Numericals on Coulomb's Law

NUMERICALS ON COULOMB’S LAW
1. Three point charges q. –2q and 2q are placed on x-axis at a distance

x = 0, x = 3R/4 and x = R respectively from origin as shown. If q =
2 × 10– 6C and R = 2 cm, the magnitude of net force experienced by
the charge –2q is _____N
2. Two particles of charges + e and + 2e are at 16 cm away from each other. Where another charge q
should be placed between them, so that the system remains in equilibrium?
3. The electronic force acting between two point charges kept at a certain distance in vacuum is 16N. If
the same two charges are kept at the same distance in a medium of dielectric constant 8. The electric
force acting between them is _____N.
4. Two equal point charges, Q =+√2µC are placed at each of the two opposite corners of a square and
equal point charges q at each of the other two corners. The value of q so that the resultant force on Q
is zero is:
5. Force between two identical charges placed at a distance of r in vacuum is F. Now a slab of dielectric
of dielectric constant 4 is inserted between these two charges. If the thickness of the slab is r/2, then
the force between the charges will become?
6. The force of interaction between two charges q1= 6 µC and q2 = 2 µC is 12 N. If charge q= –2 µC is
added to each of the charges, then the new force of interaction is:
7. A and B are two identical spherical charged bodies which repel each other with force F, kept at a finite
distance. A third uncharged sphere of the same size is brought in contact with sphere B and removed.
It is then kept at mid-point of A and B. Find the magnitude of force on C.
8. Charges are placed at corners of a square of side 'a' as shown in the following
figure. The charge A is in equilibrium. The ratio q1/q2 is ?
9. Two point charges are kept in air with a separation between them. The force
between them is F1, if half of the space between the charges is filled with a
dielectric constant 4 and the force between them is F2. If 1/3rd of the space
between the charges is filled with dielectric of dielectric constant 9. Then F1 /F2 is
10. Three point charges 4q, Q and q are placed in a straight line of length L at points 0, L/2 and L
respectively. The net force on charge q is zero. The value of Q is?
11. Two identical metal spheres charged with + 12 µF and – 8 µF are kept at certain distance in air. They
are brought into contact and then kept at the same distance. The ratio of the magnitudes of electrostatic
forces between them before and after contact is?
12. Two identical charged spheres suspended from a common point by two massless strings of lengths l,
are initially at a distance d (d < < l) apart because of their mutual repulsion. The charges begin to leak
from both the spheres at a constant rate. As a result, the spheres approach each other with as velocity
v. Then, v varies as a function of the distance x between the sphere, as
13. Four charges of magnitude – Q are placed at the four corners of a square and a charge q is at its centre.
If the system is in equilibrium the value of q is
14. A charge of 1µC is divided into two parts such that their charges are in the ratio of 2 : 3. These two
charges are kept at a distance 1 m apart in vacuum. Then, the electric force between them (in N) is
15. A charge of 0.8 coulomb is divided into two charges Q1 and Q2. These are kept at a separation of 30
cm. The force on Q1 is maximum when?
16. Charges 'Q' are placed at the ends of a diagonal of a square and charges 'q' are placed at the other two
corners. The condition for the net electric force on 'Q' to be zero is
17. Three point charges of magnitude 5µC, 0.16µC and 0.3µC are located at the vertices A, B, C of a right
angled triangle whose sides are AB = 3cm, BC = 3 √2 cm and CA = 3 cm and point A is the right angle
corner. Charge at point A experiences ––––––––N of electrostatic force due to the other two charges.
18. Two equal point charges of 1µC each are located at point (𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂) m and (2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ ) m. − What
is the magnitude of electrostatic force between then?
19. Electrostatic force between two identical charges placed in vacuum at distance of r is F. A slab of
width r/5 and dielectric constant 9 is inserted between these two charges, then the force between the
charges is
20. Three identical charges, each 2 µC lie at the vertices of a right angled triangle as shown
in the figure. Forces on the charge at B due to the charges at A and C respectively are
F1 and F2. The angle between their resultant force and F2 is:
21. Three equal charges on 3 corners of a square as shown in the figure. If the force between
q1 and q2 is F12 and that between q1 and q3 is F13, the ratio of magnitudes F12/F13 is:
22. Two metallic spheres of radii 1 cm & 3 cm are given charges of –1×10–2 C and 5×10–2
C, respectively. If these are connected by a conducting wire, the final charge on the
bigger sphere is
ANSWERS:
1. 5440 N
2. 6.63 cm from +e
3. 2
4. -0.5µC
4𝐹
5. 9
6. Zero
7. F
8. √2
100
9. 81
10. –q
11. 24:1
12. 𝑣 ∝ 𝑥 −1/2
𝑄
13. 4 (1 + 2√2)
14. 2.16×10-3 N
15. Q1 = Q2 = 0.4 C
16. Q =-2 √2q, q being – Ve
17. 17 N
18. 10-3 N
25
19. 49 𝐹
20. 𝑡𝑎𝑛-1(16/9)
21. 2
22. 2×10-2 C

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