PHSASE 2 (Physics)

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NO. 1
CENTRE OF MASS
TOPIC : CALCULATION OF CENTRE OF MASS
1. Three particles of mass 1 kg, 2 kg and 3 kg are placed at the corners A, B and C respectively
of an equilateral triangle ABC of edge 1 m. Find the distance of their centre of mass from A.
2. A square plate of edge 'a' and a circular disc of same diameter are placed touching each other
at the midpoint of an edge of the plate as shown in figure. If mass per unit area for the two
plates are same then find the distance of centre of mass of the system from the centre of the
disc.
3. Find the position of centre of mass of the uniform planner sheet shown in figure with respect
to the origin (O)
4. Five homogeneous bricks, each of length L, are arranged as shown in figure. Each brick is
displaced with respect to the one in contact by L/5. Find the x-coordinate of the centre of
mass relative to the origin O shown.
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5. A uniform disc of radius R is put over another uniform disc of radius 2R made of same
material having same thickness. The peripheries of the two discs touches each other. Locate
the centre of mass of the system taking center of large disc at origin.
6. A thin uniform sheet of metal of uniform thickness is cut into the shape bounded by the line x
= a and y = ± k x2, as shown. Find the coordinates of the centre of mass.
7. A disc of radius R is cut out from a larger uniform disc of radius 2R in such a way that the
edge of the hole touches the edge of the disc. Locate the centre of mass of remaining part.
8. Find the centre of mass of an annular half disc shown in figure.
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NO. 2
CENTRE OF MASS
TOPIC : CALCULATION OF CENTRE OF MASS
1. The centre of mass of a body :

(A) Lies always at the geometrical centre
(B) Lies always inside the body
(C) Lies always outside the body
(D) Lies within or outside the body
2. The centre of mass of the shaded portion of the disc is : (The mass is uniformly distributed in
the shaded portion) :
R
(A) to the left of A (B) R to the left of A
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R R
(C) to the right of A (D) to the right of A
20 12
3. A thin uniform wire is bent to form the two equal sides AB and AC of triangle ABC, where
AB = AC = 5 cm. The third side BC, of length 6cm, is made from uniform wire of twice the
linear mass density of the first. The distance of centre of mass from A is :
34 11
(A) cm (B) cm
11 34
34 11
(C) cm (D) cm
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4. A semicircular portion of radius ‘r’ is cut from a uniform rectangular plate as shown in figure.
The distance of centre of mass 'C' of remaining plate, from point ‘O’ is :
2r 3r 2r 2r
(A) (3  ) (B) 2(4  ) (C) (4  ) (D) 3(4  )
5. A uniform solid cone of height 40 cm is shown in figure. The distance of centre of mass of the
cone from point B (centre of the base) is :
(A) 20 cm (B) 10/3 cm (C) 20/3 cm (D) 10 cm
6. The centre of mass of a system of particles is at the origin. From this we conclude that
(A) The number of particles on positive x-axis is equal to the number of particles on negative
x-axis
(B) The total mass of the particles on positive x-axis is same as the total mass on negative x-
axis
(C) The number of particles on X-axis may be equal to the number of particles on Y-axis.
(D) If there is a particle on the positive X-axis, there must be at least one particle on the
negative X-axis.
7. All the particles of a system are situated at a distance r from the origin. The distance of the
centre of mass of the system from the origin is
(A) = r (B)  r (C) > r (D)  r
8. A uniform sphere is placed on a smooth horizontal surface and a horizontal force F is applied
on it at a distance h above the centre. The acceleration of the centre of mass of the sphere
(A) is maximum when h = 0 (B) is maximum when h = R
(C) is maximum when h = R/2 (D) is independent of h
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NO. 3
CENTRE OF MASS
TOPIC : MOTION OF CENTRE OF MASS AND MOMENTUM CONSERVATION
1. Calculate the velocity of the centre of mass of the system of particle shown in figure.
2. Two blocks of masses 10 kg and 30 kg are placed along a vertical line. The first block is
raised through a height of 7 cm. By what distance should the second mass be moved to raise
the centre of mass by 1 cm ?
3. A projectile is fired from a gun at an angle of 45º with the horizontal and with a speed of 20
m/s relative to ground. At the highest point in its flight the projectile explodes into two
fragments of equal mass. One fragment comes at rest just after explosion. How far from the
gun does the other fragment land, assuming a horizontal ground ? Take g = 10 m/s2?
4. A mercury thermometer is placed in a gravity free hall without touching anything. As

temperature rises mercury expands and ascend in thermometer. If height ascend by mercury
in thermometer is h then by what height centre of mass of '' mercury and thermometer"
system descend?
5. Two men 'A' and 'B' are standing on opposite edge of a 6m long platform which is further kept
on a smooth floor. They starts moving towards each other and finally meet at the midpoint of
platform. Find the displacement of platform if mass of A, B and platform are 40kg, 60kg and
50kg respectively.
6. A man of mass M hanging with a light rope which is connected with a balloon of mass m. The
system is at rest and equilibrium in air. When man rises a distance h with respect to balloon
Find.
(a) The distance raised by man
(b) The distance descended by balloon
7. Two particles of mass 1 kg and 0.5 kg are moving in the same direction with speed of 2m/s
and 6m/s respectively on a smooth horizontal surface. The speed of centre of mass of the
system is :
10 10 11 12
(A) m/s (B) m/s (C) m/s (D) m/s
3 7 2 3
8. Two particles of equal mass have initial velocities 2iˆ ms–1 and 2jˆ ms–1 . First particle has a
constant acceleration (iˆ  ˆj) ms–2 while the acceleration of the second particle is always zero.
The centre of mass of the two particles moves in
(A) Circle (B) Parabola
(C) Ellipse (D) Straight line
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NO. 4
CENTRE OF MASS
1. Two particles having mass ratio n : 1 are interconnected by a light inextensible string that
passes over a smooth pulley. If the system is released, then the acceleration of the centre of
mass of the system is :
2 2
 n  1  n  1  n  1
(A) (n – 1)2 g (B)   g (C)   g (D)   g
 n  1  n  1  n  1
2. A bomb travelling in a parabolic path under the effect of gravity, explodes in mid air. The
centre of mass of fragments will:
(A) Move vertically upwards and then downwards
(B) Move vertically downwards
(C) Move in irregular path
(D) Move in the parabolic path which the unexploded bomb would have travelled.
3. If a ball is thrown upwards from the surface of earth then initially (assuming that there is no
external force on the system):
(A) The earth remains stationary while the ball moves upwards
(B) The ball remains stationary while the earth moves downwards
(C) The ball and earth both move towards each other
(D) The ball and earth both move away from each other
4. Internal forces in a system can change

(A) Linear momentum only
(B) Kinetic energy only
(C) Both kinetic energy and linear momentum
(D) Neither the linear momentum nor the kinetic energy of the system.
5. Two balls of different masses are thrown in air with different velocities. While they are in air
acceleration of centre of mass of the system. (neglect air resistance)
(A) Depends on the direction of the motion of two balls
(B) Depends on the masses of the two balls
(C) Depends on the magnitude of velocities of the two balls
(D) Is equal to g
6. There are two particles of same mass. If one of the particles is at rest always and the other

has an acceleration a . Acceleration of centre of mass is
(A) zero
1 
(B) a
2

(C) a
(D) centre of mass for such a system can not be defined.
7. A body of mass 1 kg moving in the x-direction, suddenly explodes into two fragments of mass
1 7
kg and kg. An instant later, the smaller fragment is 0.14 m above the x-axis. The position
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of the heavier fragment is -
1 1
(A) m above x-axis (B) m below x-axis
50 50
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(C) m below x-axis (D) m above x-axis
50 50
8. Two particles of equal mass m are projected form the ground with speed v1 and v2 at angle 1
and 2 (1 , 2  0, 180º) as shown in figure. The centre of mass of the two particles
(A) will move in a parabolic path for any values of v1, v2, 1 and 2
(B) can move in a vertical line
(C) can move in a horizontal line
(D) will move in a straight line for any value of v1, v2, 1 and 2
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NO. 5
CENTRE OF MASS
1. A ball moves horizontally in a closed box making several collisions with the walls. The box is
kept on a smooth horizontal surface. During the motion of the ball, the velocity of the centre of
mass:-
(A) of the box remains constant
(B) of the box plus the ball system remains constant
(C) depends on value of e
(D) of the ball relative to the box remains constant
2. A ring of mass m and a particle of same mass are fixed on a disc of same mass such that
centre of mass of the system lies at centre of the disc. The system rotates such that centre of
mass of the disc moves in a circle of radius R with a constant angular velocity . From this we
conclude that
(A) An external force m2R must be applied to central particle
(B) An external force m2R must be applied to the ring
(C) An external force 3m2R must be applied to central particle
(D) An external force 3m2R must be applied any where on the system
3. A block of mass M with a semicircular track of radius R rests on a horizontal frictionless

surface. A uniform cylinder of radius r and mass m is released from rest from the top point A.
The cylinder slips on the semicircular frictionless track. The distance travelled by the block
when the cylinder reaches the point B is :
M(R  r) m(R  r) (M  m)R

(A) (B) (C) (D) none
Mm Mm M
4. In the above question, the velocity of the block when the cylinder reaches point (B) is :
2g(R  r) 2g(R  r) 2g(R  r) 2g(R  r)
(A) M (B) m (C) m (D) M
M(M  m) m(M  m) M(M  m) M(M  m)
5. A uniform thin rod of mass M and Length L is standing vertically along the y-axis on a smooth
horizontal surface, with its lower end at the origin (0,0). A slight disturbance at t = 0 causes
the lower end to slip on the smooth surface along the positive x-axis, and the rod starts falling.
The acceleration vector of centre of mass of the rod during its fall is :
    
 Mg  R  Mg  R  
(A) aCM  (B) aCM  (C) aCM  Mg  R (D) None of these
M M
6. In a vertical plane inside a smooth hollow thin tube a block of same mass as that of tube is
released as shown in figure. When it is slightly disturbed it moves towards right. By the time
the block reaches the right end of the tube, displacement of the tube will be (where ‘R’ is
mean radius of tube). Assume that the tube remains in vertical plane.
2R 4R R
(A) (B) (C) (D) R
  2
7. Two men ‘A’ and ‘B’ are standing on a plank. ‘B’ is at the middle of the plank and ‘A’ is at the
left end of the plank. Bottom surface of the plank is smooth. System is initially at rest and
masses are as shown in figure. ‘A’ and ‘B’ start moving such that the position of ‘B’ remains
fixed with respect to ground and ‘A’ meets ‘B’. Then the point where A meets B is located at :
40 kg 60 kg
A B
smooth
40 kg
120 cm
(A) the middle of the plank (B) 30 cm from the left end of the plank
(C) the right end of the plank (D) None of these
8. A small sphere of radius R is held against the inner surface of a larger sphere of radius 6R.
The masses of large and small spheres are 4M and M respectively. This arrangement is
placed on a horizontal table as shown. There is no friction between any surfaces of contact.
The small sphere is now released. The coordinates of the centre of the large sphere when the
smaller sphere reaches the other extreme position is :
(A) (L – 2R, 0) (B) (L + 2R, 0) (C) (2R, 0) (D) (2R – L, 0)
9. An isolated particle of mass m is moving in a horizontal (x – y) plane along the x-axis, at a

m 3m
certain height above the ground. It suddenly explodes into two fragments of masses & .
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An instant later, the smaller fragment is at y = +15 cm. The larger fragment at this instant is at -
(A) y = –5 cm (B) y = +20 cm (C) y = +5 cm (D) y = –20 cm
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NO. 6
CENTRE OF MASS
1. A nucleus (mass no. 238) initially at rest decay into another nucleus (mass no 234) emitting
an  particle (mass no - 4) with the speed of 1.17 × 107 m/sec. Find the recoil speed of the
remaining nucleus.
2. A stone of mass 5 kg is thrown upwards with a speed of 36 m/sec. With what speed earth
recoil. Mass of the earths 6 × 1024 kg (assuming that there is no external force on the system)
3. In a process a neutron which is initially at rest, decays into a proton, an electron and an
antineutrino. The ejected electron has a momentum of p1 = 2.4 × 10–26 kg-m/s and the
antineutrino has p 2 = 7.0 × 10–27 kg-m/s. Find the recoil speed of the proton if the electron and
the antineutrino are ejected (a) along the same direction. (b) in mutually perpendicular
directions. (Mass of the proton mp = 1.67 × 10–27 kg.)
4. Three particles of mass 20 g, 30 g and 40 g are initially moving along the positive direction of
the three coordinate axes x, y and z respectively with the same velocity of 20 cm/s. If due to
their mutual interaction, the first particle comes to rest, the second acquires a velocity
10iˆ  20kˆ . What is the velocity (in cm/s) of the third particle?
5. A truck of mass M is at rest on a frictionless road. When a monkey of mass m starts moving
on the truck in forward direction, the truck recoils with a speed v backward on the road, with
what velocity is the monkey moving with respect to truck?
6. A boy of mass 60 kg is standing over a platform of mass 40 kg placed over a smooth
horizontal surface. He throws a stone of mass 1 kg with velocity v = 10 m/s at an angle of 45º
with respect to the ground. Find the displacement of the platform (with boy) on the horizontal
surface when the stone lands on the ground. (g = 10 m/s2 )
7. A (trolley + child) of total mass 200 kg is moving with a uniform speed of 36 km/h on a
frictionless track. The child of mass 20 kg starts running on the trolley from one end to the
other (10 m away) with a speed of 10 m s–1 relative to the trolley in the direction of the
trolley’s motion and jumps out of the trolley with the same relative velocity. What is the final
speed of the trolley? How much has the trolley moved from the time the child begins to run
and just before jump?
8. A bullet of mass 0.01kg and travelling at a speed of 500 m/s strikes and passes horizontally
through a block of mass 2kg which is suspended by a string of length 5m. The centre of
gravity of the block is found to raise a vertical distance of 0.1 m. What is the speed of the
bullet after it emerges from the block. [ g = 9.8m/s2 ] (time of passing of bullet is negligible)
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NO. 7
CENTRE OF MASS
1. A small cube of mass ‘m’ slides down a circular path of radius ‘R’ formed from a large block of
mass ‘M’ as shown in figure ‘M’ rests on a table and both blocks move without friction. The
blocks are initially at rest and ‘m’ starts from the top of the path. Find the velocity ‘v’ of the
cube as it leaves the block. Initially the line joining m and the centre is horizontal.
2. A small block of mass m moving with speed 'V' on a smooth horizontal part of a bigger block
of mass M which is further kept on smooth floor. The curved part of the surface shown is one
fourth of a circle. Find the speed of the bigger block when the smaller block reaches the point
A of the surface.
3. Two particles A and B initially at rest move towards each other under a mutual force of
attraction. The speed of centre of mass at the instant when the speed of A is v and the speed
of B is 2v is
(A) v (B) Zero (C) 2 v (D) 3 v /2
4. If the KE of a particle becomes four times of its initial value, then the new momentum will be
more than its initial momentum by
(A) 50% (B) 100% (C) 125% (D) 150%
5. A particle of mass 4m which is at rest explodes into three fragments. Two of the fragments
each of mass m are found to move with a speed 'v' each in mutually perpendicular directions.
The minimum energy released in the process of explosion is
(A) (2/3) mv2 (B) (3/2) mv2 (C) (4/3) mv2 (D) (3/4) mv2
6. A 500 kg boat has an initial speed of 10 ms–1 as it passes under a bridge. At that instant a 50
kg man jumps straight down into the boat from the bridge. The speed of the boat after the
man and boat attaing a common speed is
100 10 50 5
(A) ms–1 (B) ms–1 (C) ms–1 (D) ms–1
11 11 11 11
7. A man of mass 'm' climbs on a rope of length L suspended below a balloon of mass M. The
balloon is stationary with respect to ground. If the man begins to climb up the rope at a speed
vrel (relative to rope). In what direction and with what speed (relative to ground) will the
balloon move?
mv rel Mv rel
(A) downwards, (B) upwards,
mM mM
mv rel (M  m)v rel

(C) downwards, (D) downwards,
M M
8. A shell is fired from a canon with a velocity V at an angle  with the horizontal direction. At the
highest point in its path, it explodes into two pieces of equal masses. One of the pieces come
to rest. The speed of the other piece immediately after the explosion is
3
(A) 3V cos (B) 2V cos (C) V cos (D) V cos
2
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NO. 8
CENTRE OF MASS
TOPIC : MOMENTUM CONSERVATION AND COLLISION
1. Two masses of 1g and 4g are moving with equal kinetic energy. The ratio of the magnitude of
their linear momentum is -
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 1 : 3 (D) 1 : 4
2. The spacecraft of mass M moves with velocity V in free space at first, then it explodes
breaking into two pieces. If after explosion a piece of mass m comes to rest, the other piece of
space craft will have a velocity:
(A) MV/(M – m) (B) MV/(M + m) (C) mV/(M – m) (D) mV/(M + m)
3. Two particles approach each other with different velocities. After collision, one of the particles

has a momentum p in their center of mass frame. In the same frame, the momentum of the
other particle is
  
(A) 0 (B) – p (C) – p /2 (D) – 2 p
4. A particle of mass m is moving along the x-axis with speed v when it collides with a particle of
mass 2m initially at rest. After the collision, the first particle has come to rest, and the second
particle has split into two equal-mass pieces that are shown in the figure. Which of the
following statements correctly describes the speeds of the two pieces ? ( > 0)
(A) Each piece moves with speed v.

(B) Each piece moves with speed v/2.
(C) One of the pieces moves with speed v/2, the other moves with speed greater than v/2
(D) Each piece moves with speed greater than v/2.
5. The diagram shows the velocity - time graph for two masses R and S that collided head on
elastically. Which of the following statements is true?
t (µs)
I. R and S moved in the same direction after the collision.
II. The velocities of R and S were equal at the mid time of the collision.
III. The mass of R was greater than mass of S.
(A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II only (D) I, II and III
6. A stationary body explodes into two fragments of masses m1 and m2. If momentum of one
fragment is p, the minimum energy of explosion is
p2 p2 p2 (m1  m2 ) p2
(A) 2(m  m ) (B) 2 m1m2 (C) 2m1m2 (D) 2(m  m )
1 2 1 2
7. Two masses m1 and m2 are connected by a spring of spring constant k and are placed on a
smooth horizontal surface. Initially the spring is stretched through a distance 'd' when the
system is released from rest. Find the distance moved by the two masses when spring is
compressed by a distance 'd'.
8. Two block of masses m1 and m2 are connected with the help of a spring of spring constant k
initially the spring in its natural length as shown. A sharp impulse is given to mass m2 so that it
acquires a velocity v0 towards right. If the system is kept on smooth floor then find (a) the
velocity of the centre of mass, (b) the maximum elongation that the spring will suffer ?
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NO. 9
CENTRE OF MASS
TOPIC : MOMENTUM CONSERVATION AND IMPULSE OF COLLISION
1. Two blocks A and B of mass mA and mB are connected together by means of a spring and are
resting on a horizontal frictionless table. The blocks are then pulled apart so as to stretch the
spring and then released. Show that the ratio of their kinetic energies at any instant is in the
inverse ratio of their masses.
2. Two blocks of masses m and M are moving with speeds v1 and v2 (v1 > v2) in the same
direction on the frictionless surface respectively, M being ahead of m. An ideal spring of force
constant k is attached to the backside of M (as shown). The maximum compression of the
spring when the block collides is :
m M
(A) v1 (B) v2
k k
mM
(C) (v1 – v2) (M  m) K (D) None of above is correct
3. Two masses are connected by a spring as shown in the figure. One of the masses was given
velocity v = 2 k, as shown in figure where 'k' is the spring constant. Then maximum extension
in the spring will be (initially spring is in natural length)
v
m m
Smooth
(A) 2 m (B) m (C) 2m k (D) 3m k

4. Mass A hits B inelastically (e = 0) while moving horizontally with some velocity along the
common line of centres of the three equal masses each of same mass. Initially mass B and C
are stationary and the spring is unstretched. Then which is incorrect.
Smooth
(A) compression will be maximum when blocks have same velocity

(B) velocity of C is maximum when (A + B) is at rest
(C) velocity of C is maximum when spring is undeformed.
(D) velocity of C is minimum when spring is undeformed.
5. A ball of mass = 100 gm is released from a height h1 = 2.5 m from the ground level and then
rebounds to a height h2 = 0.625 m. The time of contact of the ball and the ground is t = 0.01
sec. The impulsive (impact) force offered by the ball on the ground is :
(A) 105 N (B) 1.05 N (C) 2.08 N (D) 208 N
6. A system of two blocks A and B are connected by an inextensible massless strings as shown.
The pulley is massless and frictionless. Initially the system is at rest when, a bullet of mass 'm'
moving with a velocity 'u' as shown hits the block 'B' and gets embedded into it. The impulse
imparted by tension force to the block of mass 3m is :
5mu 4mu 2mu 3mu

(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 5 5 5

7. Velocity of a particle of mass 2 kg varies with time t according to the equation v  (2t î  4ˆj)m / s .
Here t is in seconds. Find the impulse imparted to the particle in the time interval from t = 0 to
t = 2 s.
8. A ball of mass 100 g moving with a speed of 4 m/sec strikes a horizontal surface at an angle
of 30º from the surface. The ball is reflected back with same speed and same angle of
reflection find (a) The impulse imparted to the ball (b) change in magnitude of momentum of
the ball.
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NO. 10
CENTRE OF MASS
TOPIC : IMPULSE OF COLLISION
1. During a heavy rain, hailstones of average size 1.0 cm in diameter fall with an average speed
of 20 m/s. Suppose 2000 hailstones strike every square meter of a 10 m × 10 m roof
perpendicularly in one second and assume that the hailstones do not rebound. Calculate the
average force exerted by the falling hailstones on the roof. Density of hailstones is 900 kg/m3,
take ( = 3.14)
2. A steel ball of mass 0.5 kg is dropped from a height of 4 m on to a horizontal heavy steel slab.
The ball strike the slab and rebounds to its original height. (take g = 10 m/sec2)
(a) Calculate the impulse delivered to the ball during impact.
(b) If the ball is in contact with the slab for 0.002s, find the average reaction force on the ball
during impact.
3. A ball of mass 50 gm is dropped from a height h = 10 m. It rebounds losing 75 percent of its
kinetic energy. If it remains in contact with the ground for t = 0.01 sec., the impulse of the
impact force is : (take g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 1.3 N–s (B) 1.06 N-s (C) 1300 N–s (D) 105 N–s
4. The area of F-t curve is A, where 'F' is the force acting on one mass due to the other. If one of
the colliding bodies of mass M is at rest initially, its speed just after the collision is :
2A
(A) A/M (B) M/A (C) AM (D)
M
5. A bullet of mass m moving vertically upwards instantaneously with a velocity 'u' hits the
hanging block of mass 'm' and gets embedded in it, as shown in the figure. The height through
which the block rises after the collision. (assume sufficient space above block) is :
(A) u2/2g (B) u2/g (C) u2/8g (D) u2/4g
6. A particle moving with kinetic energy K makes a head on elastic collision with an identical
particle at rest. Find the maximum elastic potential energy of the system during collision.
7. Three balls A, B and C are placed on a smooth horizontal surface. Given that mA = mC = 4mB.
Ball B collides with ball C with an initial velocity v as shown in figure. Find the total number of
collisions between the balls. All collisions are elastic.
8. Two balls shown in figure are identical. Ball A is moving towards right with a speed v and the
second ball is at rest. Assume all collisions to be elastic. Show that the speeds of the balls
remain unchanged after all the collisions have taken place. (Assume frictionless surface)
v
A B
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NO. 11
CENTRE OF MASS
TOPIC : COLLISION
1. A ball of mass m moving at a speed v makes a head on collision with an identical ball at rest.
The kinetic energy of the balls after the collision is 3/4 of the original kinetic energy. Calculate
the coefficient of restitution.
2. A particle of mass m moving with a speed v hits elastically another stationary particle of mass
2m in a fixed smooth horizontal circular tube of radius r. Find the time when the next collision
will take place?
3. A block of mass 1 kg moving at a speed of 2.5 m/s collides with another block of mass 0.5 kg.
If both the blocks come to rest after collision what was the velocity of the 0.5 kg block before
the collision?
4. A 3kg block ‘A ‘ moving with 4 m/sec on a smooth table collides inelastically and head on with
an 8kg block ‘B’ moving with speed 1.5 m/sec towards ‘A ‘. Given e = 1/2
(a) What is final velocities of both the blocks
(b) Find out the impulse of reformation and deformation
(c) Find out the maximum potential energy of deformation
(d) Find out loss in kinetic energy of system.
5. A bullet of mass m = 50 gm strikes (t  0)a sand bag of mass M = 5 kg hanging from a fixed

point, with a horizontal velocity vp . If bullet sticks to the sand bag then just after collision the
ratio of final & initial kinetic energy of the bullet is :
(A) 10–2 (B) 10–3 (C) 10–6 (D) 10–4
6. In the arrangement shown, the pendulum on the left is pulled aside. It is then released and
allowed to collide with other pendulum which is at rest. A perfectly inelastic collision occurs
and the system rises to a height h/4 . The ratio of the masses (m1 / m2) of the pendulum is :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
7. There are hundred identical sliders equally spaced on a frictionless track as shown in the
figure. Initially all the sliders are at rest. Slider 1 is pushed with velocity v towards slider 2. In a
collision the sliders stick together. The final velocity of the set of hundred stucked sliders will
be :
v v
(A) (B) (C) zero (D) v
99 100
8. A solid iron ball A of radius r collides head on with another stationary solid iron ball B of
radius 2r. The ratio of their speeds just after the collision (e = 0.5) is :
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 1
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TOPIC : COLLISION
1. A particle of mass m moves with velocity v0 = 20 m/sec towards a large wall that is moving
with velocity v = 5 m/sec. towards the particle as shown . If the particle collides with the wall
elastically, the speed of the particle just after the collision is :
(A) 30 m/s (B) 20 m/s (C) 25 m/s (D) 22 m/s
2. Two perfectly elastic balls of same mass m are moving with velocities u1 and u2. They collide
head on elastically n times. The kinetic energy of the system finally is :
1 m 1 m 2 2
(A) 2 (B) ( u1 + u2 )
2 n u1 2 n
1 2 2 1 2 2
(C) m ( u1 + u2 ) (D) mn ( u1 + u2 )
2 2
3. A massive ball moving with speed v collides head-on with a tiny ball at rest having a mass
very less than the mass of the first ball. If the collision is elastic, then immediately after the
impact, the second ball will move with a speed approximately equal to:
(A) v (B) 2v (C) v/2 (D) 
4. A sphere of mass m moving with a constant velocity hits another stationary sphere of the
same mass. If e is the coefficient of restitution, then ratio of speed of the first sphere to the
speed of the second sphere after head on collision will be :
 1 e   1 e   e  1  e  1
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 1 e   1 e   e  1  e  1
5. A ball of mass 'm', moving with uniform speed, collides elastically with another stationary ball.
The incident ball will lose maximum kinetic energy when the mass of the stationary ball is
(A) m (B) 2m (C) 4m (D) infinity
6. Ball 1 collides head on with an another identical ball 2 at rest. Velocity of ball 2 after collision
becomes two times to that of ball 1 after collision. The coefficient of restitution between the
two balls is :
(A) e = 1/3 (B) e = 1/2 (C) e = 1/4 (D) e = 2/3
7. Two smooth spheres made of identical material having masses ‘m’ and 2m undergoes an
oblique impact as shown in figure. The initial velocities of the masses are also shown. The
impact force is along the line joining their centres along the x-axis. The coefficient of
5
restitution is . The velocities of the masses after the impact and the approximate percentage
9
loss in kinetic energy.
10 ˆ 5 5ˆ 5 ˆ
(A) i  8 ˆj ;  î  4 ˆj , 15% (B) i  8 ˆj ; i  4ˆj , 20%
3 3 3 3
10 ˆ 5 ˆ 10 ˆ 5 ˆ
(C) i  8 ˆj ; i  4ˆj , 25% (D) i  8 ˆj ; i  4ˆj , 20%
3 3 3 3
8. AB is an L shaped obstacle fixed on a horizontal smooth table. A ball strikes it at A, gets

deflected and restrikes it at B. If the velocity vector before collision is v and coefficient of
restitution of each collision is 'e', then the velocity of ball after its second collision at B is [From
2  2 
(A) e v (B) e v

