Oriental Public School

Class – XII (Physics)

Assignment
Unit 1. Electrostatics:
Chapter1 –Electric Charges and electric fields
Q1. Define frictional electricity.
Q2. Describe Basic properties of charges.
Q3. What is an induction. How can a body be negatively charged by
induction?
Q4. Derive Coulomb ‘s law in Electrostatics in vector form
Q5. How many electrons are there in One coulomb charge?
Q6. Three spheres A,B,C are having radii r,2rand 3r respectively.
Charges on them are respectively -2q,4Q and 6Q. These spheres
are touched with each other. what are the charges on the spheres
after their touching each other?
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Q7. Define Dielectric constant of a medium. Show that 𝐾 = .
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Q8. State and explain superposition principle for electric charges.

What is the importance of this principle?
Q9 What is meant by continuous charge distribution? Mention and
explain different types of charge densities.
Q10 Calculate the surface charge density of a sphere of radius R
which is given a charge q?
Q11.Define electric field and electric lines of force. Write the
characteristics of electric lines of force?
Q12. Define electric Dipole moment. Derive the expression for
electric field at a point due to electric dipole on its axial line .
Q13. The electric field due to a small dipole at a distance r from the
centre of dipole on axial line is E Find the distance on the
equatorial line to have same electric field E?
Q14. Find the electric Potential energy of an electric dipole placed in
uniform electric field.
Q15.A specimen having dipole moment of 10-20 Cm is polarized by a
field by a field of 105 NC-1. Find work done, when dipole is at 900
to the direction of field.
Q16. Define Area Vector and electric flux. Write the mathematical
formula of electric flux.
Q17.Define Gauss’s theorem. Use it to find the electric field intensity
due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet of charge . What
will be the intensity if sheet has finite thickness?
Q18. Find the surface charge density of a plane sheet of finite
thickness having an electric field of 300 NC-1 acting towards near
the surface of the sheet.
Chapter2: Electric Potential and capacitances
Q19.Define electric potential at a point. Derive the expression for it.
Q20. Define and derive expression for Principle of superposition of
potentials.
Q20. A hexagon of side 0.1 m has a charge 10 𝜇𝐶 at each of its
vertices. Calculate the electric potential at the centre of the
hexagon.
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