GYANDEEP SEN. SEC.

SCHOOL ELECTROSTATICS
Teacher Name :- Keshav Dev (PGT PHYSICS )
CLASS – XII
SECTION-A
Each question is 1 Mark

1. Two point charges qA = +3𝜇𝐶 and qB = −3𝜇𝐶 are located 20 cm apart in vacuum.
(a) Find the electric field at the mid point of the line AB joining the two charges.
(b) If a negative test charge of magnitude 1.5× 10−9 C is placed at the centre, find the force experienced by the test
charge.
2. Sketch a graph to show how the charge ‘Q’ acquired by a capacitor of capacitance ‘C’ varies with increase in potential
difference between its plates.
3. Write the S.I unit of (i) electric field intensity and (ii) electric dipole moment.
4. An electric dipole of dipole moment 20 × 10−6 cm is enclosed by a closed surface. What is the net flux coming out of
the surface ?
5. An electrostatics field line cannot be discontinuous. Why ?
6. How does the Coulomb force between two point charges depend upon the dielectric constant of the intervening
medium ?
7. Two electric field lines never cross each other. Why ?
8. Define the term electric dipole moment. Is it a scalar or vector quantity ?
9. Define the term ‘dielectric constant’ of a medium in terms of capacitance of a capacitor.
10. Draw am equipotential surface for a system consisting of two charges Q, - Q separated by a distance ‘r’ in air.
11. What is the work done in moving a test charge q through a distance of 1 cm along the equatorial axis of an electric
dipole ?
12. Figure Shows three point charges + 2q, - q and + 3q. Two charges + 2q and – q are enclosed within a surface ‘S’. What
is the electric flux due to this configuration through the surface ‘S’.
13. In which orientation, a dipole placed in a uniform electric field is in (i) Stable, (ii) unstable equilibrium ?
14. Define electric dipole moment. Write its S.I unit.
15. A hollow metal sphere of radius 5 cm is charged such that the potential on its surface is 10 V. What is the potential at
the centre of the sphere ?
16. Why should electrostatic field be zero inside a conductor ?
17. Two charges of magnitudes + 4Q and – Q are located at points ( a, 0) and ( - 3a, 0) respectively. What is the electric flux
due to these charges through a sphere of radius ‘2a’ with its centre at the origin ?
18. Why do the electric field lines never cross each other?
SECTION- B
Each question is 2 Marks
1. Two similarly and equally charged identical metal spheres A and B repel each other with a force of 2 × 10−5 N. A third
identical uncharged sphere C is touched with A and then placed at the mid-point between A and B. Calculate the net
electric force on C.
2. An electric dipole of length 8 cm, when placed with its axis making an angle of 600 with a uniform electric field
experiences a torque of 8√3 Nm. Calculate the (i) magnitude of the electric field, (ii) Potential energy of the dipole, if
the dipole has charges of ±4 𝑛𝐶.
3. An electric dipole of length 4 cm, when placed with its axis making an angle of 300 with a uniform electric field
experience a torque of 4 Nm. Calculate the (i) magnetic of the electric field (ii) Potential energy of the dipole, if the
dipole has charges of ±10 𝑛𝐶.
4. An electric dipole of length 4 cm, when placed with its axis making an angle of 600 with a uniform electric field
experience a torque 4√3 Of Nm. Calculate the (i) magnitude of the electric field (ii) potential energy of the dipole, if
the dipole has charges of ±8 𝑛𝐶.
5. Define ‘electric line of force’ and give its two important properties.
6. (a) Why does the electric field inside a dielectric decrease when it is placed in an external electric field ?
(b) A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates be reduced by half and the space between them is filled with
a substance of dielectric constant K = 6 ?
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Teacher Name :- Keshav Dev (PGT PHYSICS )
CLASS – XII
OR
Three point charges of +2𝜇𝐶, −3𝜇𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 3𝜇𝐶 are kept at the vertices A, B and C respectively of an equilateral
triangle of side 20 cm as shown in the figure. What should be the sign and magnitude of the charge to be placed at the
mid-point (M) of side BC so that the charge at A remains in equilibrium ?
7. An electric dipole is held in a uniform electric field. (i) using suitable diagram, Show that it does not undergo any
translator motion and (ii) derive an expression for the torque acting on it and specify its direction.
8. Define electric field intensity. Write its S.I unit. Write the magnitude and direction of electric field intensity due to an
electric dipole of length 2a at the mid-point of the line joining the two charges.
9. A charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q. Show that the system of three charges will
be in equilibrium if q = - Q/4.
