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negative charges respectively. Then
1) mass of A > Mass of B
2) mass of A < Mass of B
3) mass of A = Mass of B
4) mass of A > Mass of B
5. Two spheres of equal mass A and B are given +q
and -q charge respectively then
1) mass of A increases
2) mass of B increases
3) mass of A remains constant
4) mass of B decreases
6. A : Charge cannot exist without mass but mass
can exist without charge.
B : Charge is invariant but mass is variant with
velocity
C : Charge is conserved but mass alone my not
be conserved.
1) A, B, C are true
2) A, B, C are not true
3) A, B are only true
4) A, B are false, C is true
COULOMBS LAW
7. Two charges are placed at a distance apart. If a
glass slab is placed between them, force between
them will
1) be zero 2) increase
3) decrease 4) remains the same
8. A negatively charged particle is situated on a
straight line joining two other stationary particles
each having charge +q. The direction of the
motion of the negatively charged particle will
depend on
1) the magnitude of charge
2) the position at which it is situated
3) both magnitude of charge and its position
CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS 4) the magnitude of +q
CHARGE AND CONSERVATION OF CHARGE 9. Four charges are arranged at the corners of a
1. The minimum charge on an object is square ABCD as shown in the figure. The force
1) One coulomb 2) One stat coulomb on the charge kept at the centre ‘O’ is
3) 1.6 10 coulomb 4) 1.6 1019 coulomb
20
C2
2. Other unit for the quantity having the units
Nm 2
is
farad farad m
1) farad 2) 2 3) 4) farad
m m
3. 1 coulomb of charge contains ..... number of 1) zero 2) along the diagonal AC
electrons 3) along the diagonal BD
1) 6.25 1018 2) 3.125 1018 4) perpendicular to side AB
10. Two identical +ve charges are at the ends of a
3) 6.25 1012 4) 3.125 1012 straight line AB. Another identical +ve charge is
4. Two identical metallic spheres A and B of exactly placed at ‘C’ such that AB=BC. A, B and C being
equal masses are given equal positive and on the same line. Now the force on ‘A’
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1) increases 2) decreases
3) remains same 4) we cannot say
11. Two identical pendulums A and B are suspended
from the same point. Both are given positive
charge, with A having more charge than B. They
diverge and reach equilibrium with the suspension
of A and B making angles1 and 2 with the
vertical respectively.
1) 1 2 2) 1 2 3) 1 2 1) E A EB 2) E A EB
4) The tension in A is greater than that in B EB E
12. Assertion(A) : Force between two point charges 3) E A 4) E A 2B
at rest is not changed by the presence of third r r
point charge between them. 16. Figure shows lines of force for a system of two
Reason(R): Force depends on the magnitude of point charges. The possible choice for the charges
the first two charges and seperation between them is
1) A is true but R is false
2) R is true but A is false
3) Both A and R are true and R is correct
explanation of A
4) Both A and R are true and R is not correct
explanation of A.
13. Match the following:
a) mass e) invariant
b) charge f) only attractive
c) Coulomb force g) may be variant
d) gravitational force h) may be repulsion
1) a f , b g , c h, d e
1) q1 4 C , q2 1.0 C
2) a g , b e, c f , d h
2) q1 1 C , q2 4 C
3) a g , b e, c h, d f
3) q1 2 C , q2 4 C
4) a g , b h, c e, d f
4) q1 3C , q2 2 C
14. Two point charges q and 2q are placed
17. Drawings I and II show two samples of electric
at a certain distance apart. Where should a field lines
third point charge be placed so that it is in
equilibrium?
1) on the line joining the two charges on the
right of 2q
2) on the line joining the two charges on the
left of q
3) between q and 2q 1) The electric fields in both I and II are produced.
4) at any point on the right bisector of the by negative charge located somewhere on the
line joining q and 2q . left and positive charges located somewhere on
ELECTRIC FIELD the right
15. Figure shows the electric lines of force emerging 2) In both I and II the electric field is the same
from a charged body. If the electric field at ‘A’ every where
3) In both cases the field becomes stronger on
and ‘B’ are E A and EB respectively and if the
moving from left to right
displacement between ‘A’ and ‘B’ is ‘r’ then 4) The electric field in I is the same everywhere,
but in II the electric field becomes stronger on
moving from left to right
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18. An electron is projected with certain velocity into is applied parallel to the string so that the bead
an electric field in a direction opposite to the field. stays at rest of the middle of the string. If the
Then it is electric field is switched off momentarily and
1) accelerated 2) retarded switched on (1991)
3) neither accelerated nor retarded 1) the bead moves downwards and stops as soon
4) either accelerated or retarded as the field is switched on
19. The acceleration of a charged particle in a uniform 2) the bead moved downwards when the field is
electric field is switched off and moves upwards when the field
1) proportional to its charge only is switched on
2) inversely proportional to its mass only 3) the bead moves downwards with constant
accelerationtill it reaches the bottom of the string
3) proportional to its specific charge
4) the bead moves downwards with constant
4) inversely proportional to specific charge
velocity till it reaches the bottom of the string
20. An electron and proton are placed in an electric
27. An electron is moving with constant velocity along
field. The forces acting on them are F1 and x-axis. If a uniform electric field is applied along
y-axis, then its path in the x-y plane will be
F2 and their accelerations are a1 and a2 (MP PMT-1999)
respectively then 1) a straight line 2) a circle
3) a parabola 4) an ellipse
1) F1 F2 2) F1 F2 0 28. An electric dipole is placed in an electric field
generated by a point charge (MP PMT 1999)
3) a1 a2 4) a1 a2 1) the net electric force on the dipole must be
21. The bob of a pendulum is positively charged. zero
Another identical charge is placed at the point of 2) the net electric force on the dipole may be
suspension of the pendulum. The time period of zero
pendulum 3) the torque on the dipole due to the field must
1) increases 2) decreases be zero
3) becomes zero 4) remains same. 4) the torque on the dipole due to the field is not
22. Intensity of electric field inside a uniformly equal to zero
charged hollow sphere is (RAJ PET 2000) 29. The electric field at a point at a distance r from
1) zero 2) non zero constant an electric dipole is proportional to (MPPMT 1999)
3) change with r 1 1 1
4) inversely proportional to r 1) 2) 2 3) 3 4) r 2
r r r
23. A positive charge q0 placed at a point P near a 30. Two point charges q and -2q are placed some
charged body experience a force of repulsion of distance d apart. If the electric field at the locatiion
magnitude F, the electric field E of the charged of q is E, that at the location of -2q is (1987)
body at P is
E E
F F F 1) 2) -2E 3) 4) -4E
2 2
1) 2) 3) 4) F
q0 q0 q0 dV
24. A cube of side b has charge q at each of its 31. E , here negative sign signified that
dr
vertices. The electric field at the centre of the
1) E is opposite to V 2) E is negative
cube will be (KARNATAKA CET 2000)
3) E increases when V decreases
32q q q 4) E is directed in the direction of decreasing V
1) zero 2)
b2
3)
2b 2
4) 2
b
32. An electron moves with a velocity v in an electric
25. An electron enters an electric field with its velocity
in the direction of the electric lines of force. Then field E . If the angle between v and E is neither
( MP PMT 1999 ) 0 nor , then path followed by the electron is
1) the path of the electron will be a circle 1) straight line 2) circle
2) the path of the electron will be a parabola 3) ellipse 4) parabola
3) the velocity of the electron will decrease 33. A charged particle is free to move in an electric
4) the velocity of the electron will increase field
26. A charged bead is capable of sliding freely through 1) It will always move perpendicular to the line of
a string held vertically in tension. An electric field force
2) It will always move along the line of force in
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the direction of the filed. charged sphere from centre
3) It will always move along the line of force c) Electric field inside g) inversely propor
opposite to the direction of the filed. a non-conducting tional to the distance
4) It will always move along the line of force in charged sphere
the direction of the field or opposite to the direction d) Electric potential in h) inversely propor-
of the field depending on the nature of the charge side a charged tional to the square of
34. Two parallel plates carry opposite charges such conducting sphere the distance
that the electric field in the space between them
is in upward direction. An electron is shot in the 1) a h, b g , c e, d f
space and parallel to the plates. Its deflection 2) a e, b f , c h, d g
from the original direction will be
1) Upwards 2) Downwards 3) a h, b g , c f , d e
3) Circular 4) does not deflect
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND POTENTIAL ENERGY 4) a g , b h, c f , d e
35. Potential at the point of a pointed conductor is 43. Assertion (A): The dielectric medium between
1) maximum 2) minimum the plates of a parallel plate capacitor lowers the
3) zero 4) same as at any other point potential difference between the plates without a
36. An equipotential line and a line of force are battery.
1) perpendicular to each other Reason (R): The maximum electric field that a
2) parallel to each other dielectric can with stand without causing it to
3) in any direction 4) at an angle of 450 break down is dielectric strength.
37. When a charged conductor is placed near an 1) Both A and R are true, R is not correct
earth connected conductor, its potential explanation of A
1) always increases 2) always decreases 2) Both A and R are true, R is correct explanation
3) may increase or decrease of A.
4) remains the same 3) A is false, R is true 4) A is true, R is false
38. If a unit charge is taken from one point to another 44. A hollow metal sphere of radius 5cm is charged
over an equipotential surface, then such that the potential on its surface is 10V. The
1) work is done on the charge potential at the centre of the sphere is
2) work is done by the charge 1) 0 V 2) 10 V
3) work on the charge is constant 3) same as at point 5cm away from the surface
4) no work is done
4) same as at point 25cm from the surface
39. Electric potential at some point in space is zero.
45. The work done (in Joule) in carrying a charge of
Then at that point
1) electric intensity is necessarily zero 100 coulomb between two points having a
2) electric intensity is necessarily non zero. potential difference of 10 volt is
3) electric intensity may or may not be zero 1) 0.1 2) 10 3) 100 4) 1000
4) electric intensity is necessarily infinite. 46. Two charges q and -q are kept apart. Then at any
40. When an electron approaches a proton, their point on the perpendicular bisector of line joining
electro static potential energy the two charges. (2008E)
1) decreases 2) increases 1) the electric field strength is zero
3) remains unchanged 4) all the above 2) the electric potential is zero
41. An electron and a proton move through a 3) both electric potential and electric field
potential difference of 200V. Then strength are zero
1) electron gains more energy 4) both electric potential and electric field
2) proton gains more energy strength are non-zero
3) both gain same energy 47. Electric potential at the centre of a charged hollow
4) none of them gain energy spherical conductor is (1995)
42. Match the following : 1) zero
a) Electric field outside e) Constant
2) twice as that on the surface
a conducting charged
3) half of that on the surface
sphere
b)Electric potential out f) directly propor 4) same as that on the surface
side the conducting national to distance 48. Which of the following pair is related as in work
and force (1994)
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1) electric potential and electric intensity electrostatic potential energy of the system is
2) momentum and force decreased.
3) impulse and force d) Electric lines of force diverge at positive charge
4) resistance and voltage and converge towards negative charge.
49 The equipotential surfaces corresponding to single 1) a 2) b 3) c 4) d
positve charge are concentric spherical shells 55. A charge is moved against repulsion. Then we
with the charge at its origin. The spacing between are
the surfaces for the same change in potential A) decreasing its kinetic energy
1) is uniform throughout the field B) increasing its potential energy
2) is getting closer as r C) increasing both the energies
D) decreasing both the energies.
3) is getting closer as r 0
1) A, B, C, D are true 2) A, B, C are true
4) can be varied as one wishes to 3) A, B are true 4) A only true
50. Four identical charges each of charge q are 56. Two copper spheres of the same radii, one hollow
placed at the corners of a square. Then at the and the other solid, are charged to the same
centre of the square the resultant electric intensity potential, then
E and the net electric potential V are 1) hollow swphere holds more charge
2) solid sphere holds more charge
1) E 0, V 0 2) E 0, V 0 3) both hold equal charge
3) E 0, V 0 4) E 0, V 0 4) we can’t say
ELECTRIC FLUX AND GAUSS LAW
51. Two positive charges q and q are placed at the 57. A cubical Gaussian surfaces encloses 30 C per
diagonally opposite corners of a square and two unit permittivity of charge. The electric flux through
negative charges q and q are placed at the each face of the cube is
other two corners of the square. Then at the 1) 30 C 2) 15 C 3) 10 C 4) 5 C
centre of the square the resultant electric intensity 58. As one penetrates uniformly charged conducting
E and the net electric potential V are sphere, what happens to the electric field strength
1) decreases inversely as the square of the
1) E 0, V 0 2) E 0, V 0 distance
3) E 0, V 0 4) E 0, V 0 2) decreases inversely as the distance
3) becomes zero
52. Statement(A): Negative charges always move 4) increases inversely as the square of distance
from a higher potential to lower potential point 59. Mark the correct options
Statement (B): Electric potential is vector. 1) Gauss law is valid only for unsymmetrical
1) A is true but B is false charge distributions
2) B is true but A is false 2) Gauss law is valid only for charge placed in
3) Both A and B false vacuum
4) Both A and R are true 3) The electric field calculated by Gauss law is
53. Assertion: (A): Work done by electric force is the field due to the charges outside the Gaussian
path independent. surface.
Reason: (R): Electric force is conservative 4) The flux of the electric field through a closed
1) A is correct, R is wrong surface due to all the charges is equal to the flux
2) A is wrong, R is correct due to the charges enclosed by the surface
3) A and R are correct, R is correct explanation 60. If the flux of the electric field through a closed
of A surface is zero
4) A and R are correct and R is not correct 1) The electric field must be zero every where on
explanation of A. the surface
54. Choose the wrong statement 2) The electric field must not be zero everywhere
a) Work done in moving a charge on equipotential on the surface
3) The charge inside the surface must be zero
surface is zero.
4) The charge in the vicinity of the surface must
b) Electric lines of force are always normal to
be zero
equipotential surface
61. An infinite plane sheet of a metal is charged to
c) When two like charges are brought nearer, then
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charge density C / m 2 in a medium of 3) 2 / 0 4) zero
dielectric constant K. Intensity of electric field 70. In the above question, if the sheets were thick
near the metallic surface will be and conducting, value of E in the space between
the two sheets would be
1) E 2) E 2
o K o 1) 2 / 0 2) / 0
K 3) zero 4) 4 / 0
3) E 2 K 4) E 2
o o 71. In the above problem the value of E in the space
62. The electric flux from a cube of edge l is . Its outside the sheets is.
value if edge of cube is made 2 l and charge 1) / 0 2) / 2 0
enclosed is halved is
3) zero 4) 2 / 0
1) /2 2) 2 3) 4 4)
72. The Gaussian surface for calculating the electric
63. If the electric flux entering and leaving an enclosed field due to a charge distribution is
surface respectively is 1 and 2 , the electric 1) any closed surface around the charge
charge inside the surface will be distribution
2) any surface near the charge distribution
1) 1 2 / o 2) 1 2 / o 3) a spherical surface
4) a closed surface at a every point of which
3) 1 2 o 4) 2 1 o electric field has a normal component which is
zero or a fixed value
64. Electric flux at a point in an electric field is
1) positive 2) negative 73. The electric flux over a sphere of radius 1m is .
3) zero 4) positive or negtive If radius of the sphere were doubled without
65. Electric flux over a surface in an electric field may changing the charge enclosed, electric flux would
be become
1) positive 2) negative
1) 2 2) /2
3) zero 4) positive, negative, zero
66. Number of electric lines of force emanating from 3) /4 4)
1C of positive charge in vacuum is 74. A charge q is enclosed in a cube. What is the
1) 8.85 1012 2) 9 109 electric flux associated with one of the faces of
cube
3) 1/ 4 9 109 4) 1.13 1011
q 0 6q q
67. Number of electric lines of force from 0.5 C of 1) 0 2) q 3) 0 4) 6 0
positive charge in a dielectric medium of constant
10 is 75. A charge Q is placed at the corner of a cube. The
electric flux through all the faces of the cube is
1) 5.65 109 2) 1.13 1011
Q Q Q Q
1) 0 2) 6 0 3) 8 0 4) 3 0
3) 9 109 4) 8.85 1012
68. Electric field intensity at a point due to an infinite
sheet of charge having surface charge density 76. A point charge +q is placed at mid point of a
is E. If sheet were conducting electric intensity cube of side ‘L’. The electric flux emerging from
would be the cube is
1) E/2 2) E 3) 2 E 4) 4 E q
69. Two thin infinite parallel sheets have uniform 1)
q 2)
6qL2 3)
0 6 L2 0 4)zero
surface densities of charge + and – .
Electric field in the space between the two sheets 77. A charge q is enclosed as shown below, the
is electric flux is
1) / 0 2) / 2 0
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83. An electric dipole placed in a nonuniform electric
field experiences
1) a force but no torque
(i) (ii) q 2) a torque but no force
q
3) a force as well as a torque
4) neither a force nor a torque
84. If Ea be the electric field intensity due to a short
dipole at a point on the axis and Er be that on
the right bisector at the same distance from the
q dipole, then
(iii)
1) Ea Er 2) Ea 2 Er
1) maximum in (i) 2) maximum in (ii) 3) Er 2 Ea 4) Ea 2 Er
3) maximum in (iii) 4) equal in all 85. The electric potential due to an extremely short
DIPOLE
dipole at a distance r from it is proportional to
78. The angle between electric dipolemoment p and
the electric field length E when the dipole is in 1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
stable equilibrium r r2 r3 r4
1) 0 2) / 4 3) / 2 4) 86. An electric dipole when placed in a uniform electric
79. ‘Debye’ is the unit of field will have minimum potential energy, if the
1) electric flux angle between dipole moment and electric field
2)electric dipolemoment is
3) electric potential 4) electric field intensity 1) zero 2) / 2 3) 4) 3 / 2
80. Electric intensity due to an electric dipole varies 87. The angle between the electric dipole moment
with distance (r) as E r n , where ‘n’ is and the electric field strength due to it, on the
1) -3 2) -2 3) -1 4) 0 equatorial line is
81. An electric dipole placed with its axis in the 1) 00 2) 900 3) 1800 4) 600
direction of a uniform electric field experiences CAPACITANCE
1) a force but not torque 88. A condenser stores
2) a torque but no force 1) potential 2) charge
3) a force as well as a torque 3) current 4) energy in magnetic field
4) neither a force nor a torque 89. Out of the following statements
82. An electric dipole is placed in a non uniform A) The capacity of a conductor is affected due to
electric field incresing along the +ve direction of the presence of an uncharged isolated conductor
X - axis. In which direction does the dipole B) A conductor can hold more charge at the same
potential if it is surrounded by dielctric medium.
