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Test: Electricity - 3


25 Questions MCQ Test General Science(Prelims) by IRS Divey Sethi | Test: Electricity - 3


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QUESTION: 1

The space around a charge in which its effect can be felt is called its

Solution:

The electric field is the region around a charged particle where the lines of force can be felt by another charge by getting repulsed or attracted as per their sign of charges.

QUESTION: 2

The force acting on a unit positive test charge at a point inside an electric field is called

Solution:

Electric Field Intensity (E)

The electrostatic force acting per unit positive charge on a point in electric field is called electric field intensity at that point.

Electric field intensity E =
   lim        F / q0
q0 → 0

QUESTION: 3

Work done in moving a unit positive test charge from infinity to a point inside an electric field, is called

Solution:

Electric potential 
An electric potential is defined as the amount of electric potential energy that a unitary point electric charge would have if located at any point of space.

Note:
Electric potential is equal to the work done by an electric field in carrying a unit positive charge from infinity to that point.

QUESTION: 4

Work done is moving a unit positive test charge from one point to other inside an electric field, is called
Solution:

Potential difference is the difference in electric potential energy between two points. It is the amount of work done in moving a unit positive charge from one point to another point in an electric field. This is measured in volt. 

QUESTION: 5

Electricity constituted by electric charges at rest on the surface of a conductor, is called
Solution:

Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material. The charge remains until it is able to move away by means of an electric current or electrical discharge.

QUESTION: 6

Electricity constituted by moving electric charges, is called
Solution:

Electric current. moving electric charge is flow of electron which produces current

QUESTION: 7

Time rate of flow of electric charge measures electric _________
Solution:

Current is defined as amount of electric charge flowing through a cross section of circuit in unit time I=Q/T

QUESTION: 8

The condition for an electric charge to flow from one point to other is that the two points must have electric
Solution:

Flow of any particle needs a difference suppose a river which flows from a mountain here there is a difference of height or altitude due to which river water flows and as we know current is flow of charges so it also requires a difference i.e potential difference work done in bringing a unit positive charge from a point to the another point in the electric field is called potential difference between the two points.

QUESTION: 9

The device that maintains electric potential difference between two points is called electric
Solution:

Cell is the device which is used to maintain the potential difference between two points of the conductor.

QUESTION: 10

The path connecting two points at different potentials, to make the electric charges flow, is called electric _______
Solution:

An electric circuit is the representation of the whole path of current and also the various devices connected in it, e.g. Cell, Resistor etc..

QUESTION: 11

The device which measures electric potential difference between two points is called
Solution:

A voltmeter is an instrument used for measuring the electrical potential difference between two points in an electric circuit.

QUESTION: 12

The device which measures electric current through a conductor is called
Solution:

Ammeter is used to measure electric current because it has very low resistance and are always connected in series

QUESTION: 13

Electric current is produced by flow of
Solution:

An electric current is said to exist when there is a net flow of electric charge through a region. In electric circuits this charge is often carried by electrons moving through a wire.

QUESTION: 14

Direction of flow of conventional current is taken from
Solution:

Conventional current or simply current, behaves as if positive charge carriers cause current flow. Conventional current flows from the positive terminal to the negative.

QUESTION: 15

The law which gives a relation between electric potential difference and electric current is called
Solution:

Ohm's law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points.

QUESTION: 16

With increase in temperature, resistance of a conductor
Solution:

As the temperature of a metallic conductor increases, the kinetic energy of the electrons of the conductor also increases ,due to which more obstruction is offered to the flowing electrons and hence the current. Therefore,as more obstruction is offered to the flowing electrons, the resistance is increased.

QUESTION: 17

In series combination, total resistance
Solution:

It Increases because the amount of resistance gets added up giving us the equivalent resistance.

QUESTION: 18

In parallel combination, total resistance
Solution:

The reason is adding resistors in parallel increases the effective cross sectional area of the circuit and As we know that resistance is inversely proportional to area of cross section. So, the net resistance decreases.

QUESTION: 19

In series combination, resistance increases due to increase in
Solution:

Resistance increases with length because the electrons have further to go, so suffer greater collisions with atoms in the material.

QUESTION: 20

In parallel combination, resistance decreases due to increase in
Solution:

The reason is adding resistors in parallel increases the effective cross sectional area of the circuit and As we know that resistance is inversely proportional to area of cross section.

 

QUESTION: 21

When electric current is passed, electrons move from
Solution:

Since electrons are negative they should be repelled by the negative charge and attracted by the positive charge, i.e., in an electric field the electrons must move from regions of low potential to the regions with high potential by the action of the electrical forces.

QUESTION: 22

Electrical resistivity of any given metallic wire depends upon
Solution:

Electrical resistivity of a given metallic wire depends on number density of free electrons in the conductor which is the nature of material

QUESTION: 23

In an atom, particle having a positive charge is called
Solution:

A positively charged subatomic particle that is housed within the nucleus is caled Proton.

QUESTION: 24

In an atom, particle having a negative charge, is called
Solution:

A negatively charged subatomic particle that has negligible mass and moves around in a cloud around the nucleus is called Electron.

QUESTION: 25

Substances whose atoms have more free electrons, are called
Solution:

Materials with high electron mobility (many free electrons) are called conductors, while materials with low electron mobility (few or no free electrons) are called insulators.

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