SAKTHI VINAYAKAR HINDU VIDYALAYA

CBSE Senior. Secondary School - Thoothukudi

Physics-Assignment

Chapter-2
1.Name
Name the physical quantity whose SI unit is J/C. Is it a scalar or vector quantity?

2. 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?

3. The electric field inside a parallel plate capacitor is E. What would be the work done in moving q along the closed
rectangular path ABCDA?

4. What is the amount of work done in moving a point charge qo around a circular arc of radius 'r' at the centre of
which another point charge q charge q is located?

5. Why should electrostatic field be zero inside a conductor?

6. Why is electrostatic potential

ential constant throughout the volume of the conductor and has the same value (as inside)
on its surface?

7. A hollow metal sphere of radius 5 cm is charged such that the potential on its surface is 10 V. What is the potential
at the centre of the sphere?

8. Why must electrostatic field be normal to the surface at every point of a charge conductor?

9. A metal sphere with a charge Q is surrounded by an uncharged concentric thin spherical shell. The potential
difference between them is V. If the shell is now given an additional charge Q, what is the new potential difference
between them?

10. Α 500 μC charge is at the centre of a square of side 10 cm. Find the work done in moving a charge a charge of 10
µC between two diagonally opposite points on the square.
11. A charge qo is moved from a point A above a dipole of dipole moment p to a point B below the dipole at
equatorial plane without acceleration. Find the work done in the process.

12. Show on a plot the nature of variation of the (i) electric field (E) and (ii) potential (V) of a small electric dipole
with distance
ce (r) of the field point from the centre of the dipole.

13. For any charge configuration equipotential surface through a point is normal to the electric field Justify.

14. The given graph shows variation of charge 'q' versus potential difference V for ttwo
wo capacitors C1 and C2 . Both
the capacitors have same plate separation but plate area of C2 is greater than that of C1 Which line (A or B)
corresponds to C1and why?

15. Write two properties by which electric potential is rrelated to the electric field.

16. Two spherical conductors of radii R1 and R2(R2 > R1) are charged. If they are connected by a conducting wire,
find out the ratio of the surface charge densities on them.

17. A dipole is present in an electrostatic

tatic field of magnitude 106 NC- 1 .If
If the work done in rotating it from its position
of stable equilibrium to its position of unstable equilibrium equals 2 x 10 – 23 J . Find
ind the magnitude of the dipole
moment of this dipole.

18. The electric field and electric potential at any point due to a point char
charge
ge kept in air is 20 N/C and 10 J/C
respectively. Compute the magnitude of this charge.

19. A test charge 'q' is moved without acceleration from A to C along the path from A to B and then from B to C in
electric field E as shown in the figure. (i) Calcula
Calculate the potential difference between
tween A and C. (ii) At which point (of
the two) is the electric
ctric potential more and why?

20. (i) Can two equipotential surfaces intersect each other? Give reasons.
(ii) Two charge -q and +qq test are located at points A(0, 0, - a) and B(0, 0, +a)
a) respectively. How much work is done
in moving
ving a test charge from point P(7, 0, 0) to Q(
Q(- 3, 0, 0) ?

21. Draw 3 equipotential surfaces corresponding to a field that uniformly increases in magnitude but remains
constant along Z-direction.
direction. How are these surfaces different from that of a constant elec
electric field along Z-direction?
22. Two uniformly large parallel thin plates having charge densities +σ and –σ are kept in the X - Z plane at a
distance 'd' apart. Sketch an equipotential surface due to electric field between the plates. If a particle of mass m and
charge '-q' remains stationary between the plates, what is the magnitude and direction of this field?

23. Two point charges +10 µC and -10 µC are separated by a distance of 40 cm in air.
(i) Calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the system, assuming the zero of the potential energy to be at
infinity.
(ii)Draw an equipotential surface of the system.

24. Two point charges +4μC and - 2 μC are separated by a distance of 1 m in air. Calculate at what point on the line
joining the two charges is the electric potential zero.

25. Two point charges q1= 10 x 10 - 8 C and q2 = - 2 x 10- 8 C are separated by a distance of 60 cm in air.
(i)Find at what distance from the 1st charge q1 would the electric potential be zero.
(ii) Also calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the system.

26. An electric dipole of length 4 cm, when placed with its axis marking an angle of 60˚ with a uniform electric field,
experiences a torque of 4√3 N- m . Calculate the potential energy of the dipole if it has charge ±8nC .

27. Calculate the amount of work done to dissociate a system of three charges of 1 µC, 1µC and -4µC placed on the
vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm.

28. In a quark model of elementary particles , a neutron is made of one up quark ℎ = and two down
quarks ℎ =− .Assume that they have a triangle configuration with side length of the order of 10- 15m .
Calculate electrostatic potential energy of neutron.

29. Find the ratio of the potential differences that must be applied across the parallel and series combination of two
capacitors C1 and C2 with their capacitances and the ratio 1:2 so that the energy stored in the two cases becomes the
same.

30. (i) Find equivalent capacitance between A and B in the combination given below. Each capacitor is of 2μF
capacitance.
(ii) If a d.c. source of 7 V is connected across AB, how much charge is drawn from the source and what is the energy
stored in the network?

31. Fig. shows two identical capacitors, C1and C2 each of 1μF capacitance connected to a battery of 6 V. Initially
switch 'S' is closed. After sometime ‘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?
32. Two capacitors of capacitance of 6 µF and 12μF are connected in series with a battery. The voltage across the
6μF capacitor is 2 V. Compute the total battery voltage.

