REVISION TOPIC 10: FIELDS AND FORCES

1. Which is the incorrect statements about Newton’s law of gravitation?

A. The force between any two masses is proportional to the sum of their masses.
B. The force between the masses is inversely proportional to the square of their distance
apart.
C. The force is always attractive and exists on line joining the two masses.
D. Any two masses, will exert an equal and opposite force on each other regardless one is
much than the other.

2. A planet X has twice the radius of a planet Y but half the mean density of planet Y. The ratio of
the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of planet X to that of planet Y is
A. 1 : 2 B. 2 : 1 C. 4 : 1 D. 1 : 1

3. The acceleration of free fall of an object of mass m at the surface of Mars is a. The
gravitational field strength of at the surface of Mars is
A. m/a B. m C. ma D. a

4. The gravitational potential energy U of a mass m at a distance r from the center of the earth of
mass M is the work done in bringing that mass from infinity to the point is given by

A. −
√ (GmM )
r
B.
√(GmM )
r
C.
−GmM
r
D.
GmM
r

5. Two satellites X and Y are in circular orbits about the same planet. If the radius of the orbit of
satellite X is less than that of satellite Y, then
A. The acceleration of satellite X is less than the acceleration of satellite Y.
B. The satellite X is in weaker gravitational field than satellite Y.
C. The potential energy of satellite X is greater than the potential energy of satellite Y.
D. The kinetic energy of the satellite X is greater than the kinetic energy of satellite Y.

6. Assuming that the value of the gravitational constant G is known, which one of the following
sets of data is needed to calculate the speed of satellite in circular orbit around the earth?
A. The mass of the satellite and the radius of its orbit.
B. The masses of the earth and the satellite.
C. The mass of earth and the radius of the satellite’s orbit.
D. The mass of earth, the mass of the satellite and the radius of the satellite’s orbit.

7. The escape speed from a planet is defined as the speed at which an object must leave the
planet’s surface to
A. overcome the gravitational force of the planet.
B. escape from the atmosphere of the planet.
C. enter the geostationary orbit about the planet.
D. escape completely from the gravitational field of the planet.

8. A spacecraft in a circular orbit 1600 km above the earth’s surface. An astronaut in the
spacecraft is said to be ‘weightlessness’. This is because the gravitational force exerted by the
earth on the astronaut is
A. negligible at this distance.
B. less than its weight at the earth’s surface.
C. the force required to keep the astronaut in a circular orbit.

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spacecraft.
9. Two identical satellites P and Q are in circular orbits around the Earth. The radius of the orbit
of Q is twice the radius of the orbit of P. Choose the correct statement.
A. The periods of the orbits are the same.
B. The kinetic energy of P is more than that of Q
C. The gravitational acceleration of P and Q are the same.
D. The gravitational potential energy of P is more than that of Q.

10. The satellite Saturn revolves around the Sun in a circular orbit of radius R and period of
rotation T. The planet of Uranus revolves around the Sun in a circular orbit of radius 2R and
period of t. the ratio of t/T is
3
A. 2¼ B. 2½ C. 2 2 D. 23

11. The rings of Saturn are made of rocky particles that orbit the planet. The period T of each
particle depends on its distance r from the centre of Saturn. The period T is proportional to rn.
Which one of the following is n equal to?
A. 1.0 B. 1.5 C. 2.0 D. 3.0

12. Which of the following is the unit of electric field strength?

A. NC-1 B. Vm-1 C. Cm-1 D. Vm-2

13. A 5C charge is brought from infinity to a point P in an electric field. The work required for this
process is 25J. The electric potential at P is.
A. 5V B. 10 V C. 15 V D. 25 V

14. Points X and Y are of the same distance from the positive charge Q as shown.

●X

Q●
●Y

Which of the following statements is incorrect relating to the diagram?

A. The potentials at X and Y are equal.

B. The potential at X is positive.
C. The electric field strength at X is acting along r in the direction towards Q.
D. No work is done in taking a charge from X to Y.

