ELECTROSTATICS 11.
Two identical parallel plate (air) capacitors
WORK SHEET
1. Define equipotential surfaces . Why two
equipotential surfaces never cut each other ? Why
the are closer in the stronger and wider in the
weak electric field ?Are they tangent to electric
field ?givereason .why two electric field lines never
cut each other ? Why the electric field lines do not
form close loop ?
2. Shoat that work done on equipotential surface is
zero ?. Also show that electric field is
perpendicular to equipotentialsurfaces .
3. Sketch the equipotential surfaces due to (i) point
charge (ii) a dipole (iii)for two like charges (iv) for
uniform electric field .
4. Derive the expression forpotential due to dipole
at point . Also write its value at axial and equitorial
line
5. Derive eth expression for energy stored in a
capacitor .also write energy density
6. Derive the expression for capacitance of parallel
plate capacitor for (i) conducting and (ii) non
conducting slab .
7. Two capacitor C1 and C2 are charged to potential
V1 and V2 separately . Now these are connected
in parallel . Fine find the expression for common
potential .Also find the change in energy after
connecting them .
8. Three points A, B and C lie in a uniform electric
field (E) of 5 × 10 3 NC-1 as shown in the figure.
Find the potential
difference between A and C .also find the work
done to move a 4 C charge from A to B and C to
A .which point A or B is at higher and lower
potential .
9. A 800 pF capacitor is charged by a 100 V battery.
After some time the battery is disconnected. The
capacitor is then connected to another
uncharged800 pF capacitor. What is the common
potential what is loss in energy
10. A slab of material of dielectric constant K has the
same area as the plates of a parallel plate
capacitor but has thickness ½ d, where d is the
separation between the plates. Find the
expression for the capacitance when the slab is
inserted between the plates
C1 and C2 have capacitances C each. The
between their plates is now filled with
dielectrics as shown. If the two capacitors
still have equal capacitance, obtain the
relation between dielectric constants K, K1
and K2 .
12. A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a
battery. After some time the battery is
disconnected and a dielectric slab of
dielectric constant K is inserted between
the plates. How would (i) the capacitance,
(ii) the electric field between the plates and
(iii) the energy stored in the capacitor, be
affected? Justify your answer
13. Draw 3 equipotential surfaces
corresponding to a field that uniformly
increases inmagnitude but remains
constant along Z-direction. How are these
surfaces different from that of a constant
electric field along Z-direction?
14. .Figure shows two identical capacitors, C1
and C2, each of 1 µ F capacitance
connected to a battery of 6 V. Initially switch
‘S’ is closed. After sometimes ‘S’ is left
open and dielectric slabs of dielectric
constant K = 3 are inserted to fill completely
the space between the plates of the two
capacitors. How will the (i) charge and (ii)
potential difference between the plates of
the capacitors be affected after the slabs
are inserted?
15. In figure a aluminum foil of negligible thickness is
placed inside a plate of capacitor . (i)How the
capacitance of capacitance be affected . (ii) How
the capacitance be affected if the upper plate of
capacitor is connected to foil with conducting wire
.
16. Find the ratio of the potential differences that must network and (b) charge on each capacitor.
be applied across the parallel and the series
combination of two capacitors C1 and C2 with their
capacitances in the ratio 1: 3 so that the energy
stored, in the two cases, becomes the same.
17. A point charge Q is placed at point O as shown in
the figure. Is the potential difference VA – VB
positive, negative, or zero, if Q is (i) positive (ii)
negative?
18. A spherical conducting shell of inner radius r1 and
outer radius r2 has a charge ‘Q’. A charge ‘q’is 27. Three identical capacitors C1, C2 and C3 of
placed at the centre of the shell. (a) What is the capacitance 6 µF each are connected to a 12 V battery
surface charge density on the (i) inner surface, (ii) as shown. Find (i) charge on each capacitor (ii)
outer surface of the shell? (b) Write the expression equivalent capacitance of the network (iii) energy
for the electric field at a point x < r2 from the centre
of the shell. stored in the network of capacitors.
19. UseGauss’s law to derive the expression for the
electric field between two uniformly charged large
parallel sheets with surface charge densities s and -
s respectively. Define the term ‘electric dipole
moment.’ Is it scalar or vector? Deduce an
expression for the electric field at a point on the
equatorial plane of an electric dipole of length 2a.
20. State Guass’s law in electrostatics. Use this law to
derive an expression for the electric fielddue to an 28. Keeping the voltage of the charging source
infinitely long straight wire of linear charge density l constant, what would be the percentage change in the
Cm-1. energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor if the
21. State Gauss’s law in electrostatic. Using this law
derive an expression for the electric field due to a separation between its plates were to be decreased by
uniformly charged infinite plane sheet. 10%?
22. A thin conducting spherical shell of radius R has 29. The following data was obtained for the
charge Q spread uniformly over its surface. Using dependence of the magnitude of the electric field, with
Gauss’s law, derive an expression for an electric distance, from a reference point O, within the charge
field at a point outside the shell. Draw a graph of
distribution in the shaded region.
electric field E(r) with distance r
23.A spherical conducting shell of inner radius r1 and
outer radius r2 has a charge ‘Q’. A charge ‘q’ is placed
at the centre of the shell. (a) What is the surface
charge density on the (i) inner surface, (ii) outer
surface of the shell? (b) Write the expression for the
electric field at a point x > r2 from the centre of the
shell.
24. Show that the electric field at the surface of a
charged conductor is given by where σ is the
surface charge density and is a unit vector normal
to the surface in the outward direction.
25. network of four capacitors each of 15 µF (i) Identify the charge distribution and justify your
