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Chapter Test Electrostatics

This document contains 22 multiple choice questions related to electrostatics. The questions cover a range of topics including Gauss's law, electric fields and potentials due to various charge distributions like point charges, line charges, and volume charges. Some questions involve calculating electric fields and potentials, energy of charge configurations, and direction of motion of charged particles in electric fields.

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Chapter Test Electrostatics

This document contains 22 multiple choice questions related to electrostatics. The questions cover a range of topics including Gauss's law, electric fields and potentials due to various charge distributions like point charges, line charges, and volume charges. Some questions involve calculating electric fields and potentials, energy of charge configurations, and direction of motion of charged particles in electric fields.

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Question1.
q1,q2q3andq4arepointchargeslocatedatpointsasshowninthefigureandSisasphericalGaussiansurfaceofradiusR.Whichof
thefollowingistrueaccordingtotheGauss'slaw?

[A]

[B]

[C]
[D]

Noneofthese

Question2.
Apointchargeq1isplacedinsidetheclosedsurfaceandapointchargeq2isplacedovertheboundaryofthesurfaceasshowninfigure.
If

istheelectricfieldatanypointofthesurface,thenthevalueof

is:

[A]

[B]

[C]

[D]

Question3.
Thefigureshowsarethreenonconductingrodsonecircularandtwostraight.EachhasauniformchargeofmagnitudeQalongitstop
halfandQalongitsbottomhalf.Whichofthemdoesn'tcorrectlyrepresentthedirectionoffieldatpointP:

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[B]
[C]
[D]

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II
III
IIIandII

Question4.
Along,hollowconductingcylinderiskeptcoaxiallyinsideanotherlong,hollowconductingcylinderoflargerradius.Boththecylindersare
initiallyelectricallyneutral.Whichofthefollowingisnotcorrect?
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]

Apotentialdifferenceappearsbetweenthetwocylinderswhenachargedensityisgiventotheinnercylinder
Apotentialdifferenceappearsbetweentwocylinderswhenauniformlinechargeiskeptalongtheaxisofthecylinders
Nopotentialdifferenceappearsbetweenthetwocylinderswhenauniformlinechargeiskeptalongtheaxisofthecylinders
Apotentialdifferenceappearsbetweenthetwocylinderswhensamechargedensityisgiventoboththecylinders

Question5.
Figureshowsanimaginarycubeofedge

.AuniformlychargedrodoflengthLmovestowardsleftatasmallbutconstantspeedv.At

t=0,theleftendjusttouchesthecentreofthefaceofthecubeoppositeit.Whichofthegraphsshowninthefigurerepresentsthefluxof
theelectricfieldthroughthecubeastherodgoesthroughit:

[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]

I
II
III
IV

Question6.
AconductingsphericalshellhavinginnerradiusaandouterradiusbcarriesanetchargeQ.Ifapointchargeqisplacedatthecentreof
thisshell,thenthesurfacechargedensityontheoutersurfaceoftheshellis:
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]

zero

Question7.
Foursimilarpointchargesqarelocatedattheverticesofatetrahedronwithanedgea.Theenergyoftheinteractionofchargesis:

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[A]

[B]

[C]

[D]

Question8.
TheworkdoneinmovinganelectronofchargeeandmassmfromAtoBalongthecircularpath(showninfigure)intheverticalplanein
thefieldofchargeQis:

[A]

2mgr

[B]
[C]
[D]

zero

Question9.
TwoparticlesAandBhavingequalchargesareplacedatadistancedapart.Athirdchargedparticleisplacedontheperpendicular
bisectorofABatdistancex.Thethirdparticleexperiencesmaximumforcewhen:
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]

Question10.
Alongcylinderofradiusaischargedwithavolumechargedensity

=0forr>a
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isconstantandristhedistancemeasuredfromtheaxisofthecylinder.

Thechargecontainedin

lengthofthecylinderforr>ais:

[A]

[B]

[C]
[D]

zero

Question11.
Alongcylinderofradiusaischargedwithavolumechargedensity

=0forr>a
where

isconstantandristhedistancemeasuredfromtheaxisofthecylinder.

Theelectricfieldatr<a
[A]

[B]

[C]
[D]

zero

Question12.
Alongcylinderofradiusaischargedwithavolumechargedensity

=0forr>a
where

isconstantandristhedistancemeasuredfromtheaxisofthecylinder.

Theelectricfieldatr>a
[A]

[B]

[C]
[D]

zero

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Question13.
ThreechargesQ,+qand+qareplacedattheverticesofarightangledisoscelestriangleasshown.Thenetelectrostaticenergyofthe
configurationiszeroifQisequalto:

[A]

[B]
[C]
[D]

+q

Question14.
AchargedballBhangsfromasilkthreadS,whichmakesanangle
withalargechargedconductingsheetPintheverticalplane
showninthefigure.Thesurfacechargedensity
ofthesheetisproportionalto:

[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]

Question15.
ThevariationofpotentialwithdistanceRfromafixedpointisasshownbelow.TheelectricfieldatR=5mis:

[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]

2.5volt/m
2.5volt/m
2/5volt/m
2/5volt/m

Question16.
Whentheseparationbetweentwochargesisincreased,theelectricpotentialenergyofthecharges:
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[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]

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mayincrease
maydecrease
increases
decreases

Question17.
Ifthefluxoftheelectricfieldiszero,
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]

Theelectricfieldmustbezeroeverywhereonthesurface
Theelectricfieldmaybezeroeverywhereonthesurface
Thenetchargeinsidethesurfacemustbezero
Thenetchargeinthevicinityofthesurfacemustbezero

Question18.
ApositivelychargedthinmetalringofradiusRisfixedinthexyplanewithitscentreattheO.AnegativelychargedparticlePisreleased
fromrestatthepoint(0,0,z 0),wherez 0>0.ThenthemotionofPis:
[A]

Periodicforallvaluesofz 0satisfying

[B]
[C]
[D]

Simpleharmonicforallvaluesofsatisfying0<z 0<R
Approximatelysimpleharmonicprovidedz 0<<R
SuchthatPcrossesOandcontinuestomovealongthenegativezaxistowards

Question19.
Twopointcharges
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]

areheldfixedat

and(d,0)respectivelyofaxyplane.Then:

TheelectricfieldEatallpointsonthexaxishasthesamedirection
Electricfieldatallpointsonyaxisisalongxaxis
Workhastobedoneinbringingatestchargeform
totheorigin
Thedipolemomentis2qdalongxaxis

Question20.
Anelectricdipoleisplacedatthecentreofasphere.
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]

Thefluxoftheelectricfieldthroughthesphereiszero
Theelectricfieldiszeroateverypointonthesphere
Theelectricfieldisnotzeroanywhereonthesphere
Theelectricfieldiszeroonacircleonthesphere

Question21.
Twoparallelmetallicplateshavesurfacechargedensities

Column1

asshowninfigure.Matchthefollowing:

Column2

A: If

1: ElectricfieldinregionIIIistowardsright

B: If

2: ElectricfieldinregionIiszero

C: If

3: ElectricfieldinregionIistowardsright
4: None
5: Nothingcanbesaid

Question22.
Twosphericalshellsareasshowninfigure.Supposeristhedistanceofapointfromtheircommoncentre.Then,
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Column2

A: Electricfieldforr<R1
B: Electricpotentialforr<R1
C: ElectricpotentialforR1 <r<R2

1: isconstantduetoq2 andvaryingduetoq1
2: iszeroduetoq2 andvaryingduetoq1

D: ElectricfieldforR1 <r<R2

4: iszero

3: isconstant

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