Electrostatics Question 338

Question: An electron and a proton are in a uniform electric field, the ratio of their accelerations will be [NCERT 1984; MP PET 2002]

Options:

A) Zero

B) Unity

C) The ratio of the masses of proton and electron

D) The ratio of the masses of electron and proton

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

$ a=\frac{qE}{m} $

therefore $ \frac{a _{e}}{a _{p}}=\frac{m _{p}}{m _{e}} $



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