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CPP
ELECTROSTATICS -SHEET: 9(Lecture – 9)
LEVEL – I

1. A point positive charge of Q' units is moved round another fixed point positive charge of Q units in circular
path. If the radius of the circle r, find the work done on the charge Q in making one complete revolution.

2. A proton is projected with velocity 7.45 × 105 m/s towards another proton which is originally at rest. Find the
minimum distance of approach.

3. Three charges are placed as shown in fig if the electric potential energy of system is zero, then find Q : q.

5. Two point charges each of charge +q are fixed at (+a, 0) and ( Y

a, 0). Another positive point charge q placed at the origin is free
q q
to move along x-axis. The charge q at the origin in equilibrium q
will have X
(A) maximum force and minimum potential energy (-a, 0) (+a, 0)
(B) minimum force and maximum potential energy
(C) maximum force and maximum potential energy
(D) minimum force and minimum potential energy.

6. Three charges Q, +q and +q are placed at the vertices of a right-

angled isosceles triangle as shown. If the net electrostatic energy of
the configuration is zero, calculate Q

7. Three point charge -q, +q and -q are placed along a straight line at equal distances( say r meter). If +q charge
is in the middle, find the Electric potential energy of this system of charges.

8. Four equal charges of charge q are placed at corner of a square of side a. Evaluate the Potential energy of
the whole system.

9. Eight point charges with charge +q on each of them is brought together to form a system with each charge
placed at the vertices of a cube of each side ‘a’. Find the minimum work required to do so in assembling the
charges from infinity to form the system.

10. A charged particle ‘q’ is shot towards another charged particle ‘Q’, which is fixed, with a speed ‘v’. It
approaches ‘Q’ upto a closest distance r and then returns. If q were given a speed of ‘2v’, find the closest
distance of approach.

11. Two point charges + q and –q are held fixed at (–d,0 )and (d,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
 
(B) E at all points on the Y - axis is along i
(C) Work has to be done in bringing a test charge from infinity to the origin

(D) The dipole moment is 2qd directed along i

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Level-II
1. A point charge Q is placed at the centre of uniformly volume charged solid sphere of radius R having total
charge Q. Find the total electrostatic energy of this system (ignore self energy of the point charge).

 a   a
 0, 0,   0,0, 
2. Positive and negative point charges of equal magnitude are kept at  2  and  2  , respectively. The
work done by the electric field when another positive point charge is moved from (–a, 0, 0) to (0, a, 0) is

3. A hollow sphere of radius R is given uniformly distributed charge +q. If the sphere expand uniformly to a
radius 2R and during expansion q/2 of its charge is extracted and removed from it. Calculate the work done by
electric force in the system.

4. 2 identical charges 5 C each are fixed at a distance 8 cm between them & a charged particle of mass 9  10
6
kg and  10 C is placed at a distance 5 cm from each of them & released. Calculate the speed of the
particle when it is nearest to the two charges.

5. Four charges +q, q, +q and q are placed in order on the four consecutive corners of a square of side a. Find
the work done in interchanging the positions of any two neighbouring charges of opposite sign.:

5
6. Two fixed, equal and positive charges, each of magnitude 5  10 C are located at point A and B separated
by a distance of 6 m. An equal and opposite charge moves towards them along the line COD, the
perpendicular bisector of the line AB. The moving charge, when it reaches the point C at a distance of 4 m
from O, has a kinetic energy of 4 Joules. Calculate the distance of the farthest point D which the negative
charge will reach before returning towards C.

7. Two equal point charges are fixed at x = – a and x = + a on the x-axis. Another point charge Q is placed at the
origin. The change in the electrical potential energy of Q, when it is displaced by a small distance x along the
x-axis, is approximately proportional to xa. Find a.

CPP
ELECTROSTATICS -SHEET: 9(Lecture – 9)
ANSWER KEY
Level-I

1. Zero
1. w = 0 F disp.
2. 10–12 m
2. Ui + ki = uf + kf.
(p)  v0 (p)
 
1 1 v  k2 v0 v0
mv 02  2  m  0  r p p
2 2  2  2 2
ke 2 1
  mv 02
r 4
2

r 
9

4ke2 4  9  10  1.6  10
19
 2
36  1.6  1.6  10 29
 10 12 m
mv 02 
1.67kt10 27 7.45  105  1.6  10 27

