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1. If E = 5i + 3j + 2k units, Calculate the electric flux through a surface of area 40

units in Y-Z plane.
2. Calculate Coulomb force between two alpha particles separated by a distance of
3.2× 10-15 m in vacuum.
3. By what factor the capacitance of a metal sphere increase if its volume is made
27 times?
4. A conductor of length ‘L’ is connected to a dc source of potential difference ‘V’. If
length is doubled by keeping V constant, how is the drift speed be affected?
5. A battery of emf 3V and internal resistance 0.2 Ω is being charged by a current
of 6 A. What is the potential difference between the terminals of the battery?
6. Two wires A and B of same material have their lengths in the ratio 1:5 and
diameters in the ratio 3:2. If the resistance of the wire B is 180Ω, find the
resistance of wire A.
7. Two small charged spheres A and B have charges 10 µC and 40 µC respectively,
held at 90 cm from each other. At what distance from A, E will be zero?
8. State and prove Gauss Law in Electrostatics.
9. Three charges each equal to ‘q’ are placed at the three corners of a square of side
‘a’. Find the electric field at the fourth corner.
10. The force experienced by a unit charge when placed at a distance of 0.10 m from
the middle of an electric dipole on its axial line is 0.025 N. When it is placed at a
distance of 0.2 m , the force becomes 0.002 N. Calculate the dipole length ( It’s
not negligible compared to the distance involved).
11. Define an electric line of force. Draw its sketch for an electric dipole. State any of
its two properties.
12. An electric dipole of length 2cm is placed with its axis making an angle of 60 0 to
a uniform electric field of 105 N/C. If it experiences a torque of 8√3 Nm, calculate
a) magnitude of each charge comprising the dipole b) potential energy of dipole.
13. Derive an expression for the Electric potential at an arbitrary point due to an
electric dipole. Hence discuss the axial and equatorial case.
14. Two capacitors C1 and C2 charged to V1 and V2 respectively and then connected
in parallel. Calculate the common potential across the combination, the
electrostatic energy stored in the system and the change in the electrostatic
energy from its initial value.
15. Derive a relation between electric current and drift velocity. Hence deduce
Ohm’s Law. Hence obtain the expression for resistivity in terms of number
density of free electrons and relaxation time.
16. Define mobility of a charge carrier. A potential difference of 6V is applied across
a conductor of length 0.12 m . Calculate the drift speed of electrons if the
electron mobility is 5.6 × 10-6 m2 V-1 s-1 .
17. Obtain potential due to an electric dipole at an arbitrary point.
18. State the principle of a Potentiometer. Explain with a circuit diagram how it can
be used to compare the emfs of two primary cells.
19. A potentiometer wire of length 100 cm has a resistance of 10 Ω. It is connected in
series with an external resistor R and a battery of 2 V of negligible internal
resistance. A source of 10 mV is balanced against a length of 40 cm of the
potentiometer wire. Find the value of ‘R’.
20. a) A current of 2 mA passed through a color coded carbon resistor of yellow,
green and orange colors respectively. Calculate the voltage drop.
b ) Write the dimensional formula for Resistance.
a) A cylindrical wire is stretched to increase its length by 10%. Calculate %
increase in resistance.
21. a) Without using Gauss Law, obtain the expression for electric field at a point at
distance ‘y’ from an infinite long straight charged wire having linear charge
density λ.
b ) Use Gauss Law to find Electric field at a point near uniformly charged
infinite plane sheet.
22. a) Derive an expression for electrostatic potential energy of a system of two

charges.
b ) Two charges 5 nC and ─2 nC are placed at ( 2 cm, 0, 0) and ( y cm , 0, 0 )
in a region with no external electric field . If U = ─ 0.5 µJ for the system, Find
y.
c ) Write the formula for capacitance of a spherical capacitor of radius R.

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1. If E = 5i + 3j + 2k units, Calculate the electric flux through a surface of area 40

22. a) Derive an expression for electrostatic potential energy of a system of two

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