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Physics 12 MCQ of Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance, For both chapter from unit 1 is prepared for all the peoples who are looking for MCQ Questions and answers. As you know there are two chapters in UNIT I (Electrostatics). From Physics class 12 Unit I Electrostatics we have completed Chapter 1 MCQ questions solved in this page.
These Questions are for CBSE and all other boards which follows NCERT pattern.
Physics 12 MCQ of Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance – Chapter 2
Ques 1: Electrostatic potential V at a point, distant r from a charge q in air is
- q/r2
- q2/r
- q/r
- q2/r2
q/r
Ques 2: Work done in carrying an electron from A to B on an equipotential surface of one volt potential is
- 1 ev
- 10 eV
- 1 volt
- Zero
Zero
Ques 3: The correct relation between electric intensity E and electric potential V is
- E = -dV/dr
- E = dV/dr
- V = -dE/dr
- V = dE/dr
E = -dV/dr
Ques 4: A charge of 10μC lies at the centre of a square. Work done in carrying a charge of 2μC from one corner of square to the diagonally opposite corner is
- 20J
- 5J
- Zero
- 20μJ
Zero
Ques 5: A uniform electric field of 100 N/C exists in vertically upward direction. The decrease in electric potential as one goes up through a height of 5 cm is
- 20 V
- 120 V
- 5 V
- Zero
5 V
Ques 6: When a conductor is held in an electric field, the field inside the conductor is always
- positive
- negative
- constant
- zero
zero
Ques 7: Charge on a capacitor is doubled. Its capacity becomes k times, where
- k = 2
- k = 1
- k = 1/2
- k = 4
k = 1
Ques 8: Electrical capacity of earth is
- 1F
- 1μF
- 711μF
- 9×109μF
711μF
Ques 9: When air in between the plates of a capacitor is replaced by mica of dielectric constant 6, its capacity
- remains unaffected
- reduced to 1/6th
- becomes 6 times
- non of the above
becomes 6 times
Ques 10: When a number of capacitors are connected in series between two points, all the capacitors possess same
- capacity
- potential
- charge
- none of the above
charge
Physics 12 MCQ of Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Ques 11: When a number of capacitors are connected in parallel between two points, the equivalent capacitance
- increases
- decreases
- remains the same
- none of the above
increases
Ques 12: A condenser is charged to double its initial potential. The energy stored in the condenser becomes x times, where x =
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 1/2
4
Ques 13: When two capacitors charged to different potentials are connected by a conducting wire, what is not true?
- charge lost by one is equal to charge gained by the other
- potentail lost by one is equal to potentail gained by the other
- some energy is lost
- both the capacitor acquire a common potential
potentail lost by one is equal to potentail gained by the other
Ques 14: The relation between dielectric constant K and electric susceptibility χ of a material is
- K = χ
- K = 1+χ
- χ = K+1
- K2 = (1+χ)(1−χ)
K = 1+χ
Ques 15: When charge is supplied to a conductor, its potential depends upon
- the amount of charge
- geometry and size of conductor
- both (a) and (b)
- only on (a)
both (a) and (b)
Ques 16: A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery. Once it is charged, battery is removed. Now a dielectric material is inserted between the plates of the capacitor. Which of the following does not change?
- electric field between the plates
- potential difference across the plates
- charge on the plates
- energy stored in the capacitor
Ques 17: A dipole is placed parallel to electric field. If W is the work done in rotating the dipole from 0° to 60°, then work done in rotating it from 0° to 180° is
- 2W
- 3W
- 4W
- W/2
4W
Ques 18: The variation of potential V with r and electric field with r for a point charge is correctly shown in the graphs
b
Ques 19: A charge Q is supplied to a metallic conductor. Which is true?
- Electric field inside it is same as on the surface
- electric potential inside is zero
- electric potential on the surface is zero
- electric potential inside is constant
electric potential inside is constant
Ques 20: A parallel plate capacitor C has a charge Q. The actual charges on the plates are
- Q, Q
- Q/2, Q/2
- Q, -Q
- Q/2, -Q/2
Q, -Q
NCET Physics 12 MCQ of Electrostatic
Ques 21: Three capacitors of capacitances 1μF, 2μF and 3μF are connected in series and a potential difference of 11V is applied across the combination, then the potential difference across the plates of 1μF capacitor is
- 2V
- 4V
- 1V
- 6V
6V
Ques 22: The potential at the centre of the square is –
- zero
- kq/a
- kq/a2
- kq/2a2
zero
Ques 23: Two conducting spheres A and B of radii a and b respectively are at the same potential. The ratio of surface charge densities of A and B is
- b/a
- a/b
- a2/b2
- b2/a2
b/a
Ques 24: Work done to bring a unit positive charge un-accelerated from infinity to a apoint inside electri field is called
- Electric field
- Electric potential
- Capacitance
- Electric flux
Electric potential
Ques 25: Electric potential due to a point charge -q at distance x from it is given by
- Kq/x2
- Kq/x
- -Kq/x2
- -Kq/x
-Kq/x
Ques 26: Electric field is always
- Parallel to equipotential surface
- Perpendicular to equipotential surface
- It can be perpendicular and parallel as well
- It does not depend on distribution of charge
Perpendicular to equipotential surface
Ques 27: Electric field and electric potential inside a charged spherical shell :
- E = 0; V = 0
- E = 0; V ≠ 0
- E ≠ 0; V = 0
- E ≠ 0; V ≠ 0
E = 0; V = 0
Electrostatic Physics Class 12 MCQ Question and Answers
Ques 28: Shape of equipotential surface in uniform electric field will be :
- spherical normal to electric field
- random
- circular normal to electric field
- equidistant planes normal to electric field
equidistant planes normal to electric field
Ques 29: On reducing potential across a capacitor, its capacitance
- decreases
- increases
- remains constant
- first increases then decreases
increases
Ques 30: Energy stored in a charged capacitor is given by
- U = CV/2
- U = CV2
- 2CV2
- VC2/2
U = CV/2
Ques 31: If n number of equal capacitors each of capacitance C are connected in series, then equivalent capacitance will be given as :
- nxC
- C/n
- n+C
- n2C
nxC
Ques 32: Capacitance of parallel plate capacitors when there is no medium between the plates is C0. If capacitor is now completely filled with dielectric matter of constant K, the capacitance would be :
- C0/K
- KC0
- K2C0
- 2KC0
KC0
Physics Chapter Wise MCQ Questions and Answers
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