Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electric Charges and Fields

Question:
An electric field is applied along the y-axis when an electron moves with a constant velocity along x-axis. What is the trajectory of the electron in the x-y plane?
Options:
Straight Line
Circular
Ellipsoid
parabolic
Correct Answer:
parabolic
Explanation:
The electron will experience force along x-direction as well as y-direction. So the only possible trajectory for it is to have parabolic path.