(C) ev (D) data insufficient
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CENTRE OF MASS
TOPIC : COLLISION
1. A stationary body explodes into four identical fragments such that three of them fly off
mutually perpendicular to each other, each with same K.E., E0 . The minimum energy of
explosion will be :
4E 0
(A) 6E0 (B) (C) 4E0 (D) 8E0
3
2. A super-ball is to bounce elastically back and forth between two rigid walls at a distance d
from each other. Neglecting gravity and assuming the velocity of super-ball to be v0
horizontally, the average force (in large time interval) being exerted by the super-ball on one
wall is :
2
1 mv 0 mv 20 2mv02 4mv 20
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 d d d d
3. A ball is bouncing down a set of stairs. The coefficient of restitution is e. The height of each
step is d and the ball bounces one step at each bounce. After each bounce the ball rebounds
to a height h above the next lower step. Neglect width of each step in comparison to h and
assume the impacts to be effectively head on. Which of the following relation is correct ?
(given that h > d)
h h h 1 h 1
(A) =1 – e2 (B) =1–e (C) = (D) =
d d d 1  e2 d 1 e
4. A ball collides with a smooth and fixed inclined plane of inclination  after falling vertically
through a distance h. If it moves horizontally just after the impact, the coefficient of restitution
is :
(A) tan2 (B) cot2 (C) tan  (D) cot 

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5. A ball of mass m strikes the fixed inclined plane after falling through a height h. If it rebounds
elastically, the impulse on the ball is :
smooth
fixed
2m 2gh
(A) 2m cos  2gh (B) 2m cos  gh (C) (D) 2m 2gh
cos
6. A small ball on a frictionless horizontal surface moves towards right with a velocity V. It
collides with the wall and returns back and continues to and fro motion. If the average speed
2
for first to and fro motion of the ball is   V, then the coefficient of restitution of impact is
3
(A) 0.5 (B) 0.8 (C) 0.25 (D) 0.75
7. A sphere of mass m1 = 2kg collides with a sphere of mass m2 = 3kg which is at rest. Mass m1
will move at right angle to the line joining centres at the time of collision, if the coefficient of
restitution is :
4 1 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) 3
9 2 3
8. Two identical billiard balls are in contact on a smooth table. A third identical ball strikes them
symmetrically and comes to rest after impact. The coefficient of restitution is :
2 1 1 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 6 2
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CENTRE OF MASS
TOPIC : MOMENTUM CONSERVATION AND COLLISION
1. A rocket of mass m = 20 kg has M = 180kg fuel. The uniform exhaust velocity of the fuel is
vr = 1.6 km/s.
(i) Calculate the minimum rate of consumption of fuel so that the rocket may rise from the
ground.
(ii) Also calculate the maximum vertical speed gained by the rocket when the rate of
consumption of fuel  is (g = 10 m/s2) & ( n 10 = 2.30)
(a) 2 kg/s (b) 20 kg/s
2. Sand drops from a stationary hopper at the rate of 5 kg/s falling on a conveyor belt moving
with a constant speed of 2 m/s. What is the force required to keep the belt moving and what is
the power delivered by the motor moving the belt?
3. If the thrust force on a rocket which is ejecting gases with a relative velocity of 300 m/s, is
210N. Then the rate of combustion of the fuel will be :
(A) 10.7 kg/sec (B) 0.07 kg/sec (C) 1.4 kg/sec (D) 0.7 kg/sec
4. A wagon filled with sand has a hole so that sand leaks through the bottom at a constant rate

. An external force F acts on the wagon in the direction of motion. Assuming instantaneous

velocity of the wagon to be v and initial mass of system to be m0, the force equation
governing the motion of the wagon is :
   
dv
+  v –  v
F dv F
(A) = m0 (B) = m0
dt dt
   
dv dv
(C) F = (m0 – t) (D) F = (m0 – t) +  v
dt dt
5. A balloon having mass ' m ' is filled with gas and is held in hands of a boy. Then suddenly it
get released and gas starts coming out of it with a constant rate. The velocity of the ejected
gases is also constant 2 m/s with respect to the balloon. Find out the velocity of the balloon
when the mass of gas is reduced to half. (Neglect gravity & Bouyant force),
(A)  n 2 (B) 2 n 4 (C) 2 n 2 (D) none of these
6. A shell of mass 100 kg is fired horizontally from a cannon having a mass of 5 × 103 kg. The
kinetic energy of the shell at the end of the barrel is 7.5 × 106 J. The kinetic energy imparted
to the cannon due to recoil is :
(A) 2 × 105 J (B) 7.5 × 106 J (C) 1.5 × 105 J (D) 105 J
7. A skater of mass m standing on ice throws a stone of mass M with a velocity v in a horizontal
direction. The distance, skater will move back is (the coefficient of friction between the skater
and the ice is ) :
M2 v 2 Mv 2 M2 v 2 M2 v 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2mg 2m2g 2m2g 2m22 g
8. A ball of mass m hits directly another ball of mass M at rest and is brought to rest by the
impact. One third of the kinetic energy of the ball is lost due to collision. The coefficient of
restitutions is
2
(A) 1/3 (B) ½ (C) 2/3 (D)
3
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9. Two particles A and B of equal masses have velocities VA  2iˆ  ˆj and VB  î  2ˆj . The
 
particles move with accelerations a A  4iˆ  ˆj and aB  2iˆ  3ˆj respectively. The centre of
mass of the two particles move along
(A) a straight line (B) a parabola (C) a circle (D) an ellipse
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1. 19 m
6
4a
2. right of the disc centre
(4  )
3. (5a/6, 5a/6)
33L
4.
50
5. At R/5 from the centre of the bigger disc towards the centre of the smaller disk.
3 
6.  4 a,O 
 
7. At R/3 from the centre of the original disc away from the centre of the hole.
4(R32  R13 )
8.
3(R22  R12 )
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1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (D)
6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (D)
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5
1. m/s at an angle tan–1 (2) above the direction towards right.
11
2. 1 cm downward. 1 cm
3. 60m.
4. zero
5. 0.4 m
mh Mh
6. (a) (b) 7. (A) 8. (D)
m M m M
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1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (D)
6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (B)
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1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (A)
6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (A)
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5
1. 2.0 × 10 m/s
2. 3.0 × 10–23 m/s
p1  p2 2
p1  p2
2
3. (a) mp = 18.6 m/s (b) = 15.0 m/sec
mp
4. 2.5iˆ  15ˆj  5kˆ
 M
5. 1  m  v
 
6. 10cm.
7. 9m/s, 9m
8. 220 m/s
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2gR mv
1. v= 2. 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (B)
1 m Mm
M
6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (B)
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1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (D) 5. (D)
6. (C)
2m2 d 2m1d
7. ,
m1  m2 m1  m2
1/ 2
m v  m1 m2 
8. (a) 2 0 (b) v0  
m1  m2  (m1  m2 ) k 
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2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (D)
7. 8iˆ m / s
8. (a) 0.4 kg-m/s (b) zero
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4 d 3 
1.  
3 8  vNA =1884 N
 
2. (a) 4 5 Ns (b) 2000 5 N
3. (B)
4. (A)
5. (C)
6. K/2.
7. number of collisions = 2
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1. e=
2
2r
2. t=
v
3. 5 m/s opposite to the direction of motion of the first ball.
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4. (a) VA = +2m/s, VB = + m/s, (b) 6Ns, 12 Ns, (c) 33J (d) J
4 4
5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (C)
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1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (A)

6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (C)
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1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (A)
6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (A)
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(m  M)g  m M M
1. (i) = 1.25 kg/s, (ii) v  v r n  g    (a) 2.8 km/s, (b) 3.6 km/s.
vr  m   
2. Fext = 10N; P = 20 watt.
3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (C)
8. (C) 9. (B)
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ROTATION
TOPIC : KINEMATICS
1. A uniform disk rotating with constant angular acceleration covers 50 revolutions in the first five
seconds after the start. Calculate the angular acceleration and the angular velocity at the end
of five seconds.
2. A body rotating with 20 rad/s is acted upon by a uniform torque providing it an angular
deceleration of 2 rad/s2. At which time will the body have kinetic energy same as the initial
value if the torque acts continuously ?
3. A fan is running at 3000 rpm. It is switched off. It comes to rest by uniformly decreasing its
angular speed in 10 seconds. The total number of revolutions in this period.
(A) 150 (B) 250 (C) 350 (D) 300
4. A block hangs from a string wrapped on a disc of radius 20 cm free to rotate about its axis
which is fixed in a horizontal position. If the angular speed of the disc is 10 rad/s at some
instant, with what speed is the block going down at that instant ?
(A) 4 m/s (B) 3 m/s (C) 2 m/s (D) 5 m/s
5. Calculate the moment of inertia of a uniform square plate of mass M and side L about one of
its diagonals, with the help of its moment of inertia about its centre of mass.
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6. A uniform triangular plate of mass M whose vertices are ABC has lengths , and
2 2 as
shown in figure. Find the moment of inertia of this plate about an axis passing through point B
and perpendicular to the plane of the plate.
A
 
2
B C

2
7. Find the moment of inertia of a uniform half-disc about an axis perpendicular to the plane and
passing through its centre of mass. Mass of this disc is M and radius is R.
8. Calculate the radius of gyration of a uniform circular disk of radius r and thickness t about a
line perpendicular to the plane of this disk and tangent to the disk as shown in figure.

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ROTATION
TOPIC : MOMENT OF INERTIA
1. A uniform circular disc A of radius r is made from a copper plate of thickness t and another
uniform circular disc B of radius 2r is made from a copper plate of thickness t/2. The relation
between the moments of inertia IA and IB is
(A) IA > IB (B) IA = IB
(C) IA < IB (D) depends on the values of t and r.
2. The moment of inertia of a non-uniform semicircular wire having mass m and radius r about a
line perpendicular to the plane of the wire through the centre is
1 2 1 2 2
(A) mr2 (B) mr (C) mr (D) mr2
2 4 5
3. Let A and B be the moments of inertia of two solid cylinders of identical geometrical shape
and size about their axes, the first made of aluminium and the second of iron.
(A) A < B
(B) A = B
(C) A > B
(D) relation between A and B depends on the actual shapes of the bodies.
4. Let I1 and I2 be moments of inertia of a body about two axes 1 and 2 respectively, The axis 1
passes through the centre of mass of the body but axis 2 does not.
(A) I1 < I2 (B) If I1 < I2, the axes are parallel.
(C) If the axes are parallel, I1 < I2 (D) If the axes are not parallel, I1  I2.
5. The moment of inertia of an elliptical disc of uniform mass distribution of mass 'm', semi major
axis 'r', semi minor axis 'd' about its axis is :
mr 2 md2 mr 2 mr 2
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
2 2 2 2

6. A uniform thin rod of length L and mass M is bent at the middle point O as shown in figure.
Consider an axis passing through its middle point O and perpendicular to the plane of the bent
rod. Then moment of inertia about this axis is :
2 1
(A) mL2 (B) mL2
3 3
1
(C) mL2 (D) dependent on   
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7. The moment of inertia of a uniform circular disc about its diameter is 200 gm cm2. Then its
moment of inertia about an axis passing through its center and perpendicular to its circular
face is
(A) 100 gm cm2 (B) 200 gm cm2 (C) 400 gm cm2 (D) 1000 gm cm2
8. A thin uniform rod of length 4 l, mass 4m is bent at the points as shown in the fig. What is the
moment of inertia of the rod about the axis passing point O & perpendicular to the plane of the
paper.
m 2 10 m2 m 2 m 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
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ROTATION
TOPIC : TOPPLING
1. Moment of inertia of a uniform disc about the axis O O is:

O O¢
m
r
3 m r2 m r2 5 m r2 5 m r2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 4
2. The moment of inertia of a hollow cubical box of mass M and side a about an axis passing
through the centres of two opposite faces is equal to
5 M a2 5 M a2 5 M a2 5 M a2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 6 12 18
3. A uniform thin rod of length  4a  2 a  and of mass  4m  2 m  is bent and fabricated to form a
square surrounded by semicircles as shown in the figure. The moment of inertia of this frame
about an axis passing through its centre and perpendicular to its plane is
 4  2   4    ma2  4  3  ma 2 10  3 
(A) ma2 (B) (C) (D) ma2
3 2 3 3
 
4. Two forces F1  2iˆ  5jˆ  6kˆ and F2  î  2jˆ  kˆ are acting on a body at the points (1, 1, 0) and
(0, 1, 2) respectively. Find torque acting on the body about point (–1, 0, 1).

5. A simple pendulum having bob of mass m and length  is pulled aside to make an angle  with
the vertical. Find the magnitude of the torque of the weight of the bob about the point of
suspension. At which position its torque is zero? At which  it is maximum?
6. A particle having mass m is projected with a speed v at an angle  with horizontal ground.
Find the torque of the weight of the particle about the point of projection when the particle (a)
is at the highest point. (b) reaches the ground.
7. Calculate the net torque on the system about the point O as shown in figure if F1 = 11 N,
F2 = 9 N, F3 = 10 N, a = 10 cm and b = 20 cm. (All the forces along the tangent.)
 
8. If a rigid body is subjected to two forces F1 = 2iˆ  3jˆ  4kˆ acting at (3,3,4) and F2 = –2iˆ – 3jˆ – 4kˆ
acting at (1, 0, 0) then which of the following is (are) true?
(A) The body is in equilibrium.
(B) The body is under the influence of a torque only.
(C) The body is under the influence of a single force.
(D) the body is under the influence of a force together with a torque .

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ROTATION
TOPIC : TORQUE

1. A force F = 4 î  10 ˆj acts on a body at a point having position vector  5 î  3 ˆj relative to
origin of co-ordinates on the axis of rotation . The torque acting on the body about the origin is :
(A) 38 k̂ (B)  25 k̂ (C) 62 k̂ (D) none of these
2. In case of torque of a couple if the axis is changed by displacing it parallel to itself, torque will :
(A) increase (B) decrease (C) remain constant (D) None of these
3. A uniform metre stick having mass 400 g is suspended from the fixed supports through two
vertical light strings of equal lengths fixed at the ends. A small object of mass 100 g is put on
the stick at a distance of 60 cm from the left end. Calculate the tensions in the two strings.
(g = 10 m/s2)
4. Assuming frictionless contacts, determine the magnitude of external horizontal force P applied
at the lower end for equilibrium of the rod as shown in figure. The rod is uniform and its mass
is ' m'.
Wall
P
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5. A uniform ladder having length 10.0 m and mass 24 kg is resting against a vertical wall
making an angle of 53° with it. The vertical wall is smooth but the ground surface is rough. A
painter weighing 75 kg climbs up the ladder. If he stays on the ladder at a point 2 m from the
upper end, what will be the normal force and the force of friction on the ladder by the ground?
What should be the minimum coefficient of friction between ground and ladder for the painter
to work safely? (g = 10 m/s2)

6. In the system as shown in figure, AB is a uniform rod of mass 10 kg and BC is a light string
which is connected between wall and rod, in vertical plane. There is block of mass 15 kg
connected at B with a light string. [Take g = 10 m/s2]
If whole of the system is in equilibrium then find

(i) Tension in the string BC
(ii) Hinge force exerted on beam at point A
7. Four equal and parallel forces are acting on a rod (as shown in figure) in horizontal plane at
distances of 20 cm, 40 cm, 60 cm and 80 cm respectively from one end of the rod. Under the
influence of these forces the rod :
(A) is at rest (B) experiences a torque

(C) experiences a linear motion (D) experiences a torque and also a linear motion
8. A uniform ladder of length 5m is placed against the wall in vertical plane as shown in the
figure. If coefficient of friction  is the same for both the wall and the floor then minimum value
of  for it not to slip is
(A)  = 1/2 (B)  = 1/4 (C)  = 1/3 (D)  = 1/5

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ROTATION
TOPIC : ROTATIONAL EQUILIBRIUM
1. A rod of weight w is supported by two parallel knife edges A & B and is in equilibrium in a
horizontal position. The knives are at a distance d from each other. The centre of mass of the
rod is at a distance x from A. The normal reactions at A and B will be :
(A) NA = 2w (1  x/d), NB = wx/d ] (B) NA = w (1  x/d), NB = wx/d ]
(C) NA = 2w (1  x/d), NB = 2wx/d ] (D) NA = w (2  x/d), NB = wx/d ]
2. The beam and pans of a balance have negligible mass. An object weighs W 1 when placed in
one pan and W 2 when placed in the other pan. The weight W of the object is :
(A) W1W2 (B) (W1  W2 ) (C) W 12 + W 22 (D) (W 1–1 + W 2–1)/2
3. A uniform rod of length  is placed symmetrically on two walls as shown in figure. The rod is in
equilibrium. If N1 and N2 are the normal forces exerted by the walls on the rod then
(A) N1 > N2
(B) N1 > N2
(C) N1 = N2
(D) N1 and N2 would be in the vertical directions.
4. A rod of negligible mass having length  = 2 m is pivoted at its centre and two masses of
m1 = 6 kg and m2 = 3 kg are hung from the ends as shown in figure.
(a) Find the initial angular acceleration of the rod if it is horizontal initially.
(b) If the rod is uniform and has a mass of m3 = 3 kg.
(i) Find the initial angular acceleration of the rod.
(ii) Find the tension in the supports to the blocks of mass 3 kg and 6 kg (g = 10 m/s2).

5. The uniform rod AB of mass m is released from rest when  = 60º. Assuming that the friction
force between end A and the surface is large enough to prevent sliding, determine (for the
instant just after release)
(a) The angular acceleration of the rod

(b) The normal reaction and the friction force at A.
6. The moment of inertia of the pulley system as shown in the figure is 3 kg – m2. The radii of
bigger and smaller pulleys are 2m and 1m respectively. As the system is released from rest,
find the angular acceleration of the pulley system. (Assume that there is no slipping between
string & pulley and string is light) [Take g = 10 m/s2]
7. A uniform thin rod of length L is hinged about one of its ends and is free to rotate about the
hinge without friction. Neglect the effect of gravity. A force F is applied at a distance x from
the hinge on the rod such that force is always perpendicular to the rod. Find the normal
reaction at the hinge as function of 'x' , at the initial instant when the angular velocity of rod is
zero.
8. A uniform circular disc A of radius r is made from a metal plate of thickness t and another
uniform circular disc B of radius 4r is made from the same metal plate of thickness t/4. If equal
torques act on the discs A and B, initially both being at rest. At a later instant, the angular
speeds of a point on the rim of A and another point on the rim of B are A and B respectively.
We have
(A) A > B (B) A = B (C) A < B
(D) the relation depends on the actual magnitude of the torques.

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ROTATION
TOPIC : ROTATION ABOUT FIXED AXIS (H = IH)
1. A body is rotating with constant angular velocity about a vertical axis fixed in an inertial frame.
The net force on a particle of the body not on the axis is
(A) horizontal and skew with the axis (B) vertical
(C) horizontal and intersecting the axis (D) none of these.
2. One end of a uniform rod having mass m and length  is hinged. The rod is placed on a
smooth horizontal surface and rotates on it about the hinged end at a uniform angular velocity
. The force exerted by the hinge on the rod has a horizontal component
1
(A) m2 (B) zero (C) mg (D) m2
2
3. The uniform rod of mass 20 kg and length 1.6 m is pivoted at its end and swings freely in the
vertical plane. Angular acceleration of rod just after the rod is released from rest in the
horizontal position as shown in figure is
15g 17g 16g g

(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 16 15 15
4. Two men support a uniform horizontal rod at its two ends. If one of them suddenly lets go, the
force exerted by the rod on the other man just after this moment will:
(A) remain unaffected
(B) increase
(C) decrease
(D) become unequal to the force exerted by him on the rod.

5. A solid cylinder of mass M = 1kg & radius R = 0.5m is pivoted at its centre & has three
particles of mass m = 0.1kg mounted at its perimeter in the vertical plane as shown in the
figure. The system is initially at rest. Find the angular speed of the cylinder, when it has swung
through 900 in anticlockwise direction.
[Take g = 10 m/s2]
6. A rigid body is made of three identical uniform thin rods each of length L fastened together in
the form of letter H. The body is free to rotate about a fixed horizontal axis AB that passes
through one of the legs of the H. The body is allowed to fall from rest from a position in which
the plane of H is horizontal. What is the angular speed of the body, when the plane of H is
vertical.
B
7. A uniform rod of mass m and length L lies radially on a disc rotating with angular speed  in a
horizontal plane about its axis. The rod does not slip on the disc and the centre of the rod is
at a distance R from the centre of the disc. Find out the kinetic energy of the rod.
8. The moment of inertia of the pulley system as shown in figure is 3 kgm2. Its radius is 1m. The
system is released from rest find the linear velocity of the block, when it has descended
through 40 cm. (Assume that there is no slipping between string & pulley and string is light)
[Take g = 10 m/s2]

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ROTATION
TOPIC : ROTATION ABOUT FIXED AXIS (ENERGY CONSERVATION)
1. A uniform metre stick is held vertically with one end on the floor and is allowed to
fall. The speed of the other end when it hits the floor assuming that the end at the
floor does not slip :
(A) 4g (B) 3g (C) 5g (D) g
2. A uniform rod is hinged as shown in the figure and is released from a horizontal position. The
angular velocity of the rod as it passes the vertical position is: (axis is fixed, smooth and
horizontal)
12g 2g 24g 3g
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 7 7
3. A particle having mass 2 kg is moving with velocity ( 2iˆ  3jˆ )m/s. Find angular momentum of
the particle about origin when it is at (1, 1, 0).
4. A particle having mass 2 kg is moving along straight line 3x + 4y = 5 with speed 8m/s. Find
angular momentum of the particle about origin. x and y are in meters.

