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ELECTRIC FIELD
LEVEL - I ( C.W ) 9. Two charges of 50  C and 100 C aree
ELECTRIC CHARGES AND separated by a distance of 0.6m. The intensity
of electric field at a point midway between them
CONSERVATION OF CHARGE is
1. One million electrons are added to a glass 1) 50 106 V m 2) 5 106 V m
rod. The total charge on the rod is
1) 1013 C 2) 1.6 1013 C 3) 10 106 V m 4) 10 106 V m
3) 1.6 10 C
 12 4) 1012 C 10. Two point charges Q and -3Q are placed some
2. A body has a charge of 9.6 1020 coulomb. It distnace apart. If the electic field at the location

is of Q is E , the field at the location of -3Q is
1) possible  
2) not possible   E E
1) E 2)  E 3)  4) 
3) may (or) may not possible 3 3
4) Data not sufficient 11. A mass m carrying a charge q is suspended
COULOMB’S LAW from a string and placed in a uniform horizontal
electric field of intensity E. The angle made
3. A force of 4N is acting between two charges by the string with the vertical in the equilibrium
in air. If the space between them is completely position is
filled with glass   r  8 , then the new force mg m
1)   tan Eq 2)   tan Eq
1 1
will be
1) 2N 2) 5N 3) 0.2N 4) 0.5N
Eq Eq
4)   tan mg
1
4. There are two charges  1c and  2 c 3)   tan
1

m
kept at certain seperation . The ratio of 12. A proton of mass ‘m’ charge ‘e’ is released
electro static forces acting on them will be in from rest in a uniform electric field of strength
the ratio of ‘E’. The time taken by it to travel a distance
1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 1 3) 1 : 1 4) 1 : 4 ‘d’ in the field is
5. Two identical metal spheres possess +60C
and –20C of charges. They are brought in 2de 2dm 2dE 2Ee
1) 2) 3) 4)
contact and then separated by 10 cm.The mE Ee me dm
force between them is 13. An infinite number of charges each of
1) 36 1013 N 2) 36 1014 N magnitude q are placed on x - axis at distances
of 1,2, 4, 8, ... meter from the origin. The
3) 36 1012 N 4) 3.6 1012 N
intensity of the electric field at origin is
6. A charge q is placed at the centre of the line
joining two equal charges Q. The system of q q q q
three charges will be in equilibrium if q is equal 1) 3 2) 6 3) 2 4) 4
0 0 0 0
to 14. A uniformly charged thin spherical shell of
Q Q Q Q radius R carries uniform surface charge
1)  2)  3)  4) density of  per unit area. It is made of two
2 4 4 2
7. Three charges -q, +q and -q are placed at the hemispherical shells, held together by pressing
corners of an equilateral triangle of side ‘a’. them with force F.F is proportional to
The resultant electric force on a charge +q 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 2
placed at the centroid O of the triangle is 1)   R 2)   R 3) 4)
o o o R o R 2
3q 2 q2 q2 3q 2 ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 0 a 2 4 0 a 2 2 0 a 2 2 0 a 2 POTENTIAL ENERGY
8. A charge of 2C is placed at x=0 and a 15. The p.d. between two plates separated by a
charge of 32C at x=60 cm. A third charge – distance of 1 mm is 100 V. The force on an
electron placed in between the plates is
Q be placed on the x-axis such that it
experiences no force. The distance of the 1) 105 N 2) 1.6  1024 N
point from 2C is(in cm) 3) 1.6  1014 N 4) 1.6  1019 N
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16. An infinite number of charges each equal to 1) 2.5  10 19 J 2) 2  10 19 J
'q' are placed along the X-axis at x = 1, x = 2,
3) 4  10 19 J 4) 2  10 16 J
x = 4, x = 8 ..... The potential at the point x = 0
due to this set of charges is 24. The dipole moment of the given system is
2q
Q 2Q 3Q Q
1) 4  2) 4  3) 4  4)  
o o o o l l
17. A, B, C are three points on a circle of radius 1
cm. These points form the corners of an
q q
equilateral triangle. A charge 2C is placed at
the centre of the circle. The work done in 1) 3ql along perpendicular bisector of q - q line
carrying a charge of 0.1 C from A to B is 2) 2 ql along perpendicular bisector of q - q line
1) Zero 2) 18 1011 J 3) 1.8 1011 J 4) 54 1011 J 3) ql 2 along perpendicular bisector of q - q line
18. Charges +q, -4q and +2q are arranged at the 4) 0
corners of an equilateral triangle of side 0.15m. LEVEL - I ( C.W ) KEY
If q=1  C, their mutual potential energy is 1)2 2) 2 3) 4 4) 3 5) 1 6) 2
1) 0.4J 2) 0.5J 3) 0.6J 4) 0. 8J 7) 3 8) 1 9)2 10) 3 11) 4 12) 2
19. An electron of mass ‘M’ kg and charge ‘e’ 13) 1 14) 1 15) 3 16) 2 17) 1 18) 3
coulomb travels from rest through a potential 19) 3 20) 3 21) 2 22)1 23) 2 24) 1
difference of ‘V’ volt. The final velocity of the
electron is (in m/s) LEVEL - I ( C.W ) HINTS
2eV 2MV 2eV 2MV 1. Q  ne n is integer 2. Q  ne n is integer
1) 2) 3) 4) 1 qq
M e M e F
4. F  4 r 2
1 2
3. F| 
20. A charge ‘Q’ is placed at each corner of a cube K 0

of side ‘a’. The potential at the centre of the 1  q1  q 2 

2

cube is (2008 M) 5. F 
4 0 4d 2
8Q 4Q 4Q 2Q 1 QQ 1 qQ
1)  a 2) 4 a 3) 4)  a  0
0 0 3 0 a 0 6. 40 l2 4  0  l  2
 2 
21. A uniform electric field pointing in positive x-
direction exists in a region let A be the orgin B d
1 q1q2 x
be the point on the x-axis at x = +1 cm and C 7. F 8. q2
4 0 r 2 1
be the point on the Y axis at y = +1cm. Then q1
the potentials at the points A, B and C satisfy 
1 q1 1 q2 1 Q
1) VA < VB 2) VA > VB 3) VA < VC 4) VA > VC. 9. E  4 x 2  4 x 2 10. E  40 r 3
r
22. The electric field at the origin is along the +ve 0 1 0 2

x-axis. A small circle is drawn with the centre 1 qE 2

11. qE  mg tan  12. s t
at the origin cutting the axes at the points A, 2 m
B, C and D having coordinates (a, 0), (0, a), q 1 1 1 
(-a, 0), (0, -a) respectively. Out of points on 13. E  4   2  2  2        
the periphery of the circle, the potential is 0 1 2 4 
minimum at  2
 2
B (0,a)
14. Pressure  and Force =  R 2
2 o 2 o
1) A 2)B
E
A (a, 0) Vq
C ( a, 0) 15. F  Eq =
D (0, a) d
3)C 4)D Q 1 1 1 1 
DIPOLE 16. V  4   1  2  4  8     
0  
23. An electric dipole is along a uniform electric 17. Equipotential surface
field. If it is deflected by 600, work done by an
 
agent is 2  10 19 J. Then the work done by an 18. U  1  q1q2  q2 q3  q1q3 
agent if it is deflected by 300 further is 4 0  r1 r2 r3 

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1 2 1 q 8. Two electric charges of 109 C and 109 C

19. mv  eV 20. V  4 d
2 0
21. Along the field direction potential decreases.
 