1) Both A and B are correct
2) Both A and B are wrong
3) A is correct and B is wrong
4) A is wrong and B is correct
90. If an earthed plate is brought near positively
charged plate, the potential and capacity of
charged plate
1) move along + ve direction of X - axis, rotate 1) increases, decreases
clockwise 2) decreases, increases
2) move along - ve direction of X - axis, rotate 3) decreases, decreases
clockwise 4) increases, increases
3) move along + ve direction of X - axis, rotate 91. The plates of charged condenser are connected
anti clockwise by a conducting wire. The quantity of heat
4) move along - ve direction of X - axis, rotate produced in the wire is
anti clockwise
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1) proportional to the capacity of the condenser. 99. Force acting upon a charged particle kept
2) proportional to the square of the poten tial of between the plates of a charged condenser is F.
the condenser. If one of the plates of the condenser is removed,
3) proportional to the length of wire force acting on the same particle will become
4) independent of the resistance of the wire (PUNJAB CET 2000)
92. A capacitor works in F
1) A.C. circuits only 2) D.C. circuits only 1) zero 2) 3) F 4) 2F
2
3) both A,C & D.C 100. A condenser is charged and then battery is
4) neither A.C. nor in D.C. circuit. removed. A dielectric plate is put between the
93. In order to increase the capacity of a parallel plate plates of condenser, then correct statement is
condenser one should introduce between the (RAJ PET 1998)
plates a sheet of (assume that the space is 1) Q constant V and U decrease
completely filled) 2) Q constant V increases U decreases
1) Mica 2) Tin 3) Q increases V decreases U increases
3) Copper 4) Stainless steel 4) Q, V and U increase
94. In a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance 101. If an uncharged capacitor is charged by
(2001) connecting it to a battery, then the amount of
1) increases with increase in the distance energy lost as heat is (CPMT 2000)
between the plates 1 1 2
2) decreases if a dielectric material is put 1) QV 2) QV 3) QV 4) QV 2
between the plates 2 2
3) increases with decrease in the distance 102. When air is replaced by a dielectric medium of
between the plates constant K, the capacity of the condenser
4) increases with decrease in the area of the (AIIMS 1998)
plates 1) increases K times 2) increases K 2 times
95. When a dielectric material is introduced between 3) remains unchanged 4) decreases K times
the plates of a charged condenser, after 103. If we increase the distance between two plates
disconnecting the battery the electric field of the capacitor, the capacitance will
between the plates (1996) 1) decrease 2) remain same
1) decreases 2) increases 3) increase
3) does not change 4) may increase or decrease 4) first decrease then increase
96. A parallel plate capacitor is charged and the 104. In a charged capacitor the energy is stored in
charging battery is then disconnected. If the plates (KARNATAKA CET 2000)
of the capacitor are moved further apart by means
1) both in positive and negative charges
of insulating handles
2) positive charges
1) the charge in the capacitor becomes zero
3) the edges of the capacitor plates
2) the capacitance becomes infinite
4) the electric field between the plates
3) the charge in the capacitor increasese
105. A metal plate of thickness half the separation
4) the voltage across the plates increases
97. The ratio of charge to potential of a body is known between the capacitor plates of capacitance C is
as inserted. The new capacitance is
1) conductance 2) capacitance (PUNJAB CET 2000)
3) inductance 4) reactance C
98. A parallel plate capacitor filled with a materail of 1)C 2) 3) zero 4) 2C
2
dielectric constant K is charged to a certain
106. One plate of parallel plate capacitor is smaller
voltage and is isolated. The dielectric material is
than the other, the charge on the smaller plate
removed. Then (2004M)
will be
a) The capacitance decreases by a factor K
b) The electric field reduces by a factor K 1) less than other 2) more than other
c) The voltage across the capacitor increases 3) equal to other
by a factor K 4) will depend upon the medium between them
d) The charge strored in the capacitor 107. Assertion (A): The strength of the electric field in
increases by a factor K the charged and isolated capacitor is decreased
1) a and b are true 2) a and c are true when the dielectric slab is inserted.
3) b and c are true 4) b and d are true Reason (R): When the dielectric slab is inserted
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between the plates of a charged capacitor, E1
electricfield produced due to induced charge, doubled is E2 . Then E value is (2003E)
2
opposite to the external field.
1) Both A and R false 1
2) Both A and R true and R is not correct reason 1) 4 2) 3/2 3) 2 4)
for A 2
3) A is true and R is false 114. Select corect Statements
4) Both A and R are true and R is correct reason a) Charge cannot be isolated
of A. b) Repulsion is the sure test to know the
presence of charge
108. A parallel plate capacitor is first charged and then
c) Waxed paper is dielectric in paper capacitor
isolated , and a dielectric slab is introduced d) Variable capacitor is used in tuning circuits
between the plates. The quantity that remains in radio
unchanged is 1) a, b only 2) a, c only
1) Charge Q 2) Potential V 3) a, b, c only 4) b,c,d only
3) Capacity C 4) Energy U 115. A variable parallel plate capacitor and an
ENERGY STORED IN A CONDENSER AND electroscope are connected in parallel to a battery.
TYPES OF CAPACITORS The reading of the electroscope would be
109. The condenser used in the tuning circuit of radio decreased by
receiver is 1) increasing the area of overlap of the plates
1) paper condenser 2) electrolytic condenser 2) placing a block of paraffin wax between the
3) leyden jar 4) gang condenser plates
110. Space between the plates of a parallel plate 3) decreasing the distance between the plates
capacitor is filled with a dielectric slab. The 4) decreasing the battery potential
capacitor is charged and then the supply is 116. Three identical capacitors are connected together
disconnected to it. If the slab is now taken out differently. For the same voltage to every combina-
then tion, the one that stores maximum energy is
1) work is not done to take out the slab 1) the three in series 2) the three in parallel
2) energy stored in the capacitor reduces 3) two in series and the third in parallel with it
3) potential difference across the capacitor 4) two in parallel and the third in series with it
is decreased 117. The magnitude of electric field E in the annular
4) potential difference across the capacitor region of a chargerd cylindrical capacitor
is increased 1) is same throughout
111. A parallel plate condenser is charged by 2) is higher near the outer cylinder than near the
connecting it to a battery. The battery is inner cylinder
disconnected and a glas slab is introduced 3) varies as I/r where r is the distance from the axis
between the plates. Then 4) varies as r where r is the distance from the
1) potential increases axis
2) electric intensity incrases 118. Two identical capacitors are joined i n parallel,
3) energy decreases charged to a potential V, separated and then
4)capacity decreases connected in series i.e., the positive plate of one
112. A parallel plate condenser is charged by is connected to the negative plate of other.
connecting it to a battery. Without disconnecting 1) the charges o n the free plates are enhanced
the battery, the space between the plates is 2) the charges on the free plates are decreased
completely filled with a medium of dielectric 3) the energy stored in the system i ncreases
constant k. Then 4) the potential difference between the free plates
1) potential becomes 1/k times is 2V
2) charge becomes k times 119. Two parallel plate air capacitors are constructed,
3) energy becomes 1/k times one by a pair of iron plates and the second by a
4) electric intensity becomes k times. pair of copper plates of same area and same
113. A parallel plate capacitor of capacity Co is spacings. Then
charged to a potential Vo. 1) the copper plate capacitor has a greater
A) The energy stored in the capacitor when the capacitance than the iron one
battery is disconnected and the plate 2) both capacitors will have equal non zero
separation is doubled is E1 capacitances, in the uncharged state
B) The energy stored in the capacitor when the 3) both capacitors will have equal capacitances
charging battery is kept connected and the only if they are charged equally
separation between the capacitor plates is
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4) the capacitances of the two capacitors are .125 One million electrons are added to a glass rod.
unequal even they are unequally charged The total charge on the rod is
120. Select correct statement for a capacitor having 1) 1013 C 2) 1.6 1013 C
capacitance C, is connected to a source of
constant emf E 3) 1.6 1012 C 4) 1012 C
1) Almost whole of the energy supplied by the 126. The number of electrons to be removed from a
battery will be stored in the capacity, if resistance glass rod in order that it acquires a charge of
of connecting wire is negligibly small 1 C is
2) Energy received by the capacitor will be half
of energy supplied by the battery only when the 1) 6.25 1012 2) 1012
capacitor was i nitially uncharged
3) 6.25 1013 4) 1013
3) Strain energy in the capacitor must increases
even if the capacitor had an initial charge 127. A body has a charge of 9.6 1020 coulomb. It is
4) Energy stored depends on type of the source 1) possible 2) not possible
of emf 3) may (or) may not possible
121. A capacitor is connected to battery. The force of 4) Data not sufficient
attraction between the plates when the separation PRACTICE QUESTIONS
between them is halved 128. If 10 million electrons are removed from a neutral
1) remains the same 2) becomes eight times body, then the charge on the body is
3) becomes four times 4) becomes two times 1) 1.2 1012 C 2) 1.6 1012 C
122. A number of spherical conductors of different radii
have same potential. Then the surface charge 3) 1.6 1013 C 4) 1012 C
density on them 129 A body has a charge of 6.4 1019 coulomb. It is
1) is proportional to their radii 1) possible 2) not possible
2) is inversely proportional to their radii 3)may (or) may not possible
3) are equal 4) Data not sufficient
4) is proportional to square of their radii
130. 1020 electrons are removed from a conductor. The
123. Three charged particles are initially in position 1.
nature and magnitude of the charge developed
They are free to move and they come in p osition
on it is
2 after some time. Let U1 and U 2 be the
1) + 16C 2) - 16C 3) + 10C 4) - 10 C
electrostatic potential energies in position 1 and
COULOMB’S LAW
2. Then MODEL QUESTIONS
1) U1 > U2 2) U2 > U1 131. A force of 4N is acting between two charges in
3) U1 = U2 4) U 2 U1 air. If the space between them is completely filled
124. An insulator plate is passed between the plates with glass r 8 , then the new force will be
of a capacitor. Then current 1) 2N 2) 5N 3) 0.2N 4) 0.5N
132. Two unlike charges attract each other with a force
of 10N. If the distance between them is doubled,
the force between them is
1) 40N 2) 20N 3) 5N 4) 2.5N
133. Two identical metal spheres possess +60C and -
20C of charges. They are brought in contact and
then separated by 10 cm.The force between them
is
1) 36 1013 N 2) 36 1014 N
1) always flows from A to B
3) 36 1012 N 4) 3.6 1012 N
134. A charge Q is divided into two parts q1 and q2
2) always flows from B to A such that they experience maximum force of
3) first flows from A to B and then from B to A repulsion when separated by certain distance.
4) first flows from B to A and then from A to B
LEVEL- I The ratio of Q, q1 and q2 is
CHARGES AND CONSERVATION OF CHARGE 1) 1 : 1 : 2 2) 1 : 2 : 2 3) 2 : 2 : 1 4) 2 : 1 : 1
MODEL QUESTIONS 135. The ratio of the electrical force of attraction to the
gravitational force between the proton and electron
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of the hydrogen atom is of the order of the space between them be completely filled with
1) 1039 2) 1039 3) 108 4) 108 a medium K=4, the force will be
136. The force between two charges placed in air at a 1) F 2) 4F 3) F/4 4) 2F
distance r apart is F. Then the force between the 144. Two charges each of 100 micro coulomb are
same two charges if a dielectric having k = 4 and separated in a medium of relative permittivity 2
thickness r/2 is introduced between chages is by a distance of 5 cm. The force between them
is
4 9F 9F 16 F
1) F 2) 3) 4) 1) 0.36 105 N 2) 3.6 105 N
9 4 16 9
137. A charge q is placed at the centre of the line 3) 1.8 10 4 dyne 4) 1.8 104 N
joining two equal charges Q. The system of three 145. Two point charges of +2 C and +6 C repel
charges will be in equilibrium if q is equal to each other with a force of 12 newton. If a charge
(2008M) (1997)
of -4 C is given to each of these charges the
Q Q Q Q force will be now
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 4 4 2 1) Zero 2) 4N attractive
138. Two charges of 200 C and 200 C are 3) 8N repulsive 4) 4N repulsive
146. Two alpha particles are separated by a distance
placed at the corners B and C of an equilateral
triangle ABC of side 0.1 m. The force on a charge of 10 13 m . The force between them in free space
of 5 C placed A is is.
1) 92.16 10 3 N 2) 92.16 10 4 N
1) 1800 N 2) 1200 3N
3) 92.16 10 5 N 4) 92.16 10 2 N
3) 600 3N 4) 900N
147. The force btween two charges 2 C and
139. Three charges -q, +q and -q are placed at the
corners of an equilateral triangle of side ‘a’. The 4 C is 24 N , when they are separated by a
resultant electric force on a charge +q placed at
certain distance in free space. The force if (a)
the centroid O of the triangle is
distance between them is doubled and (b)
3q 2 q2 q2 3q 2 distance is halved are
1) 2) 3) 4) 1) 16 N ,80 N 2) 8 N , 72 N
4 0 a 2 4 0 a 2 2 0 a 2 2 0 a 2
140. A charge of 2 C is placed at x=0 and a charge 3) 6 N ,96 N 4) 10 N , 68 N
148. Two point charges 2c and -6c attract each other
of 32 C at x=60 cm. A third charge -Q be placed
with a force of 12N. A negative charge of 2c is
on the x-axis such that it experiences no force.
added to each of the above charges, now the
The distance of the point from 2 C is(in cm) force between them is (1993)
(1991) 1) 32N 2) 8N 3) zero 4) 4N
1) -20 2) 20 3) 15 4) 10 149. Two unit negative charges are placed on a straight
PRACTICE QUESTIONS line. A positive charge q is placed exactly at the
141. Two equally charged pith balls 3 cm apart repel mid point between these unit charges. If the
each other with a force of 4 105 newton. The system of these three charges is in equilibrium,
charge on each ball is the value of q (in C) is (2007-E)
1) 2 109 C 2) 2 109 C 1) 1.0 2) 0.75 3) 0.5 4) 0.25
150. A charge ‘q’ is placed exactly mid way between
2 9 2 9 two charges ‘Q’ and ‘Q’ separated by a distance
3) 10 C 4) 10 C
3 3 2r in air. The force on the charge ‘q’ is
142. A charge of 10 units is divided so that force 2Q Q
between the two charges is maximum when 1) 2)
4 0 r 2 4 0 r 2
placed 2 cm apart. The two charges are
1) 6, 4 2) 3, 7 3) 1, 9 4) 5, 5 5Q
143. A force ‘F’ is acting between two charges in air. If 3) Zero 4) 4 r 2
0
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151. Three charges 1 C , 1 C and 2 C are kept at 157. Four identical charges each of 1 C are placed
the vertices A, B and C of an equilateral triangle at the corners of a square of side 10 cm. The
ABC of 10cm side, respectively. The resultant resultant field strength at the centre is
force on the charge at C is (2007M)
1) 9 10 V m 2) 3.6 10 V m
9 5
1) 0.9 N 2) 1.8 N 3) 2.72 N 4) 3.12 N
152. Two positiv e charges q1 4 106 C and 3) 18 10 V m
5
4) Zero
q2 9 106 C are placed 10 cm apart in air. The 158. A particle of mass m carrying a charge q is placed
position of a third charge to be placed between in a vertical electric field so that it is suspended
them, such that there will be no resultant force in air in equilibrium against gravity. The intensity
on it is of electric field is
1) 6cm from q1 2) 3cm from q1 q qg mg mq
1) mg 2) 3) q 4) g
m
3) 4cm from q1 4) 7cm from q1 159. A mass m carrying a charge q is suspended from
153. Three point charges Q1 , Q2 and Q3 in that order a string and placed in a uniform horizontal electric
field of intensity E. The angle made by the string
are placed equally spaced along a straight line.
with the vertical in the equilibrium position is
Q2 and Q3 are equal in magnitude but opposite
1 mg 1 m
in sign. If the net force on Q3 is zero, the value of 1) tan Eq 2) tan Eq
Q1 is (UPSET 2000)
1 Eq 1 Eq
3) tan 4) tan mg
1) Q1 | Q3 | 2) Q1 2 | Q3 | m
3) Q1 2 | Q3 | 4) Q1 4 | Q3 | 160. A charge q1 exerts a force of 45N on a test charge
ELECTRIC FIELD q2 10 5 C located at a point 0.2m from q1 . The
MODEL QUESTIONS
magnitude of q1 is
154. An electron mass 9.1 10 31 kg is sent into an 1) 4 108 C 2) 2 105 C 3) 3 106 C
electric field of intensity 9.1106 newton/ 4) 5 108 C
coulomb. The acceleration produced is 161. Two charges of 10 C and -90 C are separated
by a distance of 24 cm. Electrostatic field
1) 1.6 10 m s 2 2) 1.6 10 m s 2
18 6
strength from the smaller charge is zero at a
distance of
3) 1.6 10 m s 2 4) 1.6 10 m s 2
18 6
1) 12 cm 2) 24 cm 3) 36 cm 4) 48 cm
162. A proton of mass ‘m’ charge ‘e’ is released from
155. Two charges of 50 C and 100 C are separated rest in a uniform electric field of strength ‘E’. The
by a distance of 0.6m. The intensity of electric time taken by it to travel a distance ‘d’ in the field
is
field at a point midway between them is
2de 2dm 2dE 2Ee
1) 2) 3) 4)
1) 50 10 V m 2) 5 10 V m
6 6
mE Ee me dm
163. Two electric charges of 10 9 C and 10 9 C
3) 10 10 V m 4) 10 10 V m
6 6
are placed at the corners A and B of an equilateral
156. An electron is placed at the centre of a sphere of triangle ABC side 5cm.The electric intensity at C
is
radius 0.2 metre having a charge 5 102 coulomb.
1) 1800N/C 2) 3600 N/C 3) 900N/C 4) 2700 N/C
The force on the electron is 164. An infinite number of charges each of magnitude
1) zero 2) 11109 N q are placed on x - axis at distances of
1,2, 4, 8, ... meter from the origin. The intensity
3) 22.5 109 N 4) 2.5 109 N
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of the electric field at origin is The resultant field strength vanishes at distance
..... from the smaller charge.
q q q q
1) 2) 3) 4) 1) 20cm 2) 10cm 3) 5cm 4) 25cm
3 0 6 0 2 0 4 0 174. If an electron experiences a force equal to its
165. Three small spheres each carrying a positive weight when placed in an electric field, the
charge q are placed on the circumference of a intensity of the electric field is (Mass of electron
circle of radius r to form an equilateral triangle. = 9 1031 kg , g 10ms 2 )
The electric field at the centre of the circle is
(1983 ) 1) 5.62 1011 N / C 2) 5.62 1011 N / C
q q 3) 5.62 109 N / C 4) 5.62 109 N / C
3q 3q
1) 2 2) 3) 2 4) zero 175. The field due to a charge at a distance ‘x’ from it
r r 2 r
is ‘ E’. When the distance is doubled, the intensity
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
of the field is
166. An electron and proton are sent into an electric
field. The ratio of force experienced by them is E E
1) 1 : 1 2) 1 : 1840 3) 1840 : 1 4) 1 : 9.11 1) 2) E 3) 2E 4)
8 4
167. An particle and a particle are projected 176. A charged particle P has a mass of 10 16 kg and
into the same electric field. The ratio of forces
on them is carries a charge of 4.9 1019 C . The intensity
1) 2 : 1 2) 1 : 2 3) 2 : 3 4) 3 : 2 of the electric field to be applied on it, in vertically
168. An electron revolves around the nucleus of upward direction, so as to keep it at rest is
hydrogen atom in a circle of radius 5 1011 m . 1) 1 103 NC 1 2) 2 103 NC 1
The intensity of electric field at a point in the orbit
3) 3 10 3 NC 1 4) 0.5 10 3 NC 1
of the electron is
177. Two point charges 4 C and 9 C are separated
1) 5.76 10 N C 2) 9.216 10 N C
11 8
by 30cm. The point where the strength of the
3) Zero 4) 4 N C field is zero from 4 C is
1) 18cm 2) 16cm 3) 12cm 4) 8cm
169. The force acting on a charge of 1010 C placed in
178. The force experienced by a chloride ion having 4
an electric field of intensity 600 V/m is electrons removed, when placed in an electric
1) 6 1012 N 2) 6 108 N field of intensity 2NC 1 is
3) 6 10 12
N 4) 6 10 N 8
1) 12.8 10 19 N 2) 12.8 10 16 N
170. A charge of 4 C is placed in a uniform electric
field of intensity 100 N/C. The force acting on the 3) 6.4 10 19 N 4) 6.4 10 16 N
charge is 179. An infinite no.of electric charges each equal to 5
1) 25 106 N 2) 4 104 N nano coulombs are placed along X-axis at x = 1
cm, x = 2cm, x = 4cm, x=8cm,…. and so on. In
3) 4 104 N 4) 25 106 N this setup, if the consecutive charges have
171. A proton and a deutron are sent into an electric opposite sign, then the electric field in newton/
field. The ratio between the accelerations of coulomb at x = 0 is (2003 E)
proton and deutron is 1) 12´104 2) 24´104 3) 36´104 4) 48´104
1) 2 : 1 2) 1 : 2 3) 1 : 1 4) 4 : 1 180. A charged particle of mass 5 10 6 kg is held
9
172. Two point charges Q1 8 10 C and stationary in space by placing it in an electric
Q2 6 10 9 C are separated by 10cm in air.. field of strength 106 N / C directed vertically
The intensity of electric field at the mid point downwards. The charge on the particle is
between the point charges is (g=10m/ s 2 ) (2000)
