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Puja Holiday Homework (Class XII)

01. 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 joining the two charges so that it may be in equilibrium?
02. A spherical rubber balloon carries a charge that is uniformly distributed over its surface. As the balloon
is blown up; how does E vary for points (i) inside the balloon, (ii) on the surface of the balloon and
(iii) outside the balloon?
03. Find the amount of work done in rotating an electric dipole, of dipole moment from its
position of stable equilibrium, to the position of unstable equilibrium, in a uniform electric field of
intensity .
04. Two charges -q and +q are located at points (0, 0, -a) and (0, 0, a), respectively. 
(a) What is the electrostatic potential at the points (0, 0, z) and (x, y, 0) ?
(b)  Obtain the dependence of potential on the distance r of a point from the origin when r/a >> 1
(c)  How much work is done in moving a small test charge from the point (5, 0, 0) to (-7, 0, 0) along the x-axis?
05. The capacities of three capacitors are in the ratio 1:2:3. Their equivalent capacity in parallel is greater than the
equivalent capacity in series by 60/11pF. Calculate the individual capacitances.
06. A storage battery of emf 8.0 V and internal resistance 0.5Ω is being charged by a 120 V dc supply using a
series resistor of 15.5Ω. What is the terminal voltage of the battery during charging? What is the purpose of
having a series resistor in the charging circuit?
07. A charges particle of specific charge (charge/mass) is released from origin at time with velocity
in uniform magnetic field . Find coordinates of the particle at time .
08. A closely wound solenoid 80cm long has 5 layers of windings of 400 turns each. The diameter of the solenoid is
1.8cm. If the current carries is 8.0 A, estimate the magnitude of inside the solenoid near its centre.
09. A straight solenoid of length 50 cm has 1000 turns per metre and mean cross-sectional area
of  . It is placed with its axis of  ,with uniform magnetic field of 0.32 T . Find the torque
acting on the solenoid when a current of 2A is passed through it.
10. When a conducting loop of resistance 10 Ω and area 10 cm2 is removed from an external magnetic
field acting normally, the variation of induced current in the loop with time t is as shown in the figure.

Find the
(a) total charge passed through the loop.
(b) change in magnetic flux through the loop
(c) magnitude of the field applied
11. A 0.5m long solenoid of 10 turns/cm has area of cross-section 1cm2. Calculate the voltage induced
across its ends if the current in the solenoid is changed from 1A to 2A in 0.1s.
12. An emf is applied across a pure capacitor of . Find (i) the instantaneous
current I (ii) instantaneous power P (iii) the frequency of power and (iv) the maximum energy stored in
the capacitor.
13. A 200V variable frequency a.c. source is connected to a series combination of L = 5H, and
. Calculate (i) angular frequency of the source to get maximum current in the circuit, (ii) the
current amplitude at resonance and (iii) the power dissipated in the circuit.
14. An inductor 200mH, capacitor 500μF, resistor 10Ω are connected in series with a 100V, variable frequency ac
source. Calculate the (i) frequency at which power factor of circuit its unity, (ii) current amplitude at this
frequency, (iii) Q-factor.
15. Calculate the current drawn by the primary of a transformer, which steps down 200V to 20V to operate a device
of resistance . Assume the efficiency of the transformer to be 80%.