22. V   E d r 23. W1  pE 1  cos   and
W2  pE  cos 1  cos  2 
24. p1  lq  p2 and PR  3ql
LEVEL - I ( H. W )
COULOMB’S LAW
1. A charge Q is divided into two parts q1 and q2
such that they experience maximum force of
repulsion when separated by certain distance.
The ratio of Q, q1 and q2 is
1) 1 : 1 : 2 2) 1 : 2 : 2 3) 2 : 2 : 1 4) 2 : 1 : 1
2. 
Two charges each 1c are at P 2i  3 j  k m
 
and Q i  j  k m . Then the force between
them is _____
1) 100N 2) 10N 3) 10 4 dyne 4) 100 dyne
3. Two charges of 200  C and 200  C aree
placed at the corners B and C of an equilateral
triangle ABC of side 0.1 m. The force on a
charge of 5 C placed A is
1) 1800 N 2) 1200 3N 3) 600 3N 4) 900N
4. Two equally charged pith balls 3 cm apart repel
each other with a force of 4  105 newton. The
charge on each ball is
2 9
1) 2 109 C 2) 2 109 C 3)  10 C 4)  10 C
9
are placed at the corners A and B of an
equilateral triangle ABC side 5cm.The electric
intensity at C is
1)1800N/C 2)3600 N/C 3)900N/C 4)2700 N/C
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND
POTENTIAL ENERGY
9. If 41020 eV is required to move a charge of 0.25
coulomb between two points, the potential
difference between these two points is
1
1) 256 volt2) volt
256
3) 256 1019 volt 4) 250 volt
10. Two electric charges of 9  C and - 3 C aree
placed 0.16m apart in air. There are two points
A and B on the line joining the two charges at
distances of (i) 0.04m from - 3 C and in

between the charges and (ii) 0.08m from -
3 C and out side the two charges. The
potentials at A and B are
1) 0V, 5V 2) 0V, 0V 3) 5V, 0V 4) 5V, 10V
11. Four charges 3C ,  1C ,  5 C and 7 C
are arranged on the circumference of a circle
of radius 0.5 m. The potential at the centre is
1) Zero 2) 18 104 V
3) 18 10 V
4 4) 288 103V
12. A positive point charge ‘q’ is carried from a
point ‘B’ to a point ‘A’ in the electric field of a
point charge +Q. If the permittivity of free
space is 0 , the work done in the process is
given by
+Q A B
2 a

3 3
b
ELECTRIC FIELD qQ  1 1  qQ  1 1
5. An electron  mass  9.1 10 31 kg  is sent into an 1) 4   a  b 
2) 4   a  b 
0   0  
electric field of intensity qQ  1 1  qQ  1 1 
9.1 106 newton/coulomb. The acceleration 3) 4   a 2  b 2 
4) 4   a 2  b 2 
0  
0  
produced is 13. An electric cell does 5 joules of work in carrying
1) 1.6 10 m s 2
18
2) 1.6  10 m s 2
6
10 Coulomb’s of charge around a closed
circuit. The emf of the cell is
3) 1.6  10 m s 2 4) 1.6 10 m s 2
18 6
1) 2V 2) 0.5V 3) 4V 4) 1V
6. The electric field at (30, 30) cm due to a charge 14. Two positive charges 12 C and 10 C aree
of -8 nC at the origin in NC-1 is initially separated by 10cm. The work done in

1) 400 i  j  2) 400 i  j   bringing the two charges 4cm closer is
1) 7.2J 2) 3.6J 3) 8.4J 4) 12.4J
3) 200 2 i  j  
4) 200 2 i  j  
15. An insulated charged conducting sphere of
radius 5 cms has a potential of 10V at the
7. Two charges of 10  C and -90  C aree surface. What is the potential at centre?
separated by a distance of 24 cm. Electrostatic 1) 10V 2) zero
field strength from the smaller charge is zero 3) same as that at 5 cms from the surface
at a distance of 4) same as that at 25 cms from the surface
1) 12 cm 2) 24 cm 3) 36 cm 4) 48 cm
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16. A positive charge 'Q' is fixed at a point.A 
21. An electric dipole of moment p is placed
negatively charged particle of mass 'm' and
normal to the lines of force of electric intensity
charge 'q' is revolving in a circular path of 
radius 'r1' with 'Q' as the centre. The work to E , then the work done in deflecting it through
be done to change the radius of the circular an angle of 1800 is
path from r1 to r2 in Joules is 1) pE 2) 2 pE 3) 2 pE 4) zero
Qq 1 1
1) 0 2)    LEVEL-I ( H. W ) KEY
4 o  r1 r2  1) 4 2) 4 3) 4 4) 2 5) 1 6) 3 7) 1
1 Qq  1 1  Qq  1 1  8) 2 9) 1 10) 2 11) 1 12) 1 13) 2 14) 4
3)    4)    15) 1 16) 2 17) 3 18) 2 19)2 20) 4 21) 4
4 o 4 o  r1 r2  4 o  r2 r1 
LEVEL-I ( H. W ) HINTS
17. Figure bellow shows a square array of charged
particles, with distance d between adjacenet 1 qq
2. F  4 r 2
1 2
1. F q1q2
particle. What is the electric potential at point 0

P at the centre of the square if the electric 1 q1q2

3. F1  F2 
potential is zero at infinity ? 4 0 r 2 ; Fr  F1  F2 because angle
4q 2q q between then is1200
1 q2 eE
4. F 5. a 
- 2q 4 0 d 2 m
1) Zero 2) q
4 0 d P q
d
 1 Q x 1 Q
- 4q q
3) 4) . 6. E  4 3 r 7. q2
1 8. E  4 a2
4 0 d 4 0 d q 2q q 0 r q1 0

18. The radii of two charged metal spheres are

5cm and 10cm both having the same charge 1  q1  q2 
9. W  qV 10. V    
60mC. If they are connected by a wire 4 0  r1 r2 
1) A charge of 20mC flows through the wire from 1 Q q1q2  1 1 
larger to smaller sphere 11. V  4  r 12. W    
4 0  r1 r2 
2) A charge of 20mC flows through the wire from 0

smaller to larger sphere W 1 1 

q1q2
3) A charge of 40mC flows through the wire from 13. em f  14. W    
smaller to larger sphere q 4 0
 r1 r2 
4) No charge flows through the wire because both 1 Q q1q2  1 1 
spheres have same charge. 15. V  4 R 16. W    
0 4 0  r1 r2 
19. The electric potential at a point (x, 0, 0) is
1 Q
given by V = 
1000 1500 500 
 2  3  then the 17. V  4 r 18. V=constant and QR
0
 x x x 
dV
electric field at x = 1 m is (in volt/m) 19. E  20. U   p.E 21. W1  pE 1  cos  
dx
1) 5500iˆ 2) 5500iˆ 3) 5500iˆ 4) zero
DIPOLE LEVEL-II (C.W)
20. An electric dipole of moment p is placed in
COULOMB’S LAW
the position of stable equilibrium in uniform
electric field of intensity E. It is rotated 1. Two charges when kept at a distance of 1m
apart in vacuum hava some force of repulsion.
through an angle  from the intial position. If the force of repulsion between these two
The potential energy of electric dipole in the charges be same, when placed in an oil of
position is dielectric constant 4, the distance of
1) pE cos  2) pE sin  separation is
1) 0.25m 2) 0.4m 3) 0.5m 4) 0.6m
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2. The excess (equal in number) number of 9. Two identical particles of charge q each are
electrons that must be placed on each of two connected by a massless spring of force
small spheres spaced 3 cm apart with force of constant k. They are placed over a smooth
repulsion between the spheres to be 10 N 19 horizontal surface.They are released when
unstretched. If maximum extension of the
is spring is r, the value of k is : (neglect
1) 25 2) 225 3) 625 4) 1250 gravitational effect)
3. Two small conducting spheres each of mass
q 1 1 q2 1
9  10 4 kg are suspended from the same point 1) k  r  r 2) k  4 l 2  r
by non conducting strings of length 100 cm. 0 0

