Explore topic-wise MCQs in Engineering Physics.

This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Engineering Physics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which of the following laws do not form a Maxwell equation?

A. Planck’s law
B. Gauss’s Law
C. Faraday’s law
D. Ampere’s Law
Answer» B. Gauss’s Law
2.

If the velocity of a charged particle in perpendicular electric and magnetic field is 7.27 X 106m/s and the Electric field is 6 X 106 N/c, what should be the value of magnetic field for velocity sector?

A. 0.45 T
B. 0.78 T
C. 0.83 T
D. 0.94 T
Answer» D. 0.94 T
3.

The property of magnetic field to converge electrons is used in microscopes as ___________

A. Magnetic Convergence
B. Magnetic plate
C. Magnetic field
D. Magnetic Lens
Answer» E.
4.

For which body the following variation of E with r is observed?

A. Line of charge
B. Sheet of charge
C. Solid Sphere
D. Spherical Shell
Answer» E.
5.

Which of the following is the expression for the continuity equation?

A. ρ + J = 0
B. dρ/dt + div.J = 0
C. dρ/dt + J = 0
D. ρ + div J = 0
Answer» C. dρ/dt + J = 0
6.

In an electromagnetic wave, the electric field of amplitude 6.2 V/m oscillates with a frequency of 2.4 X 1010 Hz. The Energy density of the wave is __________

A. 1.4 X 10-10J/m3
B. 2.4 X 10-10J/m3
C. 3.4 X 10-10J/m3
D. 4.4 X 10-10J/m3
Answer» D. 4.4 X 10-10J/m3
7.

A point charge of 10 X 10-6 C is at the centre of a cubical Gaussian surface of sides 0.5 m. What is the flux for the surface?

A. 1.12 X 105 Nm2/C
B. 2.45 X 105 Nm2/C
C. 3.12 X 105 Nm2/C
D. 3.45 X 105 Nm2/C
Answer» B. 2.45 X 105 Nm2/C
8.

In vacuum or free space, what observations are made?

A. ρ = ρo, J = 0
B. ρ = 0, J = Jo
C. ρ = 0, J = 0
D. ρ = ρo, J = Jo
Answer» D. ρ = ρo, J = Jo
9.

Magnetic field can be produced by ___________

A. Conduction current
B. Displacement current
C. Both conduction and displacement current
D. It is produced naturally
Answer» D. It is produced naturally
10.

Differential form of Gauss’s law in magneto statics is _____________

A. div B = ρ/εo
B. div B = 0
C. div B = -dB/dT
D. div B = μJ
Answer» C. div B = -dB/dT
11.

The entire theory of electromagnetic waves is contained in Maxwell’s equations.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
12.

The velocity of a charged particle to keep moving in the same direction, in a region where electric and magnetic fields are perpendicular to each other, is _______________

A. E/B
B. B/E
C. E/B + qE/B
D. B/E + qB/E
Answer» B. B/E
13.

Which of the following is the expression for Lorentz force?

A. qE
B. q (v X B)
C. ma + qE
D. qE + q (v X B)
Answer» E.