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DPP-1 ELECTRIC FLUX & GAUSS LAW
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Q.1 A uniform electric field E  aî  bˆj , intersects a surface of area A. What is the flux through this area if the
surface lies in the yz plane?
(A) a A (B) 0 (C) b A (D) A a 2  b 2
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Q.2 Electric flux through a surface of area 100 m2 lying in the xy plane is (in V-m) if E  î  2 ĵ  3k̂
(A) 100 (B) 141.4 (C) 173.2 (D) 200
Q.3 In the given figure flux through surface S1 is 1 & through S2 is 2. Which is correct ?

(A) 1 =  (B) 1 >  (C) 1 <  (D) None of these

Q.4 Two surfaces S1 & S2 are shown in figure. Flux associated with S1 is 
1 & S2 is 2. Which is correct?
(A) 1>2 (B) 1<2
(C) 1=2 (D) can’t say anything

Q.5 The Electric flux through the surface

–q1 s q1 s
s s
+q
+q +q +q

(I) (II) (III) (IV)

(A) (iii) is the largest.
(B) (ii) is the least.
(C) (ii) is same as (iii) but is smaller than (iv)
(D) is the same for all the figures.
Q.6 A point charge +Q is positioned at the center of the base of a square pyramid as shown. The flux through
one of the four identical upper faces of the pyramid is

+Q
Q Q Q
(A) 16 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) None of these
0 0 0

Q.7 A square of side 20 cm is enclosed by a surface of sphere of 80 cm radius. Square and sphere have
the same centre. Four charges 2 x 10–6 C, –5 × 10–6 C, –3 × 10–6 C, 6 × 10–6 C are located at the
four corners of a square, the outgoing total flux from spherical surface in Nm2 /C will be :-
(A) zero (B) 16  10–6 (C) 8  10–6 (D) 36  10–6

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Q.8 A right circular imaginary cone is shown in the adjacent figure. A, B and C are the points in the plane
containing the base of the cone, while D is the point at the vertex of the cone. If A, B, C and D
represent the flux through curved surface of the cone when a point charge Q is at point A, B, C and D,
respectively, then
D

C B A

Q
(A) A = C  0 (B) D  0 (C) B = 2 (D) A = C = D  0
0
Q.9 A point charge q is placed at the origin. Find net flux passing through the curved surface S lying in first
octet and where boundaries of surface lies on plane x–y, y–z & z–x as shown :-
y

q
+ x

z
q q q
(A)  (B) 8 (C) zero (D) 4
0 0 0

Q.10 Consider the charge configuration and a spherical Gaussian surface as shown in
the figure. When calculating the flux of the electric field over the spherical surface,
the electric field will be due to
(A) q2 (B) only the positive charges
(C) all the charges (D) +q1 and -q1
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Q.11 Consider Gauss’s Law  E ·dA = q/0. Which of the following is true?
 + – +
(A) E must be the electric field due to the enclosed charge
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(B) If net charge inside the Gaussian surface = 0, then E must be zero
everywhere over the Gaussian surface
(C) If the only charge inside the Gaussian surface is an electric dipole, then the integral is zero
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(D) E is parallel to dA everywhere over the Gaussian surface

Q.12 Which of the following is false for a closed Gaussian surface?

(A) If the electric field is zero everywhere on the surface, then there can be no net charge enclosed by the
surface.
(B) If the total electric flux through the surface is zero, then the total charge enclosed by the surface is
zero.
(C) If the electric field is zero everywhere on the surface, then the total electric flux through the surface
is zero.
(D) If the total electric flux through the surface is zero, then the electric field must be zero everywhere on
the surface.

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Q.13 Which of the following is sufficient condition for finding the electric flux E through a closed surface?
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(A) If the magnitude of E is known everywhere on the surface
(B) If the total charge inside the surface is specified
(C) If the total charge outside the surface is specified
(D) Only if the location of each point charge inside the surface is specified
Q.14 Statement-1:The flux crossing through a closed surface is independent of the location of enclosed charge.
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Statement-2 : Upon the displacement of charges within a closed surface, the E at any point on surface
does not change.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
Q.15 Eight point charges having magnitude q are fixed at vertices of a cube. The electric flux through square
surface ABCD of the cube is
q D C
q
q
Aq
B
q
H qG

Eq qF
q q q q
(A) 24  (B) 12  (C) 6  (D) 3 
0 0 0 0

Q.16 Two infinitely large charged planes having uniform surface charge density + and – are placed along
x-y plane and y-z plane respectively as shown in the figure. Then the nature of electric lines of forces in
x-z plane is given by : z –

x
+

z z z z

(A) x (B) x (C) x (D) x

Q.17 A ring of radius R having a linear charge density  moves towards a solid imaginary sphere of radius R/
2, so that the centre of ring passes through the centre of sphere. The axis of the ring is perpendicular to
line joining the centers of ring and the sphere. The maximum flux through the sphere in this process is

R/ 2

R R R R
(A)  (B) 2  (C) 4  (D) 3 
0 0 0 0

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DPP-2 ELECTRIC FLUX & GAUSS LAW
Q.1 Statement 1: A charge is outside the Gaussian sphere of radius R.
Then electric field on the surface of sphere is zero. R
Q
and
  qin  
Statement 2 : As  E  ds 
0
, for the sphere qin
is zero, so 
 E  ds  0 .

