Now consider a negavit charge of the same density in the region of cavity. Due to this charge, electric field at 7 is given by Superpostiono f the two charges forms the emptied space. To get the net electric fieled duc to actual charge distribution superimpose the above two field Id in the emptied region is non-zero and uniform 171. Blecttic field at O depends only on the induced charge on the outer surface of the spherical con- ductor. Shifting of q within the cavity does not change distribution of induced charge over the outer surface. 172. Work done is equal to change in electrostatic selfenergy 173. Electric force is equal to rate of change of elec- trostatic selfenergy aT 14.35, 6 175, U 2° + yoy 176, Force= electrostatic pressure xArea of hemi- sphere 177. Conceptual 178. Conceptual 179. Conceptual 180. Conceptual 181, Conceptual EXERCISE -II Coulomb’s Inverse Square Law 1. A ball of mass m=0.5 kg is suspended by a thread and a charge q = 0.1 uC is supplied. When a ball with diameter Sem and a like charge of same magnitude is brought close to the first ball, but below it, the tension decreases to 1/3 of its initial value. The distance between centres of the balls is 10,1210 2) 0.51x10%m 3) 0.2x10%m 4) 052x107 m ‘Two small objects X and Yare permanently separated by a distance tem. Object X has ‘ge oft 1.0 uC and object Y has acharge of - 1.0 :C. Acertain number of electrons are removed from X and put onto Y to make the electrostatic force between the two objects an attractive force whose magnitude is 360 N. Number of electrons removed is — 10"? The force of attraction between two charges separated by certain distance in airis F,. Ifthe space between the charges is completely filled with dielectrie constant 4 the force becomes F,. If half of the distance between the charges is filled with same dielectric, the force between the charges is F,. Then F, : F, : F, is 1) 16:9:4 29:36:16 3)4cl 4)36:9: 16 Five identical charges q, each ,are placed at the vertices of regular pentagon having side length /,.The net electrostatic force onany of the charges due to other four is F, The electrostatic force F,on any one of the five identical charges q,each,placed at the vertices of a regular pentagon having side length /, is ‘Two small spheres of masses, M, and M, are suspended by weightless insulating threads oflengths Z, and L, . The spheres carry charges Q, and Q, respectively. The spheres are suspended such that they are in level with another and the threads are inclined to the vertical at angles of @, and ® as shown below, which one of thefollowing conditions is essential if 6, 1) M#M, but Q, 2) M=M, 3)Q=2, Lal, Ina liquid medium of dielectric constant K and of specific gravity 2, two identically charged spheres are suspended from a fixed point by threads of equal lengths. The angle between them is 90°. In another medium of unknown dielectricconstant K ', and specific gravity 4, the angle between them becomes 120°. If density of material of spheres is 8 gmicc, then K' is : K B 3 K 1) 2 2) K 3) 2 K 4) it ‘Two identical particles of charge q each are connected by a massless spring of force constant k. They are placed over a smooth horizontal surface. They are released when unstretched. The extension of the spring is, when system is in equlibrium, the value of kis: (neglect gravitational effect) Dees | Dig 3) k=4 ee 4) k= ‘Two identical positive charge Q each, are placed on the x axis at point (-a,0) and (a,0). A point charge of magnitude q is placed at the origin. For small displacement along x axis, the charge q executes simple harmonic motion ifits is positive and its time period is T,. If th negative, it performs o displace along y axis. In this case the time q period of small oscillations is T,, Find 7-- D 1 1 1 1 Ny Ay a5 oR Intensity of the Electric Field % 10. u. 12. ‘Two identical point charges are placed at a separation of /. P is a