They are given equal and similar charges until 2 q 1 q 2

3) k  r  r 4) k  r  r
the strings are equally inclined at 450 each to 0 0

the vertical. The charge on each sphere is ..... ELECTRIC FIELD

coulomb 10. In the figure shown, the electric field intensity
6
1) 1.4 10 2) 1.6 10 3) 2 10 4) 1.96 10
6 6 6 at r  1m, r  6 m, r  9m in Vm 1 is
V
4. Two point charges of magnitude 4  C and -9
 C are 0.5m apart. The electric intensity is
zero at a distance ‘x’ m from ‘ A’ and ‘y’ m 1)-5, -1.67, +5 2) -5, 0, +5
from ‘B’. ‘x’ and ‘y’ are respectively 10V
p 4mc  9mc
3) 0,1.67,0 4) +5, 1.67, -5 0 2 r (m)
8 10
0.5m 11. Point charges of 3  10 9 C are situated at
A B each of three corners of a square whose side
1) 0.5m, 1.0m 2) 1.0m, 1.5m is 15 cm. The magnitude and direction of
3) 2.0m, 1.5m 4) 1.5m, 2.0m electric field at the vacant corner of the square
5. A charge +q is fixed to each of three corners is
of a square. On the empty corner a charge Q 1) 2296 V/m along the diagonal
is placed such that there is no net electrostatic 2) 9622 V/m along the diagonal
force acting on the diagonally opposite charge. 3) 22.0 V/m along the diagonal 4) zero
Then 12. A large flat metal surface has uniform charge
1) Q  2q 2) Q  2 2q density  . An electron of mass m and charge
e leaves the surface at an angle at point A
3) Q   2q 4) Q  4q with speed v , and return to it at point B. The
6. Electrical force between two point charges is maximum value of AB is ____
200N. If we increase 10% charge on one of vm 0 v 2 m 0 v 2e v 2 e
the charges and decrease 10% charge on the 1) 2) 3)   m 4)  m
e e 0 0
other, then electrical force between them for 13. ‘n’ charges Q, 4Q, 9Q, 16Q ..... are placed at
the same distance becomes distances of 1, 2, 3 ..... metre from a point ‘0’
1) 198 N 2) 100 N 3) 200 N 4) 99 N on the same straight line. The electric
7. N fundamental charges each of charge ‘q’ are intensity at ‘0’ is
to be distributed as two point charges seperated Q Q nQ
by a fixed distance, then the maximum to 1) 4  n 2 2) 4  n 3) Infinity 4) 4 
0 0 0
minimum force bears a ratio (N is even and
greater than 2) 14. Two point charges q 1  2  C and q 2  1  C aree
placed at distances b=1 cm and a=2 cm from
N  12 4N 2 N2 2N 2 the origin on the y and x axes as shown in
1) 2) 3) 4)
4N 2
 N  1  4 N  1  N  1  figure. The electric field vector at point (a, b)
will subtend an angle  with the x - axis given
8. A particle A having a charge of 2  106 C and y
by
a mass of 100g is placed at the bottom of a
smooth inclined plane of inclination 300. The q 1 P (a, b)

distance of another particle of same mass and 1) tan   1 2) tan   2

charge, be placed on the incline so that it may b

remain in equilibrium is 3) tan   3 4) tan   4

1) 27 cm 2) 16 cm 3) 30 cm 4) 45 cm O a q 2
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15. A non-conducting ring of radius 0.5 m carries 22. Figure shows three circular arcs, each of radius
of total charge of 1.11x10-10c distributed non- R and total charge as indicated. The net
uniformly on its circumference producing an electric pontential at the centre of the
electric field E everywhere in space. The value curvature is
l  0  
Q Q 2Q Q
of the integral 
l 
 E.dl (l=0 being 1) 2 R 2) 4 R 3)  R
o o o
4)  R
o

centre of the ring) in volts is 23. Two identical conducting very large plates
1) +2 2) -1 3) -2 4) zero P1 and P2 having charges 4Q and  6Q are
ELECTRIC POTENTIALAND placed very closed to each other at separation
POTENTIAL ENERGY d. The plate area of either face of the plate is
16. Three charges +q, -q and -q are kept at the A. The potential difference between plates
vertices of an equilaterial triangle of 10cm side. P1 and P2 is
The potential at the mid point in between -q, -
Qd Qd
q, if q = 5  C is 1) VP1  VP2  A 2) VP1  VP2  A
1) 6.4  105V 2) 12.8  10 4 V o o

3) 6.4  10 4 V 4) 12.8 105 V 5Qd 5Qd

3) VP1  VP2  A 4) VP1  VP2  A
17. Two charges each ‘Q’ are released when the o o
distance between is ‘d’. Then the velocity of DIPOLE
each charge of mass ‘m’ each when the distance
24. An electric dipole consists of two opposite
between them is ‘2d’ is
charges of magnitude 1 C separated by a
Q Q Q Q
1) 8 dm 2) 4 dm 3) 4  dm 4) 2 dm distance of 2cm. The dipole is placed in an
0 0 0 0
electric filed 105 Vm 1 . The maximum torque
18. An oil drop carrying charge ‘Q’ is held in
that the field exert on the dipole is
equilibrium by a potential difference of 600V
between the horizontal plates. In order to hold 1) 103 Nm 2) 2 10 13 Nm
another drop of twice the radius in equilibrium 3) 3  10 3 Nm 4) 4  10 3 Nm
a potential drop of 1600V had to be maintained. 25. An electric dipole is formed two particles fixed
The charge on the second drop is at the ends of a light rigid rad of length l. The
Q 3Q mass of each particle is m and charges are -q
1) 2) 2Q 3) 4) 3Q
2 2 and +q The system is suspended by a
19. A body of mass one gram and carrying a charge torsionless thread in an electric field of
8
10 C passes through two points P and Q. The intensity E such that the dipole axis is parallel
electrostatic potential at Q is OV. The velocity to the field if it is slightly displaced, the period
of the body at Q is 0.2ms 1 and at P is of angular motion is
1 2 qE ml ml 1 ml
0.028ms 1 . The potential at P is 1) 2) 2 qE 3) 2 2qE 4) 2 4qE
2 ml
1) 150V 2) 300V 3) 600V 4) 900V
26. Two point charges - q and +q are located at
20. Three charges each 20  C are placed at the points (0,0,-a) and (0,0,a) respectively. The
corners of an equilateral triangle of side 0.4m .
The potential energy of the system is electric potential at point (0,0,z) is  z  a 
1) 18  10 6 J 2) 9J 3) 9 10 6 J 4) 27J +Q