capacitance is connected to a 500 V upply as shown in answer. (ii) If the potential due to this charge
the figure. Determine (a) equivalent capacitance of the distribution has a value at the point A,
what is its value at the point A?
30. Four point charges are placed at the four corners
of a square in the two ways (i) and (ii) as shown
below. Will the (i) electric field , (ii) electric potential
at the centre of the square, be the same or different in
the two configurations and why?
31. Two identical plane metallic surfaces A and B are
kept parallel to each other in air separated by a
distance of 1.0 cm as shown in the figure. Surface A
is given a positive potential of 10 V and the outer
surface of B is earthed. i) What is the magnitude and
direction of the uniform electric field between points
Y and Z? (ii) What is the work done in moving a
charge of 20 µC from point X to point Y?
32 . An electric dipole of dipole moment ? is placed in
a uniform electric field. Write the expression for the
torque τ experienced by the dipole. Identify two pairs
of perpendicular vectors in the expression.
Show diagrammatically the orientation of the dipole
in the field for which the torque is i) maximum
i) half the maximum value, (iii) zero.
33. The graph shown here, shows the variation of the
total energy (E) stored in a capacitor against
the value of the capacitance (C) itself. Which of the
two-the charge on the capacitor or
the potential used to charge it is kept constant for this
graph?
34 (a) The given figure shows a network of five
capacitors connected to a 100 V supply. Calculate
the total charge and energy stored in the network.
35. (a) Electric field in the following figure is
directed along + X direction and given by Ex =
5Ax + 2B, where E is in N C-1and x is in metre, A
and B are constants with dimensions. Taking A =
10 N C-1 m and B = 5 N C-1, calculate (i) the
electric flux through the cube (ii) net charge
enclosed within the cube.
36. Fig shows tracks of three charged particles in
a uniform electrostatics field. Give the signs of
the three charges. Which particle has the highest
charge to mass ratio?
37. A point charge causes an electric flux of – 1.0
X 103 N m 2 /C to pass through a spherical
Gaussian surface of 10.0 cm radius centered on
the charge.
(a) If the radius of the Gaussian surface were
doubled, how much flux would pass through the
surface? (b) What is the value of the point charge?
38. An finite line charge produces a field of 9 X 104
N/C at a distance of 2 cm. Calculate the linear
charge density.
39. Two large, thin metal plates are parallel and
close to each other. On their inner faces, the
plates have surface charge densities of opposite
signs and of magnitude 1.70 X 10 -22 C/m2
. What is E (a) in the outer region of the first plate;
(b) in the outer region of the second plate, and (c)
between the plates?
40 . A hollow charged conductor has a tiny hole
cut into its surface. Show that the electric field in
the hole is . σ is the surface
charge density near the hole.
41. A particle of mss m and charge (- q) enters the
region between the two charged plates initially
moving along x-axis with speed υx (like particle 1
in fig). The length of plate is L and an uniform
electric field E is maintained between the plates.
Show that the vertical deflection of the particle at
the far edge of the plate is
42 . The particle in is an electron projected with
velocity υx = 2.0 X 106 m s. If E between the plates
separated by 0.5 cm is 9.1 X 102 N/C, where will
the electron strike the upper plate?
43. The flux of the electrostatic field through the
closed spherical surface S’ is found to be
4 times through the closed spherical S. Find the
magnitude of the charge Q.
44. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the
plates as a capacitance of 8 pF (1 pF = 10 -12 F). What
will be the capacitance if the distance between the
plates is reduced by half, and the space between them
is filled with a substance of dielectric constant 6?
45 (a) Show that the normal component of
electrostatic field has a discontinuity from one side of a
charged surface to another given by
where is a unit vector
normal to the surface at a point and σ is the surface
charge density at that point. (The direction of is from
side 1 to side 2). Hence, show that just outside a
conductor, the electric field is (σ/∈0).
46. Two charged conducting spheres of radii a and b
are connected to each other by a wire. What is the
ratio of electric fields at the surfaces of the two
spheres? Use the result obtained to explain why
charge density on the sharp and pointed ends of a
conductor is higher than on its flatter portions.
47. An electrical technician requires a capacitance of 2
µF in a circuit across a potential difference of 1 kV. A
large number of 1 µF capacitors are available to him
each of which can withstand a potential difference of
not more than 400 V. Suggest possible arrangement
that requires the minimum number of capacitors.
48. (a) A comb run through one’s dry hair attracts small
bits of paper.Why?What happens if the hair is wet or if
it is a rainy day? (Remember,
a paper does not conduct electricity.)
(b) Ordinary rubber is an insulator. But special rubber
tyres of aircraft are made slightly conducting. Why is
this necessary? (c) Vehicles carrying inflammable
materials usually have metallic ropes touching the
ground during motion. Why? (d) A bird perches on a
bare high power line, and nothing happens
to the bird. A man standing on the ground touches the
same line and gets a fatal shock. Why?
49. A slab of material of dielectric constant K has the
same area as the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor
but has a thickness (3/4)d, where d is the separation of
the plates. How is the capacitance changed when the
slab is inserted between the plates?
50. (a) A 900 pF capacitor is charged by 100 V battery
. How much electrostatic energy is stored by the
capacitor?(b) The capacitor is disconnected from the
battery and connected to another 900 pF capacitor [Fig
(b)]. What is the electrostatic energy stored by the
system?
51 . A regular hexagon of side 10 cm has a charge 5 µC
at each of its vertices. Calculate the potential at the
centre of the hexagon.
52 . Two charges 2 µC and –2 µC are placed at points A
and B 6 cm apart.(a) Identify an equipotential surface
of the system.
(b) What is the direction of the electric field at every
point on this surface?
53. Three capacitors each of capacitance 9 pF are
connected in series.
