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Consider three charged bodies P, Q and R If P and Q repel each other and P attracts
R, what is the nature of the force between Q and R ?
2. Two insulated charged copper spheres A and B of identical size have the charges qA
and qB respectively. A third sphere C of the same size but uncharged is brought in
contact with the first and then with the second and finally removed from both. What
are the new charges on A and B ?
3. Two insulated charged copper spheres A and B of identical size have the charges qA
and qB respectively. A third sphere C of the same size but uncharged is brought in
contact with the first and then with the second and finally removed from both. What
are the new charges on A and B ?
4. 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 ?
5. How does the electric flux due to a point charge enclosed by a spherical Gaussian
surface get affected when its radius is increased ?
a. An electrostatic field line is a continuous curve. That is, a field line cannot have
sudden breaks. Why not ?
b. Explain why two field lines never cross each other at any point ?
6. State Coulomb's law in vector form and prove that 𝐹⃗ 𝐹⃗ .where letters have their
usual meanings.
7. What is an electric dipole ? Derive an expression for the torque acting on an electric
dipole, when held in a uniform electric field. Hence define the dipole moment.
8. Define the term 'electric dipole moment'. Is it a scalar or vector ?
9. Deduce an expression for the electric field at a point on the equatorial plane of an
electric dipole of length 2a.
10. Derive an expression for electric field intensity at a point on the axial line of a dipole.
Also determine its direction.
11. Define electric flux. Write its SI unit. A charge q is enclosed by a spherical surface of
radius R. If the radius is reduced to half, how would the electric flux through the
surface change ?
12. State Gauss's theorem and express it mathematically. Using it, derive an expression
for the electric field intensity at a point near a thin infinite plane sheet of charge
density σCm-2.
13. A thin conducting spherical shell of radius R has charge Q spread uniformly over its
surface. Using Gauss's law, derive an expression for an electric field at a point outside
the shell. Draw a graph of electric field E(r) with distance r from the centre of the shell
for 0 ≤ r < ∞.
14. A thin straight infinitely long conducting wire having charge density  is enclosed by a
cylindrical surface of radius r and length l, its axis coinciding with the length of wire.
Find the expression for the electric flux through the surface of the cylinder.
15. Using Gauss’s theorem, derive an expression for the electric field intensity due to an
infinitely long, straight wire of linear charge density  Cm-1.
16. Given the electric field in the region 𝐸⃗ 2𝑥𝚤̂, find the net electric flux through the cube
and the charge enclosed by it.
17. Two large, thin metal plates are parallel and close to each other. On their inner faces,
the plates have surface charge densities of opposite signs and of magnitude 17.0 ×10-
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Cm-2. What is E (a) to the left of the plates, (b) to the right of the plates, and (c)
between the plates ?
18. The electric field components in Fig. 1.88 are Ex = a x1/2, Ey = Ez = 0, in which α = 800
N / Cm2. Calculate (i) the flux 𝜙𝐸 through the cube and (ii) the charge within the cube.
Assume that a = 0.1 m

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20. Two point charges q1 and q2 of 10-8 C and -10-8 C respectively are placed 0.1 m apart.
Calculate the electric fields at points A,
B and C shown in Fig. 1.48.

21. An electron falls through a distance of 1.5 cm in a uniform electric field of magnitude
2.0 × 104 NC-1 [Fig.]. The direction of the field is reversed keeping its magnitude
unchanged and a proton falls through the same distance [Fig.]. Compute the time of
fall in each case. Contrast the situation (a) with that of 'free fall under gravity'.