ECAT Pre Engineering Physics Chapter 12 MCQ Test With Answer

The nature of capacity of electrostatic capacitor depends on

• Shape A
• Size B
• Thickness of plates C
• Area D

A 10 F capacitor is charged to a potential difference of 50 V and is connected to another uncharged capacitor in parallel. Now the common potential difference becomes 20 volt.The capacitance of second capacitor is

• 10μF A
• 20μF B
• 30μF C
• 15μF D

In RC series circuit the time during which the capacitor acquires 0.63 times the equilibrium charge is called

• Time constant A
• Decay constant B
• None of these C
• All of above D

Two point charges A and B separated by a distance R attract each other with a force of 12 x 10^-3N. The force between A and B when the charges on them are doubled and distance is halved

• 1.92 N A
• 19.2 N B
• 12 N C
• 0.192 N D

A 60 W bulb operates on 220 V supply. The current flowing through the bulb is

• 11/3 A A
• 3 A B
• 3/11 A C
• 6 D

If the resistance of 2 ohm and 4 ohm are connected in parallel, the equivalent resistance will be

• 6 ohm A
• 4 ohm B
• zero ohm C
• 1.33 ohm D

The powers of tow electric bulbs are 100 W and 200 W. Both of them are joined with 220 V mains. The ratio of resistances of their filaments will be

• 1 : 2 A
• 2 : 1 B
• 1 : 4 C
• 4 : 1 D

The resistance of the given conductor can be increased by

• Increasing the area A
• Changing resistivity B
• Decreasing the length C
• None of the above because change does not matter because in any case the volume remains the same D

Cause of heat production in a current carrying conductor is

• Collisions of free electrons with one another A
• High drift speed of free electrons B
• Collisions of free electrons with atoms or ions of conductor C
• High resistance value D

In a building, there are 15 bulbs of 40 watts, 5 bulbs of 100 watts, 5 fans of 80 watts and a heater of 1 kilowatt. The voltage of the electric main is 220 volts. The minimum efficiency of the main fuse of the building will be

• 0.4 A A
• 11.4 A B
• 9.8 A C
• 10.6 A D

The unit of conductance is

• ohm A
• meter B
• mho C
• ohm-meter D

If one volt is needed to cause a current of one ampere to flow in a conductor, its resistance is

• one ohm A
• one joule B
• one volt C
• one ampere D

One joule is equal to

• 1.6 x 10¹⁹eV A
• 6.25 x 10¹⁸eV B
• 1.6 x 18¹⁸eV C
• 6.25 x 10¹⁹eV D

A metal plate of thickness half the separation between the capacitor plates of capacitance C is inserted. The new capacitance is

• C A
• C/2 B
• Zero C
• 2C D

An electric dipole is at the centre of a hollow sphere of radius r. The total normal electric flux through the sphere is (here Q is the charge and d is the distance between the two charges of the dipole)

• Q/4πr² A
• 2Q/4πr² B
• Q.d C
• Zero D

Thermocouple is an arrangement of two different metals

• To convert heat energy in to electrical energy A
• To produce more heat B
• To convert heat energy into chemical energy C
• To convert electric energy in to heat energy D

A wire is bent into a ring of radius R is given a charge q. The magnitude of the electrical field at the centre of the ring is

• Two A
• 1/2 B
• Zero C
• 3/2 D

Which one of the following has larger value of relative permitivity E_rat room temperature?

• Vaccum A
• Air B
• Glass C
• Water D

The electric field intensity at a point due to a point charge

• Falls off inversely as the distance A
• Falls off inversely as the square of distance B
• Remains unchanged with distance C
• Increase directly as square of distance D

Three resistance 500,500 and 50 ohms are connected in series across 555 volts mains. The current flowing through them will be

• 0.52 A A
• 1 mA B
• 0.7 mA C
• 1.4 A D

The colour sequence in a carbon resistor in red, brown, orange and silver. The resistance of the resistor is

• 21 x 10³+ 10% A
• 23 x 10¹+ 10% B
• 21 x 10³+ 5% C
• 12 x 10³+ 5% D

The electric lines of force are

• Imaginary A
• Physically existing everywhere B
• Physically existing near the charge C
• All of the above D

The charge carriers in electrolyte are positive and negative

• protons A
• electrons B
• ions C
• none of these D

The minimum charge on any object can not be less than

• 1.6 x 10^-19C A
• 3.2 x 10^-19C B
• 1.0 C C
• 4.8 x 10^-19C D

Electron volt is the unit of

• Potential difference A
• Energy B
• Resistance C
• Capacitance D

Resistor is a device which convert electric energy to

• Heat energy A
• Chemical energy B
• Elastic energy C
• All of the above D

Three resistors of resistance 2,3 and 6 ohms are connected in parallel, their equivalent resistance is

• 11.0 ohm A
• 1.0 ohm B
• 7.0 ohm C
• 3.0 ohm D

For two resistance wires joined in parallel, the resultant resistance is 6/5 ohm. When one of the resistance wire breaks, the effective resistance becomes 2 ohm. The resistance of the broken wire is

• 3/5 ohm A
• 2 ohm B
• 6/5 ohm C
• 3 ohm D

The current through a metallic conductor is due to the motion of

• protons A
• neutrons B
• electrons C
• free electrons D

• 5μF A
• 10μF B
• 3μF C
• 6μF D