MCQ
Name the unit of electrical potential:
  • A
    Coulomb
  • B
    Watt
  • C
    Joule
  • D
    Volt

Answer

  1. Volt

Explanation:

Electrical potential is a type of potential energy, and refers to the energy that could be released if electric current is allowed to flow.

Need a full question paper?

Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.

Start Generating Free

Similar questions

An electric dipole is placed at the centre of a sphere.
Mark the correct options:
  1. The flux of the electric field through the sphere is zero.
  2. The electric field is zero at every point of the sphere.
  3. The electric field is not zero anywhere on the sphere.
  4. The electric field is zero on a circle on the sphere.
When the free ends of a tester are dipped into a solution, the magnetic needle shows deflection.

Which of the following phenomena contributes significantly to the reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise or sunset?

As in figure shown, if a capacitor C is charged by connecting it with resistance R, then energy is given by the battery will be

(a)  

(b) More than

(c) Less than

(d) Zero

The capacity of an air condenser is 2.0 mF. If a medium is placed between its plates. The capacity becomes 12 mF. The dielectric constant of the medium will be

(a) 5 

(b) 4

(c) 3  

(d) 6

An electron rotating in a circular path of radius r making n revolutions per second. Magnetic moment of electron will be:

Two charge + q  and  -q  are situated at a certain distance.  At the point exactly midway between them

(a) Electric field and potential both are zero

(b) Electric field is zero but potential is not zero

(c) Electric field is not zero but potential is zero

(d) Neither electric field nor potential is zero

As the temperature of hot junction of a thermo‑couple is increased (while cold junction is at constant temperature), the thermo e.m.f.

(a) Increases uniformly at constant rate

(b) Increases slowly in the beginning and more rapidly at higher temperatures

(c) Increases more rapidly in the beginning but less rapidly at higher temperatures

(d) In minimum at neutral temperature

Which one of the following have minimum wavelength

(a) Ultraviolet rays

(b) Cosmic rays

(c) X-rays

(d) γ - rays

In a semiconductor: