Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electric Charges and Fields

Question:

Assertion (A) : The quantization effect of charge can only be observed at microscopic level.

Reason (R) : The step-size of the electric charge is 1.6 x 10-19 C.

Options:

Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

Correct Answer:

Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Explanation:

quantization of charge is meaningful only at microscopic level because the charges involved are of very small magnitude(of the order of $10^{-19}C$)

$\text{All charge is an integral multiple of e } = 1.6 \times 10^{-19} C.$

$ q = \pm ne$