33. A network of four capacitors, each of capacitance 15 μF is connected across a battery of 100 V as shown in the
Fig. Find the net capacitance and the charge on the capacitor C4 .

34. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential V. It is then connected to another uncharged
capacitor having the same capacitance. Find out the ratio of the electrostatic energy stored in the combined system to
that stored initially in the single capacitor.

35. A slab of material of dielectric constant K has the same area as that of the plates of a parallel plate capacitor but
the thickness d/2, where d is the separation between the plates. Find out the expression for its capacitance when the
slab is inserted between the plates of the capacitor.

36. Determine the potential difference across the plates of the capacitor C1 of the network shown in the Fig. Assume
ε1 > ε 2 .

37. Calculate the electric potential at the centre of a square of side √2 m , having charge 100 μC , -50 μC, 20 µC and
60 µC at the four comers of this square.

38. Four point charge Q, q, Q and Q are placed at the corners of a square of 'a' as shown in the fig. Find the
(a) resultant electric from Q, and charge
(b) potential energy of this system

39. (a) There point charges q, - 4q and 2q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle ABC of side 'l' as shown
in the Fig. Obtain the expression for the magnitude of the resultant electric force acting on the charge q. (b) Find out
the magnitude of the work done to separate the charges at infinite distance.
40. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is charge to a potential V by a battery. Without disconnecting the
battery, the distance between the plates is tripled and a dielectric medium of dielectric constant 10 is introduced
between the plates of the capacitor. Explain giving reasons, how will the following be affected:
(i) Capacitance of the capacitor,
(ii) Charge on the capacitor, and
(iii)Energy density of the capacitor,

41. Two capacitors of unknown capacitance C1 & C2 are connected first in series and then in parallel across a battery
of 100 V. If energy stored in the two combinations is 0.045 J, 0.25 J respectively, determine the value of C1 & C2
Also calculate the charge on each capacitor in parallel combination.

42. Find the total energy stored in the capacitors in the given network of Fig.

43. There identical capacitors C1, C2 and C3 of capacitance 6 µF each are connected to a 12 V battery as shown in
Fig. Find (i) charge on each capacitor (ii) equivalent capacitance of the network (iii) energy stored in the network of
capacitors.

44. Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of the plates and same separation between them, X has
air between the plates while Y contains a dielectric medium of = 4
(i) Calculate capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is 4 μF
(ii) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of X and Y
(iii) Estimate the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y

45. Two identical capacitors of 12 pF each are connected in series across a battery of 50 V. How much electrostatic
energy is the combination? If these were connected in parallel across the same battery, how much energy will be
stored in the combination now? Also find the charge drawn from the battery in each case.

46. Two parallel plate capacitors of capacitance C1 and C2 such that C2 = C1 are connected across a battery of V volts
as shown in the Fig. Initially the key K is kept closed to fully charge the capacitors. The key K is now thrown open
and dielectric slabs of dielectric constant K0 are inserted in the two capacitors to completely fill the gap between the
plates. Find the ratio of
(i) the net capacitance, and
(ii) The energies stored in the combination before and after the introduction of dielectric slabs.
47. A 12 pF capacitor is connected to a 50 V battery. How much electrostatic energy is stored in the capacitor? If
another capacitor of 6 pF is connected in series with it with the same battery connected across the combination, find
the charge stored and potential difference across each capacitor.

48. Calculate the potential difference and the energy stored in the capacitor C2 in the circuit shown in the Fig. Given
potential at A is 90V, C1= 20 μF , C2 = 30 μF and C3= 15 μF

49. The equivalent capacitance of the combination between A and B in the given figure is 4 μF (i) Calculate
capacitance of the capacitor C. (ii) Calculate charge on each capacitor if a 12 V battery is connected across
terminals A and B. (iii) What will be the potential drop across each capacitor?

50. Two identical parallel plate capacitors A and B to a battery of V volts with the switch S closed. The switch is
now opened and the free space between the plates of the capacitors is filled with dielectric of dielectric constant K.
find the ratio of the total electrostatic energy stored in both capacitors before and after the introduction of the
dielectric.

51. Find the equivalent capacitance of the network shown in the Fig. when each capacitor is of 1μF . Where the ends
X and Y are connected to 6 V battery, find out (i) the charge and (ii) the energy stored in the network.

52. Two metallic spheres of radii R and 2R are charge so that both of these have same surface charge density σ. If
they are connected to each other with a conduction wire, in which direction will the charge flow and why?

53. A conduction slab of thickness 't' is introduced without touching between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor,
separated by a distance 'd' (t < d) Derive an expression for the capacitance of the capacitor.

54. A dielectric slab of thickness 't' is kept between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor separated by a distance 't'
(t < d). Derive the expression for the capacity of the capacitor.

55. The two plates of a parallel plate capacitor are 4 mm apart. A slab of dielectric constant 3 and thickness 3 mm is
introduced between the plates with its faces parallel to them. The distance between the plates is so adjusted that the
capacity of the capacitor became its original value. What is the new distance between the plates?

56. A system of capacitors, connected as shown, has a total energy of 16 mJ stored in it. Obtain the value of the
equivalent capacitance of this system and the value of z.

57. A network of four capacitors each of 12µF capacitance is connected to a 500 V supply as shown in the Fig.
Determine
(a) equivalent capacitance of the network and
(b) charge on each capacitor.

58. (a) Obtain the expression for the potential due to an electric dipole of dipole moment at a point situated at a
distance 'x' on the axial line.
(b) Two identical capacitors of plate dimensions l x b and plate separation 'd' have dielectric slabs filled in between
the space of the plates as shown in Fig. Obtai
Obtainn the relation between the dielectric constants K, K1 and K2