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Chapter 4. 4. FUNDAMENTAL OF ELECTROSTATICS. MCQs

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 charges




2. . Same charges ……… each other:

(A) Attract


(B) Repel


(C) Not affected


(D) None




3. . Opposite charges ……… each other:

(A) Attract


(B) Repel


(C) Not affected


(D) None




4. . Capacitor stores electric charge in:

(A) Plates


(B) Dielectric


(C) Battery


(D) Both a & b




5. . Before charging, the number of free electrons on both plates of the capacitor is:

(A) Same


(B) Different


(C) Double


(D) Anyone




6. . Capacitor charged with this source:

(A) AC


(B) DC


(C) 1st AC, later DC


(D) Both a & b




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 dielectric




8. . Unit of energy stored in a capacitor is:

(A) Farad


(B) Joule


(C) Coulomb


(D) Henry




9. . Determine capacitance:

(A) I/Q


(B) Q/V


(C) V/Q


(D) QV




10. . Charge on a 10μF capacitor when voltage is 10V:

(A) 100μC


(B) 0.1μC


(C) 0.01μC


(D) 0.001μC




11. . With increasing capacitors in series, total capacitance:

(A) Decreases


(B) Increases


(C) Remains same


(D) None




12. . Unit of capacitance is:

(A) Volt


(B) Ampere


(C) Henry


(D) Farad




13. . The ability of a capacitor to store charge is called:

(A) Capacitance


(B) Resistance


(C) Friction


(D) Coulomb's force




14. . A device that stores charge is called:

(A) Resistor


(B) Inductor


(C) Capacitor


(D) Transistor




15. . Total capacitance of 10μF, 20μF, 22μF, 100μF in parallel is:

(A) 2.43μF


(B) 4.86μF


(C) 100μF


(D) 152μF




16. . Total capacitance of 2μF, 4μF, 10μF in series is less than:

(A) 2.2μF


(B) 4μF


(C) 10μF


(D) 1.5μF




17. . 0.00022 F capacitor equals how many microfarads?

(A) 22μF


(B) 220μF


(C) 2,200μF


(D) 22,200μF




18. . Capacitance when Q = 60μC and V = 12V:

(A) 5μF


(B) 720μF


(C) 50μF


(D) 12μF




19. . Voltage across a 330pF capacitor connected to 6V DC source:

(A) 3V


(B) 6V


(C) 4V


(D) 0V




20. . Charge of each plate of capacitor is measured in:

(A) Volt


(B) Current


(C) Coulomb


(D) Watt




21. . Charge on capacitor plates is directly proportional to:

(A) Current


(B) Electric field intensity


(C) Potential difference


(D) Resistance




22. . In a series RC circuit, when voltage across resistor is zero, the capacitor is:

(A) Charging


(B) Fully charged


(C) Discharging


(D) Fully discharged




23. . Initial current while charging a capacitor:

(A) High


(B) Low


(C) 0


(D) Cannot be determined




24. . As a capacitor is being charged, current flowing into it will:

(A) Increase


(B) Decrease


(C) Remain same


(D) Maximum




25. . Final current while charging a capacitor:

(A) High


(B) Zero


(C) Infinity


(D) Low




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 voltage




27. . As a capacitor is being charged, voltage across its terminals will:

(A) Increase


(B) Decrease


(C) Remain same


(D) Oppose the source




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