ECAT Pre Engineering Physics Chapter 12 MCQ Test With Answer

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

A uniform resistance wire of Length L and diameter d has a resistance R. Another wire of same material has length, 4L and diameter 2d, the resistance will be

• 2 R A
• R B
• R/2 C
• R/4 D

A wire of radius r has resistance R. If it is stretched to a wire of r/2 radius, then the resistance becomes

• 2R A
• 4R B
• 16R C
• Zero D

Ohm established a relation between

• voltage and resistance A
• voltage and charge B
• voltage and current C
• voltage resistance and charge 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

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

In bringing an electron towards another electron, electrostatic potential energy of system

• Decreases A
• Increases B
• Remains uncharged C
• Becomes zero D

The fractional change in resistance per kelvin is known as

• temperature coefficient A
• resistance coefficient B
• super temperature C
• critical temperature D

If we plot graph between potential difference (V) and current (I) obeying ohm's law, it will give us

• parabola A
• straight line B
• hyper bola C
• ellipse D

The ratio of the gravitational force F_gto the electrostatic force F_ebetween two electrons at the same distance apart is approximately

• 9.8 A
• 24 x 10¹⁹ B
• 24 x 10⁴² C
• 24 x 10^-44 D

The statement "the electric force of repulsion or attraction between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to square of the distance between them" refer to

• Coulomb's law A
• Gauss's law B
• Biot-Sarwat law C
• Ampere's law D

Heating effect caused by an electric circuit is written

• H = I²Rt A
• H = I²R B
• H = IR²t C
• H = IR² 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

A sheet of aluminium foil of negligible thickness is introduced between the plates of a capacitor. The capacitance of the capacitor

• Increases A
• Decreases B
• Remain unchanged C
• Becomes infinite D

Which of the following represents an electric current?

• C^-1 A
• CS^-1 B
• J.S^-1 C
• dynes^-1 D

The conductivity of a superconductor is

• Infinite A
• Very large B
• Very small C
• Zero D

A point charge A of charge +4μC and another B of charge -1μC are placed in air at a distance 1 m apart. Then the distance of the point on the line joining the charge B, where the resultant electric field is zero, is (in m)

• 2 A
• 1 B
• 0.5 C
• 1.5 D

Two point charge +3μC and +8μC repel each other with a force of 40 N. If a charge of -5μC is added to each of them, then the force between then will become

• -10 N A
• +10 N B
• +20 N C
• -20 N D

The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor depends upon

• Area of the plates A
• Separation between the plates B
• Medium between the plates C
• All of the above D

Electric generators which convert mechanical energy into

• solar energy A
• thermal energy B
• kinetic energy C
• electrical energy D

The charge carriers in electrolyte are positive and negative

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

Resistor is a device which convert electric energy to

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

Which one of the following is the unit of electric field intensity

• JC^-1 A
• Vm^-1 B
• Cm^-1 C
• CJ^-1 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

The SI unit of conductivity is

• ohm-m A
• ohm^-1m^-1 B
• ohm-m^-1 C
• ohm^-1m D

The relation between charge 'Q' and current 'I' is given by

• Q = I/t A
• Q = It B
• Q = I²t C
• Q = I²/t D

• 5μF A
• 10μF B
• 3μF C
• 6μF D

The graphical representation of ohm's law is

• hyperbola A
• straight line B
• ellipse C
• parabola D

If a 40 watt light bulb burns for 2 hours. how much heat is generated

• 288 x 10³J A
• 288 x 10⁸J B
• 288 x 10⁵J C
• 288 x 10⁶J D

Specific resistance of a wire depends upon

• Length A
• Cross-section area B
• Mass C
• None D