10. Two fixed point charges + 4e and + e units are separated by a distance ‘a’. Where should the third point charge be
placed for it to be in equilibrium ?
OR
A 4𝜇𝐹 capacitor is charged by a 200 V supply. The supply is then disconnected and the charged capacitor is connected
to another uncharged 2𝜇𝐹 capacitor. How much electrostatic energy of the first capacitor is lost in the process of
attaining the steady situation?
11. A parallel capacitor is to be designed with a voltage rating 1 kV using a material of dielectric constant 3 and dielectric
strength of above 107 Vm-1. For safety we would like the field never to exceed say, 10 % of the dielectric strength.
What minimum area of the plats is required to have capacitance of 50 pF ?
12. The electric field and electric potential at any point due to a point charge kept in air is 20 NC -1 and 10 JC -1 respectively.
Compute the magnitude of this charge.
13. The given graph shows the variation of charge q versus potential difference V for two capacitors. The two capacitors C 1
and C2 have same plate separation but the plate area of C 2 is double than that of C1. Which of the lines in the graph
correspond to C1 and C2 and why ?
14. Two capacitors of capacitance of 6𝜇𝐹 and 12𝜇𝐹 are connected in series with a battery. The voltage across the 6𝜇𝐹
capacitor is 2V. Compute the total battery voltage.
OR
A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 8𝜇𝐹. The separation between the plate is
now reduced by half and the space between them is filled with a medium of dielectric constant 5. Calculate the value
of capacitance of the capacitance in the second case.
𝐹
15. The electric field E due to a point charge at any point near it is defined as E = lim 𝑞 where q is the test charge and F is
𝑞→0
the force acting on it. What is the physical significance of lim in this expression ? Draw the electric field lines of a
𝑞→0
point charge Q when
(i) Q > 0 (ii) Q < 0
16. Define electric flux, Write its S.I units. A spherical rubber balloon carries a charge that is uniformly distributed over its
surface. As the balloon is blown up and increase in size, how does the total electric flux coming out of the surface
change ? Give reason.
17. Derive an expression for the torque acting on an electric dipole, which is held in a uniform electric field when the axis
of the dipole makes an angle 𝜃 with the electric field.
18. Draw equipotential surfaces corresponding to a field that uniformly increase in magnitude but remains constant along
Z direction. How are these surface different from that of a constant electric field along Z – direction ?
19. Define electric flux, Write its S.I units?
A charge q is enclosed by a spherical surface of radius r. If the radius is reduce to half, how would the electric flux
through the surface change ?
20. A thin straight infinitely long conducting wire having charge density 𝜆 is enclosed by a cylindrical surface of radius r
and length l, its axis coinciding with the length of the wire. Find the expression for the electric flux through the surface
of the cylinder.
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CLASS – XII
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21. Plot a graph showing the variation of coulomb force (F) versus (𝑟2 ), where r is the distance between the two charges
of each pair of charges (1𝜇𝐶, 2𝜇𝐶) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (2𝜇𝐶, −3𝜇𝐶). Interpret the graphs obtained.
22. Net capacitance of three identical capacitors in series is 1 𝜇𝐹. What will be their net capacitance if connected in
parallel ?
Find the ratio of energy stored in the two configurations if they are both connected to the same source.
23. Draw a plot showing the variation of (i) electric field (E) and (ii) electric potential (V) with distance r due to a point
charge Q.
24. A slab of material of dielectric constant K has the same area as that of as that of the plates of a parallel plate capacitor
but has the thickness 2d/3, where d is the separation between the plates Find out the expression for its capacitance
when the slab is inserted between the plates of the capacitor.
25. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential V. it is then connected to another uncharged
capacitor having the same capacitance. Find out the ratio of the energy stored in the combined system to that stored
initially in the single capacitor.
SECTION-C
Each question is 3 Marks
1. Give the principle of working of a Van de Graff generator. With the help of a labelled diagram, diagram, describe its
construction and working. How is the leakage of charge minimized from the generator ?
2. A 20𝜇𝐹 capacitor is charged by a 30 V dc supply and then connected across an uncharged 50 𝜇𝐹 capacitor. Calculate
(i) the final potential difference across the combination, and (ii) the initial and final energies. How will you account for
the difference in energy ?
3. State Gauss’s theorem in electrostatics. Using this theorem, derive an expression for the electric field intensity due to
an infinite plane sheet of charge of change density 𝜎 C/m2 .
4. State Gauss’s theorem. Apply this theorem to obtain the expression for the electric field intensity at a point due to an
infinitely long, thin, uniformly charged straight wire.
