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Set-1 placed as 4C and 2C inside the cube at two

different points?
One mark questions
7. Write Coulombs law in vector form. What is
1. Two equal balls having equal positive charge ‘q’
the importance of expressing it in vector form?
coulombs are suspended by two insulating
strings of equal length. What would be the effect 8. Sketch equipotential surfaces for
on the force when a plastic sheet is inserted (a) A negative point charge
between the two? (b) Two equal and positive charges separated by
2. Four charges +8Q -3Q +5Q and -10Q are kept a small distance.
inside a closed surface. What will be the Three mark questions
outgoing flux through the surface
9. A parallel plate capacitor, of capacitance
(a) 26 V-m (b) 0 V-m (c) 10 V-m (d) 8 V-m
20pF, is connected to a 100 V supply. After
3. Mark the correct choice as: sometime the battery is disconnected, and the
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and space, between the plates of the capacitor is
reason is the correct explanation of the assertion. filled with a dielectric, of dielectric constant 5.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and Calculate the energy stored in the capacitor
reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. (i) before
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false. (ii) after the dielectric has been put in between
(d) If both assertion and reasons are false. its plates.
Assertion: Net electric field inside a conductor
is zero. 10. The electric field components due to a charge
Reason: Total positive charge equals to the total inside the cube of side 0.1 m are, Ex=α x, where
negative charge in a charged conductor. α= 500 N/Cm-1, Ey= 0, Ez=0. Calculate flux
through the cube and charge inside the cube.
4. Three capacitors are connected in triangle as
shown in the figure. The equivalent capacitance 11. The electric field induced in a dielectric
between the points A and C is when placed in an external field 1/10 times the
external field. Calculate relative permittivity of
the dielectric.
Five mark questions
12. (a) Point charge (+Q) is kept in the vicinity
of uncharged conducting plate sketch electric
field lines between the charge and the plate.
(b) Plot a graph showing the variation of
(a) 1μF (b) 2 μF Coulomb force (F) versus 1/r2, where r is the
distance between two charges of each pair of
(c) 3 μF (d)1/4μF
charges (1μC, 2μC) and (1μC, -3μC). Interpret
5.Why are electric field lines are perpendicular the graphs.
at a point on an equipotential surface of a
conductor? 13. a) Explain, using suitable diagrams, the
difference in the behavior of a
Two mark questions (i) conductor and
6. A hollow cube of side 5cm encloses a charge (ii) dielectric in the presence of external electric
of 6C at its centre. What is the net flux through field.
one of the square face of cube? How would flux Define the terms polarization of a dielectric and
through square face change if 6C charge is write its relation with susceptibility.

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Set-2 large uncharged metallic spherical shell. Write
the charges on the inner and outer surfaces of
One mark questions the shell. Write the expression for the electric
1. An object has charge of 1 C and gains 5.0 x field at the point P1.
1018 electrons. The net charge on the object
becomes
(a) -0.80 C (b) +0.80 C
(c) +1.80 C (d) +0.20 C
2. The dimensional formula of electric flux is
(a) [M1L2T-2A-1] (b) [M-1L3T-3A1]
(c) [M1L3T-3A-1] (d) [M1L-3T-3A-1] Three mark questions
3. Mark the correct choice as: 9. A 200 μF parallel plate capacitor having plate
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and separation of 5 mm is charged by a 100 V dc
reason is the correct explanation of the source. It remains connected to the source.
assertion. Using an insulated handle, the distance between
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and the plates is doubled and a dielectric slab of
reason is not the correct explanation of thickness 5 mm and dielectric constant 10 is
assertion. introduced between the plates. Explain with
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false. reason, how the (i) capacitance, (ii) electric
(d) If both assertion and reasons are false. field between the plates, (iii) energy density of
Assertion – The electric lines of forces from a the capacitor will change?
point charge and can merge at a negative
charge. 10. Derive an expression for electric field
Reason – A charge of force to move in electric intensity at a point due to (a) A point charge (b)
field moves along an electric line of force. A group of charges (c) Continues charge
distribution.
4. A parallel plate capacitor is charged. If the
plates are pulled apart 11. A particle of mass 10-3 kg and charge 5C
(a) the capacitance increases enters into a uniform electric field of 2 x 105
(b) the potential differences increase N/C, moving with a velocity of 20 m/s in a
(c) the total charge increases direction opposite to that of the field. Calculate
(d) the charge & potential difference remain the the distance it would travel before coming to
same rest.
5. If n capacitors each of capacitance C are Five mark questions
connected in series, then the equivalent
capacitance of the combination is 12. (a) Define electric field intensity. Write its
(a) NC (b) n2C (c) C/n (d) C/n2 SI unit.
(b) Two point charges 4 𝜇c & 1 𝜇c are separated
Two mark questions by a distance of 2m in air. Find the point on the
6. How does the speed of an electrically line joining the charges at which the net electric
charged particle affects its mass and charge? field of the system is zero.

