Time: 1 hr. Test on Static Electricity Max.

Marks: 100

Each question has 4 options out of which one is correct. Write the correct option against each question in a
paper and post it privately to me. Each correct option carries 5 marks. Incorrect or wrong option carries
negative 2 marks. No answer carries 0 mark.

1. A charge + q is placed somewhere inside the cavity of a thick conducting spherical shell of inner radius R1 and outer
radius R2. A charge – Q is placed at a distance r > R2 from the centre of the shell. The electric field in the hollow cavity

A. depends on both the charges.

B. is zero.
C. is only that due to – Q.
D. is only that due to + q.

𝑞𝑞𝑞𝑞𝑞𝑞𝑛𝑛2 𝜃𝜃
2. A charge is distributed over a thin ring of radius r with linear charge density 𝜆𝜆 = . Note that the ring is in the x
𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋
– y plane and θ is the angle made by 𝑟𝑟⃗ with the x-axis and q is a constant. The work done by the electric force in
displacing a point charge +Q from the centre of the ring to infinity is equal to

A. qQ/2πɛ0r. B. qQ/4πɛ0r. C. qQ/8πɛ0r.

D. zero only if the path is a straight line perpendicular to the plane of the ring.

3. If some charge is given to a solid metallic sphere, the field inside remain zero and by Gauss’s law all the charges
reside on the surface. Suppose now coulomb’s force between two charges varies as 1/r3. Then, for a charged solid
metallic sphere

A. field inside will be zero and charge density inside will be zero.
B. field inside will not be zero and charge density inside will not be zero.
C. field inside will not be zero and charge density inside will be zero.
D. field inside will be zero and charge density inside will not be zero

4. Two small metal balls of mass m1 and m2 are connected by strings of equal length to a fixed point. When the balls are
given equal charges, the angles that the two strings make with the vertical are 300 and 600, respectively. The ratio m1/
m2 is close to

A. 1.7 B. 3.0 C. 0.58 D. 2.0

5. An electron enters a parallel plate capacitor with horizontal speed u and is found to be deflected by angle θ on leaving
the capacitor as shown. It is found that tanθ = 0.4 and gravity is negligible.

If the initial horizontal speed is doubled tanθ will be

A. 0.1 B. 0.2 C. 0.8 D. 1.6

6. Consider a spherical shell of radius R with a total charge +Q uniformly spread over its surface (centre of the shell lies
at the origin x = 0). Two point charges +q and -q are brought, one after the other, from far away and placed at x = -a/2
and x = +a/2 (a < R), respectively. Magnitude of work done by the external agent in this process is

(𝑄𝑄+𝑞𝑞)2 𝑞𝑞2 𝑄𝑄𝑄𝑄

A. B. 0 C. D.
4𝜋𝜋𝜀𝜀0 𝑎𝑎 4𝜋𝜋𝜀𝜀0 𝑎𝑎 4𝜋𝜋𝜀𝜀0 𝑎𝑎
7. The electrostatic potential inside a charged spherical ball is given by ∅ = 𝑎𝑎𝑟𝑟 2 + 𝑏𝑏, where r is the distance from the
centre. a, b are constants. Then the charge density inside the ball is

A. −24𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜀𝜀0 𝑟𝑟 B. −6𝑎𝑎𝜀𝜀0 𝑟𝑟 C. −24𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜀𝜀0 D. −6𝑎𝑎𝜀𝜀0

8. Two insulated conducting spheres of radius r1 and r2 having charges q1 and q2 respectively are placed far away from
each other. They are now connected to each other by a conducting wire. Then there is

A. no change in energy of the system. B. an increase in energy of the system

C. always a decrease in energy of the system
D. a decrease in energy of the system unless q1r2 = q2r1

9. Three metallic shells of radii R, 2R, 3R are given charges Q1, Q2, Q3 respectively. It is found that the surface charge
density on the outer surfaces of the shells are equal. Then the ratio of the charges given to the shells, Q1 : Q2 : Q3 is

