulomb respectively are 10 cm apart.
Find the work done in bringing them 4 cm closer.

@@ 5.6 J

@@ 5.7 J

@@ 5.8 J ~

@@ 5.9 J

^^ An electron is liberated from a hot filament and attracted by an anode of potential

1200 volts positive with respect to the filament. What is the speed of the electron when it
strikes the anode?

@@ 2.1 ×107 m s−1 ~

@@ 2.2 ×106 m s−1

@@ 2.2 ×105 m s−1

@@ 2.3 ×107 m s−1

^^ Two equally charged pith balls are 3 cm apart in air and repel each other with a force
of 4 ×10−5 N . Compute the charge on each ball.

@@ 2 ×10−6 C

@@ 3 ×10−9 C

@@ 2 ×10−8 C

@@ 2 ×10−9 C ~

^^ A disk with radius 0.10 m is oriented with its normal unit vector at an angle of 30 ° to a
uniform electric field with magnitude 2 ×109 N /C . What is the electric flux through the
disk?

@@ 50 N . m2 /C

@@ 53 N . m2 /C

@@ 52 N . m2 /C

@@ 54 N . m2 /C ~
 ^^ The earth has a net electric charge. The resulting electric field near the surface can be
measured with sensitive electronic instruments; its average value is about 150 N /C
directed toward the centre of the earth. What is the corresponding surface charge density?

@@ 1.33 ×10−9 C /m2

@@ −1.33 ×10−9 C /m2 ~

@@−1.43 ×10−8 C /m2

@@−1.33 ×10−8 C /m2

^^ A proton (+e=1.602 ×10−19 C ) moves in a straight line from a to point b inside a linear
accelerator, a total distance 0.50 m . The electric field is uniform along this line with
magnitude 1.5 ×107 N /C in a direction from a to b. Determine the work done on the field
and;

@@ 7.5 MeV ~

@@ 7.0 KeV

@@ 7.4 MeV

@@ 7.5 KeV

^^ (using the above information) Find the potential difference

@@ 7.5 KV

@@ 7.5 MV ~

@@ 7.4 MV

@@ 7.6 KV

^^The quantity of charge which passes a section of a conductor in one second when the
current flowing is one ampere is called
@@Surface charge density
@@Permittivity of the conductor
@@Electric potential
@@Coulomb ~
^^ The quantity of charge per unit area over a region of the body is known as
@@Electric field strength
@@Electrostatic
@@Surface charge density ~
@@Electric field
 ^^All the following statements are true except
@@ Lines of electric force radiate outwards from a positive charge
@@Lines of electric force radiate outwards from a negative charge ~
@@ Lines of electric force radiate inwards to a negative charge
@@ Lines of electric force never intersect
^^An electron of charge 1.6 ×10−19 C is situated in a uniform electric field of strength
−1
120 kV m . Find the force on the electron
@@1.92 ×10−14 N ~
@@1.92 ×10−19 N
@@9.12 ×10−19 N
^^Any surface or volume over which the potential is constant is called
@@Equipotential ~
@@Potential gradient
@@Field intensity
@@Potential difference
^^What is the magnitude of electrostatic force of attraction between an alpha particle and
an electron separated by 10−13 m?

@@4.92×10−2
@@4.02×10−3
@@4.62×10−2~
@@4.00×10−2
^^Calculate the strength of the electric field E due to a point charge of 2.00 nC (nano-
Coulombs) at a distance of 5.00 mm from the charge.

@@720000 NC −1

@@72000 NC −1

@@7200 NC −1

@@−¿720000 NC −1

^^A total positive charge of 28 μC is uniformly distributed over the volume of a sphere of
radius 30 cm. Find the electric field intensity at the centre of the sphere.

