CHAPTER 1

ELECTRIC CHARGE AND FIELD

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1. Four charges +8Q, -3Q, +5Q and -10 Q are kept inside a closed surface. What will be
the outgoing flux through the surface

(a) 26 V-m (b) 0 V-m (c) 10 V-m (d) 8 V-m

2. The value of electric field inside a conducting sphere having radius R and charge Q

(a) KQ/R2 (b) KQ/R (c) Zero (d) KQ2/R2

3. Which is vector Quantity among the following–

(a) Electric flux (b) Electric charge

(c) Electric field (d) Electric potential

4. The SI unit of electric field is

(a) N/C2 (b) (N/C) x m2 (c) (N/m2) x C (d) N/C

5. The electric field intensity due to infinite charged sheet

(a) σ/Ɛ0 (b) σ/2Ɛ0 (c) σ/4Ɛ0 (d) σ/6Ɛ0

6. The direction of electric dipole moment

(a) Negative charge to positive charge.

(b) Positive charge to negative charge.

(c) Perpendicular to the line joining two charges.

(d) Positive Charge to positive charge.

7. The direction of electric field due to electric dipole at a point on its equatorial line

(a) Parallel to the direction of dipole moment.

(b) Perpendicular to the direction of dipole moment.

(c) Opposite to the direction of dipole moment.

(d) From Negative to Positive charge.

8. The electric field due to a uniformly charged linear conductor of linear charge
density λ at a distance r is -

(a) λ/4πƐ0r (b) 2λ/πƐ0r (c) λ/Ɛ0r (d) λ/2π Ɛ0r

9. The net torque on a dipole in an uniform electric field is Zero, When the angle
between the dipole movement and magnetic field is -

(a) 300 (b) 600 (c) 900 (d) 00

10. Gauss theorem gives the relation between

(a) Charge and flux (b) Charge and field

(c) Force and flux (d) Dipole movement and electric field.

11. What amount of charge we place at corner point A of the cube of sides a so that
the total flux through the faces of the cube is

(a) q (b) q/2 (c) 2q (d) q/8

12 Four equal charges q are placed at the four comers A, B, C, D of a square of length
a. The magnitude of the force on the charge at B will be
13. In Fig. (i) two negative charges q2 and q3 fixed along the y-axis, exert a net electric
force in the negative-x direction on a charge q1 fixed along the x-axis. If a positive
charge Q is added at (x, 0) in figure (ii), the force on q1

(a) shall increase along the positive x-axis.

(b) shall decrease along the positive x-axis.
(c) shall point along the negative x-axis.
(d) shall increase but the direction changes because of the intersection of Q with q2
and q3
14. The figure here shows electric field lines. The electric field strength at P 1 is E1 and
that at P2 is E2 If distance between P1, P2 is r, then which of the following statement

is true?

(a) E1 > E2 (b) E1 < E2 (c) E2 = rE1 (d) E2 = E1/r²

15. Four charges are arranged at the corners of a square ABCD, as shown in the adjoining

figure. The force on the charge kept at the centre O is

(a) Zero (b) Along the diagonal AC
(c)Along the diagonal BD (d) Perpendicular to side AB
16. Consider a system of three charges q/3, q/3 and –2q/3 placed at points A, B and C
respectively as shown in the figure. Take O to be the centre of the circle of radius R and

angle CAB = 60º

(a) The electric field at point O is q/8πε0R2
(b) The magnitude of the force between the charges at C and B is q2/54πε0R2
(c) The potential energy of the system is zero
(d) The potential at point O is q/12πε0R
17. A hemispherical surface of radius R is kept in a uniform electric field E as shown in
the figure. The flux th rough the curved surface is:

(a) EπR2 (b) E2πR2 (c) E4πR2 (d) Zero

18. A thin conducting ring of radius R is given a charge +Q. The electric field at the
centre O of the ring due to the charge on the part AKB of the ring is E. The electric
field at the centre due to the charge on the part ACDB of the ring is

(a) E along KO (b) 3E along OK (c) 3E along KO (d) E along OK

19. Three charges + 3q + q and Q are placed on a straight line with equal separation.

In order to make the net force on q to be zero, the value of Q will be :

(a) +3q (b) +2q (c) -3q (d) -4q
20. Which of the following figures represent the electric field lines due to a single
negative charge?