21. An electric field is expressed as E  2i  3j . 45 0

The potential difference  VA  VB  between

0
30
qa q  2Q
two points A and B whose positions vectors are 1) 4 0 z 2 2) 4 0 a R

given by rA  i  2j and rB  2i  j  3k is 2 qa 2qa  3Q

1) -1 V 2) 1 V 3) 2 V 4) 3 V
 
3) 4 z  a 4) 4 z 2  a 2
0
2 2
0  
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27. Two equal charges ‘q’ of opposite sign are e
separated by a small distance ‘2a’. The electric Force on electron = eE = 
intensity ‘E’ at a point on the perpendicular 0

bisector of the line joining the two charges at e

a very large distance ‘r’ from the line is Acceleration of electron a = m 
+ 4Q + 4Q 0
It will act as projectile with max range
u2 u2
1 qa =   m 0
1 2qa P1 P2 a e
1) 4 r 2 2) 4 r 3
0 0
1 Q Q Q 
13. E  4  .  x 2  x 2  ....  x 2 
1 2 n

1 2qa 1 qa o  1 2 n 
3) 4 r 2 4) 4 r 3 d
0 0 E2
LEVEL - II ( C.W ) KEY 14. Tan  E
1
1) 3 2) 3 3) 1 4) 2 5) 2 6) 1 7) 3
q
t 0  
8) 1 9) 2
15) 1 16) 4
10) 2
17) 1
11) 1
18) 4
12) 2
19) 3
13) 4 14)1
20) 4 21)1
15. Vo  K , V  0 ;
R

t 
 E.dl  Vo  V

22) 1 23) 2 24) 2 25) 3 26) 3 27) 2 1  q 

LEVEL - II ( C. W ) HINTS 16. V  V1  V2  V3 ; V1  V2  4 a / 2
0  
1. t1 
t
V3 
1 q
k 4 0  3a 
q1 q2
1  
2. F
4 0 r 2 and q = ne  2 
3
1 q1q2 V1  R1  Q2
3. F = w tan  where F  4 r 2 17. gain in K.E = loss in P.E 18. V   R  . Q
0 2  2 1

4. Distance of null point x  d 1

Q2 19. m vQ2  v 2p   q VP  VQ 
1 2
Q1
1  q1q2 q2 q3 q3 q1 
+ve for like charges -ve for unlike charges 20. U     
4 0  r12 r23 r13 
1 q2 1 Qq
2 2 0
  2 
1
5. 4 0 a 4 0 2a
2

21. VB  VA     2 dx   3dy 
1 q1q2 110 90 1 2 
6. F q11  q1 and q12  q2
4 0 r 2 ; 100 100 22. V  V1  V2  V3

  Q
2
N
Fmax 2 q2 23. VP1  VP2   A / d
7.  8. mg sin   1
F min  N  1 1 4 0 o
r2
24.  max  pE  2aqE
dV
9. FC  kx 10. E   25.   PE sin  ;   I ; I   PE sin 
dr
ml 2

11. E  E 2  1/ 2 E  1 q2 
4 0 r
I = moment of inertia =
2
r = length of the side I
 Time period  2
 pE
12. Field near metal surface E= 
0 26. The distance of point P from charge +q is r1  z  a
and from charge -q is r2  z  a

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Potential at P is 6. Three point charges +q, +q and –q are placed
at the corners of an equilateral triangle of side
1 q q 1 2qa 'a'. Another charge +Q is kept at the centroid.
  

4 0  r1 r2  4 0 z  a 2
2
 Force exerted on Q is:
1 2qQ 1 6qQ
27. Similar to B on equitorial line of a short bar magnet 1) 4 2) 4
2 2
o a o a
LEVEL - II ( H. W ) 1 8qQ 1 14qQ
3) 4 2 4) 4 2
COULOMB’S LAW o a o a
1. Two equally charged identical metal spheres 7. Three charges q1 ,  q 2 and  q 3 are placed as
A and B repel each other with a force F. shown in fig. The X-component of the force on
Another identical uncharged sphere C is q1 is proportional to Y
touched to A and then placed midway between
A and B. The net force on C is in the direction q3

1) F towards A 2) F towards B
q 2 q3 q q
3) 2F towards A 4) 2F towards B 1) 2
 2 cos  2) 22  23 sin  a 
b a b a
2. Two unlike charges seperated by a distance q1
q2 q2 q2 q2 q1 b X
of 1m attract each other with a force of 3) 2  2 cos  4) 2  2 sin 
0.108N . If the charges are in the ratio b a b a
ELECTRIC FIELD
1: 3 ,the weak charge is 8. The breakdown electric intensity for air is
1) 2  C 2) 4  C 3) 6  C 4) 5 C 3  106 V/m. The maximum charge that can be
3. Three charges each equal to 109 C are held by a sphere of radius 1 mm is
placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle 1) 0.33 C 2) 0.33 nC 3) 3.3 C 4) 3.3 C
of side 1m. The force on one of the charges is 9. There is a uniform electric field of strength
103V / m along y-axis. A body of mass 1 g and
1) 9  10 9 N 2) 9 3 109 N charge 106 C is projected into the field from
3) 27  10 9 N 4) 18  10 9 N origin along the positive x-axis with a velocity
10 m/s. Its speed in m/s after 10s is (neglect
4. Two particles each of mass ' m ' and carrying gravitation)
charge ' Q ' are seperated by some distance.If 1) 10 2) 5 2 3) 10 2 4) 20
they are in equilibrium under mutual 10. The point charges 1C , 1C and 1C are
gravitational and electro static forces, then placed at the vertices A, B and C of an
Q / m (in c/Kg) is of the order of equilateral triangle of side 1m. Then
(A) The force acting on the charge at A is
1) 105 2) 10 10 3) 10 15 4) 10 20
9  109 N
5. There point charges + q, – q and + q are (B) The electric field strength at A is
placed at the vertices P, Q and R of an
equilateral triangle as shown. If 9  109 NC 1
1) A is correct but B is wrong
1 q2 2) B is correct but A is wrong
F , where 'r' is the side of the 3) Both A and B are wrong
40 r 2 4) Both A and B are correct
triangle, the force on charge at 'P' due to 11. A pendulum bob of mass m carrying a charge
charges at Q and R is Y q is at rest in a uniform horizontal electric field
of intensity E. The tension in the thread is
2
E
2) T      mg 
2
P X
1) T   Eq    mg 
2 2
1) F along positive x–direction q
2) F along negative x–direction E
2
m
2

3) 2 F along positive x–direction 3) T       4) T  mg  Eq

R
q g
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ELECTRIC POTENTIALAND DIPOLE
POTENTIAL ENERGY 19. The self potential energy of hydrogen chloride
12. Four charges 108 ; 2 108 ; 3 108 and 2 108 whose dipole moment is 3.44  10 30 C - m and
coulomb are placed at the four corners of a separation between hydrogen and chlorine
square of side 1m the potential at the centre atoms is 1.01 1010 m is
of the square is
1) zero 2)360 volt 3) 180 volt 4) 360 2 volt 1) 1.036 1019 J 2) 3.2  105 J
13. Two metal spheres of radii R1 and R2 aree 3) 4.5  107 J 4) 1.65  106 J
charged to the same potential. The ratio of the LEVEL - II ( H. W ) KEY
charge on the two spheres is
1 R1 1)1 2) 1 3) 2 4) 2 5) 2 6) 2 7) 2 8) 2
1) 1 2) 3) R1  R2
4) R 9)3 10) 4 11) 1 12) 4 13) 4 14) 2 15) 2 16) 4
2 2
14. Two concentric, thin metallic spherical shells 17) 3 18) 2 19) 1
of radii R1 and R2  R1  R2  bear charges Q1 and LEVEL - II ( H .W ) HINTS
Q2 respectively. Then the potential at radius 1 q1 q2 1 qq
1. F 2. F  4 r 2
1 2