1) 72 102 V / m 2) 5.04 104 V / m
1) 20 10 5 C 2) 5 10 5 C
3) 2.16 10 V / m4 4) 2.44 10 V / m 4
3) 5 10 5 C 4) 20 10 5 C
173. Two like charges in the ratio 1:4 are 30cm apart.
181. The electric field due to a charge at a distance of
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3m from it is 500 N/C. The magnitude of the 1 cm. These points form the corners of an
equilateral triangle. A charge 2C is placed at the
1 9 2 2 centre of the circle. The work done in carrying a
charge is 4 9 10 Nm / C
0 charge of 0.1 C from A to B is
(MPPMT 2000) 1) Zero 2) 18 1011 J
1) 2.5 micro-coulomb 2) 2.0 micro-coulomb
3) 1.0 micro-coulomb 4) 0.5 micro-coulomb 3) 1.8 1011 J 4) 54 1011 J
ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND POTENTIAL 190. Charges +50, +20, +30 and -100 nano coulomb
ENERGY are placed at the four corners of a square of side
MODEL QUESTIONS 5 2 cm. The potential at the intersection of
182. The potential difference between two parallel diagonals is
plates 1cm apart is 100V. The electric field
strength between them is 1) 1.8 2 104 V 2) 3.6 10 4 V
1) 100 V/m 2) 1000 V/m
3) 1.8 10 4 V 4) Zero
3) 104 V/m 4) 50 V/m
191. A charge of 2C is moved from a point 2m away
183. 100J of work is done when 2 C charge is moved from a charge of 1C to a point 1m away from that
in an electric field between two points. The p.d. charge. The work done is
between the points is 1) 109 J 2) 106 J 3) 9 109 J 4) 1010 J
1) 2 10 4 V 2) 2 10 8 V 192. A positive point charge ‘q’ is carried from a point
3) 2 10 6 V 4) 5 10 7 V ‘B’ to a point ‘A’ in the electric field of a point
184. A sphere has a charge of + 50C. The absolute charge +Q. If the permittivity of free space is 0 ,
the work done in the process is given by
potential at a point at distance of 10 12 m from
the sphere is
1) 4500 V 2) 45 1023 V
3) 4.5 10 23 V 4) 45 10 24 V
185. Twenty seven identical mercury drops each
charged to 10V, are allowed to form a big drop. qQ 1 1 qQ 1 1
1) 4 a b 2) 4 a b
The potential of the big drop is 0 0
1) 90 V 2) 9 V 3) 900 V 4) 270 V
186. An infinite number of charges each equal to 'q' qQ 1 1 qQ 1 1
3)
4 0 a2 b2 4)
4 0 a2 b2
are placed along the X-axis at x = 1, x = 2, x = 4,
x = 8 ..... The potential at the point x = 0 due to 193. The potential energy of a proton is 3.2 1018 J at
this set of charges is
a particular point. The electric potential at this
Q 2Q 3Q Q point is
1) 4 2) 4 3) 4 4) 1) 5V 2) 10V 3) 20V 4) 15V
o o o o
194. Charges +q, -4q and +2q are arranged at the
187. Two charges of 10 C and 20 C are separated corners of an equilateral triangle of side 0.15m.
by a distance of 20 cm. The distance of the point If q=1 C, their mutual potential energy is
from smaller charge where electric potential is 1) 0.4J 2) 0.5J 3) 0.6J 4) 0. 8J
zero if it lies between them is 195. An isolated metal sphere of radius ‘r’ is given a
3 charge ‘q’. The potential energy of the sphere is
1) cm 2) 6.67 cm 3) 10 cm 4) 16 cm
20 q2 q q q2
1) 2) 3) 4)
188. Four charges 3 C , 1 C , 5C and 7 C 4 0 r 4 0 r 8 0 r 8 0 r
are arranged on the circumference of a circle of 196. Two positive charges 12 C and 10 C are
radius 0.5 m. The potential at the centre is
initially separated by 10cm. The work done in
1) Zero 2) 18 104 V
3) 18 104 V 4) 288 103V bringing the two charges 4cm closer is
189. A, B, C are three points on a circle of radius 1) 7.2J 2) 3.6J 3) 8.4J 4) 12.4J
NARAYANA AIEEE MATERIAL 82 ELECTRO STATICS
197. Two charged spheres having radii a and b are is
joined with a wire then the ratio of electric field
1 qQ 1 qQ
Ea 1) . 2) .
4 0 r 4 0 r
Eb
on their surface is (RAJ PET 2000)
1 qQ
a b a2 b2 3) 4 . 2 r 4) Zero
1) 2) 3) 2 4) 2 0
b a b a
198. An electron is accelerated through a potential 205. Two charges q1 12 109 C and q2 12 10 9 C
difference of 200 volts. If e/m for the electron be are placed 10cm apart. The potential at a point
1.6 1011 coulomb/kg, the velocity acquired by 6cm from q1 on the line joining the two charges
the electron will be (MP PET 2000) is
1) 8 106 m / s 2) 8 105 m / s 1) 3500 Volt 2) 900 Volt
3) 1800 Volt 4) -900 Volt
3) 5.9 106 m / s 4) 5.9 105 m / s
206. Two parallel metal plates are 3mm apart and have
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
a uniform electric field strength 500 Vm1 between
199. The p.d. between two plates separated by a
distance of 1 mm is 100 V. The force on an them. The potential difference between the plates
electron placed in between the plates is is
1) 15 Volt 2) 166.7 Volt
1) 105 N 2) 1.6 10 24 N 3) 16.67 Volt 4) 1.5 Volt
207. The p.d. between two plates separated by 1mm
3) 1.6 10 14 N 4) 1.6 10 19 N
is 1000V. The force on an electron placed
200. A cloud is at potential of 8 109 V relative to the between the plates is
ground. A charge of 40C is transferred in a lighting 1) 1.6 1013 N 2) 1.6 1019 N
stroke between the cloud and the earth. The 3) 1.6 1014 N 4) 1.6 1010 N
energy released is 208. An electron of mass ‘M’ kg and charge ‘e’
1) 3.2 1011 J 2) 5 109 J coulomb travels from rest through a potential
difference of ‘V’ volt. The final velocity of the
3) 2 108 J 4) 32 1012 J electron is (in m/s)
201. A spark is produced between two insulated
surfaces maintained at a potential difference of 2eV 2MV 2eV 2MV
1) 2) 3) 4)
M e M e
5 106 volt. If the energy output is 105 J , the
209. When ‘n’ small drops are made to combine to
charge transferred during the spark is
form a big drop, then the big drop’s
1) 5 1011 C 2) 5 1011 C
1) Potential increases to n1 / 3 times original
3) 2 10 C 12 4) 2 10 C 12
potential and the charge density decreases to
202. The potential difference between two parallel
n1/3 times original charge
plates is 104 volt. If the plates are separated by
0.5 cm, the force on an electron between the
2) Potential increases to n2/3 times original
plates is potential and charge density increases to n 3
1
1) 2 10 4 N 2) 3.2 10 13 N times original charge density
3) 20 N 4) 32 1012 N 3) Potential and charge density decrease to
203. Charge 6, 12 and 24 nano coulomb are placed n1/3 times original values
on the corners of a square of side 10 2 cm. The 4) Potential and charge density increases to ‘n’
times original values
charge that must be placed at the fourth corner
210. Calculate the electrostatic potential energy of an
so that the potential at the centre of the square
electron-proton system of hydrogen atom. In the
may be zero is first Bohr orbit of hydrogen atom, the radius of
1) 42 nC 2) 36 nC 3) -42 nC 4) 30 nC
204. The work done in carrying a charge ‘q’ once round the orbit is 5.3 10 11 m.
a circle of radius ‘r’ with a charge ‘Q’ at the centre
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1) 4.35 10 18 J 2) 2.175 10 18 J 1
1) 256 volt 2) volt
3) 4.35 10 19 4) 2.175 10 19 256
J J
211. Four chargers q1 0.02 C , q2 0.04 C , 3) 256 1019 volt 4) 250 volt
219. Three charges -q, Q, -q are placed at equal
q3 0.02 C , and q4 0.04 c are at the distance on a straight line. If the total potential
four corners of a square sice 9 cm then the energy of the system is zero, then Q:q =
potential at the centre of the square is 1) 1:4 2) -1:4 3) 1:2 4) 2:1
1) 9V 2) 3V 3) 1.2V 4) Zero 220. Four charges 108 ; 2 108 ; 3 108 and 2 108
212. Two protons are at a distance of 0.53 10 m . 10
coulomb are placed at the four corners of a square
The potential energy of the system in eV is of side 1m the potential at the centre of the
1) 13.6eV 2) 27.2eV square is
1) zero 2) 360 volt
3) 6.8eV 4) 20.4eV
213. A charge ‘Q’ is placed at each corner of a cube of 3) 180 volt 4) 360 2 volt
side ‘a’. The potential at the centre of the cube is 221. In a uniform electric field a charge of 3 C
(2008 M) experiences a force of 3000N. The potential
difference between two points 1 cm apart along
8Q 4Q 4Q 2Q the electric lines of force will be
1) 2)
0 a 4 0 a 3) 4)
3 0 a 0 a 1) 10V 2) 30V 3) 100V 4) 300V
222.. A larger drop is made from the two small drops
214. A hollow metal sphere of radius 5 cm is charged each having 100V then voltage on the bigger drop
such that the potential on its surface is 10 volts. is (RAJ PMT 2000)
The potential at the centre of the sphere will be 1) 100 volt 2) 1000 volt
(MP PMT 2000) 2
1) zero 2) 5 volts 3) 10 volts 4) 0.2 volts 3) 156 volt 4) 100 2 3 volt
215. Two charges of 4 C each are placed at the 223. Two charges +q and -q are placed at r distance
from each other. If one of the charges is stationary
corners of A and B of an equilateral triangle ABC and other is rotated around it, work done in one
of side length 0.2m in air. The electric potential revolution is (RAJ PET 1998)
1 9 kq 2 kq kq 2
at C is 4 9 10 1) 2
2) 3) 4) zero
0 r r r
224. An insulated charged conducting sphere of radius
1) 9 104 V 2) 18 104 V 5 cms has a potential of 10V at the surface. What
3) 36 104 V 4) 72 104 V is the potential at centre? ( AIIMS 2000)
1) 10V 2) zero
216. An infinite number of charges of equal magnitude 3) same as that at 5 cms from the surface
q coulomb but alternately opposite sign are placed 4) same as that at 25 cms from the surface
along the x-axis at x=1, x=2, x=4, ... and so on.
225. Electric charges 10 C , 5 C , 3 C and 8C
The electric potential at the point x=0 due to these
charges will be are placed at the corners of a square of side 2m .
The potential at the centre of the square (V)
q q 2q q (KARNATAKA CET 1999 )
1) 2 2) 3 3) 3 4) 6
0 0 0 0 1) 1.8 106 2) 1.8 3) 1.8 105 4) 18 105
217. There is 10 units of charge at the centre of a 226. Two metal spheres of radii R1 and R2 are charged
circle of radius 10m. The work done in moving 1
to the same potential. The ratio of the charge on
unit of charge around the circle once is
the two spheres is
1) zero 2) 10 units
3) 100 units 4) 1 unit 1 R1
1) 1 2) 3) R1 R2 4) R
218. If 41020 eV is required to move a charge of 0.25 2 2
coulomb between two points, the potential 227. n identical mercury droplets charged to the same
difference between these two points is potential V coalesce to form a single bigger droop.
The potential of the new drop will be
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V 2
charge density of 0.7 C / m2 . When its charge is
1) 2) nV 3) nV 2 4) n 3V increased by 0.44C, the charge density changes
n
228. A point positive charge of Q' unit is moved round by 0.14 C / m2 . The radius of the sphere is
another positive charge of Q unit on a circular 1) 5 cm 2) 1 0 m 3) 0.5 m 4) 5 m
path. If the radius of the circle is r, the work done 235. At the centre of a cubical box + Q charge is
on the charge Q' in making one complete placed. The value of total flux that is coming out
revolution is (BHU MED 2000) of each face is
Q QQ ' Q' 1) Q / o 2) Q / 3 o 3) Q / 4 o 4) Q / 6 o
1) 2) 3) 4) zero
4 0 r 4 0 r 4 0 r 236. The electric field in a region of space is given by
229. The two surfaces A and B are at the same
E 5i 2 j NC 1 . The electric flux due to this
potential. The work done in carrying a charged
particle (q) from A to B will be (RAJ PET 1999) field through an area 2 m 2 lying in the YZ plane
Kq Kq Kq in S.I. units is
1) 2) 3) 4) zero
r2 r r 1) 10 2) 20 3) 10
2 4) 2 29
230. The work done in carrying 20 coulomb charge
through a distance of 5 m is 2J. The potential 237. A long string with a charge of per unit length
difference between these two points will be passes through an imaginary cube of edge a.
1) 2 101V 2) 1102 V The maximum flux of the electric field through
the cube will be
3) 2 102 V 4) 1101V
231. Eight small droplets of mercury of equal radii are 1) a / 0 2) 2 a / 0
charged to the same potential 10V. If they
coalesce to form one big drop, then potential on 3) 6 a 2 / 0 4) 3 a / 0
big drop is (CBSE PMT 1999)
1) 10V 2) 20V 3) 30V 4) 40V 238. A half ring of radius R has a charge of per unit
232. A hollow metal sphere of radius 5 cm is charged length. The potential at the centre of the half ring
such that the potential on its surface is 10 volts.
The electric field at the centre of the sphere will 1
is ( k 4 )
be (MP PMT 2000) o
1) 50 volts/meter 2) 10 volts/meter
3) 5 volts/meter 4) zero
233.. Equipotentials surfaces are shown in figure a and 1) k 2) k 3) k 4) k
R R R
b. The field in
239. A charge Q is placed at the mouth of a conical
flask. The flux of the electric field through the
flask is
Q Q
1)zero 2) Q / 0 3) 4)
2 0 2 0
240. A rod with linear charge density is bent in the
shape of circular ring. The electric potential at
the center of the circular ring is
2
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 0 2 0 0 0
1) a is uniform only 2) b is uniform only PRACTICE QUESTIONS
3) a and b is uniform 4) both are nonuniform 241. A metal sphere of radius 10 cm has a charge of
ELECTRIC FLUX 12.56 106 coulomb. The surface charge
GAUSS’S LAW density on the sphere is
APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW
1) 1 C m 2 2) 10 C m 2
6
MODEL QUESTIONS
234. A charged spherical conductor has a surface
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3) 10 C m 2
4
4) 10 C m 2
5 248.. Two charges 3.2 1019 C and 3.2 1019 C
0
242. A charge of 5 C is placed at the centre of a placed 2.4 A apart form an electric dipole. It is
spherical gaussian surface of radius 5 cm. The
placed in a uniform electric field of i n t e n s i t y
1 4 105 volt/m. The electric dipole moment is
electric flux through the surface is
0 times of 1) 15.36 10 29 C m
2 2
1) 0.1 N-m /C 2) 0.5 N-m /C
2)15.36 10 19 C m
3) 1 N-m2/C 4) 5 N-m2/C
243. In a region where intensity of electric field is 3) 7.68 10 29 C m
1
5 NC , 40 lines of electric force are crossing 4) 7.68 10 19 C m
per square metre. The number of lines crossing 249. In the above problem,the potential energy of the
per square metre where intensity of electric field dipole in the equilibrium position is
is 10 NC 1 will be 1) 3 10 23 J 2) 3 10 23 J
1) 20 2) 80 3) 100 4) 200 3) 6 10 23 J 4) 3 10 36 J
244. A sphere of radius 1 m encloses a charge of 250. In the above question, the work done to rotate
5 C . Another charge of 5 C is placed inside the electric dipole from the equilibrium position
the sphere . The net electric flux would be by 1800 is
1) double 2) four times 1) 3 10 23 J 2) 6 10 23 J
3) zero 4) three times
245. A charge Q C is placed at the centre of a cube. 3) 12 10 23 J 4) Zero
The flux coming out from any surface will be PRACTICE QUESTIONS
251. An electric dipole made up of a positive and
Q Q
1) 106 2) 103 negativecharge, each of 1 C separated by a
6 0 6 0
distance of 2cm is placed in an electric filed of
Q Q 105 N/C, then the work done in rotating the dipole
3) 24 0 4) 8 0 from the position of stable equilibrium through an
246. A ring with a uniform charge Q and radius R, is angle of 180 0 is
placed in the yz plane with its centre at the origin
1 1) 2 10 3 Joule 2) 2 10 8 Joule
(k 4 o
). 3) 4 10 3 Joule 4) Zero
1) The field at the origin is not equal to zero CAPACITANCE
Q MODEL QUESTIONS
2) The potential at the origin is k 252. The charge stored in a capacitor is 20 C and
R
the potential difference across the plates is 500
Q
3) The field at the point (x,0,0) is k V. Its capacity is
x2
1) 0.04F 2) 102 F
Q
4)The field at the point (x,0,0) is k 2 3) 2 106 F 4) 250 F
R x2
DIPOLE 253. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser
MODEL QUESTIONS consisting of two plates each 10 cm square and
247. An electric dipole is along a uniform electric field. are seperated by a distance of 2 mm is (Take air
If it is deflected by 600, work done by agent is as the medium between the plates)
2 1019 J. Then the work done by an agent if it 1) 8.85 1013 F 2) 4.42 1012 F
0
is deflected by 30 further is 3) 44.25 1012 F 4) 88.5 1013 F
1) 2.5 10 19 J 2) 2 10 19 J
254. An oil condenser has a capacity of 100 F . The
3) 4 10 19 J 4) 2 10 16 J oil has dielectric constant 2. When the oil leaksout
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its new capacity is 263. The radius of the earth is 6381 km. The
1) 200 F 2) 0.02 F 3) 50 F 4) 0.5 F capacitance of the earth is
255. Sixty four spherical drops each of radius 2 cm 1) 709 109 F 2) 709 109 F
and carrying 5C charge combine to form a bigger 3) 709 1012 F 4) 709 106 F
drop. Its capacity is
264. A parallel plate air condenser consists of two
8 11 circular plates of diameter 8 cm. At what distance
1) 10 F 2) 90 1011 F
9 should the plates be placed so as to have the
3) 1.11011 F 4) 9 1011 F same capacity as that of a sphere of diameter
20 cm
256. A highly conducting sheet of aluminium foil of
1) 2 mm 2) 4 mm 3) 2 cm 4) 4 cm
negligible thickness is placed between the plates
of a parallel plate capacitor. The foil is parallel to 265. The capacity of each mercury drop is 10 F . 64
the plates. If the capacitance before the insertion drops are combined to form a single drop. Its
of foil was 10 F, its value after the insertion of resultant capacity is
foil will be 1) 10 F 2) 20 F 3) 160 F 4) 40 F
1) 20 F 2) 10 F 3) 5 F 4) Zero 266. A capacitor of capacitance 2 micro farad is
257. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser is charged to a voltage of 6 volt. The charge on its
10 F without dielectric. Dielectric constant of 2 plates is
is used to fill half thickness between the plates 1) 1.2 105 C 2) 3 106 C
the capacitance is ........ F 1 1
3) 10 6 C 6
4) 10 C
1) 10 2) 20 3) 15 4) 13.33 3 12
258. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are charged 267. The capacitance of a sphere of radius 10cm
upto 200 volts. A di-electric slab of thickness 4mm situated in air is approximately
is inserted between the plates. Then to maintain 1) 11106 F 2) 11 10 9 F
the same potential difference between the plates
of the capacitor, the distance between the plates 3) 11 10 12 F 4) Zero
is increased by 3.2mm. The di-electric constant 268. A dielectric of thickness 5cm and dielectric
of di-electric slab is (2004 E) constant 10 is introduced between the plates of
1) 1 2) 4 3) 5 4) 6 a parallel plate capacitor having plate area 500
259. A variable air capacitor has 11 movable plates sq. cm and separation between the plates 10cm.
and 12 stationary plates ,The area of each plate The capacitance of the capacitor with dielectric
is 0.0015m 2 and separation between opposite slab is 0 8.8 10 12 C 2 / N m 2
plates is 0.001m .The maximum capacitance of
1) 4.4 pF 2) 6.2 pF 3) 8 pF 4) 10 pF
the capacitor is
1) 292.2F 2) 292.2 mF 3) 292 F 4) 292.pF 269. A capacitor of 10 F capacitance is charged
PRACTICE QUESTIONS by a 12 V battery. Now the space between the
260. The capacity of a parallel plate air condenser is plates of capacitors is filled with dielectric of
2 F . If a dielectric of dielectric constant 4 is dielectric constant K = 3. The magnitude of the
charge is
introduced between the plates, its new capacity
is 1) 120 C 2) 240 C 3) 360 C 4) 480 C
1) 1.5 F 2) 0.5 F 3) 8 F 4) 6 F 270. In a parallel plate condenser if the distance
between the plates is made half and the dielectric
261. Two parallel plate air capacitors have the same constant is doubled, then the capacity increases
separation. The plates of the first are squares of by a factor
side 10 cm. The plates of the second are squares 1) 2 times 2) 4 times 3) 8 times 4) 16 times
of side 20 cm. The ratio of the capacities is 271. In a parallel plate air capacitor of capacitance 4
1) 2 : 1 2) 1 : 2 3) 4 : 1 4) 1 : 4 farad, if the lower half of air space is filled with a
262. A capacitor of 50 F is connected across a 200 material of dielectric constant 3 its capacitance
volt supply. The charge that it would take is changes to ( 1993 )
1) 1 C 2) 2 C 3) 8 C 4) 0.01 C
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is reached
4 8
1) F 2) F 3) 8F 4) 12F 4) charge flows from A to B till charges on them
3 3 are equal.
