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UNIT 1 ELECTROSTATICS
2. A negatively charged object X is repelled by another charged object Y. However an object Z is attracted to object Y. What will be the charge
on Z.
3. In an experiment three microscopic latex spheres are sprayed into a chamber and became charged with charges +3e , +5e, and -3e
respectively. All the three spheres came in contact simultaneously for a moment and got separated. What will be the basic possible values for
the final charges on the spheres?
4. An object has charge of 1C and gains 5.0 x 1018 electrons. What will be the net charge on the object?
5. Calculate the electric power consumed by a 220V-100W bulb when operated at 110 V.
6. The electric potential V at any point (x,y,z) is given by V= 3x2 where x is in metres and V in volts. Calculate the electric field at the point ( 1m,
0m, 2m )?
7. Draw the electric field lines between two charged plates if a neutral conductor is placed in between the plates?
8. A variable capacitor is connected to a 200 V battery. If its capacitance is changed from 2 µF to X µF, the decrease in energy of the capacitor
is 2 x 10-2 J. Find the value of X?
9. The magnitude of electric field due to a point charge 2q, at distance r is E. Then what is the magnitude of electric field due to a uniformly
charged thin spherical shell of radius R with total charge q at a distance r/2 (r>>R).
10. A square sheet of side ‘a’ is lying parallel to XY plane at z=a. The electric field in the region is E = c z2 k. Find out the electric flux through
the sheet?
11. Four point charges Q, q, Q and q are placed at the corners A, B, C and D respectively of a square of side ‘a’. Find the resultant electric force
on a charge placed at point A.(4)
12. An electric field is uniform and acts along +x direction. It is also uniform with the same magnitude but acts in -x direction. The value of
electric field is E=200N/C for x>0 and E=-200N/C for x<0. A right circular cylinder of length 20cm and radius 5cm has its centre at the origin and
its axis along the x-axis so that one flat face is at x=+10cm and other is at x=-10cm.(4)
13. A point charge +10µC is at a distance of 5cm directly above the centre of a square of side 10cm. What is the magnitude of the electric flux
through the square? .(4)
14. Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of plates and same separation between them. X has air between the plates
while Y contains a dielectric medium of K=4. Calculate the capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is 4µF.
Estimate the ratio of electrostatics energy stored in X and Y.(4)
15. Derive an expression for the electric field intensity at a point on axial line of an electric dipole of dipole moment p and length 2a. what is
the direction of net electric field?(4)
16. Depict the orientation of the dipole in a) stable, b) unstable equilibriu in a uniform electric field?(2)
17. Draw the equipotential surfaces corresponding to a uniform electric field in the z-direction.(2)
18. Obtain an expression for electrostatics potential energy of a system of three charges q , 2q , and -3q placed at the vertices of an
equilateral triangle of side ‘a’.(2)
19. Five point charges, each of charge q are placed on five vertices of a regular hexagon of side ‘L’. Find the magnitude of the resultant force
on a charge -q placed at the centre of the hexagon.(2)
20. Two charged conducting spheres of radii a and b are connected to each other by a wire. Find the ratio of the electric fields at their
surfaces.(3)
21. Derive an expression for capacitance of a capacitor with dielectric slab in between the plates of thickness t<d, where d is the separation
between the plates.(3)
22. You are given an air field parallel plate capacitor C1. The space between its plates is now filled with slabs of dielectric constants K1 and
K2 of thickness d/2 each and area same as that of plate area A of the capacitor. Find the capacitance of new capacitance in terms of C1.(3)
23. Derive an expression for the electric field intensity at a point on equatorial line of an electric dipole of dipole moment p and length 2a.
what is the direction of this field?(3)
24. Obtain an expression for the electric potential due to a small dipole of dipole moment p , at a point r from its centre , for much larger
distances compared to the size of the dipole.
25. Three point charges q, 2q and nq are placed at the vertices of an equatorial triangle. If the potential energy of the system is zero, find the
value of n?
26. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics. Apply this to obtain the electric field E at a point near a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet.
