This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Physics Part I > Class 12 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Electrostatic Potential And Capacitance – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Electrostatic Potential And Capacitance Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The work done is stored as ..... in the capacitor. A) Kinetic energy. B) Electrostatic potential energy. C) Magnetic energy. D) Electrical energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrostatic potential energy. 2. The ohmmeter reading for a short circuited capacitor is A) Infinity. B) Few kilo ohms. C) Few megaohms. D) Zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zero. 3. The capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor without a dielectric is 0 2FC=$\mu$. If a dielectric with a dielectric constant 3K= is inserted between the plates, calculate the new capacitance of the capacitor. A) 9$\mu$F. B) 3F$\mu$. C) 6F$\mu$. D) 5F$\mu$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6F$\mu$. 4. Two capacitors with C$_{A}$ greater than C$_{B}$ and are connected in series with a battery. Which of the following is true? A) There is more charge stored on C$_{A}$. B) There is more charge stored on C$_{B}$. C) There is the same charge stored on each capacitor. D) There is the same potential difference across both capacitors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is the same charge stored on each capacitor. 5. A capacitor has an initial energy stored as U 0. After the dielectric is inserted, the capacitance increases. How does the energy stored in the capacitor change if the potential difference is kept constant? A) The energy remains the same. B) The energy decreases. C) The energy increases. D) The energy decreases and becomes zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The energy decreases. 6. If dielectric is inserted, When the battery is connected the electric filed is A) Zero. B) Constant. C) Increases. D) Decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constant. 7. The relation between electric field and electric potential is A) $E=-\frac{dV}{dr}$. B) $V=dE.dr$. C) $E=dV.dr$. D) $V=-\frac{dE}{dr}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $E=-\frac{dV}{dr}$. 8. The property of a capacitor to store electricity is called its A) Capacitance. B) Charge. C) Energy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capacitance. 9. A charge Q is divided into two parts of q and Q-q. If the coulomb repulsion between them when they are separated is to be maximum, the ratio of Q/q should be- A) 2:1. B) 1/2. C) 4:1. D) 1/4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2:1. 10. A student generates an equipotential map of a point charge and notices the electric potential decreases the further away from the charge. From only this information the student can determine which of the following? A) Nothing, more information is required. B) The magnitude of the charge. C) The charge is positive. D) The charge is negative. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The charge is positive. 11. What is the SI unit of resistance? A) Ohm. B) Farad. C) Tesla. D) Coulomb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ohm. 12. What is the work done per unit charge in bringing a small positive test charge from infinity to a point in an electric field? A) Electric Field. B) Voltage. C) Electric Potential. D) Capacitance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electric Potential. 13. What is the ability of a system to store an electric charge measured in? A) Ohms. B) Watts. C) Hertz. D) Farads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farads. 14. Electric potential due to a point charge-q at distance x from it is given by: A) Kq/x. B) Kq/x2. C) -Kq/x. D) -Kq/x2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -Kq/x. 15. ..... are the dielectric materials A) Air or Vaccum. B) Rubber, oil, paper. C) Mica, glass, ceramic. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. Which of the following capacitors will have least energy stored in it? A) A 20 $\mu$F capacitor is charged to 400 volt. B) A 1 $\mu$F capacitor charge to 5 KV. C) A 600 $\mu$F capacity charged to 15 KV. D) Energy stored in each above will be same. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A 600 $\mu$F capacity charged to 15 KV. 17. SI unit of capacitance is A) Coulomb per volt. B) Volt per meter. C) Coulomb per newton. D) .newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coulomb per volt. 18. If two negative charges are held close together and then released, the charges will A) Not move. B) Move at a constant speed away from each other. C) Accelerate toward each other. D) Accelerate away from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accelerate away from each other. 19. How particles are arranged affects ..... energy. A) Kinetic. B) Potential. C) Gravitational. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potential. 