5. Two beads (each of mass m) can move freely in a frictionless wire whose rotational inertia
with respect to the vertical axis is . The system is rotated with an angular velocity 0 when the
beads are at a distance r/2 from the axis. What is the angular velocity of the system when the
beads are at a distance r from the axis ?
6. A system consists of two identical small balls of mass 2 kg each connected to the two ends of
a 1 m long light rod. The system is rotating about a fixed axis through the centre of the rod
and perpendicular to it at an angular speed of 9 rad/s. An impulsive force of average
magnitude 10 N acts on one of the masses in the direction of its velocity for 0.20 s. Calculate
the new angular velocity of the system.
7. A uniform round board of mass M and radius R is placed on a fixed smooth horizontal plane
and is free to rotate about a fixed axis which passes through its centre. A man of mass m is
standing on the point marked A on the circumference of the board. At first the board & the
man are at rest. The man starts moving along the rim of the board at constant speed vo
relative to the board. Find the angle of board’s rotation when the man passes his starting point
on the disc first time.
8. A point object of mass m moving horizontally hits the lower end of the uniform thin rod of
length  and mass m and sticks to it. The rod is resting on a horizontal, frictionless surface and
pivoted at the other end as shown in figure.

×
m
v
Find out angular velocity of the system just after collision.

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NO. 8
ROTATION
TOPIC : ANGULAR MOMENTUM & ITS CONSERVATION
1. A constant torque acting on a uniform circular wheel changes its angular momentum from A0
to 4A0 in 4 sec. the magnitude of this torque is :
(A) 4A0 (B) A0 (C) 3A0 /4 (D) 12A0
2. A particle moves with a constant velocity parallel to the Y-axis. Its angular momentum about
the origin.
(A) is zero (B) remains constant
(C) goes on increasing (D) goes on decreasing.

3. A particle is projected at time t = 0 from a point P on the ground with a speed V0, at an angle
of 45° to the horizontal. What is the magnitude of the angular momentum of the particle about
P at time t = v0/g.
mv 20 mv30 mv02 mv 30
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 g 2 g 2 g 2 2 g
4. A uniform thin circular ring of mass 'M' and radius 'R' is rotating about its fixed axis passing
through its centre perpendicular to its plane of rotation with a constant angular velocity . Two
objects each of mass m, are attached gently to the opposite ends of a diameter of the ring.
The ring now rotates with an angular velocity.
M M M
(A)  (B)  (C) (D) (M  3m) 
(M  m) (M  2m) (M  2m) M
5. A boy sitting firmly over a rotating stool has his arms folded. If he stretches his arms, his
angular momentum about the axis of rotation
(A) increases (B) decreases (C) remains unchanged (D) doubles

6. The centre of mass of a uniform rod of length 10 meter is moving with a translational velocity
of 50 m/sec. on a frictionless horizontal surface as shown in the figure and the rod rotates
about its centre of mass with an angular velocity of 5 radian/sec. Find out VA and VB
50 m/s
=  = 5 rad/s
7. A ring of radius 1 m. performs combined translational and rotational motion on a frictionless

horizontal surface with an angular velocity of 3 rad/sec as shown in the figure. Find out
velocity of its centre and point A if the velocity of the lowest point VP is 1 m/sec.
 = 3 rad/s
y
8. A plank is moving with a velocity of 4 m/sec. A disc of radius 1 m rolls without slipping on it
with an angular velocity of 3 rad/sec as shown in figure. Find out the velocity of centre of the
disc.
 3 rad/s
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ROTATION
TOPIC : COMBINED TRANSLATIONAL & ROTATIONAL MOTION (KINEMATICS)
1. The end B of uniform rod AB which makes angle  with the floor is being pulled with a velocity
v0 as shown. Taking the length of the rod as , calculate the following at the instant when
 = 37º
(a) The velocity of end A

(b) The angular velocity of rod
(c) Velocity of CM of the rod.
2. A ball of radius R =10.0 cm rolls without slipping on a horizontal plane so that its centre moves
with constant acceleration a = 2.50 cm/s2; t = 2.00 s after the beginning of motion its position
corresponds to that shown in Fig. Find :
(a) the velocities of the points A, B and O (b) the accelerations of these points.
3. The centre of a disc rolling without slipping on a plane surface moves with speed u. A particle,
on the lower half of the rim making an angle 60º with vertical, will be moving at speed
(A) zero (B) u (C) u (D) 2u

4. A thin string is wrapped several times around a cylinder kept on a rough horizontal surface. A
boy standing at a distance  from the cylinder draws the string towards him as shown in figure.
The cylinder rolls without slipping. The length of the string passed through the hand of the boy
while the cylinder reaches his hand is
(A)  (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
5. A uniform cylinder of mass M and radius R rolls without slipping down a slope of angle  to
the horizontal. The cylinder is connected to a spring constant K while the other end of the
spring is connected to a rigid support at P. The cylinder is released when the spring is
unstretched. The maximum displacement of cylinder is
3 Mg sin  Mgsin  2 Mg sin  4 Mgsin 

(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 K K K 3 K
6. A system of uniform cylinders and plates is shown in figure. All the cylinders are identical and
there is no slipping at any contact. Velocity of lower & upper plate is V and 2V respectively as
shown in figure. Then the ratio of angular speed of the upper cylinders to lower cylinders is
(A) 3  (B) 1/3 (C) 1 (D) none of these
7. When a person throws a meter stick it is found that the centre of the stick is moving with a
speed of 10 m/s vertically upwards & left end of stick with a speed of 20 m/s vertically
upwards. Then the angular speed of the stick is:
(A) 20 rad/ sec  (B) 10 rad/sec (C) 30 rad/sec (D) none of these
8. A small solid cylinder is released from a point at a height h on a rough as track shown in
figure. assuming that it does not slip anywhere, calculates its linear speed when it rolls on the
horizontal part of the track.

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ROTATION
TOPIC : COMBINED TRANSLATIONAL & ROTATIONAL MOTION (DYNAMICS)
1. A uniform ball of mass ‘m’ rolls without sliding on a fixed horizontal surface. The velocity of the
lowest point of the ball with respect to the centre of the ball is V. Find out the total kinetic
energy of the ball.
2. A string is wrapped over the curved surface of a uniform solid cylinder and the free end is
fixed with rigid support. The solid cylinder moves down, unwinding the string. Find the
downward acceleration of the solid cylinder.
3. A uniform disk of mass m is released from rest from the rim of a fixed hemispherical bowl so
that it rolls along the surface. If the rim of the hemisphere is kept horizontal, find the normal
force exerted by the bowl on the disk when it reaches the bottom of the bowl.
4. There is a rough track, a portion of which is in the form of a cylinder of radius R as shown in
the figure. Find the minimum linear speed of a uniform ring of radius r with which it should be
set rolling without sliding on the horizontal part so that it can complete round the circle without
sliding on the cylindrical part.

5. A uniform solid sphere of radius R is placed on a smooth horizontal surface. It is pulled by a
by constant force acting along the tangent from the highest point. Calculate the distance
travelled by the centre of mass of the solid sphere during the time it makes one full revolution.
F
R
6. A uniform hollow sphere of mass m = 1 kg is placed on a rough horizontal surface for which
the coefficient of static friction between the surfaces in contact is  = 2/5. Find the maximum
constant force which can be applied at the highest point in the horizontal direction so that the
sphere can roll without slipping. (Take g = 10 m/s2)
7. As shown in the figure, a uniform disc of mass m is rolling without slipping with a angular
velocity . The portion AB is rough and BC is smooth. When it crosses point B disc will be in :

A µ = C
B
0 0
(A) translational motion only (B) pure rolling motion
(C) rotational motion only (D) none of these
8. A solid sphere, a hollow sphere and a ring, all having equal mass and radius, are placed at
the top of an incline and released. The friction coefficients between the objects and the incline
are equal but not sufficient to allow pure rolling. The greatest kinetic energy at the bottom of
the incline will be achieved by
(A) the solid sphere
(B) the hollow sphere
(C) the ring
(D) all will achieve same kinetic energy.

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NO. 11
ROTATION
TOPIC : COMBINED TRANSLATIONAL & ROTATIONAL MOTION (DYNAMICS)
1. A hollow sphere and a solid sphere having equal mass and equal radii are rolled down without
slipping on a rough inclined plane.
(A) The two spheres reach the bottom simultaneously
(B) The hollow sphere reaches the bottom with lesser speed.
(C) The solid sphere reaches the bottom with greater kinetic energy
(D) The two spheres will reach the bottom with same linear momentum
2. A solid sphere, a hollow sphere and a solid cylinder , all having equal mass and radius, are
placed at the top of an incline and released. The friction coefficients between the objects and
the incline are equal but not sufficient to allow pure rolling. Greatest time will be taken in
reaching the bottom by
(A) the solid sphere (B) the hollow sphere (C) the solid cylinder (D) all will take same time.
3. A rough inclined plane fixed in a car accelerating on a horizontal road is shown in figure. The
angle of incline  is related to the acceleration a of the car as a = g tan. If a rigid sphere is set
in pure rolling on the incline
(A) it will continue pure rolling

(B) Friction will act on it
(C) its angular velocity will increase
(D) its angular velocity will decrease.

4. A sphere S rolls without slipping, moving with a constant speed on a plank P. The friction
between the upper surface of P and the sphere is sufficient to prevent slipping, while the lower
surface of P is smooth and rests on the ground. Initially, P is fixed to the ground by a pin N. If
N is suddenly removed:
(A) S will begin to slip on P

(B) P will begin to move backwards
(C) the speed of S will decrease and its angular velocity will increase
(D) there will be no change in the motion of S and P will still be at rest.
5. A body is given translational velocity and kept on a surface that has sufficient friction. Then:
(A) body will move forward before pure rolling
(B) body will move backward before pure rolling
(C) body will start pure rolling immediately
(D) none of these
6. A body of mass m and radius r is rotated with angular velocity  as shown in the figure & kept
on a surface that has sufficient friction then the body will move :
(A) backward first and then move forward (B) forward first and then move backward
(C) will always move forward (D) none of these
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7. A body of mass m and radius R rolling horizontally without slipping at a speed  climbs a
3 2
ramp to a height . The rolling body can be
4g
(A) a sphere (B) a circular ring (C) a spherical shell (D) a circular disc
8. A uniform rod of length  and mass 4m lies on a frictionless horizontal surface on which it is
free to move anyway. A ball of mass m moving with speed v as shown in figure.collides with
the rod at one of the ends. If ball comes to rest immediately after collision then find out
angular velocity  of rod just after collistion.
4m

O
m
v

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NO. 12
ROTATION
TOPIC : CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM (COMBINED TRANSLATIONN & ROTATIONAL MOTION)
1. A uniform rod having mass m1 and length L lies on a smooth horizontal surface. A particle of
mass m2 moving with speed u on the horizontal surface strikes the free rod perpendicularly at
an end and it sticks to the rod.
(a) Calculate the velocity of the com C of the system constituting “the rod plus the particle”.
(b) Calculate the velocity of the particle with respect to C before the collision.
(c) Calculate the velocity of the rod with respect to C before the collision
(d) Calculate the angular momentum of the particle and of the rod about the com C before the
collision.
(e) Calculate the moment of inertia of the rod plus particle about the vertical axis through the
centre of mass C after the collision.
(f) Calculate the velocity of the com C and the angular velocity of the system about the centre
of mass after the collision.
2. A uniform solid sphere is placed on a smooth horizontal surface. An impulse  is given

horizontally to the sphere at a height h = 4R/5 above the centre line. m and R are mass and
radius of sphere respectively.
 B
h
A
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(a) Find angular velocity of sphere & linear velocity of centre of mass of the sphere after
impulse.
(b) Find the minimum time after which the highest point B will touch the ground,
(c) Find the displacement of the centre of mass during this interval.

3. A uniform disc of radius R = 0.2 m kept over a rough horizontal surface is given velocity v0 and
angular velocity 0 . After some time its kinetic energy becomes zero. If v0 = 10 m/s, find 0.
4. A sphere is released on a smooth inclined plane from the top. When it moves down its angular
momentum is:
(A) conserved about every point
(B) conserved about the point of contact only
(C) conserved about the centre of the sphere only
(D) conserved about any point on a fixed line parallel to the inclined plane and passing
through the centre of the ball.
5. A circular wooden loop of mass m and radius R rests flat on a horizontal frictionless surface. A
bullet, also of mass m, and moving with a velocity V, strikes the loop and gets embedded in it.
The thickness of the loop is much smaller than R. The angular velocity with which the system
rotates just after the bullet strikes the loop is
V V 2V 3V
(A) 4R (B) 3 R (C) 3 R (D) 4R
6. A solid cubical block of mass m and side a slides down a rough inclined plane of inclination 
with a constant speed. Calculate the torque of the normal force acting on the block about its
centre and the perpendicular distance 'x' from centre of mass at which it is acting.
7. A uniform cube of side a and mass m rests on a rough horizontal table. A horizontal force 'F' is
applied normal to one of the faces at a point that is directly above the centre of the face, at a
3a
height above the base. The minimum value of 'F' for which the cube begins to tilt about
4
the edge is (assume that the cube does not slide).
2 4 5 1
(A) mg (B) mg (C) mg (D) mg
3 3 4 2
8. A homogenous block having its cross-section to be a parallelogram of sides 'a' and 'b' (as
shown) is lying at rest and is in equilibrium on a smooth horizontal surface. Then for acute
angle  :

a
b
b b b b
(A) cos   (B) cos   (C) cos   (D) cos  
a a a a
9. An equilateral uniform prism of mass m rests on a rough horizontal surface with coefficient of
friction . A horizontal force F is applied on the prism as shown in the figure. If the coefficient
of friction is sufficiently high so that the prism does not slide before toppling, then the
minimum force required to topple the prism is :
mg mg  mg
(A) (B) m g (C) (D)
3 4 3 4

ANSWER KEY
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1. 4 rev/s2, 20 rev/s 2. 20 s 3. (B)
ML2 M 2
4. (C) 5. 6.
12 6
2
7. MR2  M  4R  8. (K = 3 r)
 3 
2   2
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1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (D)
6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (B)
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1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. –14 î + 10 ĵ – 9 k̂

5. mg sin, when the bob is at the lowest point, at  = 90º.
6. (a) mv2 sin cos

(b) 2mv2 sin cos
7. 3N–m
8. (A)
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1. (C)
2. (C)
3. 2.4 N in the left string and 2.6 N in the right
w mg
4. P= cot  or P = cot 
2 2
32
5. 990 N, 960 N ,
33
6. (i) T = 250 N (ii) FH= 150 N (), FV = 50 N ( )

7. (B)
8. (C)
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1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (C)
2g (m1  m2 )
4. (a) = 10 rad/s2
 (m1  m2 ) 3
2(m1  m2 )g
(b) (i) ' =  m  m  m3  = 3 rad/s2 , (ii) 42 N ; 39 N
 1 2
3 

3g 3 3
5. (a) (cw) (b) N = 13 mg , F =  16  mg 
4L 16  
90
6. = = 3 rad/s2 
30
 3 x
7. N = F  1–
 2  
8. (A)
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1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (C)
5. = 5 rad/s
9g
6. = 
4
1  L2 
7. m2  R2  
2  12 
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1. (B) 2. (C) 3. 2kˆ kg m2/s 4. 16 kg m2/s
 mr 2 
    0 4m
5.  2  6. 10 rad/s 7. 8. 3v / 4
M  2m
  2mr 2
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1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (C)
6. VA = 25 m/s , VB = 75 m/s
7. VO = 4 m/sec î , VA = (4 î + 3 ĵ )m/sec
8. VCM = 7 m/s.
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4v 0 5v 0 v0 2v
1. (a) (b) 3  (c) vx = , vy = – 0
3 2 3
2. (a) vA = 2at = 10.0 cm/s, vB = 2 at = 7.1 cm/s, v0 = 0 ;
2
 2t 2 a 
(b) aA = 2a 1    = 5.6 cm/s2, aB = a = 2.5 cm/s2, a0 = a2t2 / R = 2.5 cm/s2
 R 
3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (A)
4gh
8.
3
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7 2 7
1. mv2 2. g 3. mg 4. 3g(R  r)
10 3 3
5. 4  R/5
6. 5 mg, 20 N
7. Disc is in pure rolling and external forces are zero after smooth surface, so pure rolling
continue.
8. (A)
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1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (D) 5. (A)
6. (C) 7. (D) 8.  = 3 v/2
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2 2
m2u m1u m2u m1 m2uL m1m2 uL
1. (a) (b) (c) – (d) ,
m1  m2 m1  m2 m1  m2 2 (m1  m2 )2 2 (m1  m2 )2
m1(m1  4m2 )L2 m2u 6 m2 u

(e) (f) ,
12 (m1  m2 ) m1  m2 (m1  4m2 ) L
 2 mR R
2. (a) , (b) (c)
m mR 2I 2
3. 100 rad/sec. 4. (D) 5. (B)

1 a tan 
6. mg a sin, x =
2 2
7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (A)
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NO. 1
SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION
TOPIC : EQUATION OF SHM
1  
1. The equation of a particle executing SHM is x  (5 m)sin ( s )t   . Write down the
6  
amplitude, initial phase constant, time period and maximum speed.
2. A particle having mass 10 g oscillates according to the equation x = (2.0 cm) sin [(100 s–1)
t+ /6]. Find (a) the amplitude, the time period and the force constant (b) the position, the
velocity and the acceleration at t = 0.
3. A simple harmonic motion has an amplitude A and time period T. Find the time required by it
to travel directly from
A
(a) x = 0 to x = A/2 (b) x = 0 to x = (c) x = A to x = A/2
2
A A A
(d) x = – to x = (e) x = to x = A.
2 2 2
0
4. A particle is executing SHM with amplitude A and has maximum velocity v . Find its speed
when it is located at distance of A from mean position.
2
5. A particle executes simple harmonic motion with an amplitude of 10 cm and time period 6 s.
At t = 0 it is at position x = 5 cm from mean position and going towards positive x-direction.
Write the equation for the displacement x at time t. Find the magnitude of the acceleration of
the particle at t = 4s.
6. A particle is executing SHM. Find the positions of the particle where its speed is 8 cm/s, If
maximum magnitudes of its velocity and acceleration are 10 cm/s and 50 cm/s2 respectively.
7. According to a scientists, he applied a force F= –cx1/3 on a particle and the particle is

performing SHM. No other force acted on the particle. He refuses to tell whether c is a
constant or not. Assume that he had worked only with positive x then :
(A) as x increases c also increases (B) as x increases c decreases
(C) as x increases c remains constant (D) the motion cannot be SHM
8. A particle performing SHM takes time equal to T (time period of SHM) in consecutive
appearances at a particular point. This point is :
(A) An extreme position (B) The mean position
(C) Between positive extreme and mean position (D)Between negative extreme and mean position

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TOPIC : LINEAR SHM
1. A particle executing linear SHM. Its time period is equal to the smallest time interval in which
 
particle acquires a particular velocity v ,. the magnitude of v may be :
Vmax Vmax
(A) Zero (B) Vmax (C) (D)
2 2
   
2. If F is force vector, v is velocity vector, a vector is acceleration vector and r vector is
displacement vector with respect to mean position than which of the following quantities are
always non-negative in a simple harmonic motion along a straight line?
       
(A) F . a (B) v . r (C) a . r (D) F . r
3. Two SHM’s are represented by y = a sin (t – ) and y = b cos (t – ). The phase difference
between the two is :
   3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 6 4
4. How long after the beginning of motion is the displacement of a harmonically oscillating
particle equal to one half its amplitude if the period is 24s and particle starts from rest.
(A) 12s (B) 2s (C) 4s (D) 6s
5. The magnitude of average acceleration in half time period from equilibrium position in a
simple harmonic motion is
2A2 A2 A2

(A) (B) (C) (D) Zero
 2 2

6. A particle performing SHM on the y axis according to equation y = A + B sint. Its amplitude
is :
(A) A (B) B (C) A + B (D)

A 2  B2
7. Two particles execute S.H.M. of same amplitude and frequency along the same straight line
from same mean position. They cross one another without collision, when going in opposite
directions, each time their displacement from mean position is half of their amplitudes. The
phase-difference between them is
(A) 0° (B) 120° (C) 180° (D) 135°
8. A mass M is performing linear simple harmonic motion, then correct graph for acceleration a
and corresponding linear velocity v is
(A) (B)
(C) (D)

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NO. 3
TOPIC : LINEAR SHM
1. A block of mass m is resting on a piston as shown in figure which is moving vertically with a
SHM of period 1 s. The minimum amplitude of motion at which the block and piston separate
is :
(A) 0.25 m (B) 0.52 m (C) 2.5 m (D) 0.15 m
2. A particle performing SHM with amplitude 10cm. At What distance from mean position the
kinetic energy of the particle is thrice of its potential energy?
3. An object of mass 0.2 kg executes simple harmonic oscillations along the x–axis with a
frequency of ( 25 /  ) Hz. At the position x = 0.04m, the object has kinetic energy of 0.5 J and
potential energy 0.4 J. Find the amplitude of oscillations
4. A body executing SHM passes through its equilibrium. At this instant, it has
(A) maximum potential energy (B) maximum kinetic energy
(C) minimum kinetic energy (D) maximum acceleration
5. The K.E. and P.E of a particle executing SHM with amplitude A will be equal when its
displacement is
A A 2
(A) 2A (B) (C) (D) A
2 2 3
6. A point particle of mass 0.1 kg is executing S.H.M. of amplitude of 0.1 m. When the particle
passes through the mean position, its kinetic energy is 8 × 10–3 J. The equation of motion of
this particle when the initial phase of oscillation is 45° can be given by
       
(A) 0.1 cos  4t   (B) 0.1 sin  4t   (C) 0.4 sin  t  (D) 0.2 sin   2t 
 4  4   4  2 

7. For a particle performing SHM :
(A) The kinetic energy is never equal to the potential energy
(B) the kinetic energy is always equal to the potential energy
(C) The average kinetic energy in one time period is equal to the average potential in this
period
(D) The average kinetic energy in any time interval is equal to average potential energy in that
interval
8. Acceleration a versus time t graph of a body in SHM is given by a curve shown below. T is the
time period. Then corresponding graph between kinetic energy KE and time t is correctly
represented by
(A) (B)
(C) (D)

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NO. 4
TOPIC : OSCILLATION AND SPRING BLOCK SYSTEM
3
1. A particle performs S.H.M. of amplitude A along a straight line. When it is at a distance A
2
1
from mean position, its kinetic energy gets increased by an amount m 2 A2 due to an
2
impulsive force. Then its new amplitude becomes:

5 3
(A) A (B) A (C) 2A (D) 5 A
2 2
2. The potential energy of a particle of mass 'm' situated in a unidimensional potential field varies
as U(x) = U0 [1 – cos ax], where U0 and a are constants. The time period of small oscillations
of the particle about the mean position :
a m m a 2m
m 2
(A) 2 (B) 2 U0 (C) 2 a U0 (D) 2 U0
a U0
3. A spring mass system has a time period of 2 second. What should be the spring constant of
spring if the mass of the block is 10 grams ?
4. A body of mass 2 kg suspended through a vertical spring executes simple harmonic motion of
period 4s. If the oscillations are stopped and the body hangs in equilibrium, find the potential
energy stored in the spring.
5. A vertical spring-mass system with lower end of spring is fixed, made to undergo small
oscillations. If the spring is stretched by 25cm, energy stored in the spring is 5J .Find the
mass of the block if it makes 5 oscillations each second.

6. A spring mass system is shown in figure, spring is initially unstretched. A man starts pulling
the block with constant force F. Find
(a) The amplitude and the time period of motion of the block
(b) The K.E. of the block at mean position
(c) The energy stored in the spring when the block passes through the mean position
k
M F
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7. Three spring mass systems are shown in figure. Assuming gravity free space, find the time
period of oscillations in each case. What should be the answer if space is not gravity free ?
(a) (b) (c)
8. Spring mass system is shown in figure. Find the elastic potential energy stored in each spring
when block is at its mean position. Also find the time period of vertical oscillations. The system
is in vertical plane.

