Class 12 CH 1 Textual Exercise Answersheet
Class 12 CH 1 Textual Exercise Answersheet
Section B
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 2 Marks] [32]
5. What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 ´ 10–7 C and 3 ´ 10–7 C
placed 30 cm apart in air ? [k = 9 ´ 109 Nm2 C–2] (August - 2020)
6. The electrostatic force on a small sphere of charge 0.4 mC due to another small sphere of charge –
0.8 mC in air is 0.2 N.
(a) What is the distance between the two spheres ?
(b) What is the force on the second sphere due to the first ? (Que. Bank - 2024)
ke 2
7. Check that the ratio is dimensionless. Look up a table of physical constants and determine
G me mp
the value of this ratio. What does the ratio signify ?
Nm 2
[k = 9 ´ 109 Nm2 C–2, e = 1.6 ´ 10–19 C, G = 6.67 ´ 10–11 , me = 9.1 ´ 10–31 kg, mp = 1.67 ´
kg 2
10–27 kg]
8. ) Explain the meaning of the statement ‘electric charge of a body is quantised’.
9. 2) Why can one ignore quantisation of electric charge when dealing with macroscopic i.e., large scale
charges ?
10. When a glass rod is rubbed with a silk cloth, charges appear on both. A similar phenomenon is observed
with many other pairs of bodies. Explain how this observation is consistent with the law of
conservation of charge.
11. Four point charges qA = 2 mC, qB = – 5 mC, qC = 2 mC, and qD = – 5 mC are located at the corners
of a square ABCD of side 10 cm. What is the force on a charge of 1 mC placed at the centre of the
square ?
12. (a) An electrostatic field line is a continuous curve. That is, a field line cannot have sudden breaks.
Why not ?
(b) Explain why two field lines never cross each other at any point ?
13. A system has two charges qA = 2.5 ´ 10–7 C and qB = – 2.5 ´ 10–7 C located at points
A : (0, 0, – 15 cm) and B : (0, 0, + 15 cm), respectively. What are the total charge and electric dipole
moment of the system ?
15. A polythene piece rubbed with wool is found to have a negative charge of 3 ´ 10–7 C.
(a) Estimate the number of electrons transferred (from which to which ?)
(b) Is there a transfer of mass from wool to polythene ?
16. Figure shows tracks of three charged particles in a uniform electrostatic field. Give the signs of the
three charges. Which particle has the highest charge to mass ratio ?
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2
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17. What is the net flux of the uniform electric field of Exercise no. 14 through a cube of side 20 cm
oriented so that its faces are parallel to the coordinate planes ?
18. A point charge of 2.0 mC is at the centre of a cubic Gaussian surface 9.0 cm on edge. What is the
net electric flux through the surface ?
19. A conducting sphere of radius 10 cm has an unknown charge. If the electric field 20 cm from the centre
of the sphere is 1.5 ´ 103 N/C and points radially inward, what is the net charge on the sphere ?
[k = 9 ´ 109 Nm2C–2]
20. An infinite line charge produces a field of 9 ´ 104 N/C at a distance of 2 cm. Calculate the linear
charge density.
Section C
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 3 Marks] [9]
21. (a) Two insulated charged copper spheres A and B have their centres separated by a distance of 50
cm. What is the mutual force of electrostatic repulsion if the charge on each is 6.5 ´ 10–7 C ? The
radii of A and B are negligible compared to the distance of separation.
(b) What is the force of repulsion if each sphere is charged double the above amount, and the distance
between them is halved ?
22. A point charge + 10 mC is a distance 5 cm directly above the centre of a square of side 10 cm, as
shown in figure. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the square ?
(Hint : Think of the square as one face of a cube with edge 10 cm.) [e0 = 8.85 ´ 10–12 C2N–1 m–2]
+ 10 mC
5 cm
10 cm
10 cm
23. A point charge causes an electric flux of –1.0 ´ 103 Nm2/C to pass through a spherical Gaussian
surface of 10.0 cm radius centred on the charge.
(a) If the radius of the Gaussian surface were doubled, how much flux would pass through the
surface ?
(b) What is the value of the point charge ?
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Section C
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 3 Marks] [9]
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Section D
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 4 Marks] [24]
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