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PHYSICS XII Board Assignment1

Electrostatics
CATJEE
Subjective :-
1. What are different properties of charge?
2. What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2×10−7C and 3×10−7C placed
30 cm apart in air?
3. Two equal balls having equal positive charge 'q' coulombs are suspended by two insulating strings of
equal length. What would be the effect on the force when a plastic sheet is inserted between the two?
4. Why do the electrostatic field lines not form closed loops?
5. Why do the electric field lines never cross each other?
6. Consider three charges q1, q2, q3 each equal to q at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side l. What
is the force on a charge Q (with the same sign as q) placed at the centroid of the triangle, as shown in
Figure?

A q =q
 1

l l

Q
B C
q2=q l q3=q

7. The electrostatic force on a small sphere of charge 0.4 C due to another small sphere of charge –0.8

C 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?

8. Four point charges qA = 2 C, qB = –5 C, qC = 2 C, and qD = –5 C are located at the corners of a

square ABCD of side 10 cm. What is the force on a charge of 1 C placed at the centre of the square?

9. Two point charges qA = 3 C and qB = –3 C are located 20 cm apart in vacuum.

(a) What is the electric field at the midpoint O of the line AB joining the two charges?

(b) If a negative test charge of magnitude 1.5 × 10–9 C is placed at this point, what is the force

experienced by the test charge?

10. 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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1 y
+ + + + + + + + +

2
x

11. Write properties of electric field lines of electrostatic origin

12. Derive formula for electric field at axis of charged ring (+Q, R) at distance x from center.
Objective :-
1. Charge is
(a) transferable (b) associated with mass
(c) conserved (d) all of these
2. A body is positively charged, it implies that
(a) there is only positive charge in the body.
(b) there is positive as well as negative charge in the body but the positive charge is more than negative
charge.
(c) there is equal positive and negative charge in the body but the positive charge lies in the outer regions.
(d) negative charge is displaced from its position.
3. On rubbing, when one body gets positively charged and other negatively charged, the electrons
transferred from positively charged body to negatively charged body are
(a) valence electrons only (b) electrons of inner shells
(c) both valence electrons and electrons of inner shell (d) yet to be established
4. SI unit of permittivity of free space is
(a) Farad (b) Weber (c) C2N-1 m-2 (d) C2N1 m-2
5. On charging by conduction, mass of a body may
(a) increase (b) decreases (c) increase or decrease (d) None of these
6. The force per unit charge is known as
(a) electric flux (b) electric field
(c) electric potential (d) electric current
7. Two spheres A and B of exactly the same mass are given equal positive and negative charges
respectively. Their masses after charging
(a) remains unaffected (b) mass of A > mass of B
(c) mass of A < mass of B (d) Nothing can be said
8. A charge Q is placed at the centre of the line joining two point charges +q and +q as shown in the figure.
The whole system is in equilibrium, then the ratio of charges Q and q is

+q Q +q
x x

(a) 4 (b) ¼ (c) – 4 (d) – ¼

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9. Which of the following figures represent the electric field lines due to a single negative charge?

   

(a) (b) (c) (d)

10. Assertion: When we rub a glass rod with silk, the rod gets negatively charged and the silk gets positively
charged.
Reason: On rubbing, electrons from silk cloth move to the glass rod.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
11. Assertion: Electric field lines move from positive charge to negative charge.
Reason: Electric field forms closed loop.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
12. Assertion: If the electric field lines are equidistant and parallel straight lines then the field is uniform.
Reason: Density of electric field lines gives magnitude of electric field.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
13. Assertion: If a proton and an electron are placed in the same uniform electric field. They experience
different accelerations.
Reason: Electric force on a test charge is independent of its mass.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.

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Answer key
Subjective :-
2. F  6  103 N
3. separation will decrease
4. they are conservative in nature.
5. Because in this case net electric field at centre of equilateral triangle is zero. Therefore force acting on
charge Q will be zero. (F = 0)
6. zero
7. (a) 12 cm (b) 0.2 N
8. zero
9. (a) 5.4  106 N / C towards q B

(b) 8.1  103 N towards qA

10. 1, 2 are negatively charged & 3 is positively charged. Since 3 is deviated maximum. So it has highest
charge to mass ratio
Objective
1. D 6. B 11. C
2. B 7. C 12. A
3. A 8. D 13. B
4. C 9. B
5. C 10. D

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PHYSICS XII Revision Lecture2

Electrostatics-2
CATJEE
Subjective :-
1. A 500 μC charge is at the centre of a square of side 10 cm. Find the work done in moving a charge of 10 μC
between two diagonally opposite points on the square.
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2. The electric potential V at any point in space is given V = 20x volt, where x is in meter. Calculate the electric

intensity at point P(1, 0, 2).

3. The potential at a point A is –500V and that at another point B is +500V. What is the work done by an external
agent to take 2 units (S.I.) of negative charge from B to A.
4. A Can two equipotential surfaces intersect each other? Give reasons. Two charges –q and +q are located at points

A(0, 0, − a)and B(0, 0, + a)respectively. How much work is done in moving a test charge from point P(7, 0,

0) to Q(−3, 0, 0)?