@@2.5 ×10 7NC−1

@@2.8 ×10 6NC−1

@@2.8 ×10 7NC−1

@@3.5 ×10 7NC−1

^^ The electric potential at point P in the diagram is

@@ 352.6

@@ 265.2

@@ 297.16 ~

@@ 0

^^A-point charge of magnitude q = +9 μC is placed in a vacuum. What is the magnitude

of the electric field a distance r = 12 cm. (k = 9.0 x 109 Nm2C−2)
@@ 7.62 ×108 N /C
@@ 5.62 ×104 N /C
@@ 5.62 ×106 N /C ~
@@ 1.02 ×106 N /C
^^An electric field of 10N/C exists in a certain region of space. The potential difference
V at x = 200 cm is:
@@ 100 V
@@ – 20 V~
@@ +20 V
@@ -10V
^^The electric field intensity at a point situated 4m is 200 N/C. If the distance is reduced
to 2m the field intensity will be
@@ 400N/C
@@ 600N/C
 @@ 800N/C~
@@ 1200N/C
^^Two point charges +14µC and +6µC are separated 10cm apart in free space. Calculate
the work done in bringing the smaller charge 4cm closer (k =9.0 ×10 9 N m2 /C2 ¿
@@ 5.04 J ~
@@ 4.54 J
@@ 15.04 J
@@ 25.04 J
^^ A suspended object A is attracted to a neutral wall. It is also attracted to a positively
charged object B. Which of the following is true about object A?

@@ It is uncharged

@@ It has a negative charge ~

@@ It has a positive charge

@@ It may be either charged or uncharged

^^ Using coulomb’s law, when the distance between two charges is double, the force
between the two charges?

@@ Increase to one-quarter of its initial value

@@ Increase to four times its initial value

@@ Decrease to one quarter of its initial value ~

@@ Decrease to half of its initial value

Section B (Capacitance)

^^ Which of the following is a unit of capacitance?

@@ Coulomb

@@ Newton

@@ Farad ~

@@ Pascal

^^ Three capacitors can be connected either in series or in parallel. Which of the

following combinations will give the smallest equivalent capacitance?

@@ All in series ~

@@ All in parallel

@@ Two in series and one in parallel

@@ Two in parallel and one in series

^^ The equivalent capacitance of the combination shown in Fig. below is

Fig.

@@ 3/2 C

@@ 2/5 C

@@ 11/6 C ~

@@ 6C

^^ A capacitor is charged to 24 V and it acquires a charge of 12 μC. The energy stored in

it is

@@ 500 μJ

@@ 460 μJ

@@ 300 μJ

@@ 144 μJ ~

^^ Two capacitors of capacitances 2 μF and 3 μF respectively are connected in series

between points A and B. what capacitance must be placed in parallel with the 2 μF
capacitor in order to increase the capacitance from A to B by 0.8 μF ?

@@ 2 μF

@@ 4 μF ~

@@ 6 μF

@@ 2.2 μF

^^ If the magnitude of a charge on each conductor, the charge density at each point, the
electric field and the potential difference between the conductors is doubled, What
happens to the ratio of charge to potential?

@@ Double

@@ Increase by four times

@@ 0

@@ Constant ~

^^ Find the equivalent capacitance of the five-capacitor network shown in the diagram
below.

@@ 3 µF

@@ 11.9 µF

@@ 6 µF ~

@@ 20 µF

^^ What is the magnitude of the electric field required to store 1.00 j of electric potential
energy in a volume of 1.00 m3 in vacuum? If the field magnitude is 10 times larger than
that, how much energy is stored per cubic meter?

@@ 4.75 × 105 V/m~

@@ 3 × 108 V/m

@@ 50 V/m

@@ 80 V/m

^^ The distance between the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor is 0.5 cm . If a potential

difference of 10 k V is applied between the plates and the area of each is 2.00 m2 ,
Compute the capacitance of the system

@@ 3.40 ×10−9 F

@@ 3.50 ×10−9 F

@@ 3.45 ×10−9 F

@@ 3.54 × 10−9 F ~
 ^^Which of the following factors does not affect the capacitance of a capacitor?

@@ Distance between plates

@@ Area of the plates

@@ Nature of dielectric

@@ Thickness of the plates~

^^A capacitor having a capacitance of 5 μF is charged to a potential difference of10 kV .

The energy stored in the capacitor is?

@@ 50 J

@@ 150 J

@@ 200 J

@@ 250 J~

^^The property of a material which allows charge to be stored in it is called?

@@ Reluctance

@@ Capacitance~

@@ Capacity

@@ Reactance

^^Equivalent capacitance of system of capacitors shown in the figure is

Systems capacitors
@@C/2
@@2C~
@@C
@@None of the options

^^ 25J of energy is stored in a capacitor of capacitance 2 μF . Calculate the voltage across

the capacitor’s terminals.

