Chapter 5: Electrostatics Physics Mcqs for High School - Grade 10 - Set 4

1)   In the combination of capacitors in series, the right plate of one capacitor is connected to the next capacitor's

a. middle plate
b. right plate
c. left plate
d. none of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: left plate

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2)   In the combination of parallel capacitors, the right plate of each capacitor is connected to the battery's

a. no terminal
b. both negative and positive terminals
c. negative terminal
d. positive terminal
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ANSWER: negative terminal

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3)   Capacitors which uses chemical reactions to store charge are

a. paper capacitors
b. electrolytic capacitor
c. parallel plate capacitor
d. mica capacitor
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ANSWER: electrolytic capacitor

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4)   The spacing between field lines shows their

a. direction
b. position
c. strength
d. none of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: strength

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5)   The divergence of leaves depends upon the

a. current
b. the amount of charge
c. nature of leaves
d. nature of disc
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: the amount of charge

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6)   Due to electrostatic induction in aluminum rod due to charged plastic rod, the total charge on the aluminum rod is

a. zero
b. positive
c. negative
d. dual
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: zero

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7)   A person standing inside "Faraday cage" is not affected by the electric field because

a. electric potential is positive
b. electric potential is negative
c. zero electric potential
d. electric field outside the cage cancels the field inside
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: electric field outside the cage cancels the field inside

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8)   Unlike charges always

a. cancel each other
b. repel each other
c. attract each other
d. none of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: attract each other

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9)   The electric field 30cm away from a light bulb is roughly

a. 15 NC-¹
b. 12 NC-¹
c. 10 NC-¹
d. 5 NC-¹
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 5 NC-¹

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10)   Like charges always

a. repel each other
b. attract each other
c. cancel each other
d. none of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: repel each other

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11)   The study of charges at rest is called

a. chemical electricity
b. heat electricity
c. static electricity
d. mechanical electricity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: static electricity

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12)   By using electroscope, if the body is negatively charged then due to electrostatic induction, then on the disk there will be appear

a. both positive and negative charges
b. negative charge
c. positive charge
d. no charge
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: positive charge

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13)   The electron in a hydrogen atom experiences an electric field from the atom's nucleus in the order of

a. 10¹² NC-¹
b. 10¹¹ NC-¹
c. 10¹⁵ NC-¹
d. 10⁸ NC-¹
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 10¹¹ NC-¹

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14)   The lines of the electric field were introduced by

a. Newton
b. Michael Faraday
c. John burges
d. Henry Pascal
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Michael Faraday

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15)   A charge in the electric field always

a. moves from lower potential to higher potential
b. moves from higher potential to lower potential
c. stay at higher potential
d. stay at lower potential
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ANSWER: moves from higher potential to lower potential

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16)   If 1 joule of work is done against the electric field in bringing 1C positive charge from infinity to a point in the electric field then the potential at that point will be

a. 1/2 volt
b. 1 volt
c. 2 volt
d. 3 volt
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1 volt

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17)   If one negative particle is 1.6×10-¹⁹, then the charge of how many particles would be equal to 100µC?

a. 7.25×10¹⁴
b. 6.25×10⁷
c. 6.25×10¹⁴
d. 8.35×10¹⁴
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 6.25×10¹⁴

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18)   In coulomb's law, the force of attraction or repulsion between two charges is

a. inversely proportional to charges
b. directly proportional to product of charges
c. directly proportional to square of distance between them
d. Inversely proportional to distance between them
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: directly proportional to product of charges

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19)   The ability of a capacitor to store charge is affected by

a. area of the plates
b. distance between the plates
c. type of insulators used
d. all of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: all of above

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20)   In the presence of a charged body, an insulated conductor develops a positive charge at one end and a negative charge at another end. This process is called

a. magnetic induction
b. electrostatic induction
c. chemical induction
d. capacity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: electrostatic induction

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