Bala Vidya Mandir Sr.

Sec School
ASSIGNMENT I
Electrostatic charges and Field
CLASS: XII
SUBJECT: PHYSICS Date of
submission: 05/06/25
Directions (Q1-Q2) - Select the most appropriate option from those given
below each question.
1. If an electric dipole is kept in a uniform electric field, then resultant electric
force on it is: (1)
a. never zero c. depends on dipole
b. none d. always zero
2. Two similar spheres having +Q and -Q charges are kept at a certain distance
with force F acting between them. If, another similar sphere having +Q
charge is kept at the middle of two spheres, then it experiences a force in
magnitude and direction as (1)
a. zero having no direction. c. 8F towards -Q
charge
b. 8F towards +Q charge. d. 4F towards +Q
charge.
3. Three charges + 3q, + q and Q are placed on a straight line with equal separation. In
order to make the net force on q to be zero, the value of Q will be:
(1)
(a) +3q (b) +2q (c) -3q (d) -4q

4. Which of the following graphs shows the variation of electric field E due to a hollow
spherical conductor of radius R as a function of distance from the centre of the sphere?
(1)

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) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct, Reason is incorrect
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

5. Assertion: On going away from a point charge or a small electric dipole,

electric field decreases at the same rate in both the cases.
Reason: Electric field is inversely proportional to square of distance from the

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 charge or an electric dipole.
(1)

6. Assertion: If the electric flux of the electric field over a surface ∮ E.dS is
zero, then electric field is zero everywhere on the surface.
Reason: There shouldn’t be any charge inside the surface for electric flux to be
zero. (1)

7. Assertion: The property that the force with which two charges attract or repel each
other are not affected by the presence of a third charge.
Reason: Force on any charge due to a number of other charges is the vector sum of all
the forces on that charge due to other charges, taken one at a time.
(1)

8. Assertion: If the electric flux of the electric field over a surface ∮ E.dS is zero, then
electric field is zero everywhere on the surface.
Reason: There shouldn’t be any charge inside the surface for electric flux to be zero.
(1)

9. Show on a plot the nature of variation of the Electric field (E) and potential (V)
of a point charge with the distance (r).
(1)

10. Two charges of magnitudes -3Q and + 2Q are located at points (a, 0) and
(4a, 0) respectively. What is the electric flux due to these charges through a
sphere of radius ‘5a’ with its centre at the origin?
(1)

11. A charge ‘q’ is placed at the centre of a cube of side l. What is the electric flux
passing through two opposite faces of the cube?
(2)

12. If the radius of the Gaussian surface enclosing a charge is halved, how does the
electric flux through the Gaussian surface change? Explain.
(2)

Case study-based question. Attempt all 4 sub parts.

13. Electric field strength is proportional to the density of lines of force i.e., electric field
strength at a point is proportional to the number of lines of force cutting a unit area
element placed normal to the field at that point. As illustrated in given figure, the
electric field at P is stronger than at Q.

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(i) Electric lines of force about a positive point charge are
(a) radially outwards (b) circular clockwise (c) radially inwards (d)
parallel straight lines

(ii) Which of the following is false for electric lines of force?

(a) They always start from positive charge and terminate on negative charges.
(b) They are always perpendicular to the surface of a charged conductor.
(c) They always form closed loops.
(d) They are parallel and equally spaced in a region of uniform electric field.

(iii) Which one of the following patterns of electric line of force is not
possible in field due to stationary charges?

(iv) Electric field lines are curved

(a) in the field of a single positive or negative charge
(b) in the field of two equal and opposite charges.
(c) in the field of two like charges.
(d) both (b) and (c)

14. Surface charge density is defined as charge per unit

surface area
of surface charge distribution.
i.e., σ = dq/dS.
Two large thin metal plates are parallel and close to each
other. On their inner faces, the plates have surface charge densities of opposite
signs having magnitude of 17 x 10-22 C m-2 as shown.
The intensity of electric field at a point is E = σ/ε0 where ε0 = permittivity of free
space.

(i) E in the outer region of the first plate is

a. 17×10−22 N/C b. 1.5×10−25 N/C c. 1.9×10−10 N/C d. zero

(ii) E in the outer region of the second plate is

a. 17×10−22 N/C b.1.5×10−25 N/C c 1.9×10−10 N/C d. zero

(iii) E between the plates is

a. 17×10−22 N/C b.1.5×10−25 N/C c 1.9×10−10 N/C d. zero

(iv) The ratio of E from right side of B at distances 2 cm and 4 cm

respectively is
a. 1:1 b. 1:2 c. 2:1 d. 3:1

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15. Two-point charges q1 and q2 are placed at a distance d apart. The electric
field intensity is zero at point P on the line joining them as shown. Write two
conclusions that you can draw from
this.

(2)

16. Two-point charges +q and -2q are placed at the vertices

‘B’ and ‘C’ of an equilateral triangle ABC of side ‘a’ as given
in the figure. Obtain the expression for the resultant electric
field at vertex A due to these two charges.
(3)

17. Derive an expression for the torque acting on an electric dipole of dipole
moment p placed in a uniform electric field E. Write the direction along which
the torque acts. Show diagrammatically when the torque acting on the dipole is
maximum. (5)

18. a) Is electric flux a scalar or vector quantity? What is its SI

unit?
b) Figure shows three point charges, +2q, -q and + 3q. Two
charges +2q and -q
are enclosed within a surface ‘S’. What is the electric flux due to this
configuration through the surface ‘S’? (2)

19. Derive an expression for the electric field at a point on the axis of an electric
dipole of dipole moment p. Also, write its expression when the distance r >> the
length ‘a’ of the dipole. (3)

20. a) State Gauss theorem in electrostatics. Using it, prove that the
electric field at a point due to a uniformly charged infinite plane
sheet is independent of the distance from it.
b) Four-point charges Q, q, Q, and q are placed at the corners of a
square of side ‘a’ as shown in the figure. Find the resultant electric
force on a charge Q. (5)
21. Draw 3 equipotential surfaces corresponding to a field that uniformly
increases in magnitude but remains constant along Z-direction. How are these
surfaces different from that of a constant 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. Figure shows two identical capacitors C 1 and C2, each of 2 µF capacitance,
connected to a battery of 5 V. Initially switch ‘S’ is left open and dielectric slabs
of dielectric constant K = 5 are inserted to fill completely the space between the
plates of the two capacitors. How will the charge and

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 (ii) potential difference between the plates of the capacitors be affected after the
slabs are inserted?
24. Net capacitance of three identical capacitors in series is 3 pF. What will be
their net capacitance if connected in parallel?
Find the ratio of energy stored in the two configurations if they are both
connected to the same source.
25. Figure 2.2 shows some equipotential lines distributed in space. A charged object
is moved from point A to point B.

(a) The work done in Fig. (i) is the greatest.

(b) The work done in Fig. (ii) is least.

(c) The work done is the same in Fig. (i), Fig. (ii) and Fig. (iii).
(d) The work done in Fig. (iii) is greater than Fig. (ii) but equal to that in Fig. (i)

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