Electric Potential Unit Test Question Paper

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Unit test 2.

Electrostatics and potential

Answer the following questions

1.The process in which a region is made free from any electric field is known as ___

a. Electrostatic forcing
b. Electrostatic binding
c. Electrostatic shielding
d. None of the option

2. The formula for electrostatic potential is __

a. Electrostatic potential = Work done×charge


b. Electrostatic potential = Work done/charge
c. Electrostatic potential = Work done+charge
d. Electrostatic potential = Work done-charge

3. 1 Volt = _____________

1 Coulomb

1 Newton / 1 Coulomb

1 Joule / 1 Coulomb

1 Newton / 1 meter

4. The work done in moving a unit positive test charge over a closed path in an electric field is __

a. Always 1
b. Infinite
c. Zero
d. Negative

5. The electrostatic potential on the perpendicular bisector due to an electric dipole is ________

a. Zero
b. 1
c. Infinite
d. Negative

6. A surface that has the same electrostatic potential at every point on it is known as _____

a. Equal-potential surface
b. Same potential surface
c. Equi-magnitude surface
d. Equipotential surface

7. The work done against electrostatic force gets stored in which form of energy?

a. Thermal energy
b. Kinetic energy
c. Potential energy
d. Solar energy

8. Dielectrics are _____________

a. Conducting substances
b. Non-conducting substances
c. Semi-conducting substances
d. None of the option

9. The electric potential inside a conducting sphere _____________

a. is zero
b. increases from centre to the surface
c. decreases from centre to the surface
d. remains constant from centre to the surface

10. The capacity of the parallel plate capacitor increases when

a. area of the plate is decreased


b. area of the plate is increased
c. distance between the plates increases
d. None of the option

11. Define electric polarisation.


answer any three of the following

1) derive an expression for potential energy of a dipole in an external electric field.

2) what are the properties of equipotential surfaces

3) derive the relationship between electric intensity and electric potential.

4) what are the behaviour of conductors in an external electric field.

Answer any three of the following.

1) derive an expression for effective capacitance of a capacitors when connected in series and
parallel.

2. Derive an expression for parallel plate capacitor.

3) derive an expression for potential due to a dipole.

4) a spherical conductor of radius 12 CM has a charge of 1.6× 10^-7distributed uniformly over it


surface what is the electric field

a) inside the spear

b)outside the spear

c)at point 18 cm from the centre of the sphere

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