A. 1 : 2 : 3 B. 1 : 3 : 5 C. 1 : 4 : 9 D. 1 : 8 : 18

10. Consider an electric field 𝐸𝐸�⃗ = 𝐸𝐸0 𝚤𝚤̂ where E0 is a constant. The flux through an rectangular area bounded by
(0,0,0), (0, 𝑎𝑎, 0), (𝑎𝑎, 𝑎𝑎, 𝑎𝑎), (𝑎𝑎, 0. 𝑎𝑎) is

𝐸𝐸0 𝑎𝑎 2
A. 2𝐸𝐸0 𝑎𝑎2 B. √2𝐸𝐸0 𝑎𝑎2 C. D. 𝐸𝐸0 𝑎𝑎2
√2

11. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor is charged to 100 volt and then disconnected from the cell. A 2 mm thick
insulator plate of same area as plates is inserted between the plates. To maintain the same potential difference between
the plates, the distance between the plates had to be increased by 1.6 mm. The dielectric constant of the plate is

A. 6 B. 8 C. 5 D. 4

12. Plates A and B constitute an isolated parallel plate capacitor. The inner +Q -Q
surfaces (I and IV) of A and B have charges +Q and -Q respectively. A
third plate C with charge +Q is now introduced midway between A and B.
Which of the following statements is not correct? IV
I II
III
A. The surfaces I and II will have equal and opposite charges.
B. The surfaces III and IV will have equal and opposite charges.
A C B
C. The charge on surface III will be greater than Q.
D. The p. d. between A and C will be equal to that between C and B

13. The capacity of a spherical capacitor is C1 when inner surface is charged and outer surface is earthed but becomes
C2 when outer surface is charged and inner surface is earthed. The ratio C1 /C2 is (a is radius of inner sphere, b is radius
of outer sphere)
𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎+𝑏𝑏
A. 1 B. C. D.
𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏−𝑎𝑎
 14. A parallel plate capacitor is fitted with an insulated spring between the plates and connecting the two plates. Initially
the spring is unstretched and distance between the plates is 6 cm. When a cell of E.M.F 100 volt is applied between the
plates, the spring is compressed by 1 cm. If area of the plates is 10 cm2, then the spring constant in 105 Newton is

A. ɛ0 B. 2ɛ0 C. 4ɛ0 D. 6ɛ0

15. In the figure shown, the middle plate is given a charge q. Each plate has
area A and adjacent plates have separation d each. Choose the incorrect option.

𝑄𝑄 2 𝑑𝑑
A. With all the switches open, the stored energy of the system is
4𝜀𝜀0 𝐴𝐴
B. The p. d. between rightmost and leftmost plate is 0 with all switches open
𝑄𝑄 2 𝑑𝑑
C. With S1 and S3 closed and S2 open, the stored energy of the system is
4𝜀𝜀0 𝐴𝐴
𝑄𝑄 2 𝑑𝑑
D. With S1 and S3 open and S2 closed, the stored energy of the system is 2𝜀𝜀 𝐴𝐴
0

16.

17. Small identical balls are attached at each end of a spring of force constant k = 200 N/m and relaxed length l = 20
cm. Unknown amount of charges are gradually transferred to the balls in unequal amounts until the spring length
becomes twice of its relaxed length. What amount of work must be done by an external agency in slowly compressing
the spring back to its relaxed length?

A. 8 J B. 12 J C. 16 J D. 20 J

18. Two identical point charges are moving in free space. When they
are 60 cm apart, their velocity vectors are equal in modulus and make
angles of 450 from the line joining them as shown in the figure. If at
this instant, their total kinetic energy is equal to their potential, what
will be the distance of closest approach between them?

A. 20 cm B. 30 cm C. 40 cm D. 45 cm
19. A charge particle A is fixed at the base of a uniform slope of
inclination α = 450-. Another charge particle B is placed on the slope at
an angular position β from the line of greatest slope through the position
of A. Coefficient of friction between the particle B and the slope is 0.6.
For the particle at B to stay in equilibrium, what could be the maximum
value of the angle β?

A. 300- B. 370- C. 450- D. 530-

20. Two point like charges q1= 4.0 nC and q2 = 1.0 nC occupy fixed
positions in free space. If at every point on a curve surrounding the
charges as shown in the figure, net electrostatic potential V created
by these charges is 900 V, what should the separation between the
charges be?

A. 6 cm B. 7 cm C. 8 cm D. 9 cm