point on the line joining the charges, at a distance x from any one charge. The field at P is E. Eis plotted against x for values of x from close to zero to slightly less than /. Which of the following best represents the resulting curve? Five point charges each of value +q are placed on five vertices ofa regular hexagon of side ‘a'm. What is the magnitude of electric field at the centre of hexagon ? neat aaa Dire at 2) dre, Ga) | 1 sq 1 3q a 4ne, a 4 4ne, a® 0 Three configurations of electrostatic field lines have been shown in the figure. Which isthe posible configuration? © = | ay 3) {t= 4) none of these ‘al A continuous line of charge of length 3d lies along the x-axis, extending fromx-+d tox+4d The line carries a uniform linear charge density ). ee = =e 2)13. 14, 15. In terms of d, ) and any necessary physical constants, find the magnitude of the electric field at the origin : 1) A/Sneqd 2) A/ Ane yd 3) 3A/16xe9d 4) 32 / 8re9d ‘Two infinitely long parallel wires having linear charge densities 4, and Ay respectively are placed at a distance R metre. The force per length on either wire ‘Two semi-infinite wires are joined with a quarter circular arcas shown in diagram. The charge density is same on both the wires and the arc. The electric field intensity at point C, the centre of arc is: d steeeees A thin semicircular ring of radius ‘r? has a positive charge q distributed uniformly over it. The net field E at the centre ‘O” is ti 16. 17. 18. 19. Dier Deer eee tay —Li wer Veer! From a conducting ring of radius R which carries Q (uniformly distributed) along it periphery a small length dlis cut off. The electric field at the center due to the remaining wire is Oat _ aot Derek NaweR 3)Zero 4) Cannot be determined A thin fixed ring of radius 1 metre has a positive charge 110°C uniformly distributed over it. A particle of mass 0.9gm and having a negative charge of 1x10“C is placed on the axis at a distance of 1 cm from the centre of the ring. Assuming that the oscillations have small amplitude, the time period of oscillations is—s AThe charge per unit length of the fourquadrant of the ring is 2,-2.5 2 and— ) respectively. The electric field at the centre is A thin non-conducting ring of radius R has linear charge density 4 = A, cosp, where 2, is constants and @ is the azimuthal angle. Find the magnitude of the electric field strength. At the centre of ring.20. 21. 22. yp Ay Ay Ao Y2neR 4c,R 3 4nc,8 *)2e,R ‘Two infinite sheets having charge densi ©, and c, are placed in two perpendicular planes whose two dimensional view is shown in the figure. The charge are distributed uniformly on sheets in electrostatic equilibrium condition Four Points are marked 1, and IV The electric field intensities at these points are 4) None ofthe above 1 C charge is uniformaly distributed on a spherical shell given by equation 7+ 2+ 2 = 25, What is the intensity of electric field at a point (1,1,2) 1) SNC 2) 4SNIC 3) Bye 4) Zero Which one of the following graphs represents the variation of electric field strength E with distance r from the centre of a uniformly charged non-conducting sphere 23. 24, The electric field intensity at the centre of auniformly charged hemispherical shell is are cut from either side and remaii n portion is shown in figure. If ¢=B=— then electric field intensity at centre due to remaining portion is given as: ye 2 Fa 4)Information insufficient A hollow thick spherical shell of inner radius aand outer radius b carries volume charge k density 2 => where K is some positive 2 constant and ‘r’ is distance from centre. Select correct variation of magnitude of electric field with distance r. (b<2a)28. 26. 27. 28. 