IPC ACADEMY

CLASS 12th
SUBJECT – PHYSICS (ELECTROSTATICS POTENTIAL)
MM: 30 Faculty: Er. Himanshu Sahu Time: 60 Min

SECTION A
(1 Mark Each)
1. Work done to bring a unit positive charge from infinity to a point in an electric field is known as
_______
a) Electric potential b) Electric field intensity
c) Electric dipole moment d) The total energy of the point charge
Ans. a) Electric potential

2. If VA and VB are the potentials of the two points A and B, what will be the correct relation
between the electric field and the potential difference between the points? The distance between
the points is d.

a) 𝑉 − 𝑉 = 𝐸𝑑 𝑬⃗
b) 𝑉 − 𝑉 = 𝐸𝑑
A B
c) 𝑉 − 𝑉 = 𝐸/𝑑

d) 𝑉 − 𝑉 = 𝑑/𝐸

Ans a)

3. If a charged body is moved in an electric field against the Coulomb force, then ________
a) Work is done on the body by an external agent b) Work is done by the electric field
c) Electric field intensity decreases d) The total energy of the system decreases
Ans a)

4. Electric potential varies with distance such that V(x) =ax-bx3; where a and b are constants.
Where will the electric field intensity be zero?

a) 𝑥 = b) 𝑥 = c) 𝑥 = d) 𝑥 = ±

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5. Equipotential surfaces
(a) are closer in regions of large electric fields compared to regions of lower electric fields.
(b) will be more crowded near sharp edges of a conductor.
(c) will always be equally spaced.
(d) both (a) and (b) are correct.

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6. An electric dipole of moment p is placed in a uniform electric field E. Then

(i) the torque on the dipole is p×E

(ii) the potential energy of the system is p.E

(iii) the resultant force on the dipole is zero.

(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct (b) (i) and (iii) are correct and (ii) is wrong

(c) only (i) is correct (d) (i) and (ii) are correct and (iii) is wrong

Ans C

Directions: These questions consist of two statements, each printed as Assertion and Reason.
While answering these questions, you are required to choose any one of the following four
responses.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the
Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the
Assertion.
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

7. Assertion : Two equipotential surfaces cannot cut each other.

Assertion:

Two equipotential surfaces cannot cut each other.

 If two equipotential surfaces were to intersect, it would imply that a point on the line of intersection
has two different electric potentials at the same time, which is not possible. Hence, they cannot cut
each other.

Reason:

Two equipotential surfaces are parallel to each other.

 Equipotential surfaces are not necessarily parallel.

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 o For a uniform electric field, they are parallel planes.
So the statement is only conditionally true, not universally.

Conclusion:

 Assertion is correct.
 Reason is incorrect.

✅ Final Answer:

Assertion is true, but Reason is false.

8. Assertion : Electric potential and electric potential energy are different quantities.
Reason : For a system of positive test charge and point charge electric potential energy = electric
potential.

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 SECTION B
(2 Mark Each)
9. A 500 µC charge is at the centre of a square of side 10 cm. Find the work done in moving a
charge of 10 µC between two diagonally opposite points on the square.

Ans

10. A point charge Q is placed at point O as shown in the figure. Is the potential difference V A – VB
positive, negative or zero, if Q is
(i) positive
A B
(ii) negative?

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11. Derive an expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole of dipole movement 𝑃⃗ in the
electric field 𝐸⃗ .

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 SECTION C
(3 Mark Each)
12. Derive the expression for the electric potential at any point along the axial line of an electric
dipole.
Ans

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

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14. Define an equipotential surface. Draw equipotential surfaces :
(i) in the case of a single point charge and
(ii) in a constant electric field in Z-direction. Why the equipotential surfaces about a single charge
are not equidistant?
(iii) Can electric field exist tangential to an equipotential surface? Give reason.
Ans

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15. What is the relation between electric field and electrostatic potential?
Ans

SECTION D
(4 Marks)
16. Consider a system of two point charges +4μC and -4μC and , placed 20 cm apart in a vacuum.
The charges are fixed at points A and B respectively along the x-axis, with A at x= -10cm and B at
x =+10 cm The electric field and equipotential surfaces generated by these charges are symmetric
about the midpoint between the two charges. Equipotential surfaces are surfaces on which the
potential at every point is the same. Near the charges, these surfaces are nearly spherical, and at
greater distances, the surfaces become elongated along the axis connecting the charges. At the
midpoint between the charges, the potential is zero. However, the electric field at this point is not
zero, as the electric fields due to the individual charges add up in magnitude but point in opposite
directions. A small test charge is moved from a point at infinity to different positions in the
vicinity of the charges, including points on equipotential surfaces.

i) At the midpoint between the two charges (the origin), what is the electric potential?

(A) Zero (B) Maximum positive (C) Maximum negative (D) Depends on the path taken
Ans a) Zero

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ii) Which of the following statements about equipotential surfaces is correct?

(A) Equipotential surfaces are always parallel to the electric field lines.
(B) Equipotential surfaces are perpendicular to electric field lines.
C) The work done by the electric field in moving a test charge between two points on the same
equipotential surface is not zero.
(D) Equipotential surfaces do not exist near charges.
Ans b)

iii) If the test charge is moved from a point on an equipotential surface at 10 cm from the origin to
another point at 15 cm from the origin, what is the work done by the electric field?

(A) Positive (B) Negative (C) Zero (D) Depends on the charge type
Ans. c) Since the potential at each point of an equipotential surface is the same, the potential does
not change while we move a unit positive charge from one point to another. Therefore work done
in the process is zero.

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iv) What can be concluded if the electric potential difference between two points is zero?

A) The points are on the same equipotential surface

Ans A) The points are on the same equipotential surface.

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