(a) What is the total capacitance of the combination?
(b) What is the potential difference across each
capacitor if the combination is connected to a 120 V
supply?
54. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the
plates, each plate has an area of 6 × 10 –3 m2
and the distance between the plates is 3 mm.
Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor. If this
capacitor is
connected to a 100 V supply, what is the charge on
each plate of the capacitor?
55. A 600pF capacitor is charged by a 200V supply. It is
then disconnected from the supply and is connected to
another uncharged 600 pF capacitor. How much
electrostatic energy is lost in the process?
56 Two tiny spheres carrying charges 1.5 µC and 2.5 µC
are located 30 cm apart. Find the potential and electric
field: (a) at the mid-point of the line joining the two
charges, and (b) at a point 10 cm from this midpoint in
a plane normal to the line and passing through the
mid-point.
57. A long charged cylinder of linear charged density λ
is surrounded by a hollow co-axial conducting cylinder.
What is the electric field in the space between the two
cylinders?
58 . Obtain the equivalent capacitance of the network
in FIG For a 300 V supply, determine the charge and
voltage across each capacitor.
59. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor have
an area of 90 cm each and are separated by 2.5
mm. The capacitor is charged by connecting
it to a 400 V supply.(a) How much electrostatic
energy is stored by the capacitor?
(b) View this energy as stored in the electrostatic
field between the plates, and obtain the energy per
unit volume u. Hence arrive at a relation between
u and the magnitude of electric field E between the
plates.
60. A 4 µF capacitor is charged by a 200 V
supply. It is then disconnected from the supply,
and is connected to another uncharged 2 µF
capacitor. How much electrostatic energy of the
first capacitor is lost in the form of heat and
electromagnetic radiation?
61. Show that the force on each plate of a parallel
plate capacitor has a magnitude equal to (½) QE,
where Q is the charge on the capacitor ,and E is
the magnitude of electric field between the plates.
Explain the origin of the factor ½.
62. (a) Determine the electrostatic potential energy
of a system consisting of two charges 7 µC and –
2 µC (and with no external field) placed at (–9 cm,
0, 0) and (9 cm, 0, 0) respectively.
(b) How much work is required to separate the two
charges infinitely away from each other?
(c) Suppose that the same system of charges is
now placed in an external electric field E = A (1/r
. What would the electrostatic energy of the
configuration be?
63 Consider a uniform electric field E = 3 × 10
î N/C. (a) What is the flux of this field through a
square of 10 cm on a side whose plane is
parallel to the yz plane? (b) What is the flux
through the same square if the normal to its plane
makes a 60° angle with the x-axis?
64. Careful measurement of the electric field at the
surface of a black box indicates that the net
outward flux through the surface of the
box is 8.0 × 10 /C. (a) What is the net charge
inside the box? (b) If the net outward flux through
the surface of the box were zero,
could you conclude that there were no charges
inside the box? Why or Why not?
65. (a) Explain the meaning of the statement
‘electric charge of a body is quantised’.
(b) Why can one ignore quantisation of electric
charge when dealing with macroscopic i.e., large
scale charges?
66. Four point charges Qa = 2 µC, qB
= –5 µC, qC = 2 µC, and qD = –5 µC are
located at the corners of a square ABCD of side
10 cm. What is the force on a charge of 1 µC
placed at the centre of the square?
67.(a) An electrostatic field line is a continuous
curve. That is, a field
line cannot have sudden breaks. Why not?
(b) Explain why two field lines never cross each
other at any point?
68. A system has two charges qA = 2.5 × 10 –7
C and qB = –2.5 × 10 –7 C located at points A:
(0, 0, –15 cm) and B: (0,0, +15 cm), respectively.
What are the total charge and electric dipole
moment of the system?
69. An electric dipole with dipole moment 4 × 10
C m is aligned at 30° with the direction of a
uniform electric field of magnitude 5 × 10 4
NC .Calculate the magnitude of the torque acting
on the dipole.
70. The electric field components in Fig. are
Ex = αx ½ . Calculate (a) the flux through the
cube, and (b) the charge within the cube. Assume
that a = 0.1 m.
71. An electric field is uniform, and in the positive x
direction for positive x, and uniform with the same
magnitude but in the negative x direction for
negative x. It is given that E = 200 ˆi N/C
for x > 0 and E = –200 ˆi N/C for x < 0. A right
circular cylinder of length 20 cm and radius 5 cm
has its centre at the origin and its axis
along the x-axis so that one face is at x = +10 cm
and the other is at x = –10 cm (Fig. 1.28). (a) What
is the net outward flux through each flat face? (b)
What is the flux through the side of the cylinder?
(c) What is the net outward flux through the
cylinder? (d) What is the net charge inside the
cylinder?
72. An early model for an atom considered it to
have a positively charged point nucleus of charge
Ze, surrounded by a uniform density of negative
charge up to a radius R. The atom as a
whole is neutral. For this model, what is the
electric field at a distance r from the nucleus?
73.(a) Is the force acting between two point
charges q1& q2 at some distance in air, attractive
or repulsive when (i) q1q2 >0(ii) q1& q2 <0?
(b) Can a body have a charge of 0.8 x 10 C
.Justify your answer?
(d) Dielectric constant of a medium is unity .What
will be its permittivity.
(e) Force of attraction between two charges at a
distance d is F. What distance part should
they kept in the medium so that force between
them is F/3.
74. A charge Q is split into two parts q and Q-q
and placed at some distance apart. Find the
magnitude of q so that the force 5.of interaction
between the two parts is maximum.
75. Fig . Shows some experimental surfaces what
can, you say about the magnitude and the
direction of the electric field.
76. A uniform E of 300 NC
is directed along negative x-axis. A, B and C are 3
points in the field, having x, y coordinates (in
meter), as shown in fig. find the potential
differences ∆VBA, ∆VCB and ∆VCA.
77. A charge q is situated at the center of an
imaginary hemispherical surface, as shown in
figure. Using gauss theorem and symmetry