7. Deduce the expression for the potential 13. Find equivalent capacitance between A and
energy of an electric dipole placed with its axis B in the combination given below. Each
at an angle θ to the external field 𝐸. Hence capacitor is of 2 μF capacitance.
discuss the conditions of its stable and unstable
equilibrium.
8. A small metal sphere carrying a charge +Q is
located at the center of a spherical cavity is a

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Set-3 7. State the law of conservation of charge. Give
two examples to illustrate it.
One mark questions
8. If two charged conductors are touched
1. In an experiment three microscopic latex mutually and then separated, prove that the
spheres are sprayed into a chamber and became charges on them will be divided in the ratio of
charged with charges +3e, +5e and -3e their capacitances.
respectively. All the spheres came in contact
simultaneously for a moment and got separated. Three mark questions
Which one of the following possible values for
9. A capacitor of unknown capacitance is
the final charge on spheres?
connected across a battery of V volts. The
(a) +5e, -4e, +5e (b) +6e, +6e, -7e charge stored in it is 300 μC. When potential
across the capacitor is reduced by 100 V, the
(c) -4e, +3.5e, +5.5e (d) +5e, -8e, +7e charge stored in it becomes 100 V. Calculate
2. A charge Q is enclosed by a Gaussian the potential V and the unknown capacitance.
spherical surface of radius R. If the radius is What will be the charge stored in the capacitor
doubled, then the ………. will remain the same. if the voltage applied had increased by 100 V?

3. Mark the correct choice as: 10. Obtain the expression for the resultant
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and capacitance when three capacitors C1, C2 and
reason is the correct explanation of the C3 are connected (i) in series (ii) in parallel.
assertion. 11. Two point charges q1 and q2 are located at
(b) If both assertion and reason are true and points (a,0,0) and (0, b, 0) respectively. Find the
reason is not the correct explanation of electric field due to both these charges at the
assertion. point (0, 0, c).
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reasons are false. Five mark questions

Assertion : If the distance between parallel 12. Obtain the expression for electric field
plates of a capacitor is halved and dielectric intensity due to a
constant is three times, then the capacitance (a) Point charge and
becomes 6 times.
Reason : Capacity of the capacitor does not (b) due to system of charge Plot the graph for
depend upon the nature of the material. the variation for E and r.

4. What is the angle between electric field and 13. A capacitor of unknown capacitance is
equipotential surface? connected across a battery of V volt. A charge
(a) 90o always (b)0o always of 240 pC is stored in it. When the potential
o
(c)0 to 90 o
(d)0o to 180o across the capacitor is reduced by 80 V, the
charge stored in the capacitor becomes 80 pC.
5. Three capacitors of 2 , 3 & 6 μF are Calculate V and the unknown capacitance.
connected in series to a 10 V source. The charge What would have been the charge in the
on the 3 μF capacitor is capacitor if the voltage were increased by 80 V?
(a) 5μC (b) 10μC (c) 12μC (d) 15μC

Two mark questions

6. A force F is acting between two point charges
q1 and q2. If a third charge q3 is placed quite
close to q2, what happens to the force between
q1 and q2?

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