Q1. State the principle of superposition of Q9.

Three charges −q1 , +q 2

electrostatic forces. Hence write an expression for and −q3 are placed as shown
the force on a point charge due to a distribution of N in the figure. The x-
− 1 point charges in terms of their position vectors. component of the force on
−q1 is proportional to?
Q2. Three equally charged small objects are placed q2 q3 q2 q3
(a) 2 − 2 sin θ (b) 2 − 2 cos θ
as shown in figure below. The object A exerts an b a b a
q2 q3 q2 q3
electric force on object B equal to 3.0 x 10−6 N. (c) + sin θ (b) + cos θ
b2 a2 b2 a2
(i) What electric force does C exert on B? (ii) What
is the net electric force on B? [Ans: (i) 𝟏𝟐 𝐱 𝟏𝟎−𝟔 N Q10. Consider the charges q, q and −q placed at the
(along BA) (ii) 9 x 𝟏𝟎−𝟔 N (along BA)] vertices of an equilateral triangle. What is the force
𝟏 𝐪𝟐 𝟏 𝐪𝟐 𝟏 𝐪𝟐
on each charge? [Ans:
𝟒𝛑𝛆𝐨 𝐥 𝟐, 𝟒𝛑𝛆𝐨 𝐥 𝟐 , √𝟑 𝟒𝛑𝛆𝐨 𝐥𝟐
]