considerations, determine the electric flux
due to this charge through the hemispherical
surface
78. The graph shoes the variation of voltage V
across the plates of two capacitors A and B versus
increase of charge Q stored on them. Which of the
capacitors has higher capacitance? Give
reason for your answer.
79. If C1=3 pF and C2=2 pF calculate the
equivalent capacitance of the given network
between points A and B.
80. Two identical charges Q each, kept at a
distance r from each other. A third charge q
is placed on the line joining the above two charges
such that all the three charges are in equilibrium.
What is the magnitude, Sign and position of the
charge q?
81. Five capacitors of capacitance 10µF each are
connected with each other, as shown in fig.
Calculate the total capacitance between the points
A and C.
82. Obtain the equivalent capacitance of network
in given figure. For a 300V supply, determine
the charge and voltage across each capacitor.
83. A sphere S1 of radius r1 encloses a charge Q.
If there is another concentric sphere of
radius r2 (r2> r1) and there be no additional
charges between S1 and S2, find the ratio of
the electric flux through S1 and S2.
What will be ratio of flux if a medium of dielectric
constant K is placed inside sphere S1
84. The graph shows the variation of voltage V
across the plates of two capacitors. A
and B versus increase of charge Q stored on
them. Which of the capacitors has higher
capacitance? Give reason for your answer.
85. An electric dipole consists of two opposite
charges of magnitude 6x10-3
separated by a distance of 10 cm, placed at 30
degree w.r.t. uniform electric field E,
experiences a torque of magnitude 6√3 Nm.
Calculate (i) magnitude of electric field (ii) potential
energy of electric dipole.
86. Two infinitely long plane thin parallel sheets
having surface charge densities σ1
and σ2 (σ1 >σ2) are shown in the figure. Write
the magnitudes and directions of the
field lines in the regions marked II and III.
87. Find the capacitance of arrangement of 4
plates of Area A at distance d in air as shown.
88. What is an equivalent capacitance of the
arrangement the shown below
89. Apoint charge +Qis placed in the vicinity of
a conducting surface. Draw the electric
field lines between the surface and the charge
90.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. Explain giving reasons,
how will the following be affected
91. A wire AB of length L has linear charge
density λ= kx, where x is measured from the
end A of the wire. This wire is enclosed by
a Gaussian hollow surface. Find the expression
for the electric flux through this surface.
92. (i)A point charge Q is placed at point O as
shown in the figure. The potential difference VA-
VB positive. Is the charge Q negative or positive ?
(ii) In the following arrangement of capacitors, the
energy stored in the 6 µF capacitor is E. Find the
value of the following :
(i) Energy stored in 12 µF capacitor.
(ii) Energy stored in 3 µF capacitor.
(iii) Total energy drawn from the battery.
93. Two capacitors of unknown capacitance C1
and C2 are connected first in series and then in
parallel across a battery of 200 V. If the energy
stored in the two combinations is 0.04 J and 0.18 J
respectively, determine the values of C1 and C2.
94. Calculate the amount of work done in rotating
an electric dipole of dipole moment 3 × 10–8
C m from its position of stable equilibrium to the
position of unstable equilibrium in a uniform
electric field of intensity 104 N/C.
95. Find the ratio of the potential difference that
must be applied across the parallel and series
combinations of two capacitors having
capacitances C1 and C2 in the ratio 1 : 3, so that
the energy stored in the two cases becomes the
same. If the potential differences are made equal,
calculate the ratio of energy stored in the two
cases.
96(a). Draw a plot showing variation of electric
field with distance from the centre of a solid
conducting sphere of radius R, having a charge of
+Q on its surface.
(b) (a) Write two properties by which electric
potential is related to the electric field.
(b) Two point charges q1 and q2 , separated by a
distance of r12 are kept in an external electric
field. Derive an expression for the potential energy
of the system of two charges in the field.
97. A capacitor of unknown capacitance is
connected across a battery of V volt. A charge of
360 µC is stored in it. When the potential across
the capacitor is reduced by 120 V, the charge
stored in the capacitor becomes 120 µC. Calculate
V and the unknown capacitance. What would have
been the charge on the capacitor if the voltage
were increased by 120 V ?
98. A capacitor of capacitance C1 is charged to a
potential V1 while another capacitor of
capacitance C2 is charged to a potential
difference V2 . The capacitors are now
disconnected from their respective charging
batteries and connected in parallel to each
other.
(a) Find the total energy stored in the two
capacitors before they are connected.
(b) Find the total energy stored in the parallel
combination of the two capacitors.
(c) Explain the reason for the difference of energy
in parallel combination in comparison to the total
energy before they are connected.
99. A long charged cylinder of linear charge
density + λ1 is surrounded by a hollow coaxial
conducting cylinder of linear charge density λ2
. Use Gauss’s law to obtain expressions for the
electric field at a point (i) in the space between the
cylinders, and (ii) outside the larger cylinder.
100. A 500 pF capacitor is charged by a 100 V
battery. (a) Calculate the electrostatic energy
stored by it. (b) When the capacitor is
disconnected from the battery and connected to
another uncharged 500 pF capacitor, calculate the
electrostatic energy stored by the system.
101. (a) An electric dipole is kept first to the left
and then to the right of a negatively charged
infinite plane sheet having a uniform surface
charge density. The arrows p1 and p2 show the
directions of its electric dipole moment in the two
cases.
104. If N drops of same size each having the same
charge, coalesce to form a bigger
drop. How will the following vary with respect to
single small drop?
(i) Total charge on bigger drop
(ii) Potential on the bigger drop
(iii) Capacitance
105. A capacitor is made of a flat plate of area A
and second plate having a stair like structure as
shown in figure below. If width of each stair is A/3
and height is d. Find the capacitance of the
arrangement.

