Cpp: ELECTROSTAT

1. Potential in the x-y plane is given as V = 5(x2 + xy) volts. Find the electric field at the point (1, -2).

2. ( )
The electric field in a region is given by E = 2iˆ + 3jˆ − 4kˆ V / m .
Find the work done by the electric field in moving a charged particle of charge 2C from the point
A(0, 0, 2) m to B(0, 5, 0) m in a circular path in the y-z plane.

3. A charge q is placed at the corner of a cube of side ‘a’. Find the flux through the cube.

4. Electric field in a region is given by E = (2iˆ + 3jˆ − 4k)

ˆ V/m. Find the potential difference between
points (0, 0, 0) and (1,2,3).
5. The electric field strength depends only on the x and y coordinates according to the law
a( x î + yĵ )
E= , where a is a constant. î and ĵ are unit vectors of the x and y axis. Find the
x2 + y2
potential difference between x = 1 to x = 5.

6. N concentric thin conducting shells having radius R, R/2,

R/22 …… is placed as shown in figure. Nth shell is R
earthed. If Q charge is given to outer shell, find the charge
on inner most shell.

7. Another electric field due to a uniformly and positively charged infinite

 plane is superposed on the
given field in question (1) and the resultant field is observed to be E Net = ( î + ĵ − 4k̂ )V / m .Find the
surface density of charge on the plane.
−q
Charges +q and −q are located at the corners of a cube of side a as
+q
8.
shown in the figure. Find the work done to separate the charges to +q −q

infinite distance.
−q
+q

−q
+q

9. There is a conducting cube of side length a. A D C

charge q is placed at the corner of the cube as A
B
shown in the figure. Find the flux of the top face
ABCD.
q
a

10. A metal sphere having a radius r1 charged to a

potential 1 is enveloped by a thin walled
conducting spherical shell of radius r2 as shown in r2
figure. Determine the potential 2 acquired by the
sphere after it has been connected for a short time r1
to the shell by a conductor.
11. Three charges Q, +q and +q are placed at A Q

the vertices of right angled isosceles

triangle ABC as shown. Find the work
done in moving change +q from B to
point D. +q
+q B
D C
a a
12. Two conducting spheres A and B of radii 6 cm and 12 cm each having same charge of
3  10-8 C are kept very far apart. If the spheres are connected to each other by a conducting wire.
Find the direction and amount of charge transferred and potential of each sphere.

13. An electric field is created in a vacuum by two point charges B

q1 = 4.0  10–8 C and q2 = –0.5 10–8C as shown in figure. q1 and q2 •
q2 are separated by  = 0.3 m. What is the work done in carrying
a charge q3 = 5.0  10–9C slowly from point A to point B in a 
A •
segment of a circle of radius r = 0.40 m? q3 r q1

14. A small charged particle of mass m and charge q is suspended

by an insulated thread in front of a very large conducting ++
charged sheet of uniform surface density of charge . What is
+

+ + +

the angle made by the thread with the vertical in equilibrium ? + + +
q
m
+ + +

15. ( )
The electric field in a region is given by E = 2iˆ + 3jˆ − 4kˆ V / m .
Find the work done by the electric field in moving a charged particle of charge 2C from the point
A(0, 0, 2) m to B(0, 5, 0) m in a circular path in the y-z plane.
16. The electrostatic potential due to a certain charge distribution is given by the expression
− V0
V (x, y, z) = ( x + y + z) xyz , where V0 and a are constants. Calculate the magnitude of the
a4
electric field at the point A(0, 0, a) and B (0, a, a).
17. Three concentric spherical metallic shells, A, B and C of radii a, b and c (a<b<c) have surface
charge densities , - and  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.

18. As shown a solid spherical region having a

spherical cavity whose diameter R is equal to the R
radius of spherical region that has total charged Q. P
x
Find the potential at a point P. Which is at a Q
distance ‘x’ from C.?

19. A charge Q is uniformly distributed over the volume of a sphere of radius R. Find the electrostatic
potential energy stored with in the sphere.

