Physics Test Preparation Question

Compiled By
Musa Rahim Khan
COMSATS, IIT Islamabad.

Chapter 12

Electrostatics
1. The correct form of coulombs law is.
q1 q2

A. F =k r
B.

1 q1 q 2

F=
k r2

C.

F =k

D.

q1 q2

F =k

r2
q1 q 2
r2

2. What is the value of proportionality constant k in coulombs formula?

9
2 2
A. 9 x 10 N m C
B.

3 x 109 N m2 C2

C.

9 x 10 N m C

D.

6 x 109 N m2 C 2

3. What are the dimension of coulombs constant k?

A. [ML3T-2C-1]
B. [ML3T-3C-2]
C. [ML2T-2C-3]
D. [M2L3T-2C-1]
4. Coulombs law is applicable when,
I.
When both charges are same.
II.
When both charges are different.
III.
When both charges are equal to a third charge.
A. Only I
B. Only II
C. I,II and III
D. Both I and II.
1
5. k in coulombs formula is equal to 4 0 , where 0 is the,
A. Electrical constant.
B. Permittivity of free space.
C. Permeability constant.
D. Both A & B.
6. What modified form of coulombs law, when there is object (dielectric) between charges
instead of free space?
1 q1 q 2

A. F = 4 0 r 2

q 1 q2
1
4 0 r r2

B.

F=

C.

1 q1 q 2

F=
4 0 r3

D.

F=

r q1 q 2
4 0 r2

7. How we can test the presence of electric field?

A. By increasing the magnitude of charges in the field.
B. By bringing another charge q0 near to the field.
C. By increasing the voltage.
D. None of above.
8. The mathematical formula for electric field intensity is,

A. E= F q0
B.

1 q

E=
r^
4 0 r2

C.

E=
q0

D. both BC
9. Which of the fallowing is not the property of electric field line.
A. Electric field lines originate form positive charge and end on negative charge.
B. The tangent to field line at any point gives the direction of the field at that point.
C. Electric field cross each other at 900 angle.
D. When line are closer electric field is strong and when line are further apart electric
field is weak.
10. Which one of the following is photosensitive and used in xerographer?
A. Aluminum
B. Selenium
C. Silicon
D. Toner
11. Electric flux is maximum when.
A. When the angle between line area vector and electric line is 900.
B. When the angle between line area vector and electric line is 1800.
C. When the angle between line area vector and electric line is 00.
D. When the angle between line area vector and electric line is 450.
12. Mathematical formula for gausss law is,
A. e =Q 0

Q
0

B.

e =

C.

e =Q+ 0

D.

e =

0
Q

13. Dimension of electric potential is,

A. [M2LT-2C-1]
B. [MLT-2C-1]
C. [ML3T-2C-1]
D. [ML2T-2C-1]
14. Which is not the property of gravitational force.
A. It depend on the square of distance between masses.
B. It is only attractive.
C. It is repulsive.
D. Both b & c.
15. Which of the following statement about capacitor is not true?
A. Voltage is directly proportional to the charges stored.
B. Capacitor is used to store charges.
C. Voltage is inversely proportional to the charges stored.
D. Fared is the SI unit for capacitance.
16. Capacitance of capacitors with dielectric is,
A 0
A. C= d
B.

C=

Ad
0

C.

A 2 0
C=
d

D.

C=

A 0 r
d

17. Which of the following is not true about electric polarization is true?
A. Polarization is the Formation of poles due to external electric field.
B. Chagres are stored in capacitors as a result of polarization.
C. Due to electric polarization of dielectric capacitance of capacitors is increased.
D. Due to electric polarization of dielectric capacitance of capacitors is decreased.
18. Capacitor can store.
A. Only charges
B. Only electrical energy.
C. Both charges and electrical energy.
D. None of these.
19. Which of the following is correct representation of electric field intensity between
oppositely charged parallel plates.

A.
B.
C.
D.

E=

d
0

E=

A
0

E=

E=

20. Which of the following statement is true.

A. Capacitance of capacitor is a measure of the ability of capacitor to store charges.
B. Dielectric in capacitor decrease the capacitance of capacitors.
C. Gausss law is only applicable for circular area.
D. Electrostatic have no application in technology.

Chapter 12
Current Electricity
1. Ohmic conductor are those which.
A. Dont follow Ohms law.
B. Heat up when current is flow through them.
C. Follow ohms law.
D. Have high resistance.
2. A conductor is said to obey Ohms law if its resistance.
A. Is high.
B. Low
C. Constant
D. Variable
3. Ohm is the unit of resistance and which equal to.
A.

Ohm=

Ampere
volt

B.

