MANAV RACHNA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

EROS GARDEN, CHARMWOOD VILLAGE

WORKSHEET :3
XII (PHYSICS)
ELECTRIC DIPOLE AND GAUSS LAW.
1. Sixtyfour drops of radius 0.02 m and each carrying a charge of 5 μC are combined to
form a bigger drop. Find how the surface density of electrification will change if no
charge is lost. (1:4)
2. Obtain the formula for the electric field due to a long thin wire of uniform linear
charge density λ without using Gauss’s law.
3. A charge is distributed uniformly over a ring of radius ‘a’. Obtain an expression for
the electric intensity E at a point on the axis of the ring. Hence show that for points
at large distances from the ring, it behaves like a point charge.
4. A thing semicircular ring of radius a is charged uniformly and the charge per unit
length is λ. Find the electric field at its centre. (λ/2πε0 )
5. Two charges, one + 5μC and another -5 μC are placed 1 mm apart. Calculate the
dipole moment. (5 x 10-9 Cm)
6. An electric dipole, when held at 30° with respect to a uniform electric field of 104
N/C experiences a torque of 9 x 10-26 Nm. Calculate dipole moment of the dipole.
(1.8 x 10-29 Cm)
7. An electric dipole consists of two opposite charges of magnitude 1/3 x 10-7 C,
separated by 2 cm. The dipole is placed in an external field of 3 x 107 NC-1. What
maximum torque does the electric field exert on the dipole? (0.02Nm)
8. Calculate the electric field due to an electric dipole of length 10 cm having charges
of 1 μC at an equatorial point 12 cm from the centre of the dipole.(4.096 x 10-5N/C)
9. Two point charges each of 5 μC but opposite in sign, are placed 4 cm apart.
Calculate the electric field intensity at a point distant 4 cm from the midpoint on the
axial line of the dipole. (108 N/C)
10. Two charges + 10 μC are placed 5.00 mm apart. Determine the electric field at (a) a
point P on the axis of the dipole 15 cm away from its centre O on the side of the
positive charge, (b) a point Q, 15 cm away from O on a line passing through O and
normal to the axis of the dipole. (2.66 x 105 N/C, 1.33 x 105 N/C)
11. The force experienced by a unit charge when placed at a distance of 0.10 m from the
middle of an electric dipole on its axial line is 0.025 N and when it is placed at a
distance of 0.2 m, the force is reduced to 0.002 N. Calculate the dipole length.(0.10)
12. If 𝐸 = 6 𝑖 + 3 𝑗 + 4 𝑘 , calculate the electric flux through a surface of area 20 units
in Y-Z plane. (120 units)
13. A circular plane sheet of radius 10 cm is placed in a uniform electric field of 5 x 105
NC-1, making an angle of 60° with the field. Calculate the electric flux through the
sheet. (1.36 x 104 Nm2/C)
14. A cylinder is placed in a uniform electric field 𝐸 with its axis parallel to the field.
show that the total electric flux through the cylinder is zero. (Zero)
15. Calculate the number of electric lines of force originating from a charge of 1 C.
(1.129 x 1011)
16. A positive charge of 17.7 μC is placed at the centre of a hollow sphere of radius 0.5
m. Calculate the flux density through the surface of the sphere. (6.4 x 105 N/C)
17. Calculate the electric flux through each of the six faces of a closed cube of length, if
a charge q is placed (a) at its centre and (b) at one of its vertices.
(1/6 (q/ε0), 1/24(q/ε0)
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18. The electric field components in figure are Ex = α x , Ey = Ez = 0, in which α = 800
N/cm2. Calculate (i) the flux ϕE through the cube and (ii) the charge within the cube.
Assume that a = 0.1 m.

(1.05 Nm2/C, 9.27 x 10-12 C)

19. An electric field is uniform, and in the positive x direction for positive x and uniform
with the same magnitude in the negative x direction for negative x. It is given that :-
𝐸 = 200 𝑖 NC-1 for x > 0
and 𝐸 = -200 𝑖 NC-1 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.
(i) What is the net outward flux through each flat face? (+1.57Nm2/C)
(ii) What is the flux through the side of the
cylinder? (zero)
(iii) What is the net outward flux through the
cylinder? (3.14 Nm2/C)
(iv) What is the net charge inside the cylinder?
(2.78 x 10-11) C
20. S1 and S2 are two concentric spheres enclosing charges Q and 2Q respectively as
shown in figure given below.
(i) What is the ratio of electric flux through S1 and S2?
(ii) How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change, if a medium of
dielectric constant k is introduced in the space inside S1 in place of air?
(iii) How will the electric flux through sphere S1 change, if a medium of dielectric
constant k is introduced in the space inside S2 in place of air? (4.5 x 109 QA
N/Cm2)
21. Two long straight parallel wires carry charges λ1 and λ2 per unit length. The
separation between their axes is d. Find the magnitude of the force exerted on unit
length of one due to the charge on the other. (λ1 λ2/2πε0d)

22. An electric dipole consists of charges + 2 x 10-8 C, separated by a distance of 2 mm.

It is placed near a long line charge of density 4.0 x 10-4 Cm-1, as shown in the figure,
such that the negative charge is at a distance of 2 cm from the line charge. Calculate
the force acting on the dipole.

(0.7 N)

23. (a) An infinitely long positively charged wire has a linear charge density λCm-1. An
electron is revolving around the wire as its centre with a constant velocity in a
circular plane perpendicular to the wire. deduce the expression for its kinetic energy.
(b) Plot a graph of the kinetic energy as a function of charge density λ.
(eλ/4πε0)
24. A charge of 17.7 x 10 C is distributed uniformly over a large sheet of area 200 m2.
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Calculate the electric field intensity at a distance of 20 cm from it in air.

(5 x 105 N/C)
25. A charged particle having a charge of -2.0 x 10-6 C is placed close to a non-
conducting plate having a surface charge density of 4.0 x 10-6 Cm-2. Find the force of
attraction between the particle and the plate. (0.45 N)
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26. A particle of mass 9 x 10 g is kept over a large horizontal sheet of charge density
5 x 10-5 Cm-2. What charge should be given to the particle, so that if released, it does
not fall? (3.12 x 10-13)
27. A large plane sheet of charge having surface charge density 5.0 x 10-2 lies in the X-Y
plane. Find the electric flux through a circular area of radius 0.1 m, if the normal to
the circular area makes an angle of 60° with the Z-axis. (4.44 x 10-7 Nm2/C)
28. A spherical conductor of radius 12 cm has a charge of 1.6 x 10-7 C distributed
uniformly over its surface. What is the electric field (i) inside the sphere, (ii) just
outside the sphere, (iii) at a point 18 cm from the centre of the sphere? (0, 105, 4.44 x
104 N/C)
29. A metallic spherical shell has an inner radius R1 and outer radius R2. A charge Q is
placed at the centre of the spherical cavity. What will be the surface charge density
on (i) the inner surface and (ii) the outer surface? (-Q/4πR12, Q/4πR22)
30. The dimensions of an atom are of the order of an Angstrom. Thus there must large
electric fields between the protons and electrons. Why, there is the electrostatic field
inside a conductor zero?