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Std: 12th Topic:- Electric Charges and Field-1

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1. Calculate the charge carried by 12.5 × 108 electrons.

Ans. 2 × 10−10 C

2. How many electrons would have to be removed from a copper penny to leave
it with a positive charge of 10−7 C ?

Ans. 6.25 × 1011 electrons

3. Calculate the charge on an alpha particle. Given charge on a proton = 1.6 × 10-¹⁹
C.

Ans. + 3.2 x 10-¹⁹ C

4. Calculate the charge on 56

26𝐹𝑒 Fe nucleus. Given charge on 26 a proton = 1.6 x
10-¹⁹

Ans. + 4.16 x 10−18 C

5. Determine the total charge on 75.0 kg of electrons.

Ans. - 1.33 × 1013 C

6. How many mega coulombs of positive (or negative) charge are present in 2.0
mole of neutral hydrogen (H₂) gas ?

7. Estimate the total number of electrons present in 100 g of water. How much is
the total negative charge carried by these electrons ? Avogadro's number = 6.02 x
1023 and molecular mass of water = 18.

Ans. 5.35 × 106 C

8. Obtain the dimensional formula of 𝑐𝑔

Ans. 𝑀−1 𝐿−3 𝑇 4 𝐴2

9. Calculate coulomb force between two a-particles separated by a distance of 3.2

x 1015 m in air.

Ans. 90 N

10. Calculate the distance between two protons such that the electrical repulsive
force between them is equal to the weight of either.

Ans. 1.18 cm

11. How far apart should the two electrons be, if the force each exerts on the
other is equal to the weight of the electron? Given that e=1.6 × 10−19 C and m =
9.1 × 10−31 kg.

Ans. 5.08 m

12. A pith-ball A of mass 9 x 10−5 kg carries a charge of 5 μC. What must be the
magnitude and sign of the charge on a pith-ball B held 2 cm directly above the
pith-ball A, such that the pith-ball A remains stationary?

Ans. 7.84 pC, sign opposite to that of A

13. Two identical metal spheres having equal and similar charges repel each other
with a force of 103 N when they are placed 10 cm apart in a medium of dielectric
constant 5. Determine the charge on each sphere.

Ans. 23.9 x 10−6 C

14. The distance between the electron and proton in hydrogen atom is 5.3 x
10−11 m. Determine the magni-tude of the ratio of electrostatic and gravitational
force between them.

Given 𝑚𝑒 = 9.1 × 10−31 𝑘𝑔, 𝑚𝑝 = 1,67 × 10−27 𝑘𝑔, 𝑒 = 1,6 ×

10−19 𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐺 = 6.67 × 10−11 𝑁𝑚2 𝑘𝑔−2 .
Ans. 𝐹𝑒 ⁄𝐹𝐺 = 2.27 × 1039

15. Two identical metallic spheres, having unequal, opposite charges are placed at
a distance 0.90 m apart in air. After bringing them in contact with each other,
they are again placed at the same distance apart. Now the force of repulsion
between them is 0.025 N. Calculate the final charge on each of them.

Ans. 1.5 x 10−6 C

16. A small brass sphere having a positive charge of 1.7 x 10−8 C is made to touch
another sphere of the same radius having a negative charge of 3.0 × 10−9 C. Find
the force between them when they are separated by a distance of 20 cm. What
will be the force between them when they are immersed in an oil of dielectric
constant 3?

Ans. 1.1 x 10−5 N; 0.367 × 10−5 N

17. The sum of two point charges is 7 𝜇𝐶. They repel each repel each other with a
force of 1 N when kept 30 cm apart in free space. Calculate the value of each
charges.

Ans. 5 𝜇𝐶, 2 𝜇𝐶

18. Two point charges 𝑞1 = 5 × 10−6 𝐶 and 𝑞2 = 3 × 10−4 𝐶 are located at

positions (1 m, 3 m, 2 m) and (3 m, 5 m, 1 m) respectively. Find the forces ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐹12 and
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐹21 using vector form of Coulomb’s law.

𝐹12 = −5 × 10−3 (2𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ ) N

Ans. ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗

𝐹21 = −5 × 10−3 (2𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ ) N

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗

19. Three equally charged small objects are placed as shown in fig. 1.18. the
object A exerts an electric force on object B equal to 3.0 × 10−6 N.
(i) What electric force does C exert on B?

(ii) What is the net electric force on B ?

Ans. (i) 12.0 × 10−6 N, along BA

(ii) 9.0 × 10−6 N, along BA

20. Two identical metallic spheres A and Beach carry-ing a charge q, repel each
other with a force F. A third metallic sphere C of the same size, but un- charged, is
successively made to touch the spheres A and B, and then removed away. What is
the force of repulsion between A and B?

Ans. 3F/8

14. Two point charges +9e and +e are kept at a distance a from each-other.
Where should we place a third charge q on the line joining the two charges so
that it may be in equilibrium?
3𝑎
Ans. from + 9e charge
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15. Two point electric charges of values 9 and 2q are kept at a distance d apart
from each other in air. A third charge Q is to be kept along the same line in such a
way that the net force acting on q and 2q is zero. Calculate the position of charge
Qin terms of q and d.

Ans. At a distance of (√2-1) d from charge q

16. A charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q Show
that the system of three charges will be in equilibrium if q = - Q/4
17. Two pith-balls each weighing 10−3 kg are suspended from the same point by
means of silk threads 0.5 m long. On charging the balls equally, they are found to
repel each other to a distance of 0.2 m. calculate the charge on each ball.

Ans. 2.357 × 10−6 C