Electromagnetic & Transmission Lines Test Questions - Set 1

1)   According to coulomb's law, what do the force between two point charges proportional to?

a. Addition of charges
b. Difference of charges
c. Product of charges
d. Integration of charges
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Product of charges

Explanation:
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2)   Which type of phenomenon is likely to occur, if two charges possess opposite sign?

a. Force of attraction
b. Force of repulsion
c. Force of stability
d. Force of equality
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Force of attraction

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3)   If a negative charge is absent corresponding to Faraday's experiment of concentric spheres, then where do the flux lines show termination?

a. At zero
b. At unity
c. At infinity
d. At radial field
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: At infinity

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4)   Flux lines never _________

1. Cross each other
2. Depend on the medium where the charges are located
3. Show radial outward direction
4. Start from positive charge


a. 1 & 2
b. 3 & 4
c. 1 & 4
d. 2 & 3
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1 & 2

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5)   During the movement of a charge, potential energy undergoes _________

a. Expansion
b. Compression
c. Radiation
d. Reflection
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Expansion

Explanation:
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6)   The phenomenon of work done while moving a point charge in presence of an electric field is independent of _______

a. Position
b. Force
c. Path
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Path

Explanation:
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7)   If the motion of charge (Q) is against the electric field with an additional requirement of external force, then what would be the nature of work done?

a. Positive
b. Negative
c. Null (zero)
d. Infinity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Positive

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8)   Which law/principle of conservation provides the basis for the continuity equation of current?

a. Mass action
b. Energy
c. Charge
d. Momentum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Charge

Explanation:
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9)   Rate of decrease in charge for volume 'V' bounded by a surface is equal to ______

a. Incoming current rate
b. Outgoing current rate
c. Stable current rate
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Outgoing current rate

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10)   Which among the following elements is/are not possessed by steady state current?

a. Source
b. Sink
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and b

Explanation:
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