ELECTROSTATICS

DPP–1 [Charge and Properties of Charges]

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Two identical metal spheres A and B have charges of +12 nC and –6 nC respectively. A neutral identical metal sphere
C is touched to A, then to B and finally removed.
(i) What will be the charge on sphere C finally?
(ii) Have electrons been added to or removed from sphere C?
(iii) How many electrons are removed from or given to sphere C.
2. In each of the following processes that identify the nature of charge body (which is being charged) acquires.
(i) Charging by friction using another body with more work function value.
(ii) Charging by induction using a negatively charged body.
(iii) Charging by conduction using a positively charged body.
(iv) Charging by excessively heating the body.
(v) Charging by radiating the body with an electromagnetic wave of sufficiently high frequency.
(vi) Charging by placing the body in the region of a very high intensity electric field.
3. Rajesh, Ena, Ayan, Julia and Lasit are of class XII students. Rajesh inflate a rubber balloon and rub it with his rabbit fur
glove and then stuck it to room’s painted wall.
The balloon remains stucked for some time to the wall and eventually it will fall. All of them present different justifications
for the incident which are given below –
(i) Ena said, inflating the balloon comes polarisation of rubber molecules and it got stuck to the wall.
(ii) Ayan said, rubbing the balloon with fur causes charging of balloon due to which it got stuck to the wall. But, the
gravity finally pulls the balloon down.
(iii) Julia said, rubbing balloon causes its charging and it got stuck to the wall which conducts the excess charge and the
balloon will fall.
(iv) Lasit said, rubbed balloon is charged which causes polarisation of wall molecules and it stuck to wall. The excess
charge of balloon is carried away by air molecules, so eventually it falls.
How does the charge effectfully work. Explain.
4. A conductor has been given a charge of +3 × 10–7 C by conduction process.
(i) How many number of electrons are removed from the conductor?
(ii) How much mass of conductor decrease ?
5. Charge produced by induction process is either less than or equal to charge on the body used for inducing the charge.
Does this against the conservation of charge? Explain.

ONLY ONE OPTION CORRECT TYPE

6. A body has a negative charge of 2C. If body has 2.25 × 1012 protons, then number of electrons present in the body will
be –
(a) 1.25 × 1012 (b) 2.25 × 1012 (c) 1 × 1012 (d) 3.50 × 1012
7. A common concept on charge is given. Select the odd statement –
(a) Charge gained by an uncharged body by conduction from a charged body is equal to half of the total charge initially
present

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(b) Magnitude of charge does not increase with its velocity
(c) Charge cannot by coexisted without matter although matter can exist without charge
(d) Between two substances repulsion is true test of presence of charge
8. A plastic scale is positively charged by rubbing aginst a woolen shirt. That means –
(a) All molecules of plastic become ions
(b) Few of bonds are broken to release electrons
(c) Few of atoms are ionised to release electrons
(d) Few of molecules are polarised to show presence of charge
9. A conductor has 14.4 × 10–19 C positive charge. The conductor has -
(a) 9 electrons in excess
(b) 27 electrons in excess
(c) 9 electrons in short
(d) 27 electrons in short
10. A glass rubbed with fur is used to charge a gold leaf electroscope and the leaves are observed to diverge. The
electroscope disc is then exposed to X-rays for a short period. Then–
(a) the divergence of leaves is not affected (b) the leaves diverge further
(c) the leaves will collapse (d) the leaves will melt
11. Which of the following charge is not possible –
(a) 1.6 × 10–18 C (b) 1.6 × 10–19C (c) 1.6 × 10–20C (d) 1.6 × 10–12C
12. Five balls numbered 1 to 5 are checked pairwise. Pair (1, 2), (2, 4) and (4, 1) show electrostatic attraction while pairs
(2, 3) and (4, 5) show repulsion. Ball 1 must be -
(a) positive charged
(b) negatively charged
(c) neutral
(d) either positively or negatively charged
13. Charging by rubbing (friction) does not create electricity because –
(a) charge produced is of very small magnitude
(b) charge produced is not free charge
(c) charge produced cannot made to flow through a conductor
(d) charge is conservative in nature
14. Why does a charged comb attract bits of paper -
(a) Paper bits remain stuck to the comb forever
(b) Paper bits stuck to the comb and then fall down
(c) Paper bits are initially attracted to the comb but they remain at their places
(d) Paper bits ‘fly away’ when they touch the comb
15. A foreigner student who grow up in a tropical country but is studying in United States may not have experience with
static electricity sparks or shocks. The student most probably gets his/her first shock in -
(a) during a thunderstom (b) while having a stroll in rain
(c) in summer (d) in winter

