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ELECTROSTATICS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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body Bare
Is
three bodiesQUESTIONS (SINGLE OPTION CORRECT)
A, B andc
(SING
brought closer Body A when
(A) Body A andB repel. VWe can then brought closer
to C they to B,
should a
charges B. dnav have
e opposite conclud
opposite charges while Body C should have the
)
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boay Band Cshould have same charge while
B Bodyo sai
and are definitely have Body C may have
opposite
(D) Body C is
charge. same kind of charge wniie opposi
DOuy have
neutral while
Body A and B have
2 A
positively charged insulator opposite charge
is brought in
contact with an uncharged then
CA) conductor conducO
(B) conductor acquires positive charge due to conduction [2014]
acquires positive charge due to
(C) conductor acquires induction
(D) conductor cannot negative charge due to induction
acquire any charge
3. Two
bodies A and B are
charge and B with charged with equal magnitude of charge but A
negative. If Ma and Me are masses before WItn pos
are the masses
after charging, then charging and Maand Ma
(mo is some constant mass)
uA) MA = Ma mo and M Me+ mo
+ =
[2016]
(B) MA Ma
= -

mo and
M =Ma + mo
(C) M= M
(D) M= MA- and Mg =Me+ mo
2
1 Twoequally charged identical pith balls are
suspended by identical massless strings as shown [2018]
in the adjacent figure. If this set up is on
Mercury (g
=
3.7 m/s ), Earth (g 9.8 m/s) and Jupiter (g
= =
1.0 im 1.0m
24.5 m/s*), then angle 20 will be
(A) maximum on Mercury
(B) maximum on Earth, as it has atmosphere
(C) Maximum on Jupiter a
D) the same on any planet as Coulomb force is in independent of gravity

Choose correct option from the following statements from electrostatics: [2018]
If two copper spheres of same radii, one hollow and the other solid are charged to
() the same electrical potential, the solid sphere will have more charges

(11) A charged body can attract another uncharged body.

from like charges will exert a lateral force on each
(1I1) Electrical lines of force originating can intersect each other.
other, while those originating from opposite charges is correct
A Only (1) is correct correct (B) Only (1I)
(D) All (), (11) and (l) are correct
(C) Only (1) and (1I) are
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A rectangular
metal plate,
figure has a charge
shown in
of 2019)
the adjacent
assumed to be uniformly
420 C
Then how much
distributed over it.
over the shaded
is the charge
area? No part of
metal plate is cut.
28 cm-
(Circles and the diagonal
are
shown for clarity only. n = 22/7)

(A) 45 C (B) 450 uC

(C) 15 C (D) 150 HC

7. A physics teacher and his family are travelling in a car on a highway during a severe
lightning storm. Choose the correct option:
A) Safest place will be inside the car as the charges due to lightning tend to remain on [2019]
the metal sheet / skin of the vehicle if struck by lightning.
B) It's too dangerous to be inside the car. As the car has a metal
body the charges tend
to accumulate on the surface and will generate a
strong electric field inside the car.
(C) Safest place is under a tree. It's better to gets drenched under a tree as the
will provide a path to the charges for wet tree
earthing.
(D) It is safer to exit the car and stand on open ground.