VIDYA MANDIR IND.

PU COLLEGE
THEORY AND MCQ’S QUESTIONS – 16-03-24
II PUC -ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS
THEORY
1. Define electric field. (1)
2. Derive an expression for electric field due to a point charge. (2)
3. What is an electric dipole? (1)
4. Define electric dipole moment. What is its SI unit? (2)
5. Derive an expression for electric field on the axis of an electric dipole? (5)
6. Derive an expression for electric field on the equatorial line of an electric dipole? (5)
7. What are polar molecules and non-polar molecules? (3)
8. Derive an expression for torque on an electric dipole in a uniform electric field. (3)

NUMERICALS
1. Two-point charges of 9 x 10-8 C and -9 x 10-8 C are 0.5 m apart in air. Find the resultant electric
intensity at a point located 0.5 m from either charge.

2. ABC is an equilateral triangle of side 0.03 m. Charges of +5nC and -5nC are placed at corners A
and B. Find the resultant electric intensity at C.

3. ABC is a triangle with sides AB = 3 m, BC = 4 m and ABC = 90°. Charges of +9 x 10 -5 C and -

16 x 10-5 C are placed at corners A and C respectively. Find the magnitude and direction of
electric intensity at corner B.

4. An electric dipole consists of charges +20 μC and -20 µC separated by 0.02 m. What is its dipole
moment? What is the dipole field at a point on the axial line of the dipole distant 2m from the
centre of the dipole?

5. An electric dipole of dipole moment 10-8 Cm consists of two equal and opposite charges
separated by 0.02 m. Find the magnitude of either charge. What is the field at a point on the
equatorial line of the dipole distant 1.5 m from the centre of the dipole? What will be the field at
an equidistant point on the axial line of the dipole?

MCQ’S
LEVEL 1
1. The electric field inside a spherical shell of uniform surface charge density is
(a) Zero
(b) Constant, less than zero
(c) Directly proportional to the distance from the centre
 (d) None of the above
2. ABC is an equilateral triangle. Charges +𝑞 are placed at each corner. The electric intensity at O
will be
+q
A
1 𝑞
(a)
4𝜋𝜀0 𝑟 2
1 𝑞 r
(b)
4𝜋𝜀0 𝑟
r r
(c) Zero O

1 3𝑞 +q +q
(d)
4𝜋𝜀0 𝑟 2 B C

3. The magnitude of electric field intensity 𝐸 is such that, an electron placed in it would experience
an electrical force equal to its weight is given by
𝑚𝑔
(a) 𝑚𝑔𝑒 (b)
𝑒
𝑒 𝑒2
(c) (d) 2 𝑔
𝑚𝑔 𝑚

4. 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
(d) The ratio of the masses of electron and proton

5. The insulation property of air brakes down at 𝐸 = 3 × 106 volt/metre. The maximum charge that
can be given to a sphere of diameter 5𝑚 is approximately (in coulombs)
(a) 2 × 10−2 (b) 2 × 10−3
(c) 2 × 10−4 (d) 2 × 10−5

6. The distance between the two charges 25𝜇𝐶 and 36𝜇𝐶 is 11𝑐𝑚 At what point on the line joining
the two, the intensity will be zero
(a) At a distance of 5𝑐𝑚 from 25𝜇𝐶
(b) At a distance of 5𝑐𝑚 from 36𝜇𝐶
(c) At a distance of 10𝑐𝑚 from 25𝜇𝐶
(d) At a distance of 11𝑐𝑚 from 36𝜇𝐶

7. Two charges +4𝑒 and +𝑒 are at a distance x apart. At what distance, a charge 𝑞 must be placed
from charge +𝑒 so that it is in equilibrium
(a) 𝑥/2 (b) 2𝑥/3
(c) 𝑥/3 (d) 𝑥/6
8. The intensity of electric field required to balance a proton of mass 1.7 × 10−27 𝑘𝑔 and
charge1.6 × 10−19 𝐶 is nearly
(a) 1 × 10−7 𝑉/𝑚 (b) 1 × 10−5 𝑉/𝑚
(c) 1 × 107 𝑉/𝑚 (d) 1 × 105 𝑉/𝑚

