Physics CLASS XII

Chap 1, Chap 2 test 3

************************1 Mark (use 7th sense)********************************
1. Consider a uniform electric field (a) What is the flux of this field through a
square of 10 cm on a side whose plane is parallel to the yz plane

2. If the radius of the Gaussian surface were doubled, how much flux would pass through the
surface?
Unchange
3. Why electric field lines does not form closed loop?

4. Draw the pattern of electric field lines, when a point charge –Q is kept near an uncharged
conducting plate.

5. Does the charge given to a metallic sphere depend on whether it is hollow or solid? Give
reason for your answer

6. What is the electric flux through a cube of side 1 cm which encloses an electric dipole?

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?
8. Why is the electrostatic potential inside a charged conducting shell constant throughout the
volume of the conductor?

9. A small positive charge P is moved in the opposite direction of electric field of another
positive charge Q. Is the work done be by the field of charge Q positive or negative?

10. A point charge Q is placed at point ‘O’ as shown in figure.

Is the potential at point A, i.e., VA, greater, smaller or equal
to potential, VB, at point B, when Q is (i) positive, and (ii) negative charge?
11.Do free electrons travel to region of higher potential or lower potential?

12. Draw an equipotential surface for a system consisting of two charges Q, – Q separated by a
distance r in air. Locate the points where the potential due to the dipole is zero
13. Can there be a potential difference between two adjacent conductors carrying the same
charge?
Yes
**********************************2 Mark (any5)****************************
1. Define 1 coulumb
Or
Define Principle of Superposition of Electric Charges

2. Write properties of electric field lines (any 4)

Or
Define electric dipole
3. A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.4 m diameter has a surface charge density of
80.0 µC/m2 (a) Find the charge on the sphere. (b) What is the total electric flux leaving the
surface of the sphere?

4. “For any charge configuration, equipotential surface through a point is normal to the electric
field.” Justify
Or
From gauss's law ‘‘The outward electric flux due to charge +Q is independent of the shape
and size of the surface which encloses it.’’ Give two reasons to justify this statement
5. Two uniformly large parallel thin plates having charge densities +σ and – σ are kept in the X-
Z plane at a distance ‘d’ apart. Sketch an equipotential surface due to electric field between
the plates. If a particle of mass m and charge ‘–q’ remains stationary between the plates,
what is the magnitude and direction of this field?

6. Plot a graph comparing the variation of potential ‘V’ and electric field ‘E’ due to a point
charge ‘Q’ as a function of distance ‘R’ from the point charge.
**********************************3 Mark**********************************
1. Derive the expression for torque experienced by a dipole kept in uniform electric field.
Express the result in vector form and point out the direction along which it acts.

2. (a) Define electric flux

(b) Show that the electric field at the surface of a charged conductor is with a
neat sketch and explanation
Or
A spherical conducting shell of inner radius r1 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.
3. Draw 3 equipotential surfaces corresponding to a field that uniformly increases in magnitude
but remains constant along Z-direction. How are these surfaces different from that of a
constant electric field along Z-direction? (Hint: dV=Edr)
Or
A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery, which is then disconnected. A dielectric
slab is then inserted in the space between the plates. Explain what changes, if any, occur in
the values of
(i) capacitance
(ii) potential difference between the plates
(iii) electric field between the plates,
4. Find the charge on the capacitor as shown in the circuit.

**********************************4 Mark**********************************
1. Define electric dipole moment. Derive expression for electric field of a dipole at a point on
equatorial plane.
Or
(a) Define gauss’s law.
(b) Given the electric field in a region is . Find the electric flux through the cube and
the charge enclosed by it.
2. If two similar large plates, each of area A having surface charge densities +σ and - σ are
separated by a distance d in air, find the expressions for (a) field at points between the two
plates and on outer side of the plates. Specify the direction of the field in each case. (b) the
potential difference between the plates. (c) the capacitance of the capacitor so formed.
Or
Derive the effective capacitance of parallel combination

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