WHITEFIELD GLOBAL SCHOOL

CLASS XII PHYSICS WORKSHEET 1 (ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS)

1. (a) No two electric field lines can intersect each other. Why?
(b) Draw the field lines to represent a uniform electric field.
2. (a) Calculate the Coulomb force between (i) a proton and an electron separated by a distance
of 0.8 x 10-15m. and (ii) two alpha particles separated by 3.2 x 10-15m.
(b) A conductor P has a cavity. Another conducting body R having a charge – q is put into the
cavity, keeping it away from the walls of cavity P. What will be the charge on the outside
surface of P?
3. (a) If a charge Q coulomb is moved out of Gaussian surface, will there be any change in electric
flux through the surface. (Q/ε 0)
(b) Charges of magnitude 2Q and -Q are located at points(a,0,0) and (4a, 0, 0). Find the ratio of the
flux of electric field due to these charges through concentric spheres of radii 2a and 8a centred
at the origin. (2)
4. The force between two charged objects is to be kept unchanged, even though the charge on one of them is
halved, keeping the other the same. If d is the original separation between the charges, then what is the
new separation? (d/√ 2 )
5. Two identical charges repel each other with a force of 0.1 N when placed 0.5 m apart in air. (a) Find the
value of charges. (b) Determine the magnitude of the charges if they were placed in a liquid whose
permittivity is ten times that of vacuum. (1.67 µC and .53 µC)
6. Two spheres of charges + 10 C and +40 C are placed 12 cm apart. Find the position of the point between
them where force on + 1 C is zero. (0.04m from + 10 C)
7. Four charges + 4 µC, + 5 µC, +4 µC and + 5 µC are placed at the corners A, B, C and of a square of side 10
cm. Calculate the force on a charge of +1 µC placed at the centre of the square. (0N)
8. Calculate the magnitude and direction of force on a unit positive charge at the centre of a square of each
side 2 m, when three charges of +8 µC each are placed at the three corners of the square.
(3.6x 104 N towards the corner without the charge)
9. Charges of +15 µC, - 15 µC, +20 µC and -50 µC are placed in order at each of the four corners of a square of
side 20 cm. Calculate the intensity of electric field at the point of intersection of the diagonals.
(1.59 x 104 N/C)
10. Charges of +4 µC, - 4 µC and + 8 µC are placed at A, B, C corners of a square of side 10 cm. Calculate the
intensity of the field at the corner D. (63.67 x 10 5 N/C)
11. Two charges 0.5x10 -6 µC and - 0.5x10 -6 µC are 10 -9 m apart. Calculate the electric field intensity at a point
20 cm away from the mid-point on a line normal to the line joining the two charges. (5.62 x 10-12 N/C).
12. Choose the correct option for the following questions
(i) Two-point charges of + 2 µC∧+6 µC and repel with a force of 12 N. If each is given an
additional charge of – 4 µC , the new force between them will be:
(a) + 4 N (b) -4 N (c) 0 (d) 3 N
(ii) Consider an equilateral triangle ABC of side ‘a’. If two equal charges ‘q’ each are placed at the
vertices A and B, then the magnitude of electric field intensity at C will be:
q 2q q √❑ q √❑
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) (d)
4 π ε0 a 4 π ε0 a ❑ ❑
(iii) The electric flux through the surface:
 (a) In fig (iv) is the largest. (b) In fig (iii) is the least.
(c) In fig (ii) is same as fig (iii) but is smaller than fig (iv). (d) Is same for all the figures.
(iv) What is the angle between an electric dipole moment and then electric field strength due to
it on its equatorial line?
(a) 0° (b) 90° (c) 180° ¿d) none of these.
(v) The electric field lines due to two charges q and Q are sketched in the figure. Choose the
correct statement:-

(a) q is positive and |Q| ¿|q| (b) q is negative and |Q| ¿ |q|
(c) q is positive and |Q| < |q| (d) q is negative and |Q| < |q|
Direction for (Q. No.13- 14)
In each of the following questions, a statement of Assertion is given by the corresponding statement
of Reason. Of the statements, mark the correct answer as:
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.

(b) If both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

(c) If Assertion is true, but Reason is false.

(d) If Assertion is false, but Reason is true.

13. Assertion: Total flux through a closed surface is zero if no charge is enclosed by the
surface.

Reason: Gauss law is true for any closed surface, no matter what its shape or size is.
14. Assertion: A charged particle free to move in an electric field always moves
along an electric line of force.
Reason: The electric lines of the forces diverge from a positive charge and converge at a negative
charge.
15. CASE BASED QUESTION:
When electric dipole is placed in uniform electric field, its two charges experience equal and
opposite forces, which cancel each other and hence net force on electric dipole in uniform electric
field is zero. However, these forces are not collinear, so they give rise to some torque on the dipole.
Since net force on electric dipole in uniform electric field is zero, so no work is done in moving the
 electric dipole in uniform electric field. However, some work is done in rotating the dipole against
the torque acting on it.