@@ 15kV

@@ 5kV ~
@@ 0.5kV

@@ 50kV

^^ Calculate the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor whose plate area is 0.01 m2, with
dielectric of ε r=7 and separated by 10 mm .

@@ 62.00 x10-11 F

@@ 62.00 ×10−12F ~

@@ 8.85x10-12 F

@@ 8.85x10-11 F

Section C (Current electricity)

^^ If the cross-sectional area of a wire is 8.20 x 10-7 m2 and carries a current of 1.67 A.
Find the potential difference between two point in the wire 50.0m apart and its resistance
(Take ρ = 1.72 x 10-8 Ωm)

@@ 1.75 V, 20Ω

@@ 1.75 V, 1.05Ω ~

@@ 75 V, 20Ω

@@ 0.75 V, 34Ω

^^ Find the current that enters the 3Ω resistor of the network in the diagram below

@@ 6 A

@@ 2 A ~
@@ 1 A

@@ 3 A

^^ The circuit shown below contains two batteries, each with an emf and an internal
resistance, and two resistors. Find the current in the circuit.

@@ 2.5 A

@@1.35 A

@@ 1 A

@@ 0.5 A ~

^^ A 75 W bulb draws a 68 mA current. How much time will be required to pass a 30 C

charge through the bulb?

@@ 441minutes

@@ 7.35minutes ~

@@ 18minutes

@@ 2.5minutes

^^A current of 1 A flows through a wire. Calculate the number of electrons passing
through any cross section of the wire in 8 seconds

@@3.99×10 19 electrons

@@2.99×10 19 electrons

@@4.99×10 18 electrons

@@4.99×10 19 electrons
 ^^A copper wire of length 60 cm and cross-sectional area 10−7 m2carries a current of 1.6
A. How long will an electron take to drift from one end of the wire to the other. Assume
that there are 1029free electrons.

@@8 minutes

@@16 minutes

@@18 minutes

@@10 minutes

^^A wire of resistance 5 Ohm is drawn out so that its length increased to twice its original
length. Find the new resistance in the wire.

@@20Ω

@@10Ω

@@12Ω

@@15Ω

^^ A copper wire with a diameter of 3.26 mm carries a steady current of 20 A . If the

number of electrons per unit volume for copper is 8.47 × 1028. Determine the average drift
velocity v d of electrons in the wire.

@@ 1.76 ×10−3 m/ s

@@ 1.77 ×10−4 m/s ~

@@ 1.67 ×10−4 m/s

@@ 1.77 ×10−3 m/ s

^^ What shunt resistance is required to make a 1.00 mA , 20 Ω meter into an ammeter with
a range of 0 A to 50 mA .

@@0.488 Ω

@@ 0.804 Ω.

@@ 0.408 Ω ~

@@ 0.448 Ω

^^ A coil of wire has a resistance of 25.0 Ω at 20 ℃ and a resistance of 25.17 Ω at 35 ℃ .

What is its temperature coefficient of resistance?

@@4.5 × 10−5 °C−1

@@ 5.5 ×10−5 ° C−1

@@ 5.5 ×10−2 ° C−1

@@ 6.71 ×10−2 ° C−1 ~

^^ In order to compare values of Resistors using Whetstone’s Bridge (as shown in the
figure), the following result is summarized.

Figure 2Comparism of Resistors in Whetstone’s Bridge

R x= 4.5 Ω, R1=35 Ω and R2=65 Ω. Determine R k

@@12.42Ω

@@6.42Ω

@@4.24Ω

@@2.42Ω ~

^^ Any device capable of providing constant potential difference between its two points
so that a steady current (DC) can flow between the points is called
@@Chemical cell or battery~
@@Dynamo or generator
@@Mechanical or generator
@@Direct current or motor

^^How many electrons flow through a light bulb each second if the current through the
light bulb is 0.27 A?

@@0.27

@@4.32 ×10−20
 @@1.69× 1018 ~

@@3.70

^^Calculate the drift velocity of electrons in a 12-gauge copper wire (which has a
diameter of 2.053 mm) carrying a 20.0-A current, given that the density of free electrons
3
in copper is 8.34 x 1028 e−¿/ m ¿. The density of copper is 8.80×103kg/m3.

