[SET A] REVISION TEST 2

CHAPTER 16

1. State the Coloumb’s Law. [1 mark]

2. Three charges are arranged at point A, B and C as shown in Figure 1. The angle
between the two lines at point B is 60°.

Figure 1

a. Calculate the force exerted on the +20 µC charge. [5 marks]

[379.90 N, 80° below –x-axis]

b. What is the magnitude of electric field at B if +20 µC charge is removed? [3 marks]

[19 ×106 NC-1]
3. Figure 2 shows an arrangement of two charges Q1= +2.50 nC and Q2 = – 2.50 nC.

Figure 2

a. Calculate the potential at points a and b. [4 marks]

[300 V, 0 V]

b. Calculate the work done by the external agent to bring a point charge q [2 marks]
from infinity to point b.

CHAPTER 17

1. Define time constant for charging and discharging process. [2 marks]

2. A fully charged capacitor has 12 μF and 6 mC charge. The capacitor has been
discharged through 100 Ω resistor.

a. Determine the potential difference across the capacitor. [2 marks]

[500 V]

b. Calculate the time constant for the discharging circuit. [2 marks]

[1.2 ms]

c. What is the time taken if just 20% charges left in the capacitor? [3 marks]
[1.93 ms]

3. Figure 3 shows a circuit consists of four capacitors.

Figure 3
 a. Calculate the equivalent capacitance between terminals a and b. [4 marks]
[8.24 µF]

b. If 120 V is applied across point a and point b, calculate the charge stored [2 marks]
on 8 µF.
[5.09 ×10-4 C]

CHAPTER 18

1. Define resistance of a resistor. [1 mark]

2. A potential difference of 15 V is applied across a uniform wire of length 2.80 m

and radius 0.30 cm. If 0.60 A current flows in the wire, calculate

a. the resistance of the wire. [3 marks]

[25 Ω]
 b. the resistivity of the wire. [2 marks]
[2.52 ×10-4 Ωm]

3. A battery has an emf of 12 V and internal resistance r is connected to a resistor [3 marks]

R = 4 Ω. The voltage across the battery terminal is measured to be 8 V. Calculate
the internal resistance.
[2 Ω]

4. Two batteries and four resistors are connected in a circuit where currents I1, I2
and I3 flow as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4

a. Write down the one equation for Kirchhoff’s junction rule. [1 mark]

b. Write down the two equations for Kirchhoff’s loop rule. [2 marks]
 c. Calculate I1, I2 and I3. [3 marks]
[-1.85 A, -0.23 A, 1.62 A]

CHAPTER 19

1. State the direction of the magnetic field at a point 5 cm below a horizontal [1 mark]
wire as shown in Figure 5.

I
Figure 5

2. A circular loop L1 of radius 5 cm carries a 15 A current. Another loop L2 of

radius 1.5 cm, having 50 turns and carrying a 2 A current is placed at the center
of loop L1 as shown in Figure 6. Given permeability of free space,
𝜇0 = 4π ×10-7 TmA-1.

Figure 6
 a. What will be the resultant magnetic field at their common center if the [4 marks]
two currents flow in the same direction (counterclockwise)?
[4.38 × 10-3 T, out of page]

b. If loop L1 in Figure 2 is fixed but loop L2 is free to turn about its central [3 marks]
axis, what will be the torque on the loop L2 when its plane is parallel to
loop L1?
[1.33 × 10-5 Nm]

3. Figure 7 shows an electron traveling in a region of uniform electric and

magnetic fields which are perpendicular to one another. The strength of
electric field and magnetic field are 3.9 × 104 Vm-1 and 6.5 × 10-2 T
respectively. Given that mass of electron, me = 9.11 ×10-31 kg, and charge of
electron, e = 1.6 ×10-19 C.

Figure 7
a. Calculate the velocity of the electron. [3 marks]
[6 × 105 ms-1]

b. If the electric field is removed, determine the magnitude and direction of [4 marks]
the magnetic force on the electron.
[6.25 × 10-15 N]