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School

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Genesis

Test Marks Obtained: _________

1st Monthly Test

First Term
2015 2016

Class: XI
Subject: Physics

Date:

Students Name: __________________________________

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Roll No:

Instructions to the Students:

Write your full name and Roll No.

Staple the question paper at the top of the answer sheet (s).
Attempt all questions.
Answers should be boxed.

Section A Multiple Choice Questions.

1. The SI unit of electric charge is the
A. coulomb

[1]

B. ampere

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C. volt

D. watt

2. A glass rod becomes positively charged when it is rubbed with silk. The glass rod become
charged because it

[1]

A. gains protons

B. gains electrons

C. loses electrons

D. gains protons and loses electrons

3. How does an electrical conductor differ from electrical insulator?

Conductor

Insulator

A. It is negatively charged

It is positively charged

B. It has free electrons

It does not have free electrons

C. It gets hot quickly

It gets hot slowly

D. It cannot be charged

It can be charged

[1]

4. If a rubber rod repels a pith ball, what can be deduced about the charges on the rubber rod and
the pith ball?

[1]

A. Only the rod is charged.

B. Only the pith ball is charged.
C. Either the rod or the pith ball is charged but not both.
D. Both the rod and the pith ball carry like charges.
5. The figure below shows a negatively-charged rod held near, but not touching, a metal rod

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Which of the following statements best describes the movement of the charges?
A.
B.
C.
D.

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The electrons from the charged rod jump across the gap and enter the metal rod.
The electrons in the metal rod move from X to Y.
The positive charges in the metal rod move from Y to X.
The positive charges in the charged rod move from X to Y.

6. A resistor converts 350 J of electrical energy to other forms of energy. What is the amount of
charge that flows through it when a p.d. of 7 V is applied across it?
A. 0.2 C

B. 50 C

C. 350 C

D. 2450 C

[1]

7. Which of the following set ups cannot be used to determine the resistance of resistor R?
A.

B.

C.

D.

8. The ammeter reading below in the circuit is 1 A. Which of the following could be the
voltmeter reading and resistance of the resistor?

[1]

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Voltmeter Reading

Resistance

A.

1V

B.

4V

0.25

C.

10V

10

D.

12V

9. A piece of tungsten wire has a cross-sectional area of 0.5 mm2 and a length f 1.0 m. What are
the dimensions of a second piece of tungsten wire with half the resistance of the first?
Length /m

Area/mm2

A.

1.0

0.5

B.

0.5

0.5

C.

0.5

1.0

D.

0.25

0.5

[1]

Section B
Question 1.
(a) What is the relationship between current I and charge Q? State their respective SI
units.

[2]

(b) A positively charged sphere carrying a charge of 0.4 mC is earthed using a wire.

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(I) Calculate the average current flowing through the wire if the time taken to discharge
the sphere is 0.2s.

[1]

(II) Draw a labelled diagram showing the direction of conventional current flow. [3]
Question 2.
(a) What do you understand by the terms current and potential difference?
(b) A potential difference of 12 V causes 20 x 1020 electrons pass a point in a wire in a

[2]
minute.

[2]
Question 3
(a) If a student is given an ebonite rod, a glass rod, some fur, and a piece of chalk, how can she
produce two kinds of charges?

[3]

(b) Explain why electrostatic attraction to a charged body cannot be used as a proof that an object
is electrically charged.
[2]

Question 4
(a) A negatively charged polythene strip attracts a suspended object. Is it correct to conclude that
the object is positively charged?
[1]
(b) A negatively charged polythene strip repels a suspended object. What can be said about the
charge on the suspended object?
[1]
Question 5
A light charged sphere is placed along various positions above a conducting plane (Figure
below).The sphere experiences an upward force exerted by the plate.

The force is measured and recorded in the Table below

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Distance x from the

plate/mm
1.00
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8

Force F on charged
sphere/N
5.13
5.13
2.1
5.05
4.8

(a) What can you say about the charge on the conducting plate?

[1]

(b) With reference to Table above, what can you deduce bout the strength of the electric field of
the conducting plate? Explain your answer.
[2]
(c) Suggest a reason why there is no charge in the force acting on the charged sphere where its
distance from the plate is between 1.00 mm and 1.20 mm.
[2]

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