1 4 0 r 2 0
‘r’ between R1 and R2 will be 4  times
0 1 q2 1 q2
Q1  Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 3. F1  F2 
4 0 r 2
; FR  3. 4 r 2
1) 2) R  r3) R  R 4) R  R 0

r 1 1 2 2 2 4. 1 q2 Gm 2
15. An electric charge 10  C is placed at the
3 Fe  and Fg  2
4 0 r 2
r
origin (0, 0) of X-Y coordinate system. Two
5. F1  F2 and angle between them is 1200
points A and B are situated at 2, 2 and    1 q a
(2, 0) respecitvely. The potential difference 6. F  2 where r 
 4  0 r 2  3
between the points A and B will be:
1) 9 V 2) zero 3) 2 V 4) 4.5 V E
1 Q
. 2
16. A charge 2  C at the origin, 1 C at 7cm 8. 4 o d
and 1 C at 7cm are placed on X  axis. The Eq
mutual potential energy of the system is 9. v  u  at where a 
m
1) 0.051J 2) 0.045J 3) 0.045J 4) 0.064J 1 q1q2 1 q
17. Four equal charges Q are placed at the four 10. F . 2 ; E .
4 o r 4 o r 2
corners of a square of side ' a ' each. Work
done in removing a charge Q from its centre F  F1  F2 ; E  E1  E2
to infinity is 1 Q 1 Q
2Q 2 12. V
4  0
r 13. V  4 R
1) zero 2) 4 0 a
0
14. Potential is constant within the sphere and is
2Q 2 Q2 additive.
3)  0 a 4)
2 0 a
q 1 1 1 q1q2
18. The electrostatic potential V at any point 15. V     16. PE  4 . r
(x,y,z) in space is given by V  4 x 2 4 o  r1 r2  0

1) The y - and z - components of the electrostatic 17. Workdone = Electrostatic potential

field at any point are not zero energy at the centre of the square
2) The x - component of electric field intensity at  dV
18. E 
any point is given by  8 x i

 dx
3) The x - component of electric field intensity at a 19. p  2 qa  q  p  3.4 1  1 0  20
point (2, 0,2) is  8i  1 q2
2a

4) The y - and z - components of the field are  PE   1.036  10 19 J

4 0 2 a
constant in magnitude.
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5. Two equal negative charges –q each are fixed
LEVEL - III at points (0, –a) and (0,a) on y-axis. A positive
charge Q is released from rest at the point (2a,
ELECTROSTATIC FORCE 0) on the x-axis. The charge Q will
1. A ball of mass m = 0.5 kg is suspended by a 1) execute simple harmonic motion about the origin
thread and a charge q = 0.1  C is supplied. 2) move to the origin and remain at rest
When a ball with diameter 5cm and a like 3) move to infinity
charge of same magnitude is brought close to 4) execute oscillatory but not simple harmonic
the first ball, but below it, the tension decreases motion
to 1/3 of its initial value. The distance between 6. In a liquid medium of dielectric constant K and
centres of the balls is of specific gravity 2, two identically charged
1) 0.12  10 2 m 2) 0.51  10 4 m spheres are suspended from a fixed point by
3) 0.2  10 5 m 4) 0.52  10 2 m threads of equal lengths. The angle between
2. Five point charges each +q, are placed on five them is 90º. In another medium of unknown
vertices of a regular hexagon of side L, The dielectric constant K1, and specific gravity 4,
magnitude of the force on a point charge of the angle between them becomes 120º. If
value – q placed at the centre of the hexagon density of material of spheres is 8 gm/cc then
(in newton) is K1 is :
K 3 3 K
3q2 q2 q2 1) 2) 3) K 4)
1)Zero 2) 3) 4) 2 K 2 3
4 0 L2 4 0 L2 4 3  0 L2
7. The force of attraction between two charges
3. Two small objects X and Y are permanently separated by certain distance in air is F1. If
separated by a distance 1 cm. Object X has a the space between the charges is completely
charge of + 1.0  C and object Y has a charge filled with dielectric of constant 4 the force
of - 1.0  C . A certain number of electrons becomes F2. If half of the distance between the
are removed from X and put onto Y to make charges is filled with same dielectric the force
the electrostatic force between the two objects between the charges is F3. Then F1 : F2 : F3 is
an attractive force whose magnitude is 360 N. 1) 16 : 9 : 4 2) 9 : 36 : 16
Number of electrons removed is 3) 4 : 1 : 2 4) 36 : 9 : 16
1) 8.4  1013 2) 6.25  1012 3) 4.2  1011 4) 3.5  1010 8. Two small spheres of masses, M 1 and M 2 aree
4. Two identical positive charges are fixed on the suspended by weightless insulating threads of
y-axis, at equal distance from the origin O, A
partical with a negative charge starts on the lengths L1 and L2 . the sphere carry charges
negative x-axis at a large distance from O, Q1 and Q2 respectively. The spheres aree
moves along the x-axis passed through O and suspended such that they are in level with
moves far away from O. Its acceleration a is another and the threads are inclined to the
taken as positive along its direction of motion.
The particle's acceleration a is plotted against vertical at angles of 1 and  2 as shown below,,
its x-co-ordinate. Which of the following best which one of the following conditions is
represents the plot? essential , if  1   2 .
a a
L1 L2
o
x x 1 2
1) O
2)

M1 M2
 Q1  Q2
a a
x 1) M 1  M 2 but Q1  Q2 2) M 1  M 2
O x O
3) 4) 3) Q1  Q2 4) L1  L2

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ELECTRIC FIELD 15. Electric field on the axis of a small electric
 
9. If the electric field between the plates of a dipole at a distance r is E1 and E2 at a distance
cathode ray oscilloscope be 1.2 104 N / C , the of 2r on a line of perpendicular bisector. Then
deflection that an electron will experience if it    
1) E2  E1 / 8 2) E2  E1 /16
enters at right angles to the field with kinetic    
energy 2000 eV is (The deflection assembly is 3 ) E2  E1 / 4 4) E2  E1 / 8
1.5cm long.) 16. A particle having charge that on an electron
1) 0.34 cm2) 3.4 cm and mass 1.6 x 10–30 kg is projected with an
3) 0.034 mm 4) 0.34 mm initial speed 'u' to the horizontal from the lower
10. A electric field of 1.5  104 NC 1 exists plate of a parallel plate capacitor as shown.
between two parallel plates of length 2 cm. An The plates are sufficiently long and have
electron enters the region between the plates separation 2cm. Then the maximum value of
at right angles to the field with a kinetic energy velocity of particle not to hit the upper plate.
(E=103 V/m upwards).
of Ek  2000eV . The deflection that the
electron experiences at the deflecting plates u 3
is
E = 10 V/m
1) 0.34 mm 2) 0.57 mm 3) 7.5 mm 4) 0.75 mm 45°
11. A bob of a simple pendulum of mass 40gm with 1)2 x 10 m/s
6
2) 4 x 106 m/s
a positive charge 4  10 C is oscillating with a
 6
3) 6 x 10 m/s
6
4) 3x 106 m/s
time period T1 .An electric field of intensity 17. An electric field is acting vertically upwards.
A small body of mass 1 gm and charge -1  C
3.6  104 N/C is applied vertically upwards.Now
is projected with a velocity 10 m/s at an angle
T2 450 with horizontal. Its horizontal range is 2m
the time period is T2 the value of T is (g =
1 then the intensity of electric field is :(g = 10 m/
10m/s2) s 2)
1)0.16 2) 0.64 3)1.25 4)0.8 1) 20,000 N/C 2) 10,000 N/C
12. A particle of mass m and charge q is placed 3) 40,000 N/C 4) 90,000 N/C
at rest in a uniform electric field E and then 18. A thin copper ring of radius ‘a’ is charged with
released. The kinetic energy attained by the q units of electricity. An electron is placed at
particle after moving a distance y is the centre of the copper ring. If the electron
1) qEy 2 2) qE 2 y 3) qEy 4) q 2 Ey is displaced a little, it will have frequency.
13. Four equipotential curves in an electric field 1 eq 1 q
are shown in the figure. A,B,C are three points 1) 2 4  ma3 2) 2 4  ema3
in the field.If electric intensity at A,B,C are 0 0

