ASSIGNMENT 1

ELECTROSTATIC
[PREPARE (PHYSICS) EXAMINATION THROUGH PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS OF CBSE MARKED WITH STARS ( )]

(Generally five-, three-, two- and one- marks questions are generated from the
theory and derivation part of the questions mentioned below including final formula)

THESE QUESTIONS ALSO APPEARED OFTEN IN QUATERLY, HALFYEARLY AND PRE-BOARD EXAINATION S OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF DELHI

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Mention two properties of electric lines of force. Why the electric field lines never cross each other?**** Draw the electric field lines due to a uniformly charged thin spherical shell when charge on the shell is (i) positive and (ii) negative.*** S etch lines of force due to two e!ual positive charges placed at a small distance apart in air. Define dielectric constant. What is e!uipotential surface?***** S etch lines of force due to a isolated positive point charge and draw e!uipotential surfaces. Draw an e!uipotential surface for a system consisting of two charges Q , -Q separated "y a distance r in air.* Draw an e!uipotential surface in a uniform electric field.*******#an two euipotential surfaces intersect each other ? $ive reason.(CBSE 2009) %he electric field E due to a point charge at any point near it is defined as E & lim qo F'q( where q is the test charge and F is the force acting on it. What is the physical significance of lim qo in this e)pression?**** Define electric field intensity. Write its S* unit. Derive an e)pression for the electric field intensity at any point along the a)ial line of an electric dipole. #alculate the electrostatic field intensity at a distant point situated (i) on the a)is and (ii) along the e!uatorial line of an electric dipole. Define electric flu). Write its S* unit. State $auss theorem and prove it .What is the shape of the $aussian surface. *f the radius of $aussian surface is dou"led( then flu) passing through the surface will change or not. ,sing this

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+ theorem( prove that no electric field intensity e)ists inside a hollow charged conducting sphere. -pply this theorem for finding (i) the electric field intensity due to a uniformly charged spherical shell( (ii) the electric field intensity due to non conducting charged solid sphere( (iii) the electric field intensity due to a thin infinite sheet of charge((iv) the electric field intensity due to two thin infinite parallel sheets of charge and (v)the electric field intensity due to an infinitely long straight wire of linear charge density #'m. Draw graphs "etween electric field and distance in case (i) and (ii). Define electric dipole moment. What is S.* unit? Derive an e)pression for tor!ue produced "y electric dipole when it is place in uniform electric field.What is the net force acing on the dipole in this case. $ive the condition for sta"le e!uili"rium and unsta"le e!uili"rium. What happens when the dipole is placed in non uniform electric field? Derive an e)pression for potential energy of electric dipole placed in uniform electric field. 0riefly e)plain the principle of capacitor. Define the term dielectric constant of a medium in terms of capacitance of a capacitor.(CBSE 2006) 1)plain the phenomenon when a conducting sla" of thic ness t ( t < d) is inserted "etween the plates of a capacitor. 2"tain the e)pression for the new capacitance of the capacitor. 3ow you can increase the capacitance up to infinity. 1)plain the phenomenon when a dielectric sla" of thic ness t (t < d) is inserted "etween the plates of a capacitor. 2"tain the e)pression for the new capacitance of the capacitor if the separation "etween two plates is d and dielectric constant is k.*** Derive the e)pression of the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C with air a s medium "etween its plates having charges Q and 4Q . Show that this energy can "e e)pressed in terms of electric field as oE2A d'+( where A is the area of each plate and d is the separation "etween the plates. %hree capacitors of capacitances C1 , C1 , C1 are connected (i) in series and in parallel. Show that the energy stored in the series com"ination is the same as that of the parallel com"ination.** 5. $ive the principle( construction and wor ing of 6an De $raff $enerator with la"el diagram. 1)plain why a hollow spherical conductor is preferred for the accumulation of charge in it. 1)plain corona discharge?

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