 7.45  10 52

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Q 1
3. 
q 4
k  q q k   q  k  q   -q -q
U   r Q r
2r r r
kq 2kq
 
2r r
Q 1

q 4
5. (D)
The net force on q at origin is
   1 q2 ˆ 1 q2 ˆ
F  F1  F2 =  2 i  (  i)  0ˆ
40 r 40 r 2
The P.E. of the charge q in-between the extreme charges at a distance x from the origin along
+ve x-axis is
1 q2 1 q2 1  1 1 
U=    = .q2   .
40  a  x  40 (a  x) 40 a  x a  x 
dU q2  1 1 
  2
 
dx 40  (a  x) (a  x)2 
dU d2U
For U to be minimum,  0,  0,
dx dx 2
 (a  x)2 = (a + x)2  a + x =  (a – x)
 x = 0, because other solution is irrelevant.
Thus the charged particle at the origin will have minimum force and minimum P.E.
6. B
kQq kq2 kQq
6. New electrostatic energy + + =0U=
a a a 2
kq æ Q ö 2q
Þ ç Q+q+ ÷ =0Þ Q=- .
a è 2ø 2+ 2

3q 2
7.
8 0 r
k  q q r r
7. EPE  -q -q
2r Q
k  q  q 
 y2
r
2kg2 kq2 3 kq2
  
r 2r 2 r

4kq 2  1 
8. 1
a  2 2 

kq2 q q
8. EPE = 4 
a
k 2
 2 q q
2a

4kq 2  3 1 
9. 3  
6a 2 3

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9.  = uf  ui b c
a
kq2 kq2
 12   4 d
a 3a
e f
kq2
12  h
2a g

10. r/4
10. uf  k ˆi  uf  k / f V
q Q
1 KQq
mv 2   v 2r  count
2 r
If speed is 2v
v 2r r
 r'  2

 
QV 4

11. B
11. V0 = 0 y
No work r,  d to lying test charge from  to O
E field along x-axis toward left of q is ve x-axis
dipole moment is along –ve x-axis. O y
q -q

Level-II
3KQ 2
1.
8 R
3KQ2 KQdQ q
EPE  
1. 5R r R
 
Self energy intersection PE O
of sphere

R R
KQ Q4r 2 dr 3KQ2 3 KQ2
IPE    3  rdr 
0 r
4 R 0 2 R

3
3 KQ2 3 KQ2 21 KQ2
EPE   
4 R 2 R 10 R

2. Zero
kq 1 k  q1 Y
2. U1   0 (0, a, 0) 2 2
5 a
a 5 (0, 0, 0/2)
2 2
q -q x
U2  0
z (0,0,a/2)
W=0

7q 2
3.
64 0 R
kq2 q
3. Ui 
2R
2
k  q / 2 kq2
Uf   R q/2
2  2R  16R
2R
kq2  7  7kQ2
EF  Ui  Uf  1   
2R  8  16R

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4. 103 m/sec
4. Ui + Ki = Uf + Kf m
q
2

k 5  10 6 ()  q
 2 
 
k 5  10 6  q 1
 mv 2
 5cm
3
5  10 2 4  10 2 2
1  1 1  1 4cm 4cm 5c
mv 2  kq  10 3     kq  103  5c
2 4 5 20
q  105  105
v2 =  10 6 ; v  103 m / sec
9  10 6
q2
5. (4  2 2)
40 a
4k  q q q q q q
5. Ui 
a
2
kq
 2
2a
2kq2

a
kq  q q q q q
Uf  2
a
ext  U  Uf  Ui
kq2 k  q  q 
  2 1 2
a 2a
4kq2 2 2Kq2
 
a a
2kq2 2

a

 42 2  kqa
6. 6 2m
6. ui + ki = uf + kf q
kq2 kq2 3
2 4  2
5 9  d2
d 3 4 q
1 1 
2kq2     4
5 9  d2  q
2 1 1 
2  9  109  5  10 5   
4
5 9  d2 
1 1  45 45
45     4 9 4  0  9  d2  d2  72
 5 2
9d  9  d2 0d 2

D = 62 m

7. 2
2kQq x
7. Uf  q a q
a
a
kQq kQq O
Uf  
ax ax
2kQqa  a 1
 2  U  Uf  Ui  2kQq  2  
a  x2 a  x
2
a
 a 2  a2  x 2 
 2kQq  
 a a2  x 2 
   
2kQq x 2
 U  a2

a a2  x 2 

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