272. Two metal plates are separated by a distance d 279. A number of identical condensers are first
in a parallel plate condenser. A metal plate of connected in parallel and then in series. The
thickness t and of the same area is inserted equivalent capacities are found to be in the ratio
between the condenser plates. The value of 9:1. The number of condensers used is
capacitance increases by ...... times 1) 9 2) 81 3) 3 4) 100
1 280. Three condensers 1 F , 2 F and 3 F are
d t t t
1) 2) 2 3) t 4) 1 t connected in series to a p.d. of 330 volt. The PD
d d d d across the plates of 3 F is
273. The potential difference between the two plates 1) 180 V 2) 300 V 3) 60 V 4) 270 V
of parallel plate condenser is 250 volt and the 281. A capacitor of 30 F charged to 100 V is
distance between them is 5 cm. The uniform
electric field intensity is connected in parallel to capacitor of 20 F
1) 5000vm1 2) 50vm1 3) 500vm1 4) 250vm1 charged to 50 volt. The common potential is
1) 75 V 2) 150 V 3) 50 V 4) 80 V
274. Capacitance of a capacitor becomes 7/6 times
282. When two capacitors are joined in series the
its original value if a dielectric slab of thickness,
resultance capacity is 2.4 F and when the same
2
t= d is introduced in between the plates. ‘d’ is two are joined in parallel the resultant capacity is
3 10 F . Their individual capacities are
the separation between the plates. The dielectric
constant of the di-electric slab is (2004 M) 1) 7 F , 3 F 2) 1 F , 9 F
1) 14/11 2) 11/14 3) 7/11 4) 11/7
3) 6 F , 4 F 4) 8 F , 2 F
275. Capacity of a parallel plate condenser is 10 F
283. The effective capacitance between the point P
when the distance between its plates is 8 cm. If
and Q in the given figure is
the distance between the plates is reduced to 4
cm, its capacity will be (CPMT’97,AFMC 2000)
1) 10 F 2) 15 F 3) 20 F 4) 40 F
276. In the capacitor of capacitance 20 F , the
distance between plates is 2 mm. If a material of
dielectric constant 2 is inserted between the
plates then the capacitance of the system is
(BHU MED 2000 )
1) 20 F 2) 30 F 3) 22 5 F 4) 40 F
1) 4 F 2) 16 F 3) 26 F 4) 10 F
CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND IN PARALLEL
284. The equivalent capacitance between P and Q is
MODEL QUESTIONS
277. The ratio of the resultant capacities when three
capacitors of 2 F , 4 F and 6 F are
connected first in series and then in parallel is
1) 1 : 11 2) 11 : 1 3) 12 : 1 4) 1 : 12
278. A conductor A of capacity 4 F has a charge
20 C and another condenser B of capacity
10 F has a charge 40 C . If they are 1) 10 F 2) 20 F 3) 5 F 4) 15 F
connected parallel, then 285. A radio capacitor of variable capacitance is made
1) charge flows from B to A till the charges on of n parallel plates each of area A and separated
them are equal. from each other by a distance d. The alternate
2) charge flows from B to A till common poten tial plates are connected together. The capacitance
is reached of the combination is
3) charge flows from A to B till common potential
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n A o n 1 A o 292. Three capacitors 2 F , 3 F and 6 F are
1) 2) connected in series. The effective capacitance
d d
of the combination is
2n 1 A o n 2 A o 1) 11 F 2) 1 F 3) 1.2 F 4) 2 F
3) 4)
d d 293. Three capacitors 2 F , 3 F and 5 F are
286. Two condensers of capacities 4 F and 5 F connected in parallel. The capacitance of the
are joined in series. The potential difference combination.
across 5 F is 10V then the potential difference 30 31
1) F 2) F 3) 10 F 4) 2.5 F
across 4 F condenser is 31 30
1) 22.5V 2) 10V 3) 12.5V 4) 25V 294. Three capacitors each of 6 F are connected
287. The capacity between the adjacent plates of a together in series and then connected in series
parallel plate capacitor is 10 F. If we want a with the parallel combination of three capacitors
capacity of 50 F, the number of plates to be of 2 F , 4 F and 2 F . The total combined
used is capacity is
1) 5 2) 50 3) 6 4) 4 1) 2 F 2) 10 F 3) 12 F 4) 1.6 F
288. The equivalent capacity between the points ‘A’
295. The maximum and the minimum resultant
and ‘B’ in the following figure will be
capacity that can be obtained with 2 F , 3 F
and 6 F are respectively
1) 11 F ,1 F 2) 11 F , 6 F
3) 11 F , 2 F 4) 11 F , 4 F
1) 9 F 2) 1 F 3) 4.5 F 4) 6 F
289. The equivalent capacity between the points X and 296. The equivalent capacitance between P and Q of
the given figure is (the capacitance of each
Y in the circuit with C 1 F (2007M)
capacitor is 1 F )
1) 2 F 2) 3 F 3) 1 F 4) 0.5 F
290. The equivalent capacitance of three capacitors
of capacitance C1 , C2 and C3 connected in 1) 2 F 2) 0.5 F 3) 5 F 4) 0.2 F
297. The resultance capacity between the terminals
parallel is 12 units and the product C1C2C3 48 .
P and Q of the given figure is
When the capacitors C1 and C1 are connected
in parallel the equivalent capacitance is 6 units.
Then the capacitances are
(KARNATAKA CET 1999)
1) 1.5, 2.5, 8 2) 2, 3, 7
3) 4, 2, 6 4) 1, 5, 6
291. Two capacitors with capacitances C1 and C2 are
charged to potentials V1 and V2 respectively..
When they are connected in parallel the ratio of 15 30
their respective charges is 1) 37 F 2) F 3) 3 F 4) F
7 9
C1 V1 V12 C12 298. The resultant capacity between the points P and
1) C 2) V 3) 4)
2 2 V22 C22 Q of the given figure is
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
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304. Two condensers of capacities 10 F and 20 F
have potential differences of 20V and 10V
respectively. The total charge is
1) 200 C 2) 600 C 3) 400 C 4) Zero
305. 4 F, 6 F and 12 F condensers are in
series across 90V. The p.d. across 12 F
condenser is
1) 30V 2) 90V 3) 15V 4) 45V
16 306. A condenser of capacity 2 F is charged to a
1) 4 F 2) F 3) 1.6 F 4) 1 F
3 potential of 200V. It is now connected to an
299. The equivalent capacitance across the terminals uncharged condenser of capacity 3 F. The
A and B is common potential is
1) 200 V 2) 100 V 3) 80 V 4) 40 V
307. Three capacitors each of capacitance 1 F are
connected in parallel. To this combination, a fourth
capacitor of capacitance 1 F is connected in
series. The resultant capacity of the system is
4 3
1) 12 F 2) 3 F 3) 6 F 4) 9 F 1) 4 F 2) 2 F F
3) 4) F
3 4
300. The capacitance of all the capacitors shown in
308. There are 10 condensers each of capacity 5 F..
the figure below are in microfarad, the equivalent
capacitance between A and B is The ratio of minimum to maximum capacity
obtained from these condensers will be
1) 50:1 2) 1:50 3) 100:1 4) 1:100
309. Charge ‘Q’ taken from the batteryof 12V in the
circuit is
1) 3 F 2) 2.1 F 3) 4.6 F 4) 5.1 F
301. A 1 F capacitor is charged to 200 V and then
connected in parallel (+ve to +ve) with a 4 F
capacitor charged to 100 V. The resultant 1) 72 C 2) 36 C 3) 156 C 4) 20 C
potential difference is
310. Two capacitors of 0.5 F and 1 F are
1) 120 V 2) 60 V 3) 180 V 4) 150 V
302. The capacity between two adjacent plates of connected in parallel across a battery. If the
charge on 0.5 F is 50 C, the charge on the
parallel plate condenser is 5 F . The number of
other capacitor is
plates used if we want to get a capacity of 40 F 1) 100 C 2) 50 C
are (Alternate plates are connected together)
3) 25 C 4) Zero
1) 8 2) 9 3) 7 4) 10
303. The effective capacitance between P and Q of 311. The equivalent capacitance of the network given
below is 1 F. The value of ‘C’ is
the figure below is C1 C3 C4 C5 10 F
C2 100 F
1) 3 F 2) 1.5 F 3) 2.5 F 4) 1 F
1) 10 F 2) 40 F 3) 5 F 4) 20 F
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312. Three equal condensers of capacity ‘C’ each are 318. When two capacitors of capacities 3 F and
connected to form a triangle. The effective
capacity across any side is 6 F are connected in series and connected to
120 V. The P.D. across 3 F is
1) 40V 2) 60V 3) 80V 4) 180V
319. A thin metal p late M is inserted between the
plates of a parallel plate capacitor as shown in
figure. The new capacitance if initial capacitance
is ‘C’
1) 3C/2 2) 3C 3) C/3 4) C/2
313. The potential difference across 3 F condenser
is
C
1) 40 Volt 2) 60 Volt 3) 80 Volt 4)120 Volt 1) 2) 2C 3) 0 4) infinity
2
314. To obtain 3 F capacity from three capacitors of
ENERGY STORED IN A CONDENSER,
2 F each, they will be arranged (MPPMT 1998) TYPES OF CAPACITORS
1) all the three in series MODEL QUESTIONS
2) all the three in parallel 320. A capacitor of 8 micro farad is charged to a
3) two capacitors in series and the third in parallel potential of 1000V. The energy stored in the
with the combination of first two capactor is
4) two capacitors in parallel and the third in series 1) 8 J 2) 12 J 3) 2 J 4) 4 J
with teh combination of first two 321. Two spheres of radii 12 cm and 16 cm have equal
315. Three capacitors of 3 F ,2 F and 6 F are charge. The ratio of their energies is
1) 3 : 4 2) 4 : 3 3) 1 : 2 4) 2 : 1
connected in series. When a battery of 10V is
322. A condenser of capacity 10 F is charged to a
connected to this combination then charge on
potential of 500 V. Its terminals are then
3 F capacitor will be (RAJ PMT 1999)
connected to those of an uncharged condenser
1) 5C 2) 10 C 3) 15 C 4) 20 C of capacity 40 F. The loss of energy in
316. Three capacitors 3 F ,10 F and 15 F are connecting them together is
connected in series to a voltage source of 100V. 1) 1J 2) 2.5J 3) 10J 4) 12 J
323. A condenser is charged to a p.d. of 120 volt. Its
The charge on 15 F is
energy is 1 10 5 joule . If the battery is there and
1) 22 C 2) 100 C the space between plates is filled up with a
3) 2800 C 4) 200 C dielectric medium r 5 , its new energy is
317. If 3 capacitors of values 1, 2 and 3 F are
1) 105 J 2) 2 105 J
available. The maximum and minimum values of
capacitances one can obtain by different 3) 3 10 5 J 4) 5 105 J
combinations of the three capacitors together are 324. A 2 F condenser is charged to 500V and then
respectively .... and the plates are joined through a resistance. The
6 11 heat produced in the resistance in joule is(1992 )
1) 6 F , F 2) 6 F , F
11 6 1) 50 102 Joule 2) 25 102 Joule
3) 3 F ,1 F 4) 4 F ,2 F 3) 0.25 102 Joule 4) 0.5 102 Joule
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS of the order of
325. A 2 F capacitor charged to 100 volt and then 1) 10 5 2) 10 10 3) 10 15 4) 10 20
its plates are connected by a conducting wire. 333 The excess (equal in number) number of electrons
The heat produced is
that must be placed on each of two small spheres
1) 1J 2) 0.1J 3) 0.01J 4) 0.001J
spaced 3 cm apart with force of repulsion between
326. A condensor of 1 F is charged to a potential of
the spheres to be 10 19 N is
1000 volt. The energy stored in the condenser is
1) 1 J 2) 103 J 3) 0.5 J 4) 106 J 1) 25 2) 225 3) 625 4) 1250
334. Two identical charged spheres are suspended
327. In the above problem if a dielectric slab of
dielectric constant 5 is introduced between the by strings of equal length and the strings
plates of the condenser after disconecting the make certain angle with each other. When
battery, the loss in the energy of the condenser suspended in a liquid of density 400 kg / m3 , the
is
angle between the threads remains the same.
1) 0.1 J 2) 2.5 J 3) 0.4 J 4) 5 J
If the density of the material of the sphere is
328. The energy stored in a sphere of 10cm radius
when the sphere is charged to a potential of 1600 kg / m3 , the dielectric constant of the liquid
300 volt is is
1) 5 107 J 2) 2 106 J 1) 1.33 2) 2 3) 3.12 4) 5
3) 4 107 J 4) 3 106 J 335. Three charges +q, +q and +q are placed at the
LEVEL- II corners of an equilateral triangle of side ‘a’. The
resultant electric force on a charge +q placed at
COULOMB’S LAW
the centre of the triangle is
MODEL QUESTIONS
329. Two equally charged identical metal spheres
A and B repel each other with a force F. Another
identical uncharged sphere C is touched to
A and then placed midway between A and B.
The net force on C is in the direction
1) F towards A 2) F towards B
3) 2F towards A 4) 2F towards B
330. Two charges when kept at a distance of 1m apart
in vacuum has some force of repulsion. If the force
of repulsion between these two charges be same,
when placed in an oil of dielectric constant 4, the
distance of separation is 1 3Q 2 1 3Q 2
1) . 2) .
1) 0.25m 2) 0.4m 3) 0.5m 4) 0.6m 4 0 a 2 4 0 a
331. Two unlike charges seperated by a distance of
1 3 3Q 2
1m attract each other with a force of 0.108N . If 3) . 4) Zero
4 0 a2
the charges are in the ratio 1: 3 ,the weak charge
is 336. Three identical charges of magnitude 2C are
1) 2 C 2) 4 C placed at the corners of a right angled triangle
ABC whose base BC and height BA are
3) 6 C 4) 5 C respectively 4cm and 3cm. Forces on the charge
at the right angled corner ’B’ due to the charges
332. Two particles each of mass ' m ' and carrying at ‘A’ and ‘C’ are respectively F1 and F2. The angle
charge ' Q ' are seperated by some distance.If between their resultant force and F2 is (2005 M)
they are in equilibrium under mutual gravitational
and electro static forces, then Q / m (in c/Kg) is
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343 The ratio of electric force to the gravitational force
1 9 1 16 between two protons separated by a finite
1) Tan 2) Tan distance is of the order of
16 9
1) 1019 2) 10 19 3) 1036 4) 10 36
1 16 1 16 344. A charge of 1 C is divided into two parts such
3) Sin 4) Cos
9 9 that their charges are in the ratio of 2 : 3. These
two charges are kept at a distance 1m apart in
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
vaccum. Them, the electric force between them
337. Two point charges +4e and +e are ‘x’ distance (in newton) is (2008E)
apart. The distance of charge ‘q’ from charge +e 1) 0.216 2) 0.00216 3) 0.0216 4) 2.16
so that it is in equilibrium is 345 Two charges 2C and 6C are separated by finite
x 2x x x distance. If a charge of -4C is added to each of
1) 2) 3) 4) them. The initial force of 12´103N will change to
2 3 3 6
(2005 E)
338. Q1 , Q2 charges are separated by distance ‘d’. F 1) 4´103N repulsion 2) 4´102N repulsion
3) 6´103N attraction 4) 4´103N attraction
is the force between them. The value of Q2 is
346 Two charges Q1 and Q2 are placed in vacuum at
halved. To have the same force between the a distance d and the force acting between them
charges, the distance of separation should be is 5 units. If a medium of dielectric constant 2 is
d d introduced around them, the force now will be
1) d 2) 3) 4) 2d ( HARYANA PMT 2000 )
2 2 1) 10 2) 2.5 3) 5 4) infinite
339. Two point charges 4C and 6C repel each 347. If the force between two charged objects is to be
left unchanged even though the charge on one of
other with a force F. If a charge 5C is given to
the object is halved keeping the other same, the
each of these charges, the force becomes original distance of separation should be changed
F to (1985)
1) repulsive force of
24 d
d
F 1) 2d 2) 3) 4) d
2) attractive force of 2 2
24
348 Two identical metallic spheres A and B carry
3) repulsive force 24F 4) attractive force 24F charges +Q and -2Q respectively. The force
340. Two point charges of 2C and - 6C attract each between them is F newton, when they are
other with a force of 12N. A negative charge of 2C separated by a distance d in air. The spheres are
is added to - 6C charge now the force between allowed to touch each other and are moved back
them is to their initial position. The force between them
1) 12N 2) 16N 3) 32N 4) 24N now is (1983)
341. Two identical tiny metal balls carry charges of
+3nC and -12nC. They are 3cm apart. The balls F F
1) 2F 2) 3) 4) 8F
are now touched together and then separated to 8 4
3cm. The force on them is 349. Three charges each equal to 10 9 C are placed
1) 20.25 104 N 2) 2.025 103 N at the corners of equllateral triangle of side 1m.
