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Practice Worksheet – 1
(Questions Based on Potential Difference and Potential Energy)
Q.1. Two charges ‒q and +q are located at points A (0, 0,
‒a) and B (0, 0, +a) respectively. How much work is done
in moving a test charge from point P (7, 0, 0) to Q (‒3, 0,
0)?
Q.2. A charge of 8 mC is located at the origin. Calculate
the work done in taking a small charge of ‒2 × 𝟏𝟎 𝟗 C
from a point P (0, 0, 3 cm) to a point Q (0, 4 cm, 0) via a
point R (0, 6 cm, 9 cm).
Q.3. ABC is a right-angled triangle, where AB and BC Q.7. Two-point charges q and ‒q are located at points (0,
0, ‒a) and (0, 0, a) respectively.
are 25 cm and 60 cm respectively; a metal sphere of 2 cm
(i) Find the electrostatic potential at (0, 0, z) and (x, y, 0).
radius charged to a potential of 9 × 𝟏𝟎𝟓 V is placed at B.
(ii) How much work is done in moving a small test charge
Find the amount of work done in carrying a positive
from the point (5, 0, 0) to (‒7, 0, 0) along the X-axis?
charge of 1 C from to A.
(iii) How would your answer change if the path of the test
charge between the same points is not along the x-axis
but along any other random path?
Q.8. Four charges are arranged at the corners of a square
ABCD of side d, as shown in Fig. Find the work required
to put together this arrangement. (b) A charge q0 is
Q.4. What would be the work done if a point charge +q, brought to the center E of the square, the four charges
is taken from a point A to the point B on the being held fixed at its corners. How much extra work is
circumference of a circle with another point charge +q at needed to do this?
the center?

Q.5. In Fig. charge +Q is placed at the center of a dashed

circle. Work done in taking another charge +q from A to
B is W1 and from B to C is W2. Which one of the following Q.9. (a) Determine the electrostatic potential energy of a
is correct: W1 > W2, W1 = W2 and W1 < W2? system consisting of two charges 7 μC and ‒2 μC (and
with no external field) placed at (‒9 cm, 0, 0) and (9 cm,
0, 0) respectively.
(b) How much work is required to separate the two
charges infinitely away from each other?
Q.10. Three charges ‒q, +Q and ‒q are placed at equal
distances on a straight line. If the potential energy of the
system of three charges is zero, what is the ratio Q: q?
Q.11. Two positive point charges of 0.2 μC and 0.01 μC
Q.6. What is the work done in moving a 2 microcoulomb are placed 10 cm apart. Calculate the work done in
point charge from center A to corner B of a square reducing the distance to 5 cm.
ABCD shown in Fig., when a 10 μC charge exists at the Q.12. Three-point charges, +Q, +2Q and ‒3Q are placed
center of the square? at the vertices of an equilateral triangle ABC of side l
(fig.) If these charges are displaced to the midpoints A1,
B1 and C1 respectively, find the amount of the work done
in shifting the charges to the new locations.
 (i) Give the signs of the potential differences, VP – VQ; VB
– VA.
(ii) Give the sign of the potential energy difference of a
small negative charge between the points Q and P; A and
B.
(iii) Give the sign of the work done by the field in moving
a small positive charge from Q to P.
Q.13. Two charges, of magnitude 5 nC and ‒2 nC, are
(iv) Give the sign of the work done by an external agency
placed at points (2 cm, 0, 0) and (x cm, 0, 0) in a region of
in moving a small negative charge from B to A.
space, where there is no other external field. If the
(v) Does the kinetic energy of a small negative charge
electrostatic potential energy of the system is ‒0.5 μJ,
increase or decrease in going from B to A?
what is the value of x?
Q.21. Four-point charges Q, q, Q and q re placed at the
Q.14. Calculate the work done to dissociate the system of
corners of a square of side ‘a’ as shown in fig.
three charges placed on the vertices of a triangle as
shown in Fig. Here q = 1.6 × 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎 C.

Potential energy of this system.

Q.22. Find out the amount of the work done to separate
the charges at infinite distance.
(a) (b)
Q.15. What is the electrostatic potential energy of the
charge configuration shown in Fig.? Take
q1 = +1.0 × 𝟏𝟎 𝟖 C, q2 = ‒2.0 × 𝟏𝟎 𝟖 C
q3 = +3.0 × 𝟏𝟎 𝟖 C, q4 = +2.0 × 𝟏𝟎 𝟖 C
and a = 1.0 meter.
Q.16. Two-point charges +q and ‒q are located at points
(3a, 0) and (0, 4a) respectively in x-y plane. A third Q.23. Calculate the electric potential energy of the system
charge Q is kept at the origin. Find the value of Q, in of three charges.
terms of q and a, so that the electrostatic potential energy
of the system is zero.
Q.17. Three-point charges Q1, Q2 and Q3 are located in x
– y pane at points (‒d, 0), (0, 0) and (d, 0) respectively. Q1
and Q3 are identical and Q2 is positive. What will be the
nature and value of Q1 so that the potential energy of the
system is zero?
Q.18. Three-point charges q, 2q and nq are placed at the Q.24. Find work done in bringing q charge from infinity
vertices of an equilateral triangle. If the potential energy to the center of dipole?
of the system is zero, find the value of n. (i) Electric potential energy is not defined for a point
Q.19. Two-point charges of 10 μC and 20 μC are located charge → True/False.
at points (‒4 cm, 0, 0) and (5 cm, 0, 0) respectively, in a (ii) Potential difference depends on reference point →
𝑨
region with electric field E = 𝟐, where A = 2 × 𝟏𝟎𝟔 NC‒1 True/False.
𝒓
(iii) Potential depends on reference point → True/False.
m2 and 𝒓⃗ is the position vector of the point under
(iv) If potential is zero at a point, then electric field must
consideration. Calculate the electrostatic potential
be zero → True/False
energy of the system.
(v) If electric field is non-zero then potential must be non-
Q.20. Figures (a) and (b) show the field lines of a single
zero → True/False
positive and negative charge respectively.
(vi) If potential is not zero at a point, then electric field
must be zero → True/False