quiz ‘FITIEE YADODARA CENTRE _Electrostatics | a — Instructions Part 4 contains questions having single option correct. Part B contains questions in which more than one option MAY be correct. One third of the marks will be deducted for incorrect options in Part A. 1 3. PartA yP ‘A wooden block performs SHM on a frictionless surface with frequency Vo. The block carries a charge +Qon its surface, If now a uniform electric field F is switched-on as shown, then the SHM of the block will be ul (a) of the same frequency and with shifted mean position. wairy 1° (6) of the same frequency and with the same mean position 20 je Gof changed frequency and with shifted mean position, or (d) of changed frequency and with the same mean position. 27 Auniform charged thin spherical shell of radius R carries uniform surface charge density of 6 per unit area. It is made of two hemispherical shells, held together by pressing them with force F (see figure). F is proportional to . re oR ¥ r (a\sece &R aR <3 Under the influence of the coulomb field of charge +Q, a charge - q is moving aroun ‘out the correct statement(s). %, Gy The angular momentum of the charge - qis constant {(b) The linear momentum of the charge ~q is constant (c) The angular velocity of the charge ~ qs constant (d) The linear speed of the charge ~ q is constant a Consider a system of three charges 4, Land a placed at points A, B and C, respectively, as shown in the 3) figure. Take 0 to be the centre of the circle of radius R and angle CAB = 60°. (a) The electric field at point O is = re directed along the negative x-axis Le ei : 3 (b) The potential energy of the system is zero a f 2 ~ eH x @ The magnitude of the force between the charge at C and Bis = 7 és t y GE Ss, q 12s,R (d) the potential at point O is 5. Positive and negative point charges of equal magnitude are kept at (o.ag}end (0.0, ; ), respectively. The ‘work done by the electric field when another positive point charge is moved from (~ a, 0, 0) to (0, a, 0) is (a) Positive {b) Negative (a) Depends on the path connecting the initial and final position7 9 4 Consider a neutral conducting sphere. A positive point charge is placed outside the sphere. The net charge on the sphere is then, (a) negative and distributed uniformly over the surface of the sphere {(b) negative and appears only at the point on the sphere closest to the point charge (c) negative and distributed non-uniformly over the entire surface of the sphere a) rere ‘A Gaussian surface in the figure is shown by dotted line, The electric field on the surface will be (a) due to q1 and q2 only (b) due to q2 only (c) zero arevetomy a Three positive charges of equal value q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. The resulting lines © force should be sketched as in (@) (b) ‘ Qe wh (@) GB " % ” a Anon conducting ring of radius 0.5 m carries a total charge of 1.11 x 107 C distributed non-uniformly on its circumference producing an electric field £ everywhere is space. The value of the integral { -£.dl (I= 0 being centre of the ring) in volts is (a)+2 (b)-1 (9-2 {d) zero A charge ‘q’ is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q. The system of the three charges will be in equilibrium if ‘q’ is equal to (a)-Q/2 asa (c) a (d) a/2 PartB ‘A few electric field lines for a system of two charges Q, and Qz fixed at two different points on the x-axis are shown in the figure. These lines suggest that (2) ||>0,| 5 2\ — Csinaiigens l2Y4, and q, both are negative (C) 41 Is positive q, is negative (0) q, is positive and q, is negative Two Identical charges are placed at the two corners of an equilateral triangle. The potential Cnergy of the system 1s U. The work done in bringing an identical charge from infinity to the third vertex Is (Ayu ru (cau (b)au Two identical charged spheres are suspended by strings of equal length. The strings make an angle of 30° with each other. When suspended in a liquid of density 0.8 gm/cc, the angle Femains the same, The dielectric constant of the liquid is [density of the material of sphere is 1.6 gmn/cc) : wo? (Bl Age (c)25 (0) 3.5 Three charged particles are in fequlsiujn under their electrostatic forces only : (A) the particles must be collinear (8) all the charges can not have the same magnitude maguibudd (C) all