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ELECTROSTATICS –SHEET:25(IITMAIN)
1. A particle having charge q, located at A at rest, is forced to move by an external agent in the
presence of a point charge +Q fixed at B. Let C be a point such that ABC forms an equilateral
triangle and if it is known that while passing through C, particle acquires a speed v, then work done
by electrical force from A to C is
1 Qq 1 Qq 1
(A)  (B)  (C) zero (D) mv2
4o a 2o a 2

2. In the figure shown the work done to shift a unit +q +Q

positive charge from A to B is
3  Q q 3 q Q r R
(A)
4o R  r  (B)
4o r R A B
    r r R R
(C) zero. (D) none of these. +q +q +Q +Q


3. If v0 be the potential at the origin in an electric field E  E x ˆi  E y ˆj ,then the potential at a point P (x, y)
is
(A) v0 + xEx + yEy (B) v0 - x Ex  yEy (C) xEx + yEy  v0 (D) v0 + yEx + xEy

4. In any region the direction of electric field

(A) is always in the direction of increasing potential
(B) is always in the direction of decreasing potential
(C) depends on the nature of the field
(D) is in the direction of decreasing potential for +ve source charge and in the direction of increasing
potential for -ve source charge.

5. 1000 identical drops of mercury are charged simultaneously to the same potential of 10V. All these
are now combined to make one large drop. If the drops are assumed to be identical, the potential of
the large drop is
(A) 1000V (B) 100 V (B) 10 V (D) 90 V

6. If a charged particle ‘q’ is moved from P to R along three different paths (I, II, II

III) in the field of +Q as shown in the figure. If the work done are w1, w2 and w3 P R
I
by field force in the path mentioned above, then
(A) w1 = w2 = w3
P
(B) w1 < w2 < w3 Q
(C) w3 < w2 < w1 III
(D) insufficient information.
7. A uniform electric field pointing in positive x-direction exists in a region. Let A be the origin, B be the
point on the x - axis at x = +1 cm and C be the point on the y - axis at y = +1 cm. Then the potentials
at the points A, B and C satisfy
(A) VA  VB (B) VA  VB (C) VA  VC (D) VA  VC
8. A sphere of radius R is uniformly charged so that total charge on sphere is Q. Potential difference
between center of sphere and surface of sphere is
(A) Q/4 0 R (B) Q/8 0 R (C) Q/16 0 R (D) Q/32 0 R
+q
9. An isosceles right angle triangle of side d is placed in a horizontal
d
plane. A point charge q is placed at a distance d vertically above
from one of the corner as shown in the figure. Flux of electric field
passing through the triangle is d
(A) q / 6 0 (B) q /180
(C) q / 24 0 (D) q / 48 0 d

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10. What is the direction of electric field at point O as shown in figure? y-axis

(A) positive x-axis (B) negative x-axis + + – ––

+ ––
+
(C) positive y-axis (D) negative y-axis + O ––
+ –– x-axis
+ –
+ ––
++ ––

11. A charged particle of mass m and charge q is released from rest from position (xo, 0) in a uniform
electric field Eo ĵ . The angular momentum of the particle about origin
(A) is zero (B) is constant (C) increases with time(D) decreases with time

12. Two positive and two negative charges are kept in x-y plane in
free space as shown in the figure. The magnitude of electric field y
P(0, y)
due to the system of charges at a point P(0, y) will be (y  d)
q
5qd 2dq O d
(A) (B)
40 y 3 q x
40 y 3 +q
+q
dq 3dq d
(C) (D)
40 y 3 4 0 y 3

13. The axial electric-field on the axis of a non-uniformly charged circular ring (having total non-zero
charge) when plotted, looks like the following:

