PHYSICS HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

CLASS XII (2025-26)

PHYSICS (042)

ASSIGNMENT – 2

ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

1.) A charge q = +1μC is held at O between two points A and

B such that AO = 2m and BO =1m as shown in Fig. (a).
Calculate the value of potential differences (V A − VB).
What will be the value of potential differences (VA − VB)
if position of B is charged as shown in Fig. (b)?

2.) Positive charges of 6,12 and 24 nC are placed at the three vertices of a square. What
charge must be placed at fourth vertex so that total potential at the centre of the square is
zero?
3.) ABC is a right - angled triangle, where AB and
BC are 25 cm and 60 cm, respectively. A metal sphere
of 2 cm radius charged to a potential of 9×105 V is placed
at B as shown in Fig. Find the amount of work done in
carrying a positive charge of 1 coulomb from C to A.

4.) Three point charges +Q, +2Q and -3Q are placed at the
vertices of an equilateral triangle ABC of side 'l' as shown
in the figure. If these charges are displaced to the mid
points A1, B1 and C1 respectively, find out the amount of
the work done in shifting the charges to new location.

5.) An electric dipole of length 4 cm, when placed with its axis making an angle of 60⁰ with
a uniform electric field, experiences a torque of 4√3 Nm. Calculate the
a) magnitude of the electric field, and
b) potential energy of the dipole, if the dipole has charges of ±8 nC.
6.) Calculate the amount of work done to dissociate a system of three charges +1 μC, +1 μC
and −4 μC placed on vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm.
7.) A parallel -plate capacitor having plate area 25.0 cm2 and a separation 2.00 mm between
the plates. The capacitor is connected to a battery of 12.0V.
(a) Find the charge on the capacitor.
(b) If the plate separation is decreased to 1.00mm, find the extra charge given by the
battery to the positive plate.
8.) From the figure given below, find the value of the capacitance C if the equivalent
capacitance between A and B is to be 1 μF. All other capacitors are in μF.

9.) Find the equivalent capacitance between points A and B for the network shown in figure.

10.) In Fig, the energy stored in C4 is 27J. Calculate the total energy in the system.

11.) Two capacitors of unknown capacitance C1 and C2 are connected first in series and
then in parallel, across a battery of 100V. If the energy stored in the two combinations is
0.045 J and 0.25 J respectively, determine the values of C1 and C2. Also calculate the
charge on each capacitor in parallel combination.
12.) In the circuit shown in the figure, the charge on the capacitor of 4μF is 16μC.
Calculate the energy stored in the capacitor of 12μF capacitance.
13.) Two parallel plate capacitors of capacitances C1 and C2 such that C1 = 2 C2 are
connected across a battery of V volts as shown in the figure. Initially the key (K) is kept
closed to fully charge the capacitors. The key is now thrown open and a dielectric slab of
dielectric constant k is inserted in the two capacitors to completely fill the gap between
the plates. Find the ratio of

(i) the net capacitance and

(ii) the energies stored in the combination, before and after the

introduction of the dielectric slab.

14.) Three concentric spherical metallic shells A, B and C of radii a, b and c (a<b<c) have
surface charge densities +σ, −σ and +σ respectively.
(i) Find the potential of the three shells A, B and C.
(ii) If the shells A and C are at the same potential, obtain the relation between the radii a,
b and c.

15.) What is the capacitance of both the arrangement of 4 plates of area A at a distance d

in air as shown in the figures?