3) 2.025 104 N 4) 2025N The force on one of the charges is
342. Two small conducting spheres each of mass 1) 9 10 9 N 2) 9 3 10 9 N
9 10 4 kg are suspended from the same point
3) 27 10 9 N 4) 18 10 9 N
by non conducting strings of length 100 cm. They
are given equal and similar charges until the 350. Charges of 40 C , -40 C and 10 C are
strings are equally inclined at 45 each to the 0 placed in air at the corners A, B and C respectively
vertical. The charge on each sphere is ..... of an equilateral triangle of side 2cm. The resultant
coulomb force on the charge at ‘C’ is
6 6
1) 9000 N 2) 900 N 3) 4500 N 4) 450 N
6
1) 1.4 10 2) 1.6 10 3) 2 106 4) 1.96 10
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351. Two charges 2 C and 1 C are placed at a 3) 0,1.67,0 4) +5, 1.67, -5
ELECTRIC FIELD
distance of 10cm. The distance of third charge MODEL QUESTIONS
from one of the charges so that it does not
experience any force is 357 The breakdown electric intensity for air is 3 106
V/m. The maximum charge that can be held by
1) 4.14cm from 2 C 2) 5.858 cm from 2 C a sphere of radius 1 mm is
3) 3.52 cm from 2 C 4) 6.48 cm from 2 C 1) 0.33 C 2) 0.33 nC 3) 3.3 C 4) 3.3 C
352. Electric charges of 1 C , 1 C and 2 C are 358. Two charged particles of masses m and 3 m have
charges 3q and q respectively. They are kept in
placed in air at the corners A, B and C respectively a uniform electric field and allowed to move for
of an equilateral triangle ABC having length of the same time. The ratio of their kinetic energies
each side 10 cm. The resultant force on the is
1 1) 1 : 9 2) 1 : 27 3) 9 : 1 4) 27 : 1
9 2 2
charge at C is 4 9 10 N m / c (2000) 359. Two point charges of magnitude 4 C and -9
0 C are 0.5m apart. The electric intensity is
1) 0.9N 2) 1.8N 3) 2.7N 4) 3.6N zero at a distance ‘x’ m from ‘ A’ and ‘y’ m from
353. A charge +q is fixed to each of three corners of a ‘B’. ‘x’ and ‘y’ are respectively
square. On the empty corner a charge Q is
placed such that there is no net electrostatic force
acting on the diagonally opposite charge. Then
1) Q 2q 2) Q 2 2q
3) Q 2q 4) Q 4q 1) 0.5m, 1.0m 2) 1.0m, 1.5m
3) 2.0m, 1.5m 4) 1.5m, 2.0m
354 Equal and similar charges are placed on the earth 360. If the electric field between the plates of a cathode
and the moon. The numerical value of charge ray oscilloscope be 1.2 104 N / C , the deflection
required to neutralise their gravitational attraction
that an electron will experience if it enters at right
is (Given mass of earth = 6 1024 kg , Mass of angles to the field with kinetic energy 2000 eV is
(The deflection assembly is 1.5cm long.)
moon = 7 10 22 kg ). 1) 0.34 cm 2) 3.4 cm
3) 0.034 mm 4) 0.34 mm
1
1) 1013 C 2) 9.3 1013 C 361 Charges of +10 C each are placed at two
5.3 opposite corners of a square of side 2 m and
13
3) 5.5 10 C 4) 3.6 10 C 13
-10 C each at the remaining 2 corners. The
355 A ball of mass m = 0.5 kg is suspended by a electric intensity at the centre of the square is
thread and a charge q = 0.1 C is supplied. 1) 90 103 N / C 2) 180 103 N / C
When a ball with diameter 5cm and a like charge 3) Zero 4) 60 10 3 N / C
of same magnitude is brought close to the first 362. An electron moving along positive X-axis with a
ball, but below it, the tension decreases to 1/3 of
speed of 3 106 m / s enters the region of a uniform
its initial value. The distance between centres of
the balls is electric field. The electron stops after travelling a
distance of 90mm in the field. The electric field
1) 0.12 10 2 m 2) 0.51 10 4 m
strength is (charge on electron = 1.6 1019 C ,
3) 0.2 10 5 m 4) 0.52 10 2 m Mass of electron = 9.1 10 31 kg )
356 In the figure shown, the electric field intensity at
1) 2.84 KV m 1 , along -ve X-axis
r 1m, r 6m, r 9m in Vm 1 is
2) 0.284 KV m 1 along -ve X-axis
3) 0.284 KV m 1 along +ve X-axis
4) 28.4 KV m 1 along +ve X-axis
363 Two electric charges Q and 4Q are seperated
1) -5, -1.67, +5 2) -5, 0, +5 by a certain distance. If the electric intensity at Q
is E, the electric intensity at the other charge is
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N 5 N
1) 4E 2) E 3) E 4) 2E 3) 360 10
6
4) 36 10 10
4 2 C C
364 Two equal charges ‘q’ of opposite sign are 371. The vertices of an equilateral triangle lie on the
separated by a small distance ‘2a’. The electric circumference of a circle of radius 6 cm. Charges
intensity ‘E’ at a point on the perpendicular each of 3C are placed at the vertices. If a charge
bisector of the line joining the two charges at a of 1C is placed at the centre of the circle, the
very large distance ‘r’ from the line is force acting on it is
1 qa 1 2qa 1) 0.75 1013 N 2) 1.5 1013 N
1) 4 r 2 2) 4 r 3
0 0 3) 2.25 1013 N 4) Zero
1 2 qa 1 qa 372. A pendulum bob of mass 30 mg carrying a charge
3) 4 r 2 4) of 2.0 108 C is at rest in a uniform horizontal
0 4 0 r 3
electric field of 20000 N/C. The tension in the
365. Two equal charges ‘q’ of opposite sign are
separated by a small distance ‘d’. The electric thread of the pendulum is g 10 m / s 2
intensity ‘E’ at a point on the straight line passing
1) 5 104 N 2) 4 104 N
through the two charges at a very large distance
‘r’ from the midpoint of two charges is 3) 3 104 N 4) 2 104 N
373. ‘n’ charges Q, 4Q, 9Q, 16Q ..... are placed at
1 qd 1 2qd distances of 1, 2, 3 ..... metre from a point ‘0’ on
1) 2) 4 r 2
4 0 r 2 0 the same straight line. The electric intensity at
‘0’ is
1 qd 1 2qd Q Q nQ
3) 4)
4 0 r 3 4 0 r 3 1) 4 n2 2) 4 n 3) Infinity 4) 4
0 0 0
366 An eletric field is acting vertically upwards a small 374. ‘n’ charges Q, -4Q, 9Q, -16Q...... are placed at
body of mass 1gm and charge 1C is projected distances of 1, 2, 3 ..... metres from a point ‘O’
with a velocity 10m/s at angle 450 with on the same straight line. Then field at ‘O’ is
horizontal.Its horizontal range is 2m then intensity Q
of electric field is: (g= 10m/s2) 1) Zero 2) 4
0
1) 20000N/C 2)10000N/C
3) 40000N/C 4) 90000N/C Q
367. A bob of a simple pendulum of mass 40gm with a 3) Zero (or) 4 according as ‘n’ is even (or)
0
positive charge 4 106 C is oscillating with a time
odd respectively
period T1 .An electric field of intensity 3.6 104 N/ 4) We cannot say
C is applied vertically upwards.Now the time
375. The mass of the sphere is 3.2 10 14 kg and it
T2
period is T2 the value of T is (g = 10m/s2) carries a net charge equal to that of 10 electrons.
1
If the electronic charge is 1.6 1019 C and
1)0.16 2) 0.64 3)1.25 4)0.8
PRACTICE QUESTIONS the acceleration of free fall is 10ms 2 the field
368. A proton (mass = M) and a particle (mass =
required to keep the sphere stationary is
4M) are sent into an electric field. The ratio of
accelerations of the proton and particle is 1) 5 10 6 V / m 2) 5 10 5 V / m
1) 1 : 1 2) 1 : 2 3) 2 : 1 4) 4 : 1
3) 2 10 5 V / m 4) 2 10 4 V / m
369. Strength of the electric field in which an electron
will experience a force equal to its weight is 376. There are n electrons of charge e in a drop of oil
1) 5.625 1011 N / C 2) 2 10 12 N / C of density . It is in equilibrium in an electric
3) 4 10 12 N / C 4) 4 10 11 N / C field E. Then the radius of drop is
1/2 1/ 2
370. Charges 20, 30, -40 and 50 C are at the corners 2neE neE
of a square of 10 cm. The field at the point of 1) 2)
intersection of the diagonals is 4 g g
5 N 5 N
1) 360 10 10 2) 360 10
C C
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3neE
1/3
2neE
1/ 3
Ek 2000eV . The deflection that the electron
3) 4) experiences at the deflecting plates is
4 g g
1) 0.34 mm 2) 0.57 mm
377. The dielectric strength air is 3 10 6 Vm 1 . The 3) 7.5 mm 4) 0.75 mm
maximum charge that can be given to a 383. There is a uniform electric field of strength
conducting sphere of radius 2m is 103V / m along y-axis. A body of mass 1 g and
1) 1.33 10 C 3 2) 2.66 10 C 3
charge 106 C is projected into the field from origin
3) 3 10 3 C 4) infinite. along the positive x-axis with a velocity 10 m/s.
378. Two charges 10 and 108 C are placed at two
8 Its speed in m/s after 10s is (neglect gravitation)
corners of an equilateral triangle of side 20cm. (2001)
Electric intensity at the third corner is 1) 10 2) 5 2 3) 10 2 4) 20
3 2250NC 1 384. A particle of mass m and charge q is placed at
1) 2) 2 2250NC 1
rest in a uniform electric field E and then released.
3) 450NC 1 4) 2250NC 1 The kinetic energy attained by the particle after
379. An electron is projected into an electric field of moving a distance y is ( CBSE PMT 1998 )
intensity 9 10 6 NC 1 in the direction of the field 1) qEy 2 2) qE 2 y 3) qEy 4) q 2 Ey
acting towards east. Its acceleration is
385. A charge of 1010 C is palced at the origin the
1) 1.6 1018 ms 2 towards west
eletric field at (1,1) cm due to it (in N/C) is
2) 1.6 1018 ms 2 towards east
4.5
1) i j 103 2) (i j ) 103
3) 9 1018 ms 2 towards west 2
4) 9 1018 ms 2 towards east
3) 20 j 103
4) 4.5 2 i j 103
9
380. Point charges of 3 10 C are situated at
386. The point charges 1C , 1C and 1C are
each of three corners of a square whose side is
15 cm. The magnitude and direction of electric placed at the vertices A, B and C of an equilateral
field at the vacant corner of the square is triangle of side 1m. Then
1) 2296 V/m along the diagonal (A) The force acting on the charge at A is
2) 9622 V/m along the diagonal 9 109 N
3) 22.0 V/m along the diagonal
4) zero (B) The electric field strength at A is 9 109 NC 1
1) A is correct but B is wrong
381 Two point charges q and q / 2 are situated
2) B is correct but A is wrong
at the origin and at the point a, 0, 0 3) Both A and B are wrong
4) Both A and B are correct
respectively. The point along the x-axis where
the electric field vanishes is 387. Two point charges q1 2 C and q2 1 C
are placed at distances b=1 cm and a=2 cm from
a
1) x 2) x 2a
the origin on the y and x axes as shown in figure.
2 The electric field vector at point (a, b) will subtend
an angle with the x - axis given by
2a 2a
3) x 4) x
2 1 2 1
382. A electric field of 1.5 10 4 NC 1 exists between
two parallel plates of length 2 cm. An electron
enters the region between the plates at right
angles to the field with a kinetic energy of
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Q 3Q
1) 2) 2Q 3) 4) 3Q
2 2
392. A charge of 6.25 C in an electric field is acted
upon by a force 2.5N . The potential gradient at
this point is
1) 4 105 V / m 2) 4 10 6 V / m
3) 2.5 10 6 V / m 4) 4 10 7 V / m
1) tan 1 2) tan 2 393. An electric cell does 5 joules of work in
3) tan 3 4) tan 4 carrying 10 Coulomb’s of charge around a closed
circuit. The emf of the cell is
388. A point charge q is placed at origin. Let E A , EB 1) 2V 2) 0.5V 3) 4V 4) 1V
394. A charge 2 C at the origin, 1 C at 7cm
and EC be the electric fields at three points
A(1,2,3) B(1,1,-1) and C(2,2,2) due to charge q. and 1 C at 7cm are placed on X axis. The
Then mutual potential energy of the system is
1) 2)
1) E A EB 2) E A EB 0.051J 0.045J
3) 0.045J 4) 0.064J
3) EB EC 4) EB 8 EC 395. Four equal charges Q are placed at the four cor
ners of a square of side ' a ' each. Workdone in
ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL
MODEL QUESTIONS removing a charge Q from its centre to infinity
is
389. A ball of mass 5 g and charge 10 7 C moves
from point A whose potential is 500 V to a point B 2Q2
whose potential is zero. The velocity of the ball 1) zero 2)
4 0 a
at the point B, if its velocity at the point A is zero,
is
2Q 2 Q2
1) 0.1414 cms-1 2) 0.1414ms-1 3) 4) 2 0 a
-1
0 a
3)1.414 cms 4) 1. 414ms-1
390. Two concentric, thin metallic spherical shells of 396. The absolute potential due to the two charge
configuration as shown in figure at a point P is
radii R1 and R2 R1 R2 bear charges Q1 and
Q2 respectively. Then the potential at radius ‘r’’
1
between R1 and R2 will be 4 times
0
Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2
1) 2) R r
r 1
Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2
3) R R 4) R R 1 q
1 2 2 2
1) Zero 2) 4 . 2
391. An oil drop carrying charge ‘Q’ is held in 0 a b2
equilibrium by a potential difference of 600V
between the horizontal plates. In order to hold 1 q
. 2q
another drop of twice the radius in equilibrium a 4 0 a 2 b 2
3) 4)
potential drop of 1600V had to be maintained. 4 0 a 2 b2
397. Two equal charges ‘q’ of opposite sign are
The charge on the second drop is
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separated by a small distance ‘ 2l ’. The electric Q Q
potential at a point on the perpendicular bisector 3) 4 dm 4) 2 0 dm
0
of the line joining the two charges at a distance
‘r’ is PRACTICE QUESTIONS
403. Two positive charges of 12 C and 8 C are
1 q 1 2q
1) 2) respectively are separated by 10 cm apart in air.
4 0 r 4 0 r The work to be done to decrease the distance by
4 cm is
1 2q
3) Zero 4) 1) Zero 2) 3.8J 3) 4.8J 4) 5.76J
4 0 r 2 404. The velocity of electrons accelerated by a
398. The potential at the origin is zero due to electric potential difference of 1000 V is
field E 20i 30 jNC 1 . The potential at point 1) 18.86 10 7 m / s 2) 0.1886 10 7 m / s
P(2m, 2m) is 3) 1.886 10 7 cm / s 4) 1.886 10 7 m / s
1) 100V 2) 50V 3) -100V 4) -50V 405. 1000 small water drops each of radius ‘r’ and
399. Two electric charges of 9 C and - 3 C are charge ‘q’ coalesce to form one spherical drop.
placed 0.16m apart in air. There are two points A The potential of big drop is larger than that of
and B on the line joining the two charges at smaller ones by a factor
1) 1000 2) 100 3) 10 4) 1
distances of (i) 0.04m from - 3 C and in between
406. A cloud carries a charge of 1000C at a potential
the charges and (ii) 0.08m from - 3 C and out
of 5 K.V. If the cloud discharge, the amount of
side the two charges. The potentials at A and B energy released
are
1) 0V, 5V 2) 0V, 0V 3) 5V, 0V 4) 5V, 10V 1) 5106 J 2) 2.5 106 J
400. A body of mass one gram and carrying a charge 3) 107 J 4) 5 103 J
8
10 C passes through two points P and Q. The 407. If the electric potential at a certain distance from
electrostatic potential at Q is OV. The velcoity of a point charge is 900V and electric intensity is
the body at Q is 0.2ms 1 and at P is 225 Vm 1 . The charge is
0.028ms 1 . The potential at P is 1) 4 10 7 C 2) 2 10 7 C
1) 150V 2) 300V 3) 600V 4) 900V
3) 4 10 3 C 4) 2 10 5 C
401. Two spherical conductors of radii 4 m and 5 m
are charged to the same potential. If 1 and 2 408. An infinite number of charges each equal to Q are
be the respective values of the surface density of placed along the X-axis at X 4, X 8 and so
charge on the two conductors, then the ratio the on. The potential at the point X 0 due to set
1 of charges is
2 is ( KARNATAKA CET 1998) Q Q
1) 8 2)
0 3 0
4 5 16 25
1) 2) 3) 4) 1 2 1 Q
5 4 25 16 Q
3) 4)
402. Two charges each ‘Q’ are released when the 4 0 3 4 0 3
distance between is ‘d’. Then the velcoity of each 409. Three charges each 20 C are placed at the
charge of mass ‘m’ each when the distance
between them is ‘2d’ is corners of equilateral triangle of side of 0.4m .
The potential energy of the system is
Q Q 1) 18 10 6 J 2)
1) 2) 9J
8 0 dm 4 0dm
3) 9 10 6 J 4) 27J
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410. Two charges 5 C and 4 C are seperated by these two charges and outside excluding the
region between them. The distance of ‘P’ from
a distance 20cm in air. Work to be done to
decrease the distance to 10 cm is 6 C charge is
1) 1.8J 2) 0.45J 3) 2.7J 4) 0 .9 J 1) 0.1m 2) 0.15m 3) 0.2m 4) 0.25m
417. The electrical potential on the surface of a sphere
411. At the corners of an equilateral triangle of side
of radius ‘r’ due to a charge 3 10 6 C is 500V..
25cm charges 1 C , 2 C and 3 C are
The intensity of electric field on the surface of the
placed. The electro static potential energy of the
sphere is (2006M)
system is
1) 396 10 3 J 2) 132 10 3 J 1
9 109 Nm 2C 2 in NC 1
3) 396 103 J 4) 132 10 3 J 4 0
412. An infinite number of charges each equal to q are 1) 25/27 2) 27/25 3) 25 4) 27
418. Three point charges 1C, 2C, -2C are placed at
placed along the X-axis at x 1, x 2,
the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side one
x 4, x 8 ....... and so on. The potential and metre. The workdone by an external force to
field respectively due to this set of charges at the increase the seperation of the charges to 2 metres
origin is in joules is (2004 E)
q q q q 1 1 1
1) 2) 3)
1)
3 0 and
2 0 2)
2 0 and
3 0 2 o 8 o 16 o 4) 0
419. A charged sphere of diameter 4cm has a charge
q q q q density of 10-4C/cm2. The workdone in joules
3) and 4) and when a charge of 40nano-coulombs is moved from
4 0 3 0 2 0 4 0
infinity to a point, which is at a distance of 2cm
413. The potential and electric field in the above set
from the surface of the sphere is (2003 M)
up if the consecutive charges have opposite sign
is 1) 14.4 2) 28.8 3) 144 4) 288
420. A body of mass 1 gm and and carrying a charge
q q q q
1)
6 0 and
5 0 2)
6 0 and
4 0 10 8 C passes from the point P to Q which are
at electric potentials 600 V and 0V respectively.
q q q q The velocity of the body at Q is 20 cm/sec. Its
3) and 4) and velocity in m/sec at 'P' is... ( 2002 )
5 0 6 0 4 0 6 0
1) 0.028 2) 0.056 3) 0.56 4) 5.6
414. Three charges +q, -q and -q are kept at the
vertices of an equilaterial triangle of 10cm side. 421. 1000 drops, each other of V volt, are combined
The potential at the mid point in between -q, -q, if to form a big drop, then the ratio of potential of
the bigger drop to that of smaller drop is
q=5 C is
1) 1 2) 0 3) 100 4) 1000
1) 6.4 105V 2) 12.8 10 4 V 422. The electrostatic potential V at any point (x,y,z)
3) 6.4 10 4 V 4) 12.8 105 V in space is given by V 4 x 2
415. Two electric charges of 9 C and 3 C are 1) The y - and z - components of the electrostatic
field at any point are not zero
placed 0.16m apart in air. There will be a point P 2) The x - component at any point is given by
at which electric potential is zero on the line
joining the two charges and in between them. 8xi
The distance of P from 9 C charge is
1) 0.14m 2) 0.12m 3) 0.08m 4) 0.06m
3) The x - component at a point (2, 0,2) is 8i
416. Two electric charges 12 C and 6 C are placed
4) The y - and z - components of the field are
20 cm apart in air. There will be a point ‘P’ at constant in magnitude.