15. A charge particle is in the electric field between two horizontal metal plates connected to a
power supply of constant potential difference.

+V

2
 ●charged particle

The separation of the plates is doubled. What will the new force on the particle?

A. F/4 B. F/2 C. F D. 2F

16. The kinetic energy of an electron is 12 eV. The electron is moved from a point A to a point B
where the electric potential at A and at B are -4.0 V and 10 V respectively. The kinetic energy
of the electron at point B is
A. 2 eV B. 6 eV C. 8 eV D. 18 eV

17. What is the magnitude of the electric field strength at a distance r from an isolated stationary
nucleus of proton number (atomic number) Z?
Ze Ze Ze
2
( Ze )2
A. B. C. D.
4 π εo 4 π εo r2 4 π εo r 4 π εo r
2

18. An electrically neutral conducting sphere is suspended vertically from an insulating thread

thread
Q
sphere

A point charge of magnitude Q is brought near the sphere. The electric force between the
point charge and the sphere

A. depends whether Q is positive or negative

B. is always zero
C. is always repulsive
D. is always attractive

19. A steady current flows in a solenoid. Which change would double the magnetic flux density
along the axis of the solenoid?
A. Having the area of cross-section of the solenoid
B. Having the radius of the solenoid
C. Cutting the solenoid into half and discarding half the number of turn
D. Compressing the same number of turns into half the length

20. The diagram shows a wire carrying current I, placed between the poles of a magnet.
I

N S

The diagram of the force on the wire is

A. upwards C. downwards
B. towards the N pole D. towards the S pole

21. The ampere is defined in terms of

A. the force between a magnet and a coil carrying-current.
B. the force between two long current-carrying wire.
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D. the amount of the charge that passes any cross-sectional of a wire in unit time.

22. A positively charged particle is travelling from west to east parallel to the equator of the earth.
The particle is depleted towards
A. north B. south C. the sky D. the ground

23. The diagram represents the magnetic forces on two parallel wires P and Q carrying equal
currents in opposite directions, perpendicular to the page

Suppose the current in wire P is now reversed, while that in Q is unchanged, which diagram
below best represents the forces that now act on the wires?

A.
B.
C.
D.

24. A charged particle is situated in a region of space and it experiences a force only when it is in
motion. It can deducted that the region encloses
A. Both electric and magnetic field C. magnetic field only
B. Both magnetic and gravitational field D. electric field only

25. Which one of the following statements about the magnetic flux density at the center of a long
current carrying solenoid is NOT true
A. is uniform across the area of cross-section
B. is directly proportional to the length of the solenoid
C. is directly proportional to the area of cross-section of the solenoid
D. is directly proportional to the total number of turns of the solenoid.

26. When a charged particle moving at a constant speed enters a static magnetic field along a
direction not parallel to the field, it will
A. change the direction but maintain the same kinetic energy and speed.
B. change kinetic energy but maintain the same direction and speed.
C. change speed but maintain the same direction and kinetic energy.
D. maintain the same direction, kinetic energy and speed.

27.
X
Y
X and Y are two parallel wires in the plane of the paper. X is fixed and Y is free to move. When
the same current passes through each wire in the same, Y will

A. Move towards X in the plane of the paper. B. moves upwards out of the paper
C. moves away from X in the plane of the paper. D. moves downwards into the paper.

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28. A charged particle is projected into a region of uniform magnetic field and travels in a circular
arc.
X X X X

X X X X

X X X X

If the particle were to be injected with a greater speed, what would be true of magnetic force
on it and the radius of its path?

Force Arc radius

A. greater greater
B. greater smaller
C. smaller greater
D. smaller smaller

29. A charged particle is moving in a circular path in a magnetic field. If the speed of the particle
were to be doubled, what would happens to the radius of the path? It would be
A. half B. remains unchanged C. double D. quadruple

30. Two parallel metal plates are connected to a dc power supply. An electric field forms in the
space between the plates as shown.

What is the shape of the equipotentials surfaces that result from this arrangement?