@@-4.53 x 10−4m/s ~
@@2.21 x103m/s
@@3.31 x10−6 m/s
@@- 2.21 x103m/s

^^All these are Passive devices which are said to obey Ohm’s law except
@@Resistor
@@Inductance
@@Transistor ~
@@Capacitor

^^The smaller the current flowing into a capacitor the higher the

@@Voltage

@@Resistance~

@@Current

@@None of the options

^^Electromotive force (EMF) can be defined in terms of Power and Current as

@@ E=PI

I
@@ E=
P

P
@@ E= ~
I

@@None of the options

^^The resistance offered by an electrolyte to the passage of the current through it is called
@@The internal resistance of the cell ~
@@The external resistance of the cell
@@The total resistance of the cell
@@The half resistance of the cell
^^The resistance of a parallel circuit consisting of two branches is12 Ω. If the resistance
of one branch is 18 ohms, the resistance of the other is?
@@ 18 Ω

@@ 36 Ω ~

@@ 48 Ω

@@ 64 Ω

^^An electric technician has to replace 1500 Ω resistor in a radio. The technician does
not have such 1500 Ω resistor but has several 1000 Ω resistors. Which of the following
connections will give the desired resistance?

@@ Two 1000 Ω resistors in parallel

@@ Two 1000 Ω resistors in parallel and one in series~

@@ Three 1000 Ω resistors in parallel

@@ Three1000 Ω resistors in series

^^The heating effect of current in conductors is basically due to?

@@ Mutual collisions between conducting electrons

@@ The release of conduction electrons from parent atoms

@@ Mutual collisions between metal atoms

@@ Collisions between conduction electrons and atoms of the conductor~

^^ A relay having a resistance of 6Ω operates with a minimum current of 0.03 A . It is

required that the relay operate when the current in the line reaches 0.24 A . The resistance
that should be used to shunt the relay is ?

@@ 0.75 Ω

@@ 0.86 Ω ~

@@ 0.68 Ω

@@ 0.21 Ω

^^ If two resistors are connected in parallel, the rate at which they produce thermal energy
is?

@@ Directly proportional to their resistance

@@ Inversely proportional to their resistance~

@@ Essentially constant

@@ Relatively very high

 ^^Which of the following increases the resistance of a conductor?

@@ Length of the conductor~

@@ Cross sectional area

@@ Thickness of the conductor

@@Density of the conductor

Section D (Magnetic force)

^^ If the flow of electric current is perpendicular to the plane that contain an external
magnetic field, the force on the current carrying conductor will be?

@@ Half the original value

@@ Infinite

@@ Maximum~

@@ Zero

^^ A vertical straight conductor X of length 0.5 m is situated in a uniform horizontal

magnetic field of0.1 T . The magnitude of the force on X when a current of 4 A is passed
into it will be?

@@ 0.4 N

@@ 0.25 N

@@ 0.2 N~

@@ 0.1 N

^^ An electron beam moves with a velocity of106 mS−1 through a uniform magnetic field
of 0.1T which is perpendicular to the direction of the beam. The magnitude of force
acting on the electron beam is?

@@ 1.6 ×10−14 N ~

@@ 2.6 ×10−14 N

@@ 1.6 ×10−11 N

@@ 3.2 ×10−14 N

^^ The magnitude of mechanical force on a conductor placed in an external magnetic

field is minimum when?
@@ The conductor is perpendicular to the magnetic field

@@ The conductor is parallel to the magnetic field~

@@ The conductor is inclined at an angle 45o

@@ The conductor is inclined at an angle 90o

^^ Which of the following is true about the magnetic force of a moving charge.

@@ A charge particle at rest experience magnetic force F

@@ Magnetic force F does not have the same direction as the magnetic field B but instead, it
is perpendicular to both B and the velocity. ~

@@ The magnitude of the force is not proportional to the magnitude of the charge.

@@ The force is proportional to the distance between the two charges and inversely
proportional to the square of the two charges.

^^ What couple is needed to hold a small single-turn coil of area 5 cm2 in equilibrium
when it carries a current of 10A and is placed with its axis at right angle to a field density
0.15T?