E A , EB , EC then eq q
3) 4  ma 4) 4  ema 3
0 0
C B A
19. A thin fixed ring of radius 1 metre has a
positive charge 1 105 C uniformly distributed
over it. A particle of mass 0.9gm and having a
120V 90V 60V 60V negative charge of 1 106 C is placed on the
1) E A  EB  EC 2) E A  EB  EC axis at a distance of 1 cm from the centre of
3) E A  EB  EC 4) E A  EB  EC the ring. Assuming that the oscillations have
14. A particle of mass 1Kg and carrying 0.01C is small amplitude, the time period of oscillations
at rest on an inclined plane of angle 300 with is
490 1) 0.23s 2) 0.39s 3) 0.49 s 4) 0.63s
horizontal when an electric field of NC 1 20. A sphere carrying charge 0.01 C is kept at
3
applied parllel to horizontal .The coefficient of rest without falling down, touching a wall by
friction is applying an electric field 100 N/C.If the
coeffcient of friction between the sphere and
1 3 3 the wall is 0.2 , the weight of the sphere is
1) 0.5 2) 3) 4)
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21. A particle of mass 1kg and carrying positive ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
charge 0.01 C is sliding down an inclined plane 25. Two thin rings each having a radius R are
of angle 300 with the horizontal. An electric placed at distance d apart with their axes
field E is applied to stop the particle. If the coinciding.The charges on the two rings are
coefficient of friction between the particle and +q, -q. The potential difference between the
rings
1
Q.R Q 1 1  Q 1 1 
the surface of the plane is , E must be 1) 2)    3)   
2 3 4 .d 0 2  R
2
0 R d 
2 2 4  R
0 R d 
2 2
E cos 
4)0
26. Two metal sphres A and B have their capacities
in th ratio 3:4. They are put in contact with
E each other and an amount of charge
E sin 
1)1260 V/m 2)245 V/m 7  10 6 C is given to the combination. Next, the
two spheres are separated and kept wide the
mg sin 
apart so that one has no electrical infuence on
490 the other. The potential due to the smaller
mg
3) 140 3 V/m 4) V/m sphere at a distance of 50m from it is
3  = 30 0

1) 540V 2) 270V 3) 1180V 4) zero

22. Two identical point charges are placed at a
27. A solid conducting sphere having a charge Q
separation of l . P is a point on the line joining is surrounded by an uncharged concentric
the charges, at a distance x from any one conducting spherical shell. The potential
charge. The field at P is E. E is plotted against difference between the surface of solid sphere
x for values of x from close to zero to slightly and the shell is V. The shell is now given a
less than l . Which of the following best charge –3Q. The new potential difference
represents the resulting curve? between the same surfaces will be 1) –
2V 2) 4V 3) V 4) 2V
1) 2)
28. A spherical charged conductor has surface
E E charge density  . The intensity of electric
O
field and potential on its surface are E and V.
O X l X l
Now radius of sphere is halved keeping the
charge density as constant. The new electric
field on the surface and potential at the centre
3) E 4) of the sphere are
E
O X
1) 4E, V 2) E, V/2 3) E, V 4) 2E, 4V
O X l
l 29. Two spherical conductors A and B of radii 1
mm and 2mm are seperated by a distance of 5
23. A particle of charge  q and mass m moves in cm and are uniformly charged. If the spheres
a circular orbit of radius r about a fixed charge are connected by a conducting wire then in the
Q . The relation between the radius of the equilibrium condition the ratio of electric fields
orbit r and the time period T is at surfaces of A and B is
Qq Qq 1) 4: 1 2) 1 : 2 3) 2 : 1 4) 1 : 4
1) r  16 2  m T 2) r  16 3  m T
3 3 2
30. A charge +q is fixed at each of the points
0 0
x=x0,x=3x0, x=5x0 . . . . .  on the x - axis and
Qq Qq a charge-q is fixed at each of the points
3) r  16 3  m T 4) r  16  m T
2 3 2 3

0 0 x  2 x0 , x  4 x0 , x  6 x0 ....... . Here x0 is a
24. A thin semicircular ring of radius ‘r’ has a positive constant. Take the electric potential
positive charge distributed uniformly over it. at a point due to a charge Q at a distance r
The net field E at the centre ‘O’ is (AIEEE Q
i from it to be 4  r . Then the potential at
2010) 0
the origin due to the above system of charges
q q is
1) 2 2  r 2 j 2) 4 2  r 2 j
0 0 O i q q log e  2 
q q 1) 0 2) 3)  4)
3)  4 2  r 2 j 4)  2 2  r 2 j 8 0 x0 log e  2  4 0 x0
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31. A non – conducting ring of radius 0.5 m carries 37. There are three uncharged identical metallic
a total char ge of 1.11 x 10 –10 C distributed non spheres 1,2 and 3 each of radius r and are
– uniformly in its circumference producing an placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle
electric field E everywhere in space. The value
l 0
of side d. A charged metallic sphere having
of the integral   Edl ( l = 0 being centre charge q of same radius r is touched to sphere
l 
of the ring) in volt is : 1, after some time it is taken to the location of
1) +2 2) –1 3) –2 4) zero sphere 2 and is touched to it, then it is taken
32. Some equipotential surfaces are shown in far away from spheres 1,2 and 3. After that
figure. The electric field strength is the sphere 3 is grounded, the charge on sphere
Y 3 is (neglect electrostatic induction by
10V 20V 30V
assuming d>> 2r)
0
30
1) 100 V/m along x-axis 3qr  qr  qr
1) Zero 2) 3) 4)
0
0 x cm
5cm 10cm 15cm 4d 2d 4d
2) 100 V/m along y-axis 38.