29, The quarter disc of radius R lies possitive XY plane has a uniform surface charge density o .The intensity of electric field at the point (0,0,Z) is— of, 2 Be, Re +Z? In an insulating medium (dielectric constant=1),The charge density varies with y coordinate as p = by, where bis apositive constant. The electric field is zero at y=0 and everywhere else it is along y direction. The electric field as function of x is— by? vy E=2 Ea Dee Diaaoe by? 3by? poe pa2e ea Lata Aparticle of mass m and charge qis placed at rest in a uniform electric field E and then released. The kinetic energy attained by the particle after moving a distance y is 1) gy 2) gk*y . 3) aby 4) EY A sphere carrying charge 0.01 C is kept at rest without falling down, touching a wall by applying an electric field 100 N/C perpendicular to wall If the coeffeient of friction between the sphere and the wall is 0.2, the weight of the sphere is 1)4N 2)2N 3)20N 4)0.2N A particle of mass 1kg and carrying positive charge 0.01 C is sliding down an inclined plane of angle 30° with the horizontal. An 30. 31. 32. 33. electric field E is applied horizontally to stop the particle. Ifthe coefficient of friction between the particle and the surface of the 1 plane is 5-7 +E must be-—-V/m mg cos @ mg sina a= 30" mg If the electric field between the plates of a cathode ray oscilloscope be 1.2x10'V/C> the deflection that an electron will experience if it enters at right angles to the field with kinetic energy 2000 eV is (The deflection assembly is 1.5em long.) ~ —mm A particle having charge that on an electron and mass 1.6 x 10-” kg is projected with an initial speed 'u' to the horizontal from the lower plate ofa parallel plate capacitor as shown. The plates are sufficiently long and have separation 2em. Then the maximum value of velocity of particle not to hit the upper plate. (E=10° ‘V/m upwards). SAE =10'Vim 1) 2y2 x10 m/s 2) 4x 10 mvs 3) 6x 10°m/s 4) 3x 10°m/s ‘Abob ofa simple pendulum of mass 40gm with a positive charge 4x10*C is oscillating with a time period T, An electric field of intensity 3.6x10‘N/C is applied vertically upwards.Now the time period is i , the value of 7° is (g= 10m/s") A simple pendulum has a bob of mass m which carries a charge q on it. Length of the pendulum is L. There is a uniform tric field E in the region, Cal hetime period of small oscillations for the pendulum about its equilibrium position . E has magnitude of Eq =/2mg and is directed upward making an angle of 45° with the horizontal. arn & yt =2n 2% g L 4 grain gram ft ) g D g Electrostatic Potential Energy 34. A point charge q moves from point P to point S along the path PORS in a unifrom electric field % pointing parallel to the positive direction of the x-axi coordinates of the points P,Q, Rand S are (a,b,0), (2a,0,0), (a, -b, 0) and (0,0,0) respectively. The work done by the field in the above process is given by the expression er) Ria.-b.0) 1) qaE 2)-qaE 3) g(a +b°)E 4) 3qEVa' +b° 35. Work performed when a point charge 2x10*C is transformed from infinity to a point at a distance of 1em from the surface of the ball with a radius of lem and a surface charge density o=10"*C/cm?is- x10“ 36. A particle of mass m and charge q is projected vertically upwards. A uniform electric field is acted vertically downwards. The most appropiate graph between potential energy U (gravitational plus electrostatic) and height h(<) Fae) 4» ane, An electron travelling from infinity with velocity ‘v’ into an electric field due to two stationary electrons separated by distance of 2m. If it comes to rest when it reaches the mid point of the line j the stationary electrons. Thi “y © of the electron is-------m/s ind the ratio of electric work done in bringing a charge q from A to B (/V,,,) and then from B to C (J¥,c) in a sphere of charge Q distributed uniformly throught its volume (Wy / Woe. POR 1 215 30.75 4)NoneElectric Potential 40. A charge-+q is fixed at each of the points X=X,X=3Xy) NESNys + co OM the x axis and a charge-qis fixed at each of the points = 2x X= 4% X= Opens Here ty iS a positive constant. Take the electric potential at a point due toa