This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > 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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The work done is stored as ..... in the capacitor. A) Magnetic energy. B) Electrical energy. C) Electrostatic potential energy. D) Kinetic energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) 3F$\mu$. B) 6F$\mu$. C) 5F$\mu$. D) 9$\mu$F. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Increases. B) Constant. C) Decreases. D) Zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Constant. 7. The relation between electric field and electric potential is A) $E=dV.dr$. B) $V=dE.dr$. C) $V=-\frac{dE}{dr}$. D) $E=-\frac{dV}{dr}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $E=-\frac{dV}{dr}$. 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) The charge is positive. B) The charge is negative. C) The magnitude of the charge. D) Nothing, more information is required. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The charge is positive. 11. What is the SI unit of resistance? A) Ohm. B) Farad. C) Coulomb. D) Tesla. 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) Watts. B) Hertz. C) Farads. D) Ohms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farads. 14. Electric potential due to a point charge-q at distance x from it is given by: A) Kq/x2. B) Kq/x. C) -Kq/x2. D) -Kq/x. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -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 newton. B) Coulomb per volt. C) Volt per meter. D) .newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coulomb per volt. 18. If two negative charges are held close together and then released, the charges will A) Accelerate toward each other. B) Accelerate away from each other. C) Not move. D) Move at a constant speed away from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Permittivity. B) Dielectric Constant. C) Polarization. D) Capacitance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dielectric Constant. 21. SI unit of permittivity of free space is- A) Farad. B) Weber. C) C$^{2}$N$^{-1}$ m$^{-2}$. D) C$^{2}$N$^{-1}$ m$^{-2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C$^{2}$N$^{-1}$ m$^{-2}$. 22. What is the SI unit of electric charge? A) Coulomb. B) Ohm. C) Henry. D) Farad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coulomb. 23. Two charges of equal magnitudes kept at a distance r exert a force F on each other. If the charges are halved and distance between them is doubled, then the new force acting on each charge is- A) $\frac{F}{8}$. B) $\frac{F}{4}$. C) $4F$. D) $\frac{F}{16}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $\frac{F}{16}$. 24. 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. 25. The capacitance of 1 $\mu$F equals A) 10 $^{-12}$ F. B) 10$^{-8}$ F. C) 10$^{-6}$ F. D) 10$^{-4}$ F. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10$^{-6}$ F. 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