9. Two-point charges 𝑄 and – 3Q are placed at some distance apart. If the electric field at the location
of 𝑄 is 𝐸 then at the locality of −3𝑄, it is
(a) −𝐸 (b) 𝐸/3
(c) −3𝐸 (d) −𝐸/3

10. The number of electrons to be put on a spherical conductor of radius 0.1𝑚 to produce an electric
field of 0.036𝑁/𝐶 just above its surface is
(a) 2.7 × 105 (b) 2.6 × 105
(c) 2.5 × 105 (d) 2.4 × 105

11. What is the magnitude of a point charge which produces an electric field of 2 N/coulomb at a
distance of 60 cm (1/4𝜋𝜀0 = 9 × 109 𝑁 − 𝑚2 /𝐶 2)
(a) 8 × 10−11 C (b) 2 × 10−12 C
(c) 3 × 10−11 C (d) 6 × 10−10 C

12. Two charges +5𝜇𝐶 and +10𝜇𝐶 are placed 20 cm apart. The net electric field at the mid-Point
between the two charges is
(a) 4.5 × 106 N/C directed towards +5𝜇𝐶
(b) 4.5 × 106 N/C directed towards +10𝜇𝐶
(c) 13.5 × 106 N/C directed towards +5𝜇𝐶
(d) 13.5 × 106 N/C directed towards +10𝜇𝐶

13. An electric dipole is kept in non-uniform electric field. It experiences

(a) A force and a torque (b) A force but not a torque
(c) A torque but not a force (d) Neither a force nor a torque

14. An electric dipole consisting of two opposite charges of 2 × 10−6 𝐶 each separated by a distance
of 3𝑐𝑚 is placed in an electric field of 2 × 105 N/C. The maximum torque on the dipole will be
(a) 12 × 10−1 𝑁𝑚 (b) 12 × 10−3 𝑁𝑚
(c) 24 × 10−1 𝑁𝑚 (d) 24 × 10−3 𝑁𝑚

15. An electron and a proton are at a distance of 1Å. The moment of this dipole will be (C  m)
(a) 1.6 × 1019 (b) 1.6 × 10−29
 (c) 3.2 × 1019 (d) 3.2 × 1029

16. The electric field due to a dipole at a distance 𝑟 on its axis is

(a) Directly proportional to 𝑟 3
(b) Inversely proportional to 𝑟 −3
(c) Directly proportional to 𝑟 2
(d) Inversely proportional to 𝑟 2

17. Two charges+3.2 × 10−19 and −3.2 × 10−19 𝐶 placed at 2.4Å apart form an electric dipole. It is
placed in a uniform electric field of intensity 4 × 105 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡/𝑚. The electric dipole moment is
(a) 15.36 × 10−29 𝐶𝑚 (b) 15.36 × 10−19 𝐶𝑚
(c) 7.68 × 10−29 𝐶𝑚 (d) 7.68 × 10−19 𝐶𝑚

18. The electric field at a point on equatorial line of a dipole and direction of the dipole moment
(a) Will be parallel (b) Will be in opposite direction
(c) Will be perpendicular (d) Are not related

19. If 𝐸𝑎 be the electric field strength of a short dipole at a point on its axial line and 𝐸𝑒 that on the
equatorial line at the same distance, then
(a) 𝐸𝑒 = 2𝐸𝑎 (b) 𝐸𝑎 = 2𝐸𝑒
(c) 𝐸𝑎 = 𝐸𝑒 (d) None of the above

20. Electric charges 𝑞, 𝑞, −2𝑞 are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 of side 𝑙. The
magnitude of electric dipole moment of the system is
(a) 𝑞𝑙 (b) 2𝑞𝑙
(c) √3𝑞𝑙 (d) 4𝑞𝑙

LEVEL 2

21. The intensity of the electric field required to keep a water drop of radius 10−5 𝑐𝑚 just suspended
in air when charged with one electron is approximately
(a) 260𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡/𝑐𝑚 (b) 260𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑡𝑜𝑛/𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑏
(c) 130𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡/𝑐𝑚 (d) 130𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑡𝑜𝑛/𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑏
−2 −19
(𝑔 = 10𝑚𝑠 , 𝑒 = 1.6 × 10 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑏)

