BEE MCQ on Unit No.

II (A): Electrostatics

Q.-1) The _______ can never store energy.

(a) Resistance (b) Inductance (c) Capacitance (d) Energy source.
Q.-2) Lightning strikes earth from charged cloud 100m above its surface. If breakdown strength

of air is 3 x 106 V/m, the voltage between cloud and earth surface is

_________ Million Volts.

(a) 3 (b) 30 (c) 300 (d) 3000

Q.-3) During charging and discharging of capacitors, no current passes through

(a) connecting wire (b) battery (c) dielectric (d) circuit switch

Q.-4) 1 Pico Farad is equal to _____ Farad.

(a) 10-3 (b) 10-6 (c) 10-9 (d) 10-12

Q.-5) A capacitor is made of two parallel plates with an area of 11 sq. cm and are
separated by mica sheet 2 mm thick. If for mica relative permittivity is 6 then the
capacitance of the capacitor is
(a) 29.3 pF (b) 29.2182 pF (c) 29.2182 nF (d) 29.028 mF

Q.-6) Which factor of the following is not affecting the dielectric strength of a capacitor?

(a) temperature (b) thickness of material

(c) size and shape (d) type of circuit in which it is used

Q.-7) Unit of Electric flux density is

(a) V/m (b) F/m (c) N/C (d) C/m2

Q-8) In Capacitors, energy is stored in its

(a) Plates (b) Dielectric (c) Electric Field (d) Connecting Wire

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Q.-9) Relative Permittivity of a medium has a unit of

(a) V/m (b) C/m2 (c) F/m (d) None of these

Q.-10) Permittivity of free space is constant and its value is ______

(a) 8 F/m (b) 554 F/m (c) 8.854*10-12 F/m (d) 10-12 F/m

Q.-11) The time constant of R-C series circuit is given by______& its unit is_____

(a) R/C & ohm (b) RC & seconds (c) 1/RC & farad (d) RC & farad/ohm

Q.-12) The capacitance of capacitor is NOT influenced by

(a) Plate thickness (b) Plate separation (c) Plate area (d) Nature of dielectric

Q.-13) There is a capacitor with dielectric strength of 16 KV/mm. If a potential of 18 KV/mm

is applied across the plates of same capacitor. What will happen with capacitor

(a) Double charged (b) Full charged (c) Ruined (d) Not charge

Q.-14) If two conducting surfaces are separated by an insulating material forms _____

(a) Inductor (b) resistor (c) R-L (d) capacitor

Q.-15) The space around a charge or charged body is called _______

(a) Electric field (b) Magnetic field (c) Electromagnetic field (d) Magnetostatic field

Q.-16) The electric lines of force always enter or leave a conducting surface at
(a) 180° (b) 0° (c) 90° (d) 360°
Q.-17) Equivalent value of capacitance of two capacitors connected in parallel & series is
20 μF and 3.75 μF respectively. Then the value of two capacitors will be
(a) 4μF & 16μF (b) 5μF & 15μF (c) 10μF & 10μF (d) 11μF & 9μF
Q.-18) As charged capacitor discharges through resistor R, _________
(a) the voltage increases, current decreases
(b) the voltage increases, current increases
(c) the voltage decreases, current decreases

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 (d) the voltage decreases, current increases
Q.-19) The total no. of lines of force in any particular electric field is
(a) Electric flux (b) Magnetic flux
(c) Electric flux density (d) Electric flux intensity
Q.-20) ______ is used as a dielectric in a capacitor.
(a) Copper (b) Aluminium (c) Paper (d) Carbon
Q.-21) The force between the two charges can be obtained by

(a) Joule’s law (b) Faraday’s law (c) Coulomb’s law (d) Lenz’s law

Q.-22) Three capacitors connected in series have equivalent capacitance of 2 μF. If one of the

capacitor is removed, then the effective capacitance becomes 3 μF. Therefore the

value of removed capacitor is _______ μF.