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NO. 5
TOPIC : SPRING BLOCK SYSTEM AND OSCILLATION
1. Two spring mass systems have equal mass and spring constant k1 and k2.If the maximum
velocities in two systems are equal then ratio of amplitude of 1st to that of 2nd is :
(A) k1 / k2 (B) k1/k2 (C) k2/k1 (D) k 2 / k1
2. A toy car of mass m is having two similar rubber ribbons attached to it as shown in the figure.
The force constant of each rubber ribbon is k and surface is frictionless. The car is displaced
from mean position by x cm and released. At the mean position the ribbons are undeformed.
Vibration period is
m (2k) 1 m (2k) m m
(A) 2 2 (B) (C) 2 (D) 2
k 2 k2 k k k
3. A mass of 1 kg attached to the bottom of a spring has a certain frequency of vibration. The
following mass has to be added to it in order to reduce the frequency by half :
(A) 1 kg (B) 2 kg (C) 3 kg (D) 4 kg
4. A ball of mass m kg hangs from a spring of spring constant k. The ball oscillates with a period
of T seconds. If the ball is removed, the spring is shortened(with respect to length in mean
position) by
gT 2 3T 2 g
(A) metre (B) metre (C) Tm metre (D) Tk metre
(2  )2 (2  )2 k m

5. A smooth inclined plane having angle of inclination 30° with horizontal has a mass 2.5 kg held
by a spring which is fixed at the upper end as shown in figure. If the mass is taken 2.5 cm up
along the surface of the inclined plane, the tension in the spring reduces to zero. If the mass is
then released, the angular frequency of oscillation in radian per second is
Fixed
(A) 0.707 (B) 7.07 (C) 1.414 (D) 14.14
6. A particle executes simple harmonic motion under the restoring force provided by a spring.
The time period is T. If the spring is divided in two equal parts and one part is used to
continue the simple harmonic motion, the time period will
(A) remain T (B) become 2T (C) become T/2 (D) become T/ 2
7. Four massless springs whose force constants are 2k, 2k, k and 2k respectively are attached
to a mass M kept on a frictionless plane (as shown in figure). If the mass M is displaced in the
horizontal direction, then the frequency of the system.
1 k 1 4k 1 k 1 7k
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4M 2 M 2 7M 2 M
8. The total mechanical energy of a particle of mass m executing SHM with the help of a spring
is E = (1/2)m2A2. If the particle is replaced by another particle of mass m/2 while the
amplitude A remains same. New mechanical energy will be :
(A) 2E (B) 2E (D) E/2 (D) E

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NO. 6
TOPIC : SPRING BLOCK SYSTEM AND PENDULUM
1. A solid ball of mass m is made to fall from a height H on a pan suspended through a spring of
spring constant K as shown in figure. If the ball does not rebound and the pan is massless,
then amplitude of oscillation is
1/ 2 
mg mg  2HK 
1/ 2
mg  2HK 
1/ 2 mg   2HK 
(A) (B) 1   (C)   (D) K 1   1  mg  

K k  mg  K  mg     
2. Two plates of same mass are attached rigidly to the two ends of a spring as shown in figure.
One of the plates rests on a horizontal surface and the other results a compression y of the
spring when it is in equilibrium state. The further minimum compression required, so that after
the force causing compression is removed the lower plate is lifted off the surface, will be :
(A) 0.5 y (B) 3y (C) 2y (D) y

3. Two springs, each of spring constant k, are attached to a block of mass m as shown in the
figure. The block can slide smoothly along a horizontal platform clamped to the opposite walls
of the trolley of mass M. If the block is displaced by x cm and released, the period of
oscillation is :
Mm (M  m)
(A) T = 2 (B) T = 2
2k kmM
m M 2
(C) T = 2 (D) T = 2 (M  m)
2k (M  m) k
4. The right block in figure moves at a speed V towards the left block placed in equilibrium. All
the surfaces are smooth and all the collisions are elastic. Find the time period of periodic
motion. Neglect the width of the blocks.
m 2L m L m L m L
(A)   (B)   (C)  – (D)  
2k v 2k v 2k v k v
5. Find the length of seconds pendulum at a place where g = 2 m/s2 .
6. Instantaneous angle (in radian) between string of a simple pendulum and vertical is given by

= sin2t. Find the length of the pendulum if g = 2 m/s2
180
7. A pendulum clock is accurate at a place where g = 9.8 m/s2. Find the value of g at another
place where clock becomes slow by 24 seconds in a day (24 hrs).
8. A pendulum is suspended in a lift and its period of oscillation is T0 when the lift is stationary.
(i) What will be the period T of oscillation of pendulum, if the lift begins to accelerate
3g
downwards with an acceleration equal to ?
4
(ii) What must be the acceleration of the lift for the period of oscillation of the pendulum to be
T0
?
2

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NO. 7
TOPIC : PENDULUM
1. Two pendulums begin to swing simultaneously. The first pendulum makes 9 full oscillations
when the other makes 7. Find the ratio of length of the two pendulums.
49 7 50 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
81 9 81 2
2. Two pendulums at rest start swinging together. Their lengths are respectively 1.44 m and 1 m.
They will again start swinging in same phase together after (of longer pendulum) :
(A) 1 vibration (B) 3 vibrations (C) 4 vibrations (D) 5 vibrations
3. A scientist measures the time period of a simple pendulum as T in a lift at rest. If the lift moves
up with acceleration as one fourth of the acceleration of gravity, the new time period is
T 2 5T
(A) (B) 4 T (C) T (D)
4 5 2
4. A simple pendulum has some time period T. What will be the percentage change in its time
period if its amplitude is decreased by 5%?
(A) 6 % (B) 3 % (C) 1.5 % (D) 0 %
5. A simple pendulum with length  and bob of mass m executes SHM of small amplitude A. The
maximum tension in the string will be
(A) mg(1 + A/) (B) mg (1 + A/)2 (C) mg[1 + (A/)2] (D) 2 mg

6. The bob in a simple pendulum of length  is released at t = 0 from the position of small angular
displacement . Linear displacement of the bob at any time t from the mean position is given
by
g g g
(A) 0 cos t (B)  t cos 0 (C) gsin0 (D) 0 sin t
  
7. The period of small oscillations of a simple pendulum of length  if its point of suspension O
moves a with a constant acceleration  = 1 î –2 ĵ with respect to earth is ( î and ĵ are unit
vectors in horizontal and vertically upward directions respectively)
 
(A) T  2 2 (B) T  2
{(g   2 )  12 }1/ 2 {(g  1 )   22 }1/ 2
2
 
(C) T  2 (D) T  2
g (g  12 )1/ 2
2
8. Compound pendulums are made of :

(a) A rod of length  suspended through a point located at distance /4 from centre of rod.
(b) A ring of mass m and radius r suspended through a point on its periphery.
(c) A uniform square plate of edge a suspended through a corner.
(d) A uniform disc of mass m and radius r suspended through a point r/2 away from the
centre.
Find the time period in each case.

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NO. 8
TOPIC : MISCELLANEOUS
1. A 25 kg uniform solid sphere with a 20 cm radius is suspended by a vertical wire such that the
point of suspension is vertically above the centre of the sphere. A torque of 0.10 N-m is
required to rotate the sphere through an angle of 1.0 rad and then the orientation is
maintained. If the sphere is then released, its time period of the oscillation will be :
(A)  second (B) 2  second (C) 2 second (D) 4 second
2. A metre stick swinging about its one end oscillates with frequency f0. If the bottom half of the
stick was cut off, then its new oscillation frequency will be :
(A) f0 (B) 2 f0 (C) 2f0 (D) 2 f0
3. A simple pendulum ; a physical pendulum; a torsional pendulum and a spring–mass system,

each of same frequency are taken to the Moon. If frequencies are measured on the moon,
which system or systems will have it unchanged ?
(A) spring–mass system and torsional pendulum.
(B) only spring–mass system.
(C) spring–mass system and physical pendulum.
(D) None of these
4. A rod of mass M and length L is hinged at its one end and carries a particle of mass m at its
lower end. A spring of force constant k1 is installed at distance a from the hinge and another of
force constant k2 at a distance b as shown in the figure. If the whole arrangement rests on a
smooth horizontal table top, the frequency of vibration is
a2 k 2b2
2 2 k 2  k1 k1 
1 k1a  k 2b 1 k 2  k1 1 b2 1 a2
(A) 2 M (B) (C) 2 M (D) 2 4
L2 (m  ) 2 M  m 4 m mM
3 3 3

5. A particle is subjected to two SHM’s simultaneously
X1 = a1Sint and X2= a2Sin(t + )
Where a1 = 3.0 cm, a2 = 4.0 cm.
Find resultant amplitude if the phase difference  has values (a) 0° (b) 60° (c) 90°
X1 = a1Sint X2= a2Sin(t + )
a1 = 3.0 cm, a2 = 4.0 cm
6. A particle is subjected to three SHM’s in same direction simultaneously each having equal
amplitude a and equal time period. The phase of the second motion is 300 ahead of the first
and the phase of the third motion is 30° ahead of the second. Find the amplitude of the
resultant motion.
7. A particle simultaneously participates in two mutually perpendicular oscillations x = sin t

& y = 2cos 2 t . Write the equation of trajectory of the particle.
8. When two mutually perpendicular simple harmonic motions of same frequency, amplitude and
phase are superimposed
(A) the resulting motion is uniform circular motion.
(B) the resulting motion is a linear simple harmonic motion along a straight line inclined
equally to the straight lines of motion of component ones.
(C) the resulting motion is an elliptical motion, symmetrical about the lines of motion of the
components.
(D) the two S.H.M. will cancel each other.

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NO. 9
1. The position of a particle in motion is given by y = Csint + Dcost w.r.t. origin. Then motion
of the particle is:
(A) SHM with amplitude C+D (B) SHM with amplitude C2  D2
(C) SHM with amplitude (C  D) (D) not SHM

2
2. A simple harmonic motion is given by y = 5 (sin 3t + 3 cos 3t). What is the amplitude of
motion if y is in m ?
3. The position vector of a particle moving in x-y plane is given by


r = (A sint) î + (A cost) ĵ then motion of the particle is :
(A) SHM (B) on a circle

(C) on a straight line (D) with constant acceleration
4. A particle moves along the X-axis according to the equation x = 10 sin3 (t). The amplitudes
and frequencies of component SHMs are
(A) amplitude 30/4, 10/4 ; frequencies 3/2, 1/2
(B) amplitude 30/4, 10/4 ; frequencies 1/2, 3/2
(C) amplitude 10, 10 ; frequencies 1/2, 1/2
(D) amplitude 30/4, 10 ; frequencies 3/2, 2
5. The amplitude of a particle due to superposition of following S.H.Ms. Along the same line is
X1 = 2 sin 50  t ; X2 = 10 sin (50  t + 37º)
X3 =  4 sin 50  t; X4 =  12 cos 50  t
(A) 4 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 2 (D) none of these

6. When a body is suspended from a fixed point by a spring, the angular frequency of its vertical
oscillations is 1. When a different spring is used, the angular frequency is 2. The angular
frequency of vertical oscillations when both the springs are used together in series is given by
1 1
1 1  2  2
2 2 2 1222
(A)   12  22  2 (B)    1  22  2 (C)    2 1 2 2  (D)    
 
 2


  2
 1  
  
2 12  22  

7. A particle performs simple harmonic motion at a frequency f. The frequency at which its
kinetic energy varies is :
f
(A) f (B) 2f (C) 4f (D)
2
8. A particle rests in equilibrium under two forces of repulsion whose centres are at distance of a
and b from the particle. The forces vary as the cube of the distance. The forces per unit mass
are k and k' respectively. If the particle be slightly displaced towards one of them the motion is
simple harmonic with the time period equal to
2 2 2 2
(A)  k k'  (B)  k k'  (C)  k k'  (D)  k k' 
3 3  3   a3  b3   a4  b4  3  
a b  a b 

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NO. 10
TOPIC : DAMPING AND MISCELLANEOUS
1. In forced oscillation of a particle, the amplitude is maximum for a frequency 1 of the force,
while the energy is maximum for a frequency 2 of the force. What is the relation between 1
and 2 ?
2. For the damped oscillator shown in Figure, the mass of the block is 200 g, k = 80 Nm–1 and
the damping constant b is 40 gs–1 Calculate
(a) The period of oscillation,
(b) Time taken for its amplitude of vibrations to drop to half of its initial value
(c) The time for the mechanical energy to drop to half initial value.
1
3. When an oscillator completes 100 oscillations its ampliutde reduced to of initial value. What
3
will be its amplitude, when it completes 200 oscillations :
1 2 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 3 6 9
4. The damping force on an oscillator is directly proportional to the velocity. The units of the
constant of proportionality are :
(A) kgms–1 (B) kgms–2 (C) kgs–1 (D) kgs

ANSWER KEY
DPP – 1

1. Amplitude = 5 m, Phase constant = , Time period = 2 s, Maximum speed = 5m/s
6

2. (a) 2.0 cm, s = 0.063 s, 100 N/m (b) 1.0 cm, 3 m/s, –100 m/s2
50
3. (a) T/12 , (b) T/8 , (c) T/6 , (d) T/4 , (e) T/8
4. 3v 0
2
  1  
5. x = (10 cm) sin  s  t   , 10 2  11 cm/s2
 3  6 9
6
6.  cm = ± 1.2 cm from the mean position
5
7. (A) 8. (A)
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1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (A)
6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (B)
DPP – 3
1. (A) 2. ± 5 cm 3. A = 0.06 m 4. (B)
5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (A)
DPP – 4
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. 0.1 N/m 4. 40 J
16
5. = 0.16 Kg
102
F M F2 F2
6. (a) , 2 , (b) (c)
k k 2k 2k
m
7. (a) 2 , keq. = k1 + k2 ;
k1  k 2
m
(b) 2 , keq. = k1 + k2 ;
k1  k 2
m (k1  k 2 ) kk
(c) 2 , keq. = 1 2
k1k 2 k1  k 2
Answers will remian same
2 2
M2g2 M g M2g2 11 M
8. , 4 k and 6 k from above, time period = 2 6 k
2k

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1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (D)
6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (D)
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1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. 1m
6. 0.25 m
2
 3600  2
7.   g  9.794 m / s
 3601 
8. (i) 2T0 (ii) 3g upwards
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1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (C)
6. (A) 7. (A)
7 2r 8 a 3r
8. (a) T = 2 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 2
12g g 3 g 2g
DPP – 8
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (A)
5. (a) 7 cm (b) 37 cm = 6.1 cm (c) 5 cm
6. a 42 3
y
7. 2x2 + =1
2
8. (B)
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1. (B) 2. 10 m or 1000 cm 3. (B) 4. (B)
5. (C) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (D)
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2. (a) 0.3 s(b) 6.93 s (c) 3.4 s 3. (D) 4. (C)

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NO. 01
ELECTROSTATICS
TOPIC : PROPERTIES OF CHARGE AND COULOMB'S LAW
Q.1 Two point charges q1 = 2 × 10–3 C and q2 = –3 × 10–6C are separated by a distance x = 10 cm.
Find the magnitude and nature of the force between the two charges.
Q.2 Two point charges q1 = 20C and q2 = 25C are placed at (–1, 1, 1) m and (3, 1, –2)m, with
respect to a coordinate system. Find the magnitude and unit vector along electrostatic force
on q2?
Q.3 20 positively charged particles are kept fixed on the X-axis at points x = 1 m, 2 m, 3 m, ....., 20
m. The first particle has a charge 1.0 × 10–6 C, the second 8 × 10–6 C, the third 27 × 10–6 C
and so on. Find the magnitude of the electric force acting on a 1 C charge placed at the
origin.
Q.4 (i) Two charged particles having charge 4.0 × 10–6 C and mass 24 × 10–3 Kg each are
joined by an insulating string of length 1 m and the system is kept on a smooth
horizontal table. Find the tension in the string.
(ii) If suddenly string is cut then what is the acceleration of each particle?
(iii) Are they having equal acceleration?
Q.5 Two identical conducting spheres (of negligible radius), having charges of opposite sign,
attract each other with a force of 0.108 N when separated by 0.5 meter. The spheres are
connected by a conducting wire, which is then removed (when charge stops flowing), and
thereafter repel each other with a force of 0.036 N keeping the distance same. What were the
initial charges on the spheres?
Q.6 Two small spheres, each of mass 0.1 gm and carrying same charge 10-9 C are suspended by
threads of equal length from the same point. If the distance between the centres of the sphere
is 3 cm, then find out the angle made by the thread with the vertical. (g = 10 m/s2) & tan–1
 1 
 100  = 0.6º
 
Q.7 The distance between two fixed positive charges 4e and e is . How should a third charge ‘q’
be arranged for it to be in equilibrium? Under what condition will equilibrium of the charge ‘q’
be stable (for displacement on the line joining 4e and e) or will it be unstable?
Q.8 Three charges, each of value q, are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle. A fourth
charge Q is placed at the centre O of the triangle.
a) If Q = –q, will the charges at corners start to move towards centre or away from it.
b) For what value of Q at O will the charges remain stationary?
Q.9 Two charged particles A and B, each having a charge Q are placed a distance d apart. Where
should a third particle of charge q be placed on the perpendicular bisector of AB so that it
experiences maximum force? Also find the magnitude of the maximum force.
Q.10 A charged particle q1 is at position (2, - 1, 3). The electrostatic force on another charged
particle q2 at (0, 0, 0) is :
q1q2 q1q2
(A) (2iˆ  ˆj  3k)
ˆ (B) (2iˆ  ˆj  3k)
ˆ
56 0 56 14 0
q1q2 q1q2
(C) ( ˆj  2iˆ  3k)
ˆ (D) ( ˆj  2iˆ  3k)
ˆ
56 0 56 14 0
Q.11 Three charges +4q, Q and q are placed in a straight line of length  at points at distance 0, /2
and  respectively from one end of line. What should be the value of Q in order to make the
net force on q to be zero?
(A) –q (B) –2q (C) –q/2 (D) 4q
Q.12 Two similar very small conducting spheres having charges 40 C and –20 C are some
distance apart. Now they are touched and kept at the same distance. The ratio of the initial to
the final force between them is :
(A) 8 : 1 (B) 4 : 1 (C) 1 : 8 (D) 1 : 1
Q.13 Two point charges placed at a distance r in air exert a force F on each other. The value of
distance R at which they experience force 4F when placed in a medium of dielectric constant
K = 16 is :
(A) r (B) r/4 (C) r/8 (D) 2r
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TOPIC : Electric Field
Q.1 The electric force experienced by a charge of 5 × 10–6 C is 25 × 10–3 N. Find the magnitude of
the electric field at that position of the charge due to the source charges.
Q.2 A uniform electric field E = 91 × 10–6 V/m is created between two parallel, charged plates as
shown in figure. An electron enters the field symmetrically between the plates with a speed v0
= 4 × 103 m/s. The length of each plate is  = 1m. Find the angle of deviation of the path of the
electron as it comes out of the field. (Mass of the electron is m = 9.1 × 10–31 kg and its charge
is e = –1.6 × 10–19 C).
Q.3 Two point particles A and B having charges of 4 × 10–6 C and – 64 × 10–6 C respectively are
held at a separation of 90 cm. Locate the point(s) on the line AB or on its extension where the
electric field is zero
Q.4 Three point charges q0 are placed at three corners of square of side a. Find out electric field
intensity at the fourth corner.
Q.5 Two point charges 3C and 2.5 C are placed at point A (1, 1, 2)m and B (0, 3, –1)m
respectively. Find out electric field intensity at point C(3, 3, 3)m.
Q.6 A simple pendulum has a length  & mass of bob m. The bob is given a charge q coulomb. The
pendulum is suspended in a uniform horizontal electric field of strength E as shown in figure, then
calculate the time period of oscillation when the bob is slightly displaced from its mean position.
   
       
(A) 2 (B) 2   (C) 2   (D) 2
g  g  qE   g  qE 
2
 qE 
 m   m  g2   
 m 
Q.6 Charges 2Q and –Q are placed as shown in figure. The point at which electric field intensity is
zero will be:
(A) Somewhere between –Q and 2Q

(B) Somewhere on the left of –Q
(C) Somewhere on the right of 2Q
(D) Somewhere on the perpendicular bisector of line joining –Q and 2Q
Q.7 The maximum electric field intensity on the axis of a uniformly charged ring of charge q and
radius R will be :
1 q 1 2q 1 2q 1 3q
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 0 3 3R 2 4 0 3R 2 4 0 3 3R 2 4 0 2 3R 2
Q.8 A charged particle of charge q and mass m is released from rest in a uniform electric field E.
Neglecting the effect of gravity, the kinetic energy of the charged particle after time ‘t’ seconds
is
Eqm E 2 q2 t 2 2E2 t 2 Eq2m
(A) (B) (C) (D)
t 2m mq 2t 2
Q.9 A flat circular fixed disc has a charge +Q uniformly distributed on the disc. A charge +q is
thrown with kinetic energy K, towards the disc along its axis. The charge q :
(A) may hit the disc at the centre
(B) may return back along its path after touching the disc
(C) may return back along its path without touching the disc
(D) any of the above three situations is possible depending on the magnitude of K
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TOPIC : Electric Field
Q.1 A hollow sphere of radius a carries a total charge Q distributed uniformly over its surface. A
small area dA of the sphere is cut off. Find the electric field at the centre due to the remaining
sphere.
Q.2 (i) Two infinitely long line charges each of linear charge density  are placed at an angle  as
shown in figure. Find out electric field intensity at a point P, which is at a distance x from
point O along angle bisector of line charges.
(ii) Repeat the above question if the line charge densities are  and –as shown in figure. 
Q.3 The bob of a simple pendulum has a mass of 60 g and a positive charge of 6 × 10–6 C. It
makes 30 oscillations in 50 s above earth's surface. A vertical electric field pointing upward
and of magnitude 5 × 104 N/C is switched on. How much time will it now take to complete 60
oscillations ? (g = 10 m/s2)
Q.4 If three infinite charged sheets of uniform surface charge densities , 2 and –4 are placed
as shown in figure, then find out electric field intensities at points A, B, C and D.
Q.5 Find out electric field intensity due to uniformly charged solid non-conducting sphere of
volume charge density  and radius R at following points :
(i) At a distance r from surface of sphere (inside)
(ii) At a distance r from the surface of sphere (outside)
Q.6 Repeat the question if sphere is a hollow non-conducting sphere of radius R and has uniform
surface charge density .
Q.7 A thread carrying a uniform charge  per unit length has the configuration shown in figure a
and b. Assuming a curvature radius r to be considerably less than the length of the thread,
find the magnitude of the electric field strength at the point O.
Q.8 The linear charge density on upper half of semi-circular section of ring is  and that at lower
half is –  . The direction of electric field at centre O of ring is :
(A) along OA (B) along OB (C) along OC (D) along OD
Q.9 A positively charged pendulum is oscillating in a uniform electric field as shown in Figure. Its
time period of SHM as compared to that when it was uncharged. (mg > qE)
(A) Will increase (B) Will decrease

(C) Will not change (D) Will first increase then decrease
Q.10 The particle of mass m and charge q will touch the infinitely large plate of uniform charge
density  if its velocity v is more than: {Given that q > 0}
........

v
q,m
d
........
2qd qd
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) none of these
m 0 m 0
Q.11 There is a uniform electric field in X-direction. If the work done by external agent in moving a
charge of 0.2 C through a distance of 2 metre slowly along the line making an angle of 60º
with X-direction is 4 joule, then the magnitude of E is:
(A) 3N / C (B) 4 N/C (C) 5 N/C (D) 20 N/C
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TOPIC : Electric Potential and Potential Difference
Q.1 A point charge 20 C is shifted from infinity to a point P in an electric field with zero
acceleration. If the potential of that point is 1000 volt, then
(i) Find out work done by external agent against electric field?
(ii) What is the work done by electric field?
(iii) If the kinetic energy of charge particle is found to increase by 10 mJ when it is brought
from infinity to point P, then what is the total work done by external agent?
(iv) What is the work done by electric field in the part (iii)
(v) If a point charge 30 C is released at rest at point P, then find out its kinetic energy at a
large distance?
Q.2 Two particles A and B having charges of 4 × 10–6 C and –8 × 10–6 C respectively, are held fixed
at a separation of 60 cm. Locate the point(s) on the line AB where the electric potential is zero.
Q.3 Six equal point charges q0' each are placed at six corners of a regular hexagon of side 'a'.
Find out work required to take a point charge 'q' slowly :
(i) From infinity to the centre of hexagon.
(ii) From infinity to a point on the axis which is at a distance ' 3 a' from the centre of hexagon.
(iii) Does your answer to part (i) and (ii) depends on the path followed by the charge.
Q.4 20 J of work has to be done against an existing electric field to take a charge of 0.05 C from A
to B. How much is the potential difference VB – VA ?
Q.5 A charge of 8 mC is located at the origin. Calculate the work done by external agent in taking
a small charge of –2 × 10–9 C from a point A(0, 0, 0.03 m) to a point B(0, 0.04 m, 0) via a point
C( 0, 0.06 m, 0.09 m).
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Q.6 A positive charge Q = 50  C is located in the xy plane at a point having position vector r0 =
 2 î  3 ˆj  m where î and ĵ are unit vectors in the positive directions of X and Y axis
respectively. Find:
(a) The electric intensity vector and its magnitude at a point having co-ordinates (8 m, - 5 m).
(b) Work done by external agent in transporting a charge q = 10 C from (8 m, 6 m) to the
point (4 m, 3 m).
Q.7 Four charges + q, + q, - q, - q are fixed respectively at the corners of A, B, C and D of a
square of side ‘a’ arranged in the given order. Calculate the electric potential and intensity at
O (Center of square). If E and F are the midpoints of sides BC, CD respectively, what will be
the work done by external agent in carrying a charge Q slowly from O to E and from O to F?
A +q +q
B
a O +Q E
D–q F –q C
Q.8 At a certain distance from a point charge, the electric field is 500 V/m and the potential is 3000
V. What is the distance ?
(A) 6 m (B) 12 m (C) 36 m (D) 144 m
Q.9 Figure represents a square carrying charges +q, +q, –q, –q at its four corners as shown. Then
the potential will be zero at points : (A, C, P and Q are mid points of sides)
P +q
+q
A C
B
–q –q
Q
(A) A, B, C, P and Q (B) A, B and C
(C) A, P, C and Q (D) P, B and Q
Q.10 Two equal positive charges are kept at points A and B. The electric potential, while moving
from A to B along straight line :
(A) continuously increases (B) remains constant
(C) decreases then increases (D) increases then decreases
Q.11 A semicircular ring of radius 0.5 m is uniformly charged with a total charge of 1.5 × 10–9 coul.
The electric potential at the centre of this ring is :
(A) 27 V (B) 13.5 V (C) 54 V (D) 45.5 V
Q.12 When a charge of 3 coul is placed in a uniform electric field, it experiences a force of 3000
newton. The potential difference between two points separated by a distance of 1 cm along
field within this field is:
(A) 10 volt (B) 90 volt (C) 1000 volt (D) 3000 volt
Q.13 A 5 coulomb charge experiences a constant force of 2000 N when moved between two points
separated by a distance of 2 cm in a uniform electric field. The potential difference between
these two points is:
(A) 8 V (B) 200 V (C) 800 V (D) 20,000 V
Q.14 The kinetic energy which an electron acquires when accelerated (from rest) through a
potential difference of 1 volt is called :
(A) 1 joule (B) 1 electron volt (C) 1 erg (D) 1 watt
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ELECTROSTATICS
TOPIC : Electric Potential and Potential Difference
Q.1 A charge Q is distributed over two concentric hollow spheres of radius r and R (R > r), such
that the surface densities of charge are equal. Find the potential at the common centre.
Q.2 Two uniformly charged concentric hollow spheres of radii R and 2 R are charged. The inner
sphere has a charge of 1 µC and the outer sphere has a charge of 2 µC of the same sign.
The potential is 9000 V at a point P at a distance 3R from the common centre O. What is the
value of R?
Q.3 In front of a uniformly charged infinite non-conducting sheet of surface charge density , a
point charge q0 is shifted slowly from a distance a to b (b > a). If work done by external agent
is W, then find out relation between the given parameters.
Q.4 An electric field of 20 N/C exists along the negative x-axis in space. Calculate the potential
difference
VB – VA, where the points A and B are given by :
(a) A = (0, 0) ; B = (0, 4m) (b) A = (2m, 1m) ; B = (4m, 3m)
Q.5 A uniform field of 8 N/C exists in space in positive x-direction.