3) 400 V/m at an angle 1200 with x-axis

P (a , b, 0) E
400
4) V/m an angle 1200 with x-axis
3
33. A field of 100Vm–1 is directed at 300 to positve (0 , 0, 0)
Q (2a , 0, 0)
x - axis. Find VBA if OA = 2m and OB = 4m
R (a , b, 0)
B

O
300 A point charge q moves from point P to point S
A
along the path PQRS in a unifrom electric field

E pointing parallel to the positive direction
1) 100  3  2 V  
2) 100 2  3 V of the x-axis. The coordinates of the points P,
Q, R and S are (a,b,0), (2a,0,0), (a, –b, 0) and
3) 100  2  3  V 4) 200  2  3  V (0,0,0) respectively. The work done by the field
34. Here is a special parallelogram with adjacent in the above process is given by the expression
side lengths 2a and a and the one of the 1) qaE 2) –qaE
possible angles between them as 60°. Two
charges are to be kept across a diagonal only. 3) q ( a 2  b 2 ) E 4) 3qE a 2  b 2
The ratio of the minimum potential energy of
the system to the maximum potential energy 39. The potential at a point x (measured in  m)
is due to some charges situated on the x-axis is
1) 3 : 7 2) 3 : 7 3) 1 : 2 4) 1 : 4 20
35. Two concentric spherical conducting shells of given by V  x  2 volt. The electric field
x 4
radii R and 2R carry charges Q and 2Q
respectively. Change in electric potential on the E at x = 4  m is given by
outer shell when both are connected by a 5 V
  1) and in the positive x - direction
k  1  3 m
conducting wire is :    40 
3kQ kQ 2kQ 10 V
1) zero 2) 3) 4) 2) and in the negative x - direction
2R R R 9 m
36. The longer side of a rectangle is twice the length
of its shorter side. A charge q is kept at one 10 V
vertex. The maximum electric potential due to 3) and in the positive x-direction
that charge at any other vertex is V, then the 9 m
minimum electric potential at any other vertex 5 V
will be 4) and in the negative x-direction
3 m
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40. Two points char ges q1 and q2 (=q1/2) are placed 44. A dielectric slab of thickness d is inserted in a
at points A(0, 1) and B (1, 0) as shown in the parallel plate capacitor whose negative plate
figure. The electric field vector at point P(1, 1) is at x=0 and positive plate is at x=3d. The
makes an angle q with the x–axis, then the slab is equidistant from the plates. The
angle q is capacitor is given some charge. As one goes
y from 0 to 3d,
1) the magnitude of the electric field remains the
A same
1  1  1  1 
q P(1,1)
2) the direction of the electric field remains the same
1

1) tan   2) tan  
2 4 3) the electric potential increases continuously'
4) the electric potential increases at first, then
3) tan 1 1 4) tan  0 
1 B
O q
x
decreases and again increases.
2

41. Figure shows three spherical and equipotential 45. A solid sphere of radius R is charged
surfaces 1,2 and 3 round a point charge q. The uniformly. The electrostatic potential V is
potential difference V1–V2 = V2 – V3. If t1 and plotted as a function of distance r from the
t2 be the distance between them. Then centre of the sphere. Which of the following
best represents the resulting curve ?
3
2
1
q

1) t1=t2 2) t1>t2
t1
1) V 2) V
t2 R R
3) t1<t2 4) t1  t2 o o r
42. A half ring of radius ‘ r ’ has a linear charge
density  .The potential at the centre of the
half ring is 3) V 4) V
    R R
1) 4 2) 4 2 r 3) 4 r 4) 4 r 2 o o
0 0 0 0 r r
43. The distance between plates of a parallel plate POTENTIAL ENERGY
capacitor is 5d. The positively charged plate
q q
is at x=0 and negativily charged plates is at 46. Along the X-axis, three charges ,-q and
x=5d. Two slabs one of conducotor and the 2 2
other of a dielectric of same thickness d are are placed at x = 0, x =a and x =2a
inserted between the plates as shown in figre. respectively . The resultant electric potential
Potential (V) versus distance x graph will be at x =a+r(if a ,<<r) is ( 0 is the permittivity of
+q q
free space
CONDUCTOR

DIELECTRIC

qa qa 2
1) 4  r 2 2)
0 4 0 r 3
x
q (a 2 / 4) q
O
d 2d 3d 4d 5d

V V 3) 4) 4 0 r
4 0 r 3
47. An electron travelling from infinity with
1) 2) velocity ‘v’ into an electric field due to two
X X stationary electrons separated by a distance
O d 2d 3d 4d 5d O d 2d 3d 4d 5d of 2m. If it comes to rest when it reaches the
V V mid point of the line joining the stationary
electrons.The initial velocity ‘ v ‘ of the
electron is
3) 4) 1) 16m/s 2) 32m/s
O d 2d 3d 4d 5d
X
O d 2d 3d 4d 5d
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48. Work performed when a point charge 2q 3q
(0,) (5,0) (12,0)
2  10 8 C is transformed from infinity to a point
at a distance of 1cm from the surface of the
ball with a radius of 1cm and a surface charge q
density  = 10 8 C / cm 2 (0,5)

1) 1.1 104 J 2) 11 10 4 J

q2 6q 2 18q 2 3q 2
3) 0.11 104 J 4) 113  10 4 J 1) 2) 3) 4)
49. A conducting sphere A of radius a, with a 4 o 4 o 91 4 o 91 4 o
charge Q, is placed concentrically inside a 52. An electron travelling from infinity with
conducting shell B of radius b. B is earthed. C velocity 'V' into an electric field due to two
is the common centre of A and B. stationary electrons seperated by a distance
of 2m. If it comes to rest when it reaches the
B
midpoint of the line joining the stationary
A
a
Q
electrons, the initial velocity 'V' of the
C
electron is (in m/sec)
b 1) 16 2) 32 3) 16 2 4) 32 2
53. A particle of mass m and charge q is projected
1) The field at a distance r from C, where a  r  b , 
vertically upwards. A uniform electric field E
Q is acted vertically downwards. The most
is k appropiate graph between potential energy
r2
2) The potential at a distance r from C, where U (gravitational plus electrostatic) and height
Q
h(<< radius of earth) is : (assume U to be zero
a  r  b , is k on surface of earth)
r2
U U
3) The potential difference between A and B is
4) The potential at a distance r from C, where
a  r  b , is 1) 2)
50. Given figure shows an arrangement of six fixed h h
charged particle. The net electrostatic force F
acting on charge +q at the origin due to other
U U
charges is
q +q
3) 4)
0
a 30 300 a h h
54. Three charged particles are initially in
A B C position 1. They are free to move and they
q O +q q +q
come in position 2 after some time. Let U1
a
and U2 be the electrostatic potential energies
2a 2a in position 1 and 2. Then :
6q 2 1) U1>U2 2) U2>U1 3) U1=U2 4) U 2  U1
1) 2) zero 55. Two identical thin rings, each of radius R,
4 0 a 2
are coaxially placed a distance r apart. If Q1
7q 2 q2  3  and Q2 are respectively the charges uniformly
3) 4) 2 
 3 spread on the two rings, the work done in
2 0 a 2
4 0 a  2 
moving a charge q from the centre of one ring
51. 2q and 3q are two charges separated by a to that of the orther is
  
distance 12 cm on x-axis. A third charge q is
placed at 5 cm on y-axis as shown in figure. 1) zero 2) q Q1  Q2  2 1 / 2 40 R
Find the change in potential energy of the
system if 3q is moved from initial position to a 3) q 2 Q1  Q2  / 40 R 
point on X-axis in circular path:
4) q Q1 / Q2   2 1  240 R 
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56. The electric potential at a point (x, 0, 0) is given 61. Two opposite and equal charges
1000 1500 500  4 x10–8 coulomb when placed 2 x 10–2 cm away,
by V =   2  3  then the electric from a dipole. If this dipole is placed in an
 x x x 
external electric field 2
field at x = 1 m is (in volt/m) x 10 newton/coulomb, the value of maximum
–2

ˆ
1) 5500iˆ 2) 5500iˆ 3) 5500i 4) zero torque and the work done in rotating it through
1800 will be
57. Six charges are placed at the vertices of a
regular hexagon as shown in the figure. The 1) 32x10 4 Nm and 32x10 4 J
electric field on the line passing through point
O and perpendicular to the plane of the figure 2) 64x10 4 Nm and 64x10 4 J
at a distance of x (>> a) from O is
3) 64x10 4 Nm and 32x10 4 J
a
Q Q
4) 32x10 4 J and 64 x104 Nm