(a) 6 (b) 1.5 (c) 2/3 (d) Can’t be determined

Q.-23) The ease with which a dielectric medium permits an electric flux to establish in it is

(a) Permeability (b) Permittivity (c) Permeance (d) Persistance

Q.-24) Two capacitors 2 μF and 8 μF are in series and combination is connected across 50 V

Then the energy stored in 8 μF capacitor is _______ μJ

(a) 200 (b) 100 (c) 400 (d) 2000

Q.-25) The dielectric strength is measured in __________

(a) KV/N (b) V/C (c) KV/mm (d) F/m

Q.-26) Which of the following does not change when a glass slab is introduced between the plates

of a charged parallel plate capacitor.

(a) Electric charge (b) Electric energy (c) Capacitance (d) Electric field intensity

Q.-27) A charge Q1 exerts some force on a second charge Q2. A third charge Q3 is brought near.

The force of Q1 exerted on Q2

(a) Decreases
(b) Increases
(c) Remains unchanged

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 (d) Increases if Q3 is of same sign as Q1 & decreases if Q3 is of opposite sign

Q.-28) Which of the following appliance will be studied under electrostatics

(a) Incandescent lamp (b) Electric iron (c) Lightning rod (d) Electric motor

Q.-29) An air capacitor has the same dimensions as that of a mica capacitor. If the capacitance of

mica capacitor is 6 times that of air capacitor then relative permittivity of mica is

(a) 36 (b) 12 (c) 3 (d) 6

Q.-30) Two charges are placed at a certain distance apart. A brass sheet is placed between

them. The force between them will

(a) Increases (b) decreases (c) remain unchanged (d) none of these

Q.-31) The relative permittivity of vacuum is

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 8.854*10-12 (d) none of these

Q.-32) The relative permittivity of a material is 10. Its absolute permittivity will be

(a) 9*10+8 (b) 88.54*10-12 (c) 5*10-5 (d) 9*10+5

Q.-33) Another name for relative permittivity is

(a) Dielectric constant (b) Dielectric strength (c) Potential gradient (d) None of these

Q.-34) The relative permittivity of most materials lies between

(a) 20 and 100 (b) 10 and 20 (c) 100 and 200 (d) 1 and 10

Q.-35) When the relative permittivity of the medium is increased, the force between two

charges placed at a given distance apart

(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) Remains the same (d) None of these

Q.-36) Two charges are placed at a certain distance apart. A glass slab is placed between

them. The force between them will

(a) Increases (b) decreases (c) remain unchanged (d) Zero

Q.-37) If the relative permittivity of the medium increases, the electric field intensity at a point

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(a) Increases (b) decreases (c) remain unchanged (d) None of these

Q.-38) Two charged spheres of radii 10 cm & 15 cm are connected by a thin wire. No current

will flow if they have

(a) The same charge (c) The same energy

(b) The same field on their surface (d) The same potential

Q.-39) The capacitance of a capacitor is ______________ relative permittivity.

(a) Directly proportional to (b) Inversely proportional to

(c) Independent of (d) Directly proportional to square of

Q.-40) The most convenient way of achieving large capacitance is by using

(a) Multiple construction (b) Decreased distance between plates

(c) Air as dielectric (d) Dielectric of low permittivity

Q.-41) A capacitor opposes

(a) Change in current (b) Change in voltage

(c) Can’t say ( d) Both change in current & voltage

Q.-42) If a multiplate capacitor has 7 plates each of area 6 sq. cm, then,

(a) 6 capacitors will be in parallel (b) 7 capacitors will be in parallel

(c) 7 capacitors will be in series (d) 6 capacitors will be in series

Q.-43) Two capacitors of capacitances 3 μF and 6 μF are connected in series, then the total

capacitance of their series combination is

(a) 9 μF (b) 2 μF (c) 18 μF (d) 24 μF

Q.-44) The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor does not depend upon

(a) Area of plates (b) Medium between plates

(c) Separation between plates (d) Metal of plates

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Q.-45) In order to increase the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor, one should introduce

between the plates a sheet of

(a) Mica (b) Tin (c) Copper (d) Stainless steel

Q.-46) The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor depends upon

(a) Thickness of plates (b) Potential difference between plates

(c) Separation between plates (d) The type of metals used

Q.-47) The empty space between the plates of a capacitor is filled with a liquid of dielectric

constant K. The capacitance of capacitor

(a) Increases by a factor K (c) Decreases by a factor K

(b) Increases by a factor square of K (d) Decreases by a factor square of K

Q.-48) A parallel plate capacitor is made by stacking n equally spaced plates connected

alternately. If the capacitance between any two plates is C, then the resulting

capacitance is

(a) C (b) nC (c) (n-1) C (d) (n+1) C

Q.-49) Two capacitors have capacitances 25 μF when in parallel and 6 μF when in series.