the charges can not have the same sign (D) the equilibrium is unstable A solid sphere of radius R is charged uniformly. At what distance from its surface is the electrostatic potential half of the potential at the centre : we eB wef (0)2R / Five identical charges each of magnitude q are placed at the five corners of a regular hexagon of side a. The field at the centre of the hexagon is : wi () 34 oe o) 39 ‘Two point charges +q and ~q are held fixed at (a, 0),(a, 0) respectively of a x-y coordinate system, then (A) the electric field E at all points on the x-axis has the same direction MAE at all points on the y-axis is along 1 (C) positive work is done in bringing a test charge from infinity to the origin {0) all the above10, uM, 12. 13. Four point chai ges A,B,C and © are placed at the four corners of a square of side a. The energy fequited to take the charges C and 0 to Infinity (they are also infinitely separated from each other) is (a) () 20 4 ana ae Fagg (2 +1) (0) zero An infinite sheet of charge has a surface charge density of 10°” C/m?, The separation between {Wo equipotential surface whose potential differ by 5 Vis : (A) 0.81 em (6) 0.88 mm (C) 0.88 m (0) 5x107m conduction A-neutral pendulum oscillates in an uniform electric field as shown in figure. if @ positive charge is given to the pendulum then its time period : (A) will increase (8) will decrease (C) will remain constant (1D) will first increase then decrease Two identical positive charges are placed at x = - a and x = a. The correct vari Co ‘long the «axis is given by v y rk4 ao. Nee | Cane we (A) (8) + L 7 ae bi me eee wax & te 2 y 2d-» ‘i 4 se oe 8 ti 2 | 2 (0) 4 2 e+2 cas “a Oo +a {An electric dipole is placed perpendicular to an infinite line of charge ata % distance x, as shown in figure. Identify the correct statement: oe (A) the dipole Is attracted towards the line charge Somat 427 the dipole doos not experience a force Yer The dipole does not experience afore bog ve (0) The dipole experience a force as well as a torque Consider an electric field & = £, x where Eo is a constant. The flux through the shaded area (As shown in the figure) due to this field is 2 (a) 26a’ (b) N20" (ch oa? (@) aA disk of radius a/4 having a uniformly distributed charge 6C is placed in the x-y plane with its centre at (-a/2, 0, 0). Arod of length y y a carrying a uniformly distributed charge 8C is placed on the x-axis from x=a/4 to x = Sa/4. Two point charges — 7C and 3C are placed at (a/4, -2/4, 0) and (-3a/4, 3a/4, 0), respectively. Consider a cubical — surface formed by six surfaces x = + a/2, y= + a/2,2=+ 2/2. The : 2 electric flux through this cubical surface is (@) toy 2 we a) 2 Three concentric metallic spherical shells of radii R, 2R, 3R, are given charges Q1, Q2, Q3 respectively. It is found that the surface charge densities on the outer surface of these shells are equal. Then, the ratio of the charges given to the shells, Q1 :Q2 : Q3, is ()1:2:3 (8)1:3:5 (e)1:4:9 — (d)1:8:18 Aspherical portion has been removed from a solid sphere having a charge distributed uniformly in its volume as shown in figure. The electric field inside the emptied space is (a) zero everywhere is (b) non-zero and uniform (6) non-uniform (4) zero only at its centre ‘A long, hollow conducting cylinder is kept coaxially inside another long, hollow conducting cylinder of larger radius. Both the cylinders are initially electrically neutral. (2) A potential difference appears between the two cylinders when a charge density is given to the inner cylinder. (b) A potential difference appears between the two cylinders when a charge density is given to the outer cylinder. (c) No potential difference appears between the two cylinders when a uniform the charge is kept along the axis of the cylinders. (a) ) No potential difference appears between the two cylinders when a same the charge is kept to both the cylinders. 2 Six charges of equal magnitude, 3 positive and 3 negative are to be P at placed on PORSTU corners of a regular hexagon, such that field at the centre is double that of what is would have been it only one +ve charge is acs placed at R +U R Rtas Ott 2: (d) +, aoe ‘5, A positive point charge is placed inside a spherical metallic shell. The electric field lines are represented by A a e 8