charge Q at a Q distance r fromitto be 4 =; Then the potential at the origin due to the above system of charges is see eee 0 2) 8m e, x, log, (2) giog,(2) 3)o An Eq Xp 41. A rod of length Lis placed along the x-axis, with its left end at the origin and has a non- uniform charge density varying as 2 = ax, where o: is a positive constant.Based on the above facts and the figure provided, y L The electric potential at A, for ¢= ai given by a 2% (1-dlog, 5) ) Fat dilog, 5) 2) Gage. 5) a — (1-dlog, 5 3) ax, (I-dlog, 5) a 4) Galt toe. 5) 42. If ‘A’ and ‘B’ are two points at a 46. perpendicular distance r, and r, froman infinite line charge of linear charge ity, then V,-V, is ae in| & ae Dare ly, a fa dre of) tne, o() L shaped rod has equal and opposite charge (+Q)spread along its both arms.The electric potential at apoint which is at equal distance from free ends rod is— . Ahalfring of radius‘ r’hasa linear charge density 2. The potential at the centre of the half ring is A Aa 4) arag ea eae Daye Dawe Da oF . Two thin rings each having a radiusR are placed at distance d apart with their axes coinciding. The charges on the two rings are +q,-q. The potential difference between centres of the rings Denla Tee) melee) 90 ‘The quarter disc of radius R (see figure ) has a uniform surface charge density o. Find electric potential at a point (0,0,Z) y oR Daa47. A solid conducting sphere having a charge 48. 49. 50. 51 Q is surrounded by an uncharged concentric conducting spherical shell. The potential difference between the surface of solid sphere and the shell is V. The shell is now given a charge ~3Q. The new potential difference between the same surfaces will be -—-V Aspherical charged conductor has surface charge density ¢ . The intensity of electric field and potential on its surface are E and V. Now radius of sphere is halved keeping the charge density as constant. The new electric field on the surface and potential at the centre of the sphere are 1)4E,V 2)E,V2 3)E,V 4)2E,4V Two concentric sphere of radii a, and a, carry charges g, and g, respectively. If the surface charge density () is same for both spheres, the electric potential at the common centre will be a Vea, co « L(a- L(a,+4 3) Z (aia) 4) Ela+a1) A charge Q coulumbs is uniformly distributed throught volume of a solid hemisphere Of radius R meters.Then the potential at center O of the hemisphere in volts is—(Assume potential at infinity is zero 1 3Q 1 Q 1) atte, 4k 2) atte, BR 1 Q 139 3) atte, 4k atte, 2R ‘Two concentric spherical shells of radii r and R (r a Relation between Potential and 52. 53. 54, 55. 56. intensity The potential ata point x(measured in 1m) due to some charges situated on the x-axis is given by V(x)= 20 volt. The electric v field Eatx=4 js misgiven by aM in the positive x-direction Electric potential'V' in space as a function 1 1, of co-ordinates is given by, V = t + i. Then the electric field intensity at (1, 1, 1) is given by: 1)- (i+j+k) 2) i+j+k 3) zero 4) Biisiny V = 2x2 +y*, the shape of equi potential sur face is— 1) ellipse 2) Circle 3) Straight line 4) parabola Four equipotential curves in an electric field are shown in the figure. A,B,C are three points in the field.If electric intensity at A,B,Care E,,£,,E, then 1) & =8, =6, 2) E,>E, >Ey 3) E, E, > length of dipole) select the correct statement ee P (Small dipole) Force acting onthe dipole is zero Force acting on the dipole is ) 2) PQ approximately 7-7 and is acting 0 upwards. . 3pQ 3) Torque acting onthe dipole is 3-7 is ¢ clockwise direction PQ 4) Torqueacting onthe dipole is 3-7 is v anti-clockwise direction . . For the situation shown in the figure below, find the force experience by the dipole, due to charge Q place at distance r from the dipole P. — '@-—— 11 Small dipole Ae » [Ale Qn? Qneyr 2) 3) Gauss Theorem 76. .g,and q, are point charges located at poh fg hs sath figure as S is a spherical Gaussian surface of radius R. Which of the following is true according to the Gauss’s law 1) §(E +2, +2,)4a-2 5 2 §(E +B +2 sb )aaeerere) oy f(B FFF )aa-eeec) 4) None of the above 77/ Shown below is a distribution of chat field d Se 79. 