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.
106. Two positively charged particles each having
charge Q are d distance apart. A third charge is
introduced in midway on the line joining the two.
Find nature and magnitude of third charge, so that
the system is in equilibrium

Will the dipole be in equilibrium at these two

positions? Justify your answer.
102. (a)How many electrons must be added to
one plate and removed from the other so as
to store 25.0 J of energy in a 5.0 nF parallel plate
capacitor?
(b) How would you modify this capacitor so that it
can store 50.0 J of energy without changing the
charge on its plates?
103 . A point charge +Q is placed at the centre O
of an uncharged hollow spherical conductor
of inner radius ‘a’ and outer radius ‘b’. Find the
following:
(a) The magnitude and sign of the charge induced
on the inner and outer surface of the conducting
shell.
(b) The magnitude of electric field vector at a
distance (i) r = a/2 , and (ii) r = 2b, from the
centre of the shell.
 We put a positive charge 'qo' at a point and measure
COMPETITIVE CORNER F/iIq, then it can be predicted that field E :

1. An electron and a proton are in a uniform

electric field, the ratio of their accelerations will be
(a) zero (b) unity (c) the ratio of the masses of
proton and electron in order (d) the ratio of the
masses of electron and proton in order
2. A soap bubble is given a negative charge then
its radius :
(a) decreases (b) increases (c) remains
unchanged (d) nothing can be predicted as
information is insufficient
3. An electron of mass m and charge e is accelerating
from rest through a potential difference V in vacuum
its final speed will be :
4. A thin insulator rod is placed between two unlike
point charges + q, and - q2 (shown in figure). The
magnitude of electrostatic force on q, in the absence
of the insulator rod is F]. But the magnitude of
electrostatic force on q\in the presence of the insulator
rod is F2, then:
8. Two identical pendulums A and B are suspended
from the same point. The bobs are given positive
charges, with A having more charge than B. They
diverge and reach at equilibrium, with A and B making
angles 0j and 02 with the vertical respectively
(a) 0:>02
(b) 0j<02
(c) 0! = 02
(d) the tension in A is greater than that in B
9. Two balls of same radius and mass are suspended
on threads of length 1 m as shown. The mass of each
ball and charge is 15 g and 126 pC respectively.
When the balls are in equilibrium, the separation
between them is 8 cm. The new saparation between
them when one of the balls is discharged to half of
original charge, is

(a) F1=F2
(a) 5 cm (b) 6 cm
(b) F1> F2
(c) 4 cm (d) 2 cm
(c) F1 < F2
10. Two point charges qj and q2 are released from
(d) none of these
rest in a gravity free hall when distance between them
5. An electron moves along a metal tube with variable
is a. The maximum speeds of charged particles is :
cross-section. The velocity of the electron when it
[The mass of each charged particle is m]
approaches the neck of tube, is :

11. Six point charges are arranged at the vertices of a

(a) greater than Vq regular hexagon of side length a (shown in figure).
(b) equal to v0 The magnitude of electric field at the centre of regular
(c) less than u0 hexagon is :
(d) not defined
6. If a= surface charge density, e= electric permittivity,
the dimensions of — are same as
(a) electric force
(b) electric field intensity
(c) pressure
(d) electric charge
7 . A positively charged ball hangs from long silk
thread.
12. A point charge Q is placed at the centre of a
circular wire of radius R having charge q. The force of
electrostatic interaction between point charge and the
wire is :
13, A point mass m and charge q is connected with
massless spring of natural length L. Initially spring is
in its natural length. If a horizontal uniform electric field
E is switched on (shown in figure), the maximum
separation between the point mass and the wall is :
(Assume all surfaces are frictionless).
14. A particle of mass m and having a charge q is
placed on a smooth horizontal table and is connected
to walls through unstressed springs of constant k
(shown in figure). A horizontal electric field E parallel
to spring is switched on. The maximum speed of the
particle is:
15, An infinite plane consists of a positive charge and
has a C/m2 surface charge density. Calculate the
angle 9, if a metallic ball B of mass m and charge + Q
is attached to a thread and tied to a point A on the
sheet FQ, as shown in figure : (ea = permittivity of air)
16 . If a charged particle is projected on a rough
horizontal surface with speed Vq, the value of
dynamic coefficient of friction if the kinetic
energy of system is constant, is
17 . A small block of mass 'm' is kept on a smooth
inclined plane of angle 30°, placed in an elevator
going upward, with acceleration a0. Electric field E
exists between the vertical sides of the wall of the
elevator. The charge on the block is +q.. The
time taken by the block to come to the lowest point of
inclined plane is : (take the surface to be smooth)
18 . Determine the ratio (ql/q2- As lines of forces of
two point charges are shown in figure :
19. In a region of uniform electric field E, a
hemispherical body is placed in such a way that field
is parallel to its base (as shown in figure). The flux
linked with the curved surface is