which electric potential is zero on the line joining 423. An infinite charged sheet has a surface charge
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density of 10 8 C / m 2 . In this situation the energy of the system is
1) -38.4 eV 2) -19.2 eV
separation between two equipotential surfaces
which are having a potential difference of 5 volt is 3) -9.6 eV 4) zero
1) 8.85 nm 2) 8.85mm 429. The potential at a point x (measured in m) due
3) 5 mm 4) 10 8 mm to some charges situated on the x-axis is given
424. The electric field strength if the potential of field
depends upon x, y coordinates as
2
by V x 20 / x 4 volt. The electric field
E at x = 4 m is given by ( AIEEE-07 )
V a x 2 y 2 is
5
1) E 2a x2 y 2 2) E a x 2 y 2 1) V / m and in the -ve x direction
3
a 1
3) E x2 y2 4) E a 5
2 x2 y 2 2) V / m and in the +ve x direction
425. A large flat metal surface has uniform charge 3
density . An electron of mass m and charge
10
e leaves the surface at point A with speed v , 3) V / m and in the -ve x direction
and return to it at point B. The maximum value of 9
AB is
10
vm 0 v 2 m 0 4) V / m and in the +ve x direction
1) 2) 9
e e
ELECTRIC FLUX AND GAUSS’S LAW
v 2e v 2 e APPLICATIONS OF GAUSS’S LAW
3) 4) MODEL QUESTIONS
0 m 0 m
430. The inward and outward electric flux for a closed
426. Two concentric spherical conducting shells of radii
surface in units of N-m 2/C are respectively
R and 2R carry charges Q and 2Q respectively,
change in electric potential on the outer shell when 8 103 and 4 103 . Then the total charge inside
both ar connected by a conducting wire
the surface in S.I units is (where 0 =permitivity
1 constant )
k is
4 0 1) 4 103 2) - 4 103
3kQ kQ 2kQ R2 R
1) zero 2) 3) 4) 3) - 4) 4 103 0
2r R R E
427. Two equal point charges are fixed at x = -a and x 431. A cube is arranged such that its length , breadth
= +a on the x= axis. Another point charge Q is , height are along X,Y and Z directions . One of
placed at the origin. The change in the electrical its corners is situated at the origin . Length of
potential energy of Q, when it is displaced by a each side of the cube is 25cm . The components
small distance x along the x-axis, is
of electric field are E x 400 2 N / C , E y 0
approximately proportional to
1) x 2) x2 3) x3 4) 1 / x and Ez 0 respectively. The flux coming out of
428./ A neutral hydrogen molecule has two protons and the cube at one end will be
two electrons. If one of the electrons is removed
1) 25 2Nm 2 / C 2) 5 2Nm2 / C
we get a hydrogen moelecular ion H 2
. In 3) 250 2Nm2 / C 4) 25Nm 2 / C
432. A particle that carries a charge ‘-q ‘ is placed at
the ground state of H 2 the two protons are rest in uniform electric field 10N/C. It exepriences
separated by roughly 1.5 A0 and the electrons a force and moves in a certain time t, it is
is roughly 1 A0 from each proton. The potential observed to acquire a velocity 10i 10 j m/s. The
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given electric field intersects a surface of area A
1) 3ql along perpendicular bisector of q - q
m2 in the X -Z plane. Electric flux through surface
is line
1) 5 2 ANm 2 / C 2) 5 A Nm 2 / C 2) 2 ql along perpendicular bisector of q - q line
3) ql 2 along perpendicular bisector of q - q
3) 2 ANm2 / C 4) 2 5 ANm 2 / C
line
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
4) 0
433. A cynlider of radius R and length L is placed in
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
the uniform electric field E parallel to the cylinder
438. An electric dipole consists of two opposite
axis. The total flux from the curved surface of the
cylinder is given by charges of magnitude 1 C separated by a
R2 distance of 2cm. The dipole is placed in an
1) 2 R 2E 2)
E electric filed 10 5 Vm 1 . The maximum torque
does the field exert on the dipole is
R2 R
3) 4) zero 1) 10 3 Nm 2) 2 10 13 Nm
E
DIPOLE 3) 3 10 3 Nm 4) 4 10 3 Nm
MODEL QUESTIONS
434. Two electric dipoles each of dipolemoment 439. The self potential energy of hydrogen chloride
whose dipole moment is 3.44 10 30 C - m and
P 6.2 1030 C m are placed with their axis
along the same line and their centres at a separation between hydrogen and chlorine atoms
distanced= 10 8 cm . The force of attraction is 1.01 10 10 m is
between dipoles is 1) 1.036 10 19 J 2) 3.2 105 J
1) 2.1 10 16 2) 2.1 10 12
N N 3) 4.5 107 J 4) 1.65 10 6 J
3) 2.1 10 10 4) 2.1 10 N 8
N 440. A small electric dipole is placed at origin with its
435. A dipole consisting of +10nC and -10nC separated dipole moment directed along positive x -axis.
by a distance of 2cm oscillates in an electric
filed of strength 60,000 Vm 1 . The frequency of
The direction of electric field at point 2, 2 2, 0
its oscillation is (M.I.about the axis of oscillations is
10 2 1) along z - axis 2) along y - axis
is 3 10 kgm )
3) along negative y -axis
1) 20.2 Hz 2) 25.4 Hz 4) along negative z-axis
3) 31.38Hz 4) 37.1 Hz 441. Two point charges - q and +q are located at points
436. Two dipoles each of moment 5 10 12 C m form (0,0,-a) and (0,0,a) respectively. The electric
potential at point (0,0,z) is
a cross with their axis (-to +) along the coordinate
axes. The potential at a point 20cm away in a qa q
direction making an angle of 300 with axis is 1) 2)
4 0 z 2 4 0 a
1) 1.12 2) 2.12V 3) 2.4 V 4) 1.536V
437. The dipolemoment of the given system is 2 qa 2qa
3) 4 z 2 a 2
0
4) 4 z 2 a 2
0
442. The potential due to a short dipole of dipole
moment 4.5 10 10 coulomb - metre at a
distance 1 metre from it, (i) on its axis, (ii) on its
perpendicular bisector is
1) 0, 5V 2) 5 V, 10V
3) 4.05 V, 0 4) 5 V, 0
CAPACITANCE
MODEL QUESTIONS
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443. A parallel plate condenser has initially air medium r 2
r 2
r r2
between the plates. If a slab of dieletric constant 1) 2) 3) 4)
5 having thickness half the difference of seperation 4r ' r' r' 4
449. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are charged
between the plates is introduced, the percentage
to 200V and then the charging battery is
in crease in its capacity is disconnected. Now, a dielectric slab of dielectric
1) 33.3% 2) 66.7% constant 5 and thickness 4 mm is inserted
3) 4) between the capacitor plates. To maintain the
50% 75% original capacity , the increase in the plates
444. The capacity of a condenser A is 10 F and it is seperation of the capacitor is
charged to a battery of 100 volt. The battery is 1) 1.6mm 2) 3.2mm 3) 0.8mm 4) 4.8mm
disconnected and the condenser A is connected 450. A body of 2 gm carrying the charge of 0.1106
to a condenser B the common potential is 40V. coulomb starts from rest of the positive plate and
The capacity of B is moves to the negative plate of a parallel plate
1) 8 F 2) 15 F 3) 2 F 4) 1 F condenser connected to a voltage supply of
30KV. The final velocity is
445. A parallel plate capacitor has the space between
3 1 1
d 1) 3ms 1 2) ms 3) ms 1 4) zero
its plates filled by two slabs of thickness each 12 2
2
451. Two identical metal plates separated by a distance
and dielectric constant K1 and K 2 . d is the plate d forms parallel plate capacitor of capacity C. A
separation of the capacitor. The capacitance of metal sheet of thickness d/2 and same
the capacitor is (MP PET 1999) dimensions is inserted between the plates, so
that the air gap is separated into two equal parts.
2 0 A K1 K 2 2 0 A The new capacity of the system will be
1)
d K1 K 2
2) K1 K 2 0 A 0 A
d
1) 2) 3) 2e0A/d 4) e0A/d
2d 4d
2 0 A K1 K 2 2 0 d K1 K 2 452. A capacitor of capacity C, is charged by
3) 4) connecting it across a battery of e.m.f. V. The
d K1 K 2 A K1 K 2
battery is then removed and the capacitor is
PRACTICE QUESTIONS connected in parallel with an uncharged capacitor
446. When a dielectric slab of thickness 4 cm is
of capacity C2 . The potential difference across
introduced between the plates of parallels plate
condenser, it is found the distance between the this combination is ( MP PET 2000 )
plates has to be increased by 3cm to restore to C2 C1
capacity to original value. The dielectric constant 1) C C .V0 2) C C .V0
1 2 1 2
of the slab is
1) 1/4 2) 4 3) 3 4) 1 C1 C2 C1 C2
3) .V0 4) .V0
447. Two identical metal plates, separated by a C2 C1
distance ‘d’ form a parallel plate capacitor. A metal 2
453. The area of the positive plate is 125 cm and the
d
sheet of thickness of the same area as that area of the negative plate is 100 cm .they are
2
2
of either plate, is inserted between the plates. parallel to each other and are separated by
The ratio of the capacitances after the insertion 0.5 cm . the capacity of a condenser with air as
of the sheet to that before insertion is
dielectric is ( 0 8.9 10 12 c 2 N 1 M 2 )
1) 22.25 pF 2) 20.02pF
3) 17.8 F 4) 17.8 pF
CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND IN PARALLEL
MODEL QUESTIONS
454. Two identical parallel plate capacitors are joined
1) 2 :1 2) 2 :1 3) 1:1 4) 1: 2 in series to 100V battery. Now a dielectric with
448. The radius of the circular plates of a parallel plate K = 4 is introduced between the plates of second
condenser is ‘r’. Air is there as the dielectric. The capacitor. The potential difference on capacitors.
distance between the plates if its capacitance is
equal to that of an isolated sphere of radius r' is 1) 60V , 40V 2) 70V , 30V
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3) 75V , 25V 4) 80V , 20V C) V0 80V D) q0 240 C
455. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser with
1) A, C are correc 2) A, B are correct
air medium is C . If half of the space between 3) B, D are correct 4) C, D are correct
the plates is filled with a slab of dielectric constant 460 Seven capacitors each of capacitance 2 F are
K as shown in the figure, then the capacity to be connected in a configuration to obtain an
becomes
10
effective capacitance of F . Which of the
11
combination shown in figure will achieve the
desired result
K K 1 C
1) C 2) 2KC 3) 4) K 1 C
2 2
456. ‘A’ and ‘B’ are two condensers of capacities 2 1)
F and 4 F. They are charged to potential
differences of 12V and 6V respectively. If they
are now connected (+ve to +ve), the charge that
flows through the connecting wire is
1) 24 C from A to B 2) 8 C from A to B 2)
3) 8 C from B to A 4) 24 C from B to A
457. A parallel plate capacitor with plate area ‘A’ and
separation ‘d’ is filled with two dielectrics of
dielectric constants K1 and K 2 . If the permittivity
3)
of free space is 0 , the capacitance of the
capacitor is given by
4)
461. You are supplied with four capacitors each of
A 0 2 A 0 capacity 12 F. To get a capacity of 9 F by
1) K1 K 2 2) K1 K 2
d d connecting them we should connect
2 A 0 K1 K 2 1) All in series 2) All in parallel
A 0
3) K1 K 2 4)
d
.
K1 K 2
3) 3 in parallel and 1 series with them
2d
4) 2 in parallel and 2 in series
458. Given a number of capacitors labelled as 8 F , 462. 5 condensers are connected as shown in the
250V. Find the minimum number of capacitors figure. The effective capacitance between ‘A’ and
needed to get an arrangement equivalent to ‘B’ is
16 F ,1000V ( AIIMS 2000)
1) 4 2) 16 3) 32 4) 64
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
459. Two capacitors of capacities 3 F and 6 F
are connected in series and connected to 120V.
The potential differences across 3 F is V0
and the charge here is q0 . We have
A) q0 40 C B) V0 60V
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resultant capacity is
25 32 32 9
1) F 2) F 3) F 4) F 1) 0.83 F 2) 6 F 3) 2.2 F 4) 0.54 F
32 25 9 32
469. A potential difference of 300 volts is applied to a
463. A capacitor acquires a p.d. of 200V when 1012
combination of 2.0 F and 8.0 F capacitors
electrons are taken from one plate and placed on
the other plate. Its capacitance is connected in series. The charge on the 2.0 F
1) 2 1010 F 2) 4 1010 F capacitor is ( MP PMT 2000 )
3) 8 1010 F 4) 12 1010 F 1) 2.4 104 coulomb 2) 4.8 104 coulomb
464. The equivalent capacitance between ‘A’ and ‘B’ 3) 7.2 104 coulomb 4) 9.6 104 coulomb
in the adjoining figure is 470. n Capacitors of 2 F each are connected in
parallel and a p.d of 200v is applied to the
combination. The total charge on them was 1c
then n is equal to
1) 3333 2) 3000 3) 2,500 4) 25
471. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the
plates has a capacitance of 9pF. The separation
between its plates is d. The space between the
plate is now filled with two dielectrics. One of
51 the dielectrics has dielectric constnt K1 = 3 and
1) F 2) 6 F 3) 30 F 4) 12 F
30
d
465. The capacitors of three capacities are in the ratio thickness while the other one has dielectric
1 : 2 : 3. Their equivalent capacity when
3
60 2d
connected in parallel is F more than that constant K 2 6 and thickness .
11 3
when connected in series. The individual Capacitance of the capacitor now is (AIEEE-08)
1) 1.8 pF 2) 45 pF
capacities are ..... in F (2002)
3) 40.5 pF 4) 20.25 pF
1) 4, 6, 7 2) 1, 2, 3 3) 2, 3, 4 4) 1, 3, 6 ENERGY STORED IN A CONDENSER,
466. A capacitor of capacity 10 F is charged to 40 TYPES OF CAPACITORS
MODEL QUESTIONS
V and a second capacitor of capacity 15 C is
472. A capacitor 4 F charged to 50V is con
charged to 30 V if the capactors are connected
in parallel, the amount at charge that flows from nected to another capacitor 2 F charged to
the smaller capacitor to higher capacitor in C 100V . The total energy of combination is
is........
1) 15 10 3 J 2) 20 10 3 J
1) 30 2) 60 3) 200 4) 250
467. The distance between the plates of a condenser 3) 5 10 3 J 4) 10 10 3 J
1 473. A parallel plate capacitor at of capacity 100 F
is reduced to th and the space between the
4 is changed by a battery at 50 volts. The battery
plates is filled up by a medium of dielectric remains connected and if the plates of the
constant K(2.8). The capacity is increased by capacitor are separated so that the distance
1) 5.6times 2)11.2times between them is halved the original distance,
3)22.4 times 4) 44.8 times the additional ednergy gives by the battery to the
468. Condensers of capacities 2 F and 3 F are capacitor in Joules is ...... (2002)
connected in series and a condenser of capacity 1) 125 10 3 2) 12.5 10 3
1 F is connected in parallel with them. The 3) 1.25 10 3 4) 0.125 10 3
474. Two capacitors of capacity 4 F and 6 F are
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connected in series and a battery is connected 1) E 2) 0.4E3) 2.5E 4) 6.25E
to the combination. The energy stored is E1 . If 482. Two insulated metallic spheres of 3 F and 5 F
they are connected in parallel and if the same are charged to 300 volt and 500 volt. The energy
battery is connected to this combination the loss when they are connected by a wire is
energy is E2 . The ratio E1 : E2 is 1) 3.75J 2) 0.375J 3) 0.075J 4) 0.0375J
483. A variable capacitor is kept connected to a 10 V
1) 4:9 2) 9:14 3) 6:25 4) 7:12
battery . If the capacitance of the capacitor is
475. A 4 F capacitor is charged by a 200V battery.. changed from 7 F to 3 F, the change in
It is then disconnected from the supply and is energy of the capacitor is -
connected to another uncharged 2 F capacitor.. 1) 2 10 4 J 2) 4 10 4 J
During this process, Loss of energy (in J) is:
(2005 E) 3) 6 10 4 J 4) 8 10 4 J
1) Zero 2) 5.33´10-2 3)4´10-2 LEVEL-III
4) 2.67´10 -2 MODEL QUESTIONS
476. A parallel capacitor of capacitance C is charged 484. In a typical lightning flash, a charge 30C is
and disconnected from the battery. The energy transferred between two points at a potential
stored in it is E. If a dielectric slab of dielectric difference of 109 volt. If all the energy released
constant 6 is inserted between the plates of the
capacitor then energy and capacitance will could be used to melt ice at 00 C , the amount of
become ( CBSE PMT 1999 ) ice melted in grams is
E 1) 8.93 107 2) 9 107
1) 6E, 6C 2) E, C 3) , 6C 4) E, 6C
6 3) 6.02 107 4) 4.16 107
PRACTICE QUESTIONS 485. The charge on the condenser having a capacity
477. A capacitor of capacitance C has charge Q of 5 F in the given figure is
and stored energy W . If the charge is increased
2Q the stored energy would be
1) W 4 2) W 2 3) 2W 4) 4W
478. If the charge on a body is increased by 2C, the
energy stored in it increases by 21%. The original
charge on the body in coulombs is - 2001
1) 10 2) 20 3) 30 4) 40
479. A 20F capacitor is charged to 5V and isolated. It
is then connected in parallel with an uncharged
30F capacitor. The decrease in the energy of the 1) 60 C 2) 150 C
system will be
3) 210 C 4) 105 C
1) 25J 2) 100J 3) 125J 4) 150J
486. The effective capacitance between ‘A’ and ‘B’ is
480. A body of capacity 4 F is charged to 80V and
an other body of capacity 6 F is charged to
30V. When they are connected the energy lost
by 4 F capacitor is
1) 7.8 mJ 2) 4.6 mJ 3) 3.2 mJ 4) 2.5 mJ
481. A parallel plate capacitor filled with a dielectric
relative permittivity 5 between its plates is charged
to acquire an energy E and isolated. If the
dielectric is replaced by another of relative
permittivity 2, its energy becomes ( 1999 )
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1 Q 1 1
1) F 2) 44 F 3) 7.6 F 4) 6.7 F
3 3) 4 R 2 2 4) 0
0 R d
487. Two charged balls of the same radius and weight
suspended on threads of equal length are 491. An electron travelling from infinity with velocity ‘v’
into an electric field due to two stationary
immersed into a liquid having density of d1 and
electrons separated by a distance of 2m. If it
a dielectric constant ‘K’. The density ‘d’ of the comes to rest when it reaches the mid point of
material of the balls for the angles of divergene of the line joining the stationary electrons.The initial
the threads in the air and in the dielectric to be velocity ‘ v ‘ of the electron is
the same is 1) 16m/s 2) 8m/s
Kd1 K 1 d1 K 1 3) 16 2m / s 4) 32 2m / s
1) 2) Kd 3) 4) d
K 1 1 K 1 1 492. In hydrogen atom electron of charge -e and mass
488. The bob of a simple pendulum is hanging m revolves round the nucleus in a circular orbit of
vertically down from a fixed identical bob by radius r. The electrostatic potential energy of the
means of a string of length l If both bobs are 1
charged with a charge ‘q ‘ each , time period of electron is 4 times
0
the pendulum is (ignore the radii of the
bobs)(2006E) e e 2 e2 me 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
l l r r r r
2 2
q2 q2 493. The time in seconds required to produce a P.D at
1) g 2 2) g 2
l m l m 20V across a capacitor at 1000 F when it is
charged at the steady rate of 200 F / sec is
l
l 2 1) 50 2) 100 3) 150 4) 200
3) 2 4) q
g g 2 494. A parallel plate capacitor of capacity 5 F and
l m plate separation 6cm is connected to a 1V battery
and is charged. A dielectric of dielectric constant
q q
489. Along the X-axis, three charges ,-q and are 4 and thickness 4 cm is introduced into the
2 2 capacitor. The additional charge that flows into
placed at x = 0, x =a and x =2a respectively . the capacitor from the battery is (2001)
The resultant electric potential at x =a+r(if a ,<<r) 1) 2 C 2) 3 C 3) 5C 4) 10 C
is ( 0 is the permittivity of free space : (2006-E) 495. The force between the plates of a parallel plate
capacitor of capacitance C and distance of
qa qa 2 separation of the plates d with a potential
1) 2)
4 0 r 2 4 0 r 3 difference V between the plates, is
(MP PMT 1999)
q ( a 2 / 4) q
3) 4) 4 r CV 2 C 2V 2 C 2V 2 V 2d
4 0 r 3 0 1) 2) 2 3) 2 4)
2d 2d d C
490. Two thin rings each having a radius R are placed
496. Two identical capacitors are connected as shown
at distance d apart with thier axes coinciding.The in the figure. A dielectric slab is introduced
charges on the two rings are +q, -q. The potential between the plates of one of the capacitors so
difference between the rings as to fill the gap, the battery remaining connected.