Q Q
62. An electric dipole is made up of two particles
having charges 1c , mass 1 kg and other
with charge 1c and mass 1 kg separated
Q Q
by distance 1m. It is in equilibrium in a uniform
Qa 2Qa 3Qa electric field of 20 x 103 V/m. If the dipole is
1)  x 3 2)  x 3 3) 4) zero deflected through angle 20, time taken by it to
0 0  0 x 3 come again in equilibrium is
DIPOLE 1) 2.5  s 2) 2.5 s 3) 5  s 4) 4 
58. A small electric dipole is placed at origin with 63. A point particle of mass M is attached to one
its dipole moment directed along positive x - end of a massless rigid non-conducting rod of
axis. The direction of electric field at point length L. Another point particle of the same

2, 2 2, 0 is  mass is attached to the other end of the rod.
The two particle carry charges + q and – q
1) along z - axis 2) along y - axis respectively. This arrangement is held in a
3) along negative y -axis 4) along negative z-axis region of a uniform electric field E such that
59. Two electric dipoles each of dipolemoment the rod makes a small angle  (say of about
0
p  6.2  10 C  m are placed with their axis
 30 5 ) with the field direction (see figure). The
along the same line and their centres at a expression for the minimum time needed for
the rod to become parallel to the field after it
distanced= 108 cm . The force of attraction
is set free.
between dipoles is
1) 2.1 1016 N 2) 2.1 1012 N A q

3) 2.1  10 10
N 4) 2.1  10 N 8

E
O
60. Two charges 3.2  1019 C and 3.2  1019 C q
B
placed 2.4 A0 apart form an electric dipole. It
is placed in a uniform electric field of intensity
 mL  mL
4 105 V / m the work done to rotate the 1) t  2) t 
2 2qE 2 qE
electric dipole from the equilibrium position by
1800 is  2mL  3mL
3) t  4) t 
1) 3 10 23
J 2) 6  10 23
J 2 qE 2 2qE

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LEVEL - III - KEY u 2 sin 2 
16. Maximum height 
1) 4 2) 3 3) 2 4) 2 5) 4 6) 4  EQ 
2 g  
7) 4 8) 2 9) 4 10) 4 11) 3 12) 3  m 
13) 3 14) 4 15) 2 16) 1 17) 3 18) 1 u 2 sin 2
19) 4 20) 4 21) 3 22) 4 23) 2 24) 4 17. Range  EQ
g
25) 2 26) 1 27) 3 28) 2 29) 3 30) 4 m
31) 1 32) 3 33) 1 34) 1 35) 1 36) 3 1 qx qx
37) 2 38) 2 39) 3 40) 1 41) 3 42) 1 E 
18. 4 0  a2  x2  3/2
4 0 a3
43) 2 44) 2 45) 3 46) 2 47) 2 48) 2
49) 1 50) 2 51) 3 52) 2 53) 1 54) 1
d 2x 1 qex
55) 2 56) 2 57) 1 58) 2 59) 4 60) 2 m 
61) 4 62) 1 63) 1 dt 2
4 0 a 3
So motion is S.H.M.
LEVEL - III - HINTS
1 qe
T
1 q1q2
 mg
2 
1. 4  o r 2
4 0 ma 3
1 Qq x m
2 ,3&5. F  4  
q1q2 19. F  4  R 3   kx and T  2
0 r d2 0 k
6. F  mgTan 20. mg   qE
1 q1q2 21. mg  sin    cos    qE sin   qE cos 
7. F  4  
d2 1 Qq 2
23. F  4 r 2  mr ;  
0 r 2
8. There are three forces acting on each sphere are 0 T
(i) tension (ii) weight(w) (iii) electrostatic force of
repulsion for sphere 1 q sin  / 2
24. E  4  r 2  / 2
In equailibirum, from figure 0

tan 1  F1 / M 1 g q sin  / 2
From sphere 2, in equilibirum from figure
E
2 2 0 r 2
j  
tan  2  F2 / M 2 g Q 1 1 
for F1  F2 25. V1  4  R  2 2 
0  R d 
F1 F2 Q1 1 
or 1   2 only for M g  M g V2    
1 2 4 0
 R R  d2
2

But, F1  F2 and then M 1  M 2 V  V1  V2
eEx2  r1  1 q1
9. Deflection y 
4 K 
where K is kinetic energy.. 26. q1    q ; V1 
 r1  r2  4 0 r
eE 2 27. Pd between the two spheres is independent of
10. y   K  K .E  charge on outer shell.
4k
 R
11. T = 2 g
l 28. E   and V  
0 0
eff

12. K.E =FS K.E = qEy Q V Q Q

29. V  K .  K.  K.
dV R 2 2R R
13. E   1 Q 
K.  K.
Q
dx
2  R  d d  2R
14. N =mg sin  + qE sin 
When the two conducting spheres are connected
mg sin  =  N  qE cos  by a conducting wire, charge will flow from one
2 kp kp sphere (having higher potential) to other (having
15. Eaxis  3 and Ebicector  lower potential) till both acquire the same potential.
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V
There fore, E  2 pq  1 1 
r    
4 0   d  l 3  d  l 3 
E1 r2 2  
    2 :1
E2 r1 1 1 2 1 q1q2
47. mv  4
q 1 1 1 1  2 0 r
30. V  4   x  2 x  3 x  4 x      48 . Potential at a distance 2cm from its centre
0  0 0 0 0 
Q 4 r 2 r 2  1
q  1 1 1  = 4  r  4  r '   r '  2   100
= 1       
4 0 x0  2 3 4 
0 0 0 0

since r=1 cm and r =2 cm

'
q
 log  2  
4 0 x0 PD b/w the two points is equal to 200 
  0
31. V    E.dr 
dV work done =VQ= 200 X 2108 = 11104 J
32. E   49. field concept
0

dx
 
33. V   E .r 50. concept of force
34. long and short diagonal lengths are 1 q1q2
51. U  U f Ui and U  4 r
p 2  q 2  2 pq cos  0
2
1 e
1 3Q 52. ui  0 , uf  2  4 .  d / 2 
35. V  4 2 R 0
0
36. If the charges is kept at ‘A’ then maximum and 1
PE  KE  mv 2 calculate ‘ v ‘
minimum potentials at D and C respectively 2
37. commen potential 53. conceptual.
  54. Particles moves in a direction where potential energy
38. w = Fs ; W =q E.S of the system decreased.
dv Q1 Q2
39. E  
dx 55. V1  4  R  4  2 R
0 0
1 1 Q Q
41. V1  V2  kq  r  r  1 2
and V2  4 2 R  4  R
1 2
0 0
V1  V2  r1r2 W1 2  q V2  V1 
r2  r1 
kq
; but r2  r1   t
dV
 tr1r2 56. E  
dx
if P.D is constant then  r2  r1   t 57. concept of field
42. potential due to small element ‘ p ’ at the centre 58. Use vector representation
 1  59. Force of interaction
v   dv   k
4 0 r 
dl  dl
dl
r 2 pq  1 1 
dv  K . ; 1      
r  r  4 0   d  l 3  d  l 3 
4 0 r 4 0  
dv 60. W  PE2  PE1  2 PE  2  2qdE
43. E   E inside the conductor is zero. 61.   pESin
dx
44. The direction of E is constant. I
1 Q 62. T  2
pE
45. V  4 r
0
I
46. Force of interaction 63. T  2
pE

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