20 . 9. A surface S = 10 j is kept in an electric field.
E = 2i+4j+7k:. How much electric flux will come out
through the surface ?
(a) 40 unit (b) 50 unit
(c) 30 unit (d) 20 unit
21. Electric field at point P is given by
E = r E0. The total flux through the given cylinder of
radius R and height h is
22. A point charge Q is placed at the centre of a
hemisphere. The electric flux passing through flat
surface of hemisphere is :
(a)Q/eO (b) zero (c) Q/2eO (d) none of these
23. A point charge Q is placed at the Centre of a
hemisphere. The ratio of electric flux passing through
curved surface and plane surface of the hemisphere is
(a) 1 :1 (b) 1 : 2 (c)2π: 1 (d) 4π : 1
23. What should be the flux linked with one face of a
cube, if a point charge q is placed at one corner of a
cube ?
(a) q /Ԑ0 (b) q /2Ԑ0 (c ) q /3Ԑ0 (d) q /8Ԑ0
24. The electric field in a region is given by E = axi,
where a = constant of proper dimensions. What
should be the charge contained inside a cube
bounded by the surface, x = I, x = 21, y = 0, y = I, z =
0, z = I ?
25. The electric flux passing through the sphere, if an
electric dipole is placed at the centre of a sphere, is :
(a) ) q /Ԑ0 (b) ) q /2Ԑ0 (c) zero(d) none of these
26 . Two spherical conductor B and C having equal
radii and carrying equal charges in them
repel each other with a force F when kept apart at
some distance. A third spherical conductor having
same radius as that of B but uncharged brought in
contact with B, then brought in contact with C and
finally removed away from both. The new force of
repulsion,between B and C is
(A) F/4 (B) 3F/4 (C) F/8 (D) 3F/8
27. A charged particle q is shot towards another
charged particle Q which is fixed, with a speed
v it approaches Q upto a closest distance r and then
returns. If q were given a speed 2v, the closest
distances of approach would be
(A) r (B) 2r (C) r/2 (D) r/4
28. Four charges equal to −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
29. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the
plates has a capacitance of 9 pF. The separation
between its plates is ‘d’. The space between the
plates is now filled with two dielectrics. One of the
dielectrics has dielectric constant k1 = 3 and thickness
d /3 while the other one has dielectric constant
k2 = 6 and thickness 2d/3. Capacitance of the
capacitor is now
(1) 1.8 pF (2) 45 pF (3) 40.5 pF (4) 20.25 pF
30 A thin spherical shell of radius R has charge Q
spread uniformly over its surface. Which of the
following graphs most closely represents the electric
field E(r) produced by the shell in the range 0 ≤
r< ∞ , where r is the distance from the centre of the
shell?
31 Let
be the charge density distribution for a solid sphere of
radius R and total charge Q.
for a point ‘p’ inside the sphere at distance r1 from the
centre of the sphere, the magnitude of electric
field is

32. A charge Q is placed at each of the opposite
corners of a square. A charge q is placed at each of
the other two corners. If the net electrical force on Q
is zero, then the Q/q equals
33. Two identical charged spheres are suspended by
strings of equal lengths. The strings make an
angle of 30° with each other. When suspended in a
liquid of density 0.8 g cm –3 , the angle remains
the same. If density of the material of the sphere is 16
g cm –3 , the dielectric constant of the liquid is
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1
34. A wooden block performs SHM on a frictionless
surface with frequency, v0. The block carries a charge
+Q on its surface. If now a uniform electric field E
is switched on as shown, then the SHM of the block
will be
(A) of the same frequency and with shifted mean
position.
(B) of the same frequency and with the same mean
position.
(C) of changed frequency and with shifted mean
position.
(D) of changed frequency and with the same mean
position.
35. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(A) If the electric field due to a point charge varies as
r2.5 instead of r -2 , then the Gauss law will still be
valid.
(B) The Gauss law can be used to calculate the field
distribution around an electric dipole.
(C) If the electric field between two point charges is
zero somewhere, then the sign of the two charges is
the same.
(D) The work done by the external force is moving a
unit positive charge from point A at potential VA to
point B at potential VB is (VB - VA).
36. In the given circuit, a charge of +80 C is given to
the upper plate of the 4 F capacitor. Then in the
steady state, the charge on the upper plate of the 3 F
capacitor is
(A) +32 C (B) +40 C (C) +48 C (D) +80 C
37. Six point charges are kept at the vertices of a
regular hexagon of side L and centre O, as
shown in the figure. Given that
Which is true
(A) The electric field at O is 6K along OD.
(B) The potential at O is zero.
(C) The potential at all points on the line PR is same.
(D) The potential at all points on the line ST is same.
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Two capacitors C1 and C2 are charged to 120 V and
200 V respectively. It is found that by connecting them
together the potential on each one can be made zero.
Then :
(1) 5C1 = 3C2 (2) 3C1 = 5C2
(3) 3C1 + 5C2 = 0 (4) 9C1 = 4C2
39. Two charges, each equal to q, are kept at x = – a
and x = a on the x-axis. A particle of mass m and
charge q =q/2 is placed at the origin. If charge q0
is given a small displacement (y <<a) along the y-
axis, the net force acting on the particle is proportional
to :
(a) y (b) –y (c) 1/y (d) -1/y
40. Two point charges + 8q and - 2q are located at x
= 0 and lt x= L respectively. The location of a point on
the x axis at which the net electric field due to these
two point charges is zero is
(a) L/4 (b) 2L (c) 4L (d) 8L
41. Three large charged sheets are having surface
charge density as shown in the figure. The sheets
are placed parallel to XY plane. Then electric field at
point P will be

46. The equivalent capacitance between A and B in

the circuit shown in figure, is :

42. Six negative equal charges are placed at the

vertices of a regular hexagon. 6q charge is
placed at the centre of the hexagon. The electric
dipole moment of the system is
(a) zero (b) 6qa (c) 3qa (d) none of the above
43. The angle between the electric lines of force and
an equipotential surface is
a) 45° (b) 90° (c) 0° (d) 180°
44. Electric dipole moment of q combination shown in
the figure, is :
47. Two drops of a liquid are charged to the same
potential of 100 V. They are then merged into one
large drop, the potential of the large drop is :
(a) 172 V (b) 193 V
(c) 159 V (d) 100 V
48. Three charges, each of value Q, are placed at the
vertex of an equilateral triangle. A fourth charge q is
placed at the centre of the triangle. If the charges
remains stationery then, q = ...............
49. Three charges –q1 , + q2 and –q3
are placed as shown in figure. The x component of
the force on –q1 is proportional to .........