80. cs. The flux of elect eto these charges through the s Sis tak 1) 3q/e, 2) 2g/e, 3) q/e, 4) Zero . Electric charge is uniformly distributed along along straight wire of radius 1 mm. The charge per em length of the wires is Q coulomb. Another cylindrical surface of radius 50 cm and length 1 m symmetrically encloses the wire as shown in the figure, The total electric flux passing through the cylindrical surface is 1000 100 1000 27 9) (re) Y(ae,) A long string with a charge of 4. per unit length passes through an imaginary cube ofedge a. The maximum flux of the electric field through the cube will be IAal ey 2) V2Aal ey 3)6Aa?/ ey 4) Bal ey The eleetrie field in a region is given by E=(ax)i. Here is @ is a constant of proper dimensions.Find the total flux Passing through a cube bounded by surfaces xeix=88. A solid non conducting sphere of radius ‘R? is charged uniformly. At What distance from its surface is electrostatic field is half of the electric field on the surface. (v2-1)R ak R a5 4) both | and 2 89. Three concentric metallic spheres A, B and = C have radii a,b and ¢ (a i + t : 1) 2 2) 4e, 3) 106, 4) zero . A point charge +Q is palced at point B at a distance 2R from the centre O of an uncharged thin conducting shell of radius R as shown in the figure. If V,be the potential at point A, which is at a radial distance of R/2 from the center of the shell, then94, 95. 96. 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 at a distance R/2 from the centre of the shell is 20 20 29 ”) Grek 2) Grey 3 20 4 (+9) 2 4neR 4ne,R dnc, R A solid metallic sphere has a charge +3Q. Concentric with this sphereis a conducting spherical shell having charge +Q. The radius of the sphere is a and that of the spherical shell is b, (b>a). What is the electric field at a distance R (Ris greater than a andb) fromthe centre. 98. 14 4neot yg 3) ane, + ‘A conducting sphere of radius R has two spherical cavities of radius a and b. The cavities have charges q, & q, respectively at their centres, ‘A’ is'the centre of the sphere and ‘B’ is the centre of the cavity of radius ‘b’. Find:electrical potential at r (distance from A)> R, 1) 3 ”) 2nepR 2) eR Q 40 Dre yR? 9» nek? : ! A point charge q is a distance r from the centre O of an uncharged spherical conducting layer, whose inner and outer times Cavity in a Conductors 97 The point charge'q' is within an electrically neutral conducting shell whose outer surface hasspherical shape, Find potential V at point Plying outside shell at a distance ‘r' from centre O of outer sphere. 99. In the above problem surface charge densities on the surface of radius R 3s.= Ga 4) None 100. In problem 98 What is the force on q, by 4,? i: 10 nAleat a) aaa aaa 101.A uniformly charged sphere of radius R= 2 mand volume charge density p has a spherical cavity of radius Imas shown. A point object of mass m = Ig and charge q=2 10+ Cis thrown, from point A. The minimum velocity required at A forit to reach point B is(p=3e, x 10° Cm?)1).0,02 ms! 3) 0.4 mst 2)0.2 ms! 4) 0.04 mst nergy, Self energy of red body he eleetrie potential is (q is at the centre ofthe inner kq Ho Diag ka? _ ka? kg? 2b 2a Noa 103. Alarge conducting plate of surface area A and thickness d (VA >>d) is placed perpendicular to a uniform electric field E. ‘The amount of electrostatic energy stored Xp within the conductoris > &» &* Ad where Xis 104, metal ball of radius R is placed concentrically inside a hollow metal sphere nner radius 2R and outer radius 3R. ‘The ball is given a charge +2Q and the hollow sphere a total charge ~ Q. The electrostatic potential energy of this system is: \ | 719° : 5Q? )) FanegR » ToncoR 105. A conducting sphere of radius