EAST POINT SCHOOL

SESSION -2023-2024

HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT- PHYSICS

CLASS - XII

Section - A
Choose the correct option of the given questions.

1. A point positive charge is brought near an isolated conducting sphere (figure). The electric
field is best given by

(a) fig (i) (b) fig (ii) (c) fig (iii) (d) fig (iv)

2. A point charge +q is placed at a distance d from an isolated conducting plane. The field at a
point P on the other side of the plane is
(a) directed perpendicular to the plane and away from the plane
(b) directed perpendicularly to the plane towards the plane
(c) directed radially away from the point charge
(d) directed radially towards the point charge
3. A hemisphere is uniformly charged positively. The electric field at a point on a diameter away
from the centre is directed
(a) perpendicular to the diameter (b) parallel to the diameter.
(c) at an angle tilted towards the diameter (d) at an angle tilted away from the diameter.
4. The electric field at a point is
(a) always continuous (b) continuous if there is charge at that point
(c) discontinuous only if there is a negative charge at that point
(d) discontinuous if there is a charge at that point.

5. Figure shows electric field lines in which an electric dipole p is placed as shown. Which of the
following statements is correct?

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(a) the dipole will not experience any force
(b) the dipole will experience a force towards right
(c) the dipole will experience a force towards left
(d) the dipole will experience a force upwards
6. A positively charged particle is released from rest in a uniform electric field. The electric
potential energy of the charge
(a) Remains a constant because the electric field is uniform
(b) Increases because the charge moves along the electric field
(c) Decreases because the charge moves along the electric field
(d) Decreases because the charge moves opposite to the electric field
7. Equipotential at a great distance from a collection of charges whose total sum is not zero are
approximately
(a) spheres (b) planes (c) paraboloids (d) ellipsoids
8. In a region of constant potential
(a) the electric field is uniform (b) the electric field has finite value.
(c) there can be no charge inside the region
(d) the electric field shall necessarily change if a charge is placed outside the region
10. The total flux through the faces of the cube with side of length a if a charge q is placed at
corner A of the cube is

11. A charge Q is placed at the centre of the line joining two point charges +q and +q as shown in
the figure. The ratio of charges Q and q is

(a) 4 (b) ¼ (c) -4 (d) -1/4

12. The force per unit charge is known as
(a) electric flux (b) electric field (c) electric potential (d) electric current

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13. Consider a uniform electric field in the z-direction. The potential is a constant
(a) for any x for a given z (b) for any y for a given z
(c) on the x-y plane for a given z (d) all of these
14. Equipotential surfaces
(a) are closer in regions of large electric fields compared to regions of lower electric fields.
(b) will be more crowded near sharp edges of a conductor.
(c) will always be equally spaced.
(d) both (a) and (b) are correct.
15. In a region of constant potential
(a) the electric field is uniform. (b) the electric field is zero.
(c) there can be no charge inside the region. (d) both (b) and (c) are correct.
16. A test charge is moved from lower potential point to a higher potential point. The potential
energy of test charge will
(a) remain the same (b) increase (c) decrease (d) become zero
17. An electric dipole of moment ⃗ is placed in a uniform electric field ⃗ . Then
(i) the torque on the dipole is ⃗ × ⃗
(ii) the potential energy of the system is ⃗ . ⃗
(iii) the resultant force on the dipole is zero. Choose the correct option.
(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
(b) (i) and (iii) are correct and (ii) is wrong
(c) only (i) is correct
(d) (i) and (ii) are correct and (iii) is wrong
18. If a conductor has a potential V ≠ 0 and there are no charges anywhere else outside, then
(a) there must be charges on the surface or in¬side itself.
(b) there cannot be any charge in the body of the conductor.
(c) there must be charges only on the surface.
(d) both (a) and (b) are correct.
19. Which of the following statements is false for a perfect conductor?
(a) The surface of the conductor is an equipoten-tial surface.
(b) The electric field just outside the surface of a conductor is perpendicular to the surface.
(c) The charge carried by a conductor is always uniformly distributed over the surface of the
conductor.
(d) None of these.
20. The electric potential V at any point O (x, y, z all in metres) in space is given by V = 4x² volt.
The electric field at the point (1 m, 0, 2 m) in volt/metre is
(a) 8 along negative x-axis (b) 8 along positive x-axis
(c) 16 along negative x-axis (d) 16 along positive z-axis

SECTION - B
Answer the following questions:
21. Define electric flux. Write its S.I. unit. What is the flux due to electric field ⃗ =3 × ̂ N/C
through a square of side 10 cm, when it is held normal to if?

