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TEST - CHAPTER 1 (ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS) 30
1. An electric dipole placed in an electric field of intensity 2 x 105 N/C at an angle of 1

300 experiences a torque equal to 4 Nm. The charge on the dipole of length 2 cm is
(a) 7µC (b) 8 mC (c) 2 mC (d) 5 mC
2. According to Coulomb’s law, which is the correct relation for the following figure?
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(a) q1q2 > 0 (b) q1q2 <0 (c) q1q2 = 0 (d) 1 > q1q2 >0
3. Two point charges +8q and -2q are located at x=0 and x=L respectively. The point 1
on x axis at which net electric field is zero due to these charges is
(a) 8L (b) 4L (c) 2L (d) L
4. An electric dipole of moment p is placed parallel to the uniform electric field. The
amount of work done in rotating the dipole by 900 is 1
(a) 2pE (b) pE (c) pE/2 (d) zero
5. Two point charges placed in a medium of dielectric constant 5 are at a distance r

between them and experience an electrostatic force F. The electrostatic force 1
between them in vacuum at the same distance r will be
(a) 5F (b) F (c) F/2 (d) F/5
6. Which statement is true for Gauss law

(a) All the charges whether inside or outsude the gaussian surface contribute 1
to the electric flux.
(b) Electric flux depends upon the geometry of the gaussian surface.
(c) Gauss theorem can be applied to non uniform electric field.
(d) The electric field over the gaussian surface remains continuous and
uniform at every point.
7. A cylinder of radius r and length 𝑙 is placed in a uniform electric field parallel to

the axis of the cylinder. The total flux for the surface of the cylinder is given by 1
(a) zero (b) 𝜋𝑟 2 (c) 𝐸𝜋𝑟 2 (d) 2𝐸𝜋𝑟 2
8. Two parallel large thin metal sheets have equal surface charge densities
26.4 x 10-12 C/m2 of opposite signs. The electric field between these sheets is 1
(a) 1.5 N/C (b) 1.5 x 10-16 N/C (c) 3 x 10-10 N/C 3 N/C
9. Consider an uncharges conducting sphere. A positive point charge is placed

outside the sphere. The net charge on the sphere is then 1
(a) negative and uniformly distributed over the surface of sphere.
(b) positive and uniformly distributed over the surface of sphere.
(c) negative and appears at a point on the surface of sphere closest to point
charge.
(d) zero.
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10. A small object with charge q and weight mg is attached to one end of a string of
length L attached to a stationary support. The system is placed in a uniform
horizontal electric field E as shown in the accompanying figure. In the presence of 1
the field, the string makes a constant angle 𝜃 with the vertical. The sign and
magnitude of q is
(a) positive with magnitude mg/E

(b) positive with magnitude (mg/E) tanθ
(c) negative with magnitude (mg/E) tanθ
(d) positive with magnitude E tanθ /mg
11. Assertion : In a non uniform electric field, a dipole will have translatory as well as
rotatory motion. 1
Reason : In a non uniform electric field, a dipole experiences a force as well as a
torque.
12. A charge q is placed at the point of intersection of body diagonals of a cube. The
electric flux passing through any one of its face is 1
𝑞 3𝑞 6𝑞 𝑞
(a) 6𝜖 (b) 𝜖 (c) 𝜖 (d) 3𝜖
0 0 0 0
13. Derive an expression for the torque experienced by an electric dipole in a uniform 1
electric field. What is the net electric force acting on this dipole?
14. A particle, having a charge +5µC, is intitally at rest at the point x = 30 cm on the x
axis. The particle begins to move due to the presence of a charge Q that is kept 2
fixed at the origin. Find the kinetic energy of the particle at the instant it has moved
15 cm from its initial position if (a) Q = +15µC (b) Q = -15µC
15. Derive an expression for the electric field along the equatorial line of an electric 2
dipole.
16. (a) An electric dipole is kept first to the left and then to the right of a negatively
charged infinite plane sheet having a unifoem surface charge density. The 3
arrows p1 and p2 show the directions of its electric dipole moment in the
two cases.
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Identify for each case, whether the dipole is in stable or unstable

equilibrium. Justify each answer.
(b) Next, the dipole is kept in a similar way (as shown), near an infinitely long
straight wire having uniform negative linear charge density.
Will the dipole be in equilibrium at these two positions? Justify your answer.
17. (a) State Gauss law in electrostatics. Show that with the help of a suitable figure
that the outward flux due to a point charge Q in vacuum within a gaussian
surface is independent of its size and shape.
(b) In the figure, there are three infinite long thin sheets having surface charge 5
dentities +2σ, -2σ and +σ respectively. Give the magnitude and direction of
electric field at a point to the left of sheet of charge density +2σ and to the
right of sheet of charge density +σ
18. (a) Using Gauss law, derive expression for intensity of electric field at any
point near the infinitely long straight uniformly charged wire.
(b) The electric field compoenents in the following figure are E x = x, Ey = 0,
Ez = 0; in which = 400 N/Cm. Calculate (i) the electric flux through the
cube (ii) the charge within the cube. Assume that a = 0.1m
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TEST - CHAPTER 1 (ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS) 30

1. An electric dipole placed in an electric field of intensity 2 x 105 N/C at an angle of 1

5. Two point charges placed in a medium of dielectric constant 5 are at a distance r

6. Which statement is true for Gauss law

7. A cylinder of radius r and length 𝑙 is placed in a uniform electric field parallel to

9. Consider an uncharges conducting sphere. A positive point charge is placed

(a) positive with magnitude mg/E

Identify for each case, whether the dipole is in stable or unstable

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