20. A particle of mass m and charge –q moves through a smooth tunnel along the diameter of a
uniformly charged sphere of radius R with total charge Q (The radius of the tunnel is negligible as
 compared to radius of the sphere. Show that particle will perform SHM and find angular frequency
of SHM.
21. Two small point charges both equal to q O
are kept fixed at diametrically opposite A B
q
points of a smooth circular groove as q 
shown in the figure. A small ball of mass R
m, carrying an equal charge q is allowed
to move smoothly in the groove.
C P Groove
q
F2
F1
Find (a) the electrostatic forces F1 and F2 acting on the ball when it is in the position indicated.
(b) the restoring torque on the ball C about the point O, due to F1 & F2, acting towards CP
(c) the angular frequency of small oscillations (assume that  is small, sin  =  and
cos   1and there is no gravity)
22. The surface charge density  of a non conducting disc of radius R varies as  = br, where b is a
positive constant and r is the distance from the centre of the disc. Find the electric field caused by
the disc at a point along the axis of the disc and a distance x from its centre

23. A sphere of radius R has uniformly distributed charge density

. There is a spherical cavity as shown in the figure has             
         C   
centre at C. It is given that AB = d, OC =  and the angle       
B
   A  
between OC and AB is . Find the potential difference 









 
 
     
     
between A and B.       O      
            
  x x x x x x x x x x x
x x x x x x x xR     
           
    

24. Two equal charge Q are fixed at (a, 0) and (-a, 0) in X-Y plane. A small body of charge -q and
mass M at (0, b) in X-Y plane is given velocity v0 along +z axis. What should be the value of v0 so
that the body starts rotating about X-axis ?
25. Find the electric field at the origin due the line charge (ABCDE and FG) of linear charge density ..
y
C

F G
(−2a,0,0) (−a,0,0) B D
(a,0,0) x (2a,0,0)

A
z E

26. A particle of mass m carrying charge ‘q’ is projected with velocity ‘v’ from point ‘P’ towards an
infinite line of charge from a distance ‘a’. Its speed reduces to zero momentarily at Q which is at a
distance a/2 from the line of charge. If another particle with mass m and charge ‘-q’ is projected
with the same velocity ‘v’ from P towards the line of charge find its speed at Q.
27. Find the flux through the curved

hemispherical surface of
radius R. The electric field is constant.
E
→
E

28. A thin spherical shell of radius R contains a

charge Q uniformly distributed over its
Q R
surface. A point charge Q is placed at the
centre of the shell. What is the electrostatic
potential energy of the system?

Answers:

1. E = − 5 ĵ V / m 2. 46 J 3. q/80 4. 4 volts. 5. -a ln5 Volt.
Q 1 q2 4
6. 7. 2 5 0 C/m2 8. . [3 3 − 3 6 − 2 ] .
2n −1 4 0 a 6
q r1 k(Q + q)q  1 + 2 
9. 10. Q1 11.  .
24 0 r2 a  2 + 2 
 q 
12. qB = 4  10-8 C, qA = 2  10-8 C, 3kV 13. –1.8 mJ 14. tan−1  

 2 mg 
  2V
15. 46J 16. E A = 0 , E B = 0 i
a
   a2   2
17. (i) vA =(a − b + c ) ,vB =  − b + c  , vc = (a − b2 + c 2 ) (ii)c = a + b
0 
0  b  0c

Q 2 1  Q2 Qq
18.  −  19. .20. .
70  x 2 R2 + 4x 2  40 0R 40mR 3
1 q2 1 q2 1 q2  sin( 450 +  2) sin( 450 −  2) 
21. (a) F1 = , F 2 = , (b)  R  2 −  (c)
40 AC2 40 BC2 40 4R2  sin ( 45 −  / 2) sin ( 45 +  / 2) 
0 2 0

3 2q2
= .
160mR 3
R
22. E = 2bkx ln(sec  + tan ) − sin  ,where  = tan–1  x 

  d Qq  −  3 
23.   cos  24. V0 = b 25. E Total =  ĵ + k̂  .
 30  20m(a + b ) 2  0 a  2 
2 2 3/2

3Q2 1
26. 2v 27. R2. E 28. .
80 R