45 . Figure show the lines of equipotentials in the

region. The potentials are shown with the equipoten-
tials. If electric intensities are EP and Eg, then :
50. Four charges, each equal to –Q, are placed at the
corners of a square and a charge +q is placed at its
centre. If the system is in equilibrium, the value of q
is .........
51. For the system shown in figure, if the resultant
force on q is zero, then Q = ...............
52. Three identical spheres each having a charge q
and radius R, are kept in such a way that each
touches the other two spheares. The magnitude of
the electric force on any sphere due to other two is .
53. An inclined plane making an angle of 30 o
with the horizontal is placed in an uniform
electric field E = 100 Vm –1. A particle of mass 1 kg
and charge 0.01 c is allowed to slide down from rest
from a height of 1m. If the coefficient of friction is 0.2
the time taken by the particle to reach the bottom is
(A) 2.337 (B) 4.337 (C) 5 (D) 1.337
54. Two point masses m each carrying charge –q
and +q are attached to the ends of a mass less
rigid non-conducting rod of length l. The arrangement
is placed in a uniform electric field E such that the rod
makes a small angle 50 with the field direction. The
minimum time needed by the rod to align itself along
the field is ........
55. A simple pendulum consists of a small sphere of
mass m suspended by a thread of length l. The
sphere carries a positive charge q. The pendulum is
placed in a uniform electric field of strength E
directed Vertically upwards. If the electrostatic force
acting on the sphere is less than gravitational force
the period of pendulum is
56. A Charge q is placed at the centre of the open
end of cylindrical vessel. The flux of the electric field
through the surface of the vessel is ....
57. A hollow cylinder has a charge q coulomb within
it. If φ is the electric flux in units of voltmeter
associated with the curved surface B, the flux
linked with the plane surface A in units of volt-meter
will be
58. A long string with a charge of λper unit length
passes through an imaginary cube of edge l. The
maximum possible flux of the electric field through
the cube will be ...........
59. The electric Potential V at any Point o (x, y, z all
in metres) in space is given by V = 4x2volt. The
electric field at the point (1m, 0.2m) in volt/metre is ..
(A) 8, along negative x – axis
(B) 8, along positives x - axis
(C) 16, along negative x - axis
(D) 16, along positives x – axis
 60 . Three charges 2q, –q, –q are located at the
vertices of an equilateral triangle. At the centre
of the triangle.
(A) The Field is Zero but Potential is non - zero
(B) The Field is non - Zero but Potential is zero
(C) Both field and Potential are Zero
(D) Both field and Potential are non- Zero
61.
62 . The electric Potential at a point P (x, y, z) is
given by V = –x 2 y – xz3 + 4 The electric field
at that point is ..........
63. Four equal charges Q are placed at the four
corners of a square of each side is ‘a’. Work
done in removing a charge - Q from its centre to
infinity is ...
64. Two charged spheres of radii R1 and R2 having
equal surface charge density. The ratio of their
potential is ...
65. Two equal charges q are placed at a distance of
2a and a third charge -2q is placed at the midpoint.
The potential energy of the system is ....
66.
67. If a charged spherical conductor of radius 10cm
has potential v at a point distant 5 cm from its centre,
then the potential at a point distant 15cm from the
centre will be .....
(A) 1/3V (B) 2/3 (C) 3V (D) 2/3 V
68. The displacement of a charge Q in the electric
field
69. If an electron moves from rest from a point at
which potential is 50 volt to another point at which
potential is 70 volt, then its kinetic energy in the final
state will be .....
70. Three charges Q, + q and + q are placed at the
verticles of a right-angled triangle as shown. The net
electrostatic energy of the configuration is zero if Q is
equal to .....
71. Two electric charges 12µc and –6µc are placed
20cm apart in air. There will be a point P on the line
joining these charges and outside the region between
them, at which the electric potential is zero. The
distance of P from –6µc charge is ....
(A) 0.20 m (B) 0.10 m (C) 0.25 m (D) 0.15 m
72. 4 Points charges each +q is placed on the
circumference of a circle of diameter 2d in such
a way that they form a square. The potential at the
centre is
(A) 0 (B)4d/q (C) q/4d (D) 4q/d
73. Three identical charges each of 2µc are placed
at the vertices of a triangle ABC . If AB + AC = 12 cm
and AB . AC = 32cm 2 , the potential energy of the
charge at A is .....
(A) 1.53 J (B) 5.31 J (C) 1.35 J (D) 3.15 J
74. A ball of mass 1 gm and charge 10 –8 c moves
from a point A, where the potential is 600 volt
to the point B where the potential is zero. Velocity of
the ball of the point B is 20cm/s. The velocity of the
ball at the point A will be .....
(A) 16.8 (B) 22.8 (C) 228 (D) 168
75. Three charges Q, +q and +q are placed at the
vertices of an equilateral triangle of side l as shown in
the figure. It the net electrostatic energy of the ystem
is zero, then Q is equal
(A) –q (B) +q (C) Zero (D) –Q/2
76 . If 3 charges are placed at the vertices of
equilateral triangle of charge ‘q’ each. What is the
net potential energy, if the side of equilateral triangle
is l cm.
77 . If identical charges (–q) are placed at each
corner of a cube of side b, then electric potential
energy of charge (+q) which is placed at centre
of the cube will be
78. A charged particale of mass m and charge q is
released from rest in a uniform electric field
E. Neglecting the effect of gravity, the kinetic energy
of the charged particale after ‘t’ second is ......
79. A thin spherical conducting shell of radius R has
a charge q. Another charge Q is placed at the centre
of the shell. The electrostatic potential at a point p a
distance R/2 from the centre of the shell is .....
80. Two point charges –q and +q are located at
points (o, o, –a) and (o, o, a) respectively. The
potential at a point (o, o, z) where z > a is ......
81.
82. Charges +q and –q are placed at point A and B
respectively which are a distance 2L apart, C is the
midpoint between A and B. The work done in
moving a charge +Q along the semicircle CRD
is ......
83. N identical drops of mercury are charged
simultaneously to 10 volt. when combined to
form one large drop, the potential is found to be 40