R is cut into two equal halves which are held pressed together by a stiff spring inside sphere.The change in tension in the spring corresponding to the maximum charge that can be placed on the sphere, if dielectric breakdown strength of air surrounding the sphere is E, ReyE GR me ,E)R? 2 2 He EGR Ae 3 106. Calculate the charge which must be placed on a sphere of radius 10cm in order that the repulsion per square metre of the surface may just balance the atmospheric pressure which is 1.013 » 10°Nm? 1)2,683«10"C 2)1.683x10"C 3)3.683x10°C 4) 4.683«10°C 107.A sphere of radius R is having charge Q uniformly distributed over it. The energy density of the electric field in the air, at a distance r (r>R) is given by (in J/m’): Q _ D328 1) 32m Venter 108. A charge (-2Q)is distributed uniformly on 1 spherical balloon of radius R. Another point charge (+Q) is situated at the centre of the balloon. The balloon is now inflated to twice the radius, Neglecting the elastic energy involved in the process, the change in total electric energy of the system is "2neR Vanek a +2 Diger 4) Zero Earthing the Charged Bodies 109.There are three uncharged identical metallic spheres 1,2 and 3 each of radius r and are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side d. A chargedmetallic sphere having charge q of same radius ris touched to sphere I, after some time it is taken to the location of sphere 2 and is touched to it, then it is taken far away from spheres 1,2 and 3. After that the sphere 3 is grounded, the charge on sphere 3 is (neglect electrostatic induction by assuming d>> 2r) ee NZ 2 )Zeo j= at a 110. Two concentric spherical conducting shells of radii Rand 2R carry charges Q and 2Q respectively. Change in electric potential on the outer shell when both are connected (-2] zero 2) RO 3 4 4e bya conducting wire is 111. Assume three concentric conducting spheres where charge g,and q, have been placed on inner and outer sphere where as middle sphere has been earthed. Find the charge on the outer surface of middle spherical conductor r, : 4, BED DG MEH 1- 112. Two conducting concentric hollow spheres have radii a and 2a .The inner shell has net charge Q on its surface. The outer shell is neutral. If the outer shel’s is connected to the earth the net heat generated is [EEE a Dyer re, 2a o 1 ¢ Ving me, a 1) Zero Vare, 113. Shown in figure are two uniform charged conducting spherical thin shells. Total electric potential energy “U’ of the system and heat loss ‘H’ when both shell joined by conducting wire will be: KO? SR DU= eR 114, Two concentric shells have radii R and 2R, charges q, and q, and potential 2V and (3/ DY respectively. Now shell B is earthed and let charges on them become qi, and qithen W u ioe yael % Gs 3) potential of A after earthing becomes @G2)V 4) potential difference between two spheres 115. In figure shown there are three met large plates. The middle plate carries a total charge q. Plates 1 & 2 (which are uncharged) are connected by a wire. Find the charge induced on each surface of 1 & 2. Given, =2 1. w ®ee EXERCISE - IL - KEY 4 26.25 4 3)2 OW ™ ou loyt uy 132 143 1s} 1790.63 18)I 19)2 23 23)3 262-273 29)242.48 30)0.34 333 34)2 33 38)32.00 4ut 423 452 46)2 494 50)4 53)2 54)l 57)400.00 58)2 6262) 652 66)2 69)1.687 70)16.00 732 74)2 m2 78)2 8282) 85)}4 86)3 89)1 90)2 933 -94)3 971 98)2 loli 102)3 10s)1—106)2 1084 -109)2—«110)1 112)3113)2 14)1 . * 360 6x10%e L (yF=——_ After calculation » = 6,25x10" 42 8) 12)3 16)1 20)3 24)3 3 35)11.00 39)1 43)0 47)1.00 512 55)3 59) 63)1 672 72 75)1 79)4 834 87)2 914 95)3 991 103)0 107)2 HDL 115)4 EXERCISE - Il SOLUTIONS Thereare| ta forces acting on each sphere are (i tension (it) weight(w) (i) electrostatic force of repulsion for sphere In cquailibirum, from figure tan, =F Mg From sphere 2. in equilibirum from figure 5 Mg or 8, = 0, only for iy ¢ But, F, =F, and then na 6. @)F=msTand me 1~2.} ron! Ps