27. Using Gauss theorem , derive an expression for the electric field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet of charge?
28. Find the expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor of plate area A and plate separation d when (i) a dielectric slab of
thickness t, where (t<d) are introduced one by one between the plates of capacitor. In which case would the capacitance be more and why?
29. A conducting wire connects two charged conducting spheres such that they attain equilibrium with respect to each other. The distance of
separation between the two spheres is very large as compared to either of their radii. Find the ratio of the magnitudes of the electric fields at
the surface of the two spheres?
30. Four point charges of 1µC, -2µC, 1µC, and -2µC are placed at the corners A, B, C and D respectively, of a square of side 30 cm. Find the net
force acting on a charge of 4 µC placed at the center of the square?
31. Three point charges, 1pF each, are kept at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10cm. find the net electric field at the centroid of
triangle.
32. When two point charges are placed at a certain distance r in air, they exert a force F on each other. Find the distance at which these
charges will experience the same force when kept in a medium of dielectric constant K.
33. A 5 µC charge is taken from a point A to point B. The amount of work done during the process is 8mJ. Find the potential difference
between the points?
34. Two charges -q and +q are located at points (0,0,-a) and (0,0,a). find the electrostatic potential at the points ( 0,0,z) ,(0,0,-z) and (x , y, 0).
35. Find the potential energy of an electric dipole placed in a uniform electric field.
36. In which orientation , a dipole placed in a uniform electric field is in (i) stable (ii) unstable equilibrium.
37. An electric dipole with dipole moment 4 x 10-9 Cm is aligned at 30° with direction of a uniform electric field of magnitude 5 x 104 N/C.
Calculate the magnitude of the torque acting on the dipole?
38. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential V by a battery. Without disconnecting the battery , the distance
between the plates is tripled and a dielectric medium of K=10 is introduced between the plates of the capacitor. Explaining giving reasons, how
will the following be affected. (i) capacitance of the capacitor (ii) charge of the capacitor (iii) energy of the capacitor?
39. A parallel plate capacitor is charged to a potential difference V by a d.c. source. The capacitor is then disconnected from the source. If the
distance between the plates is doubled , state with reason how the following will change. (i) electric field between the plates (ii) capacitance (iii)
energy stored in the capacitor?
40. Show that the force of attraction between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C and distance of separation between the
plates d, with a potential difference V between the plates is CV2/2d.
41. Two parallel uniformly charge infinite plane sheets, 1 and 2 , have charge densities +σ and -2σ respectively. Give the magnitude and
direction of the net electric field at a point (i) in between the two sheets (ii) outside near the sheet 1 ?
42. Derive an expression for the potential energy of a system of two point charges q1 and q2 located at positions r1 and r2 respectively in an
external field E.
43. Establish the relation between electric field and electric potential at a point. Draw the equipotential surface for an electric field pointing
in +Z direction with its magnitude increasing at constant rate along -Z direction.
44. How does the mobility of electrons in a conductor change, if the potential difference applied across the conductor is doubled, keeping the
length and temperature of the conductor constant?(2)
45. Plot a graph showing variation of current versus voltage for the material GaAs.(2)
46. Plot a graph of current ‘I’ versus resistance ‘R’, connected to a cell of emf ‘E’ and internal resistance ‘r’.(2)
47. Under what condition will the current in the wire be the same when connected in series and in parallel of ‘n’ identical cells each having
internal resistance ‘r’ and external resistance ‘R’?(2)
48. Two cells of emf E1 and E2 have their internal resistances r1 and r2 respectively. Deduce an expression for the equivalent emf and internal
resistance of their parallel combination when connected across an external resistance R. Assume that the two cells are supporting each other.
(4)
49. In case the two cells are identical, each of emf E=5V and internal resistance r=2Ω, calculate the voltage across the external resistance
R=10Ω.(4)
50. Using the concept of free electrons in a conductor, derive the expression for the conductivity of a wire in terms of number density and
relaxation time. Hence obtain the relation between current density and the applied electric field E.(4)
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