Q11. Three equal charges (q) are placed at the

Q3. For the below
figure, find the
resultant force on
10μC charge? [Ans:
18.97 N, 71.57° with
horizontal]
Q4. Two equal positive charges, each of 2μC are
separated by a distance of 6m. Another charge 3μC
situated on the perpendicular bisector of the line
joining the above charges and at a distance of 4m.
Find the magnitude and direction of the force
experienced by the charged of 3μC?
[Ans: 3.456 x 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 N]
Q5. An infinite number of charges each equal to 4μC
are placed along x-axis at x = 1 m, x = 2 m, x = 4 m,
x = 8 m and so on. Find the total force on a charge
of 1 C placed at the origin.
[Ans: 4.8 x 𝟏𝟎𝟒 N]
Q6. Ten charged particles are kept fixed on the X-
axis at point x = 10 mm, 20 mm, 30mm,…,100mm.
The first particle has a charge 10−8 C, the second 8
x 10−8 C, the third 27 x 10−8 C and so on. The tenth
particle has a charge 1000 x 10−8 C. Find the
magnitude of electric force acting on a 1C charge
placed at the origin? [Ans: 4.95 × 𝟏𝟎𝟕 N]
Q7. Two point charges Q each are placed at a
distance d apart. A third point charge q is placed at
a distance x from the mid-point on the perpendicular
bisector. Find the value of x at which charge q will
experience maximum Coulomb’s force? [Ans:
𝐝⁄𝟐√𝟐]
Q8. Charges of +5μC, +10μC and −10μC are
placed in air at the corners A, B and C of an
equilateral triangle ABC, having each side equal to
5 cm. Determine the resultant force on the charge
+5μC placed at the vertex A of the triangle.
[Ans: 180 N]
corners of an equilateral triangle of side ‘l’. Find the
force on a fourth charge ‘Q’ kept at the centroid of
the triangle? [Ans: Zero]
Q12. Three identical charges are placed at the
corners of an equilateral triangle. If the force
between any two charges is F, then the net force on
each will be? [Ans: 𝐅√𝟐]
Q13. Three point charges of magnitude 5μC, 0.16μC
and 0.3μC are located at the vertices A, B, C of a
right angled triangle whose sides are AB = 3cm, BC
= 3√2cm and CA = 3cm and point A is the right
angled corner. Find the electrostatic force
experienced by charge A due to other two charges?
[Ans: 17 N]
Q14. Three equal charges, each having a magnitude
of 2.0 x 10−6 C are placed at the three corners of a
right-angled triangle of sides 3cm, 4cm and 5cm.
Find the force on the charge at the right-angle
corner? [Ans: 45.9 N, 𝐭𝐚𝐧−𝟏 (𝟒𝟓⁄𝟗)]
Q15. Charge 5.0 x 10−7 C, –2.5 x 10−7 C and 1.0 x
10−7 C are fixed at the corners A, B and C of an
equilateral triangle of side 5.0 cm. Find the electric
force on the charge at C due to the rest two? [Ans:
= 0.15588 N]
Q16. Four equal point charges each 16μC are
placed on the four corners of a square of side 0.2m.
Calculate the force on anyone of the charges?
[Ans: 110.3 N, along diagonal]
Q17. Four charges +q , +q , −q and −q are placed
respectively at the four corners A, B, C and D of a
square of side a. Calculate the force on a charge Q
placed at the centre of the square?[Ans:
𝟏 𝟒√𝟐 𝐐𝐪
, parallel to AD or BC]
𝟒𝛑𝛆𝐨 𝐚𝟐
Q18. Four point charges q A = 2 µC, q B = –5 µC, q C
= 2 µC, and q D = –5 µC are located at the corners of
a square ABCD of side 10 cm. What is the force on
a charge of 1µC placed at the centre of the square?
[Ans: Zero]
Q19. Six charges +Q each are placed at the corners
of a regular hexagon of side ‘a’. Find the force on a
charge +Q kept at the centre of the hexagon? [Ans:
Zero]
Q20. Five point charges, each of value +q are placed
on five vertices of a regular hexagon of side L. What
is the magnitude of the force on a point charge of
value –q coulomb placed at the centre of the
𝟏 𝐪𝟐
hexagon? [Ans: ]
𝟒𝛑𝛆𝐨 𝐋𝟐
Q21. Find the force acting on a charge ‘q’ in the
following figure?
Q22. Four point charges each of value +Q are
placed on five vertices of a regular pentagon of side
L. What is the magnitude of the force on a point
charge of value −q placed at the centre of a
hexagon?
Q23. Three charged particles are placed on a
straight line as shown in figure. q1 and q 2 are fixed,
but q 3 can be moved. Under the action of the forces
from q1 and q 2 , q 3 is in equilibrium. What is the
relation between q1 and q 2 ? [Ans: 𝐪𝟏 = − 4𝐪𝟐 ]
Q24. 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.
Q25. Two point charges +4e and +e are 'fixed' at
distance 'a' apart. Where should a third point charge
q be placed on the line joining the two charges so
that it may be in equilibrium? In which case the
equilibrium will be stable and in which unstable?
[Ans: Location is 2a/3, for positive charge +𝐪,
stable equilibrium, for negative charge −𝐪,
unstable equilibrium]
Q26. Two 'free' point charges +4e and +e are placed
at distance 'a' apart. Where should a third point
charge q be placed between them such that the
entire system may be in equilibrium? What should
be the magnitude and sign of q ? What type of
equilibrium will it be? [Ans: 𝐪 = 𝟒𝐞⁄𝟗, negative
charge, unstable equilibrium]
Q27. Two identical charges, Q each, are kept at a
distance from each other. A third charge q is placed
on the line joining the above two charges such that
all the three charges are in equilibrium. What is the
magnitude, sign and position of the charge q? [Ans:
𝐪 = 𝐐⁄𝟒, opposite to that of Q and position = 𝐫⁄𝟐]
Q28. Two point charges of charge values Q and q
are placed at distances x and 𝐱⁄𝟐 respectively from
a third charge of charge value 4q, all charges being
in the same straight line. Calculate the magnitude
and nature of charge Q, such that the net force
experienced by the charge q is zero? [Ans: Q = 4q,
same sign as of q or 4q]
Q29. 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?
[Ans: 3a/4 from +9e charge]
Q30. Two point electric charges of values q 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 Q in terms of
q and d. [Ans: At a distance of (√𝟐 − 1)d from
charge q]
Q31. Two equal positive point charges Q are fixed at
points A(−a, 0) and B(a, 0). Another test charge q o is
also placed at O(0, 0). Check the equilibrium at O for
(i) displacement along x-axis (ii) displacement along
y-axis. If the equilibrium is stable in any one of the
cases, then show that test charge will perform SHM
for small displacement. Also, find its time period if its
mass is ‘m’. (iii) Find the ratio of the frequencies of
oscillation in the two cases?
𝛑𝛆𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝟑 𝟐𝛑𝛆𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝟑
[Ans: (i) T = 2𝛑 √ (ii) T = 2𝛑 √ (iii)
𝐪𝐐 𝐪𝐐
√𝟐]
Q32. Find the equilibrium position for a third charge
and also find its value for which the whole system
will be in equilibrium. [Ans: Position is 2𝐥 and
value of third charge is −36 Q]