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STATEMENT QUESTIONS
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct and Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
(c) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(d) Statement II is correct but Statement I is incorrect
16. Statement I : The whole charge of conductor cannot be transferred to an isolated conductor (by touching charged
one to isolated one).
Statement II : Charge flows from a conductor to another to difference of potentials of conductors and flow stops as
soon as both conductors reaches same potential.
17. Statement I : Tyres of aircraft’s are slightly conducting.
Statement II : When a conductor is connected to ground, the extra charge induced on the conductor will flow to
ground.
ONE OR MORE THAN ONE OPTIONS CORRECT TYPE
18. Consider a neutral conducting sphere. A positive point charge is placed outside it. The net charge on the sphere is
then –
(a) negative and uniformly distributed over the sphere
(b) negative and appears only on the point closest to the outside placed charge
(c) negative and non-uniformly distributed over the entrire volume of sphere
(d) zero
19. When an object A is charged by induction process, another charged object B is required to induce charge. If qB is the
charge on B in such an experiment, then–
(a) qA + qB = 0 in every such experiment
(b) qA and qB are of dissimilar nature in all such experiments
 1 
(c) qB = qA 1   , where KA = dielectric constant of object A
 KA 
(d) Charge can be induced on A only when A contains few free electrons
20. A small tennis ball is negatively charged. Then, which of these are true –
(a) Its mass increases
(b) Its charge is q = ne
(c) It moves with a larger velocity through air
(d) Charge is found uniformly distributed over its entire surface
21. When a plastic comb is charged by rubbing it against silk cloth, the net charge acquired by comb is typically a few
micro coulombs. If that charge is 3.0C and mass of comb is 35 g, then -
(a) comb acquires negative charge
(b) comb is warmed by rubbing
(c) comb shows a very little change of mass
(d) combing is difficult when comb is charged

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MATCHING LIST TYPE
22. Two objects A and B are charged.
Let qA = charge on A and qB = charge on B, then match column I and column II.
Column I Column II
(i) qA = qB (p) Charge transfer by conduction
(ii) qA > qB (q) Charging by friction
qA
(iiii) qB = (r) Charging by induction
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Codes :
i ii iii
(a) q r p
(b) r q p
(c) p r q
(d) q p r
23. Let A and B are two indentical objects of same mass initially are charged electrostatically by rubbing against each
other. Let A has got a positive charge and B has got a negative charge, then match column I and column II.
Column I Column II
(i) Maas of A (p) increases
(ii) Mass of B (q) decreases
(iiii) Work function of A (r) is less
(iv) Work function of B (s) is more
Codes :
i ii iii iv
(a) p q r s
(b) r s q p
(c) q p r s
(d) s r q p

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ONE INTEGER VALUE CORRECT TYPE
24. A monochromatic light source emitting photon of energy 2 × 10–19 J having a power of 2W is located at the centre of
 1 
curvature of a concave metal disc of radius   m.
 

Assume that
(i) Each photon gives sufficient energy to a surface electron, so that it leaves the metal surface.
(ii) Electron once leave the metal surface does not comes back.
(iii) Work function of metal remains constant.
If, area of metal disc is 1.0 m2 and the charge on the disc after 1 s the light source is q. Find value of 10q.
25. In an millikans oil-drop experiment following are the observations made.
Drop Charge of going up Charge for going Average charge on drop
down
q q 
q1 × 10–19 C q2 × 10–19 C   1 2  1019 C
 2 
1A 4.72 4.71 4.72
1B 6.18 6.35 6.27
1C 1.51 1.68 1.60
1D 3.09 3.06 3.08
1E 1.52 1.52 1.52
To calculate the value of elementary charge, difference of charges observed on drops is found and then, difference of
average value is taken.
Difference between letter charges Value of difference (× 1019 C)
D-E 1.56
( ) ––
( ) ––
( ) ––
We just forget to put some values in above table. If we take average difference value from IInd table as our elementary
charge value, then the true value of elementary charge (e = 1.6 × 10–19 C) is about x% more than experimental value.
Find the value of 2x.
ANSWERS
Q. 1 4
A. (i) 6nC (ii) Electrons are removed (iii) 3.75 × 1010 (i) 2 × 1012 electrons (ii) 2 × 1018 kg
Q. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A. No d a c c b c c d d d a a d b,c,d a,b,d
Q. 21 22 23 24 25
A. a,b,c,d d c 4 5

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