(a) Taking the potential at the origin to be zero, write an expression for the potential at a
general point (x, y, z).
(b) At which points, the potential is 160 V?
(c) If the potential at the origin is taken to be 80V, what will be the expression for the potential
at a general point?
(d) What will be the potential at the origin if the potential at x = infinity is taken to be zero ?
Q.6 A particle of charge + 3 x 10-9 C is in a uniform field directed to the left. It is released from rest
and moves a distance of 5 cm, after which its kinetic energy is found to be 4.5 x 10-5
(a) What work was done by the electrical force?
(b) What is the magnitude of the electrical field?
(c) What is the potential of the starting point with respect to the end point?
Q.7 In the previous problem, suppose that another force in addition to the electrical force acts on
the particle so that when it is released from rest, it moves to the right. After it has moved 5
cm, the additional force has done 9 × 10-5 J of work and the particle has 4.5 × 10-5 J of
kinetic energy.
(a) What work was done by the electrical force?
(b) What is the magnitude of the electric field?
(c) What is the potential of the starting point with respect to the end point?
Q.8 The potential difference between points A and B in the given uniform electric field is
a
C B
E
b
A
E
(A) Ea (B) E (a 2  b2 ) (C) Eb (D) (Eb / 2 )
Q.9 An equipotential surface and an electric line of force :

(A) never intersect each other (B) intersect at 45º
(C) intersect at 60º (D) intersect at 90º
Q.10 A particle of charge Q and mass m travels through a potential difference V from rest. The final
momentum of the particle is :
mV 2QV
(A) (B) 2Q mV (C) 2mQV (D)
Q m
Q.11 If a uniformly charged spherical shell of radius 10 cm has a potential V at a point distant 5 cm
from its centre, then the potential at a point distant 15 cm from the centre will be :
V 2V 3
(A) (B) (C) V (D) 3V
3 3 2
Q.12 A hollow uniformly charged sphere has radius r. If the potential difference between its surface
and a point at distance 3r from the centre is V, then the electric field intensity at a distance 3r
from the centre is:
(A) V/6r (B) V/4r (C) V/3r (D) V/2r
Q.13 A hollow sphere of radius 5 cm is uniformly charged such that the potential on its surface is 10
volts then potential at centre of sphere will be :
(A) Zero
(B) 10 volt
(C) Same as at a point 5 cm away from the surface
(D) Same as at a point 25 cm away from the centre
Q.14 A charge +q is fixed at each of the points x = x0, x = 3x0, x = 5x0, ...... upto infinity on the x-axis
and a charge -q is fixed at each of the points x = 2x0, x = 4x0, x = 6x0, ..... upto infinity. Here x0
Q
is a positive constant. Take the electric potential at a point due to a charge Q at a
4  0 r
distance r from it to be . Then the potential at the origin due to the above system of charges is:
q q n2
(A) 0 (B) (C)  (D)
8  0 x0 n2 4  0 x0
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ELECTROSTATICS
TOPIC : Electric potential energy of a point charge
Q.1 An  particle is placed in an electric field at a point having electric potential 5V. Find its
potential energy ?
Q.2 Find the potential energy of a charge q0 placed at the centre of regular hexagon of side a, if
charge q is placed at each vertex of regular hexagon?
Q.3 A solid uniformly charged fixed non-conducting sphere of total charge Q and radius R
contains a tunnel of negligible diameter. If a point charge '–q' of mass 'm' is released at rest
from point P as shown in figure then find out its velocity at following points
(i) At the surface of sphere

(ii) At the centre of the sphere
Q.4 Two identical charges, 5 µC each are fixed at a distance 8 cm and a charged particle of mass
9 × 10-6 kg and charge – 10 µC is placed at a distance 5 cm from each of them and is
released. Find the speed of the particle when it is nearest to the two charges.
Q.5 A particle of mass m, charge q > 0 and initial kinetic energy K is projected from infinity towards
a heavy nucleus of charge Q assumed to have a fixed position.
(a) If the aim is perfect, how close to the centre of the nucleus is the particle when it comes
instantaneously to rest?
(b) With a particular imperfect aim, the particle’s closest approach to nucleus is twice the
distance determined in (a). Determine speed of particle at the closest distance of
approach.
Q.6 If a charge is shifted from a high potential region to low potential region, the electrical potential
energy:
(A) Increases (B) Decreases
(C) May increase or decrease. (D) Remains constant
Q.7 A particle of mass 2 g and charge 1C is held at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface at a
distance of 1 m from a fixed charge of 1 mC. If the particle is released it will be repelled. The
speed of the particle when it is at distance of 10 m from the fixed charge is:
(A) 100 m/s (B) 90 m/s (C) 60 m/s (D) 45 m/s
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ELECTROSTATICS
TOPIC : Potential energy of a system of point charges
Q.1 Two positive point charges 15 C and 10 C are 30 cm apart. Calculate the work done in
bringing them closer to each other by 15 cm.
Q.2 Three point charges are arranged at the three vertices of a triangle as shown in Figure.
Given: q = 10–7 C, calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the system.
Q.3 Eight equal point charges each of charge 'q' and mass 'm' are placed at eight corners of a
cube of side ‘a’.
(i) Find out potential energy of charge system
(ii) Find out work done by external agent against electrostatic forces and by electrostatic
forces to increase all sides of cube from a to 2a.
(iii) If all the charges are released at rest, then find out their speed when they are at the
corners of cube of side 2a.
(iv) If keeping all other charges fixed, charge of corner 'A' is released then find out its speed
when it is at infinite distance?
(v) If all charges are released simultaneously from rest then find out their speed when they
are at a very large distance from each other.
a
q q
q
q
q q
q q
A
Q.4 Six charges of magnitude + q and –q are fixed at the corners of a regular hexagon of edge
length a as shown in the figure. The electrostatic potential energy of the system of charged
particles is :
q2  3 15 
(A)   
 0 a  8 4 
q2  3 9 
(B)   
 0 a  2 4 
q2  3 15 
(C)   
 0 a  4 2 
q2  3 15 
(D)   
 0 a  2 8 
Q.5 You are given an arrangement of three point charges q, 2q and xq separated by equal finite
distances so that electric potential energy of the system is zero. Then the value of x is :
2 1 2 3
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
3 3 3 2
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ELECTROSTATICS
TOPIC : Self Energy and energy density
Q.1 Two concentric spherical shells of radius R1 and R2 (R2 > R1) are having uniformly distributed
charges Q1 and Q2 respectively. Find out total energy of the system.
R2
R1
Q1 Q2
Q.2 A spherical shell of radius R with a uniform charge q has point charge q0 at its centre. Find the
work performed by the electric forces during the shell expansion slowly from radius R to 2R.
Also find out work done by external agent against electric forces.
Q.3 Two identical non-conducting spherical shells having equal charge Q, which is uniformly
distributed on it, are placed at a distance d apart, from where they are released. Find out
kinetic energy of each sphere when they are at a large distance.
Q.4 In a solid uniformly charged sphere of total charge Q and radius R, if energy stored out side
the sphere is U0 joules then find out self energy of sphere in term of U0?
Q.5 A uniformly charged sphere of radius 1 cm has potential of 8000 V at surface. The energy
density near the surface of sphere will be:
(A) 64 × 105 J/m3 (B) 8 × 103 J/m3 (C) 32 J/m3 (D) 2.83 J/m3
Q.6 If ' n ' identical water drops (assumed spherical each) each charged to a potential energy U
coalesce to form a single drop, the potential energy of the single drop is(Assume that drops
are uniformly charged):
(A) n1/3 U (B) n2/3 U (C) n4/3 U (D) n5/3 U
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ELECTROSTATICS
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TOPIC : Questions based on relation between E and V
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Q.1. If E = 2y î + 2x ĵ , then find V (x, y, z)
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Q.2. If V = x2y + y2z then find E (x, y, z).
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Q.3. If V = 2r2 then find out (i) E (1, 0, –2) (ii) E(r  2)
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Q.4. An electric field E  (10iˆ  20j)
ˆ N/C exists in the space. If the potential at the origin is taken to
be zero, find the potential at (3m, 3m).
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Q.5. An electric field E  Bx î exists in space, where B = 20 V/m2. Taking the potential at (2 m, 4 m)
to be zero, find the potential at the origin.
Q.6. If E = 2r2, then find V(r)
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Q.7. If E = 2x2 î – 3y2 ĵ , then find V(x, y, z)
Q.8 The variation of potential with distance r from a fixed point is shown in Figure. The electric
field at r = 5 cm, is :
(A) (2.5) V/cm (B) (–2.5) V/cm (C) (–2/5) cm (D) (2/5) V/cm
Q.9 In the above question, the electric force acting on a point charge of 2 C placed at the origin
will be :
(A) 2 N (B) 500 N (C) –5 N (D) –500 N
Q.10 The electric potential V as a function of distance x (in metre) is given by

V = (5x2 + 10x – 9) volt.
The value of electric field at x = 1 m would be :
(A) – 20 volt/m (B) 6 volt/m (C) 11 volt/m (D) –23 volt/m
Q.11 A uniform electric field having a magnitude E0 and direction along positive x-axis exists. If the
electric potential V is zero at x = 0, then its value at x = +x will be :
(A) Vx = xE0 (B) Vx = –xE0 (C) Vx = x2E0 (D) Vx = –x2 E0
Q.12 Let E be the electric field and V, the electric potential at a point.
(A) If E  0, V cannot be zero (B) If E = 0, V must be zero
(C) If V = 0, E must be zero (D) None of these
Q.13 The electric field in a region is directed outward and is proportional to the distance r from the
origin. Taking the electric potential at the origin to be zero, the electric potential at a distance r
(A) increases as one goes away from the origin. (B) is proportional to r2
(C) is proportional to r (D) is uniform in the region
Q.14 A non-conducting ring of radius 0.5 m carries a total charge of 1.11x 1010 C distributed non-

uniformly on its circumference producing an electric field E everywhere in space . The value
0  
of the line integral   E.d  ( = 0 being centre of the ring) in volts is : (Approximately)

(A) + 2 (B)  1 (C)  2 (D) zero
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TOPIC : - DIPOLE
Q.1 Three charges are arranged on the vertices of an equilateral triangle as shown in figure. Find
the dipole moment of the combination.
Q.2 Three point charges –Q, Q and Q are placed on a straight line with distance d between
chargesas shown. Find the magnitude of the electric field at the point P in the configuration
shown which is at a distance a from middle charge Q in the system provided that a >> d. Take
2Qd = p.
Q.3 A charge ' q ' is carried slowly from a point A (r, 135º) to a point B (r, 45º) following a path

which is a quadrant of circle of radius ' r '. If the dipole moment is P , then find out the work
done by external agent.
Q.4 Find out the magnitude of electric field intensity and electric potential due to a dipole of dipole
moment

P = î  3 ˆj kept at origin at following points.
(i) (2, 0, 0) (ii) (–1, 3 , 0)
Q.5. A molecule of a substance has permanent electric dipole moment equal to 10–29 C-m. A mole
of this substance is polarised (at low temperature) by applying a strong electrostatic field of
magnitude (106 Vm–1). The direction of the field is suddenly changed by an angle of 60º.
Estimate the heat released by the substance in aligning its dipoles along the new direction of
the field. For simplicity, assume 100% polarisation to the sample.
Q.6 A charge 'q' is carried slowly from a point A (r, 135º) to a point B (r, 45º) following a path which

is a quadrant of circle of radius ' r '. If the dipole moment is P , then find out the work done by
external agent.
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NO. 11
ELECTROSTATICS
1. The figure below shows the forces that three charged particles exert on each other. Which of the
four situations shown can be correct.
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
(A) all of the above (B) none of the above (C) II, III (D) II, III & IV
2. Consider a point particle P of unknown charge and mass. When a point particle of mass m1 and
charge q1 > 0 is placed a distance r from P, the particle has an acceleration a, directed toward P.
When a second point particle of mass m2 and charge q2 < 0 is placed at a distance r from P, it
also has an acceleration of a, directed toward P. Let G and K be the universal gravitational constant
and the electrostatic constant, respectively. Determine the mass M and charge Q of P.
m1  m 2 q1  q 2 ar 2
(A) M = ,Q= (B) M = Q=0
2 2 G
(C) M = m1 = m2, Q = 0 (D) M = m1 = m2, Q = q1 = |q2|
3. Given are four arrangements of three fixed electric charges. In each arrangement, a point labeled
P is also identified — test charge, +q, is placed at point P. All of the charges are the same
magnitude, Q, but they can be either positive or negative as indicated. The charges and point P
all lie on a straight line. The distances between adjacent items, either between two charges or
between a charge and point P, are all the same.
I. II.
III. IV.
Correct order of choices in a decreasing order of magnitude of force on P is
(A) II > I > III > IV (B) I > II > III > IV (C) II > I > IV > III (D) III > IV > I > II
4. A point charge –Q is revolving around a circle of radius r due to electrostatic force exerted by the
charge +Q kept fixed at the center of the circle. Kinetic energy of the revolving particle is:
KQ KQ 2 KQ 2 KQ 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
r 2r 3r 4r
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5. A point charge +Q is placed at the centroid of an equilateral triangle. When a second charge +Q
is placed at a vertex of the triangle, the magnitude of the electrostatic force on the central charge
is 4N. What is the magnitude of the net force on the central charge when a third charge +Q is
placed at another vertex of the triangle?
(A) zero (B) 4 N (C) 4 2 N (D) 8 N
6. In normal cases thin stream of water bends toward a negatively charged rod. When a positively
charged rod is placed near the stream, it will bend in the
(A) Opposite direction. (B) Same direction.

(C) It won’t bend at all. (D) Can't be predicted.
7. Two identical point charges are held on a smooth horizontal floor at a distance d apart by a non-
conducting string with tension T. If a third identical point charge is fixed vertically above at a
distance of d from both the point charges then what will be the new tension in the string.
(A) T (B) 2T (C) 3T/2 (D) none
8. Two pith balls with mass m are suspended from insulating threads. When the pith balls are
given equal positive charge Q, they hang in equilibrium as shown.
 
Q Q
We now increase the charge on the left pith ball from Q to 2Q while leaving its mass essentially
unchanged. Which of the following diagrams best represents the new equilibrium configuration?

 
 
 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2Q Q
2Q Q
2Q Q Q 2Q
 
9. Charge Q is given a displacement r  a î  bĵ in an electric field E  E1î  E 2 ĵ . The work done is
(A) Q(E1a + E2b) (B) Q (E1a ) 2  (E 2 b) 2
 2 2 2 2
(C) Q (E1 + E2) a 2  b 2 (D) Q E1  E 2  a  b
 

10. At points A, B, C,on a straight line segment we fix charge Q, 2Q and 4 Q connecting them to each
kQ 2
other by inextensible threads. The lengths of segments AB = BC = L, = T. The force of
L2
tension in the sections AB and BC are respectively.
(A) 2T, 4T (B) 3T, 9T (C) T, 5T (D) T, 4T
11. Three charged balls each having charge Q are connected by a thread to form an equilateral
triangle of side a. The tension in each side of the triangle will be
1 Q2 1 2Q 2 1 Q2 1 Q2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
40 a 2 40 a 2 40 4a 2 40 5a 2
12. When 2 point charges +q and +3q are held at a distance r from each other are released, they
have an acceleration of a and 2a respectively. When we distribute the total charge equally between
them, keep them at same distance as the original and release them, their accelerations now
would be :
4a 8a 9a 9a 2a 4a
(A) 2a and 4a (B) and (C) and (D) and
3 3 4 2 3 3
13. A charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges +Q. the system of the
three charges will be equilibrium if q is equal to
(A) –Q/2 (B) –Q/4 (C) +Q/4 (D) +Q/2

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ELECTROSTATICS
1. Charge Q is divided into two parts which are then kept some distance apart. The force between
them will be maximum if the two parts are
(A) Q/2 each (B) Q/4 and 3Q/4
(C) Q/3 and 2Q/3 (D) e and (Q – e), where e = electronic charge
2. Identify the charge that cannot be attained by a body .

(A) 0.8 × 10 –18 C (B) 1.6 × 10 –19 C (C) 3.2 × 10 –19 C (D) 0.32 × 10 –19 C
3. Two uncharged metal spheres, L and M, are in contact. A positively charged rod is brought close
to L, but not touching it, as shown. The two spheres are slightly separated and the rod is then
withdrawn. As a result:
L M
insulating supports
(A) both spheres are neutral (B) both spheres are positive
(C) both spheres are negative (D) L is negative and M is positive
4. Given two equal charges at distance 2d. Determine the locus of the points of maximum electric
field intensity in the bisecting plane of the straight line connecting the charges.
(A) circle of radius d (B) circle of radius 2d
d d
(C) circle of radius (D) circle of radius
2 2
5. A student wants to charge a metal ball by induction, using a strip of polythene. She uses the
following steps but not in order.
(1) The metal ball is earthed momentarily.
(2) The polythene strip is brought close to the ball.
(3) The polythene strip is removed.
(4) The polythene strip is rubbed with a woolen cloth.
To charge the ball correctly, in which order should she carry out the steps ?
(A) 2 4 3 1 (B) 4 3 2 1 (C) 4 2 1 3 (D) 4 1 3 2

6. Two identical beads each has mass m and charge q. When placed in a hemispherical bowl of
radius R with frictionless, nonconductive walls, the beads move, and at equilibrium the distance
between them is R (see figure). Determine the charge on each bead.
R R
m m
R
1/2 1/ 2
 40 mg   0 mg 
(A) q  R   (B) q  R  
 3   3 
1/ 2 1/ 2
 20 mg   30 mg 
(C) q  R   (D) q  R  
 3   3 
7. A point charge + Q is placed at the centroid of an equilateral triangle. When a second charge
+ Q is placed at a vertex of the triangle, the magnitude of the electrostatic force on the
central charge is 8 N. The magnitude of the net force on the central charge when a third
charge + Q is placed at another vertex of the triangle is:
(A) zero (B) 4 N (C) 4 2 N (D) 8 N
8. Two identical charge q are connected by rubber cords to the walls, as shown in Figure at a
distance 2a from each other. The distance between the walls 2l, the length of each non-deformed
Cord l. Determine the force constant of the cord. Mass of charges is negligible. q = 1 µC, a = 3
cm, l = 4 cm.
q
2a
q
2l
125 500 625

(A) 250 N/m (B) N/m (C) N/m (D) N/m
3 3 3
9. Two identical small balls each have a mass m and charge q. When placed in a hemispherical
bowl of radius R with frictionless, nonconductive walls, the beads move, and at equilibrium the
line joining the balls is horizontal and the distance between them is R (figure). Neglect any induced
1
charge on the hemispherical bowl. Then the charge on each bead is : (here K = 4 )
0
R R
m m
R
1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2
 mg   mg   3 mg   3 mg 
(A) q  R   (B) q   R  (C) q  R  
 (D) q   R 

K 3  K 3  K   K 

10. When a polythene piece is rubbed with wool, polythene gains some negative charge. Choose
correct options
(A) mass of wool increases but that of polythene decreases slightly.
(B) mass of wool decreases but that of polythene increases slightly.
(C) mass of wool as well as polythene increases slightly.
(D) mass of wool as well as polythene decreases slightly.
11. A uniform Electric field exist only in x-y plane.When a student moves a distance 0.01 m along
O line potential decreases by 0.02 V. The magnitude of electric field is 2 5 V/m. When a
student walks along O line (which is perpendicular to O line) potential decreases. Then electric
field in vector form is
y
 
45° x
O
(A) 2 î  3 2 ĵ (B) 3 2 î  2 ĵ (C)  2 î  3 2 ˆj (D)  3 2 î  2 ˆj
12. In a certain region, free from gravity, electric field is along negative x-direction and it is constant.
A particle having mass 'm' and charge q is projected along x-direction with speed v0 . A additional
  
 is acting on the charge where is velocity vector and 
force F  C  v v C is a constant vector..
v0
The charge comes out of region with speed . Then the magnitude of electric field will be
2
y
v0
d x
v0
2
3 mv 20 4 mv 20 3 mv 20
(A) (B) (C) (D) cannot be determined.
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1. A uniformly charged finite rod is placed along x-axis, as shown. At point P, angle  which E makes with
x direction is -
y
P
d
30° 60°
+ + + + + + +
 2  3
 
(A) 45º (B) tan–1   (C) tan–1  2  (D) None of these
 3  
2. Four charges are placed on the circumference of a circle of radius R, 90° apart as shown in the fig. The
electric field strength at the centre of the circle is
1 2 5Q
(A) , making angle tan–12 with the – ve axis.
40 R 2
1 2 5Q
(B) , making angle tan–12 with the + ve axis.
40 R 2
1 4 2Q 1
(C) –1
2 , making angle tan with the – ve axis.
40 R 2
1 4 2Q 1
(D) –1
2 , making angle tan with the + ve axis.
40 R 2
3. A thin rod of length l = 1 m lies along the x-axis with its left end at origin. It carries a non-uniform charge
of linear charge density  = x µC/m ; where x is the coordinate point of the rod. Then electric field at
(–1 m, 0) is:
(A) 9 ln 2 kV/m (B) 4.5 kV/m
(C) 9[ln 2 – 0.5] kV/m (D) 9[ln 2 + 0.5] kV/m