volt, the value of N is ......
(A)4 (B)6 (C) 8 (D) 10
84. The effective capacitances of two capacitors are
3µF and 16µF , when they are connected
in series and parallel respectively. The capacitance
of each capacitor is
(A) 2µF, 14µF (B) 4µF, 12µF
(C) 6µF, 8µF (D) 10µF, 6µF
85. Two spherical conductors of radii r1 and r2 are
at potentials V1 and V2 respectively, then what will
be the common potential when the conductors are
brought in contant ?
86. A 5µF capacitor is charged by a 220 V supply. It
is then disconnected from the supply and is onnected
to another uncharged 2.5µF capacitor. How much
electrostatic energy of the first capacitor is lost in the
form of heat and electromagnetic radiation ?
(A) 0.02 J (B) 0.121 J (C) 0.04 J (D) 0.081 J
87. Find the equivalent capacitance of the system
across the terminals A and B. All the capacitors have
equal capacitances.
(A) 2C (B) 4C (C) 3C (D) 5C
88. Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor
becomes 4/3 times its original value if a dielectric
slab of thickness t = d/2 is inserted between the
plates (d is the separation between the plates). The
dielectric constant of the slab is
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 2
89. The plates of a parallel capacitor are charged up
to 100 V. If 2 mm thick plate is inserted between the
plates, then to maintain the same potential
difference, the distance between the capacitor plates
is increased by 1.6mm the dielectric constant of the
plate
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 1.25 (D) 2.5
90. A parallel plate air capacitor has a capacitance
18µF . If the distance between the plates is tripled
and a dielectric medium is introduced, the
capacitance becomes 72µF . The dielectric
constant of the medium is
(A)4 (B) 12 (C) 9 (D) 2
91.A parallel plate capacitor has the space between
its plates filled by two slabs of thickness d/2 each
and dialectric constant K1 and K2 . If d is the plate
separation of the capacitor, then capacity of the
capacitor is ...............
92. Large number of capactors of rating 10µF/200V
V are available. The minimum number of capacitors
required to design a 10µF/700V capacitor is
(A) 16 (B) 8 (C) 4 (D)7
93. 1000 similar electrified rain drops merge together
into one drop so that their total charge remains
unchanged. How is the electric energy affected ?
(A) 100 times B) 200 times ) 400 times D) 102 times
94. A parallel plate capacitor is made by stocking n
equally spaced plates connected alternately. If
the capacitance between any two plates is x, then
the total capacitance is,
(A) nx (B) nx2 (C) n/x (D) (n – 1)x
95 . For the circuit shown figure, which of the
following statements is true ?
(A) With S1 closed V1 = 15V, V2 = 20V
(B) With S3 closedV1 = V2 = 20V
(C) With S1 and S3 closed V1 = V2 = 0
(D) With S1 and S3 closed V1 = 30V, V2 = 20V
96. Two identical metal plates are given positive
charges Q1 and Q2 (< Q1 ) respectively. If they
are now brought close to gether to form a parallel
plate capacitor with capacitance C, the potential
difference between them is
97. In the circuit arrangement shown in figure, the
value of C1 = C2 = C3 = 30 pF and C4 = 120 pF. If
the combination of capacitors is charged with 140V
DC supply, the potencial differences across the four
capacitors will be respectively
(A) 80, 40, 40 and 20V (B) 20, 40, 40 and 80V
(C) 35, 35, 35 and 35V (D) 80, 20, 20 and 20V
98. In the arrangement of capacitors shown in figure,
each capacitor is of 9µF , then the equivalent
capacitance between the points A and B is
99.(A) 18µF (B) 9µF (C) 15µF (D) 4.5µF 99. A
parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates
has a capacitance of 9 pF. The separation between
its plates is d. The space between the plates is now
filled with two dielectrics. One of the dielectric
constant K1 = 3 and thickness d/3 while the other
one has dielectric constant K2 = 6 and thickness
2d/3. Capacitance of the capacitor is now
(A) 1.8 Pf (B) 20.25 pF (C) 40.5 pF (D) 45 pF
100. Two spherical conductors A and B of radii 1mm
and 2mm are separated by a distance of 5mm and
are uniformly charged. If the spheres are connected
by a conducting wire then in equilibrium condition,
the ratio of the magnitude of the electric fields at the
surfaces of sphere of A and B is
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 4 : 1 (D) 1 : 4
101. The following arrangement consists of five
identical metal plates marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
parallel to each other. Area of each plate is A
and separation between the successive plates
is d. The capacitance between P and Q is
102. A parrallel plate capacitor of capacitance 5µF
and plate separation 6 cm is connected to a 1 V
battery and charged. A dielectric of dielectric
constant 4 and thickness 4 cm is introduced between
the plates of the capacitor. The additional charge that
flows into the capacitor from the battery is
(A) 2µc (B) 5µc (C) 3µc (D) 10µc
103. For circuit the equivalent capacitance between
points P and Q is
A) 6 C (B) 4 C (C) 3 /2 C (D) 6/11C
104. 64 identical drops of mercury are charged
simultaneously to the same potential of 10 volt.
Assuming the drops to be spherical, if all the charged
drops are made to combine to form one large drop,
then its potential will be
(A) 100 V (B) 320 V (C) 640 V (D) 160 V
105. Two metal plate form a parallel plate capacitor.
The distance between the plates is d. A metal sheet
of thickness d/2 and of the same area is introduced
between the plates. What is the ratio of the
capacitance in the two cases ?
(A) 4 : 1 (B) 3 : 1 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 5 : 1
106. Two identical capacitors 1 and 2 are connected
in series to a battery as shown in figure. Capacitor 2
contains a dielectric slab of constant K. Q1 and Q2
are the charges stored in 1 and 2. Now, the dielectric
slab is removed and the corresponding charges are
Q’1 and Q’2 .Then
107. A parallel plate capacitor has plate of area A
and separation d. It is charged to a potential
difference Vo . The charging battery is disconnected
and the plates are pulled apart to three times the
initial separation. The work required to separate the
plates is
108. A parallel plate air capacitor has a capacitance
C. When it is half filled with a dielectric of dielectric
constant 5, the percentage increase in the
capacitance will be
(A) 200 % (B) 33.3 % (C) 400 % (D) 66.6 %