Ohm=

volt
ampere

C.

Ohm=

coulombs
volt

D.

Ohm=

volt
coulombs

4. Which of following is true about parallel combination of resistance.

A.

Re =R1 + R2 + R3 + Rn

B.

1
=R1 + R2 + R3 + R n
Re

C. Current remain same in all resistance

D.

1
1 1 1
1
= + + +
R e R1 R2 R 3
Rn

5. A resistor has color coding as; Ist band is Orange, 2nd band is Green, 3rd band is Red

and 4th band is golden.

Value of resistance is _________________ ohms.
6. Which of the following statement about rheostat is false?
A. Rheostat is variable resistor.
B. Rheostat is a potential divider.
C. Rheostat is fixed resistor.
D. Rheostat work like capacitor.
7. Which of the following is sensitive to heat.
A. Transistor
B. Rheostat
C. Thermistor
D. Resistor
8. Mathematical form of Ohm law, when internal resistance (r) is considered with external
resistance (R).
A. V =IR x Ir
B.

V =I ( R+r )

C.

V=

IR
Ir

D. None of these
9. Kirchhoffs Voltage law state that,
A. The sum of all current in a junction is zero.
B. The product of all current in a junction is zero.
C. The sum of all voltages in a closed loop is zero.
D. The product of all voltages in a closed loop is zero.
10. Which of the following are the condition of balanced Wheatstone bridge?
I.
When Galvanometer shows no deflection.
II.
When no current flow through the Galvanometer.
III.
When one the resistance is removed.
A. Only I
B. Only III
C. I & II
D. II & III

11. Wheatstone bridge is used to determine.

A. The power of Galvanometer
B. The resistance of any conductor.
C. The capacitance of a capacitor.
D. The internal resistance of galvanometer.

Figure 1

12. The total resistance the circuit given in Figure-1 is

__________Ohm.
13. Total current drawn from the source is
Figure 2

_________Ampere.
14. Current through 6 ohm
resistor is _________ Ampere.
15. In Figure-2 I1= 3A, I2= 4A,
I3= 6A, I4= _______A.
16. In Figure-3 current I in
circuit is 2 ohm, the emf source E2
source used in the circuit is
______ volts.
17. In figure-2 if we replace R2 by 10 ohm resistance the will
of E2 is __________ volts.
18. The output will be maximum when internal resistance is,
A. Double of the load resistor (R).
B. Half of load resistor (R).
C. Equal to the load resistor (R).
D. None of above.

Chapter 14
Electromagnetism
1. Right hand rule is used to determine the direction of,
I.
Electric Current
II.
Magnetic field
III.
Electric field

A. Only I
B. Only II
C. I & II
D. I,II & III
2. A conductor in Magnetic field experienced maximum force when angle () between
magnetic field and conductor is,
A. 90o
B. 180o
C. 0o
D. 45o

Figure
3


3. Unit of strength magnetic field ( B) is Tesla, dimension of magnetic field is,
A. [M-1L-2T-1C-3]
B. [M-1TC-1]
C. [M2LC-2]
D. [MT-1C-1]
4. A 0.2 m wire carrying 15.0 A current is placed in uniform magnetic field (B) and making
45o angle with the direction of magnetic field, experiences a force 1 N, What is the
strength of Magnetic field (B).
A. 0.471NA-1m-2
B. 0.471NA-2m-1
C. 0.471NA-1m-1
D. 0.471NA-2m-2
5. Unit of magnetic flux is weber (Wb), its dimension are,
A. [M-1L-2T3C-2]
B. [ML2T-3C-1]
C. [ML2T-1C-1]
D. [ML-3T-1C-1]
^ 10 k^
B =3.0 i+
6. The strength of magnetic field (B) in a certain region is
and area of the
4
^
loop that is placed in the region is A=5.0 x 10
m2 k (loop lies in xy-plane), how
much flux passes thrugh the loop.
4
A. 50 x 50 Wb
B.

65 x 504 Wb

C.

150 x 504 Wb

D.

35 x 504 Wb

7. Dimension of 0 in Ampere Law (0 is called permeability of free space),

A. [NA-1m-1]
B. [NA-2m-2]
C. [NA-2m-1]
D. [NA-1m-3]
8. A galvanometer can be converted into voltmeter by,
A. Connecting a low resistance in series
B. Connecting shunt resistance.
C. Connecting a high resistance in parallel.
D. Connecting a high resistance in series.
9. When a charged particle moves in magnetic field, the force experienced by the charge is
equal to,
A. F=q( V x B)
B.

F=v ( q x B )

10.

C.

F=B ( v x q )

D.

of these