4. Particle of specific charge 2 × 1011 C.kg–1 is moving through an evacuated vessel in the positive x-
direction at a speed of 107 cm s–1. At x = 0, y = 0, it enters an electric field of 5V m–1 in the positive y-
direction. Its position (x, y) after 10–6 sec is
(A) (10 cm, 50 cm) (B) (10 cm, 25 cm) (C) (1 cm, 5 cm) (D) (1 cm, 2.5 cm)
5. Work done in shifting a charge q/2 from a point X to a point Y in

the diagram shown in figure is: +q q/2 +q
X
8Kq 2  5  1 8Kq 2 1 5
a
(A) a   (B) a  
 5   5 
Y
–q –q
4Kq  5  1
2
4Kq  1  5 
2
(C) a   (D) a  
 5   5 
6. Two plates A and B are placed one above the other in the gravitational field and
a block of mass m is connected to the upper plate by a spring of spring constant
k. Its time period is found to be T. Now the space between the plates is made
gravity free and a charge +q is given to the block of mass m and an electric field
E is produced in the direction shown. The new time period is
qE qE
(A) T (B) T + 2 (C) 2 (D) none of the above
md md
7. Two small sphere each of mass m are suspended by light string l meter in length as shown in the
figure. Spheres have charges of q and –q and are placed in the horizontal electric field. Electric field
that enables the spheres to be in equilibrium at  is
q 1 mg tan 
(A) 4   (2l sin ) 2  q
0
mg tan  q 1
(B) 
q 4  0 (2l sin ) 2
q 1 mg tan 
(C) 4   (l sin ) 2  q
0
mg tan  q 1
(D) 
q 4  0 (l sin ) 2
8. As shown in the diagram, two fixed charges, q1 = +1.00 C and q2 = –4.00 C, are 0.200 m
apart. Where is the total field zero?
(A) 0.40 m to the right of q1 (B) 0.13 m to the right of q1
(C) 0.20 m to the left of q1 (D) 0.067 m to the left of q1

9. Two point charges q1 = 2µC and q2 = 1µC are placed at distances b = 1 cm and a = 2cm from the origin
on the y and x axes as shown in figure, the electric field vector at point P(a, b) will subtend an angle 
with x-axis given by -
y
q1 P(a,b)
x
O q2
(A) tan  = 1 (B) tan  = 2 (C) tan  = 8 (D) tan  = 4
10. Two small balls carrying masses and charges m1, q1 & m2, q2 respectively. The entire system is placed

in uniform electric field E directed upward. If (m1 + m2) g = (q1 + q2)E, then the acceleration of centre
of mass. (Neglect the interaction between balls).
m1q1
m2q2
(A) is necessarily zero (B) is not necessarily zero

(C) is directed downward (D) none
11. The field of an electric field is a cosine function in xy-plane as shown in

the diagram, then the representation of electric feld can be
 
(A) E ( x , y)  î  sin( x )ˆj (B) E ( x , y)  î  cos( x ) ĵ
 
(C) E ( x , y)  î  sin( x ) ĵ (D) E ( x , y)  î  cos( x ) ĵ
12. The variation of electric field between the two charges q1 and q2 along the line joining the charges is
plotted against distance from q1 (taking rightward direction of electric field as positive) as shown in the
figure. Then the correct statement is
x
q1 q2
(A) q1 and q2 are positive charge and q1 < q2

(B) q1 and q2 are positive charges and q1 > q2
(C) q1 and q2 are negative charges and q1 < q2
(D) q1 and q2 are negative charges and q1 > q2

13. A thin wire carries a uniformly distributed charge Q along its length. The wire is bent in the form of a
semi-circular arc of radius R (without disturbing the charge distribution). Electric field at the center of
curvature of the arc is:
KQ KQ 2KQ
(A) zero (B) 2 (C) 2 (D)
R 2R R 2
14. Consider a regular cube with positive point charge +Q in all corners except for
one which has a negative point charge –Q. Let the distance from any corner to
the center of the cube be r. What is the magnitude of electric field
at point P, the center of the cube?
(A) E = 7keQ/r2 (B) E = 1keQ/r2 (C) E = 2keQ/r2 (D) E = 6keQ/r2
15. A thin nonconducting disk of radius R lies in the xy-plane with its center at the origin. The disk has a
positive charge Q distributed uniformly on its surface, resulting in a surface charge density . Which one
of the following statements about the resulting electric field is true?
(A) On both the +z-axis and the –z-axis, the electric field points in the +z-direction
(B) At locations very near the origin (r<<R), the field magnitude is approximately kQ/R2
(C) The electric field at every point in the xy-plane has a non-zero z-component
(D) At large distances from the origin (r>>R), the field magnitude is approximately kQ/r2

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ELECTROSTATICS
1. Two point like charges a & b whose magnitudes are same are positioned
at a certain distance from each other, a is at origin. Graph is drawn
between electric field strength and distance x from a. E is
taken positive if it is along the line joining from a to b
(A) a is positive, b is negative (B) a & b both are positive
(C) a & b both are negative (D) a is negative, b is positive
2. The charge per unit length of the four quadrant of the ring is 2, – 2,  and –
 respectively. The electric field at the centre is
  ˆ 2
(A) – 2 R î (B) 2 R j (C) î (D) None
0 0 40 R
3. Between two infinitely long wires having linear charge densities  and – there are two points A and B as
shown in the figure. The amount of work done by the electric field in moving a point charge q0 fromA to
B is equal to
q 0 2 q 0 2 q 0 q 0
(A) 2 ln 2 (B) – ln 2 (C) ln 2 (D)  ln 2
0 0 0 0
4. The following diagram shows the electric field lines between two opposite charges. The positive charge
is indicated by the black circle, the negative charge by the white circle . An electron starting from rest
at the indicated position (X), and accelerated to high speed by the electric field, will most closely follow
which trajectory?
(A) (B) (C) (D)

5. Four point charges are placed at the corners of a square with diagonal 2a as shown. What is the total
electric field at the center of the square?
(A) kq/a2 at an angle 45° above the +x axis (B) kq/a2 at an angle 45° below the –x axis
(C) 3kq/a2 at an angle 45° above the –x axis (D) 3kq/a2 at an angle 45° below the +x axis
(E) 9kq/a2 at an angle 45° above the +x axis
6. A positive charge q is placed at the origin of the x-axis. Another positive charge Q is placed at the point
L on the positive x-axis. Where on the straight line between the two charges does the electric field equal
zero?

(A) x = L q / Q  q  (B) x = L/2
(C) x = qQ/L2 (D) x = L qQ / q  Q 

(E) x = L(q + Q)/2 (F) never
7. A continuous line of charge of length 3d lies along the x-axis, extending from x + d to x = + 4x. the line
carries a uniform linear charge density .
In terms of d,  and any necessary physical constants, find the magnitude of the electric field at the origin.
(A)  / 50d (B)  / 40d (C) 3 / 160d (D) 3 / 80d
(E)  / 30d
8. As shown in the figure to the right, an insulating rod is net into the shape of a semicircle. The left half of
the rod has a charge of + Q uniformly distributed along its length, and the right half of the rod has a
charge of –Q uniformly distributed along its length. What vector shows the correct direction of the
electric field at point P, the centre of the semicircle ?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) There is no electric field at point P


9. A particle of mass m and charge q is attached to a light rod of length L. The rod can rotate freely in the
plane of paper about the other end, which is hinged at P. The entire assembly lies in a uniform electric
field E also acting in the plane of paper as shown. The rod is released from rest when it makes an angle
 with the electric field direction. Determine the speed of the particle when the rod is parallel to the
electric field.
m,q
E
L

P
1/ 2 1/ 2
 2qEL(1  cos )   2qEL(1  sin ) 
(A)   (B)  
 m   m 
1/ 2 1/ 2
 qEL(1  cos )   2qEL cos  
(C)   (D)  
 2m   m 
10. For the figure shown, what is the ratio of the charges q2/q1, where the figure shown has a representation
of the field lines in the space near the charges
(A) –3/2 (B) –2/3 (C) 2/3 (D) 3/2
11. Two long infinite lines of charges, having linear charge density , are placed along X and Y-axes as
shown in the figure. A particle of charge 2 µC starts moving from point P from rest. The acceleration ax
of the particle along X-axis as a function of its position along X-axis is best represented by
Y P
(x, y)
O
X
ax ax ax ax
(A) (B) (C) (D)

x x x x

12. Two particles of the same mass carry charges +3Q and –2Q respectively. They are shot into a region
that contains a uniform electric field one after the other as shown. The particles have the same initial
velocities in the positive x direction. The lines, numbered 1 through 4, indicate possible paths for the
particles. If the electric field points in the negative y direction, what will be the resulting paths for these
particles?
... .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..
. y. . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ..
... .. .. . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ..
... .. .. . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ..
... .. .. . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. . . .. . . . . . . . . ..
... .. .. . . .. . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ..
... .. . . . . . . .x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ..
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(A) path 1 for +3Q and path 3 for –2Q (B) path 3 for +3Q and path 3 for –2Q
(C) path 2 for +3Q and path 4 for –2Q (D) path 4 for +3Q and path 2 for –2Q
13. Abhishek, Hritik, John, and Amir are assigned the tasks of moving equal positive charges slowly through
an electric field, along assigned path (shown as dotted line). In each case the charge is at rest at the
beginning. They all have paths of exactly equal lengths. Who must do the most positive work?
Hritik
John Amir
Abhishek
Elect
ric fi
eld li
nes
(A) Abhishek (B) Hritik (C) Amir (D) John
14. A point charge is placed at origin. Electric field due to that charge at point (a, b, c) is E1î  E 2ˆj  E 3k̂ .
Then electric field at (a, 0, 0) due to that charge will be
E12
(A) E1î (B) î
E12  E 22  E 32
E1 (a 2  b 2  c 2 )3 / 2
(C) î (D) E12  E 22  E 32 î
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1. S is a solid neutral conducting sphere. A point charge q = 1× 10–6 C is placed at point A. C is the centre
of sphere and AB is a tangent BC = 3 m and AB = 4 m.
A B
C
S
(A) The electric potential at B due to induced charge on the sphere is 1.2 kV.
(B) The electric potential at B due to induced charge on the sphere is –1.2 kV.
(C) The electric potential at B due to induced charge on the sphere is –0.45 kV.
(D) The electric potential at B due to induced charge on the sphere is 0.45 kV.
2. Consider a uniformly charged hemispherical shell shown below. Indicate the directions (not magnitude)
of the electric field at the central point P1 and an off-centre point P2 on the drumhead of the shell.
(A) ; (B) ; (C) ; (D) ;

3. A uniform electric field E exists between the plates of a charged condenser. A charged particle enters

the space between the plates and perpendicular to E . The path of the particle between the plates is a :
(A) Hyperbola (B) Parabola (C) Circle (D) Straight line

4. A uniformly charged rod is kept on y-axis with centre at origin, as shown. Which of the following actions
will increase the electric field strength at the position of the dot ?
dot
x x’
r
Charged rod
y’
(A) make the rod longer without changing the charge

(B) make the rod shorter without changing the charge
(C) make the rod shorter without changing the linear charge density
(D) rotate the rod about yy'
5. The surface charge density of a thin charged disc of radius R is  . The value of the electric field

at the centre of the disc is 2  . With respect to the field at the centre, the electric field along the
0
axis at a distance R from the centre of the disc.

(A) reduces by 29.3% (B) reduces by 9.7% (C) reduces by 70.7% (D) reduces by 14.6%
6. A ring of radius 2 m carries a charge of 10µC uniformly distributed on it, at a distance of 2 m from
the centre on its axis, the electric field is E. If we take a point charge of magnitude 10µC, at what distance
from it, the electric field would be E.
(A) 2 m (B) 23/4 m (C) 25/4 m (D) 27/4 m
7. A charged sphere of 10µC, mass 1mg is projected up in a uniform vertically upwards electric field
1 N/C. Assume that buoyant force on sphere is negligible and sphere experiences resistance given by
stoke's law. Its velocity time graph would be given by
v v v v
(A) (B) (C) (D)
   

8. A spherical insulator of radius R is charged uniformly with a charge Q throughout its volume and contains
Q
a point charge located at its centre. Which of the following graphs best represent qualitatively, the
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variation of electric field intensity E with distance r from the centre.
E E
(A) (B)
r r
R R
E
E
(C) (D)
r
R r
9. What is the electric field due to a line charge of linear charge density  kept on y-axis from y = –3m to
16
y= at (4, 0, 0).
3
k k k 2k
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 4 5
10. An electron is fired directly along axis of a ring having uniform charge –Q and radius R. The distance of
the point of projection from the centre is x. If the electron just reaches the centre then the velocity of
projection of the electron is
2kQe  1 1 
 kQe  1 1 

(A)  (B) 
m R   m R 
R  x2
2
 R  x2
2

kQe  1 x  2kQe  1 x 
(C)   2 2 (D)   2 2
m R R x  m R R x 

 F U
11. The electric field is defined as E  and potential as V = q in terms of q0, a small positive charge.
q0 0
If instead the definition were in terms of a small negative charge of the same magnitude, then compared
to the original field,
(A) the newly defined electric field would point in the same direction.
(B) the newly defined electric field would point in the opposite direction.
(C) the potential due to positive charge at unit distance will be negative.
(D) the potential due to negative charge at unit distance will be positive.

12. A 'semi infinite' insulating rod has a linear charge density . The electric field at P is
P
y
A 
2 2
(A) along AP (B) at an angle of 45° with AP..
(40 y) (40 y)
 
(C) (4 y) along AP (D) (4 y) at an angle of 45° with AP..
0 0
13. When a negative charge is released and moves along an electric field line, it moves to a position of
(A) lower potential and lower potential energy
(B) lower potential and higher potential energy
(C) higher potential and lower potential energy
(D) higher potential and higher potential energy
14. A particle of mass m and charge q starts moving from rest along a straight line in an electric field E = E0
– ax where a is a positive constant and x is the distance from starting point. Find the distance travelled by
the particle till the moment it came to instantaneous rest
2E 0 E0 E 0q E0
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a a m q

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ELECTROSTATICS
1. A proton and a deutron initially at rest are accelerated with same uniform electric field for time t
(A) Both particles will have same momentum
(B) Both particles will have same K.E.
(C) Both particles will have same speed
(D) Both particles will cover same distance
2. Two charges + Q and + 2Q are placed at (a, 0) and (– a, 0). Field at origin is E. Now +Q charge is
moved along x-axis away from origin. Then :
(A) Field at mid point of two charges increases
(B) Field at mid point of two charge decreases
(C) Field at origin decreases
(D) Field at origin remains same
3. Two charges 9e and 3e are placed at a distance r. The distance of the point where the electric field
intensity will be zero is
(A) r /(1  3 ) from 3e charge (B) r /(1  3 ) from 9e charge
(C) r /( 3  1) from 3e charge (D) r /[1  (1 / 3 )] from 3e charge
4. The level ground is found to be uniformly charged. When a particle of mass m and no charge is thrown
at an angle from the ground, it has a parabolic trajectory as in projectile motion with horizontal range L.
A particle of mass m and charge q, with the same initial conditions has a range L/2. The range of particle
of mass m and charge 2q with the same initial conditions is
L L L
(A) L (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4
5. An electron of mass mc initially at rest moves through a certain distance in a uniform electric field in time
t1. A proton of mass mp also initially at rest takes time t2 to move through an equal distance in this uniform
t2
electric field. Neglecting the effect of gravity, the ratio of t is nearly equal to :
1
1/ 2 1/ 2
 mp   me 
(A) 1 (B)   (C)  
 (D) 1836
 m c   m p 

6. For an infinite line of charge having positive charge density , lying along x-axis, the work done in moving
positive charge from C to A slowly along arc CA is
B q
C
A
a
– + + + + + + + + + +
q q q q 1
(A) 2  ln 2 (B) 4  ln 2 (C) 4  ln 2 (D) 2  ln 2
0 0 0 0
7. 6 vertices of a regular hexagon are marked as shown. We can place charge of +q or –q on any of the
vertices. For each of the arrangements in List-I, match the description of electric field at O in List-II.
1 2
y
6 3 x
O
5 4
List-I List-II
P. 1  +q, 3  +q, 5  +q 1. E x = Ey = 0
Q. 1  +q, 2  –q, 3  –q 2. Ex = 0, Ey  0
4  +q, 5  –q, 6  +q
R. 1  –q, 2  –q, 3  +q 3. Ex  0, Ey = 0
4  +q, 5  +q, 6  +q
S. 1  +q, 2  +q, 3  –q 4. Ex  0, Ey  0
4  –q, 5  –q, 6  +q
(A) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4 (B) P-1, Q-3, R-2, S-4
(C) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3 (D) P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-4
8. Figure a, b, c, show the lines of the three electric fields. How will a positively charged ball behave if it is
placed in each of these fields on left side of the field?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(A) Accelerate towards right in each case, but in a acceleration will decrease with distance, in b
acceleration will increase with distance and in c acceleration will remain constant.
(B)Accelerate towards right in each case, but in a acceleration will increase with distance, in b acceleration
will decrease with distance and in c acceleration will remain constant.
(C) Accelerate towards right in each case, but in a and b acceleration will remain constant with distance,
and in c acceleration will increase with distance.
(D) Accelerate towards right in each case, acceleration will remain constant in each case.

9. Along the electric field lines of a homogeneous electric field E move two balls connected by a thread.
Balls have masses m1 and m2 and are of opposite sign charges +q1 and –q2. The length of thread is L.
Find force of tension in the thread.
m1q1  m 2 q 2 m1q 2  m 2q1 m1q 2  m 2q1 m1q1  m 2q 2
(A) E (B) E (C) E (D) E
m1  m 2 m1  m 2 m1  m 2 m1  m 2
10. We have a ring which has a uniformly distributed charge Q. The ring has radius R. Find the distance of
3kQ
the point on the axis where the net electric field is .
8R 2
R R R R
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 3 2
11. Find the net electric field at point O due to 2 long rods of charge/length  each. Point O is at a distance
r from the point of intersection of the rods.
O y
r
45° x
45°
2 k k k
(A) 0 (B) (î  ˆj) (C) (î  ˆj) (D) (î  ĵ)
r r 2r
12. A thin non-conducting ring of radius a has a linear charge density  = 0 sin . A uniform electric field
E î  E ˆj is present there. Net torque acting on ring is
0 0
y

x
O
(A) E 0 2 a 2 0 (B) E0a20 (C) 2E0a20 (D) zero

13. A rod uniformly charged with charge/length  ends in a quarter circle. Find the electric field at the centre
O of the circle.
y
R
O x

k ˆ k 2 k ˆ 2 k
(A) j (B) î (C) j (D) (î  ˆj)
R R R R

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ELECTROSTATICS
1. Four charges of 6µC, 2µC, –12µC and 4µC are placed at the corners of a square of side 1m. The square
is in xy-plane and its center at its origin. Electric potential due to these charges is zero everywhere on the
line
(A) x = y, z = 0 (B) x = 0 = z (C) x = 0 = y (D) x = z, y = 0
2. A positive charge q1 is located to the left of a negative charge q2. On a line passing through the two
charges, there are two places where the total potential is zero. The reference is assumed to be at infinity.
The first place is between the charges and is 4 cm to the left of the negative charge. The second place is
7 cm to the right of the negative charge. If q2 = –12 µC, what is the value of q1 in µC.
(A) 33 (B) 44 (C) 55 (D) None of these
3. The work done by external agent in carrying a particle of a charge 2C from B (1 m, 0, 1 m) to A(0.8 m, 0.6
m 1 m) in a non-uniform electric field E = ( yî  xˆj  k̂ ) N/m along the straight line path from B to A is
(A) –0.96 J (B) + 0.96 J (C) zero (D) – 0.48 J
4. A quantity of charge, Q, is distributed uniformly through a sphere of radius R. A smaller sphere, of radius
d and concentric with the large sphere, is now removed from it; leaving a spherical cavity with no charge
in it. The charge density of the remaining shell has not changed. The electrostatic potential at a distance
r > R, outside the shell, is
1 Q(R 3  d 3 ) 1 Qr 3 1 QR 3 1 Qd 3
(A) 4 (B) 4 (C) 4 (D) 4
0 rR 3 0 rd
3
0 rd
3
0 rR
3
5. Two fixed charges – 2Q and Q are located at points with coordinates (–3a, 0) and (+3a, 0) respectively
in the x – y plane.
The points in the x – y plane where the electric potential due to the system is zero lie on a circle whose
centre and radius are
(A) (5a, 0) ; 4a (B) (0, 0) ; 3a (C) (3a, 0) ; 3a (D) (0, 0) ; 4a

6. Figure shows an electric line of force which curves along a circular arc. The magnitude of electric field
intensity is same at all points on this curve and is equal to E. If the potential at A is V, then the potential at
B is -
A E
B
R

 
(A) V – ER (B) V – 2ER sin (C) V + ER (D) V + 2ER sin
2 2
7. An infinite thread of charge density  lies along z-axis. The potential difference between points A(4,3,4)
and B(3,4,0) is
  41  
(A) 2  ln 5  (B) 2  ln 5
0   0

(C) zero (D) 2 
0
8. The linear charge density on a dielectric ring of radius R is varying with  as  = 0 cos (/2). The
potential at the centre of the ring is
0 0 0
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 
0 0 0
9. Figure shows two equipotential surfaces V1 and V2. The component of electric field in x and
y direction will be -
y(cm) 2V
=
V1 4V
=
y=6 V2
y=4
y=2
x(cm)
2 4 6
(A) E x î and E x ˆj (B) – E x î and E x ˆj (C) E x î and – E x ˆj (D) – E x î and – E x ˆj

10. An electron beam passes between two parallel plate electrodes as shown in the diagram. The bottom
plate is kept at zero potential, while a slowly varying positive voltage is applied to the upper plate, as
shown in the graph. After passing between the plates the beam hits a screen and makes spot. Ignoring
gravity as the potential varies the spot is
(A) deflected up (B) deflected down

(C) deflected up then down (D) deflected down then up
11. Figure shows a ball having a charge q fixed at a point A. Two identical balls of mass m having charge +
q & – q are attached to the end of a light rod of length 2a. the system is released from the situation shown
in figure. Find the angular velocity of the rod when the rod turns through 90°.
2q q q 2q
(A) (B) 3 (C) 3 (D)
30 ma 3 30 ma 60 ma 40 ma 3
12. In a certain region of space, the electric field is zero. From this we can conclude that the electric potential
in this region is:
(A) constant (B) zero (C) positive (D) negative
13. The globe of a van de Graaff generator has a radius of 0.1 m and is charged to a potential of
– (1 × 104) V relative to infinity. An electron escapes from the globe with a negligible initial velocity.
What will be the velocity of the electron when the electron is very far away from the globe?
(A) (1.5 × 107) m/s (B) (3 × 10–8) m/s
(C) (3.5 × 1015) m/s (D) (6 × 107) m/s

14. The picture to the right shows the electric field lines between two parallel plates that for all practical
purposes extend an infinite distance both to the right and to the left and into and out of the paper. Four
point P, Q, R and S are marked in this picture. At which point is the electric potential the largest ?
(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S

(E) The electric potential is the same at all four point
15. An electron at a potential of – 10 kV moves to a point where its potential is – 1 kV. Its potential energy
has
(A) decreased
(B) increased
(C) not changed
(D) one needs to know the distance between the points to say

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ELECTROSTATICS
1. If the electric field is zero within some region of space, the electric potential within that region
(A) must be zero (B) must be positive
(C) must be negative (D) must have a constant value
2. A metallic rod of length l rotates at angular velocity  about an axis passing through one end and
perpendicular to the rod . If mass of electron is m and its charge is  e then the magnitude of potential
difference between its two ends is :
(A) m 2 l2/(2 e) (B) m 2 l2/ e (C) m 2 l/ e (D) none of these
3. When the separation between two charges is increased, the electric potential energy of the charges
(A) increases (B) decreases (C) remains the same (D) may increase or decrease
4. If a = 30 cm , b = 20 cm, q = + 2.0 nC, and Q = – 3.0 nC in the figure, what is the potential difference
VA– VB ?
a b a
q A B Q
(A) + 60 V (B) + 72 V (C) + 84 V (D) + 96 V
5. Four identical particles, each of charge q and mass m, are released from rest simultaneously at the
vertices of a square of side L. When their distance from the centre of the square doubles, the speed of
each particle is

q 2 1+2 2  
q 2 1+2 2  
q 2 1+2 2  
q 2 1+2 2 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 2π 0 mL 16π 0 mL 8 2π 0 mL 4 2π 0 mL
6. A spherical drop of mercury having an electric potential of 2.5 V is obtained as a result of merging 125
identical spherical droplets. The electric potential of each of the original small droplets is
(A) 0.1 V (B) 0.2 V (C) 0.4 V (D) 0.5 V

