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TOPPR's Academy: Electric Charges and Fields Chapter Test - 1

This document is a chapter test on electric charges and fields that contains 9 multiple choice questions testing various concepts. It begins by asking about electric field lines, sketching field patterns of point charges, and finding the electric field at points between two charges. Later questions cover defining an electric dipole, calculating fields from linear charge distributions like wires and plane sheets, and deriving expressions for the electric field of a solid charged sphere at different distances from its center. The final question involves using Gauss's law to relate electric flux through a cube to the enclosed charge.

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TOPPR's Academy: Electric Charges and Fields Chapter Test - 1

This document is a chapter test on electric charges and fields that contains 9 multiple choice questions testing various concepts. It begins by asking about electric field lines, sketching field patterns of point charges, and finding the electric field at points between two charges. Later questions cover defining an electric dipole, calculating fields from linear charge distributions like wires and plane sheets, and deriving expressions for the electric field of a solid charged sphere at different distances from its center. The final question involves using Gauss's law to relate electric flux through a cube to the enclosed charge.

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TOPPR’s Academy

“An initiative by IIT-IIM Alumni”

Electric Charges and Fields


Chapter Test -1
Time: 90 Minutes Max. Marks 25

Please attempt all the questions. Marks are separately provided for each question against
them.
1. No two electric lines of force can intersect each other? Why?...........................................................1
2. Sketch electric lines of force due to (i) isolated positive change (q>0) and (ii) isolated negative
change (q<0)…………………………………………………………………...…………….………………1
3. Two point charges +q and +9q are separated by a distance of 10 a. Find the point on the line joining
the two changes where electric field is zero?....................................................................................2
4. Define the term dipole moment of an electric dipole indicating its direction. Write its S.I unit. An
electric dipole is placed in a uniform electric field. Deduce the expression for the Torque acting on
it…………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………2
5. Two point changes q and –q are placed at a distance 2a apart. Calculate the electric field at a point
P situated at a distance r along the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the charges. What is
the field when r >> a?........................................................................................................................3
6. Derive an expression for electric field at a distance r from an infinitely long charged wire having linear
charge density λ……………………………………...…………………………………………….……….3
7. Derive an expression for electric field due to an infinitely charged plane sheet having a surface
charge density σ……………………………………………………………............................................3
8. Consider an electric field with the following equation.
E = 2i + 4j + 5k
Determine flux due to this electric field through a cube of side a.
Use this calculated flux to determine the charge kept inside the cube………………………........…5
9. Derive an expression for electric field at a distance r from the center of a solid sphere (radius a)
having a volume charge density ρ when
I. r<a
II. r=a
III. r>a

……………………...…………………………………………………………………………5

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