[Pete Ponnea [Actual Date of attempt: _/_/__ | Electrostatics a [__valy turersheet1 | _ expected Duration: 70 min] a Exact Duration : | ‘Topics Covered — Coulomb's law, Blectric field due to point charge a Ia body is charged by rubbing it, its weight: (A) Remains precisely constant (8) Increases slightly (©) Decreases slightly ©) May increase slightly or may decrease slightly ‘Mark the correct option. (A) The total charge of the universe is constant (B) The total positive charge of the universe is constant (©) The total negative charge of the universe is constant ©) The total number of charged particles in the universe is constant ‘The unit of permittivity of free space, to . is: (A) Coulomb/Newton-metre ®) —_Coulomb*/Newton-metre* (©) Newton-mitre® coulomb? ©) —_Coulomb*/tNewton-metre)? ‘Three charges each of 4q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. The charge needed at the centre of the triangle for the charges to be in equilibrium is a aw | om 8a © Ba > + ‘Three point charges are placed at the comers of an equilateral triangle. Assume that only electrostatic forces are acting, Choose correct statement. (A) The system will be in equilibrium if the charges have the same magnitude but not all have the ‘same sign The system will be in equilibrium if the charges have different magnitudes and not all have the same sign (©) The system will be in equilibrium ifthe charges rotate about the centre of the triangle ©) The system can never be in equilibrium ‘Mid way between two fixed equal and similar charges, we placed a third equal and similar charge. Which of the following statements is correct, concerned to the equilibrium along the line joining the charges ? (A) The third charge experienced a net force inclined to the line joining the charges (The third charge a in stable equilibrium. (©) The third charge is in unstable equilibrium ©) The third charge experiences a net force perpendicular to the line joining the charges ‘Two small spherical balls. each carrying charge q=10uC are suspended by two insulated threads of equal length 1 m cach, from a point fixed in the ceiling, tis found that in equilibrium, threads are separated by an angle 60" between them ‘ae shown in figure, the tension in the thread is ® 018N ® BN 4 4 © 18N (©) None of the above oo" Drs. Level =1 | Electrostaties10. rte 12, 13. “4. ‘Two point charges +4q and +q are placed 20cm apart. At what point on the line joining them is the clectre field era? (4) 15 emfrom charge q (®) 20 emfrom charge 4 q (©) 7.5 emfrom charge 4 ) Sem from charge q Charges 2 and ~q are placed at (a. 0) and (-a, 0} as shown in the figure. The coordinates of the point at which electric field intensity Is zero will be (x 0} where: et 24 Wo -acxca Bm xc x © xa ©) exc ‘Two identical positive charges are fixed on the y-axis at equal distances from the origin O. A negatively charged particle starts from negative x-axis, at a large distance from O, moves along the as, passes through O and moves far away from O. Its acceleration a is taken as positive along its direction of motion, ‘The best graph between the particle's acceleration and its x coordinate is represented by hae ‘The electric field at the centroid of an equilateral triangle carrying an equal charge q at each of the vertices is vig eq Shey zr o © fy » 3 Four charges ¢, 2q, Sqand 4q are placed at comer A. B. Cand Dof a square as 2 shown in Figure. The field at centre Pof the square has the direction along, * B «a AB o @ © AC D le ™ oB iq ad Five point charges (+q each) are placed at the five vertices of a regular hexagon of side 2a. What is the magnitude of the net electric field at the centre of the hexagon ? vi iq o 5a » (+ @® 2 © 5 49 a? 16xega? age? Identify the correct statement about the charges 4, and 4 (4) gy and gp both are postive ©) qyand qy both are negative . 8 (©) qs positive ap is negative ©) ay ispositive and q, is negative Figs shows some ofthe elt eld nes coreponding to en eeetie em ficld. The figure suggests that f_. —-Eq>Bp> Ec ® BatEpEo NO Ey Be> By @ y= Eo < Bg Dis-1 6 level -4 | Electrostatics