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22. If the radius of the Gaussian surface enclosing a charge is halved, how does the electric flux
through the Gaussian surface change?

23. Is the electric field due to a charge configuration with total charge zero, necessarily zero?
Justify.

24. Derive an expression for the torque experienced by an electric dipole kept in a uniform
electric field.

25. A hollow cylindrical box of length 1m and area of cross-section 25 is placed in a three
dimensional coordinate system as shown in the figure. The electric field in the region is given
by ⃗ =50x ̂ where E is in N and x is in metres. Find

 Net flux through the cylinder.

 Charge enclosed by the cylinder.

26. Use Gauss’s law to derive the expression for the electric field between two uniformly charged
large parallel sheets with surface charge densities a and -a respectively.

27. Two metal spheres, one of radius R and the other of radius 2R, both have the same surface
charge density σ. They are brought in contact and separated. What will be the new surface
charge densities on them?

28. (a) In a quark model of elementary particles, a neutron is made of one up quarks [charge
(2/3) e] and two down quarks [charges – (1/3) e]. Assume that they have a triangle
configuration with side length of the order of 10–15 m. Calculate electrostatic potential energy of
neutron and compare it with its mass 939 MeV.
(b) Repeat above exercise for a proton which is made of two up and one down quark.

29. Two point charges, q1 = 10 × C, q2 = - 2 × C are seperated by a distance of 60 cm in

air.
(i) Find at what distance from the 1st charge, q1 would the electric potential be zero.
(ii) Also calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the system.

30. Derive an expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole of dipole movement ⃗ in
the electric field ⃗⃗⃗

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31. Figure shows three point charges, +2q, -q and + 3q. Two charges +2q and -q are enclosed
within a surface ‘S’. What is the electric flux due to this configuration through the surface ‘S’.

32. Show that the electric field at the surface of a charged conductor is given by ⃗ ̂, where σ
is the surface charge density and ̂ is a unit vector normal to the surface in the outward
direction.

33. A thin conducting spherical shell of radius R has charge Q spread uniformly over its surface.
Using Gauss’s law, derive an expression for an electric field at a point outside the shell. Draw a
graph of electric field E(r) with distance r from the centre of the shell for 0 ≤ r ≤ ∞

34. Two point charges + q and -2q are placed at the vertices ‘B’ and ‘C’ of an equilateral triangle
ABC of side as given in the figure. Obtain the expression for (i) the magnitude and (ii) the
direction of the resultant electric field at the vertex A due to these two charges.

35. An electric dipole of length 4 cm, when placed with its axis making an angle of 60° with a
uniform electric field, experiences a torque of 4√3 Nm. Calculate the potential energy of the
dipole, if it has charge ± 8 Nc.

36. (a) Depict the equipotential surfaces for a system of two identical positive point charges
placed a distance ‘d’ apart.
(b) Deduce the expression for the potential energy of a system of two point charges and
brought from infinity to the points ⃗⃗⃗ and ⃗⃗⃗ respectively in the presence of external electric
field ⃗ .

37. Calculate the amount of work done to dissociate a system of three charges 1 μC, 1 μC and -4
μC placed on the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm.

38. Define an equipotential surface. Draw equipotential surfaces :

(i) in the case of a single point charge and
(ii) in a constant electtic field in Z-direction. Why the equipotential surfaces about a single
charge are not equidistant? (iii) Depict the equipotential surfaces due to an electric dipole.
(iv) Can electric field exist tangential to an equipotential surface? Give reason.

Activity: write all mathematical formulas in chapter 1 and 2 which were

discussed in class in an art paper with colour pen.
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