5. What is an equipotential surface? Write its three properties Sketch equipotential surfaces of
(i) Isolated point charge (ii) Uniform electric field (iii) Dipole
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6. A Two point charges 20×10− C and −4×10− C are separated by a distance of 50 cm in air.

(i) Find the point on the line joining the charges, where the electric potential is zero.
(ii) Also find the electrostatic potential energy of the system.
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7. Name the physical quantity whose S.I. unit is J C− . Is it a scalar or a vector quantity?

8. Plot a graph comparing the variation of potential ' V and electric field ' E due to a point charge ' Q ' as a function
of distance ' R ' from the point charge.
9. What is the geometrical shape of equipotential surfaces due to a single isolated charge?
10. A point charge +Q is placed at point O as shown in the figure. Is the potential difference VA –VB positive,
negative or zero?

11. Can two equipotential surfaces intersect each other? Give reasons.
12. Write two properties of equipotential surfaces. Depict equipotential surfaces due to an isolated point charge. Why
do the equipotential surfaces get closer as the distance between the equipotential surface and the source charge
decreases?
13. What is the amount of work done in moving a point charge around a circular arc of radius r at the centre of which
another point charge is located?

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14. Calculate the amount of work done to dissociate a system of three charges 1C,1C and −4C placed on the

vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm.

15. "For any charge configuration, equipotential surface through a point is normal to the electric field." Justify.
16. Two closely spaced equipotential surfaces A and B with potentials V and V +δV, (where δV is the change in V),
are keptδl distance apart as shown in the figure. Deduce the relation between the electric field and the potential
gradient between them. Write the two important conclusions concerning the relation between the electric field and
electric potentials.

17. Figure shows the field lines on a positive charge. Is the work done by the field in moving a small positive charge
from Q to P positive or negative? Give reason.

18. Four point charges Q, q, Q and q are placed at the corners of a square of side ' a ' as shown in the figure. Find the

(a) resultant electric force on a charge Q, and

(b) potential energy of this system.
19. (a) Three point charges q, 4 q and 2 q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle A B C of side l as
shown in the figure. Obtain the expression for the magnitude of the resultant electric force acting on the charge q.
(b) Find out the amount of the work done to separate the charges at infinite distance.

20. The electric potential as a function of distance ' x ' is shown in the figure. Draw a graph of the electric field E as a
function of x.

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ANSWER KEY
Subjective :-
1. Zero
2. E =  60 î N/C
3. 2000 J
4. No, zero
6. (i) 41.66 cm from 20 C charge and between the charges or 12.5 cm from 4 C charge outside charges.
(ii) U = 2.88 J
7. Electric potential, Scalar
9. Spherical
10. Positive
11. No
13. zero
14. W = 0.63 J
17. Negative
2kq 2 kqQ 4KQq KQ2 Kq 2
18. (a)  , (b) U   
a2 a2 a 2a 2a

2 3 Kq 2 q2
19. (a) F  2
(b) 10
l

1
x
2 3

20.

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PHYSICS XII Revision Lecture3

Electrostatics-3
CATJEE
Subjective
1. Which orientation of an electric dipole in a uniform electric field would correspond to stable equilibrium?
2. Define the term electric dipole moment of a dipole. State its S.I. unit
3. In which orientation, a dipole placed in a uniform electric field is in
(a) stable,
(b) unstable equilibrium?
4. Write the expression for the work done on an electric dipole of dipole moment p in turning it from its position of
stable equilibrium to a position of unstable equilibrium in a uniform electric field E.
5. An electric dipole is kept in a uniform electric field. Derive an expression for the net torque acting on it and write
its direction. State the conditions under which the dipole is in (i) stable equilibrium and (ii) unstable equilibrium.
6. Derive the expression for the electric field of a dipole at a point on the equatorial plane of the dipole.
7. Deduce the expression for the torque acting on a dipole of dipole moment p in the presence of a uniform electric
field E .
8. An electric dipole of dipole moment p consists of point charges + and q separated by a distance 2a apart.
Deduce the expression for the electric field E due to the dipole at a distance x from the centre of the dipole on its
axial line in terms of the dipole moment p . Hence show that in the limit

9. If dipole were kept in a uniform external electric field E0 diagrammatically represent the position of the dipole in
stable and unstable equilibrium and write the expressions for the torque acting on the dipole in both the cases.
10. Draw the equipotential surface due to an electric dipole.
11. Derive an expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole in a uniform electric field. Explain conditions
for stable and unstable equilibrium.
Objective
12. The unit of electric dipole moment is
(a) newton (b) coulomb (c) farad (d) debye
13. The potential at a point due to an electric dipole will be maximum and minimum when the angles between the axis
of the dipole and the line joining the point to the dipole are respectively
(a) 90o and 180o (b) 0° and 90o (c) 90o and 0o (d) 0o and 180o
14. Assertion: The potential in the equatorial plane of a dipole is zero.
Reason: Electrical potential is a vector quantity.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
(c) If the assertion is true but the reason is false.
(d) If the assertion and reason both are false
ANSWER KEY

