ASSIGNMENT- ELECTRIC CHARGES & FIELDS

1 Deduce the dimensional formula for the permittivity of free space. 1

2 Two insulated charged copper spheres A and B of identical size have charges qA and qB respectively. A third sphere C of the
same size but uncharged is brought in contact with the first and then in contact with the second and finally removed from both. 1
What are the new charges on A and B?

3 Two charges of magnitudes – 2Q and + Q are located at points (a, 0) and (4a, 0) respectively. What is the electric flux due to
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these charges through a sphere of radius 3a with its centre at the origin?

4 S1 and S2 are two hollow concentric spheres enclosing charge Q and 2Q respectively as shown in figure.
(i) What is the ratio of the electric flux through S1 and S2?
(ii) How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change, if a medium of dielectric constant 5 is introduced in the space

inside S1 in place of air?

5 A hemispherical surface lies as shown in an uniform electric field region. Find the net electric flux through the curved surface if 3
electric field is
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(b) along y-axis.

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State Gauss’s law in electrostatics. A cube with each side a is kept in an electric field given by , (as is shown in the
figure) where C is
a positive dimensional constant. Find out
(i) the electric flux through the cube, and
(ii) the net charge inside the cube
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A thin metallic spherical shell of radius R carries a charge Q on its surface. A point charge is placed at its centre
C and an other charge +2Q is placed outside the shell at a distance x from the centre as shown in 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.
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8 Three point charges of +2 μC, –3 μC and –3 μC are kept at the vertices A, B and C respectively of an equilateral
triangle of side 20 cm as shown in the figure. What should be the sign and magnitude of the charge to be placed at
the mid-point (M) of side BC so that the charge at A remains in equilibrium?

9 Two small identical electrical dipoles AB and CD, each of dipole moment p are kept at an angle of 120° as shown in

the figure. What is the resultant dipole moment of this combination? If this system is subjected to electric field
directed along +X direction, what will be the magnitude and direction of the torque acting on this?

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10 An electric dipole consists of charges ±2.0 × 10 –8C separated by a distance of 2.0 × 10–3 m. It is placed near a long
line charge of linear charge density 4.0 × 10 –4 C/m as shown in the figure, such that the negative charge is at a

distance of 2.0 cm from the line charge. Find the force acting on the dipole.
11 A charge Q is divided into two parts of q and Q − q. If the coulomb repulsion between them when they are separated is to be
maximum, the ratio of Q/q should be
(a) 2 : 1
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(b) 1/2
(c) 4 : 1
(d) ¼

12 Four equal charges q are placed at the four corners A, B, C, D of a square of length a. The magnitude of the force on the
charge at B will be

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13 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

14 A cylinder of radius R and length L is placed in a uniform electric field E parallel to the cylinder axis. The total flux for the
surface of the cylinder is given by
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15 An electric charge q is placed at the centre of a cube of side a. The electric flux on one of its faces will be

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16 Which of the following graphs shows the variation of electric field E due to a hollow spherical conductor of radius R as a

function of distance from the centre of the sphere?

17 There are two charges +1 μC and +5 μC. The ratio of the forces acting on them will be
(a) 1 : 5 (b) 1 : 1 1
(c) 5 : 1 (d) 1 : 25

18 Two charged spheres A and B having their radii in the ratio 1 : 2 are connected together with a conducting wire. The ratio of

their surface charge densities will be:

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(a)
(b) 2

(c)
(d) 4
19 In general, metallic ropes are suspended on the carriers taking inflammable materials. The reason is
(a) to control the speed of the carrier.
(b) to keep the centre of gravity of the carrier nearer to the earth. 1
(c) to keep the body of the carrier in contact with the earth.
(d) none of these.

20 Two similar spheres having +Q and −Q charges are kept at a certain distance. F force acts between the two. If at the middle of
two spheres, another similar sphere having +Q charge is kept, then it experiences a force in magnitude and direction as
(a) zero having no direction.
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(b) 8F towards +Q charge.
(c) 8F towards −Q charge.
(d) 4F towards +Q charge.

