BANGALORE PU COLLEGE

PHYSICS UNIT TEST – JUNE

Time: 1 hr Marks: 40

l. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: (1x7=7)

1. The angle between electric field and the equipotential surfaces

a) 00 b) 900 c) 1800 d) Less than 900

2. When the area of each plate of a parallel plate capacitor is doubled and the
distance of separation is halved, then the capacitance of the capacitor.
a) is doubled b) is quadrupled c) is halved d) remains the same

3. If n identical capacitors of capacitance C each are connected in series, then

the effective capacitance is
a) nC b) C/n c) n2C d) C/n2

4. In parallel combination of n cells, we obtain

a) more voltage b) Less voltage c) More current d) Less current

5. Kirchhoff’s junction rule is based on the law of the conservation of

a) energy b) charge c) momentum d) momentum and energy

6. The device which is based on the principal of balanced wheatstones network

is
a) meter bridge b) potentiometer
c) moving coil galvanometer d) voltmeter

7. The drift velocity does not depend on

a) cross section of the wire b) length of the wire
c) number of free electrons d) magnitude of the current

ll. FILL IN THE BLANKS (1x3=3)

(zero, increases, decreases)

8. When the separation between the plates of a capacitor is increased, the
capacitance ___.
9. If the wheatstone bridge is balanced current through the galvanometer is
________.
10. With the increase in temperature, the drift velocity of free electrons
_______.

III. ANSWER ANY 3 OF THE FOLLOWING: (2x3=6)

11. What are equipotential surfaces? Give example.

12. Write the factors on which resistance of conductor depends.
13. What are polar and non-polar dielectrics? Give example.
14. Graphically represent variation of resistivity with temperature for
a. Nichrome b. Semiconductor

III. ANSWER ANY 3 OF THE FOLLOWING: (3x3=9)

15. Derive the relation between electric field and potential.

16. State and explain Ohm’s law.
17. Derive the expression for effective capacitance in parallel combination.
18. Derive the relation between current density and conductivity of conductor.

III. ANSWER ANY 2 OF THE FOLLOWING: (5x2=10)

19. Derive the expression for electrostatic potential due to a point charge.
20. Derive the expression for combination of cells in series combination.
21. Derive the expression for potential energy in a capacitor.

III. ANSWER ANY 1 OF THE FOLLOWING: (5x1=5)

22. Two charges 3nC and -2nC are located 15cm apart. At what point on the
line joining the two charges is the electric potential is zero? Take the potential
at infinity to be zero.
23. Two cells of emf 2V and 4V, internal resistance 1Ω and 2Ω respectively are
connected in parallel. So as to send current in same direction through an
external resistance of 10 Ω . Find the potential difference across 10 Ω
resistors.