(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
Q.2 Statement 1: When a charge is placed at rest in an electric field its path will always be along electric line
of force. and
Statement 2: The force on the charge is along the tangent drawn on electric field line.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

Q.3 Statement-1 : In a given situation of arrangement of charges, an extra charge is placed outside the
Gaussion surface. In the Gauss Theorem
  Q
 E . ds  in0
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Qin remains unchanged whereas electric field E at the site of the element is changed.
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Statement-2 : Electric field E at any point on the Gaussian surface is due to inside charge only..
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
Q.4 A hemispherical surface (half of a spherical surface) of radius R is located in a uniform electric field E that
is parallel to the axis of the hemisphere. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the hemisphere
surface?

(A) 4R2E (B) 4R2E/3 (C) 2R2E (D) R2E

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Q.5 Which of the following statements are correct?
(A) Electric field calculated by Gauss law is the field due to only those charges which are enclosed
inside the Gaussian surface.
(B) Gauss law is applicable only when there is a symmetrical distribution of charge.
(C) Electric flux through a closed surface will depends only on charges enclosed within that surface only.
(D) None of these

Q.6 Mark the INCORRECT statement about electric field lines :-

(A) If a system has a net charge, the field lines are spherically symmetric at large distances.
(B) The net number of field lines emerging from any closed volume is proportional to the net charge
inside.
dy E y
(C) A displacement along a field line lying in the x-y plane satisfies equation  .
dx E x
(D) If a charge particle is released from rest in a nonuniform field the trajectory of particle will be
same
as electric field line.

Q.7 Five charges q1, q2, q3, q4, and q5 are fixed at their positions as shown in Fig. Gaussian Surface

q
S is a Gaussian surface. The Gauss’s law is given by  E .ds  . Which of q1 s
0 q4
the
q2
following statements is correct? q5
q3

(A) E on the LHS of the above equation will have a contribution from q1, q5 and q3 while q on the
RHS will have a contribution from q2 and q4 only.
(B) E on the LHS of the above equation will have a contribution from all charges while q on the RHS
will have a contribution from q2 and q4 only.
(C) E on the LHS of the above equation will have a contribution from all charges while q on the RHS
will have a contribution from q1, q3 and q5 only.
(D) Both E on the LHS and q on the RHS will have contributions from q2 and q4 only.
Q.8 Three uniformly charged wires with linear charge density  are placed along x, y and z axis
respectively. What is flux of electric field through Gaussian surface given by x2 + y2 + z2 = 1 ; x > 0 ;
y>0;z>0
3 3 6 3
(A) 2  (B)  (C)  (D) 4 
0 0 0 0

Q.9 Consider a triangular surface whose vertices are three points having co–ordinate A(2a, 0, 0), B(0, a, 0),
C(0, 0, a). If there is a uniform E field E0iˆ  2 E0 ˆj  3E0 kˆ then flux linked to triangular surface ABC is
E0 a 2
 N . Find the value of N.
2

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Q.10 What is the flux (in SI units) through the part of surface x2 + y2 + z2 =1 for region x > 0, y > 0,
 8 
z > 0, due to the electric field E   N / C  ˆj .
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Q.11 Careful measurement of the electric field at the surface of a black box indicates that the net outward flux
through the surface of the box is 8 × 103 Nm2/C.(here o = 8.85 × 10–12 C2/N-m2)
(a) What is the net charge inside the box?
(b) If the net outward flux through the surface of the box were zero, could you conclude that there
were no charges inside the box? Why or why not?
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Q.12 An electric field is given by E  4iˆ  3  y 2  2  ˆj pierces gaussian cube of side 1m placed at origin such

that one of its corners is at origin & rest of sides are along positive side of coordinate axis. If the
magnitude of net charge enclosed is n0 then n (in SI units) will be equal to.

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Q.13 The electric field in a region is given by E  200iˆ N/C for x > 0 and 200iˆ N/C for x < 0. A closed
cylinder of length 2m and cross-section area 102 m2 is kept in such a way that the axis of cylinder is along
X-axis and its centre coincides with origin. The total charge inside the cylinder is [Take : 0 = 8.85 × 10-
12
C2m2.N)
(A) zero (B) 1.86 × 10–5C (C) 1.77 × 10–11C (D) 35.4 × 10–8 C
Q.14 A charge +Q is located somewhere inside a vertical cone such that the depth of the charge from the free
3Q
surface of the cone is H. It is found that the flux associated with the cone with the curved surface is 5 .
0

If the charge is raised vertically through a height 2H, then the flux through the curved surface is

H
+Q

3Q 2Q 4Q
(A) 5 (B) 5 (C) 5 (D) Zero
0 0 0

Q.15 Refer to the arrangement of charges in Fig. and a Gaussian surface of radius R with Q at the centre.
Then
Gaussian surface
Q
(A) total flux through the surface of the sphere is 
0
R
R Q
Q
(B) field on the surface of the sphere is 4 R 2 5Q R/2
0 –2Q

(C) flux through the surface of sphere due to Q is zero. Fig.

(D) field on the surface of sphere due to –2Q is same everywhere.
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Q.16 Electric field strength in a region depends only on x and y coordinate of a point. Electric field at any point
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having position vector r  r cos  iˆ  r sin  ˆj is given by E  E0   sin  iˆ  cos  ˆj  . The electric flux
through sphere of radius R whose centre is at origin is
y


O x

Q.17 E varies along x as E = 3x2 the volume charge density at x = 1 is :-

(A) 6 (B) –60 (C) 30 (D) None of these

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