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PHYSICS : ADVANCED WORKSHEET

Topic: Electrostatics
1. An electric dipole is placed at a distance x from centre O on the axis of a charged ring of radius R and charge Q
uniformly distributed over it.

(a) Find the net force acting on the dipole.


(b) What is the work done in rotating the dipole through 180°?

2. A point charge –q revolves around a fixed charge +Q in elliptical orbit. The minimum and maximum distance of
q from Q are r1 and r2, respectively. The mass of revolving particle is m. Q > q and assume no gravitational
effects. Find the velocity of q at positions when it is at r1 and r2 distance from Q.

3. Three concentric, thin, spherical, metallic shells have radii 1, 2 and 4 cm and they are held at potentials 10, 0 and
40 V respectively. Taking the origin at the common centre, calculate the following:
(a) Potential at r = 1.25 cm
(b) Potential at r = 2.5 cm
(c) Electric field at r = 1.25 cm

4. A thin insulating wire is stretched along the diameter of an insulated circular hoop of radius R. A small bead of
mass m and charge – q is threaded onto the wire. Two small identical charges are tied to the loop at points
opposite to each other, so that the diameter passing through them is perpendicular to the thread (see figure). The
bead is released at a point which is a distance x0 from the centre of the loop. Assume that x0 << R.

(a) What is the resultant force acting on the charged bead?


(b) Describe (qualitatively) the motion of the bead after it is released.
x
(c) Use the assumption that  1 to obtain an approximate equation of motion, and find the displacement
R
and velocity of the bead as functions of time.
(d) When will the velocity of the bead will become zero for the first time?

C
5. The region between two concentric spheres of radii a and b (> a) contains volume charge density (r)  ,
r
where C is a constant and r is the radial distance, as shown in figure. A point charge q is placed at the origin,
r =  . Find the value of C for which the electric field in the region between the spheres is constant (i.e. r
independent)

6. Two small balls of mass M each carrying charges + Q and – Q, connected by a massless rigid non-conducting rod

of length L lie along x-axis as shown. A uniform electric field E  3k  3j has been switched on. The angular
velocity vector of the dipole when dipole moment aligns with the electric field is:

7. A positive charge +Q is fixed at a point A. Another positively charged particle of mass m and charge +q is
projected from a point B with velocity u as shown in the figure. The point B is at large distance from A and at
distance ‘d’ from the line AC. The initial velocity is parallel to the line AC. The point C is at very large distance
from A. Find the minimum distance (in meter) of +q from +Q during the motion. Take Q q = 4 0 mu2d and
d  ( 2 – 1) meter.
8. Figure shown a section through two long thin concentric cylinders of radii a & b with a > b. The cylinders have
equal and opposite charges per unit length  . Find the electric field at a distance r from the axis for (a) r < a,
(b) a < r < b, (iii) r > b.

9. A point charge Q is located on the axis of a disc of radius R at a distance a from the plane of the disc. If one
fourth of the flux from the charge passes through the disc, then find the relation between a & R.
10. A very long uniformly charged thread oriented along the axis of a circle of radius R rests on its centre with one of

the ends. The charge of the thread per unit length is equal to  . Find the flux of the vector E across the circle
area.

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