22. Deuteron and 𝛼 −particle are put 1Å apart in air. Magnitude of intensity of electric field due to
deutron at 𝛼 −particle is
(a) Zero (b) 2.88 × 1011 𝑁/𝐶
(c) 1.44 × 1011 𝑁/𝐶 (d) 5.76 × 1011 𝑁/𝐶
23. A flat circular disc has a charge +𝑄 uniformly distributed on the disc. A charge +𝑞 is thrown
with kinetic energy 𝐸 towards the disc along its normal axis. The charge 𝑞 will
(a) Hit the disc at the centre
(b) Return back along its path after touching the disc
(c) Return back along its path without touching the disc
(d) Any of the above three situations is possible depending on the magnitude of E

24. What is the magnitude of a point charge due to which the electric field 30𝑐𝑚 away has the
magnitude 2𝑁/𝐶 [1/4𝜋𝜀0 = 9 × 109 𝑁𝑚2 /𝐶 2 ]
(a) 2 × 10−11 𝐶 (b) 3 × 10−11 𝐶
(c) 5 × 10−11 𝐶 (d) 9 × 10−11 𝐶

25. A positively charged ball hangs from a silk thread. We put a positive test charge 𝑞0 at a point and
measure 𝐹/𝑞0 , then it can be predicted that the electric field strength 𝐸
(a) > 𝐹/𝑞0 (b) = 𝐹/𝑞0
(c) < 𝐹/𝑞0 (d) Cannot be estimated
26. A solid metallic sphere has a charge +3𝑄. Concentric with this sphere is 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(𝑎 < 𝑅 < 𝑏) from the centre
𝑄 3𝑄
(a) (b)
2𝜋𝜀0 𝑅 2𝜋𝜀0 𝑅
3𝑄 4𝑄
(c) (d)
4𝜋𝜀0 𝑅 2 4𝜋𝜀0 𝑅 2
27. The charge on 500𝑐𝑐 of water due to protons will be
(a) 6.0 × 1027 𝐶 (b) 2.67 × 107 𝐶
(c) 6 × 1023 𝐶 (d) 1.67 × 1023 𝐶

28. Charge 𝑞 is uniformly distributed over a thin half ring of radius 𝑅. The electric field at the centre
of the ring is
𝑞 𝑞
(a) 2 2 (b) 2
2𝜋 𝜀0 𝑅 4𝜋 𝜀0𝑅 2
𝑞 𝑞
(c) (d)
4𝜋𝜀0 𝑅 2 2𝜋𝜀0 𝑅 2

29. An electric dipole is situated in an electric field of uniform intensity E whose dipole moment is
p and moment of inertia is I. If the dipole is displaced slightly from the equilibrium position, then
the angular frequency of its oscillations is
𝑝𝐸 1/2 𝑝𝐸 3/2
(a) ( ) (b) ( )
𝐼 𝐼
𝐼 1/2 𝑝 1/2
(c) ( ) (d) ( )
𝑝𝐸 𝐼𝐸
30. An infinite number of electric charges each equal to 5 nC (magnitude) are placed along X-axis at
𝑥 = 1cm, 𝑥 = 2cm, 𝑥 = 4cm 𝑥 = 8cm ………. and so on. In the setup if the consecutive charges
1
have opposite sign, then the electric field in N/C at 𝑥 = 0 is (4𝜋𝜀 = 9 × 109 𝑁 − 𝑚2 /𝑐 2 )
0
4
(a) 12 × 10 (b) 24 × 104
(c) 36 × 104 (d) 48 × 104
31. Charges on two identical metal balls is Q and 3Q. They are kept at same distance after an initial
contact. What is the ratio of initial to the final force?
(a) 4:3 (b) 3:4 (c) 2:3 (d) 3:2

32. A comb is run through wet hair on a rainy day, then

(a) it will attract large number of small bits of paper
(b) it will not go through the hair
(c) it will not attract small bits of paper
(d) None of the above

