S-E-13-PHY-T-16 1 ELECTROSTATICS

Electrostatics
LDA - 16
1. A spherical hole of radius R 2 is excavated from the asteroid of mass M as shown in the figure. The gravitational acceleration
at a point on the surface of the asteroid just above the excavation is

GM GM GM 7GM
(A) (B) 2R 2 (C) (D)
R2 8R 2 8R 2
2. A positive point charge Q is placed at a point P, which is at a distance L from the centre 'C' of an uncharged metallic ball of radius
R (L>R). There is a point G on the line PC, at a distance R/2 from C. Then, the electric potential at G is

Q Q æ1 1ö Q æ1 2ö
(A) (B) ×ç - ÷ (C) ×ç - ÷ (D) None
4pe 0 L 4pe 0 è L R ø 4pe 0 è L R ø
Question No.3 to 5 (3 questions)
There is a cubical cavity inside a conducting sphere of radius R. A positive point charge Q is placed at the centre of the cube and
another positive charge q is placed at a distance l (>R) from the centre of the sphere. The sphere is earthed

3. Charge induced on the inner surface of cavity is

(A) –Q, uniformly distributed (B) –Q, non-uniformly distributed
(C) –(Q+q) non-uniformly distributed (D) none
4. Net charge on the outer surface of conducting sphere is
(A) +Q (B) Q – qR/l (C) –qR/l (D) none
5. Potential at a point inside the cavity is
(A) zero (B) positive (C) negative (D) can not be determined.
6.
(a) Five large identical metal plates of area A are arranged horizontally, parallel to each other, with gap d in between adjacent plates.
Counted from the top, they are given charge +q, +2q, –3q, –q, +3q respectively. Find the potential difference between the
topmost and bottommost plates.
(b) What charge will flow through a conducting wire if the topmost and bottommost plates are shorted?
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7. For some odd reason, you decide to throw baseballs at a car of mass M, which is free to move frictionlessly on the ground. You
throw the balls at the back of the car at speed u, and at a mass rate of s kg/s (assume the rate is continuous, for simplicity). If the
car starts at rest, find its speed and position as a function of time, assuming that the back window is open, so that the balls collect
inside the car.
8. A uniform surface charge of density s is given to quarter infinite non conducting plane in first quardrant of x-y plane. Find the
z-component of the electric field at the point (0, 0, z). Hence or otherwise find the potential difference between the
points (0, 0, d) & (0, 0, 2d).

9. A metal sphere of radius R has a total charge +Q (>>+e)on it. Due to thermal agitation or photoelectric effect, an electron is ejected
from the sphere’s surface with a small velocity v0, at an angle q with the tangent to the sphere’s surface. Find the farthest distance
of the electron from the sphere’s surface.
10. In the figure shown, both the shells are conducting. The outer shell is thick & has a total charge of Q, inner shell is thin & is
earthed.

(a) Find charge on each surface.

(b) Draw graph of potential (V) v/s distance from centre (r).
11. An isolated and charged spherical soap bubble has radius r and pressure inside is atmospheric. If T is the surface tension of soap
solution. Then find the electric potential of soap bubble.
12. A conducting sphere of radius r is electrified to potential V. If the sphere consists of two seperate hemisphere then what will be
the electric interaction force between them.
13. A spherical capacitor of inner radius a & outer radius b is earthed as shown. It can be connected to an isolated metallic sphere
of radius c through a switch and a very long conducting wire. If initial charge on inner sphere is q, find the charge distribution an
each surface after the switch is closed.

14. The radius and surface Tension of a spherical soap bubble be r and T respectively. Find the charge required which is to be given
to the bubble so that its radius will become 2r. Here atmosphereic pressure is P0, temp. of air inside bubble remians constant &
charge is assumed to uniformly distributed on the surface of bubble.
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15. A fixed circle of radius a and centre O is drawn and a charge +q is placed at a distance 3a/4 from O on a line through O

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perpendicular to the plane of circle. If a second charge q’ is simiarly placed at a distance on the opposite side of circle, the
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net electric flux through circle becomes zero. Find the ratio of q’ to q.

Answer Key

1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c)

qd q
5. (b) 6. (a)
Ae0 (b) 4

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ç ÷
u ç1 - ÷
1
Mu dm (u - v) s Mu 2s t
7. m = ; = ; v(t) = ç 2s t ÷ ; x(t) = ut – 1+
u - v dt u ç 1+ ÷ s M
è M ø

s sd v 02 sin 2 qm 2
8.
8e 0 , 8e 0 9. hmax =
2ekQ

æ 2Q 2Q 3Q ö 2QK é 1 1 ù 2rT
10 (a) 0, ç - ,+ , ÷ - , (b)
5 5 ø 5 êë a r úû
11. 2
è 5 e0

pe0 V 2 qab qc(b - a )

12. 13. qI = , qII = – qI, qIII = 0, qIV =
2 ab + bc - ac ab + bc - ac
1/ 2
é æ 12T öù
14. Q = 8pr2 êe 0 ç 7 P0 + ÷
r øúû
15. q’/q = 13/20
ë è

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