Name………………… Reason (R): Total positive charge equals to total negative charge in a charged conductor.

STAR-TEST Q9. Assertion (A): All the charge in a conductor gets distributed on whole of its outer
surface
Unit :I (Electrostatics) Ch-1 Class: XII Reason (R): In a dynamic system, charges try to keep their potential energy minimum.

Time allowed: 2 hours Maximum Marks: 40 Faraday Cage:

Q1. Two identical conducting balls A and B have charges - Q and + 3Q respectively.
They are brought in contact with each other and then separated by a distance d apart. Find
the nature of the Coulomb force between them. (1)
Q2. An electrostatic field line cannot be discontinuous. Why? (1)
A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure made of a conducting material. The
fields within a conductor cancel out with any external fields, so the electric field within
the enclosure is zero. These Faraday cages act as big hollow conductors you can put
things in to shield them from electrical fields. Any electrical shocks the cage receives,
pass harmlessly around the outside of the cage.

Q3. A positive point charge (+q) is kept in the vicinity of an uncharged conducting plate.
Sketch electric field lines originating from the point on to the surface of the plate. (1)

Q4. What is the angle between the directions of electric field at any axial point and
equatorial point due to an electric dipole ? (1)

Q5. Figure shows three point charges, +2q, - q and + 3q. two charges +2q - q are
enclosed within a surface 'S'. What is the electric flux due to this configuration through
the surface 'S'?
(1) 10. Which of the following material can be used to make a Faraday cage?
(a) Plastic (b) Glass
(c) Copper (d) Wood

11.What is the electrical force inside a Faraday cage when it is struck by lightning?
For question numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9, two statements are given-one labelled (a) The same as the lightning
Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to (b) Half that of the lightning
these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below. (c) Zero
(a)  Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A (d) A quarter of the lightning
(b)  Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c)  A is true but R is false 12. An isolated point charge +q is placed inside the Faraday cage. Its surface must have
(d)  A is false and R is also false. charge equal to-
(a) Zero (b) +q
Q6. Assertion(A) : In a non-uniform electric field, a dipole will have translatory as well (c) –q (d) +2q
as rotator motion.
Reason(R): In a non-uniform electric field, a dipole experiences a force as well as torque. 13. A point charge of 2C is placed at centre of Faraday cage in the shape of cube with
surface of 9 cm edge. The number of electric field lines passing through the cube
Q7. Assertion (A) : If Gaussian surface does not enclose any charge, then E at any point normally will be-
on the Gaussian surface must be zero. (a) 1.9x105 Nm2/C entering the surface
Reason (R) : No net charge is enclosed by Gaussian surface, so net flux passing through (b) 1.9x105 Nm2/C leaving the surface
the surface is non-zero. (c) 2.0x105 Nm2/C leaving the surface
Q8. Assertion (A) : Net electric field inside a conductor is zero. (d) 2.0x105 Nm2/C entering the surface
Q14. A hollow conducting sphere of inner radius r1 and outer radius r2 has a charge Q on
its surface. A point charge - q is also placed at the centre of the sphere.
(i) What is the surface charge density on the inner and outer surface of the sphere?
(ii) Write the expression for the electric filed at a point x > r2.
(2)
Q20. Three point charges q, −¿4q and 2q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral
triangle ABC of side 'l' as shown in the figure. Obtain the expression for the
Q15. (i) Define electric flux . State its S.I. unit. Is it a scalar or a vector quantity? magnitude of the resultant electric force acting on the charge q.
(ii) ''The outward electric flux due to charge +Q is independent of the shape and size of (2)
the surface which encloses it.'' Give two reasons to justify this statement.
(3)

Q16. (i) Draw the electric field lines of an electric dipole.

(ii) Sketch the electric field lines for a uniformly charged hollow cylinder as shown in the
figure.
(2)
Q21. A charge is distributed uniformly over a ring of radius ‘a’. Obtain an expression
for the electric field intensity E at a point on the axis of the ring. Hence show that for
point at large distances from the ring, it behaves like a point charge.
(2)

Q22. (i) Use Gauss's theorem to find the electric field due to a uniformly charged
infinitely large plane thin sheet with surface charge density σ.
Q17. (i) Deduce the expression for the torque acting on a dipole moment p placed in a
(ii) An infinitely large thin plane sheet has a uniform surface charge density +σ.
uniform electric field E. Depict the direction of the torque. Express it in vector form.
Obtain the expression for the amount of work done in bringing a point charge q, from
Show that the potential energy of a dipole making an angle  with the direction of the infinity to a point distant r, in front of the charged plane sheet.
field is given by U = - ⃗p.⃗
E. (3)
(ii) In which orientation, a dipole place in a uniform electric field is in (a) stable, (b)
unstable equilibrium? (5)

Q18. A dipole is made up of two charges +q and –q separated by a distance 2a. Derive an
expression for the electric field E due to this dipole at a point distant r from the centre of
the dipole on the equatorial plane. Draw the shape of the graph, between E and r when
r>>a. (3)

Q19. (i) State Gauss's law in electrostatics. Use Gauss's law to derive the expression for
the electric field (⃗
E ) due to a straight uniformly charged infinite line of charge density λ
Cm . -1

(ii) Draw a graph to show the variation of E with perpendicular distance r from the line
charge.
(iii) Find the work done in bringing a charge q from perpendicular distance r1 to r2
(r2 > r1). (5)