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1201
Select the option that best describes a dielectric:
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A system of two conductors separated by air or any insulating material forms:
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The energy stored in a 10 uF capacitor when charged to 500 V is:
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If 4 uF and 2 uF capacitors are connected in series, the equivalent capacitance…
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A 20 uF capacitor is charged to 200 V. Its stored energy is:
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If the separation of the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is halved, its ca…
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Two identical conducting plates of area A are separated by distance d. A metal …
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The effective capacitance is reduced when capacitors are connected in:
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The resonant frequency of a circuit is 1000 kHz. If each of the capacitance and…
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1210
Capacitances of 15 F and 5 F are connected in parallel across a 20 V battery. W…
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Series RLC: R=10Ω, L=0.5H, C=10μF. Frequency for max current?
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1212
SI unit of potential difference is?
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1213
Electric field is a?
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1214
Uniform E=41 N/C, plates length 0.5m, width 0.001m, separation 1.5 cm. Voltage …
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1215
Best way to demagnetise a magnetised steel needle?
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1216
Loop: 25 turns, area 2.0×10⁻³ m², current 1.25 A, plane parallel to B=0.2 T. To…
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1217
Potential difference required for 0.2 A in conductor of resistance 20 Ω?
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1218
A dielectric slab is slowly inserted between the plates of a parallel plate cap…
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1219
1 Farad is theoretically equal to
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1220
Two identical capacitors, each of capacitance C, are connected in parallel and …
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1221
Which of the following is true of the capacitance C of a parallel plate capacit…
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1222
The presence of a dielectric between the plates of a capacitor results in?
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1223
Energy stored in a 2000 mF capacitor charged to a potential difference of 10 V …
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1224
If two capacitors of 10 uF each are connected in parallel, their equivalent cap…
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A 6 uF capacitor and a 3 uF capacitor are connected in series across an 18 V d.…
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When a voltage of 1 kV is applied to a capacitor, the charge on the capacitor i…
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1227
Four 2 uF capacitors are connected in series. The equivalent capacitance is:
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1228
The unit of Capacitance is?
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1229
Four capacitors each of 4 F are connected in parallel. What is the equivalent c…
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1230
Capacitance is:
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In the case of a parallel combination of capacitors, the net capacity is greate…
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1232
A battery is used to charge a parallel-plate capacitor, after which it is DISCO…
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Which of the following factors does not affect the capacitance of a capacitor?
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1234
The capacitance of a parallel plate air capacitor depends on the following exce…
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1235
To obtain a high value of capacitance, the permittivity of the dielectric mediu…
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1236
What area of the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor gives 1 F, if the separat…
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1237
Calculate the resonant frequency of a series R-C-L circuit with R = 100 ohms, C…
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1238
A 10 uF capacitor is charged by a 24 V battery through a 400 k-ohm resistor. Af…
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1239
An external resistance R is connected to a cell of internal resistance r. The P…
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1240
If there are two bulbs connected in series and one blows out, what happens to t…
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1241
Four wires meet at a junction. The first carries 4 A into the junction, the sec…
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1242
The terminal voltage of a cell supplying energy to a circuit is usually less th…
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1243
When cells are connected in parallel, ...
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1244
Three equal resistors in series give 90 W. What is the equivalent power in para…
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1245
A current of 0.3 A flows for 2 minutes through a 6 V supply. Find the energy di…
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1246
A 20 k-ohm resistor is connected in series with a 40 k-ohm resistor. What resis…
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1247
'The sum of the emfs and potential differences around a closed loop equals zero…
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1248
In an antique automobile, a 6 V battery supplies a total of 48 W to two identic…
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1249
For a cell with EMF E and internal resistance r connected with an external resi…
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Resistances of 2.0, 4.0 and 6.0 ohms and a 24 V emf device are all in parallel.…
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1251
When two unequal values of resistors are connected in parallel across a DC sour…
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1252
The rate at which electrical energy is used may be measured in:
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1253
Three resistors (2, 4 and 5 ohms) are connected in parallel with a potential di…
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1254
Four cells each of e.m.f 1.5 V are connected together in PARALLEL to form a bat…
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1255
The main source of internal resistance of a cell is:
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1256
A battery with an emf of 24 V is connected to a 6 ohm resistor. A current of 3 …
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1257
A car battery is rated at 80 A.h. An ampere-hour is a unit of:
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1258
How much current does a 60 W light bulb draw when connected to a voltage of 240…
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1259
Two identical batteries, each with emf 18 V and internal resistance 1 ohm, are …
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1260
In Fleming's left-hand rule, the thumb shows the direction of:
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1261
A conductor of length L has current I passing through it. When it is placed PAR…
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1262
Which among the following quantities is not affected by the magnetic field?
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F = BIL can only be used if the magnetic field and electric current are:
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1264
Two long parallel wires are 40 mm apart. If currents of 20 A and 30 A are appli…
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What is the name given to the current that is induced when a metal sheet is pul…
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1266
A coil has 45 turns and an area of 1.8x10-2 m2. If the torque on the coil is 2.…
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1267
Calculate the force on a wire of length 5 cm carrying a current of 30 A if it i…
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A wire of length 2.5 m carrying a current of 1.3 A is inclined at an angle thet…
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Force per metre on two wires carrying a current of 1 A placed 1 m apart is equa…
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A current of 3 A flows through a 1 m long conductor. Calculate the force experi…
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1271
Direction of conventional current is
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A galvanometer of 50 ohms gives full scale deflection with 2 mA current. To con…
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1273
An electric motor is connected to a 240 V mains supply. The armature draws 15 A…
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Emf induced in a coil rotating in a uniform magnetic field will be maximum when:
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1275
The induced emf when the magnetic field, length and velocity of the conductor a…
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Lenz's law states that the direction of the induced e.m.f. and hence current:
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1277
An alternating voltage whose peak value is 80 volts is connected across a 60 oh…
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1278
A series R-L-C circuit has R = 10 ohms, L = 0.5 H and C = 10 uF. Calculate the …
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The equation of a current is given by i = I sin(2wt). The frequency of the curr…
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1280
Find the electric field intensity at a distance of 20cm from a charge of 2nC.
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1281
The earth is taken to be at a potential of?
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1282
Which of the following is the correct unit of Coulomb's constant?
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1283
Which of the following is the correct unit for volume charge density?
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1284
Resistivity of a wire depends on:
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1285
Calculate the ratio of the resistivity of 2 wires having the same length and sa…
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The reciprocal of resistivity is:
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1287
As compared to short wires, long wires have ......
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1288
What is the unit of temperature coefficient (of resistance)?
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1289
In a.c. circuit phasor diagrams, which quantity is taken as the vector referenc…
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1290
By accelerating a magnet inside a coil, the current in it:
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1291
What happens to the current in a series circuit if the resistance is doubled?
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1292
A pressing iron is rated 240 V, 1200 W, 50 Hz. What is the peak current it draw…
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1293
For an ohmic resistor, resistance is the proportionality constant for:
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1294
The fuse in the lighting circuit of a house would most probably be made of:
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1295
The force existing between two parallel current-carrying conductors is F. If th…
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1296
An inductor L = 1 H in series with a resistor R = 150 ohms is connected to an A…
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1297
Two wires A and B with circular cross-sections have identical lengths and are m…
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1298
The resistance of a pure metal:
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A wire of resistance 2 Ohm is stretched uniformly to twice its original length.…
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A 30 cm long solenoid has 2000 turns of wire on an iron rod whose cross-section…
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