1. If a current of 2 A passes through a lamp for 200 seconds, the number of coulombs of charge passing through the lamp in that time will be ?

100 C

200 C

300 C

400 C

Answer: 400 C

Explanation:


2. A potential of 400 V is applied to a capacitor, the plates of which are 4 mm apart. The strength of electric field is ?

100 kV/m

10 kV/m

5 kV/m

2 kV/m

Answer: 100 kV/m

Explanation:


3. What will happen to an insulating medium if voltage more than the breakdown voltage is applied on it ?

It will become magnetic

It will melt

It will get punctured or cracked

Its molecular structure will get changed

Answer: It will get punctured or cracked

Explanation:


4. The potential gradient across the material of low permittivity is than across the material of high permittivity ?

smaller

greater

both (a) and (b)

none of the above

Answer: greater

Explanation:


5. With steady D.C. voltage from a battery applied to a capacitance, after it charges to the battery voltage, the current in the circuit ?

is smaller for larger values of capacitance

is greater for larger values of capacitance

is zero for any capacitance value

depends on the current rating of the battery

Answer: is zero for any capacitance value

Explanation:


6. Which of the following material has the highest value of dielectric constant ?

Glass

Vacuum

Ceramics

Oil

Answer: Ceramics

Explanation:


7. For which of the following parameter variation, the capacitance of the capacitor remains unaffected ?

Distance between plates

Area of the plates

Nature of dielectric

Thickness of the plates

Answer: Thickness of the plates

Explanation:


8. Which of the following is not a vector ?

Linear momentum

Angular momentum

Electric field

Electric potential

Answer: Electric potential

Explanation:


9. The direction of electric field due to positive charge is ?

away from the charge

towards the charge

both (a) and (b)

none of the above

Answer: away from the charge

Explanation:


10. The ability of charged bodies to exert force on one another is attributed to the existence of ?

electrons

protons

neutrons

electric field

Answer: electric field

Explanation: