Ncert Exemplar Class 12 Physics Chapter 1

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Chapter One ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS MCQI 1a ne ene charges gana 9, sed slong the y ai et lettte forex fa the + acchange q, fed slut aqasiiMlietttxe charge g 1a aded't fx, 0), iene a » a a. By Exemplar Problems-Physics 12 (a) shall increase along the positive x-axis. (b) shall decrease along the positive x-axis. (c) shall point along the negative x-axis, {@) shall increase but the direction changes because of the Intersection of @ with q, and 4,. A point positive charge is brought near an isolated conducting sphere (Fig. 1.2). The electric field is best given by <=O0= <0 a wy, 13 on) ww) Fig. 1.2 f@) Fig tt (Figg (b) Fig (i) (@)_ Figtivy ‘The Blectric flux through the surface (a) in Fig. 1.3 (tv) is the largest. (b) in Fig. 1.3 (i) is the least (@ inFig. 1.3.Gi) is sameas Fig. 1.3 Gi) but is smaller than Fig. 1.3 Uv) (@) is the same for all the figures s s « ) o w i) ow) Fig. 1.3 2ri042018 14 15 17 Electric Charges and Fields Five charges q,, 4 4,- 4,, and q,are fixed at their positions as shown in Fig, 1.4. Sis Gaussian surface. The Gauss’s law is given by Gaussian Surface GEds Which of the following statements is correct? {@) Eon the LHS of the above equation will have a contribution from q,. q,and q, while q on the RHS will have a contribution from q, and q, only. (b) Eon the LHS of the above equation will have a contribution from all charges while qon the RHS will havea contribution from q, and q, only. Fig 14 (0 Eon the LHS of the above equation will have a contribution from all charges while q on the RHS will have a contribution from q,. q,and q, only. (@) Both E on the LHS and q on the RHS will have contributions from q, and q, only. Figure 1.5 shows electric field lines in which an electric dipole pis placed as shown, Which of the following statements ts correct?” (a) The dipole will not experience any force, (b) The dipole will experience a force towards right. | «Sid (c) The dipole will experience a force towards left. _ (@) The dipole will experience a force upwards, A point charge +g, is placed at a distance d from an 3 P| isolated conducting plane. The field at a point Ponthe ——4—>—*4 other side of the plane is {@) directed perpendicular to the plane and away from the plane. (b) directed perpendicular to the plane but towards the plane. (©) directed radially away from the point charge. (d) directed radially towards the point charge. ‘Ahemisphere ts uniformly charged positively. The electric Meld at a point on a diameter away from the centre is directed (@) perpendicular to the diameter (b) parallel to the diameter (© atan angle tilted towards the diameter (@) atanangle tilted away from the diameter. 2rio42018 iy Exemplar Problems-Physics MCQ I 1.8 iff Bas —Oovera surface, then fa) the electric field inside the surface and on itis zero, () the electric field inside the surface is necessarily uniform. (0) the number of flux lines entering the surface must be equal to the number of flux lines leaving it. (@) all charges must necessarily be outside the surface. 1.9 The Electric field at a point is {@) always continuous. (b) continuous if there is no charge at that point, (© discontinuous only if there is a negative charge at that point. (@) discontinuous if there ts a charge at that point.. 1.10 If there were only one type of charge in the universe, then (@) §,B48+0 on any surface (b) pEas =0 if the charge is outside the surface, () §.Ba8 could not be defined. (a f.zas-4 4 ifcharges of magnitude q were inside the surface 1.11 Consider a region inside which there are various types of charges but the total charge is zero, At points outside the region {@)_ the electric field is necessarily zero. (0) the eleciric fleld is due to the dipole moment of the charge distribution only. (6) the dominant clectric field is « 1, for large r, where ris the distance from a origin in this region. {@) the work done to move a charged particle along a closed path. away from the region, will be zero, Gaussian surface Refer to the arrangement of charges in Fig. 1.6 and a Gaussian surface of radius Rwith Q at the centre, Then (a) total flux through the surface of the sphere is —2 Fig. 1.6 {b) fleld on the surface of the sphere is x gz 2ri042018 Electric Charges and Fields (¢) flux through the surface of sphere due to 59 is zero. (@) field on the surface of sphere due to -2( is same everywhere. 1.13 A positive charge @ is uniformly distributed along a circular ring of radius R. A small test charge q Is placed at the centre of the ring (Fig. 1.7). Then {@)_Ifq> and is displaced away from the centre in the plane of the ring, it will be pushed back towards the centre. () Ifq 0. 1.14 An arbitrary surface encloses a dipole, What is the electric flux through this surface? 1.18 Ametallic spherical shell has an inner radius R, and outer radius R,. Acharge is placed at the centre of the spherical cavity. What will be surface charge density on () the inner surface, and (i) the outer surface? 1.16 The dimensions of an atom are of the order of an Angstrom. Thus there must be large electric fields between the protons and electrons. Why, thenis the electrostatic Reld insidea conductor zero? 1.17 Ifthe total charge enclosed by a surface is zero, does it imply that the elecric field everywhere on the surface is zero? Conversely, if the electric field everywhere on.a surface is zero, does it imply that net charge inside Is zero. 1.18 Sketch the electric field lines for a uniformly charged hollow cylinder shown in Fig 1.8. 2ri042018 By Exemplar Problems-Physics Fig. 1.9 os ect Fig. 1.10 1.19 SA 1.20 1.23 What will be the total flux through the faces of the cube (Fig. 1.9) with side of length aif'a charge q is placed at (a) A: acorner of the cube. (b) B: mid-point of an edge of the cube. (©) Crcentre of a face of the cube, (@) D: mid-point of B and C. ‘paisa coin is made up of Al-Mg alloy and weighs 0.75g, Ithas a square shape and its diagonal measures 17 mm, Itis electrically neutral and contains equal amounts of positive and negative charges. ‘Treating the paisa coins made up of only Al, find the magnitude of ‘equal number of positive and negative charges. What conclusion do you draw from this magnitude? Consider a coin of Example 1.20. It is electrically neutral and contains equal amounts of positive and negative charge of magnitude 34.8 kC. Suppose that these equal charges were concentrated in two point charges seperated by (i) 1 cm (- $ xdiagonalof the one, palsacoin «(i 100 m ( Iength of long building), and (tii) 10*m (radius of the earth). Find the force on each such point charge in each of the three cases. What do you conclude from these results? Fig. 1.10 represents a crystal unit of cesium chloride, CsCl. The cesium atoms, represented by open circles are situated at the comers of a cube of side 0.40nm, whereas a Cl atom is situated at the centre of the cube. The Cs atoms are deficient in one electron while the Cl atom carries an excess electron. (What is the net electric field on the Cl atom due to eight Cs atoms? (i) Suppose that the Cs atom at the comer Ais missing. What is the net force now on the Cl atom due to seven remaining Cs atoms? ‘Two charges q and ~3q are placed fixed on x-axis separated by distance ‘¢. Where should a third charge 2q he placed such that It will not experience any force? 2ri042018 Electric Charges and Fields 1.24 Fig. 1.11 shows the electric field lines around three point charges A, Band. az wo LY PAS Fig. 1.11 (a) Which charges are positive? (b) Which charge has the largest magnitude? Why? (©) Inwhich region or regions of the picture could the electric field be zero? Justify your answer. (@ near A, (i) near B, (ii) near C, (iv) nowhere. 1.25 Five charges, q each are placed at the comers of a regular pentagon A of side‘a (Fig. 1.12) (a) (What will be the electric field at ©, the centre of the pentagon? (i) What will be the electric field at O ifthe charge from one of the comers (say A) is removed? (i) What will be the electric field at 0 if the charge q at Ais replaced by -4? <—.—# (>) Howwould your answer to (a) be affected if pentagon is replaced bby n-sided regular polygon with charge qat each of ts comers? Fig, 1.12 an = 1.26 In 1959 Lyttleton and Bondi suggested that the expansion of the Universe could be explained if matter carried a net charge. ‘Suppose that the Universe is made up of hydrogen atoms with a number density N which is maintained a constant. Let the charge on the proton be: e, =~ (1 + ylewhere eis the electronic charge. (a) Find the critical value ofy such that expansion may start, (b) Show that the velocity of expansion is proportional to the distance from the centre, 2rio42018 Bi; Exemplar Problems-Physics Pig. 1.13, 1.27 y 7 1.28 a 6 Y a oo4 @ 1.29 Consider a sphere of radius R with charge density distributed as pir)=kr forrsR =0 forr>R. (a) Find the electric fleld at all points r. (b) Suppose the total charge on the sphere is 2e where e is the electron charge. Where can two protons be embedded such that the force on each of them is zero, Assume that the introduction of the proton does not alter the negative charge distribution. ‘Two fixed, identical conducting plates (a & f), each of surface area S are charged to -Q and q, respectively, where Q> q> 0. third ‘dentical plate (7). free to move is located on the other side of the plate with charge qat a distance d (Fig 1.13). The third plate {s released and collides with the plate #.. Assume the collision is elastic and the time of collision is sufficient to redistribute charge amongst B & 7 (a) Find the electric field acting on the plate y before collision. (b) Find the charges on Brand yafter the collision. (©) Find the velocity of the piate yafter the collision and at a distance dfrom the plate 8, ‘There is another useful system of units, besides the SI/mks A system, called the gs (centimeter-gram-second) system. In this system Coloumb's law is given by r-%; where the distance r is measured in cm (= 10%m), F in dynes (10°N) and the charges in electrostatic units (es units). where Jes unit of change = 75 210°C ‘The number [3] actually arises from the speed of light in vaccum which is now taken to be exactly given by c= 2.99792458 x 10" m/s. An approximate value of ¢ then is c= [3] * 10* m/s. (Show that the coloumb law in gs units yields 1 esu of charge = 1 (dyne)'/* em, Obiain the dimensions of units of charge in terms of mass M, Jength Land time T. Show that ft1s given in terms of fractional powers of M and L. 2ri042018 1.30 131 Electric Charges and Fields i) Write 1 esu of change =x, where xis a dimensionless number. Show that this gives 1 10° N.m? dre Tig With *= j5)°20", we have 1 P10" Nm apo Faq, ne 5198 Nm® 99792458) x10" “S- (exactly). ‘Two charges -q each are fixed separated by distance 2d. A third a charge q of mass m placed at the mid-point is displaced slightly + by x(x<

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