20. What is the measure of a material's ability to reduce the electric field within it? A) Dielectric Constant. B) Permittivity. C) Polarization. D) Capacitance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dielectric Constant. 21. SI unit of permittivity of free space is- A) C$^{2}$N$^{-1}$ m$^{-2}$. B) Farad. C) C$^{2}$N$^{-1}$ m$^{-2}$. D) Weber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C$^{2}$N$^{-1}$ m$^{-2}$. 22. What is the SI unit of electric charge? A) Farad. B) Coulomb. C) Henry. D) Ohm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coulomb. 23. A positive charge $+Q$ $d$ $-Q$ A) The electric field is zero and the electric potential is zero. B) The electric field is not zero and the electric potential is zero. C) The electric field is zero and the electric potential is not zero. D) The electric field is not zero and the electric potential is not zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The electric field is not zero and the electric potential is zero. 24. The capacitance of 1 $\mu$F equals A) 10$^{-6}$ F. B) 10$^{-4}$ F. C) 10 $^{-12}$ F. D) 10$^{-8}$ F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10$^{-6}$ F. 25. What is the electrostatic potential at equatorial point of a dipole? A) Half of the axial point. B) Not defined. C) Twice of the axial point. D) Zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zero. 26. Two charges +q and-3q are placed at a distance of 1m apart. The points on the line joining two charges, where electric potential is zero, is: A) 0.25 m, 0.5 m. B) 1 cm, 0.50 m. C) 0.35 cm, 24 cm. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0.25 m, 0.5 m. 27. ..... is that property of a capacitor which delays any change of voltage across it A) Inductance. B) Capacitance. C) Potential gradient. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capacitance. 28. Three capacitors each of the capacity C are given. The resultant capacity 2/3 C can be obtained by using them A) All in series. B) All in parallel. C) Two in parallel and third in the series with this combination. D) Two in series and third in parallel across this combination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two in parallel and third in the series with this combination. 29. Inserting a dielectric material between two charged parallel conducting plates, originally separated by air and disconnected from a battery, will produce what effect on the capacitor? A) Increase charge. B) Increase voltage. C) Decrease capacitance. D) Increase capacitance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase capacitance. 30. What is the unit of capacitance? A) Farad. B) Joule. C) Ohm. D) Henry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farad. 31. ..... field is associated with the capacitor A) Electric. B) Magnetic. C) Both A and B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electric. 32. A charge moves between two equipotential surfaces of 24 V to 15 V. If these surfaces are 2 cm apart, what is the magnitude of the average electric field in-between these surfaces? A) 0 V/m. B) 4.5 V/m. C) 45000 V/m. D) 450 V/m. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 450 V/m. 33. What is the unit of magnetic flux density? A) Ohm. B) Tesla. C) Henry. D) Watt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tesla. 34. The direction of electric field lines shows the A) Direction of the force on a test positive charge. B) Size of the field. C) C. strength of the field. D) D. all of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direction of the force on a test positive charge. 35. Which of the following capacitors will have the least value of breakdown voltage? A) Paper. B) Electrolytic. C) Ceramic. D) Mica. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrolytic. 36. A positive charge $Q$ $E$ $d$ A) $Ed$. B) $2Ed$. C) $QEd$. D) $2QEd$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $QEd$. 37. Electrical potential energy is the energy a charged object has because of its A) Mass. B) Motion. C) Location. D) Momentum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Location. 38. The capacitance between two plates increases with A) Shorter plate area and higher applied voltage. B) Shorter play area and shorter distance between them. C) Larger plate area, longer distance between plates and higher applied voltage. D) Larger plate area and shorter distance between plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Larger plate area and shorter distance between plates. 39. What is the property of a material that determines how much electric field it can withstand before breaking down? A) Inductance. B) Conductivity. C) Permittivity. D) Resistance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Permittivity. 40. If you walk into a region of space and suddenly feel a force, the space is said to contain a A) Black hole. B) Large charge. C) Force field. D) Charged object. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Force field. 