Assignment Sheet 1. If an oil drop of weight 3.

2x 10−13 N is balanced
in an electric field of 5 x 105 Vm−1, find the charge
Class – XII Subject- Physics on the oil drop. (Ans. 0.64 x 10−18 C)
Topic – Electric charges and fields
2. Calculate the magnitude of the electric field,
Numericals based on Properties of Electric which can just balance a deutron of mass 3.2x 10−27
Charges kg. Take g = 10 m s−2
(Ans. 2.0 x 10−7 NC−1)
1. Calculate the charge carried by 12.5x108 electron

(Ans. 2 x10−10 C) 3. Calculate the electric field strength required to just

support a water drop of mass 10−3 kg and having a
2. How many electrons would have to be removed charge 1.6 x 10−19 C. (Ans. 6.125x1016 NC−1)
from a copper penny to leave it with a positive 4. In Millikan's experiment, an oil drop of radius
charge of 10−10 C (Ans. 6.25x1011electrons) −4
10 cm remains suspended between the plates
which are 1 cm apart. If the drop has charge of 5e
3. Calculate the charge on an alpha particle. Given over it, calculate the potential difference between
charge on a proton 1.6x 10−19 C. the plates. The density of oil may be taken 1.5gcm−3
(Ans. +3.2x10−19 C) (Ans. 770 V)
5. A proton falls down through a distance of 2 cm in
4. Calculate the charge on 56
26 Fe nucleus. Given a uniform electric field of magnitude 3.34 x 103 NC
charge on proton is 1.6x 10−19 C. Determine (i) the acceleration of the electron (ii) the
(Ans. +3.2x10−19 C) time taken by the proton to fall through the distance
of 2 cm, and (iii) the direction of the electric field.
Numericals based on Coulombs law Mass of a proton is 1.67 x 10−27 kg.
(Ans. 3.2 x1011 m s−2 , 3.54 x 10−7 vertically
1. Obtain the dimensional formula of ϵ 0
downwards) .
(Ans. M −1 L−3 T 4 A2)
Numericals based on electric field of point
2. Calculate coulomb force between two α -particles charges
1. An electron is separated from the proton through a
separated by a distance of 3.2 x 10−15 m in air.
distance of 0.53 Ȧ . Calculate the electric field at the
(Ans. 90N) location of the electron. ( Ans . 5.1 x 10 NC−1)
2. Determine the electric field produced by a helium
3. Calculate the distance between two protons such nucleus at a distance of 1 Ȧ from it.
that the electrical repulsive force between them is (Ans. 2.88 x 1011 NC−1)
equal to the weight of either. (Ans. 1.18cm) 3. Two point charges + q and + 4q are separated by a
distance of 6a. Find the point on the line joining the
4. How far apart should the two electrons be, if the
two charges where the electric field is zero.
force each exerts on the other is equal to the weight
(Ans. At a distance 2a from charge + q)
of the electron ? Given that e = 1.6 x 10−19 C and m e
4. Two point charges q 1 and q 2 of 2 x 10−8C and
= 9.1 x 10−31 kg. (Ans. 5.08 m)
- 2 x 10−8C respectively are placed 0.4 m apart.
5. A pith-ball A of mass 9 x 10 kg carries a charge of Calculate the electric field at the centre of the line
5 µC. What must be the magnitude and sign of the joining the two charges. [CBSE F 94C]
−1
charge on a pith-ball B held 2 cm directly above the (Ans. 900 NC , towards the -ve charge)
pith-ball A, such that the pith-ball A remains 5. Two point charges + q and -2q are placed at the
stationary ? (Ans. 7.84pC, opposite to that of A) vertices 'B' and 'C' of an equilateral triangle ABC of
side a as given in the figure. Obtain the expression
6. Two identical metal spheres having equal and for (i) the magnitude and (ii) the direction of the
similar charges repel each other with a force of 103 resultant electric field at the vertex A due to these
N when they are placed 10 cm apart in a medium of two charges. [ CBSE OD 14 C ]
dielectric constant 5. Determine the charge on each 1 q √3
sphere. (Ans. 23.9 x 10−6 C) Ans . ( i ) 2
( ii ) 30o with AC
4 π ϵ0 a
Numericals on Electric field
 Numericals based on Electric Flux and Gauss's
Theorem

1. If the electric field is given by

E =¿ 8i^ +4 ^j +3k^ NC−1, calculate the electric flux
⃗
through a surface of area 100 m² lying in the X-Y
6. Find the magnitude and direction of electric field plane. (Ans. 300 Nm 2 C−1)
at point P in Fig.

