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Topic : Coulomb Law

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Coulomb Law Questions

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What is Coulomb’s Law

All charged particles attract or repel one another depending upon the nature of
charges., i.e., like charges repel and unlike charges attract. Coulomb’s law governs
the electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion between them. The law is usually
applied to point charges. It gives a relationship between the electrostatic force, the
magnitude of the charges, and the separation distance.

Statement of Coulomb’s Law

Coulomb’s law states that the electrostatic force between the two particles is Directly
proportional to the product of the magnitude of the charges & Inversely proportional
to the square of the distance between the two charges.

1. The law, governing the force between electric charges is known as

(a) Ampere’s law (b) Ohm’s law (c) Faraday’s law (d) Coulomb’s law

2.. The value of electric permittivity of free space is

(a)9 × 109 NC2/m2 (b) 8.85 × 10–12 Nm2/C2 sec (c)8.85 × 10–12 C2/Nm2 (d) 9 × 109 C2/Nm2

3. Coulomb’s law is true for

(a) atomic distances (= 10–11 m) (b) nuclear distances (= 10–15 m)
(c) charged as well as uncharged particles (d) all the distances
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4. What happens when some charge is placed on a soap bubble?

(a) Its radius decreases (b) Its radius increases (c) The bubble collapses (d) None of these

5. Two point charges A and B, having charges +Q and -Q respectively, are placed at certain distance apart and
force acting between them is F. If 25% charge of A is transferred to B, then force between the charges becomes
(a) remains unaffected (b) 9F/16 (c) 16F/9 (d) 3F/4

6. Two charges q1 and q2 are placed in vacuum at a distance d and the force acting between them is F.
If a medium of dielectric constant 4 is introduced around them, the force now will be
(a) F (b) F/2 (c) F/4 (d) 4F

7. The force between two charges 0.06 m apart is 5 N. If each charge is moved towards the other by 0.01 m,
then the force between them will become __________ .

8. Two charges of equal magnitudes kept at a distance r exert a force F on each other. If the charges
are halved and distance between them is doubled, then the new force acting on each charge is

9. Limitations of Coulomb's Law is

(a)Its only applicable for point charges at rest.
(b) Its only applicable in those cases where inverse square law is obeyed.
(C )It is difficult to apply the Coulomb’s law when the charges are in arbitrary shape.
(D) All of these .

10. What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 × 10–7C and 3 × 10–7C
placed 30 cm apart in air?.
a)6 × 10-3N(repulsive) b)6.25 × 10-19 N(repulsive) c)6.5 × 1017 (repulsive) d)8.25 × 103 N

11. The electrostatic force on a small sphere of charge 0.4 µC due to another small sphere of charge –
0.8 µC in air is 0.2 N. (a) What is the distance between the two spheres? (b) What is the force on the
second sphere due to the first?

12. The dimensional formula for permittivity of free space (ϵ0) is _______________

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