The value of individual capacitances are

(a) 12 μF & 13 μF (b) 15 μF & 10 μF (c) 10 μF & 8 μF (d) None of these

Q.-50) A capacitor of 20 μF charged to 500 V is connected in parallel with another capacitor

of 10 μF capacitance and charged to 200 V. The common potential is

(a) 200 V (b) 250 V (c) 400 V (d) 300 V

Q.-51) A capacitor of 1 μF is charged to a potential of 50 V. It is now connected to an

uncharged capacitor of capacitance 4 μF. The common potential is

(a) 200 V (b) 250 V (c) 400 V (d) 300 V

Q.-52) There are two charges of 1μC and 5μC. The ratio of the forces acting on them will be

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 (a) 1:1 (b) 1:5 (c) 5:1 (d) 1:25

Q.-53) Two capacitors of capacitances C₁ and C₂ are connected in parallel. A charge Q is

given to them is shared. The ratio of charges Q₁/Q₂ is

(a) C₂/C₁ (b) C₁/C₂ (c) C₁C₂ (d) 1/C₁C₂

Q.-54) The branch dealing with electricity at rest is called

(a) Electrostatics (b) Magnetostatics (c) Electromagnetics (d) Electromechanics

Q.-55) Which of the following statement is true for electric lines of force.

(a) They intersect each other at regular interval.

(b) They form a close loop.
(c) They can pass only through insulating medium.
(d) They can enter charged bodies and pass through them.

Q.-56) The electric flux passing at angles through unit area of surface is called as

(a) Electric charge (b) Electric field strength

(c) Electric flux (d) Electric flux density

Q.-57) The force experienced by a unit positive charge placed at any point in the electric field is

(a) Electric potential (b) Electric field intensity

(c) Displacement intensity (d) Electric flux density

Q.-58) The electric field intensity at a point is given by

(a) 1/2 VQ (b) Q/F (c) F/Q (d) FQ

Q.-59) ______ represents electric field intensity.

(a) V/d (b) Q/V (c) F/Q (d) VQ

Q.-60) Higher the value of E means

(a) Weaker is the value of electric field.

(b) Stronger is the value of electric field.
(c) Electric field is zero.
(d) None of these.

Q.-61) Which of the following relation is true.

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 (a) E = ε/D (b) E = εD (c) D = εE (d) D = ε/E

Q.-62) The absolute permittivity of a medium is measured in

(a) V/m (b) A/m (c) F/m (d) H/m

Q.-63) The electric field intensity is numerically equal to

(a) Potential gradient (b) Potential difference

(c) Electric force (d) Electric potential

Q.-64) If Q₁ = Q₂ = 1 C and distance between them is 1 m then the force between them is

(a) 9 Х 10⁸ N (b) 9 Х 10⁹ N (c) 9 Х 10⁻⁹ N (d) 4π Х 10⁻⁷ N

Q.-65) The constant of proportionality in Coulomb’s law which depends upon surrounding

Is given by

(a) 4πε (b) 4πε₀ (c) 1 / 4πε (d) 1 / 4πε₀

Q.-66) The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor is given by

(a) εA/d (b) εd/A (c) ε/dA (d) A/εd

Q.-67) The charge transferred on the plates of a capacitor is 2 nC while the distance between

the plates ia 1 mm. If area of cross section is 10 cm² and air is used as a dielectric then

the voltage across the plates is

(a) 880 V (b) 225 V (c) 22.588 V (d) 225.88 V

Q.-68) A capacitor of 10 μF has a charge of 1 mC. If the distance between the plates is 1 cm
Then the electric field intensity between the plates is

(a) 10 KV/m (b) 10 V/m (c) 0.1 V/m (d) 80854 KV/m

Q.-69) A capacitor of 2 μF connected in a circuit has one plate at +6 V and the other plate at

-6 V. The charge on the negative plate of the capacitor is

(a) 24 μC (b) -24 μC (c) 12 μC (d) -12 μC

Q.-70) The ability of an insulating medium to resist its breakdown is called its

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 (a) Dielectric constant (b) Relative permittivity

(c) Dielectric strength (d) Insulation resistance

Q.-71) For the capacitors in series, _________ remain same for all of them.