1. E || P
3. (a) E || P (b) E anti parallel to p
4. 2pE
12. D
13. D
14. C

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PHYSICS XII Revision Lecture4

Gauss’s Law
CATJEE
Subjective:-
1. If the radius of the Gaussian surface enclosing a charge is halved, how does the electric flux through the
Gaussian surface change?
2. 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’

3. What is the electric flux through a cube of side 1cm which encloses an electric dipole?
4. How does the electric flux due to a point charge enclosed by a spherical Gaussian surface get affected when its
radius is increased ?
5. Using Gauss’ law, derive an expression for the electric field intensity at any point outside a uniformly
charged thin spherical shell of radius R and charge density a  C/m2. Draw the field lines when the
charge density of the sphere is (i) positive, (ii) negative.
6. A point charge of 2.0 C is at the centre of a cubic Gaussian surface 9.0 cm on edge. What is the net
electric flux through the surface?
7. Derive formula for electric field due to –
(i) infinity long uniformly charged wire
(ii) infinite large thin sheet
Objective
8. The SI unit of electric flux is

(a) Vm−1 (b) Vm2 (c) NC−1m−2 (d) NC−1m2

9. Consider a uniform electric field E  3  103 ˆiNC1 . What is the flux through a square of 10 cm whose
plane is parallel to the y-z plane?
(a) 30NC−1m2 (b) 20NC−1m2 (c) 10NC−1m2 (d) Zero
10. The total flux through the given cube with side of length l if a charge q is placed at corner A of the cube
is

q q q q
(a) (b) (c) (d)
80 40 20 0

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11. Which of the following statements is not true about Gauss’s law?
(a) Gauss’s law is true for any closed surface.
(b) The term q on the right side of Gauss’s law includes the sum of all charges enclosed by the surface.
(c) Gauss’s law is not much useful in calculating electrostatic fields when the system has some symmetry.
(d) Gauss’s law is based on the inverse square dependence on distance contained in the coulomb’s law
12. Assertion: Gauss’s law shows diversion when the inverse square law is not obeyed.
Reason: Gauss’s law is the consequence of conservation of charges.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
Case Study :
1
Gauss law states that the total electric flux over a closed surface is times the net charge enclosed by the
0
q net
surface  
0

To calculate flux, we will not consider the charge outside the closed surface. In another statement, the surface
integral of the electric field over the closed surface is taken into account.

q net
 E  ds 
S
0
Here, the LHS will consider the field due to all the charges inside and outside the closed surface, but the RHS
considers the net charge inside the closed surface only. Based on the above, answer the following questions.
13. If three charges, q1, q2 and q3 are outside the sphere and two charges q4 and q5 are inside, then the flux
through the spherical surface will be :
q1  q 2  q3  q 4  q5 q1  q 2  q3  q 4  q5
(a) (b)
0 0
q 4  q5 q1  q 2  q3  q 4  q5
(c) (d)
0 0

14. If three charges, q1,q2 and q3 are outside the sphere and two charges q4 and q5 are inside and if we use
q net
the formula,  E.ds 
S
0
, then the electric field E is due to :

(a) q1 , q 2 and q3 only (b) q4 and q5 only

(c) average of all the charges given (d) all the charges given
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15. If the sphere completely encloses 3 dipoles of moments p1, p2 and p3 and lengths 2a1, 2a2 and 2a3, then
the net flux through the surface is
p1  p2  p3 (p1 / 2a1 )  (p2 / 2a 2 )  (p3 / 2a 3 )
(a) (b)
0 0
(c) zero (d) depends on the orientation of dipole
16. If a thin charged rod, of length a and with uniform linear charge density  throughout its length, pierces
the sphere as shown, then the net flux through the sphere is:

(O is the centre of the sphere and take r as its radius)

r 2r r r
(a) (b) (c) (d)
0 0 0 20
17. Derive formula for electric field due to uniformly charged spherical shell for
(a) r < R
(b) r  R
18. Repeat above problem for solid sphere.
19. The electric field components in figure are E x  x1/2 ,E y  E z  0 . In which   800 N / C m1/ 2 .

Calculate (a) the flux through the cube, and (b) the charge within the cube. Assume that a = 0.1 m.

a
n̂ L n̂ R
x
a a
a
z
20. An electric field is uniform, and in the positive x direction for positive x, and uniform with the same
magnitude but in the negative x direction for negative x. It is given that E  200iˆ N / C for x > 0 and

E  200iˆ N/C for x < 0. A right circular cylinder of length 20 cm and radius 5 cm has its centre at the
origin and its axis along the x-axis so that one face is at x = +10 cm and the other is at x = 10 cm
(figure). (a) what is the net outward flux through each flat face? (b) What is the flux through the side of
the cylinder? (c) What is the net outward flux through the cylinder? (d) What is the net charge inside
the cylinder?

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21. 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?
22. 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?

ANSWER KEY

1. No change 9. a
qin 2q  q q 10. a
2.   
0 0 0 11. c
3. Zero, because qin = 0 12. c
4. No change 13. c
N 2 14. d
6.   2.25  105 m
C 15. c
8. d 16. b

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