HOLIDAY HOMEWORK WORKSHEET- 1

GRADE XII (PHYSICS)

CH 1- ELECTRIC FIELD AND CHARGES
QUESTIONS CONTAINING 1 MARK EACH
1. A electron and proton are released from rest in a uniform electrostatic field. Which of
them will have larger acceleration?
2. An electric dipole of dipole moment 20 × 10-6 Cm is enclosed by a closed surface.
What is the net flux coming out of the surface?
3. Two identical metallic spheres of exactly equal masses are taken. One is given a
positive charge q coulombs and other an equal negative charge. Are their masses
equal after charging?
4. In which orientation a dipole placed in a uniform electric field is in (i) stable (ii)
unstable equilibrium.
5. Why do the electrostatic field lines not form closed loop?
6. Figure shows three point charges +2q, -q and +3 q.Two charges +2q and –q are
enclosed within a surface S. What is the electric flux due to this configuration through
the surface S?

7. Find the electric field between two metal plates 3mm apart, connected to a 12 V
battery?
QUESTIONS CONTAINING 2 MARK EACH
8. The force between two point charges kept at a distance r apart in air is F. If the same
charges are kept in water at the same distance, how does the force between them
change?
9. Give the physical significance of the relation E= -dV/dr
10. Electric charge is distributed uniformly on the surface of a spherical rubber balloon.
Show how the value of electric intensity varies (i) on the surface (ii) inside and (iii)
outside.
11. Sketch electric field lines for an electric dipole. Mark the direction of electric field at
three positions on the electric lines of force.
12. An oil drop of mass m carrying charge Q is to be held stationary in the gravitational
field of the earth. What is the magnitude of the electrostatic field required for this
purpose?
13. Vehicles carrying inflammable materials usually have metallic ropes touching the
ground during motion. Why?
QUESTIONS CONTAINING 3 MARK EACH
14. Write coulomb’s law in vector form. Show that it is consistent with Newton’s third
law of motion.
15. Two spherical conductors of radii R1 and R2 (R2>R1) are charged. If they are
connected by the conducting wire, find out the ratio of the surface charge densities on
them.
16. A charged particle having a charge of -3µC is placed closed to a sheet of charge
having a surface charge density of 5 × 10 -8 C/m2.Find the ratio of attraction between
particle and the sheet of charge.
17. Two point electric charges of unknown magnitude and sign are placed at some
distance d apart. The electric field intensity is zero at a point, not between the charges
but on the line joining them. Write two essential conditions for this to happen.
QUESTIONS CONTAINING 5 MARK EACH
18. Derive an expression for the strength of electric field intensity at a point on the axis of
a uniformly charged circular coil of radius R carrying charge Q.
19. Derive an expression for torque experienced by a dipole placed in uniform electric
field. Hence define electric dipole moment.
20. Using Gauss Theorem in electrostatics, deduce an expression for electric field
intensity due to a charged spherical shell at a point (i) inside (ii) on its surface (iii)
outside it. Graphically show the variation of the electric field intensity with distance
from the centre of the shell.