(i) Maximum torque is experienced on the dipole when:

(a) θ=0 °(b) θ=90 ° (c) θ=180° (d) any position.

(ii) If the electric field of 10 -4 makes an angle θ , with the dipole possessing a dipole moment of 6 x 10
-3
C m, the torque experienced on it is:
(a) 3 x 10 -7 Nm (b) 6 x 10 -7 Nm (c) 7 x 10 -7 Nm (d) 2 x 10 -9 Nm.

(iii) The dipole is said to be in unstable equilibrium, when:

(a) E ⃑ and p ⃑ are parallel.
(b) E ⃑ and p ⃑ are perpendicular to each other.
(c) E ⃑ and p ⃑ are anti parallel.
(d) E ⃑ and p ⃑ when makes an angle θ with p ⃑ .
(iv) The dipole moment of a dipole in a uniform external field ⃗
E is ⃗p. Then the torque τ⃗ acting on
the dipole is :

(a) τ⃗ = ⃗p x ⃗
E (b)τ⃗ = ⃗p . ⃗
E (c) τ⃗ = 2( ⃗p . ⃗
E) (d) τ⃗ = ⃗
2¿¿ x ⃗
E)

(v) An electric dipole consists of two opposite charges, each of magnitude 1.0 µC separated by a
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distance of 2.0 cm. The dipole is placed in an external field of 10 N C . The maximum
torque on the dipole is:
–3 –3 –3 –3
(a) 0.2 × 10 Nm (b) 1 × 10 Nm (c) 2 × 10 Nm (d) 4 × 10
Nm
(vi) Torque on a dipole in uniform electric field is minimum when θ is equal to:
(a) 0 ° (b) 90° (c) 180° (d) Both (a) and (c)
(vii) When an electric dipole is held at an angle in a uniform electric field, the net force F and
torque τ on the dipole are:
(a) F = 0, τ = 0 (b) F ≠ 0, τ ≠ 0 (c) F = 0, τ ≠ 0 (d) F ≠ 0, τ = 0
(viii) An electric dipole of moment p is placed in an electric field of intensity E. The dipole
acquires a position such that the axis of the dipole makes an angle θ with the direction of the
field. Assuming that the potential energy of the dipole to be zero when θ = 90°, the torque
and the potential energy of the dipole will respectively be:
(a) p E sinθ , –p E cosθ (b) p E sinθ , –2p E cosθ (c) p E sin θ , 2p E cosθ (d) p E cosθ , –p E sinθ

16. (a) An electric dipole is held at an angle θ in a uniform electric field E. Will there be any (i) net
translatory force (ii) torque acting on it? Explain.

(b) Show that when an electric dipole is placed in a uniform electric field E ⃑ , potential energy U is
given by U = - p . ⃑ E ⃑ .
 (c) An electric dipole of length 1 cm, which placed with its axis making an angle of 60° with uniform
electric field, experiences a torque of 6√3 Nm. Calculate the potential energy of the dipole, if it
has a charge of ± 2 n C.

(d) Write the expression for the work done on an electric dipole of dipole moment p in turning it
from its position of stable equilibrium to a position of unstable equilibrium in a uniform electric
field E.

17. An electric dipole of dipole moment “P” consists of point charges +q and –q separated by a distance
“2a”. Deduce the expression for the electric field “E” due to the dipole at a distance “r” from the
centre of the dipole on its equatorial line in terms of the dipole moment “P”. Hence show that in
P
the limit: r≫ a, E = 3.
4 π ∈0 r

18. (a) State Gauss theorem and apply it to find the electric field due to a uniformly charged spherical
shell at a point:

(i) Outside the shell (ii) Inside the shell (iii) on the shell

Also draw a graph showing a variation of electric field E with distance r from centre

of the uniformly charged spherical charged shell.

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(b) The electric field in a region is given by E = E i + E j with ⃗ E0 = 2.0 x 10 3 N/C. Find the flux of
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this field through a rectangular surface area of 0.2 m2 parallel to y-z plane.
(c) A thin metallic spherical shell of radius R carries a charge Q on its surface. A point charge Q/2 is
placed at its centre C and another charge +2Q is placed outside the shell at a distance x from the
centre as shown in the figure.

Find:(i) the force on the charge at the centre of shell and at the point A,

(ii) the electric flux through the shell.

19.Two insulated charged copper spheres A and B of identical size have charges qA and –3qA
respectively. When they are brought in contact with each other and then separated, what are the
new charges on them?

20. The below diagram shows the electric field lines around three-point charges A, B, and C.

(a) Which charges are positive? (b) Which charge has the largest magnitude? Why?

(c)In which regions of the picture could the electric field be zero? Justify your answer.
(i) near A, (ii) near B, (iii) near C, (iv) nowhere

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