33. Three identical charges are placed on three vertices of a square. If the force acting between
𝐹13
q1and q2 is F12 and between q1 & q3 is F13 then is
𝐹12
1 1
(a) (b) 2 (c) (d) √2
2 √2

34. A negatively charged oil drop is prevented from falling under gravity by applying a vertical
electric field 100 Vm–1. If the mass of the drop is 1.6 × 10–3 g, the number of electrons carried
by the drop is (g = 10 ms–2)
(a) 1012 (b) 1015 (c) 106 (d) 109

35. ABC is a right-angle triangle in which AB = 3 cm, BC = 4cm and right angle is at B. Three
charges +15µC, +12µC and –20µC are placed respectively at A, B and C. The force acting on
the charge at B is
(a) 1250 N (b) 3500 N (c) 1200 N (d) 2250 N

36. A charge Q1 exerts some force on a second charge Q2. If a 3rd charge Q3 is brought near, then
the force of Q1 exerted on Q2
(a) will increase
(b) will decrease
(c) will remain unchanged
(d) will increase if Q3 is of the same sign as Q1 and will decrease if Q3 is of opposite sign.

37. Three equal charges (q) are placed at corners of an equilateral triangle of side a. The force on
any charge is
𝑘𝑞2 𝑘𝑞2 𝑘𝑞2
(a) Zero (b) √3 2 (c) (d)3√3
𝑟 √3𝑟 2 𝑟2

38. Two charges of 1µC and 5µC are placed 4 cm apart. The ratio of forces exerted by both the
charges on each other will be
 (a) 1: 1 (b) 1:5 (c) 5:1 (d) 25 :1

39. Three charges 1 µC, 1 µC and 2 µC are kept at vertices of A, B and C of an equilateral triangle
ABC of side 10 cm respectively. The resultant force on the charge at C is
(a) 0.9 N (b) 1.8 N (c) 2.72 N (d) 3.12 N

40. If a charge on the body is 1 nC, then how many electrons are present on the body?
(a) 1.6 × 1019 (b) 6.25 × 109 (c) 6.25 × 1027 (d) 6.25 × 1028

ASSIGNMENT 2 JEE QUESTIONS

41. A few electric field lines for a system of two charges Q1 and Q2 fixed at two different points on
the x - axis are shown in the figure. These lines suggest that

(A) Q1  Q2

(B) Q1  Q 2

(C) At a finite distance to the left of Q1 the electric field is zero

(D) At a finite distance to the right of Q2 the electric field is zero

42. A spherical metal shell A of radius RA and a solid metal sphere B of radius RB (< RA) are kept far
apart and each is given charge ‘+Q’. Now they are connected by a thin metal wire. Then
(A) Einside
A =0 (B) QA > QB

A R B
(C) = (D) Eonsurface  Eon surface

B R A
A B

43. A cubical region of side a has its centre at the origin. It encloses three fixed point charges, −q at
(0, −a / 4, 0), +3q at (0, 0, 0) and −q at (0, +a/4, 0). Choose the correct option (s)
 (A) The net electric flux crossing the plane x = +a / 2 is equal to the net electric flux crossing the
plane x = −a/2
(B) The net electric flux crossing the plane y = +a/2 is more than the net electric flux crossing the
plane
y = −a/2
q
(C) The net electric flux crossing the entire region is
0

(D) The net electric flux crossing the plane z = +a/2 is equal to the net electric flux crossing the x
= +a /2

44. Two particles of masses m and 2m having same charges q each are placed in a uniform electric
field E and allowed to move for the same time. Find the ratio of their kinetic energies.

