Practice Sheet-1

Electric Field & Gauss Theorem

1. Charges +1.2×10-8 C and -1.6 × 10-8C are placed at two points A and B distant 5 cm from each other.
Compute the electric field at a point C distant 3 cm from A and 4 cm from B. 1.5×10 5 N/C
2. Four point charges -2q , q, -q and 2q are placed at the corners of a square of side 2cm. Find the magnitude
and direction of the electric field at the centre O, if q= 0.02mC 1.27 MN/C , 45
3. What is meant by quantisation of charge. Can 8.6×10 C of charge be given to a conductor.
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4. The relative permittivity of water is 81. If ε and ɛ 0 are permittivity's of water and vacuum. Make formula.
5. Write Coulomb's Law in vector form.
6. A charged oil drop weighing 1.6×10 -15 N is found to remain suspended in a uniform electric field of
intensity 2×103 N/C . Find the charge on the drop. 8×10 -19C
7. What will be the net electric force acting on a electric dipole placed in a uniform electric field.
8. Maximum torque acting on a an electric dipole of moment 3×10 -29 Cm in a uniform electric field E is 6×10 -
25
Nm. Find E. 2×10 4 N/C
9. Why do electric lines of force never intersect each other. Explain the meaning of "Relative permittivity of
water is 81".
10. Derive an expression for electric field in a dipole when it is situated at axial position and broad side
position. Also find the ratio of their electric field intensity.
11. Derive an relation between torque , electric field and dipole moment.
12. Two point charges +q and +4q are separated by a distance 6a. Find the point joining the two charges
where the electric field is zero. 2a from +q
13. An alpha particle is placed on electric field at 15×10 N/C . Calculate the force on each particle.
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14. Two point charges 400μC and 100μC are kept fixed 60cm in vacuum . Find the intensity of the electric
field at midpoint of the line joining both the charges. 30MN/C
15. An electric dipole when held at 30° with respect to a uniform electric field of 10 N/C experiences an
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torque of 9×10-26 Nm. Calculate moment of the dipole. 1.8×10 -29 Cm

16. A point charge of 2μC is at the centre of a cubic Gaussian surface 9cm on edge. What is the net electric
field through the surface. What if the charge is not at the centre. 2.26×105 Nm2/C
17. Intensity of electric field at a perpendicular distance of 0.5m from an infinitely long charge having linear
charge density (ƛ) is 3.6×103 V/m. Find the value of ƛ . 0.4μC/m
18. State Gauss Law in electrostatics. What is a Gaussian Surface.
19. A large hollow metallic sphere has a positive charge 35.4μC at its centre. Find how much electric flux
emanates from the sphere. 4×106 Nm2/C
20. A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 1.2 m radius has a surface charge density of 80μC/m 2, What is
the charge on sphere and total flux leaving the surface. 1.45×10 -3C , 1.64×108 Nm2/C
21. An infinite line charge produces an electric field of 9×10 4 N/C at a distance of 2cm. What is the linear
charge density? 0.1μC/m
22. State and prove Gauss's law. Derive Coulomb's law using Gauss's Law.
23. Derive a relation between electric field and surface charge density for electric field due to a infinite plane
sheet of charge.
24. Draw a graph between electric field and distance for a uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
25. Two large thin metal plates are parallel and close each other on their inner faces, the plates have surface
charge densities of opposite signs and of magnitude 17×10-22 C/m2. What is E (a) In the outer region of the
first plate (b) In the outer region of the second plate (c) Between the plates? 0,0, 1.92×10 -11N/C
26. Find the electric field intensity due to uniformly charged spherical shell at (i) outside the shell
(ii) inside the shell. Plot the graph of electric field with distance from centre of shell.