[ Ans .
1 q
4 π ϵ 0 a2
along BP produced
] 2. The electric field in a certain region of space is (5i^
+4 ^j -4k^ ) x 105 NC−1. Calculate electric flux due to
this field over an area of (2i^ - ^j )× 10−2 m².
(Ans. 6 x 103 Nm² C−1)
3. Consider a uniform electric field ⃗ E =¿ 3 x 103 i^ N
−1
C . Calculate the flux of this field through a square
surface of area 10 cm² when
(i) its plane is parallel to the y-z plane, and
(ii) the normal to its plane makes a 60° angle with
the x-axis. [CBSE D 13C]
[Ans. (i) 30Nm²C−1 (ii) 15Nm²C−1]
4.Given a uniform electric field ⃗ E =¿ 5 x 103 i^ , find
the flux of this field through a square of 10 cm on a
side whose plane is parallel to the Y-Z plane. What
Numerical problems based on Dipole Moment,
would be the flux through the same square if the
Dipole Field andTorque on a Dipole
plane makes a 30° angle with the X-axis ?
1. An electric dipole is formed by + 4μC and -4µC
[CBSE D 14]
charges at 5 mm distance. Calculate the dipole
moment and give its direction. [ Haryana 01 ] [ Ans .(i)50 Nm ² C−1(ii) 25 Nm ² C−1 ]
(Ans. 2 x 10−8 Cm, from -ve to +ve charge)
5. A point charge of 17.7 µC is located at the centre
2 An electric dipole of dipole moment 4 x 10−5 Cm
of a cube of side 0.03 m. Find the electric flux
is placed in a uniform electric field of 10−3 NC−1 through each face of the cube. [Himachal 93]
making an angle of 30° with the direction of the (Ans. 3.3 x 105Nm²C−1)
field. Determine the torque exerted by the electric
Examples based on Applications of Gauss's
field on the dipole. [Haryana 02]
Theorem:-
(Ans. 2 x 10−8 Nm)
1. An infinite line charge produces a field of
3. A dipole consisting of an electron and a proton
9 x104 N/C at a distance of 4 cm. Calculate the
separated by a distance of 4 x 10−10 m is situated in
linear charge density. (Haryana 01)
an electric field of intensity 3x105 NC−1 at an angle
(Ans. 2×10 C/m)
of 30° with the field. Calculate the dipole moment
and the torque acting on it. Charge on an electron = 2. A cylinder of large length carries a charge of
1.602 x 10−19 C. [Kerala 94] 2 x 10−8 C/m. Find the electric field at a distance
−29
(Ans. 6.41 x 10 C m, 9.615 x 10 Nm) −24 of 0.2 m from it. (Ans. 1800 V/m)
3. An infinitely long wire is stretched
4. An electric dipole is placed at an angle of 60° with horizontally 4 metre above the surface of the
an electric field of magnitude 4 x 105 NC−1. It earth. It carries a charge 1 μC per cm of its
experiences a torque of 8√ 3 Nm. If the length of the length. Calculate its electric field at a point on
dipole is 4 cm, determine the magnitude of either the earth's surface vertically below the wire.
charge of the dipole. (Ans. 10−3 C) (Ans. 4.5 x105V/m)
4. Two large metal plates each of area 1 m² are
5. An electric dipole consists of two opposite placed facing each other at a distance of 10 cm
charges of magnitude 2 x 10−6 C each and separated and carry equal and opposite charges on their
by a distance of 3 cm. It is placed in an electric field faces. If the electric field between the plates is
of 2 x 105 NC−1. Determine the maximum torque on 100 N/C, find the charge on each plate.
the dipole. (Ans. 1.2 x 10−2 Nm) (Ans. 8.85x10−10 C)
5. An electron is revolving around a long line
charge having charge density 2 x 10−8 C/m. Find
the kinetic energy of the electron, assuming that
it is independent of the radius of electron's orbit.
(Ans. 2.88x10−17 J )