16.) Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y, have the same area of plates and same
separation between plates. X has air and Y with dielectric of constant 2, between its
plates. They are connected in series to a battery of 12 V. The ratio of electrostatic energy
stored in X and Y is-

(a) 4:1 (b) 1:4

(c) 2:1 (d)1:2
17.) Electric field and electric potential inside a charged spherical shell are
(a)E = 0; V= 0 (b) E = 0; V ≠0
(c) E ≠ 0; V= 0 (d) E ≠ 0; V ≠0
18.) The electric potential V at a point P (x, y, z) in space is given by V = 4x2 volt. Electric
field at a point (1m, 0, 2m) in V/m is

(a) 8 along -ve x-axis

(b) 8 along +ve x-axis
(c) 16 along -ve x-axis
(d) 16 along +ve x-axis

19.) An electric field is given by Ex = −2x3 k N/C. The potential of the point (1, −2), if
potential of the point (2, 4) is taken as zero, is
(a) −7.5 × 103 V
(b) 7.5 × 103 V
(c) −15 × 103 V
(d) 15× 103 V

20.) A 2μF capacitor is charged as shown in the figure. The percentage of its stored energy

dissipated after the switch S is turned to position 2 is

(a)0%

(b) 20%

(c) 75%

(d) 80%

CURRENT ELECTRICITY

1.) A silver wire has a resistance of 2.1 Ω at 27.5 °C, and a resistance of 2.7 Ω at 100 °C.
Determine the temperature coefficient of resistivity of silver.
2.) V-I graph for a metallic wire at two different temperatures is shown in figure. Which of
these two temperatures is higher and why?

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3.) A battery of emf 10 V and internal resistance 3 Ω is connected to a resistor. If the current
in the circuit is 0.5 A, what is the resistance of the resistor? What is the terminal voltage
of the battery when the circuit is closed?
4.) Two cells of emfs 1.5 V and 2.0 V having internal resistances 0.2 Ω and 0.3 Ω
respectively are connected in parallel. Calculate the emf and internal resistance of the
equivalent cell.
5.) Two cells of voltage 10V and 2V and internal resistances 10Ω and 5Ω respectively, are
connected in parallel with the positive end of 10V battery connected to negative pole of
2V battery. Find the effective voltage and effective resistance of the combination.

6.) What is the value of current I at O in the adjoining circuit?

7.) In the network shown, find the values of current I 1, I2, I3.

8.) The temperature coefficient of resistance of a wire is 0.00125 per 0C. At 300K, its
resistance is 1 ohm. At what temperature the resistance of the wire will be 2 ohms?
9.) When a potential difference of 1.5 V is applied across a wire of length 0.2 m and area of
cross-section 0.3 mm2, a current of 2.4 A flows through the wire. If the number density of
free electrons in the wire is 8.4×1028 m-3, calculate the average relaxation time.
10.) Two cells E1 and E2 of emf’s 4 V and 8 V having internal resistance 0.5 Ω and 1.0 Ω
respectively are connected in opposition to each other as shown in diagram. Calculate the
current flowing in each resistance.

11.) A constant voltage is applied between the two ends of a uniform metallic wire, heat
‘H’ is developed in it. If another wire of the same material, double the radius and twice
the length as compared to original wire is used then the heat developed in it will be-
(a) H/2 (b) H
(c)2H (d) 4H
12.) By using only two resistance coils-singly, in series, or in parallel one should be able to
obtain resistances of 3, 4, 12 and 16 ohms. The separate resistances of the coil are
(a) 3 and 4 (b) 4 and 12
(c) 12 and 16 (d) 16 and 3
13.) The ratio of masses of three wires is 1 : 2 : 3 and that of their lengths is 3 : 2 : 1. If the
wires are made of same material, the ratio of their resistances will be
(a) 1 : 1 : 1
(b) 1 : 2 : 3
(c) 9 : 4 : 1
(d) 27 : 6 : 1
14.) Two cells of emf 2E and E with internal resistance r 1 and r2 respectively are
connected in series to an external resistor R (as shown in the circuit). What is the value of
R, at which the potential difference across the terminals of the
first cell becomes zero?
(a) r1 + r2
(b) r1 − r2
r1
(c) + r2
2
r1
(d) − r2
2

15.) Which of the following steps will not bring the bridge to balance again?

(a) Increasing R by 2Ω
(b) Increasing S by 20 Ω
(c) Increasing Q by 10 Ω
(d) Making product RQ = 2200(Ω)2