ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELD

1. Which orientation of an electric dipole in a uniform electric field would

correspond to stable equilibrium? (All India 2008)
2. If the radius of the Gaussian surface enclosing a charge is halved, how does
the electric flux through the Gaussian surface change?
3. Figure shows three point charges, +2q, -q and + 3q. Two charges +2q and -q
are enclosed within a surface ‘S’. What is the electric flux due to this
configuration through the surface ‘S’ (Delhi 2010)

4. Why should electrostatic field be zero inside a conductor? (Delhi 2012)

5. A charge ‘q’ is placed at the centre of a cube of side l. What is the electric
flux passing through each face of the cube? (All India 2012)
6. What is the direction of the electric field at the surface of a charged conductor
having charge density σ < 0? (Comptt. Delhi 2012)
7. Two charges of magnitudes – 2Q and + Q are located at points (a, 0) and
(4a,0) respectively. What is the electric flux due to these charges through a
sphere of radius ‘3a’ with its centre at the origin? (All India 2013)
8. Two charges of magnitudes -3Q and + 2Q are located at points (a, 0) and (4a,
0) respectively. What is the electric flux due to these charges through a
sphere of radius ‘5a’ with its centre at the origin?
9. Write the expression for the work done on an electric dipole of dipole
moment p in turning it from its position of stable equilibrium to a position of
unstable equilibrium in a uniform electric field E. (Comptt. Delhi 2013)
10.

as shown in the figure.

The electric field intensity is zero at a point ’P’ on the line joining them as
shown. Write two conclusions that you can draw from this. (Comptt. Delhi
2014)
11.What is the electric flux through a cube of side 1 cm which encloses an
electric dipole? (Delhi 2015)
12.How does the electric flux due to a point charge enclosed by a spherical
Gaussian surface get affected when its radius is increased? (Delhi 2016)
13.How will the radius of a flexible ring change if it is given positive charge?
14.Does the charge given to a metallic sphere depend on whether it is hollow or
solid? Give reason for your answer. (Delhi 2017)
15.A point charge +Q is placed in the vicinity of a conducting surface. Draw the
electric field lines between the surface and the charge.
(Comptt. Outside Delhi 2017)
16.A spherical conducting shell of inner radius rx and outer radius r2 has a
charge ‘Q’. A charge ‘q’ is placed at the centre of the shell.
(a) What is the surface charge density on the
(i) inner surface,
(ii) outer surface of the shell?
(b) Write the expression for the electric field at a point x > r2 from the centre
of the shell. (All India 2010)
17.A sphere S1 of radius r1 encloses a net charge Q. If there is another concentric
sphere S2 of radius r2 (r2 > r,) enclosing charge 2Q, find the ratio of the
electric flux through S1 and S2. How will the electric flux through sphere
S1 change if a medium of dielectric constant K is introduced in the space
inside S2 in place of air? (Comptt. All India 2014)

18.(a) Define electric flux. Write its SI units.

(b) The electric field components due to a charge inside the cube of side 0.1
m are as shown :
Ex = ax, where α = 500 N/C-m

Calculate
(i) the flux through the cube, and
(ii) the charge inside the cube. (All India 2008)
19.Two point charges 4 µC and +1 µC are separated by a distance of 2 m in air.
Find the point on the line-joining charges at which the net electric field of the
system is zero. (Comptt. Outside Delhi 2017)

20.A sphere A1 of radius R1 encloses a charge 2Q. If there is another concentric

sphere A2 of radius R2 (R2>R1) and there will be no additional charges
between A1and A2. Find the ratio of the electric Flux through A1and A2.
21.A charge q is placed at the center of the line joining two equal charges Q.
Show that that system of three charges will be in equilibrium if 4q + Q=0

22.A particle of mass m and charge q is released form rest in a uniform electric
field of intensity E. calculate the kinetic energy it attains after moving a
distances between the plates?
23.Three charges –q, -q and 2q are placed at the vertices of the equilateral
triangle of each side L. What is the dipole moment of the system?
24.A charge is placed at a certain distance on the axial line of an electric dipole
experiences a force of 16N. What will be the force on the charge if the
distance of the charge is doubled?
25.Two small balls having equal positive charge Q (coulomb) on each are suspended
by two insulating strings of equal length L, from a hook fixed to a stand. If the
whole set up is taken in a satellite then what will be the angle θ between the two
strings and the tension in each string (in equillibrium)?
26.(a)Three point charges q, – 4q and 2q are placed at
the vertices of an equilateral triangle ABC of side ‘l’
as shown in the figure. Obtain the expression for the
magnitude of the resultant electric force acting on the
charge q.
(b) Find out the amount of the work done to separate
the charges at infinite distance.
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