21. The SI unit of electric flux is

(a) N C-1 m-2 (b) N C m-2 (c) N C-2 m2 (d) N C-1 m2

22. Each of the two point charges are doubled and their distance is halved. Force of
interaction becomes p times, where p is :
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 1/16 (d) 16

23. A hollow cylinder has a charge q coulomb within it. if Φ is the electric flux in units of
volt meter associated with the curved surface B, the flux linked with the plane
surface A in units of volt meter will be (charge is symmetrically placed within it)

24. Three charges, each +q, are placed at the corners of an isosceles triangle ABC of
sides BC and AC, 2a. D and E are the mid points of BC and CA. The work done in
taking a charge Q from D to E is

(a) (b) (c) zero (d)

25. Figure shows the part of an infinite plane sheet of charge

Which of the following graphs correctly shows the behaviour of electric field
intensity as we move from point O to A.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Three charges + 3q + q and Q are placed on a straight line with equal separation. In
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order to make the net force on q to be zero, the value of Q will be :
(a) +3q (b) +2q (c) -3q (d) -4

27 For a point charge, the graph between electric field versus distance is given by :

28 Which one of the following is the unit of electric field?

(a) Coulomb (b) Newton (c) Volt (d) N/C
29 Two charges 3 × 10-5 C and 5 × 104 C are placed at a distance 10 cm from each
other. Find the value of electrostatic force acting between them.
(a) 13.5 × 1011 C (b) 40 × 10-5 C

(c) 180 × 109 C (d) 3.05 × 10-11 C

30 Four charges + 8Q, - 3Q +5Q and -10Q are kept inside a closed surface. What
will be the outgoing flux through the surface.
(a) 26 V-m (b) 0 V-m (c) 10 V-m (d) 8 V-m
31 Electric field lines contracts lengthwise, It shows
(a) repulsion between same charges
(b) Attraction between apposite charges
(c) No relation between force & contraction.
(d) Electric field lines does not moves on straight path.
32 What is the S. I. unit of electric flux?
(a) N/C × m2
(b) N ×m2
(c) N2/C × m2
(d) N2/C2 × m2

33 What is the value of minimum force acting between two charges placed at 1 m
apart from each other
(a) Ke2 (b) Ke (c) Ke/4 (d) 2Ke2

34 A glass rod acquires charge by rubbing it with silk cloth. The charge on glass rod
is due to
(a) Friction (b) Conduction (c) Induction (d) Radiation

35 The number of electron-taken out from a body to produce 1 coulomb of charge will
be

(a) 6.25 × 1018 (b) 625 × 1018 (c) 6.023 × 1023 (d) None

36 If sphere of bad conductor is given charge then it is distributed on:

(a) surface (b) inside the surface (c) only inside the surface (d)None

37 Electric field in a cavity of metal:

(a) depends upon the surroundings (b) depends upon the size of cavity

(c) is always zero (d) is not necessarily zero

38 The dielectric constant of a metal is:

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) ∞ (d) -1

39 About electric flux :

(a) SI unit is NC -1m 2 (b) it’s a scalar physical quantity.

(c) SI unit is Vm (d) All(a), (b) and (c) are correct.

40 Each of the two point charges are doubled and distance between the two point
charges is also dobled. Force of interaction becomes m times, where m is :

(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 116 (d) 16

41 Coulomb’s law in vector form can be written as

F⃗ = (1/4πϵ0) (Q1 Q 2 /r 2)r⃗

where ε0 is the permitivity of free space. The SI units of ϵ0 will be:

(a) N m2 / C2 (b) N-1 m -2 C2 (c) N m3 / C (d) 2 N m2 / C2

42 The dimensional formula for Charge is :

(a) [MLT 4A 2] (b) [M -1L -3 T 4A 2] (c)[MLT 1 A1 ] (d) None of these

43 If ∮ 𝐄 . 𝐝𝐬 = 0 , inside a surface, that means :-

(a) there is no net charge present inside the surface
(b) Uniform electric field inside the surface
(c) Discontinues field lines inside the surface
(d) Charge present inside the surface
44 A parrot comes and sits on a bare high power line. It will:

(a) experience a mild shock (b) experience a strong shock.

(c) get killed instantaneously (d) not be affected practically

45 If two conducting sphere are connected after charging

separately then:

(a) Electrostatic energy sphere energy will remain conserved

(b) Electrostatic energy charges remains conserved

(c) Electrostatic energy decreases and charge remains conserved

(d) None

46 An electron is sent in an electric field of magnitude 9.1 ×

10 6NC -1. The acceleration produced in it is :

(a) 1.6 ms-2 (b) 1.6 × 10 18ms -2

(c) 3.2 × 10 18ms-2 (d) 0.8 × 1018 ms-2

47 The value of electric field inside a conducting sphere having radius R and charge
Q will be
(a) KQ/ R 2 (b) KQ/ R (c) Zero (d) 2 KQ 2 / R