(a) capacitance (b) time constant (c) voltage (d) charge

Q.-72) For the capacitors in parallel, _________ remain same for all of them.

(a) capacitance (b) time constant (c) voltage (d) charge

Q.-73) Three capacitors each of capacitance C and breakdown voltage V are connected

in series then the capacitance and breakdown voltage of the combination is

(a) C/3, 3V (b) 3C, V/3 (c) 3C, 3V (d) C/3, V/3

Q.-74) The capacitors of capacitances 15 μF, 10 μF and 3 μF are connected in series and

series combination is connected across 10 V. When the capacitors are fully charged

then the charge on 3 μF capacitor is

(a) 10 μC (b) 20 μC (c) 3 μC (d) 15 μC

Q.-75) Three capacitors each of capacitance C and breakdown voltage V are connected

in parallel then the capacitance and breakdown voltage of the combination is

(a) C/3, 3V (b) 3C, V/3 (c) 3C, V (d) C/3, V/3

Q.-76) Two capacitors of capacitances 6 μF and 3 μF are connected in series across 100 V d.c.

supply then the voltage across 3 μF capacitor is

(a) 0 V (b) 100 V (c) 33.334 V (d) 66.667 V

Q.-77) Which of the following expression will not represent the energy stored in a capacitor

(a) 1/2 CV² (b) 1/2 QV (c) 1/2 QC (d) 1/2 Q²/C

Q.-78) Ten identical capacitors each of capacitance 2 F are connected in series and this series

combination is connected across a regulated power supply of output 10 V. The energy

stored in any one of the 2 F capacitor is

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 (a) 1 J (b) 2 J (c) 5 J (d) 10 J

Q.-79) What fraction of the energy drawn from the charging battery is stored in a capacitor.

(a) 100 % (b) 50 % (c) 75 % (d) 66.67 %

Q.-80) When a capacitor ‘C’ is charged through resistance R then the initial rate of rise

of capacitor voltage is

(a) VRC (b) VR/C (c) V/RC (d) VC/R

Q.-81) A charging time constant of RC circuit is time required by the capacitor voltage to

rise from

(a) 0 to 90 % of its final value.

(b) 0 to 63.2 % of its final value.
(c) 0 to 36.8 % of its final value.
(d) None of these.

Q.-82) A charging time constant of RC circuit is time required by charging current to fall to

(a) 90 % of its initial maximum value.

(b) 63.2 % of its initial maximum value.
(c) 36.8 % of its initial maximum value.
(d) None of these.

Q.-83) The time constant of RC discharging circuit is time required for

(a) Capacitor voltage to fall to 36.8 % of its initial value.

(b) Capacitor voltage to fall to 63.2 % of its initial maximum value.
(c) Capacitor current to increase to 36.8 % of its initial maximum value.
(d) Capacitor current to decrease to 36.8 % of its initial maximum value.

Q.-84) The time constant of RC discharging circuit is time required for

(a) Capacitor voltage to rise to 36.8 % of its initial value.

(b) Capacitor voltage to fall to 63.2 % of its initial value.
(c) Capacitor current to fall to 36.8 % of its initial value.
(d) Capacitor current to fall to 63.2 % of its initial value.

