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SUBJECTIVE TEST PAPER
ELECTROSTATICS & CURRENT ELECTRICITY
CLASS: XII

Two small charged spheres contain charges tq1 and + q2 respectively. A charge dq is removed from
sphere carrying charge q1 and is transferred to the other. Find charge on each sphere for maximum
electric force between them.
2. Three point charges of + 3uC, - SuC and -SuC are kept on the vertices of an equilibrium triangle of
side 20cm as shown in Fig. What should be the sign and magnitude of charge to be placed at the mid
point (M) of side BC of triangle ABC so that charge Aremains in equilibrium?
A
A+34C

20 cm 20 cm

BZ
C
(-5uc) M
(-5uC)
3.
Equalcharges each of 20 MC are placed at x=0, 2,4,8, 16cm on X-axis. Find the force experienced
by thecharge at X=2cm.
4
Charges q1=1.5 mC, q2 =0.2 mC and q3 =0.5 mC, are placedat points A, B, Crespectively as shown
in Fig. Ifri = 1.2m and rT =0.6 m, calculate magnitude of resultant force on q2.

F2+2
A(q4) +F
B(42)
5. In Fig.. the electric field lines on the left have twice the separation of those on the
right. (a) If the
magnitude of the field at A is 40 N/C, what force acts on a proton at A? (b) What is the magnitude of
the field at B?

Physics Class XI Subjective Test Paper - Electrostatics & Current Electricity

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Eight identical point charges of qcoulomb cach are placed at the corners ofa cube of cach side 0.I m.
Calculate electric field at the centre ofthe cube. Calculate the field at the centre when one of the corner
charges is removed.
7

Two identical helium filled balloons A and B fastened to a weight of 5 ram by threads float
in
equilibrium as shown in fig. Calculate the charge on each balloon, assuming that they carry
cqual
charges.
K-0.6m --
A OB

1m 1m

8. If C, =20 uF,C, =30uF and C =15uF and the insulated plate

of C, be at a potential of 90 V, one
plate of C; being earthed : What is the p.d between the plates of C2,
three capacitors being connected
in series.
9 For the network shown in Fig. find the potential difference
between points A and B, and that between
Band C in the steady state.
3uF

3uF

A
20 2 100 V
10. There are infinite number of capacitors each of capacitance
luf. They are connected in rows, such
that number of capacitors in first, second, third rows are respectively 1, 2, 4,
8 The rowS of these
capacitors areconnected between A and B, as shown in fig. Determine
the equivalent capacitance of
the network between points A and B.

Physics Class XII Subjevive lest Paper - Electrostatics & Current Electricity
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1uf

A
B

11. The equivalent capacitance of the combination between A and B in the given Fig. is 4 uf.

20uF
(i) Calculate capacitance of capacitor C.
(ii) Calculate charge on each capacitor ifa 12 V battery is connccted across A and B.
(iii) What will be the potential drop across each capacitor?
12. The capacities of three capacitors are in the ratio of 1:2:3. Their equivalent capacity in parallel is
greater than their equivalent capacity in series by 60/11pF. Calculate their individual capacitances.
13. Acombination of four identical capacitors is shown in fig. If resultant capacitance of the combination
between the points P and Q is l F, calculate capacitance o cach capacitor.

14. A uniform copper wire of length 1m and cross sectional arca 5 x 10 'm² carries a current of lA.
Assuming that there are 8 10* free electrons per m' incopper, how long willan clectron take to drift
from one end of the wire to the other. Charge on an electron = 1.6 × 10 °C.
15. In Bohr model of hydrogen atom, the electron revolves around the nucleus in a circular orbit of radius
5.1 x 10 mat a frequency of 6.8 x 10'5revolutions per second. Find the cquivalent current at any
point on the orbit of the electron.
16. A solution of sodium chloride discharges 6.0 × 106 Na' ions and 4.5 x 10 CI ions in 2 scconds.
What is the current passing through the solution?
17. In hydrogen atom, the electron moves in an orbit of radius 5.0 10 m with a spced of 2.2 10m!
Find the equivalent current. Electronic charge L.6 10 'C.

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18. If0.6 mole of clectrons flow through a wire in 50 minutes. What is (a) the total charge that passe,
through the wire, and (b) the magnitude ofthe current? Avogadro's number 6 10 per mol.
19. The charge flowing through a conductor varies with time as q = 8t- 3t + 5t
Find (i)the initial current (ii) time after which the current reaches a maximum value (iii) the maximum
or minimum value of current.
20. An electric current of 20 LA appears in a discharge tube. If the discharge current is due to flow of
equal number of electrons and protons, then how many electrons flow across a cross-section of the
tube in 2 minutes.
21. A conductor of length L is connected to a d.c. source of emf [. Thedrift velocity of electron is Va. If
the length of conductor is tripled by stretched it, keeping [ Constant, find its drift velocity.
22. The number of free electrons per 5cm of ordinarycopper wire is 2x 10. The average drift speed of
electrons is 0.25 1mm/s. What is the current flowing?
23. What is the drift velocity of electrons in a silver wire of length m, having cross-sectional area
3.14 x 10m and carrying a current of 10 A. Given atomic weight of silver = 108, density of silver
10.5 x 10 kg/m', charge of electron 1.6 x 10:"C, Avogadro's number = 6.023 × 10 per kg. atom.
24. Protons in cosmic rays strike the earth's upper atmosphere at a rate, average over the carth's surface
of 10 protons m's.What does the total current the earth receive from beyond its atmosphere in the
form of incident cosmic ray protons? The carth's radius is 6.4 × 10m.