The charge on each capacitor will be (charge on
Q.R
1) each condenser is q0 ; k = dielectric constant )
4 0 .d 2
Q 1 1
2) 2 R 2
0 R d2
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voltage of
1) 3 kV 2) 6 kV 3) 10 kV 4) 9 kV
501. Energy ‘E’ is stored in a parallel plate capacitor
‘C1’. An identical uncharged capacitor ‘C2’ is
connected to it, kept in contact with it for a while
and then disconnected, the energy stored in C2
is (2005 M)
E E E
1) 2) 3) 4) Zero
2 3 4
502. A partical of mass 1Kg and carrying 0.01C is at
rest on an inclined plane of angle 300 with
2q0 q0 2q0 q0
1) 2) 3) 4) 490
1 1k 1 1k 1 k 1 k horizontal when an electric field of NC 1
3
applied parllel to horizontal .The coefficient of
497. The numerical value of the charge on either plates friction is
of capacitor ‘C’ as shown in the figure is
1 3 3
1) 0.5 2) 3) 4)
3 2 7
503. A parallel plate capacitor has area of each plate
A, the separation between the plates is d . It is
charged to a potential V and then disconnected
from the battery. The amount of work done in the
filling the capacitor Completely with a dielectric
CER1 CER2 CER1 constant k
1) CE 2) R r 3) R r 4) R r
1 2 2
498 In the circuit diagram given below, the value of
1 0 AV 2 1 1 V 2 0 A
1) 1 2)
the potential difference across the plates of the 2 d k 2 2 kd
capacitors are
1 V 2 0 A 1 0 AV 2 1
3) 4) 1
2 k 2d 2 d K
504. A wire of length / is bent to form a semicircle. If it
has charge Q then electric field intensity at the
centre of the ring is
Q Q Q Q
1) 17.5 KV, 7.5 KV 2) 10 KV, 15 KV 1) 4 l 2 2) 2 3) 4) 2 l 2
4 0 l 4 0 l 2
3) 5 KV, 20 KV 4) 16.5 KV, 8.5KV 0 0
499. The equivalent capacityof the infinite net work 505. A block of mass m and charge q is tied to a
shown in the figure (across AB) is (Capacity of spring of spring constant k. The electric field
each capacitor is 1 F) intensity E is switched ON. the maximum
displacement in the spring is
3 1 3 1
1) 2) 1 F 3) 2 F 4) 2 F Eq Eq 2Eq Eq
1) 2) 3) 4)
2k m k 2m
500. A capacitor of capacitance 1 F withstands a
506. A thin copper ring of radius ‘a’ is charged with q
maximum voltage of 6 kV, while another capacitor
units of electricity. An electron is placed at the
of capacitance 2 F withstands a maximum
centre of the copper ring. If the electron is
voltage of 4 kV. If they are connected in series,
displaced a little, it will have frequency.
the combination can withstand a maximum
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entering the capacitor to that while leaving will be
1 eq 1 q
1) 2)
2 4 0 ma 3 2 4 0 ema 3
1) 2)
3) 4)
3) 4)
507. A copper rod AB of length I is rotated about end A
with a constant angular velocity . Find electric 513. A capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a
field at a distance x from the axis of rotation. potential difference V from a cell and then
disconnected from it. A charge +Q is now given
to its positive plate. The potential difference
1) 2) 3) 4) across the capacitor is now
508. Two electric charges q and -2q are placed at a
distance 3a apart. The locus of points in the 1) V 2)
plane of the charges where the field potential is
zero is
1) straight line 2) circle 3) 4)
3) ellipse 4) hyperbola 514.. In the given arrangement of the capacitors, one
509. potential at the origin in an electric field. 3 F capacitor has got 600 J of energy. Then
the potential difference across 2 F capacitor is
The potential at the point (x,
y) is
1) 2)
3)
4)
510.. A capacitor of capacitance 10 F is charged to
a potential 50 V with a battery. The battery is 1) 40 V 2) 15 V 3) 60 V 4) 45 V
now disconnected and an additional charge 200 515.. A parallel plate capacitor with plates separated
C is given to the positive plate of the capacitor.. by air acquires 1 C of charge when connected
The potential difference across the capacitor will to a battery of 500V. The plates still connected
be to the battery are then immersed in benzene [ k
1) 50 V 2) 80 V 3) 100V 4) 60 V = 2.25]. Then a charge that flows from the battery
is
511.. A capacitor is filled with an insulator and a certain
potential difference is applied to its plates. The 1) 1.28 C 2) 2.28 C
energy stored in the capacitor is U. Now the 3) 1 / 4 C 4) 4.56 C
capacitor is disconnected from the source and 516.. An air capacitor with plates of area 1 m2 and 0.01
the insulator is pulled out of the capacitor. The metre apart is charged with C of electricity..
work performed against the forces of electric field
When the capacitor is submerged in oil of relative
in pulling out the insulator is 4U. Then dielectric
permittivity 2, then the energy decreases by
constant of the insulator is
1) 20 % 2) 50 % 3) 60 % 4) 75 %
1) 4 2) 8 3) 5 4) 3
517.. The breakdown field strength for dry air is
512. If an electron enters into a space between the
paltes of a parallel plate capacitor at an angle . Each of the plates of parallel plate
capacitor has an area of 0.2 m2. The maximum
with the plates and leaves at an angle to the charge that can be collected is
plates. The ratio of its kinetic energy while
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1) 5.3 C 2) 0.6 C
3) 1.5 C 4) 4.56 C
518.. In the given arrangement of capacitors 6 C
charge is added to point A, the charge on upper
capacitor is
1) 2) 3) 4)
522. If metal section of shape H is inserted in between
two parallel plates as shown in figure and A is the
area of each plate then the equivalent capacitance
is
1) 3 C 2) 1 C 3) 2 C 4) 6 C
519.. The equivalent capacitance between points M and
N is
1) 2)
3) 4)
1) Infinity 2) 523. The equivalent capacitance of the circuit
shown in the figure is
3) 4)
520.. Three uncharged capacitors of capacities C1,C2
and C3 are connected as shown in the figure to
one another and the point. A, B and C are at
potentials V1,V2 and V3 respectively. Then the
potential at O will be
1) 2) 3) 2 C 4) C
524. Two particles with identical positive charges and
a separation of are released from
rest. Immediately after their release, particle 1
has acceleration whose magnitude is
. Particle 1 has a mass of .
1) 2)
Then each of the particle has charge of
1) 2)
3) 4) 3) 4)
525.Two small objects X and Y are permanently
521. In the given figure the capacitor of plate area A is separated by a distance 1 cm. Object X has a
charged upto charge q. The ratio of elongations
(neglect force of gravity) in springs C and D at charge of + 1.0 and object Y has a charge
equilibrium position is
NARAYANA AIEEE MATERIAL 109 ELECTRO STATICS
of - 1.0 . A certain number of electrons are the net amount of charge contained in the cube
of 100m edge, located between 200m and 300m
removed from X and put onto Y to make the altitude is
electrostatic force between the two objects an
1) 3.54 2) 5.43
attractive force whose magnitude is 360 N.
Number of electrons removed is 3) 300 4) 100
1) 2) 531. The electric field components in the figure are
3) 4)
526.. A thin fixed ring of radius 1 metre has a positive where = 800 N / m2. If a = 0.1 m is the side of
charge uniformly distributed over it. A cube then the charge with in the cube is
particle of mass 0.9gm and having a negative
charge of is placed on the axis at a
distance of 1 cm from the centre of the ring.
Assuming that the oscillations has small
amplitude, the time period of oscillations is
1) 0.23s 2) 0.39s 3) 0.49 s 4) 0.63s
527. A soap bubble of radius 1.0 cm is electrically
charged so that the pressure inside the bubble is
identical with the outside p ressure. If the surface
tension of the soap solution is 0.028 N /m, the 1) 2)
electric charge on the bubble will be 3) 4) Zero
1) 2) 532. A solid conducting sphere of radius 10cm is
enclosed by a thin metallic shell of radius 20cm.
3) 4)
A charge q=20 is given to the inner sphere.
528. A thin half ring of radius R = 20 cm is uniformly The heat generated in the process is
charged with a total charge q = 0.70nC. The 1) 12 J 2) 9 J 3) 24 J 4) zero
magnitude of electric field strength at the curvature 533. Two identical capacitors 1 and 2 are connected
centre of this half ring is in series to a battery as shown in figure.
1) 100 V /m 2) 20 V / m Capacitor 2 contains a dielectric slab of dielectric
3) 225 V / m 4) 4 V / m constant K as shown. Q1 and Q2 are the charges
529. An electron is projected is in figure at a speed of stored in the capacitors. Now the dielectric slab
at an angle of 450 ; is removed and the corresponding charges are
directed upward, d = 3cm and l =10cm. Will the and . Then
electron strike either of the plates.
1) 2)
1) Upper plate 2) Lower plate
3) 4)
3) Lower plate at the edge 4) No where
530. The electric field in a large region of earth’s
atmosphere is directed vertically down. At an 534. The charge flowing through the cell on closing
altitude of 300m, the electric field is 60 V / m. At the key k is equal to
an altitude of 200m, the electric field is 100 V/m.
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from a large distance from a fixed
positive carge Q. The closest distance of approach
is
1) 2) 3) 4)
539 . A parallel plate capacitor with air as medium
between the plates has a capacitance of 10 F..
The area of the capacitor is divided into two equal
halves and filled with two media having dielectric
1) 2) 4 CV 3) 4)
constant and . The capacitance
535. A charge +q is fixed at each of the points will now be
x=x0,x=3x0, x=5x0 . . . . . on the x - axis and a 1) 10 F 2) 20 F 3) 30 F 4) 40 F
charge-q is f ixed at each of the points 540. A particle of charge and mass moves in
. Here is a a circular orbit of radius about a fixed charge
positive constant. Take the electric potential at . The relation between the radius of the orbit
a point due to a charge Q at a distance r from it and the time period is
to be . Then the potential at the origin 1) 2)
due to the above system of charges is
3) 4)
1) 0 2)
541. Three electric charges +q each are placed at the
three corners of a square of side d. The intensity
of electric field at the fourth corner is
3) 4)
1) 2)
536. An alpha particle of 5 Me V at a large distance
proceeds towards a gold nucleus ( Z=79 ) to make
a head on collision. The closest distance of 3) 4)
approach from the centre of gold nucleus is
1) 20 fm 2) 15 fm 3) 10 fm 4) 45 fm 542. A small ball having charge ‘q’ is suspended from
537. An electric dipole is formed two particles fixed at a weightless, inextensible string. It is placed in a
the ends of a light rigid rad of length l. The mass region of uniform electric field as
of each particle is m and charges are -q and +q shown in figure. In equilibrium, the string is making
The system is suspended by a torsionless thread
an angle of with the vertical. If the mass of
in an electric filed of intensity E such that the
dipole axis is parallel to the filed if it is slightly the ball is g, the charge on it is
displaced, the period of angular motion is
1) 2)
3) 4)
PRACTICE QUESTIONS 1) 2) 3) 4)
538. A charge q of mass m is released with a velcoity
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543. Three charges and and are placed at 548. Electric potential on the surface of a hollow
conducting sphere is V. The electric potential is
the vertices of right angled isosceles trianlge as
shown in the figure. The net electrostatic energy at a distance
of the configuration is zero if is equal to
1) inside the sphere
2) from the surface of the sphere and outside
it
3) 2R from the centre of the sphere
4) 2R from the surface of the sphere and outside
it
549. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser with
air medium is hav ing distance of
1) 2) 3) 4)
seperation . If the space between the plates is
544. Two metal sphres A and B have their capacities
in th ratio 3:4. They are put in contact with each filled with two slabs each of thincknes and
other and an amount of charge is given dielectric constants 4 and 8, the effective capacity
to the combination. Next, the two spheres are becomes
separated wide the apart so that one has no 1) 2) 3) 4)
electrical infuence on the other. The potential due 550. A parallel plate capacitor with air medium
to the smaller sphere at a distance of 50m from it
is between the plates has a capacitance of .
1) 540V 2) 270V 3) 1180V 4) zero The area of the capacitor is divided into two equal
545. A solid conducting sphere having a charge Q is halves and filled with two media having dielectric
surrounded by an uncharged concentric constants and . The
conducting spherical shell. The potential
capacitance of the system will be
difference between the surface of solid sphere
and the shell is V. The shell is now given a charge 1) 2) 3) 4)
-3Q. The new potential difference between the 551. A condenser of capacity is charged at
same surfaces will be - ( BHU MED 1999 )
1) -2V 2) 4V 3) V 4) 2V the rate of per second. The time
546. A half ring of radius ‘ r ’ has a linear charge required to raise its potential by is
density .The potential at the centre of the half
1) 50 s 2) 100 s 3) 20 s 4) 10 s
ring is
552. A capacitor is charged to 400V and then
1) 2) 3) 4) the plates are joined through a 1000 ohm resistor.
The heat produced in the resistor is ( 1987 )
547. Four equipotential curves in an electric field are 1) 0.64 J 2) 0.32 J 3) 0.16 J 4) 1.28 J
shown in the figure. A,B,C are three points in the 553. Between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor
field.If electric intensity at A,B,C are of capacity C, two parallel plates of the same
then material and area same as the plate of original
capacitor, are placed. If the thickness of these
1
plates is equal to th of the distance between
5
the plates of the original capacitor, then the
capacity of the new capacitor is (2003 M)
1) 2)
3) 4)
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5 3 3 10
1) C 2) C 3) C 4) C
3 5 10 3
554. Force of attraction between the plates of a parallel
plate capacitor is AFME 1998
1) 2) 3) 4)
1) 18 C 2) 4 C 3) 8 C 4) Zero
555. In the figure shown the charges on and an 558. The capacitance of a parallel plate condenser is
respectively (fig. a). A dielectric of dielectric constant ‘K’
is inserted as shown in figure ‘b’ and ‘c’. If
and are the capacitances in figures ‘b’ and
‘c’ then
(A) 20 (B) (C) (D)
1) A, B are correct 2) C, B are correct
3) C, D are correct 4) A, D are correct
1) Both and
556. In the figure shown the effective capacity across
P and Q is (the area of each plate is ‘ ’) 2) and
3) Both and 4)
559. Two condensers of capacity C and 2C are
connected in parallel and these are charged upto
V volt. If the battery is removed and dielectric
medium of constant K is put between the plates
of first condenser, then the potential at each
condenser is (RAJ PET 1998)
1) 2) 3) 4)
1)
560. Two capacitors and in
series, are connected in parallel to a third
capacitor . This arrangement is then
2)
connected to a battery of e.m.f.=2 V, as shown
in figure. The energy lost by the battery in charging
the capacitors is ( MP PET 2001)
3) 4)
557. The charge developed on 4 F condenser is
1. 2.)
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potential difference V across the capacitance is
3. 4. (AIEEE - 05)
561. A capacitor is connected with a battery and stores
energy U. After removing the battery, it is 1) 2)
connected with another similar capacitor in
parallel. The new stored energy in each capacitor
will be ( CBSE PMT 2000 )
3) 4)
1) 2) U 3) 4)
566. Three charges -q1 + -q2 and -q3 are placed as
562. n identical charged drops coalesce to form a big shown in the figure. The x-component of the force
drop . The new potential, charge, capacity, energy on --q1 is proportional to (AIEEE - 03)
stored will be
1)
2)
3)
4)
1) 2)
563. A parallel plate condenser with a dielectric of
dielectric constant K between the plates has a
capacity C and is charged to a potential V volts. 3) 4)
The dielectric slab is slowly removed from
between the plates and then reinserted. The net
work done by the system in this process is LEVEL - IV
(AIEEE-07) MODEL QUESTIONS
567. A ring has charge Q and radius R. If a charge q
1) 2) is placed at its centre then the increase in tension
in the ring is
3) 4) zero
1) 2) zero
564. Two spherical conductors A and B of radii 1 mm
and 2mm are seperated by a distance of 5 cm
and are uniformly charged. If the spheres are
connected by a conducting wire then in the 3) 4)
equilibrium condition (AIEEE - 06)
568. W ork perf ormed when a point charge
1) 4: 1 2) 1 : 2
3) 2 : 1 4) 1 : 4 C is transformed from infinity to a point
565. A fully charged capacitor has a capacitance C. at a distance of 1cm from the surface of the ball
It is discharged through a small coil of resistance with a radius of 1cm and a surface charge
wire embedded in a thermally insulated block of density =
specific heat capacity s and mass m. If the
temperature of the block is raised by , the 1) 2)
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3) 4)
569. A sphere carrying charge 0.01 C is kept at rest 3)
without falling down, touching a wall by applying
an electric field 100 N/C.If the coeffcient of friction
between the sphere and the wall is 0.2 , the weight
of the sphere is 4) and
1) 2 kg 2) 2 N
3)20 N 4) 0.2 N 572. The capacity between the point A and B in the
570. A particle of mass 1kg and carrying positive adjoining circuit wil be
charge 0.01 C is sliding down an inclined plane
of angle with the horizontal. An electric field
E is applied to stop the particle. If the coefficient
of friction between the particle an the surface of
the plane is , E must be
1)
2)
1)1260 V/m 2)245 V/m
3)
3) V/m 4) V/m
4)
571. Three concentric metallic spheres A, B and C
have radii a,b and c (a < b < c ) and surface PRACTICE QUESTIONS
charge densities o n them are and 573. In the adjoining diagram, the condenser C will
be fully charged to potential V if
respectively. The values of and will be
1) S1 and S2 both are open
2) S1 and S2 both are closed
3) S1 is closed and S2 is open
4) S1 is open and S2 is closed.
574. The capacitance in the given network
1)
2)
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1) 2)
1) 7 2) 3) 4)
575. In the following circuit the potentials at points A
and B will respectively be 3) 4)
579. One plate of a capacitor is connected to a spring
as shown in figure. Area of both the plates is A.
In steady state separation between the plates is
0.8d (spring was unstretched and the distance
between the plates was d when the capacitor
was uncharged). The force constant of the spring
1) 10V, 0V 2) 6 V, -4V 3) 4V, -6V 4) 5V, -5V is approximately
576. The potential difference between the points A and
B in the following circuit in steady state will be
1) 2)
1) 100 volt 2) 75 volt 3) 4)
3) 25 volt 4) 50 volt 580. A capacitor of capacitance C0 charged to a
577. In the following circuit two identical capacitors, a potential V0 and then isolated. A small capacitor
battery and a switch are connected as shown. C is then charged from C0, discharged and
the switch is opened and dielectric of constant 3 charged again, the process being repeated n
are inserted in the condensers. The ratio of times. Due to this, potential of the larger capacitor
electrostatic energies of the system before and is decreased to V, Value of C is
after filling the dielectric will be
1) 2)
3) 4)
1) 3: 1 2) 5 : 1 3) 3:5 4) 5 : 3
578. In the given figure a capacitor of plate area A is 581. A capacitor is made of a flat plate of area A and
charged upto charge q. The mass of each plate second plate having a stair-like structure as
is m2. The lower plate is rigidly fixed. The value shown in figure. The width of each plate is ‘a’
of m1 if the system remains in equilibrium is and the height is ‘b’. The capacitance of the
capacitor is
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negative terminal of the other. The final energy of
the configuration is
1) zero 2)
3) 4)
1) 2) 584. Two identical capacitors, hav e the same
capacitance C. One of them is charged to
potential and the other to . The negative
ends are also connected, the decrease in energy
3)
of the combined system is
1) 2)
4)
582. A capacitor as shown in figure has square plates
3) 4)
of length l and are inclined at an angle with
one another. For small value of , capacitance LEVEL - V
585. Passage-I
is given by
Method of Electrical Images
The method of electrical images is used to solve
the electrostatic problems, where charge
distribution is not specified completely. The
method consists of replacement of given charge
distribution by a simplified charge distribution or
a single point charge or a number of point charges
provided the original boundary conditions are still
satisfied.
1)
2)
3)
For example consider a system containing a point
charge +q placed at a distanced d from an infinite
4)
earthed conducting plane. The boundary
conditions are:
583. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is
(i) Potential is zero at infinity
connected to a battery and is charged to a
(ii) potential is zero at each point on the
potential difference V. Another capacitor of
conducting plane.
capacitance 2C is similarly charged to a potential
If we replace the conducting plane by a point
difference 2V. The charging battery is now
charge (-q ) placed at a distance ‘d’ opposite to
disconnected and the capacitors are connected
conducting plane. The charge (-q ) is called the
in parallel to each other in such a way that the
electrical image.
positive terminal of one is connected to the
Now system consists of two charges +q and -q
at separation 2d. If charge +q moves to a
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distance ‘y’ from the boundary of conducting plane
2)
(now absent), the electrical image -q also moves
to the same distance ‘y’ from the boundary of 3)
conducting plane, so that the new distance
between +q and -q is 2y. 4)
Questions: 587. Consider the situation shown in the figure. The
A. The force between point charge +q and capacitor A has a charge q on it whereas B is
earthed conducting plane is: uncharged. The charge appearing on the
capacitor B a long time af ter the switch is
1) (repulsive) closed is:
2) (attractive)
3) (repulsive)
4) (attractive).