@@ 0.75 × 10-3 Nm ~

@@ 0.752 N

@@ 0.68 F

@@ 0.773 Fm

^^ A charged particle enters the magnetic field of a mass spectrometer at a speed of 1.79
× 106 m/s. it subsequently moves in a circular orbit with a radius of 16.cm in a uniform
magnetic field of magnitude 0.350 T having a direction perpendicular to the particular
velocity. Find the particles mass-to-charge ratio.

@@ 2.33 × 10-16 kg

@@ 1.883 × 103 Ns

@@ 3.13 × 10-8 kg/C ~

@@ 4.44 × 1021 F

^^A wire carrying a current of 10 A and 2 m in length is placed in field of flux density
0.15 What is the force in the wire if it placed at right angle to the field?

@@5 N

@@7 N
@@10 N

@@3 N

^^The correct expression when deflection is proportional to the current is given by;

k
@@ T = θ
BIN

k
@@T = θ
BAN

k
@@ T =
BAN

μ
@@ T = θ
BAN

^^The correct expression for magnetic moment,m is;

@@ NIA

@@ BlI

@@ BeV

@@mIA

^^A vertical rectangular coil of sides 6 cm by 3 cm has 20 turns and carries a current of 2
A. Calculate the torque on the coil when it is placed in a uniform horizontal magnetic
field of 0.3 T with a plane parallel to the field.

@@2.16 ×10−3 Nm

@@2.16 ×10 2 Nm

@@2.16 ×10−2 Nm

@@2.16 ×10−5 Nm

^^An electron emitted from a hot filament is accelerated through a potential difference of
18 kV and enters a region of a uniform magnetic field of 0.1 T with a certain initial
velocity. What is the trajectory radius of the electron, if the magnetic field is transverse to
the initial velocity?

@@4.77 × 10−3 m

@@4.50 × 10−8 m

@@5.45 ×10−3 m
@@4.50 × 10−3 m

^^ A wire of length 5.0 cm carries a current of 30 A eastward, with a perpendicular force

of 1.2 N. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field.

@@ 0.8 T and out of the page ~

@@ 0.8 T and into the page

@@ 1.8 T and out of the page

@@ 1.8 T and into the page

^^When a charged particle moves with a velocity v through a magnetic field, the field can
alter the direction of the velocity vector and
@@ decrease the speed
@@ cannot change the speed˜
@@ stop the charged particle
@@ increase the speed
^^An electron in a television picture tube moves toward the front of the tube with a speed
of 8.0 x 106 m/s along the x axis. Surrounding the neck of the tube are coils of wire that
create a magnetic field of magnitude 0.025 T, directed at an angle of 60° to the x axis and
lying in the xy plane. Calculate the acceleration of the electron.

@@ 3.1 x 1016 m/s2˜

@@ 2.8 x 1014 m/s2

@@ 3.2 x 1014 m/s2

@@ 1.6 x 1016 m/s2

^^ Which of the following is not correct?

@@1 T =1 N . s /C . m

@@1 T =1Wb / A . m ~

@@1 T =1 N / A . m

@@1 G=10−4 T

^^All forms of moving-coil galvanometer are easily damaged by

@@current that are greater than what it supposed to measure~
@@current
@@voltage
@@peak current
^^ A wire carrying a current of 10 A and 2 m in length is placed in a field of flux density
0.15 T (Wbm−2 ¿. The force on the wire placed along the field is

@@ 0 ~

@@ 10 N

@@ 5.0 N

@@ 3.0 N

^^ A charged particle with constant velocity enters a uniform magnetic field whose
direction is parallel to the particle’s velocity. The particle will

@@ speed up
@@ slow down
@@ experience no change in velocity~
@@ follow a parabolic arc

^^A force of 456 N acts on 0.17 C charge when it moves towards south in a magnetic
field of strength 6.5 T directed 30o west of south. How fast is it going?

@@660.271 m/s

@@495.204 m/s

@@1072.941 m/s

@@825.339 m/s~

^^Determine the direction of the magnetic force acting on a straight wire carrying current
towards west in a region where the magnetic field is directed perpendicularly out of the
computer screen

@@North~

@@Perpendicularly out

@@Perpendicularly in

@@South