Q.-85) Three capacitors of equal value are connected in parallel across 100 V supply. The

charge on each capacitor is 5 μC hence the value of capacitance is

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 (a) 50 μF (b) 50 nF (c) 50 pF (d) 100 nF

Q.-86) The capacitors of capacitances 1 μF, 2 μF and 4 μF are connected in series and

series combination is connected across 200 V. Then the voltage across 4 μF capacitor is

(a) 57.01 V (b) 200 V (c) 114.2 V (d) 28.5714 V

Q.-87) A capacitor of 1 μF is charged to a potential of 100 V. It is disconnected and then

connected across another 1 μF capacitor. Then the new voltage across them is

(a) 150 V (b) 50 V (c) 100 V (d) 0 V

Q.-88) A capacitor of 1 μF is charged through a resistor of 1MΩ from a 100 V source then

voltage across capacitor after 2 sec. is

(a) 63.212 V (b) 36.8 V (c) 86.466 V (d) 100 V

Q.-89) Initial rate of rise of current through a capacitor of 10 μF when charged across 50 V

is 5 V/sec then the value of resistance through which it is charged is

(a) 2 MΩ (b) 1 MΩ (c) 5 MΩ (d) 10 MΩ

Q.-90) A capacitor of 1 μF is charged through a resistor of 5MΩ from a 200 V source then

charging current after 2 sec. is

(a) 0 μA (b) 40 μA (c) 13.406 μA (d) 26.812 μA

Q.-91) Initial charging current through a capacitor is 40 μA when charged through 1.5 MΩ

Resistor then supply voltage is

(a) 60 V (b) 80 V (c) 40 V (d) 20 V

Q.-92) Permittivity is also called as

(a) Dielectric constant (b) Dielectric strength

(c) Potential gradient (d) None of these

Q.-93) The ______ is also called as electric space constant.

(a) absolute permittivity (b) relative permittivity

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 (c) permittivity of air (d) none of these

Q.-94) The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor is directly proportional to

(a) distance between plates (b) cross sectional area

(c) length (d) all of these

Q.-95) The total charge on the parallel combination of capacitors is equal to the _____

of the charge on individual capacitors.

(a) multiplication (b) vector sum (c) sum (d) subtraction

Q.-96) A multiplate capacitor is equivalent to several two plate capacitor connected in _____.

(a) star (b) series - parallel (c) parallel (d) series

Q.-97) Multiple parallel plates are _____to form a multiplate capacitor.

(a) interleaved (b) sandwitched (c) interconnected (d) none of these

Q.-98) A capacitor charges ________ through a resistor R, when their series combination is
connected across a source voltage V.
(a) linearly (b) exponentially (c) nonlinearly (d) none of these

Q.-99) ______ is not involved in the RC discharging circuit.

(a) R (b) C (c) Voltage source (d) Switch

Q.-100) The current at t = 0 in RC discharging circuit is

(a) zero (b) infinity (c) unity (d) V/R

Q.-101) The discharging current flows ___________ of the charging current.

(a) for half the time (b) in the opposite direction

(c) in the same direction (d) all of these

Q.-102) The energy stored by a capacitor is equal to

(a) force exerted (b) charge acquired

(c) voltage applied (d) work done
Q.-103) Coulomb’s second law is called as

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 (a) Inverse square law (b) Charge law

(c) Induction law (d) Force law

Q.-104) When ________ current flows for _____ the electric charge carried through the

conductor is equal to 1 Coulomb.

(a) 1 A , 1 hr (b) 10 A , 1 sec

(c) 1 A , 1 sec (d) None of these

Q.-105) The electric or electrostatic lines of force are imaginary lines which represent the
________ distribution in electric field surrounding the charged body.
(a) force (b) stress (c) power (d) field strength

Q.-106) The electric lines of force act like stretched elastic bands and always try to _______
in length.

(a) contract (b) expand (c) maximize (d) minimize

Q.-107) The electric lines of force adjust themselves so as to have a minimum _______.
(a) flux density (b) reactance (c) permittivity (d) reluctance
Q.-108) The electric flux density is defined as the ________ per ________ measured at right
angles to the direction of flux.
(a) force, unit area (b) force, unit flux
(c) flux, unit force (d) flux, unit area
Q.-109) The electric ________ is defined as the mechanical force experienced by a unit positive
Charge when it is placed at any point in the electric field.
(a) field strength (b) flux density

(c) potential (d) charge

Q.-110) The equivalent capacitance is always smaller than the smallest capacitance connected
in the _______ combination.
(a) star (b) series as well as parallel (c) parallel (d) series

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