UNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL, KOTTUR

PHYSICS WORKSHEET
CHAPTER 1 – ELECTRIC FIELDS AND CHARGES

1. The sum of two-point charges is 7µC. They repel each other with a force of 1 N when kept
30 cm apart in free space. Calculate the value of each charge.
2. A small brass sphere having a positive charge 1.7 x 10-8 C is made to touch another sphere
of the same radius having a negative charge 3.0 x 10-9 C. Find the force between them when
they are separated by a distance of 20 cm. What will be the force between them when they
are immersed in an oil of dielectric constant 3?
3. Two-point charges q1 = 5 x 10-6 C and q2 = 3 x 10-6 C are located at positions (1m, 3m, 2m)
and (3m, 5m, 1m) respectively. Find the forces F12 and F21 using vector form of Coulomb’s
law.
4. Two point charges +16 q and -4 q are located at x = 0 and x = L. What will be the location
on the x-axis at which the resultant electric field due to these charges is zero?
5. Two equal positive charges, each of 2µC interact with a third positive charge of 3µC
situated as shown in the figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the force experienced
by the charge of 3 µC.

6. A simple pendulum consists of a small sphere of mass m suspended by a thread of length

l. The sphere carries a positive charge q. The pendulum is placed in a uniform electric field of
strength E directed vertically downwards. Find the period of oscillation of the pendulum due
to electrostatic force acting on the sphere.[Assume that the pendulum makes small angle θ
with the vertical]
7. Four charges +q, +q, -q, -q are placed respectively at the four corners A, B, C and D of a
square of side a. Calculate the electric field at the centre of the square.
8. The following data was obtained for the dependence of the magnitude of electric field,
with distance, from a reference point O.

Field Point A B C A’ B’ C’
Magnitude E E/8 E/27 E/2 E/16 E/54
of electric
field
Identify the charge distribution
9. The electric field components due to a charge inside the cube of side 0.1 m are as shown
is Ex = αx, where α = 400 N/Cm; Ey = 0, EZ = 0. Find the charge enclosed by the cube.

10. If the total charge enclosed by a surface is zero, does it imply that electric field
everywhere on the surface is zero? Conversely, if the electric field everywhere on the
surface is zero, does it imply that the charge inside is zero?