7. In the electrostatic field of a point charge q from point 1(Figure) we moved one and the same charge to
points 2, 3, 4. Find work done on the charge during the movement in each case and compare them.
+
q
2
4
3
(A) W2 < W3 > W4 (B) W2 < W3 < W4 (C) W2 = W3 = W4 (D) W2 = W4 < W3
8. An infinite conducting plate of thickness 0.0200 m is surrounded by a uniform field E = 400 V/m directed
left to right. See the figure. Let the potential V0 = 0 at distance 0.0200 m to the right of the plate. What
is V3, the potential 0.0300 m to the left of the plate?
E E
V3 V2 V1 V0
(A) –28 V (B) –20 V (C) +20 V (D) +28 V
9. A uniform electric field points in the positive x direction, as shown below. Along the two lines f1, f2 , we
plot the electric potentials as a function of distance. Choose the correct plot.
y
f2
i f1
x
2
potential
potential
1,2
(A) (B) 1
distance distance
potential
potential
2
(C) 1 (D) 1,2
distance distance

10. A number of spherical shells of different radii are uniformly charged to same potential. The surface
charge density of each shell is related with its radius as
1 1
(A)   2
(B)   (C)   R (D)  is same for all
R R
11. If three point charges are placed at the three corners of a square of diagonals 2a as shown in figure.
A 
Then  . d r will be -
E
B
+q +q
a a
a A a
B –q
q q q q
(A) 4  a (B) 8  a (C) 4  a (D) 8  a
0 0 0 0
12. The equation of equipotential line in an electric field is y = x. The electric field at origin could be:
(A) 4î  3 ĵ (B) 4î  4ˆj (C)  2î  2ˆj (D)  î  ĵ
13. When a charge Q was distributed uniformly on the surface of a sphere, the potential at the centre was
100 V. What will be the potential at the centre if this charge would be uniformly distributed within the
volume of the sphere.
(A) 100 V (B) 50 V (C) 150 V (D) 200 V
14. A charge particle of charge 2 × 10–9 C moves 10 m in the direction of uniform electric field of magnitude
5 × 106 N/C. Change in its electric potential energy will be
(A) –0.1 J (B) +0.1 J (C) 1 J (D) –10 J
15. A ring having charge Q is concentric with a uniformly charged sphere of total charge Q. Ring has radius
2R and sphere has radius R. The potential at common centre is
R
2R
3kQ kQ kQ 2kQ
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2R 2R R R

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NO. 19
ELECTROSTATICS
1. The work done in bringing a charge q slowly from infinity to the centre of uniformly charged ring with
charge Q and radius R is
Qq Qq Qq Qq
(A) 4 R (B) 2 R (C) 8 R (D) 6 R
0 0 0 0
2. A thin disc carries a uniform charge on its upper surface having surface charge density . Electric
potential at a point P which is located on the axis of the disc at a distance 3 R from its center is : [R :
radius of the disc]
R R R R
(A) 2 (B) 2  3 1 (C) 2 2  3   (D) 4
0 0 0 0
3. Two concentric rings of radii R and 2R carry uniform charges +Q and –8Q respectively. The rings lie in
YZ plane and their center coincides with the origin. Let V be the electric potential at a variable point P(x,
0) on the X-axis. Then V vs x plot is:
V V
(A) x (B) x
V V
x
x
(C) (D)
4. A charge Q is distributed over two concentric hollow spheres of radii R and r (R > r) such that their
surface charge densities are equal. The potential at common center is:
2KQrR KQ (R  r ) KQ (R  r )
(A) zero (B) 2 2 3/ 2 (C) 2 2 (D)
(r  R ) (r  R ) 2( r 2  R 2 )
5. Two balls with charges 5 µC and 10 µC are at a distance of 1m from each other. In order to reduce the
distance between them +0.5m, the amount of work to be performed is
(A) 45 J (B) 0.45 × 10–6 J (C) 1.2 × 10–4 J (D) 0.45 J

6. In a particular region, equipotential surfaces are spaced as shown. The electric field is :
0V
5V
10V
37° 37° 37°
0 1 2
20 15  15 20
(A) 5î  5ˆj (B) 5î  ĵ (C) î  5 ĵ (D) î  ĵ
3 4 4 3
7. The variation of potential with distance R from fixed point is shown in the figure. The electric field at R =
5 m is
Potential in
Volts
5
4
3
2
1
O
1 2 3 4 5 6
Distance in m
(A) 2.5 V/m (B) –2.5V/m (C) (2/5)V/m (D) (–2/5)V/m
8. Two spherical shells have uniformly distributed charge Q and 2Q on them as shown. The potential
difference between their centers is
Q 2Q
R R
5R
kQ 4kQ kQ 8kQ
(A) (B) (C) (D)
R 5R 5R 5R
9. A half ring of radius R has a charge of  per unit length. The potential and the electric field at the centre
of the half ring is
     
(A) k and k (B) k and k (C) k and k (D) k and 2k
R R R R R R
10. Two concentric spherical shells of radii a and 1.2 a have charges + Q and – 2 Q respectively. At what
distance from centre potential will be same as that of centre ?
(A) 2 a (B) 1.5 a (C) 2.5 a (D) 3 a
11. An electric field of ( 20 xî  30 y 2 ĵ  40z 3 k̂ ) × 10–3 V/m exists in the space. The electric potential at
A = (3m, 4m, 5m) is [Choose the electric potential at R = (10m, 10m, 10m) to be zero, i.e. R as a
reference point.]
(A) 52.01 V (B) 104.02 V (C) 208.04 V (D) 312.06 V

12. In a quark model of elementary particles, a neutron is made of one up quarks [charge (2/3) e] and two
down quarks [charges –(1/3) e]. Assume that they have a triangle configuration with side length of the
order of 10–15 m. Calculate electrostatic potential energy of neutron
(A) 6.912 × 10–13 J (B) –7.68 × 10–14 J (C) 2.714 × 10–13 J (D) 4.636 × 10–13 J
13. The potential due to a long line charge of charge/length 5µC/m is 0 at 1m from it. The potential at a
distance of 3 m is
(A) –90000 ln3 (B) 90000 ln2 (C) –90000 ln2 (D) 90000 ln3
14. The potential energy of the system of two identically charged spherical shell as shown in the figure is
equal to (Assume the charge distribution to be uniform on surface)
q q
r r
R R>>r
q2  1 1  1 q2 1 q2 q2  1 1 
(A)    (B) (C) (D)   
40  R r  40 r 40 r (R  r ) 80  R r 
15. Four charges of 6µC, 2µC, –12µC and 4µC are placed at the corners of a square of side 1 m. The
square is in x-y plane and its center at its origin. Electric potential due to these charges is zero everywhere
on the line
(A) x = y, z = 0 (B) x = 0 = z (C) x = 0 = y (D) x = z, y = 0

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NO. 20
ELECTROSTATICS
TOPIC : ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE
1. Two equal positive charges are kept at points A and B. The electric potential, while moving from A to B
along straight line :
(A) continuously increases (B) remains constant
(C) decreases then increases (D) increases then decreases
2. Assume that horizontal ground is charged uniformly with charge / Area . A uniformly charged sphere of
radius R, charge / volume  and mass m is kept on it such that it is just touching the ground. What is the
potential energy of interaction between them. Assume V = 0 at the ground.
4 R 4 2 R 4 2 R 4 R 4

(A) (B) (C)  (D) 
3 0 3 0 3 0 6 0
3. An electric field is given by E = y î +x ˆj volt/m. The work done in moving a charge of 10C from a point
r1 =(3,4) to another r2 =(2,6) is :
(A) 105 J (B) – 105 J (C) 12 × 10–6 J (D) zero
4. Two point charges 4C and –1C are kept at a distance of 3m from each other. What is the electric
potential at the point where the electric field is zero?
(A) 0 V (B) 1500 V (C) 3000 V (D) 500 V
5. Consider a uniformly charged wire that has the form of a circular loop with
radius b. Consider two points on the axis of the loop. P1 is at a distance b from
the loop's center, and P2 is at a distance 2b from the loop's center. The potential
V is zero, very far away from the loop. At P1 and P2 the potentials are V1
and V2, respectively.
What is V2 in terms of V1?
V1 5 2
(A) 2V1 (B) (C) V1 (D) V
2 2 5 1
6. Suppose the electric potential in space is given by V  ( x 2  2x ) . What is the electric field
strength at x = 1 ?
(A) –2 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) zero

7. In a certain region of space, the potential is given by V = k[2x2 – y2 + z2]. The electric field at the point
(1, 1, 1) has magnitude =
(A) k 6 (B) 2k 6 (C) 2k 3 (D) 4k 3
8. A charge is distributed uniformly along a straight rod of length l such that charge/length is . Find the
potential at a point P at a distance h from the mid-point of the rod (figure).
P
45° 45°
h
++++++++++++
l
 1  2 2   3 2 2   2 1
(A) kn 1   (B) 2k n   (C) k n
 
 (D) k n 


 2 1 
 2  2 2   2 1   
9. An uncharged conducting sphere of radius R is connected by q0

v0
zero resistance wire to earth. A charged particle q0 is R
moving towards centre of sphere with constant ve-
locity v0. Find current flowing in wire, when charged x
particle is at distance x. q0 = 10C, R = 1m, v0 = 10
m/s, x = 2m.
(A) 25A (B) 5A ///////////////////////////////
(C) infinity (D) zero
10. Two fixed charge – 2Q and Q are located at the point of co-ordinates (– 3a, 0) and (3a, 0) respectively
in (x-y) plane. Then all the points in x-y plane where potential is zero lies on a
(A) straight line parallel to x-axis (B) straight line parallel to y-axis
(C) a circle of radius 4a (D) circle of radius 2a
11. A non conducting rod AB of length 3R , uniformly distributed charge of linear charge den-
sity l and a non-conducting ring of uniformly distributed charge Q, are placed as shown in
the figure. Point A is the centre of ring and line AB is the axis of the ring, perpendicular to
plane of ring. The electrostatic interaction energy between ring and rod is
Q
A 
R B
3R
Q Q Q Q
(A) 4 ln (2  3 ) (B) 2 ln (2  3 ) (C) 4 ln (2 – 3 ) (D) 2 ln (2 – 3 )
0 0 0 0

1 1 1
12. Electrical potential ' v ' in space as a function of co-ordinates is given by, v = + + . Then the
x y z
electric field intensity at (1, 1, 1) is given by:
1

(A)  î  ĵ  k̂  (B) î  ĵ  k̂ (C) zero (D)
3
î  ĵ  k̂
13. An electric field is given by Ex = –2x3 kN/C. The potential of the point (1, –2), if potential of the
point (2, 4) is taken as zero, is
(A) – 7.5 × 103 V (B) 7.5 × 103 V (C) – 15 × 103 V (D) 15 × 103 V
343
14. In an electric field the potential at a point is given by the following relation V = . The electric field at
r

r  3i  2j  6 k is :
1  
(A) 21i  14 j  42k (B) 3i  2j  6 k (C) 3i  2 j  6 k
  (D)  3i  2j  6 k
 
7

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NO. 21
ELECTROSTATICS
1. An electric dipole is placed in an electric field generated by a point charge

(A) The net force on the dipole must be zero.
(B) The net force on the dipole may be zero.
(C) The torque on the dipole due to the field must be zero.
(D) The torque on the dipole due to the field may be zero.
2. Three point charges +q, –2q and +q are placed at points (x = 0, y = a, z = 0), (x = 0, y = 0, z = 0) and
(x = a, y = 0, z = 0) respectively. The magnitude and direction of resultant dipole moment can be best
represented by -
(A) 2q a along +y direction (B) 2q a along –y direction
(C) 2q a ( î  ˆj) (D) qa ( î  ˆj)
3. An electric dipole of dipole moment P is kept perpendicular to the plane of 2 large charged conducting
plates as shown. The potential energy of the dipole is given as -
+ –
+ –
+ air –
+ –
+ –q q –
+ –
+ –
 2P  P P
(A) zero (B) 0 (C)  (D) 
0 0
4. A dipole lies on the x axis, with the positive charge + q at x = + d/2, and –q at x = –d/2. The electric flux
E through the yz plane midway between the charges
(A) is zero. (B) depends only on d.
(C) depends only on q. (D) depends on both q and d.
5kp
5. A dipole p î is kept at the origin. At which of the following points is the electric field equal to .
4
(A) (1, 2, 0) (B) (2, 1, 0) (C) (1, 1, 0) (D) (1, 3, 0)

6. An electric dipole is placed at the origin O such that its equator is y-axis. At a point P far away from
dipole, the electric field direction is along y-direction. OP makes an angle  with the x-axis such that :
1
(A) tan  = 3 (B) tan  = 2 (C) tan  = 1 (D) tan  =
2
7. An electric dipole of moment p is kept along an electric field E. The workdone by external agent in
rotating it from stable equilibrium position by an angle , is
(A) pE sin  (B) pE cos  (C) pE (1–sin) (D) pE (1–cos )
8. A short electric dipole is oriented along x-direction at origin. At which of following point the
electric field have no x component.
y
x
P
(A) (1, 1, 0) (B) ( 2 , 1, 0) (C) (1, 2 , 0) (D) (1, 0, 0)
9. The potential energies associated with four orientations of an electric dipole in an uniform electric field
are
(i) – V0 (ii) – 7 V0 (iii) 3V0 (iv) 4V0
Choose correct statement if V0 is positive.
(A) The angle between electric field and dipole is maximum in case (ii)
(B) The maximum torque is being experienced by the dipole in case (i)
(C) V0 = |P| |E| with usual notations
 
(D) The angle between E & P is acute in case (iii)
10. An electric dipole is kept in a uniform electric field.

(A) the force on it is zero in any configuration but the torque on it is zero only in a special configuration
(B) the torque on it is zero in any configuration but the force on it is zero only in a special configuration
(C) the force as well as torque on it is zero only in a special configuration
(D) the force as well as torque on it is zero in any configuration.
11. When placed in the electric field gradient shown below, the dipole is subjected
(A) a clockwise torque and a net linear acceleration

(B) a counterclockwise torque and a net linear acceleration
(C) a clockwise torque and no net linear acceleration
(D) a counterclockwise torque and no net linear acceleration

12. An electric dipole of dipole moment 2 × 10–9 C-m is placed in a uniform electric field of strength
2 × 103 N/C. Initially the dipole is in stable equilibrium. The energy needed to rotate the dipole from
end to end (by 180°) is
(A) 2 × 10–6 J (B) 4 × 10–6 J (C) 8 × 10–6 J (D) 8 × 10–9 J
13. Three electric dipoles are near each other as shown in figure-1 and figure-2. All 3 dipoles have same
electric dipole moment and the distance between adjacent dipoles are same.
Figure-1 Figure-2
(A) the potential energy of middle dipole is zero in both cases.

(B) the potential energy of middle dipole is positive in both cases.
(C) The torque on middle dipole is zero in 1st case but non zero in second case.
(D) The torque on middle dipole is zero in both the cases.
14. The electric dipole is situated in an electric field as shown in figure. The dipole and electric field are both
in the plane of paper. The dipole is rotated about an axis perpendicular to the paper at point A in
anticlockwise direction. If the angle of rotation is measured with respect to the direction of the electric
field, then the torque require to hold the dipole at rest for different values of the angle of rotation  will be
as represented in fig. (b).
b d
A
q q O 0
/ 2 3 / 2 2 5 / 2 3
(a )
(b)
(A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d
15. In the figure, two point charges +q and –q are placed on the x-axis at (+a, 0) and (–a, 0) respectively.
A tiny dipole of dipole moment (p) is kept at the origin along the y-axis. The torque on the dipole equals
y
P
–q (–a, 0) O +q (a, 0) x
qp qp qp
(A) zero (B) ( k̂ ) (C) 4 a 2 k̂ (D) (– k̂ )
20a 2 0 20a 2

 
16. An electric dipole with dipole moment p  (3î  4ˆj) C-m, is kept in electric field E  0.4 kN / C î . What
is the torque acting on it & the potential energy of the dipole ?
(A) 1600 (N × m) k̂ , –1200 J (B) –1600 (N × m) k̂ , 1200 J
(C) –1600 (N × m) k̂ , –1200 J (D) 1600 (N × m) k̂ , 1200 J
17. Which of the following represents the equipotential lines of a dipole ?
(A) (B) (C) (D)

18. A non conducting ring uniformly charge as shown is placed in electric field E  E 0 î  2E 0 ĵ . Electric
force on charged ring will be
+ +
+
+ q
+
+
+
+
– R
–
–
–
–q –
–
–
2R 4Rq 4Rq
(A) qE 0 (B) E0 5 (C) E0 (D) Zero
  
19. A dipole of dipole moment p is kept at the centre of a ring (in yz plane) of radius R and charge Q.
The dipole moment has direction along the axis of the ring. The resultant force on the dipole due to
the ring is:
(A) zero
kPQ
(B)
R3
2kPQ
(C)
R3
kPQ
(D) only if the charge is uniformly distributed on the ring.
R3

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NO. 22
ELECTROSTATICS
1. A positively charged sphere of radius r0 carries a volume charge density

E (Figure). A spherical cavity of radius r0/2 is then scooped out and left
empty, as shown. What is the direction and magnitude of the electric B
field at point B ?
17r0 r0 17r0 r0

(A)
54 0 left (B)
6 0 left (C)
54 0 right (D)
6 0 right
2. The diagram shows a uniformly charged hemisphere of radius R. It has

volume charge density . If the electric field at a point 2R distance above
its center is E then what is the electric field at the point which is 2R below
its center?
(A) R/60 + E (B) R/120 – E
(C) –R/60 + E (D) R/240 + E
3. Two identical infinite positive line charges are placed along the lines x = ± a, in the x-y plane. A
positive point charge placed at origin is restricted to move along y axis. Its equilibrium is
(A) stable (B) Neutral (C) Unstable (D) None
4. A sphere of radius R carries charge density proportional to the square of the distance from the
center:  = Ar2, where A is a positive constant. At a distance of R/2 from the center, the magnitude
of the electric field is
(A) A/(40) (B) AR3/(400) (C) AR3/(240) (D) AR3/(50)
(E) AR3/(30)
5. The figure to the right shows the potential due to two similarly
charged infinite sheets with charge per unit area 1 and 2.
From examining this plot we can deduce that
(A) 2 > 1
(B) 2 < 1
(C) 2 = 1
(D) none of these

6. 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


7. Two infinite plane sheets A and B are shown in the figure. The surface charge A B
densities on A and B are (2/  ) × 10 –9 C/m2 and (–1/ ) × 10 –9 C/m2
respectively. C, D, E are three points where electric fields (in N/C) are EC,
C D E
ED and EE respectively.
(A) EC = 18, towards right (B) ED = 54, towards right
(C) ED = 18, towards right (D) EE = 18, towards left
8. An insulating spherical shell of inner radius a and outer radius b is uniformly charged with a
positive charge density. The radial component of the electric field, Er (r) has a graph
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9. 1 C charge is uniformly distributed on a spherical shell given by equation

x2 + y2 + z2 = 25. What will be intensity of electric field at a point (1, 1, 2)?
5 3
(A) 5 N/C (B) 45 N/C (C) N/C (D) Zero
2
10. The total flux of the electric field through the six faces of a certain cube is + E where E is a
positive constant. Which of the following statements is not necessarily true?
(A) More electric field lines exit the cube than enter the cube
(B) The cube encloses a net positive charge
(C) The net charge enclosed by the cube is + 0E
1
(D) The flux of the electric field through one face of the cube is + E
6
11. A 5.0 µC point charge is placed at the center of a cube. The electric flux in N-m2 /C through one
side of the cube is approximately :
(A) 0 (B) 7.1 × 104 (C) 9.4 × 104 (D) 1.4 × 105
12. A body in the form of a right circular cone of dielectric material with base radius R and height h is
placed with its base on a horizontal table. A horizontal uniform electric field of magnitude E
penetrates the cone. The electric flux that enters the body is :
(A) ERh/3 (B) ERh (C) ERh/6 (D) 2ERh
13. Two imaginary spheical surfaces of radius R and 2R respectively surround a positive point charge
Q located at the center of the concentric spheres. When compared to the number of field lines N1
going through the sphere of radius R, the number of electric field lines N2 going through the
sphere of radius 2R is
1 1
(A) N2 = N1 (B) N2 = N1 (C) N2 = 2N1 (D) N2 = N1
4 2

14. The electric field in a region is given by E  200 î N / C for x > 0 and  200 î 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 × 10–5 C (C) 1.77 × 10–11 C (D) 35.4 × 10–8 C

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NO. 23
ELECTROSTATICS
1. A point charge placed on the axis of a uniformly charged disc experiences a force F due to the
disc. If the charge density on the disc is , the electric flux through the disc, due to the point
charge will be :
2F F F2 F
(A) (B) (C) (D)
 2  
2. In a uniform electric field, a cube of side 1 cm is placed. The total energy stored in the cube is
8.85 µJ. The electric field is parallel to four of the faces of the cube. What is the electric flux
through any one of the remaining two faces.
1
(A) V-m (B) 100 2 V-m (C) 5 2 V-m (D) 10 2 V-m
5 2
3. Consider a hypothetical condition in which charge is uniformly distributed in whole space. If net
flux passing through the surface of imaginary cube of edge a is , then flux passing through the
surface of imaginary sphere of radius a will be :
4 4 3
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
3 3 4
4. Eight field lines emerge from a closed surface surrounding an isolated point charge. Would this
fact change if a second identical charge were brought to a point just outside the surface?
(A) The number of lines would change but the shape of the lines remains the same.
(B) The number of lines would remain the same but the shape of the lines change.
(C) The number of lines as well as the shape of the lines remains the same.
(D) The number of lines as well as the shape of the lines would change.
5. A sphere of radius R carries charge such that its volume charge density is proportional to the
square of the distance from the centre. What is the ratio of the magnitude of the electric field at a
distance 2R from the centre to the magnitude of the electric field at a distance of R/2 from the
centre (i.e. E r 2 R / E r  R / 2 )?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8

6. A charge Q is placed at the mouth of a conical flask. The flux of the electric field through the flask
is
Q Q Q 2Q
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 0 0 2 0 0
7. The electric field inside a long cylindrical shell of uniform charge density is
(A) zero
(B) constant and radically inward
(C) constant parallel to its axis
(D) directly proportional to the distance from the centre
8. A plastic solid sphere of radius 16 cm is uniformly charged. The electric intensity at its surface is
4
6  10 N/C . The electric field at a distance of 8 cm from its centre is
(A) zero (B) 3  10 4 N/C (C) 6  10 4 N/C (D) 24  104 N/C
z
9. A point charge Q is kept at a point (0, 0, a/2) as shown in the figure.
Find the electrostatic flux through surface OABO. Charge +Q (0,0,a/2)
Q Q
(A) (B) 0, a / 2 , 0
6 0 120 O y
B
(a / 2 ,0,0)
Q Q
(C) (D) A
24 0 480 x
10. Consider a solid insulating sphere of radius R with charge density varying as  = 0r2(0 is a
constant and r is measured from centre). Consider two points A and B at distances x and y
respectively (x < R, y > R) from the centre. If magnitudes of electric fields at points A and B are
equal, then :
x4
(A) x2y = R3 (B) x3y2 = R5 (C) x2y3 = R5 (D)  R5
y
11. 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 electric field E0 î  2E0 ĵ  3E 0k̂ then flux linked to triangular
surface ABC is :
7 E 0a 2 11E 0a 2
(A) (B) 3E0a2 (C) (D) Zero
2 2
12. A point charge q is located at the point (0, 0, –a). Consider a hemispherical surface of radius ‘a’
with its centre at the origin and z  0 . The modulus of the electric flux through the hemispherical
surface is
 1   1 
(A) q / 0 
(B) q / 2 20  (C) 1 

 q / 0
2
(D)  1 

 q /  2 0 
2

13. The electric field inside a sphere having charge density related to the distance from the
centre as  =  r ( is a constant) is :
 r3  r2  r2
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
4 0 4 0 3 0
14. What is the electric field due to a disc of radius R and charge/ area  at a distance R on its axis?
  1    
(A) 1   (B) (C)
2 0  2 2 2 0 2 0 ( 2 – 1) (D)
0 (2 2 – 2)

