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IIT-JAM PHYSICS
TEST : EMT
Time : 40 Minutes Date : 03-03-2019
M.M. : 30
INSTRUCTIONS:

 Part-A contains 10 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ). Each question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and
(d), for its answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct. For each correct answer you will be awarded
2 marks. For each incorrect answered 0.5 mark will be deducted.
 Part-B contains 2 Multiple Select Questions (MSQ). Each question has 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d)
for its answer, out of which ONE or MORE than ONE is/are correct. For each correct answer you will
be awarded 2 marks, there is no negative marking in this section.
 Part-C contains 3 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions which contain 2 Marks for each, and there
is no negative marking.

PART-A [Multiple Choice Questions]

1. A point charge Q is placed on the top of a cone of semi-vertex angle  . If the electric flux through the
base of the cone is  0 , then Q is equal to
Q
0  0
(a) 2 0  0 (b) 
1  sin  h

2 0  0 0  0
(c) (d) R
1  cos  1  cos 

2. Consider an electric field E  E0iˆ, where E0 is a constant. The flux through the shaded area (as shown
in figure) due to this field is z

7 2
(a) E0 (b) E0 (0, 0, 2)
6 7
(0, 4, 0) y
E
(c) 0 (d) 4E0
3 (6, 0, 0)
x

 A B
3. Consider a vector field is givenby F  sˆ  zˆ , where ( s, , z ) represents cylindricalco-ordinates.For what
s s
values of A and B will this represent an electric field?
(a) A = 0, B = 0 (b) A = B = constant
(c) A = 0, B can have any value (d) A can have any value, B = 0

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4. Two identical positive charges are fixed on the y-axis, at equal distances from the origin O. A particle with
a negative charge starts on the x-axis at a large distance from O, moves along the + x-axis, passes through
O and moves for away from O. Its acceleration ‘a’ is taken along its direction of motion. The particle’s
acceleration ‘a’ is plotted against its x-coordinate. Which of the following best represents the plot?
a a

x x
(a) 0 (b) 0

a a

x
(c) x (d)
0 0

5. Suppose a thin circular disc of radius R having a uniform surface charge density  on it. The value first
derivative at the centre of the disc is
  
(a)  2 a (b) 2 a (c) 2 (d) 
0 0 0

6. The magnitude of electric field inside a sphere of radius R is given by

0  r r 2 
E   
0  3 4 R 
The electrostatics potential at a distance 2R from the centre of the sphere is given by
20 R 2 70 R 2 150 R 2 140 R 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
30 24 0 7 0 3 0

7. In electric field in some region is given by

Arˆ  B sin  cos ˆ
E(r ) 
r
Where ( r, , ) aresphericalco-ordinatesand AandBareconstant.Theelectricfluxthroughthesphereofradius
R whose center at the origin is.
 B
(a) zero (b) 4 BR (c) 4 AR (d) 4 R  A  
 2

8. A charge of uniform density   0.3 nc / m2 cover the plane 2 x  3 y  z  6m . The electric field at the
point (0, 0, 0) is
  2 xˆ  3 yˆ  zˆ     xˆ  3 yˆ  2 zˆ 
(a) E  17.0  V / m (b)  17.0 
E V / m
 14   14 
  3 xˆ  3 yˆ  zˆ     xˆ  3 yˆ  zˆ 
(c) E  17.0  V / m (d)  17.0 
E V / m
 20   14 

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9. A charge Q is uniformly distributed on a circular disc of radius R. Electric field at the centre of disc is
Q Q Q
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d) zero
4 0 R 2
2 0 R  0 R 2
10. A charge Q is distributed in volume of a sphere of radius R. If density is proportional to distance from centre
then electric field at distance r  R is
Qr 2 Qr 2 Qr 2 Qr 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 0 R 4 4 0 R 4 8 0 R 4 16 0 R 4

PART-B [Multiple Select Questions]

11. A potential field is given by V  3 x 2 y  yz . Which of the following is/are TRUE?


(a) At point (1, 0, –1), V and E vanish
(b) x 2 y  1 is an equipotential line on the xy-plane
(c) The equipotential surface V = –8 passes through point P(2, –1, 4)
(d) The electric field at P is 12iˆ  8 ˆj  kˆ V/m
12. The electrostatic potential  of a spherical symmetric system, kept at origin, is shown in figure, and is given
 q
 4  R , if r  R 
 0
by   
 q , if r  R
 40 r
R r
Which of the following option(s) is/are correct?
(a) For spherical region r  R , total electrostatic energy stored is zero
(b) Within r  2 R , total charge is q
(c) There will be no charge anywhere except at r  R
(d) Electric field is discontinuous at r  R

PART-C [Numerical Answer Type]

13. From a sphere of radius R and uniform volume charge density  , a spherical portion of radius R/2 is
removed as shown in figure. Ratio of electric field at A and centre is _____________

R
A
R/2


14. A 15 nC point charge is at the origin in free space. If the electrostatics potential is V = 0 at (6, 5, 4), then
the value of electrostatic potential ( V1) at P1(–2, 3,–1) is _________________V. (Round off to one
decimal place).
15. A charge Q is split into two parts of q and Q–q . The value of q = NQ for which the repulsive
force will be maximum between them, when they placed at a given distance apart. The value of
N is _________ (round off to one decimal place).

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IIT-JAM PHYSICS
TEST : EMT
TIME : 40 MINUTES Date : 03-03-2019
M.M. : 30

ANSWER KEY

PART-A [Multiple Choice Questions]

1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (d)

6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (b)

PART-B [Multiple Select Questions]

11. (b, c, d) 12. (a, b, c, d)

PART-C [Numerical Answer Type]

13. (1.1) 14. (20.7) 15. (0.5)

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