CYCLE TEST - 1

PHYSICS
Std: XII Date: 25.03.2021
TIME: 1.5 Hrs. Max. Marks: 35

Section: A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)

1. The total flux through the faces of the cube with side of length a if a
charge q is placed at corner A of the cube is

2. SI unit of permittivity of free space is _______________

3. Which orientation of an electric dipole in a uniform electric field would
correspond to stable equilibrium?
4. Why should electrostatic field be zero inside a conductor?
5. Which of the following figures represent the electric field lines due to a
single negative charge?

Section: B (Answer any four Questions) (4 x 2 = 8)

6. Why do the electric field lines never cross each other? 

7. Define electric flux. Write its S.I. unit.
8. A free proton and a free electron are placed in a uniform field. Which of
the two experience greater force and greater acceleration?
9. Figure shows tracks of three charged particles in a uniform electrostatic
field. Give the signs of the three charges. Which particle has the highest
charge to mass ratio?

10. An electric dipole with dipole moment 4 x 10-9 Cm is aligned at 30° with
the direction of a uniform electric field of magnitude 5 x 10 4 N/C
Calculate the magnitude of the torque acting on the dipole.

Section: C (Anser any four questions) ( 4 x 3 = 12 )

11. Derive an expression for the torque experienced by an electric dipole

kept in a uniform electric field. 
12. State Gauss’ law in electrostatics. Using this law derive an expression
for the electric field due to a uniformly changed infinite plane sheet.
13. Three point charges q, -4q and 2q are place at the vertices of an
equilateral triangle ABC of side ‘l’. Obtain the expression for the
magnitude of the resultant electric force acting on the charge q.
14. Use Gauss law to derive an expression for the electric field due to an
infinitely long straight wire of linear charge density λ cm -1
15. A hollow cylindrical box of length 1m and area of cross-section 25 cm 2 is
placed in a three-dimensional coordinate system as shown in the figure.
The electric field in the region is given by E⃗ = 50 x î, where E is in NC−1
 and x is in metres. Find: (i) Net flux through the cylinder. (ii) Charge
enclosed by the cylinder.

Section: D ( Long Answer Type Questions) (2 x 5 = 10)

16.  (a) Derive an expression for the electric field E due to a dipole of length
‘2a’ at a point distant r from the center of the dipole on the axial line. (b)
Draw a graph of E versus r for r >> a. (c) If this dipole were kept in a
uniform external electric field E0 diagrammatically represent the position
of the dipole in stable and unstable equilibrium and write the
expressions for the torque acting on the dipole in both the cases.

17. (a) Derive the expression for electric field at a point on the equatorial line
of an electric dipole.
(b) A conducting sphere of radius 10 cm has an unknown charge. If the
electric field 20 cm from the centre of the sphere is 1.5 × 103 N/C and
points radially inward, what is the net charge on the sphere?

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