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NO. 24
ELECTROSTATICS
1. Consider the arrangement of two concentric conducting shells with radii a & b respectively as
shown in the diagram. The inner shell carries a charge Q. The outer shell is grounded
(A) potential at C equals zero
(B) potential at S equals zero
(C) potential at P equals zero
(D) none
2. A charge Q is placed at a distance of r from the center of a neutral solid

spherical conductor as shown. Find the potential at B due to induced
charges present on surface of solid sphere [A is centre of the sphere
r´ B R
Q
and k  1 / 40 ] r A
1 1 kQ
(A) kQ   (B)
r r'  r'
kQ
(C) (D) can't be determined
r
3. Two large conducting plates 1 and 2 are separated by a distance 'l'. Now, a large thin sheet
carrying a charge 'q' is introduced between the plates such that the sheet is at a distance x from
the plate 1. Let q1 and q2 be the charges induced on the inner surface of the plates 1 and 2
respectively. Then, q1 : q2 is
(A) (l – x) : (l + x) (B) x : (l – x) (C) (l – x) : x (D) 1 : 1
4. A positive point charge Q is placed at a point P, which is at a distance L from the centre 'C' of an
uncharged metallic ball of radius R (L>R). There is a point G on the line PC, at a distance R/2
from C. Then, the electric potential at G is
Q Q 1 1 Q 1 2
(A) (B) ×    (C) ×    (D) None
40 L 40 L R 40 L R
5. A conducting sphere of radius 10 cm is charged with 10 C. Another uncharged sphere of radius

20 cm is allowed to touch it for some time. After that if the spheres are separated, then surface
density of charges on the spheres will be in the ratio of
(A) 1 : 4 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 1 : 2 (D) 1 : 1

6. Two conducting large plates P1 & P2 are placed near to each other at very small separation 'd'.
The plate area of either face of plate is A. Now a charge +2Q is given to plate P1 & –Q to the plate
P2 (neglect ends effects). Potential difference between the plates P1 & P2
Qd 3Qd Qd Qd
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 0 A 2 0 A 0 A 4 0 A
7. A conducting spherical thin shell of radius R is given a charge 4 Q. A point charge –Q is also
placed in the cavity at a distance R/2 from the centre, the electric potential at a distance 2R from
the centre on the line joining centre and point charge as shown will be
+4Q
–Q P
R/2 2R
1 5Q 1 Q 1 Q
(A) (B) 
80 R 20 R 60 R
1 3Q 1 3Q 1 Q
(C) (D) –
80 R 8 0 R 2 0 3R
8. An electrically isolated hollow (initially uncharged), conducting sphere has a small positively
charged ball suspended by an insulating rod from its inside surface, see diagram. This causes
the inner surface of the sphere to become negatively charged. When the ball is centered in the
sphere the electric field outside the conducting sphere is approximately.
(A) zero
(B) the same as if the sphere wasn't there
(C) twice what it would be if the sphere wasn't there
(D) equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to what it would be if the sphere wasn't there
9. A solid, uncharged conducting sphere of radius 3a contains a hollowed
spherical region of radius a. A point charge +Q is placed at the common
center of the spheres. Taking V = 0 as r , the potential at position
r = 2a from the center of the spheres is:
kQ kQ 2kQ kQ
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) (E)
3a 2a 3a a

10. A thin, metallic spherical shell contains a charge Q on it. A point charge q is placed at the centre
of the shell and another charge q1 is placed outside it as shown inn figure. All the three charges
are positive. The force on the central charge due to the shell is
(A) towards left (B) towards right (C) upward (D) zero
11. A neutral spherical conductor (radius r2) has a concentric spherical cavity (radius r1). A point
charge Q is placed at a distance ‘r’ (less than r1) from the centre. The potential at the centre is :
KQ KQ KQ 2KQ KQ
(A)   (B) 
r2 r1 r r2 r
KQ
(C) (D) Cannot be determined by given data
r
12. A total charge Q is distributed over two concentric hollow uniform sphere of radii a and b, (b > a),
such a way that their surface charge densities are equal. The potential at the common centre is
given by :
Q (a  b ) Q (b  a ) Q (a  b ) Q (b  a )
(A) (B) (C) (D)
40 (a 2  b 2 ) 40 (a 2  b 2 ) 40 (a  b) 2 40 (a  b) 2

P H YS IC S
DPP
NO. 25
ELECTROSTATICS
1. A thin conducting spherical shell carries a charge of surface charge density . A small
elemental part of the shell is removed from it. Consider two points P and Q located very
close to the spherical shell. The point P is in the neighborhood of the elementary cavity
formed and Q is just outside the shell as shown. Let EP and EQ be the magnitudes of electric
field strength at P and Q respectively. Then the ratio of EP/EQ is equal to:
P
(A) zero (B) 1 (C) 0.5 (D) 2
2. Consider two concentric conducting spheres as shown below. The outer sphere is hollow and
has a total charge of +5 C charge on it; its inner radius is R1= 9 cm and its outer radius is
R2 = 10 cm. The inner sphere has a radius of 1 cm, is solid, and has a charge –3 C on it. What
is the potential of the inner surface of the spherical shell? Assume that the potental at infinite
distance is zero.
R2
R1
(A) 180 kV (B) 300 kV (C) 720 kV (D) None of these

3. A small, charged pith ball moves on a smooth table toward an oppositely charged metal ball that
is held in place on the table. Which of the curves shown in figure most realistically reflects the
speed v of the pith ball as a function of the distance 'r' between the balls? Initial distance between
them is R.
V V V V
(A) (B) (C) (D)

R R R R
4. An uncharged thick spherical conducting shell is surrounding a charge –q at the center of the
shell. Then charge +3q is placed on a point outside of the shell. When static equilibrium is reached,
the total charges on the inner and outer surfaces of the shell are respectively
(A) +q, –q (B) –q, +q (C) +q, +2q (D) +2q, +q

5. A hollow conducting sphere of inner radius R and outer radius 2R is given a charge Q as shown
in the figure, then the
+Q
B
A
O C
R
2R
(A) potential at A and B is different (B) potential at O and B is different

(C) potential at O and C is different (D) potential at A, B, C and O is same
6. A nonconducting sphere with radius a is concentric with and surrounded by a conducting spherical
shell with inner radius b and outer radius c. The inner sphere has a negative charge uniformly
distributed throughout its volume, while the spherical shell has no net charge. The potential V(r)
as a function of distance from the center is given by
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7. A charged large metal sheet is placed into uniform electric field, perpendicularly to the electric
field lines. After placing the sheet into the field, the electric field on the left side of the sheet is
E1=5 ×105 V/m and on the right it is E2=3 ×10 5 V/m. The sheet experiences a net electric force of
0.08 N. Find the area of one face of the sheet. Assume external field to remain constant after
introducing the large sheet.
 1 
Use 
  9 2 2
4   = 9 × 10 Nm /C
 0 
(A) 3.6  × 10–2 m2 (B) 0.9  × 10–2 m2 (C) 1.8  × 10–2 m2 (D) none
8. The energy density u is plotted against the distance r from the centre of a spherical charge
distribution outside it on a log – log scale. The slope of the line is :
log (u)
log r
(A) – 1 (B) – 2 (C) – 4 (D) – 8
9. A 5 ×10–6 coulomb electric charge is placed midway between two parallel metal plates connected
to a 9-volt battery. If the electric charge experiences a force of 1.5 ×10–4 newtons, what is the
separation of the metal plates?
(A) 2.7 × 10–4 m (B) 3.7 × 10–3 m (C) 0.30 m (D) 3.3 m

10. Two large conducting parallel plates A and B are separated by 2.4 m. A uniform field of 1500 V/m,
in the positive x-direction, is produced by charges on the plates. The center plane at x = 0 m is an
equipotential surface on which V = 0. An electron is projected from x = 0 m, with an initial kinetic
energy K = 300 eV, in the positive x-direction, as shown. KE of electron when it reaches plate A is
A B
E = 1500 V/m
K = 300 eV
–
V=0
x = –1.2 m x = +1.2 m
x=0m
(A) 300 eV (B) 2100 eV (C) 1800 eV (D) 600 eV

11. Two infinite, charged conducting plates having equal & opposite charge face each other. They
are separated by a small distance. If they are moved further apart, which of the following would
change.
(A) Energy per unit volume in between the plates
(B) Potential difference between the plates
(C) Electric field between the plates
(D) Force per unit area on the plates.
12. A charge Q is deposited uniformly in a thin spherical layer of radius R. How much work is required
to do so ?
kQ 2 kQ 2 2kQ 2 3kQ 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
R 2R R 5R

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DPP
NO. 26
ELECTROSTATICS
1. 27 identical drops of mercury are charged simultaneously to the same potential of 10V. All these
are now combined to make one large drop. If the drops are assumed to be spherical, the potential
of the large drop is
(A) 10V (B) 270 V (C) 135 V (D) 90 V
2 A large flat non metallic surface has a uniform charge density +. An electron of mass m and
charge e leaves the surface at point A with speed u, and returns to it at point B. Disregard gravity.
The maximum value of AB is
2u 2 m 0 2u 2e 0 2u 2e 2u 2 e
(A) (B) (C) (D)
e m  0m 0m
3. The diagram shows two concentric conducting spherical shells at the potential as mentioned.
The radius of the outer shell is R and the radius of the inner shell is R/2. What is the amount of
heat generated on closing the switch ?
V1
2V1
Earth
(A) 20R(V12) (B) 40R(V1)2 (C) 80R(V1)2 (D) None of these
4. The intensity of an electric field depends only on the co-ordinates x, y and z as follows :
 (x î  yˆj  zk̂ )
Ea unit.
( x 2  y 2  z 2 )3 / 2
The electrostatic energy stored between two imaginary concentric spherical shells of radii R and
2R with centre at origin is
40a 2 20a 2 0a 2 0a 2

(A) (B) (C) (D)
R R R 2R

5. A solid conducting sphere of radius r is having a charge Q and point charges +q and –q are kept
at distances d from the center of sphere as shown in the figure. The electric potential at the
centre of solid sphere
Q
r
+q
d
–q
d
1  Q 2q  1  Q Q  2q 
(A)    (B)   
40  r d  40  r d 
1 Q q 1 Q
(C)    (D)
40  r d  40 r
6. The net electric field on two sides of a large charged plate kept in an external electric field is
shown in the figure. The charge density on the plate in S.I. Units is given by (0 is the Permittivity
of free space in S.I. Units)
+
E1 = 8V/m + E2 = 12V/m
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
(A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 10 0 (D) zero
7. Two concentric conducting spherical shells having radii r1, r2 & charge q1 and q2 are connected
by a conducting wire. Then which of the following statements are false in steady state.
q2
q1
r1
k
r2
(A) charge on the inner shell is zero (B) electric field inside the shells is zero
(C) the charge in the outer shell is q1 + q2 (D) amount of charge flown is q1 – q2

8. Find the energy lost in wire after switch K is closed.
K
b
Q2 Q 2a Q2
(A) (B) (C) (D) zero
80b 80b 2 80a
9. The electric field near the surface of a charged spherical conductor is 100 V/m. The conductor is
at a potential of 100 V. The charge on the conductor is
(A) 9µC (B) 1.11 × 10–8 C (C) 9 × 10–8 C (D) 1.11 × 10–6 C
10. Two concentric conducting spherical shells carry charge Q each. The inner shell is earthed. The
charge that flows into the earth is
2R Q
Q
R
3Q Q  3Q
(A) Q (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2
11. In one model of the electron, the electron of mass me is thought to be a uniformly charged shell
of radius R and total charge e, whose electrostatic energy E is equivalent to its mass me via
Einstein's mass energy relation E = mec2. In this model, R is approximately (me = 9 × 10–31 kg,
c=3 × 108 m.s–1,1/40 = 9 × 109 Farads.m–2,magnitude of the electron charge = 1.6 × 10–19 C)
(A) 1.4 × 10–15 m (B) 5.3 × 10–11 m (C) 2 × 10–13 m (D) 2.8 × 10–15 m
12. The diagram shows three concentric conducting spherical shells having radii R, 2R and 3R. The
initial potential of each shell is as mentioned in the figure. If the inner most shell is earth then the
charge present on its outer surface would be equal to
10V
V
30V
15
(A) zero (B) 400R (C) 40R (D) – 0R

P H YS IC S
DPP

NO. 27
ELECTROSTATICS
1. Two very large thin conducting plates having same cross-

sectional area are placed as shown in figure. They are carrying
charges ‘Q’ and ‘3Q’ respectively. The variation of electric field
as a function of
x (for x = 0 to x = 3d) will be best represented by.
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
2. A point charge Q is placed at a distance d from the centre of an uncharged conducting

sphere of radius R. The potential of the closest point on the sphere from charge is (d > R) :
1 Q 1 Q
(A) 4  . (d  R) (B) 4  . d
0 0
1 Q
(C) 4  . R (D) cannot be calculate
0

3. In the figure shown the electric potential energy of the system is (q is at the
centre of the conducting neutral spherical shell of inner radius a and outer
radius b) Ignore self energy of point charge.
k q2 k q2 k q2 k q2 k q2
(A) 0 (B) (C)  (D) 
2b 2b 2a 2a 2b
4. A solid conducting sphere (radius = 5.0 cm) has a charge of 0.25 nC distributed uniformly on its
surface. If point A is located at the center of the sphere and point B is 15 cm from the center, what
is the magnitude of the electric potential difference between these two points?
(A) 23 V (B) 30 V (C) 15 V (D) 45 V
5. Two conducting spheres of radii R each are given equal charges +Q and are kept such that their
centre are at distance r (>R). The force of attraction (F) between them is:
KQ 2 KQ 2
(A) (B)
r2 ( r  2R ) 2
KQ 2 KQ 2 KQ 2 KQ
(C)  F  (D) 2 >F >
r2 (r  2R ) 2 (r  2R ) r2
6. Two concentric thin metallic shells are shown here. The outer shell is given charge Q and inner
shell is earthed. The charge acquired by inner shell from earth is
2R
R Q
Q Q
(A) – (B) (C) + Q (D) – Q
2 2
7. Two conducting spheres A and B of radii R and 2R are separated at a large distance and they are
connected by their conducting wire. The sphere A is given some charge. Let A and B be the
surface charge densities respectively. Choose the correct statement(s):
(A) The potential of both the spheres are equal
(B) The electric field near the surface of both the spheres are equal
(C) The flux through 2 different spherical Gaussian surface enclosing each of the spheres
separately are equal
(D) the electrostatic self energy of both the spheres are equal.
8. Two identical conducting spheres are held a distance d apart from each other. The charge on the
first sphere is +2Q. The charge on the second sphere is +4Q. The electrostatic force between
the two spheres is 8 N. Now, suppose a very thin conducting wire is briefly attached to connect
the two spheres and then removed. What is the electrostatic force between the two spheres (in
N) after this has been done?
(A) Increases (B) decreases (C) remains same (D) cannot be said
9. A metallic sphere of radius R is charged so that the charge per unit area on its surface is .
When it is enclosed in a thin metallic shell of radius 2R, the charge per unit area on the outer
surface of the shell is also . What is the charge on the metallic shell ?
(A)  × 32R2 (B)  × 4R2 (C)  × 16R2 (D)  × 12R2

10. A solid conducting sphere having a charge Q is surrounded by an uncharged concentric conducting
hollow spherical shell. Let the potential difference between the surface of the solid sphere and
that of the outer surface of the hollow shell be V. If the shell is now given a charge of – 3Q, the new
potential difference between the same two surfaces is:
(A) V (B) 2 V (C) 4 V (D) – 2 V
11. A solid conducting sphere of radius 2R, carrying charge Q is surrounded by two point charges Q
and 2Q as shown in the figure. The electric field at point P due to the charges on conducting
sphere is
Q
Q R
2Q
O P
3R 3R
7 KQ 1 KQ
(A) towards right (B) towards left
16 R 2 8 R2
KQ
(C) towards right (D) zero
R2
12. Two small conducting spheres of equal radius have charges +10µC and –20µC respectively and
placed at a distance R from each other experience force F1. If they are brought in contact and
separated to the same distance, they experience force F2. The ratio of F1 to F2 is
(A) 1 : 8 (B) 8 : 1 (C) 1 : 2 (D) 2 : 1
13. A solid conducting sphere having a charge Q is surrounded by an uncharged concentric conducting
hollow spherical shell. Let the potential difference between the surface of the solid sphere and
that of the outer surface of the hollow shell be V. If the shell is now given a charge of – 3Q, the new
potential difference between the same two surfaces is:
(A) V (B) 2 V (C) 4 V (D) – 2 V

ANSWER KEY
DPP – 1
Q.1 5400 N, attractive.
(4 î  3 k)
ˆ
Q.2 |F| = 0.18 N, F̂  .
5
q q q 
Q.3 q0K  21  22 ....... 220  = 1.89 × 106 N
 r1 r2 r20 
Kq1q2 Kq1q2
Q.4 (i) 2
= 0.144 N (ii) 2
= 6 m/s2 (iii) No (Magnitude is same but direction is different)
r mr
Q.5 ± 1.0 x 10-6 C,  3 x 10-6 C
Q.6 tan–1 (1/100) = 0.6º
2
Q.7 from charge 4 e (If q is positive stable, If q is negative unstable)
3
Q.8 (a) moves towards the centre

q
(b) 
3
d 4Qq
Q.9 ,
2 2 3 3  0 d2
Q.10 (D) Q.11 (A) Q.12 (A) Q.13 (C)
DPP – 2
F
Q.1 = 5 × 103 N/C
q
eE
Q.2 The electron deviates by an angle   tan1 (from x axis) = 45º
mv 02
Q.3 30 cm from A along BA
 1  Kq0
Q.4  2  2  a2
 
Q.5 2540iˆ  2000ˆj  1720kˆ N/C.
Q.6 (D) Q.6 (B) Q.7 (C) Q.8 (B) Q.9 (D)
DPP – 3
QdA
Q.1
162 0 a 4
4K 4K 
Q.2 (i) ; along OP. (ii) cot ; Perpendicular to OP.
x x 2
Q.3 100 2 141s
 
 3 
Q.4 EA = ĵ , EB = ĵ ,
20 2 0
 
7  
EC = ĵ , ED = , ĵ
2 0 20
(R  r) R3
Q.5 (i) (ii)
30 3 0 (r  R)2
R2
Q.6 (i) 0 (ii) r̂
0 (r  R)2
2 
Q.7 (a) E = (b) E = 0
4 0 r
Q.8 (C) Q.9 (A) Q.10 (C) Q.11 (D)
DPP – 4
Q.1 (i) q(V) = 20 mJ. (ii)– 20 mJ (iii) q(V) +K.E. = 30 mJ (iv) –20mJ (v) 30 mJ
Q.2 60 cm from A along BA and 20 cm from A along AB
6Kqq0 3Kqq0
Q.3 (i) (ii) (iii) No
a a
Q.4 400 volts
1 1
Q.5 W = Kqq0    = 1.2 J
 rB rA 
1 1 
Q.6  
(a) 450 6 î  8 ˆj V/m, 4.5 k V/m (b) 4.5  –
2
 = 1.579 J
45 
4 2 qk 4Q qk  1  1
Q.7 0, , 0,   1 where k =
a2 a  5  4  0
Q.8 (A) Q.9 (B) Q.10 (C) Q.11 (A) Q.12 (A)
Q.13 (A) Q.14 (B)
DPP – 5
Q (R  r)
Q.1 V= . 2 2
4  0 R  r
Q.2 1m
W 
Q.3 = – (b – a)
q0 20
Q.4 (a) 0 (b) E.d = 40 V
Q.5 (a) –(8V/m) x (b) points on the plane x = –20 m

(c) 80 V – (8 V/m) x (d) infinity
Q.6 (a) + 4.5 × 10-5 J (b) 3 × 105 N/C (c) 1.5 x 104 V
Q.7 (a) – 4.5 × 10-5 J (b) 3 × 105 N/C (c) – 1.5 × 104 V
Q.8 (C) Q.9 (D) Q.10 (C) Q.11 (B) Q.12 (A)
Q.13 (B) Q.14 (D)
DPP – 6
Q.1 10 eV
6Kqq0
Q.2
a
qQ qQ
Q.3 v surface  (ii) v centre 
4 0 mR 2 0 mR
Q.4 103 m/s

Qq K
Q.5 (a) (b)
4 0 K m
Q.6 (C) Q.7 (B)
DPP – 7
Q.1 4.5 J
Q.2 –9.0 × 10–3 J.
4Kq2  3 1  2Kq2  3 1  2Kq2  3 1 

Q.3 (i) 3    (ii) W ext = –  3    , W el = 3   
a  2 3 a  2 3 a  2 3
Kq2  3 1  2Kq2  3 1  Kq2  3 1 

(iii) 3    (iv) 3    (v) 3   
2ma  2 3 ma  2 3 ma  2 3
Q.4 (D) Q.5 (A)
DPP – 8
Q12 Q22 Q1Q2
Q.1 + +
8 0R1 80R2 40R2
q(q0  q / 2) q(q0  q / 2)
Q.2 W el = , W ext = –
80R 80R
1 Q2
Q.3 K.E. =
2 40 d
6U0
Q.4 Joules
5
Q.5 (D)
Q.6 (D)
DPP – 9

Q.1 – 2xy + C Q.2 –2xy î – (x2 + 2yz) ĵ – y2 k̂ Q.3 (i) – 4( î – 2 k̂ ) (ii) E  8rˆ
2r 3 2x3
Q.4 V(3, 3) – V(0, 0) = –90 V Q.5 40 V Q.6 +C Q.7 – + y3 + C
3 3
Q.8 (A) Q.9 (D) Q.10 (A) Q.11 (B) Q.12 (D) Q.13 (B) Q.14 (A)
DPP – 10
Q.1 Qa 3 , along the bisector of the angle at –2Q, towards the triangle
1 2qP
Q.2 Q2 a 2  p 2 Q.3
40 a3 40r 2
 7K K  K 7 K
Q.4 (i) E = ,V= (ii) E = ,V= [ where¡ K = 1/4 0 ] .
8 4 8 4
6.023 2qP
Q.5 J = 3.016 J (Approx) Q.6
2 40r 2
DPP – 11
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (B)
6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (B)
DPP – 12
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (C)
6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (B)
11. (C) 12. (C)
DPP – 13
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (D)
6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (D)
DPP – 14
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (B)
6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (C)
DPP – 15
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C)
6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (A)
11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (A)
DPP – 16
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (B)
6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (C)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (C)
DPP – 17
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (A)
6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (A)
11. (C) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (A)
15. (A)
DPP – 18
1. (D) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (C)
6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (D)
DPP – 19
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (D)
6. (B) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (B)
11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (A) 15. (C)
DPP – 20
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (D)
6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (C)
11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (A) 14. (B)
DPP – 21
1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (C)
6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (A)
11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (B)
16. (C) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (B)
DPP – 22
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (A)
6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (D)
11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (D)
DPP – 23
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (B)
6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (A)
DPP – 24
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (C)
6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (A)
DPP – 25
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (D)
6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (B) 12. (B)
DPP – 26
1. (D) 2 (A) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (D)
6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (A)
DPP – 27
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (C)
6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (A)
11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (A)

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PHYSICS

DPPDAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

= a and y = ± k x2, as shown. Find the coordinates of the centre of mass.

8. Find the centre of mass of an annular half disc shown in figure.

DPPDAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

1. The centre of mass of a body :

(A) 20 cm (B) 10/3 cm (C) 20/3 cm (D) 10 cm

DPPDAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

4. A mercury thermometer is placed in a gravity free hall without touching anything. As

(a) The distance raised by man

(b) The distance descended by balloon

The centre of mass of the two particles moves in

(A) Circle (B) Parabola

(C) Ellipse (D) Straight line

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

4. Internal forces in a system can change

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

3. A block of mass M with a semicircular track of radius R rests on a horizontal frictionless

M(R  r) m(R  r) (M  m)R

(A) (L – 2R, 0) (B) (L + 2R, 0) (C) (2R, 0) (D) (2R – L, 0)

9. An isolated particle of mass m is moving in a horizontal (x – y) plane along the x-axis, at a

DPPDAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

surface when the stone lands on the ground. (g = 10 m/s2 )

and just before jump?

DPPDAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

The minimum energy released in the process of explosion is

man and boat attaing a common speed is

mv rel (M  m)v rel

DPPDAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

(A) Each piece moves with speed v.

elastically. Which of the following statements is true?

I. R and S moved in the same direction after the collision.

III. The mass of R was greater than mass of S.

fragment is p, the minimum energy of explosion is

compressed by a distance 'd'.

DPPDAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

(A) 2 m (B) m (C) 2m k (D) 3m k

(A) compression will be maximum when blocks have same velocity

5mu 4mu 2mu 3mu

DPPDAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

of 20 m/s. Suppose 2000 hailstones strike every square meter of a 10 m × 10 m roof

(a) Calculate the impulse delivered to the ball during impact.

3. A ball of mass 50 gm is dropped from a height h = 10 m. It rebounds losing 75 percent of its

impact force is : (take g = 10 m/s2)

(A) u2/2g (B) u2/g (C) u2/8g (D) u2/4g

collisions between the balls. All collisions are elastic.

DPPDAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

TARGET : JEE(MAIN + ADVANCED)

the coefficient of restitution.