(A)2 (B) 1
(C)3 (D) 4

45. If on the concentric hollow spheres of radii r and R(> r) the charge Q is distributed such that their
surface densities are same then the potential at their common centre is

Q(R 2 + r 2 ) QR Q(R + r)
(A) (B) (C) Zero (D)
40 (R + r) R+r 40 (R 2 + r 2 )

46. A point charge q is placed at a distance a/2 directly above the centre of a square of side a. The
electric flux through the square is
(A) q/0 (B) q/0 (C) q/40 (D) q/60
Ans (D)
47. Two infinitely long parallel wires having linear charge densities 1 and 2 respectively are placed
at a distance of R metres. The force per unit length on either wire will be  K =
1 
4 0 


21 2 21 2 1 2 1 2

(A) K (B) K (C) K (D) K
R2 R R2 R

48. 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 0.8g cm−3, the angle remains
the same. If density of the material of the sphere is 1.6g cm−3, the dielectric constant of the liquid
is
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2

49. Charge q is uniformly distributed over a thin half ring of radius R. The electric field at the centre
of the ring is
q q q q
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2  0 R 2 4 2  0 R 2 40 R 2 20 R 2

50. Three positive charges of equal value q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. The
resulting lines of force should be sketched as in
(A) (B) (C) (D)

51. A metallic shell has a point charge ‘q’ kept inside its cavity. Which one of the following diagrams
correctly represents the electric lines of forces
(A) (B) (C) (D)

52. An infinite number of electric charges each equal to 5 nanocoulomb (magnitude) are placed along
X-axis at x = 1 cm, x = 2 cm, x = 4 cm x = 8 cm ….and so on. In the setup if the consecutive
charges have opposite sign, then the electric field in Newton/Coulomb at x = 0 is
 1 2
 4 = 9  10 N − m / c 
9 2

 0 
 (A) 12  104 (B) 24 104 (C) 36 104 (D) 48 104

53. Two point charges +q and −q are held fixed at (−d, 0) and (d, 0) respectively of a (X, Y) coordinate
system. Then
(A) E at all points on the Y –axis is a long î

(B) The electric field E at all points on the X - axis has the same direction

(C) Dipole moment is 2qd directed along î

(D) Work has to be done in bringing a test charge from infinity to the origin

54. Six charges, three positive and three negative of equal magnitude are to be placed at the vertices
of a regular hexagon such that the electric field at O is double the electric field when only one
positive charge of same magnitude is placed at R. Which of the following arrangements of charges
is possible for P, Q, R, S, T and U respectively

(A) +, −, +, −, −, + (B) +, −, +, −, +, −
(C) +, +, −, +, −, − (D) −, +, +, −, +, −

55. A particle of mass 2  10−5 Kg and charge 4  10−3 C moves from rest in a uniform electric field
of magnitude 5 V/m. Its kinetic energy after 10 seconds is
(A) 2  103 J (B) 103 J (C) 2  10−3 J (D) 102 J

56. An electron is released from the bottom plate A as shown in the figure (E = 104 N/C). The velocity
of the electron when it reaches plate B will be nearly equal to

(A) 0.85  107 m/s (B) 1.0  107 m/s

(C) 1.25  107 m/s (D) 1.65  107 m/s

57. A uniformly charged thin spherical shell of radius R carries uniform surface charge density of 
per unit area. It is made of two hemispherical shells, held together by pressing them with force F
(see figure). F is proportional to
 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
(A) R (B) R (C) (D)
0 0 0 R 0 R 2

58. The electric intensity due to a dipole of length 10 cm and having a charge of 500 C, at a point
on the axis at a distance 20 cm from one of the charges in air, is
(A) 6.25  107 N/C (B) 9.28  107 N/C
(C) 13.l  1111 N/C (D) 20.5 107 N/C

59. A molecule with a dipole moment p is placed in an electric field of strength E. Initially the dipole
is aligned parallel to the field. If the dipole is to be rotated to be anti-parallel to the field, the work
required to be done by an external agency is
(A) −2pE (B) −pE (C) pE (D) 2pE

60. Three point charges +q, −2q and +q are placed at points (x = 0, y = a, z = 0), (x = 0, y = 0, z = 0)
and
(x = a, y = 0, z = 0) respectively. The magnitude and direction of the electric dipole moment
vector of this charge assembly are
(A) 2qa along + y direction

(B) 2qa along the line joining points (x = 0, y = 0, z = 0) and ( x = a, y = a, z = 0)

(C) qa along the line joining points (x = 0, y = 0, z = 0) and (x = a, y = a, z = 0)

(D) 2qa along + x direction