ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS

ELECTROSTATICS

1. The magnitude of the electric field (in NC-1) in a region varies with the distance r (in m) as E=10r +5.
By how much does the electric potential increase in moving from a point at r=1 m to a point at r=10 m?

2. A charge q is placed at the center of line joining two equal charges Q and Q. Calculate the value of q if all three charges
in equilibrium. Also mention the nature of charge.

3. A charge having magnitude Q is divided into the parts q and (Q-q). If two parts exert maximum force of repulsion on
each other, then find the ratio Q/q.

4. Four point charges 2µC, -5µC, 2µC, -5µC are placed at the four corners A,B,C, and D of a square respectively. Each side
of square being 10cm, what is the force on a charge of 1µC placed at the centre of the square?

5. A slab of material of dielectric constant k has the same area as the plates of a parallel plate capacitor but has a
thickness d/2 where d is the separation between the plates. Find the expression for the capacitance when the slab is
inserted between the plates.

6.Charges +q and −q are placed at points A and B respectively which are a distance 2L apart, C is the midpoint
between A and B. The work done in moving a charge +Q along the semicircle CRD is:

7.Two point charges of + 10 µC and + 40 µC respectively are placed 12 cm apart in vacuum. At what distance from
10µC charge will the net electric field be zero.

8. Two charges of magnitudes - 2Q and +Q are located at points (a, 0) and (4a, 0) respectively.
What is the electric flux due to these charges through a sphere of radius '3a' with its center at
the origin?
For Q.9 to Q.14, two statements are given-one labeled Assertion (A) and the other labeled Reason (R). Select the correct
answer to these questions from the codes(a), (b), (c), and (d) as given below
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
a) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
b) A is true but R is false
c) A is false and R is also false
9.Assertion: When a body acquires positive charge its mass decreases.
Reason: A body acquires positive charge when it loses electrons.
10.Assertion: When we produce a charge q1 on a body by rubbing it against another body which gets a charge q2. In
this process q1+q2=0.
Reason: Charge of an isolated system remains constant.
11. Assertion: Electric field inside a metal surface is zero.
Reason: Electric charges exists only on the surface of the conductor.
12. Assertion: Electric flux is a vector quantity.
Reason: Electric field lines can have breaks in between.
13. Assertion: When a capacitor is filled completely with metallic slab, its capacity becomes very large.
Reason: Dielectric Constant for metal is very large.
14. Assertion: Work done by the electrostatic force in bringing the unit positive charge from infinity to the point P is
positive.
 Reason: The force on a unit positive test charge is attractive so that the electrostatic force and the displacement (From
infinity to P) are in the same direction.
15. In bringing an electron towards another electron, the electrostatic potential energy of the system :
a) Increases. b) decreases. c) Become zero. d) Remains constant.

16. A hollow conduction sphere is given a positive charge of 10 µC. what will be the electric field at center of sphere if its
radius is 2 meters :
a) 20 µC m-2 b) zero c) 5 µC m-2 d) 8 µC m-2

17. Two metallic spheres of radii 1 cm and 2cm are given charges 10-2 C and 5 x 10-2 C respectively. If they are connected by
a conducting wire, the final charge on the smaller sphere is :
a) 3 x 10-2 C b) 1 x 10-2 C c) 4 x 10-2 C d) 2 x 10-2 C

18. Three capacitors each of capacitance C and of breakdown voltage V are joined in series, the capacitance and breakdown
voltage of the combination will be:
a) 3C, V/3 b) 3C, 3V c) C/3, 3V d) C/3, V/3

19. The equivalent capacitance of two capacitors in series is 3µF and in parallel 16µF. Their individual capacities are :
(a) 12,4 (b) 8,8 (c) 10,16 (d) 12,2

20. A capacitor of capacitance C has charge Q and stored energy U. If the charge is increased to 3Q, the energy stored will
be :
(a) U/9 (b) U/3 (c) 3U (d) 9U

CURRENT ELECTRICITY

1.Three identical cells, each of emf 2 V and unknown internal resistance are connected in parallel. This combinationis
connected to a 6Ω resistor. The terminal potential difference across each cell is 1.5 V. What is the internal resistance
of each cell?

2. If the temperature of a good conductor decreases, how does the relaxation time of electrons in the conductor
change?

3. In the circuit shown in Fig 3, the galvanometer ‘G’ gives zero deflection. If the batteries A and B have negligible
internal resistance, find the value of the resistor R.
4. Draw the graph showing the variation of conductivity with temperature for a metallic
conductor?

5.Two wires A and B are of the same metal and of same length have their areas of cross section
in the ratio 2:1 if the same potential difference is applied across each wire in turn, what will be
the ratio of current flowing in A & B?

6.Draw the VI graph for a metallic wire at two different temperatures T1 and T2(T1>T2).

7.Two wires of equal lengths, one of copper and the other of manganin have the same
resistance.
Which wire is thicker? Explain.

8. The potential difference (VA−VB) between points A and B in the given figure is.

For Q.9 to Q.12, two statements are given-one labeled Assertion (A) and the other labeled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes(a), (b), (c), and (d) as
given below
a)Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
c)A is true but R is false
d)A is false and R is also false
9.Assertion: If a wire is stretched to increase its length x times, then its resistance also increases
by x times.
Reason: The resistance of a conductor directly depends upon the length of the conductor.
10.Assertion: Non-ohmic devices do not obey Ohm's law at all.
Reason: In non-ohmic devices voltage and current do not have a linear relationship.
11. Assertion: The electric current is because of drift velocity of electrons.
Reason: The drift velocity is very small as compared to the thermal velocity
12. Assertion: Conventional current can also be the true direction of electric current.
Reason: If the current carriers have a positive charge then electronic current does not give the
true the direction of electric current

13. The magnitude and direction of the current in the circuit shown will be
14. Show with the help of a diagram, how the cells are connected in parallel. Obtain the condition
for the current to be maximum due to parallel grouping of cells when connected to an external
resistance.

15. A cell of emf 'E' and internal resistance 'r' is connected across a variable load resistor R. Draw the
plots of the terminal voltage V versus (i) R and (ii) the current i.
It is found that when R=4Ω, the current is 1A when R is increased to 9Ω, the current reduces to 0.5 A.
Find the values of the emf E and internal resistance r.

16. A cell of emf "E" and internal resistance 'r' is connected across a variable resistor 'R'. Plot a graph
showing the variation of terminal voltage 'V' of the cell versus the current 'I'. Using the plot, show
how the emf of the cell and its internal resistance can be determined.

17. In a Wheatstone bridge if the battery and galvanometer are interchanged then the deflection in
the galvanometer will
(a) change in previous direction (b) not change
(c) change in opposite direction (d) none of these

18. In parallel combination of n cells, we obtain

19. Two batteries with emf 12 V and 13 V are connected in parallel across a load resistor of 10 Ω. The
internal resistances of the two batteries are 1Ω and 2 Ω respectively. The voltage across the load lies
between
(a) 11.6 V and 11.7 V (b) 11.5 V and 11.6 V (c) 11.4 V and 11.5 V (d) 11.7 V and 11.8 V

20. Which of the following I-V graph represents ohmic conductors?