21 A charge Q is divided into two parts of q and Q − q. If the coulomb repulsion between them when they are separated is to be
maximum, the ratio of Q:q should be
(a) 2:1
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(b) 1:2
(c) 4 :1
(d) 1:4

22 Let F1 be the magnitude of the force between two small spheres, charged to a constant potential in free space and
F2 be the magnitude of the force between them in a medium of dielectric constant k. Then (F1/F2) is:
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 (a)
(b) k
(c) k2

(d)

23 Two identical spheres A and B, sphere ‘A’ which is charged, when brought in contact with uncharged sphere ‘B’ and then
separated. It is observed that (a) mass of A and B are same. (b) mass of A > mass of B. (c) mass of A < mass of 1
B. (d) both will not have any mass.

24 Coulomb’s law in electrostatics is valid

(a) in all the situations.
(b) electric charges are in motion. 1
(c) separation between the charges must be smaller than 10–15 m.
(d) electric charges are point charges.

25 Five corners of a regular hexagon of each side has a static charge q. There is no charge located at the 6th corner of the
hexagon. The net force on a single charge –q placed at the geometric centre of the hexagon is

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26 A charge Q is placed at the centre of the line joining two charges q and q. The system of the three charges will be in
equilibrium if Q is:

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(a)
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(b)

(c)

(d)

27 The magnitude of the electric field due to a point charge, object at a distance of 4.0 m is 9 N/C. From the same in charged
object the electric field of magnitude, 16 N/C will be at a distance of

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(a) 1m 1

(b) 2m
(c) 3m
(d) 6m

28 Two point charges + 16q and – 4q are located at x = 0 and x = L. The location of the point on x-axis at which the resultant
electric field due to these charges is zero, is:
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 (a) 8L
(b) 6L
(c) 4L
(d) 2L

29 An electric dipole placed in a non-uniform electric field will experience

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(a) only a force. 1

(b) only a torque.
(c) both force and torque.
(d) neither force nor torque.

30 An electric dipole, consisting of two opposite charges of 2 × 10–6 C each separated by a distance 3 cm is placed in electric
field of 2 × 105 N/C. Maximum torque experienced by the dipole is
(a) 12 × 10–3 Nm
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(b) 12 × 10–3 N/m
(c) 1.2 × 10–3 Nm
(d) 1.2 × 10–3 N/m

31 A particle of mass ‘m’ carrying charge ‘q’ is kept at rest in a uniform electric field E and then released. If the particle moves
through a distance y, then kinetic energy attained by the particle is
(a) qEy2 1

(b) qEy2
 (c) qEy
(d) qE2y

32 An electrical dipole of dipole moment 4 × 10–5 C-m, kept in a uniform electric field of 10–3 NC–1, experiences a torque of 2 ×
10–8 Nm. The angle which the dipole makes with the electric field is:

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(a) 30° 1

(b) 45°
(c) 60°
(d) 90°

33 ABC is an equilateral triangle. Three charges +q are placed at each corner. The electric intensity at O will be

(a) 1. q/4πε0 . r2
(b) 1. q/4πε0r
(c) Zero
(d) 1. 3q/4πε0r2
34 Let N1 be the number of electric field lines going out of an imaginary cube of side a that encloses an isolated point charge 2q
and N2 be the corresponding number for an imaginary sphere of radius a that encloses an isolated point charge 3q. Then
(N1/N2) is:

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(a)
1

(b)

(c)
(d) p

35 Three point charges are located in free space

q1 = 5 × 108 C at (3 m, 0),
q2 = 7 × 10–8 C at (0, 4 m)
q3 = –6 × 10–8 C at (0, 0).
What is the total electric flux over a sphere of 5 m radius with centre as (0, 0)? 1
(a) 0.78 × 104 Nm2/C
(b) 6.78 × 103 Nm2/C
(c) 0.678 × 105 Nm2/C
(d) 1.67 × 106 Nm2/C
36 On what factor(s) does the total electric flux through a closed surface in which a certain amount of charge is placed depend
(a) shape of the surface.
(b) size of the surface. 1
(c) total charge outside and inside the surface.
(d) both (a) and (b).

37 If there existed only one type +q charge on the earth, then what would be the flux related to the earth?
(a) Zero through any surface of the earth
(b) Infinite flux on the earth
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(c) Zero if the charge is placed outside the earth and if the charge is placed inside the earth
(d) Data insufficient

38 The electric field at a point due to an infinite sheet of charge

(a) increases with increase in distance.
(b) decreases with increase in distance. 1
(c) decreases with decrease in distance.
(d) independent of distance.