Nikhil Singh

New Delhi

ELECTROSTATICS TEST 2
Class 12 - Physics
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 35

General Instructions:

All questions are compulsory.

Section A
1. When a negatively charged conductor is connected to earth [1]

a) Electrons flow from the earth to the b) Protons flow from the conductor to the earth
conductor

c) No charge flow occurs d) Electrons flow from the conductor to the

earth
2. A conducting sphere of radius 10 cm has an unknown charge. If the electric field 20 cm from the centre of the [1]
sphere is 1. 5 × 10 3
N/C and points radially inward, what is the net charge on the sphere?

a) -6.67 nC b) 7.67 nC

c) 7.27 nC d) 6.27 nC
3. If a positive charge is displaced against the electric field in which it was situated, then [1]

a) the intensity of the electric field decreases b) work will be done by the electric field on
the charge

c) energy of the system will decrease d) energy will be provided by external source
displacing the charge
4. An electric dipole with dipole moment 4 × 10 −9
Cm is aligned at 30 with the direction of a uniform electric
∘
[1]
field of magnitude 5 × 10 4
N/C . Calculate the magnitude of the torque acting on the dipole.

a) 1.0 × 10 −4
Nm b) 1. 5 × 10
−8
Nm

c) 2. 5 × 10 −4
Nm d) 3. 5 × 10
−4
Nm

5. A point P lies on the perpendicular bisect of an electric dipole of dipole moment p. If the distance of P from the [1]
dipole is r (much larger than the size of the dipole), then the electric field at P is proportional to

a) p and r-2 b) p and r-3

c) p2 and r-3 d) p-1 and r-2

6. Three charges are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side a as shown in the figure. The force [1]
experienced by the charge placed at the vertex A in a direction normal to BC is :

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 2

a) Q
b) zero
2
2π∈0 a

2 2

c) Q
d) −Q

2 2
4π∈0 a 4π∈0 a

Q
7. Four charges as shown in the figure are placed at the corners of a square of side length a. What is the ratio of q
[1]
if the net force on Q is zero?

a) 1
b) 1

2√2 √2

–
c) 1

2
d) -2√2
8. A thin conducting ring of radius R is given a charge +Q. The electric field at the centre O of the ring due to the [1]
charge on the part AKB of the ring is E directed along OK.

The electric field at the centre due to the charge on the part ACDB of the ring is

a) 3E along OK b) E along OK

c) E along KO d) 3E along KO
Section B
9. A proton falls down through a distance of 2 cm in a uniform electric field of magnitude 3.34 × 103 NC-1. [2]

Determine
i. the acceleration of the electron
ii. the time taken by the proton to fall through the distance of 2 cm, and
iii. the direction of the electric field.

Take mass of a proton = 1.67 × 10-27kg.

10. A system has two charges qA = 2.5 × 10-7C and qB = -2.5 × 10-7C located at points A: (0, 0, -15 cm) and B : [2]

(0, 0, +15 cm), respectively. What is the total charge and electric dipole moment of the system?
11. Depict the orientation of the dipole in [2]
a. stable

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 b. unstable equilibrium in a uniform electric field.
12. A thin insulating rod of length L carries a uniformly distributed charge Q. Find the electric field strength at a [2]
point along its axis at a distance 'a' from one end.

Section C
13. a. Two point charges + Q1 and - Q2 are placed r distance apart. Obtain the expression for the amount of work [3]

done to place a third charge Q3 at the midpoint of the line joining the two charges.
b. At what distance from charge + Q1 on the line joining the two charges (in terms of Q1, Q2 and r) will this
work done be zero.
14. Find the expression for electric field intensity in an axial position due to electric dipole. [3]
15. i. Define torque acting on a dipole of dipole moment 'p' placed in a uniform electric field E. Express it in the [3]
vector form and point out the direction along which it acts.
ii. What happens if the field is non-uniform?
iii. What would happen if the external field E is increasing (a) parallel to p and (b) anti-parallel to p?
Section D
16. a. State the principle of superposition and use it to obtain the expression for the total electric force exerted at a [5]
point charge due to an assembly of n discrete point charges.
b. Three charges 10 μ C, 5 μ C and -5μ C are placed in air at the three corners A, B and C of an equilateral
triangle of side 0.1m. Find the resultant force experienced by charge placed at corner A.
17. An electric dipole is placed in a uniform electric field: [5]
i. Show that no translatory force acts on it.
ii. Derive an expression for the torque acting on it.
iii. Find work done in rotating the dipole through 180°.

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