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Coulombs Law MCQs | Coulombs Law Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

(1) Two charges 1C and -4C exists in air. What is the direction of force?
[A] Away from 1C
[B] Away from -4C
[C] From 1C to -4C
[D] From -4C to 1C
Answer: From 1C to -4C
(2) 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
Answer: 1.404

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(3) The Coulomb law is an implication of which law?
[A] Ampere law
[B] Gauss law
[C] Biot Savart law
[D] Lenz law
Answer: Gauss law
(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
Answer: F1 = -F2
(5) Which Of The Following Is A Vector Quantity
[A] Electrical Potential
[B] Electrical Field Intensity
[C] Electric Charge
[D] All Of The Above
Answer: Electrical Field Intensity
(6) Two capacitor of each breakdown voltage 500 V are connected parallel. The breakdown rating of the combination will be
[A] 500 V
[B] 500√2 V
[C] 1000 V
[D] 2500 V
Answer: 500 V
(7) A charge which when placed in vacuum from an equal and similar charge repels with a force of 9000 N, is known as
[A] coulomb
[B] milli coulomb
[C] micro coulomb
[D] None of the above
Answer: micro coulomb
(8) Electric lines of force about a negative point charge are
[A] circular, anticlockwise
[B] circular, clockwise
[C] radial, inward
[D] radial, outward
Answer: radial, inward
(9) Two charges are placed at a certain distance apart. A brass sheet is placed between them. The force between them will
[A] Increase
[B] Decrease
[C] Remains Unchanged
[D] All the above
Answer: Decrease
(10) A point charge in space is attracted towards a dielectric material because of the
[A] Phenomenon Of Dielectric Polarization
[B] Maximization Of Electrostatics Flux
[C] Dielectric Hysteresis
[D] None Of The Above
Answer: Maximization Of Electrostatics Flux
(11) A region around a stationary electric charge has
[A] Magnetic Field
[B] Electric Field
[C] Both Electric And Magnetic Field
[D] Neither Electric Nor Magnetic Field
Answer: Electric Field
(12) The force of attraction or repulsion between two charges q1 and q2 at a distance d meters apart is proportional to the product of charges q1 and q2 and is inversely proportional to the distance square between the two charges. Above statement is attributed as:
[A] Lenz’s law
[B] Faraday law
[C] Coulomb’s law
[D] Maxwell’s law
Answer: Coulomb’s law
(13) A positive and a negative charge are initially 4 cm apart. When they are moved closer together so that they are now only 1 cm apart, the force between them will be
[A] 16 times larger than before
[B] 8 times larger than before
[C] 4 times larger than before
[D] 4 times smaller than before
Answer: 16 times larger than before
(14) Two charged spheres of radii 10 cm and 15 cm are connected by a thin wire. No current will flow if they have
[A] The Same Charge
[B] The Same Energy
[C] The Same Field On Their Surface
[D] The Same Potential
Answer: The Same Potential
(15) The relative permittivity of most materials lies between
[A] 20 and 100
[B] 10 and 20
[C] 100 and 200
[D] 1 and 10
Answer: 1 and 10
(16) If the relative permittivity of the medium increases, the electric intensity at a point due to a given charge
[A] Decreases
[B] Increases
[C] Remains The Same
[D] All of the above
Answer: Decreases
(17) When the potential difference across the electric field intensity between the parallel plate air capacitor is doubled, plates
[A] Is Not Change
[B] Is Halved
[C] Is Doubled
[D] Is Independent Of The Potential Difference
Answer: Is Independent Of The Potential Difference
(18) One farad is the same as
[A] one coulomb/volt
[B] one joule/volt
[C] one joule/coulomb
[D] one coulomb/joule
Answer: one coulomb/volt
(19) Electric potential is a
[A] scalar quantity
[B] vector quantity
[C] dimensionless quantity
[D] none of the above
Answer: scalar quantity
(20) The potential at a point due to a charge is 9 V. If the distance is increased three times, the potential at that point will be
[A] 27 V
[B] 3 V
[C] 12 V
[D] 18 V
Answer: 27 V

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