12th HSC Physics - One Mark Important Questions

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1) The electric field due to a point charge of $ 8 \;\mu C $ at a distance 20 cm from the point is:

a) $ 36\times10^{7}\;NC^{-1} $

b) $ 18\times10^{-1}\;NC^{-1} $

c) $ 18\times10^{9}\;NC^{-1} $

d) $ 36\times10^{9}\;NC^{-1} $



2) Electric field intensity is 400 $ 400\;Vm^{-1} $ at a distance of 2 m from a point charge. It will be $ 100\;Vm^{-1} $ at a distance?

a) 50 cm

b) 4 cm

c) 4 m

d) 1.5 m



3) A $ 400\;pF $ is charged by 1000 V battery. The electrostatic energy stored by the capacitor is:

a) $ 2\times10^{-4}\;J $

b) 0.02 J

c) 0.002 J

d) $ 2\times10^{-6}\;J $



4) The unit of electric field intensity is:

a) $ Vm^{-1} $

b) $ CN^{-1} $

c) $ VC^{-1} $

d) $ NC^{-1} $



5) Electric potential energy of two point charges is given by:

a) $ \mu =\frac{q_{1}q_{2}}{4\pi\varepsilon_{0}r^2} $

b) u = –PE cos 0

c) $ \mu =\frac{q_{1}q_{2}}{4\pi\varepsilon_{0}r} $

d) u = –PE sin 0



6) Which of the following is not a conductor?

a) Mercury

b) Lead

c) Air

d) Platinum



7) The magnitude of electric charge (e) is:

a) $ 1.6\; \times 10^{-19} \;C $

b) $ 6.024\; \times 10^{-24} \;C $

c) $ 3.2\; \times 10^{-19} \;C $

d) $ 6.624\; \times 10^{-34} \;C $



8) The capacitance of a capacitor is given by:

a) C = qV

b) C = q/V

c) C = qA

d) C = $ \sigma $A



9) Van de Graaff generator produces large electro static potential difference of the order of:

a) $ 10^{3} \;V $

b) $ 10^{5} \;V $

c) $ 10^{7} \;V $

d) $ 10^{9} \;V $



10) Total charge in $ _{92}U^{238} $ is:

a) +92 e

b) +238 e

c) +330 e

d) +146 e



11) An electric dipole of charges $ 2 \times \; 10^{-6} \;C $, $ -2 \times \; 10^{-6} \;C $ are separated by a distance 1 cm. The electric field due o dipole at a point on its axial line 1 m from its centre will be:

a) 36 N/C

b) 18 N/C

c) 180 N/C

d) 360 N/C



12) The area of each plate of a parallel plate capacitor is $ 4 \times \; 10^{-2} sq m$. If the thickness of the dielectric medium between the plates $ 10^{-3} \;m $ and the relative permitivity of the dielectric is 7. The capacitance of the capacitor will be?

a) $ 2.479 \times \; 10^{-9} \;F $

b) $ 1.479 \times \; 10^{-9} \;F $

c) $ 2.479 \times \; 10^{-6} \;F $

d) $ 1.479 \times \; 10^{-6} \;F $



13) A capacitance of $ 2 \;\muF $ is given a charge of 10 C. If the charge on the capacitor is tripled, then the capacitance is:

a) $ 6 \;\muF $

b) $ 6.67 \;\muF $

c) $ 150 \;\muF $

d) $ 5 \;\muF $



14) Total flux over a closed surface of charge q is:

a) $ 4\pi q $

b) $ 36\pi \; \times 10^{9} \;q $

c) $ 9 \; \times 10^{9} \;q $

d) $ 4\pi \; \times 10^{9} \;q $



15) The resultant electric field at any point between two parallel charged sheets is:

a)$ E=\frac{\sigma}{2\varepsilon_{0}} $

b) $ E=\frac{-\sigma}{2\varepsilon_{0}} $

c) $ E=\frac{\sigma}{\varepsilon_{0}} $

d) $ E=\frac{2\sigma}{\varepsilon_{0}} $