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Coulomb's Law MCQs and Practice Problems

The document contains 21 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of concepts in electrostatics such as Coulomb's law, electric fields, electric flux density, Gauss's law, electric potential, and dielectric materials. The questions cover calculating forces between charges, electric field intensity, electric flux, potential differences, and identifying appropriate Gaussian surfaces. They also include questions about scalar potentials, tangential electric fields at boundaries, and the materials dipoles are created in.

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Coulomb's Law MCQs and Practice Problems

The document contains 21 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of concepts in electrostatics such as Coulomb's law, electric fields, electric flux density, Gauss's law, electric potential, and dielectric materials. The questions cover calculating forces between charges, electric field intensity, electric flux, potential differences, and identifying appropriate Gaussian surfaces. They also include questions about scalar potentials, tangential electric fields at boundaries, and the materials dipoles are created in.

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Multiple Choice Questions

1) Coulomb law is employed in------------


a) Electrostatics b) Magnetostatics c) Electromagnetic d) Maxwell’s Theory
2) Find the force between 2C and -1C separated by a distance 1m in air(in newton).
a) 18 X 106 b) -18 X 109 c) 18 X 10-9 d) -18 X 10-6
3) Find the force between two charges when they are brought in contact and separated by 4cm apart,
charges are 2nC and -1nC, in μN.
a) 1.44 b) 2.44 c) 1.404 d) 2.404
4) For a charge Q1, the effect of charge Q2 on Q1 will be---------
a) F1 = F2 b) F1 = -F2 c) F1 = F2= 0 d) F1 and F2 are not equal
5) Find the force on a charge 2C in a field 1V/m.
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
6) What is the electric field intensity at a distance of 20cm from a charge 2 X 10-6 C in vacuum?
a) 250,000 b) 350,000 c) 450,000 d) 550,000
7) Electric field intensity due to infinite sheet charge is-------------
𝜌𝑠 𝜌𝑠
a) zero b) unity c) d)
𝜀 2𝜀
8) For a test charge placed at infinity, the electric field will be--------------------
a) Zero b) Unity c) + Infinity d) - Infinity
9) The electric flux density is the-------------
a) Product of permittivity and electric field intensity
b) Product of number of flux lines and permittivity
c) Product of permeability and electric field intensity
d) Product of number of flux lines and permeability
10) Which of the following correctly states Gauss law?
a) Electric flux is equal to charge
b) Electric flux per unit volume is equal to charge
c) Electric field is equal to charge density
d) Electric flux per unit volume is equal to volume charge density
11) A uniform surface charge of ρs = 2 μC/m2, is situated at z = 2 plane. What is the value of flux
density at P(1,1,1)m?
a) 10-6 b) - 10-6 c) 106 d) -106
12) Find the flux density of line charge of radius (cylinder is the Gaussian surface) 2m and charge
density is 3.14 units?
a) 1 b) 0.75 c) 0.5 d) 0.25
13) If the radius of a sphere is 1/(4π)m and the electric flux density is 16π units, the total flux is given
by------------------
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
14) A point charge 2nC is located at origin. What is the potential at (1,0,0)?

a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) 18
15) Six equal point charges Q = 10nC are located at 2,3,4,5,6,7m. Find the potential at origin.

a) 140.35 b) 141.35 c) 142.35 d) 143.35

16) A point charge 0.4nC is located at (2, 3, 3). Find the potential differences between (2, 3, 3)m and
(-2, 3, 3)m due to the charge.

a) 2.5 b) 2.6 c) 2.7 d) 2.8

17) The Gaussian surface for a line charge will be---------

a) Sphere b) Cylinder c) Cube d) Cuboid

18) The work done by a charge of 10μC with a potential 4.386 is (in μJ)---------

a) 43.86 b) 0.4386 c) 438.6 d) none of these

19) A scalar potential is given by V= 6x + 8y2 + 4z3 , then Electric field intensity at point (2,3,4) is-------

a) −(6𝑎̂𝑥 + 48 𝑎̂𝑦 + 192 𝑎


̂𝑧 ) b) 6𝑎̂𝑥 + 48 𝑎̂𝑦 + 192 𝑎
̂𝑧 c) −6𝑎̂𝑥 + 48 𝑎̂𝑦 - 192 𝑎
̂𝑧 d) None of these

20) Tangential electric field component in Dielectric-Conductor boundary condition is-------------


a) Et1= Et2 b) Et1= 0 c) Et1= -Et2 d) None of these

21) A dipole created in -------------material due to electric field.

a) Conductor b) Insulator c) Dielectric d) None of these

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