41. As a proton moves in the direction the electric field lines ..... A) It is moving from low potential to high potential and gaining electric potential energy. B) It is moving from low potential to high potential and losing electric potential energy. C) It is moving from high potential to low potential and gaining electric potential energy. D) It is moving from high potential to low potential and losing electric potential energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is moving from high potential to low potential and losing electric potential energy. 42. These form a surface where the electric potential is constant everywhere on the surface. A) Equipotential lines. B) Flux surface. C) Gaussian surface. D) Equatorial lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equipotential lines. 43. A small, positively charged object near a positively charged sphere is moved closer to the sphere. The electrical potential energy of the small object A) Stays the same. B) Decreases . C) Increases. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increases. 44. Suppose you touch a negatively charged object to a metal sphere so that electrons move from the charged object onto the sphere. After the charged object is moved far away, electrons on the sphere will be A) Distributed in small bunches over the sphere's surface. B) Distributed evenly over the sphere's surface. C) Pulled off the sphere along with the charged object. D) Located at the place where the charged object was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Distributed evenly over the sphere's surface. 45. If three resistors connected in parallel connection, then effective resistance is ..... $\mu$F, C$_{1}$=5$\mu$F, C$_{2}$=10$\mu$F, C$_{3}$=15$\mu$F A) 5. B) 15. C) 30. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30. 46. The SI unit of electric flux is- A) N C$^{-1}$ m$^{-2}$. B) N C$^{-2}$ m$^{2}$. C) N C$^{-1}$ m$^{2}$. D) N C m$^{-2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) N C$^{-1}$ m$^{2}$. 47. The difference in electrical potential energy between two places is called ..... A) Resistance. B) Friction. C) Voltage. D) Induction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voltage. 48. The magnitude of electric potential is ..... at an infinite distance. A) Negative infinity. B) 200. C) Positive infinity. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0. 49. A charge Q is placed at the centre of the line joining two point charges +q and +q. The ratio of charges Q and q is- A) -4. B) -1/4. C) 4. D) 1/4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) -1/4. 50. What is the formula for calculating the total resistance in a series circuit? A) R = R1 + R2. B) R = R1 * R2. C) R = R1-R2. D) R = R1 / R2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R = R1 + R2. 51. Capacitors is used to ..... the efficiency of power transmission A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase. 52. Electric potential is defined as potential. A) Electrical potential energy of a charge divided by the quantity of the charge. B) Electrical potential energy of a charge multiplied by the quantity of the charge. C) Electrical potential energy. D) Gravitational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electrical potential energy of a charge divided by the quantity of the charge. 53. Total charge stored in the Capacitor is A) Infinity. B) Increases. C) Zero. D) 100 micro farad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zero. 54. What is the device that stores electric energy in an electric field? A) Transformer. B) Inductor. C) Capacitor. D) Resistor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capacitor. 55. The inverse of capacitance is called A) Elastance. B) Reluctance. C) Conductance. D) Susceptance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elastance. 56. When a capacitor undergoes a dielectric breakdown A) Electrons cease to move from one place to another. B) Electrons get scattered. C) Dielectric stores energy rendering plates chargeless. D) Permanent conduction path is established between plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Permanent conduction path is established between plates. 57. In a capacitor the electric charge is stored in A) Metal plates. B) Dielectric. C) Both A and B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dielectric. 58. If dielectric is inserted, When the battery is connected the capacitance is A) Zero. B) Decreases. C) Constant. D) Increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increases. 59. Two similar spheres having +Q and-Q charges are kept at a certain distance. F force acts between the two. If at the middle of two spheres, another similar sphere having +Q charge is kept, then it experiences a force in magnitude and direction as- A) 8F towards +Q charge. B) 8F towards-Q charge. C) Zero having no direction. D) 4F towards +Q charge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8F towards-Q charge. 60. The electric potential in a region of space is given by the function V=3x$^{2 }$+ 2y$^{3}$. what is the x-component of the electric field in this area? A) -6x. B) -x$^{3}$. C) X$^{3}$. D) 6x. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -6x. 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