JEE Pattern
JEE Pattern
Five point charges, each of value +q coulomb, are placed on five vertices of a regular hexagon
of side L metre. The magnitude of the force on the point charge of value–q coulomb placed at
the centre of the hexagon is ………newton.
A. kq2/L2
B. √5kq2/L2
C. √3kq2/L2
D. Zero
2. A metallic shell has a point charge q kept inside its cavity. Which one of the following diagrams
correctly represent the electric lines of force?
(Correct answer-C)
3. Two copper balls, each weighing 10g are kept in air 10 cm apart. If one electron from every 10 6
atoms is transferred from one ball to the other, the coulomb force between them is (atomic
weight of copper is 63.5)
A. 2.0 × 1010 N
B. 2.0 × 104 N
C. 2.0 × 108 N
D. 2.0 × 106 N
4. Which of the following four figures correctly show the forces that three charged particles exert
on each other?
A. 0.23 N in +x direction
B. 0.46 N in +x direction
C. 0.23 N in –x direction
D. 0.46 N in –x direction
7. Two charges q1 and q2 are kept on x-axis and electric field at different points on x -axis is
plotted against x. Choose correct statement about nature and magnitudes of q1 and q2.
A. (Correct answer-A)
B.
C.
D.
12. Find the electric field at point P (as shown in figure) on the perpendicular bisector of a
uniformly charged thin wire of length L carrying a charge Q. The distance of the point P from
the centre of the rod is a = (√3/2)L
A.
B.
C. (Correct answer-C)
D.
13. Figure shows a rod AB, which is bent in a 120° circular arc of radius R. A charge (–Q) is
uniformly distributed over rod AB. What is the electric field E at the centre of curvature O?
A.
B. (Correct answer-B)
C.
D.
14. Two concentric rings, one of radius R and total charge +Q and the second of radius 2R and
total charge lie in the x-y plane (i.e., z=0 plane). The common centre of rings lies at
origin and the common axis coincides with z-axis. The charge is uniformly distributed on both
rings. At what distance from the origin in the net electric field on z-axis zero?
A. R/2
B. R/√2
C. R/2√2
D. √2R
15. In which of the following figure, the direction of electric field at point P is different from
others? (and − constant linear charge densities)
A.
B.
C. (Correct answer-C)
D.
16. In a region of space, the electric field is in the x-direction and proportional to x, i.e., .
Consider an imaginary cubical volume of edge a, with its edges parallel to the axis of co-
ordinates. The charge inside this volume is:
A. Zero
B. (Correct answer-B)
C.
D.
17. Consider an electric field E=E0x, where E0 is a constant. The flux through the (a,0, a) shaded
area due to the field is:
A. 2Eoa2
B. √2Eoa2
C. Eoa2
D. Eoa2/√2
18. Two conducting sphere of radii r 1 and r2 are charged to the same surface charge density. The
ratio of electric field near their surface is:
A. r12/r22
B. r1/r2
C. r22/r12
D. 1:1
19. A dipole is placed at origin of coordinate system as shown in figure, find the electric field at
point P(0, y).
A.
B.
C. (Correct answer-C)
D. None of these
20. An electric dipole is formed by two equal and opposite charges q with separation d. The
charges have same mass m. It is kept in a uniform electric field E. If it is slightly rotated from its
equilibrium orientation, then its angular frequency ω is:
A. (Correct answer-A)
B.
C.
D.
21. A point charge 50 C is located in the XY plane at the point of position vector .
Find the electric field (inV/m) at the point of position vector in SI unit.
(Answer-4500)
22. A charged particle of mass m = 1kg and charge q = 2μC is thrown from a horizontal ground at
an angle θ = 45o with the speed 20 m/s. In space, a horizontal electric field E = 2 × 10 7 V/m
exists in the direction of motion. Find the range (in metre) on horizontal ground of the
projectile thrown. Take g = 10 m/s2.
(Answer- 200)
23. A solid sphere of radius R has a charge Q distributed in its volume with a charge density ρ=kra,
where k and a are constants and r is the distance from its centre. If the electric field
at r=R/2 is 1/8 times that at r=R, the value of a is:
(Answer-2)
24. A solid metallic sphere has a charge +3Q. Concentric with this sphere is a conducting spherical
shell having charge –Q. The radius of the sphere is a and that of the spherical shell is b (b > a).
The electric field at a distance R(a < R < b) from the centre is . Find value of N.
(Answer-3)
25. An infinitely long solid cylinder of radius R has a uniform volume charge density ρ. It has a
spherical cavity of radius R/2 with its centre on the axis of cylinder, as shown in the figure. The
magnitude of the electric field at the point P, which is at a distance 2R form the axis of the