Electrostatics

Q. What happens to the electric field strength if the distance from a point charge is tripled?
  • A. It becomes one-third
  • B. It becomes one-ninth
  • C. It becomes three times
  • D. It remains the same
Q. What happens to the electric potential as you move away from a positive charge?
  • A. Increases
  • B. Decreases
  • C. Remains constant
  • D. Becomes negative
Q. What happens to the electric potential energy of a charge when it moves against an electric field?
  • A. It increases
  • B. It decreases
  • C. It remains constant
  • D. It becomes zero
Q. What happens to the electric potential energy of a system of charges when they are brought closer together?
  • A. Increases
  • B. Decreases
  • C. Remains constant
  • D. Becomes zero
Q. What happens to the electric potential energy when two like charges are brought closer together?
  • A. Increases
  • B. Decreases
  • C. Remains the same
  • D. Becomes zero
Q. What happens to the energy stored in a capacitor if the voltage across it is doubled?
  • A. It doubles
  • B. It quadruples
  • C. It remains the same
  • D. It halves
Q. What happens to the potential difference across a capacitor when it is fully charged?
  • A. It becomes zero
  • B. It becomes maximum
  • C. It becomes minimum
  • D. It fluctuates
Q. What happens to the voltage across a capacitor when it is fully charged?
  • A. It becomes zero
  • B. It equals the supply voltage
  • C. It becomes negative
  • D. It fluctuates
Q. What is the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with an area of 0.01 m² and a separation of 0.001 m, filled with a dielectric of relative permittivity 5?
  • A. 5.5 × 10^-11 F
  • B. 5.5 × 10^-10 F
  • C. 5.5 × 10^-9 F
  • D. 5.5 × 10^-8 F
Q. What is the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with area 0.1 m² and separation 0.01 m filled with air (ε₀ = 8.85 × 10^-12 F/m)?
  • A. 8.85 × 10^-12 F
  • B. 8.85 × 10^-10 F
  • C. 8.85 × 10^-9 F
  • D. 8.85 × 10^-8 F
Q. What is the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with area A and separation d?
  • A. ε₀ * A / d
  • B. A / (ε₀ * d)
  • C. d / (ε₀ * A)
  • D. ε₀ * d / A
Q. What is the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and separation d?
  • A. ε₀A/d
  • B. d/ε₀A
  • C. A/ε₀d
  • D. ε₀d/A
Q. What is the direction of the electric field due to a negative point charge?
  • A. Away from the charge
  • B. Towards the charge
  • C. Perpendicular to the charge
  • D. None of the above
Q. What is the direction of the electric field due to a positive charge?
  • A. Towards the charge
  • B. Away from the charge
  • C. Perpendicular to the charge
  • D. None of the above
Q. What is the direction of the electric field due to a positive point charge?
  • A. Towards the charge
  • B. Away from the charge
  • C. Perpendicular to the charge
  • D. None of the above
Q. What is the effect of a dielectric material on the electric field between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor?
  • A. Increases the electric field
  • B. Decreases the electric field
  • C. Has no effect
  • D. Reverses the electric field direction
Q. What is the effect of a dielectric material on the electric field inside a capacitor?
  • A. Increases the electric field
  • B. Decreases the electric field
  • C. Has no effect
  • D. Reverses the electric field direction
Q. What is the effect of dielectric material on capacitance?
  • A. Increases capacitance
  • B. Decreases capacitance
  • C. No effect
  • D. Depends on the charge
Q. What is the effect of dielectric material on the capacitance of a capacitor?
  • A. Increases
  • B. Decreases
  • C. Remains the same
  • D. Becomes zero
Q. What is the effect of increasing the permittivity of the medium on the electric field due to a point charge?
  • A. Electric field increases
  • B. Electric field decreases
  • C. Electric field remains the same
  • D. Electric field becomes zero
Q. What is the effect of increasing the plate area of a capacitor on its capacitance?
  • A. Capacitance increases
  • B. Capacitance decreases
  • C. Capacitance remains the same
  • D. Capacitance becomes zero
Q. What is the effect of increasing the plate area of a parallel plate capacitor?
  • A. Capacitance decreases
  • B. Capacitance increases
  • C. Capacitance remains the same
  • D. Capacitance becomes zero
Q. What is the effect of increasing the radius of a spherical Gaussian surface enclosing a fixed charge?
  • A. Electric field increases.
  • B. Electric field decreases.
  • C. Electric field remains constant.
  • D. Electric field becomes zero.
Q. What is the effect of increasing the surface charge density on the electric field of a charged plane sheet?
  • A. Increases
  • B. Decreases
  • C. No effect
  • D. Becomes zero
Q. What is the effect of inserting a dielectric material between the plates of a capacitor?
  • A. Increases capacitance
  • B. Decreases capacitance
  • C. No effect on capacitance
  • D. Changes the voltage across the plates
Q. What is the effect of temperature on the capacitance of a capacitor?
  • A. Increases capacitance
  • B. Decreases capacitance
  • C. No effect
  • D. Depends on the dielectric
Q. What is the electric field at a distance d from an infinitely long charged wire with linear charge density λ?
  • A. λ/(2πε₀d)
  • B. λ/(4πε₀d²)
  • C. λ/(2πε₀d²)
  • D. 0
Q. What is the electric field at a distance of 1m from a charge of +1μC?
  • A. 9 × 10^9 N/C
  • B. 9 × 10^6 N/C
  • C. 9 × 10^3 N/C
  • D. 9 × 10^12 N/C
Q. What is the electric field at a distance r from a uniformly charged disk of radius R and surface charge density σ?
  • A. σ/(2ε₀)
  • B. σ/(4ε₀)
  • C. σ/(2ε₀) * (1 - r/√(R² + r²))
  • D. Zero
Q. What is the electric field at a distance r from a uniformly charged sphere of radius R and total charge Q, when r > R?
  • A. Q/(4πε₀r²)
  • B. Q/(4πε₀R²)
  • C. Zero
  • D. Q/(4πε₀R)
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