5. Using Gauss’s Theorem, show mathematically that for any point outside the shell, the field due to a uniformly charged
thin spherical shell is the same as if the entire charge of the shell is concentrated at the centre. Why do you expect the
electric field inside the shell to be zero according to this theorem ?
6. What is electric flux ? write its S.I units. Using Gauss’s theorem derive an expression for the electric field intensity due
to an infinite plate sheet.
7. Deduce am expression for the electric potential due to an electric dipole at any point on its axis. Mention one
contrasting feature of electric potential of dipole at a point as compared to that due to a single charge.
8. A parallel plate capacitor, each with plate area A and separation d, is charged to a potential difference V. The battery
used to charge it is then disconnected. A dielectric slab of thickness d and dielectric constant K is now placed between
the plate. What change, if any, will take place in :
(i) Charge on the plate
(ii) Electric field intensity between the plates
(iii) Capacitance of the capacitor
Justify your answer in each case.
9. Use Gauss’s law to derive the expression for the electric field between two uniformly charged large parallel sheets
with surface charge densities 𝜎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 𝜎 respectively.
OR
(a) A charge +Q is placed on a large spherical conducting shell of radius R. Another small conducting sphere of radius r
carrying charge ‘q’ is introduced inside, one lying shell an is placed at its centre. Find the potential difference between
two points, One lying on the sphere and the other on the shell.
(b) How would the charge between the two flow if they are connected by a conducting wire ? Name the device which
works on this fact.
10. The equivalent capacitance of the combination between A and B in the given figure is 4F.
(i) Calculate capacitance of the capacitor C.
(ii) Calculate charge on each capacitor if a 12 V battery is connected across terminals A and B.
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Teacher Name :- Keshav Dev (PGT PHYSICS )
CLASS – XII
(iii) What will be the potential drop across each capacitor?
11. State Gauss’s law in electrostatic. Using this law derive an expression for the electric field due to a uniformly charged
infinite plane sheet.
12. (a) Depict the equipotential surface for a energy of two identical positive point charges placed a distance ‘d’ apart.
(b) Deduce the expression for the potential energy of a system of two point charges q1 . and q2 brought from infinity to
the point 𝑟1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ⃗⃗⃗ 𝑟2 respectively in the presence of external electric field E.
13. A parallel-plate capacitor is charged to a potential difference V by a dc source. The capacitor is then disconnect from
the source. If the distance between the plates is double , State with reason how the following change:
(i) Electric field between the plates
(ii) Capacitance, and
(iii) Energy stored in the capacitor
SECTION-D
Each question is 5 Marks.
1. (a) Derive an expression for the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor C, charged to a potential difference V.
(b) Obtain the equivalent capacitance of the network given below.
For a supply of 300 V, determine the charge and voltage across C 4.
2. Explain the principal of a device that can build up high voltage of the order of a few million volts. Draw a schematic
diagram and explain the working of this device. Is there any restriction on the upper limit of the high voltage set up
high voltage set up in this machine? Expalain.
OR
(a) Define electric flux. Write the S.I units.
(b) Using Gauss’s law, prove that the electric field at a point due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet is
independent of the distance from it.
(c) How is the field directed if (i) the sheet is positively charged , (ii) negatively charged /
3. (a) Define electric dipole moment. Is it a scalar or a vector? Derive the expression for the electric field of a dipole at a
point on the equatorial plane of the dipole.
(b) Draw the equipotential surface due to an electric dipole. Locate the point where the potential due to the dipole is
zero.
OR
Using Gauss’s law deduce the expression for the electric field due to a uniformly charged spherical conducting shell of
radius R at a point (i) outside and (ii) inside the shell.
Plot a graph showing variation of electric field as a function of r > R and r < R ( r being the distance from the centre of
the shell)
4. Draw a labelled diagram of Van de Graff generator. State its working principle to show how by introducing a small
charged sphere into a large sphere, a large amount of charge can be transferred to the outer sphere. State the use of
this machine and also point out its limitations.
OR
(a) Deduce the expression for the torque acting on a dipole of dipole moments 𝑝 in the presence of a uniform electric
field 𝐸⃗
(b) Consider two hollow concentric spheres, S1 and S2 enclosing charges 2Q and 4Q respectively as shown in the figure
(i) Find the out the ratio of the electric flux through them. (ii) How will the electric flux through the sphere S 1 change if
a medium of dielectric constant ′ 𝜀𝑟 ′ is introduced in the space inside S1 in place of air? Deduce the necessary
expression.
GYANDEEP SEN. SEC. SCHOOL ELECTROSTATICS
Teacher Name :- Keshav Dev (PGT PHYSICS )
CLASS – XII