1) Zero 2) q /2 3) q 4) 2q
B. The potential energy of system of charge +q 588. Six charges, three positive and three negative of
placed at a distance d from the earthed
equal magnitude are to be placed at the vertices
conducting plane is:
of a regular hexagon such that the electric field
at O is double the eletric field when only one
1) 2) positive charge of same magnitude is placed at
R. Which of the following arrangements of
charge is possible f or,P,Q,R,S,T and U
3) 4) respectively?
C The work done in carrrying charge q from distance
d to distance y from earthed conducting plane is:
1) zero 2)
3)
1) +,-,+,-,-,+
2) +,-,+,-,+,-
4) 3) +,+,-,+,-,-
4) -,+,+,-,+,-
Only one option is correct
More than one option is correct :
586. For the circuit shown, which of the following
statement is true 589. A paraller plate air capacitor is connected to a
battery. The quantities charge, voltage, electric
filed and energy associated with this capacitor
are gives by and respectively. A
dielectric slab is now introduced to fill the space
between the plates with the battery still in
1)
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connection. The corresponing quantities now given
by Q,V,E and U are related to the previous one = joule/metre3.
as:
Questions :
1) A. The electric field inside a conductor is zero and
may be assumed due to charge on element
2)
and remaining surface i.e., ; where
3)
E1 = E2 being equal opposite inside the conductor.
4) The electric field due to surface element is :
590. A paraller plate capacitor is charged and the
charging battery is then disconnected. If the 1) 2)
plates of the capacitor are moved farther apart by
means of insulating handle:
1) the charge on the capacitor increases 3) 4) zero
2) the voltage across the plates increases
3) the capacitance increases B. The electrostatic energy is proportional to:
4) the electrostatic energy stored in the capacitor 1) E 2) E2 3) 4)
increases
C. The electric field at surface element of area
591. PASSAGE-II
When a charge is given to a conductor, charge is N/C. The force as the element
distributes on the surface. Thus each element of
is
surface is similarly charged. As a result the
elements of the surface repel one another and 1) N 2) N
exert an electrostatic pressure equal to
3) N 4) N.
From question numbers 596 to 599 choose the
following options
1) If both Assertion and Reason are true and
Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
2) If both Assertion and Reason are true but
Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
3) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
4) If both Assertion and Reason are false.
where is electric field strength just near 592. Assertion (A): A capacitor of capacitance C is
connected across a battery of potential difference
the surface and is surface charge density..
V. The energy stored by the capacitor is
The force on surface element is
If y is the displacement of the element in the Reason (R): The energy supplied by the battery
direction of force, then work done by
is
electrostatic force
593. Assertion (A): Two metal plates each of area A
Work done per unit volume is
form a paralle plate capacitor. Now one plate is
displaced up, then the capacitance of capacitor
. decreases.
This is stored as electrostatic energy. Thus Reason (R): Due to displacing one plate, the
electrostatic energy per unit volume
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overlapping area decreases, in capacitance 598. Column - I Column - II
A) electrical potential p) vector
decreases.
B) energy stored q)
594. Assertion (A): Two plates of a parallel plate
capacitor are drawn apart, keeping them in a condenser
connected to a battery. Next the same plates C) force between two r) scalar
are drawn apart from the same initial condition, capacitor plates
keeping the battery disconnected, then the work
done in both cases are same.
D) electric capacity s)
Reason (R): Capacitor plates have same charge
in both cases and displacements of plates in both
A B C D
cases are also same.
1) r q,r p,s r
595. Assertion (A) : Two metallic plates placed side
by side form three capacitors. 2) r q,r p,q s
Reason (R) : The infinity and first face of first 3) q,r p,q r,s s
plate is one capacitor, the second face of first 4) p,q r q,r s
plate and first face of sedond plate forms second 599. Column-I Column - II
capacitor and the second face of second plate
and infinity forms the third capacitor, but the A) Potential due to p)
capacitance of first and third capacitance are a point charge q at
extremely small distance r
ONLY ONE OPTION IS CORRECT B) Potenital due to a q)
596. A solid conducting sphere having a charge Q is
surrounded by an uncharged concentric charged spherical shell
of charge q at a distance
conducting hollow spherical shell. Let the
r from the centre
potential difference between the surface of the C) Potential gradient r) scalar
solid sphere and that of the outer surface of the
hollow shell be V. If the shell is now given a
D) electric field intensity s)
charge of -3Q, the new potential dif f erence
between the same two surfaces is : due to a short dipole
1) V 2) 2V 3) 4V 4) -2V on its axis at a distance r.
MORE THAN ONE OPTION IS CORRECT A B C D
597. A dielectric slab of thickness d is inserted in a 1) r q,r p,s r
2) r q,r p,q s
parallel plate capacitor whose negative plate is
3) q,r q,r p s
at x = 3d. The slab is equidistant from the plates. 4) p,q r q,r s
The capacitor is given some charge. As x goes
from 0 to 3d: KEY
1) the magnitude of the electric filed remains the 1) 4 2) 3 3) 1 4) 2 5) 2
same 6) 1 7) 3 8) 2 9) 3 10) 1
11) 3 12) 3 13) 3 14) 2 15) 1
2) the direction of the electric filed remains the
16) 1 17) 4 18) 1 19) 3 20) 2
same 21) 4 22) 1 23) 3 24) 1 25) 3
3) the electric potential increases continuously 26) 4 27) 3 28) 4 29) 3 30) 3
4) the electric potential increases at first, then 31) 4 32) 4 33) 4 34) 2 35) 4
decreases and again increases 36) 1 37) 2 38) 4 39) 3 40) 1
Matrix matching 41) 3 42) 3 43) 1 44) 2 45) 4
Match coloumn I with column II
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46) 2 47) 4 48) 1 49) 3 50) 3 321) 2 322) 1 323) 4 324) 2 325) 3
51) 2 52) 3 53) 3 54) 3 55) 3 326) 3 327) 3 328) 1 329) 1 330) 3
56) 3 57) 4 58) 3 59) 4 60) 3 331) 1 332) 2 333) 3 334) 1 335) 4
61) 1 62) 1 63) 4 64) 3 65) 4 336) 2 337) 3 338) 3 339) 2 340) 2
66) 4 67) 1 68) 3 69) 1 70) 1 341) 3 342) 1 343) 4 344) 2 345) 4
71) 3 72) 4 73) 4 74) 4 75) 3 346) 2 347) 3 348) 2 349) 2 350) 1
76) 1 77) 4 78) 1 79) 2 80) 1 351) 2 352) 2 353) 2 354) 3 355) 4
81) 4 82) 1 83) 3 84) 2 85) 2 356) 2 357) 2 358) 4 359) 2 360) 4
86) 1 87) 3 88) 2 89) 1 90) 2 361) 3 362) 3 363) 2 364) 2 365) 4
91) 4 92) 3 93) 1 94) 3 95) 1 366) 3 367) 3 368) 3 369) 1 370) 1
96) 4 97) 2 98) 2 99) 2 100) 1 371) 4 372) 1 373) 4 374) 3 375) 3
101) 1 102) 1 103) 1 104) 4 105) 4 376) 3 377) 1 378) 4 379) 1 380) 1
106) 3 107) 4 108) 1 109) 4 110) 4 381) 3 382) 4 383) 3 384) 3 385) 2
111) 3 112) 2 113) 1 114) 4 115) 4 386) 4 387) 2 388) 1 389) 2 390) 2
116) 2 117) 3 118) 4 119) 2 120) 2 391) 4 392) 1 393) 2 394) 4 395) 3
121) 3 122) 2 123) 1 124) 4 125) 2 396) 1 397) 3 398) 3 399) 2 400) 3
126) 1 127) 2 128) 2 129) 1 130) 1 401) 2 402) 1 403) 4 404) 4 405) 2
131) 4 132) 4 133) 1 134) 4 135) 1 406) 1 407) 1 408) 1 409) 4 410) 4
136) 1 137) 2 138) 4 139) 4 140) 1 411) 1 412) 2 413) 1 414) 4 415) 2
141) 2 142) 4 143) 3 144) 4 145) 2 416) 3 417) 1 418) 1 419) 2 420) 1
146) 1 147) 3 148) 3 149) 4 150) 3 421) 3 422) 2 423) 2 424) 1 425) 2
151) 4 152) 3 153) 4 154) 1 155) 2 426) 1 427) 2 428) 2 429) 4 430) 4
156) 1 157) 4 158) 3 159) 4 160) 2 431) 1 432) 1 433) 4 434) 1 435) 3
161) 2 162) 2 163) 2 164) 1 165) 4 436) 4 437) 1 438) 2 439) 1 440) 2
166) 1 167) 1 168) 1 169) 2 170) 2 441) 3 442) 3 443) 2 444) 2 445) 3
171) 1 172) 2 173) 2 174) 1 175) 4 446) 2 447) 2 448) 1 449) 2 450) 1
176) 2 177) 3 178) 1 179) 1 180) 2 451) 3 452) 2 453) 4 454) 4 455) 3
181) 4 182) 3 183) 4 184) 3 185) 1 456) 2 457) 3 458) 3 459) 4 460) 1
186) 2 187) 2 188) 1 189) 1 190) 4 461) 3 462) 2 463) 3 464) 2 465) 2
191) 3 192) 1 193) 3 194) 3 195) 4 466) 2 467) 2 468) 3 469) 2 470) 3
196) 1 197) 2 198) 1 199) 3 200) 1 471) 3 472) 1 473) 1 474) 3 475) 4
201) 4 202) 2 203) 3 204) 4 205) 4 476) 3 477) 4 478) 2 479) 4 480) 1
206) 4 207) 1 208) 3 209) 2 210) 1 481) 3 482) 4 483) 1 484) 1 485) 2
211) 4 212) 2 213) 3 214) 3 215) 3 486) 1 487) 1 488) 3 489) 2 490) 2
216) 4 217) 1 218) 1 219) 1 220) 4 491) 2 492) 2 493) 3 494) 3 495) 1
221) 1 222) 4 223) 4 224) 1 225) 3 496) 1 497) 3 498) 1 499) 3 500) 4
226) 4 227) 4 228) 4 229) 4 230) 4 501) 3 502) 4 503) 4 504) 4 505) 3
231) 4 232) 4 233) 1 234) 3 235) 4 506) 1 507) 1 508) 2 509) 1 510) 4
236) 1 237) 4 238) 4 239) 3 240) 2 511) 3 512) 2 513) 3 514) 4 515) 1
241) 3 242) 4 243) 2 244) 3 245) 1 516) 2 517) 1 518) 1 519) 1 520) 1
246) 2 247) 2 248) 3 249) 2 250) 2 521) 2 522) 4 523) 1 524) 3 525) 2
251) 3 252) 1 253) 2 254) 3 255) 1 526) 4 527) 3 528) 1 529) 3 530) 1
256) 2 257) 4 258) 3 259) 2 260) 3 531) 1 532) 2 533) 3 534) 1 535) 4
261) 4 262) 4 263) 4 264) 2 265) 4 536) 4 537) 1 538) 2 539) 3 540) 2
266) 1 267) 3 268) 3 269) 3 270) 2 541) 2 542) 4 543) 2 544) 1 545) 3
271) 3 272) 4 273) 1 274) 1 275) 3 546) 3 547) 3 548) 3 549) 2 550) 3
276) 4 277) 1 278) 3 279) 3 280) 3 551) 1 552) 2 553) 1 554) 1 555) 2
281) 4 282) 3 283) 1 284) 3 285) 2 556) 1 557) 3 558) 1 559) 4 560) 2
286) 3 287) 3 288) 1 289) 1 290) 3 561) 3 562) 3 563) 2 564) 3 565) 4
291) 1 292) 2 293) 3 294) 4 295) 1 566) 2 567) 4 568) 2 569) 2 570) 3
296) 2 297) 3 298) 1 299) 2 300) 4 571) 1 572) 1 573) 3 574) 1 575) 2
301) 1 302) 2 303) 1 304) 1 305) 3 576) 3 577) 3 578) 3 579) 1 580) 2
306) 3 307) 4 308) 4 309) 1 310) 1 581) 2 582) 1 583) 2 584) 3 585) (A) 4
311) 2 312) 1 313) 3 314) 3 315) 2 (B) 4 (C) 4 586) 4 587) 1 588) 4
316) 4 317) 1 318) 3 319) 4 320) 4
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589) 1, 4 590) 2,4 591) (A) 2 (B) 2 (C)4
592) 3 173. 178. q =ne
593) 1 594) 4 595) 1 596) 1 597) 2,4
598) 1 599) 3
1HINTS
125. n is integer
182. 183.
128. should be integer
184. 185.
131. 132.
186. 191.
133. 134.
194.
135.
196.
136.
199. = 200.
138.
because angle b/w 202. 212.
233. 234.
139. 140.
235. 236.
141. 145.
241. 242.
150. 151. 247. and
152. 158. 248.
249.
250.
163. 166.
251.
252. 254.
259.
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264.
322.
323.
265. 269.
324. ENERGY STORED =
273. 274. 326. E = 1/2
276. 327. ;
279. ;
329.
330. ;
331.
282.
290.
332.
295.
333. q = ne
301.
334. F = w tan
305.
311. 1.5 are in parallel ; its effective 335.
capacitance 1.5 + c
1+5+c, are in series
336.
318. Q =
V=
319. p.d between the plates becomes zero
320. E = 1/2 337. 338.
321. E = ,
339. 340.
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341. ; 357. 358.
359. Distance of null point
342. F = w tan
where +ve for like charges
-ve for unlike charges
343. 360. Deflection where K is kinetic energy..
361. Calculate E due to individual charges both in
344. 345. magnitude and direction.
346. 347.
362. Field strength
348. 363.
364. Similar to B on equitorial line of a short bar
magnet
349.
where
350. because 365. Similar to B on axial line of short bar magnet
angle b/w
351.
366. a= ; R=
352. 367. T =
because angle b/w
368.
369. QE = mg
370. Calculate the individual fields at the centre and
find the resultant vectorially.
353. 371. Resultant becomes zero
372. Tension
354.
373.
355. 356.
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374. Resultant field 387.
375. 388. is along and is along
376.
377 .
389.
378.
390. Potential is constant within the sphere and is
additive.
391. 392.
379.
393.
380.
394.
r =length of the side
381. 395. Workdone = Electrostatic potential
energy at the centre of the square
396. From symmetry, effective potential at P is zero,
397. where
398. where
399.
382.
400.
383. where
401.
384.
402. gain in K.E = loss in P.E
403. Workdone is equal to the change in potential
385. energy.
404. 405.
386. ;
406.
;
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407. ; 417. 418.
408. 419. Work = charge in P.E
420.
409. 421.
422 .We have here
so the x,y,z components are
410. ;
411. The electrostatic field at(1,0,2) is
423.
412.
424. Given
then
413.
425. Field near metal surface E=
414.
Force on electron =eE=
Acceleration of electron a =
It will act as projectile with max range
415.
426.
416. where
427.
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, is along + y-axis
428.
441. The distance of point P from charge +q is
429. and from charge -q is
Potential at p
430.
is
431.
432.
442.
433.
434 . Force of
443. ;
interaction
435.
444.
436. potential due to a dipole
445.
437.
438.
439.
446.
447.
440.
448.
Y E
449.
P 2 2, 2, 0
450.
X
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451. effective capacity = .
and are in series.
463.
464. Resultant capacitance of and
is in parallel to .
452.
465.
453 . ;
466. ;
454.
;
467.
455.
456. Charge flow
where common potential
thickness of metal sheet
468.
457.
C1 and C2 connected in parallel.
469.
458.
459. 470.
460. Verify the cases individually.
461. Verify the cases individually.
462. and in series
effective capacity = 471.
and in series.
where
and in parallel
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and 483. ;
484.
472.
485.
473.
486. ;
487.
488. T does not change when force is acting towards
474.
fixed point.
489.
490.
475.
476. ; ;
477.
491. ,
478.
calculate ‘ v ‘
492. =
479. 493.
494. ;
480.
481.
495.
482.
496.
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502. N =mg + qE
r1 r2
mg =
y
503. Work done = decrease in energy
q -2q
ie w = x
3a
504.
This is equation of circle
dE1 sinθ dE2 sinθ
509.
dE1
dE2
dE1cosθ + dE2 cosθ
or
505. According to law of conservation of energy
506.
So motion is S.H.M.
adding (1) and (2)
507. When rod rotates, electron in it also’rotates which
produce electric field E at distance X
Force on electron 510.
508. Locus of zero potential points.
=60V
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511. 517.
518. The potential difference between plates of each
capacitor is same
512. 519.
520.
521.
513.
522. Net space between metal plates is a-b
523.
514. 524.
525.
P.D. across
515.
526. and
516.
NARAYANA AIEEE MATERIAL 131 ELECTRO STATICS
527. 534.
when key was open
528. when key was closed 3C becomes short
circuited. Net charge on C is now
535.
536.
530.
537.
where S=
531. Magnitude of E at the left face
I = moment of inertia
at right face
and n = frequency =
532.
Time period
533.
Before the slab is removed 538.
539.
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540. ; 549.
541.
550.
551.
552.
553.
542.
543.
544. ;
545. Pd between the two spheres is independent of
charge on outer shell. = 5C
546. potential due to small element ‘ p ’ at the centre
554.
555. C is inversly proportional to V,
556.
547.
557. current i = 1 amp
P.D across
P.D across
Charges on
558. The presence of dielectic either as in fig (b) or as
in fig (c) always increases the capacitance.
548. 559. Q = constant , CV + 2CV =
560.
561. ;
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562. ; ;
Charge o n AB is dQ =
; ;
563. On introduction and removal and again on
introduction, the capacity and potential remain
same. So, net work done by the system in this
process.
564. When the two conducting spheres are connected
by a conducting wire, charge will flow from one
sphere (having higher potential) to other (having
lower potential) till both acquire the same potential.
There fore,
568. Potential at a distance 2cm from its centre
565.
The energy stored in capacitor is lost in form of since r=1 cm and =2 cm
heat energy.
PD b/w the two points is equal to
work done =VQ= X =
569.
570. .
566. Force on -q1
571.
From above, component of force is
and
567. Consider a small element AB, is very
572. According to the symmetry of the question
small, then AB = R(2 ) charges on two condensers fo capacity C1 will
NARAYANA AIEEE MATERIAL 134 ELECTRO STATICS
be same and charges on condensers of capacity
C2 will be same. Here,
579.
580. The initial charge on first capacitor
is
After first operation let the common poten
Capacity of whole circuit tial is
Similarly after nth operation
573. If S1 and S2 both are closed then charge and
discharge processes with simoultaneously take after solving
palce. Hence to charge the condenser fully the
key S1must be closed and S2 must remain open
574.
575. P.D across each condenser = 2V
581. In Equivalent circuit C1, C2, C3 are parallel
Potential at earth = 0V
576
582 Mean distance =
583. Net charge
577.
584.
work done =
586 When is closed, due to attraction
578. and with opposite charge, no flow of charge
takes place through . Therefore,
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potential difference across capacitor plates Therefore, potential difference v will re
mains unchanged.
remains unchanged or =30 V and
597 The magnitude and direction of electric field at
=20V different point are shown in figure. The direction
of the electric field remain the same. Hence,option
Alternate Solution (b) is correct. Similarly, electric lines always flow
Charges on the capatitors are from higher to lower potential.Therefore, electric
potential increases continuously as we move x =
0 to x = 3d
or (say)
The situation is similar as the two capacitors
in series are first charged with a battery of
emf 50V and then disconnected.
Therefore, option (c) is also correct. The
variation of electric filed (E) and potential
(V) with x will be as follows:
When is closed
587 Due to attraction with positive charge, the negative
charge on capacitor A will not flow thruogh the
switch S.
588. According to option (d) the electric filed
due to P and S and due to Q and T add to
zero. While due to U and R will be added
up. Hence, the correct option is (d)
589. When dielectric slab is introduced capacity gets
increased while potential difference remains
unchanged. Because
but E and d both are unchanged.
Therefore, E=
Therefore, correct options are (a) (d).
590 Charging battery is removed. Therefore,
q= constant Distance between the plates is
increased. Therefore, C decreases.
Now, ,q is constant and C is de
creasing.
Therefore U should increase.
again q is constant and C is
decreasing.
Therefore U should increase
correct options are (b) and (d).
596 In such situation potential difference depends
only on the charge on inner sphere. Since, charge
on inner sphere is unchanged.
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