E E E
cannot be plotted as
(A) (B) (C) (D)
the charge
O r O r O r

14. A point charge q is placed at corner D of a cube of side d. Flux of electric field C
q
passing through face ABCD is D
q
(A) zero (B)
60 B

q q d A
(C) (D)
120 240

5F
15. If potential difference across 3F is 4V, then total energy stored in
all capacitors is 5F
(A) 400 J V
3F
2F
(B) 800 J
(C) 1200 J
10/7F
(D) cannot be calculated as emf of cell is not given.
16. A capacitor of capacitance C has charge Q. It is connected to an identical capacitor through a resistance. The
heat produced in the resistance is
Q2 Q2 Q2
(A) (B) (C) (D) dependent on the value of the resistance
2C 4C 8C
17. A particle of mass m and charge q is projected into the space between the plates of a parallel plate
capacitor with speed v0 parallel to the plates. Potential difference across the plates is V and
separation between the plates is d. If plates are long enough then the speed with which the particle
will hit the plate is (point of projection is in midway between the plates.)
1  qV   qV 
(A) V02    (B) V02    (C) v0 (D) Zero
2 m   m 

18. n drops each of capacitance C, coalesce to form a single drop. The capacitance of the single drop
is,
(A) C/n (B) nC (C) n1/3C (D) n2/3C

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19. Two identical metal plates are given positive charge Q1 and Q2(<Q1) respectively. If they are now
brought close together to form a parallel plate capacitor with capacitance C, the potential difference
between them is
(A) (Q1 + Q2)/ (2C) (B) (Q1 + Q2)/ C (C) (Q1 - Q2)/ C (D) (Q1 - Q2)/ (2C)

20. A thin metal plate P is inserted between the plates of a parallel-plate of

capacitance C in such a way that its edges touch the two plates in the figure. P
The capacitance now becomes
(A) C/2 (B) 2C
(C) 0 (D) 

21. The equivalent capacitance of the circuit across the terminals A

and B is equal to 2F 6F
36 3 B A
(A) 13mF (B) mF (C) 3mF (D) mF 2F 3F
13 4
22. A parallel plate capacitor of area A, plate separation d and A/2 A/2

capacitance C is filled with three different dielectric materials d/2 K1 K2

having dielectric constants k1, k2 and k3 as shown. If a single d
K3
dielectric materials is to be used to have the same
capacitance C in this capacitor, then its dielectric constant k A
is given by
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 kk
(A)    (B)   (C) k  1 2  2k 3 (D) k = k1 + k2 + 2k3
k k1 k 2 2k 3 k k1  k 2 2k 3 k1  k 2

23. For the circuit shown in figure, which of the following statement is true ?
S1 V1 = 30V S3 V2 = 20V S2
C1 = 2F C2 = 3F

(A) with S1 closed, V1 = 15 V, V2 = 20 V (B) with S3 closed, V1 = V2 = 25 V

(C) with S1 and S2 closed, V1 = V2 = 0 (D) with S1 and S3 closed, V1 = 30 V, V2 = 20 V

24. Consider the situation shown in the figure. The capacitor A has a q
+–
charge q on it whereas B is uncharged. The charge appearing on the +–
capacitor B a long time after the switch is closed is +– S
+–
(A) zero (B) q/2 (C) q (D) 2q A B

25. Two identical capacitors, have the same capacitance C. One of them is charged to potential V1 and
the other to V2. The negative ends of the capacitors are connected together. When the positive ends
are also connected, the decrease in energy of the combined system is

(A) (1/4) C V12  V22  
(B) (1/4) C V12  V22  (C) (1/4) C  V1  V2 
2
(D) (1/4) C  V1  V2 
2

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KINEMATICS-SHEET: 25(IITMAIN)
ANSWER KEY

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A
6. A 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. A
11. C 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. B
16. B 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. D
21. B 22. B 23. D 24. A 25. C
SOLUTION

8. (B)
R
KQr KQ KQ Q
E  V   3 rdr   V
R 3
0
R 2R 8 0 R
1 q 
9. flux   
2  240 
10. (A)
Towards +ve x axis.
11. (C)
  qE  ˆ
v   tj
 m 

r = xo iˆ
  
L  mr  v 
12. A
 kqd 2kqd
E   3 ˆi  3 ˆj
y y
13. (C)
Use simple physical arguments.
14. A
Field is perpendicular to area vector so flux is zero.

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