Chapter 4. 4. FUNDAMENTAL OF ELECTROSTATICS. MCQs 27 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/27 Subscribe 1. . Electrostatics is a branch of electricity concerned with: (A) Energy flowing across a gap between the conductors (B) Charges at rest (C) Charges in motion (D) Energy in the form of chargesShow All Answers 2. . Same charges ……… each other: (A) Attract (B) Repel (C) Not affected (D) NoneShow All Answers 3. . Opposite charges ……… each other: (A) Attract (B) Repel (C) Not affected (D) NoneShow All Answers 4. . Capacitor stores electric charge in: (A) Plates (B) Dielectric (C) Battery (D) Both a & bShow All Answers 5. . Before charging, the number of free electrons on both plates of the capacitor is: (A) Same (B) Different (C) Double (D) AnyoneShow All Answers 6. . Capacitor charged with this source: (A) AC (B) DC (C) 1st AC, later DC (D) Both a & bShow All Answers 7. . Capacitance of capacitors connected in parallel increases: (A) With applied voltage (B) With decreasing area of plates (C) With decreasing thickness of the dielectric (D) With increasing thickness of the dielectricShow All Answers 8. . Unit of energy stored in a capacitor is: (A) Farad (B) Joule (C) Coulomb (D) HenryShow All Answers 9. . Determine capacitance: (A) I/Q (B) Q/V (C) V/Q (D) QVShow All Answers 10. . Charge on a 10μF capacitor when voltage is 10V: (A) 100μC (B) 0.1μC (C) 0.01μC (D) 0.001μCShow All Answers 11. . With increasing capacitors in series, total capacitance: (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remains same (D) NoneShow All Answers 12. . Unit of capacitance is: (A) Volt (B) Ampere (C) Henry (D) FaradShow All Answers 13. . The ability of a capacitor to store charge is called: (A) Capacitance (B) Resistance (C) Friction (D) Coulomb's forceShow All Answers 14. . A device that stores charge is called: (A) Resistor (B) Inductor (C) Capacitor (D) TransistorShow All Answers 15. . Total capacitance of 10μF, 20μF, 22μF, 100μF in parallel is: (A) 2.43μF (B) 4.86μF (C) 100μF (D) 152μFShow All Answers 16. . Total capacitance of 2μF, 4μF, 10μF in series is less than: (A) 2.2μF (B) 4μF (C) 10μF (D) 1.5μFShow All Answers 17. . 0.00022 F capacitor equals how many microfarads? (A) 22μF (B) 220μF (C) 2,200μF (D) 22,200μFShow All Answers 18. . Capacitance when Q = 60μC and V = 12V: (A) 5μF (B) 720μF (C) 50μF (D) 12μFShow All Answers 19. . Voltage across a 330pF capacitor connected to 6V DC source: (A) 3V (B) 6V (C) 4V (D) 0VShow All Answers 20. . Charge of each plate of capacitor is measured in: (A) Volt (B) Current (C) Coulomb (D) WattShow All Answers 21. . Charge on capacitor plates is directly proportional to: (A) Current (B) Electric field intensity (C) Potential difference (D) ResistanceShow All Answers 22. . In a series RC circuit, when voltage across resistor is zero, the capacitor is: (A) Charging (B) Fully charged (C) Discharging (D) Fully dischargedShow All Answers 23. . Initial current while charging a capacitor: (A) High (B) Low (C) 0 (D) Cannot be determinedShow All Answers 24. . As a capacitor is being charged, current flowing into it will: (A) Increase (B) Decrease (C) Remain same (D) MaximumShow All Answers 25. . Final current while charging a capacitor: (A) High (B) Zero (C) Infinity (D) LowShow All Answers 26. . Capacitors are fully charged when: (A) Voltage is zero (B) Supply voltage equals capacitor voltage (C) Voltage is infinity (D) Capacitor voltage is half supply voltageShow All Answers 27. . As a capacitor is being charged, voltage across its terminals will: (A) Increase (B) Decrease (C) Remain same (D) Oppose the sourceShow All Answers