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MODULE 1
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
Coulomb’s Law and its Applications

1. Four point charges each +q are fixed at the corners of a square of side ‘a’. Another point
charge q0 is placed at height ‘h’ vertically above the centre of square, assuming the square
to be in a horizontal plane. Magnitude of force experienced by q0 is

1 𝑞𝑞0 1 𝑞𝑞0
A) B)
4𝜋𝜀0 (ℎ2 +𝑎2 ⁄2) 4𝜋𝜀0 (ℎ2 +𝑎2 ⁄2)3⁄2

1 𝑞𝑞0 ℎ
C) D) zero
𝜋𝜀0 (ℎ2 +𝑎2 ⁄2)3⁄2

2. Which of the following cannot describe conservative force field?

A) (x2 – y2)𝑖̂ – 2xy 𝑗̂ + 2xy 𝑘̂

B) x 𝑖̂ + y 𝑗̂ – 2z 𝑘̂

C) sin x 𝑖̂ – cos y 𝑗̂

D) x 𝑖̂ + y 𝑗̂ – z 𝑘̂

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3. Two positive charges q and 2q coulombs are located on the x-axis at x = 0.5a and 1.5a,
respectively, as shown in the figure. There is an infinite, grounded conducting plane at
x = 0. What is the magnitude of the net force on the charge q?

1 𝑞2 1 3𝑞2
A) B)
4𝜋𝜀0 𝑎2 4𝜋𝜀0 2𝑎2

1 3𝑞2 1 7𝑞2
C) D)
4𝜋𝜀0 𝑎2 4𝜋𝜀0 2𝑎2

4. Five points A, B, C, D, E lie in this order on a straight line and all the distances AB, BC,
CD, DE are equal to ‘a’. Point charges -9e, 4e, 9e are placed at B, C, D respectively. The
electric field at E, in units of e2/4π↋0a2 is
A) -3 B) 10 C) 0 D) 9

5. A particle of mass ‘m’ carrying charge +q, starts moving around a fixed charge q2 along
circular path of radius r. Find time period of revolution.

1⁄ 1⁄
A) 𝜋2 𝑚𝑟 3 2
B) 2𝜋2 𝑚𝑟 3 2
( 𝑘𝑞 ) ( )
1 𝑞2 𝑘𝑞1 𝑞2

1⁄ 1⁄
C) 4𝜋2 𝑚𝑟 3 2
D) 16𝜋2 𝑚𝑟 3 2
( 𝑘𝑞1 𝑞2
) ( 𝑘𝑞1 𝑞2
)

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6. A charge q is uniformly distributed over a uniform rod of length l, and a point charge q is
placed at a distance d from its one end. (distance, d is measured parallel to the length of
the rod). Electric force between the rod and point charge is

𝑘𝑞𝑞′
𝑘𝑞𝑞′
A) B) 𝑙 2
𝑑2 (𝑑+2)

𝑘𝑞𝑞′ 𝑘𝑞𝑞′
C) D)
𝑑(𝑑+𝐿) (𝑑+𝐿)2

7. Two small balls having equal positive charge are tied through two equal lengths strings
(insulated) on the ceiling of a spaceship. When the spaceship is in space, the angle θ
between the strings is _____.
A) 180 B) 90 C) 45 D) 0

8. Which of the following is correct?

A) [𝜀 0] = [M-1L-3T4I2]
B) [𝜀 0] = [M-1L2T-1I]
C) [𝜀 0] = [M-1L2T-1I-2]
D) [𝜀 0] = [M-1L-3T2]

9. Two point charges 4q and q are placed at a distance r apart. find the Coulomb’s force
between them and find the magnitude, sign and location of third charge q′ such that
A) No force on the charge q′
B) No force on any of the charge

10. The Coulomb force between two charges q1 and q2 distance d apart, is F. keeping F
constant if the magnitude of q2 is halved and distance between them is changed to x, then
the value of x : d will be
A) 1 B) √2 C) 1 D) 2
√2 1 2 1

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11. Infinite charges are lying at x = 1, 2, 4, 8, … metre on X-axis and the value of each charge
is q. The value of intensity of electric field at point x = 0 due to these charges will be

A) 12 x 109 qN/C B) Zero

C) 6 x 109 qN/C D) 4 x 109 qN/C

12. A particle of mass m carrying charge -2q is moving around fixed charge 5q along circular
path of radius r/2. Find the time period of revolution?

𝑚 𝜋𝑟 𝑚
A) 2𝜋 √ B) √10𝑘
𝑘 𝑞

2𝜋𝑟 𝑚 𝜋𝑟 𝑚
C)
𝑞
√10𝑘 D)
𝑞
√𝑘

13. Four charges 4q, 3q, -4q, q are placed in order at the four corners of a square of side ‘a’.
Find the net force on Q placed at the centre of the square

𝑘𝑄𝑞 8𝑘𝑄𝑞
A) B)
𝑎2 𝑎2
−8𝑘𝑄𝑞 4𝑘𝑄𝑞
C) D)
𝑎2 𝑎2

14. Two free charges 2q an 3q are placed apart at a distance ‘d’. To bring the system is into
equilibrium, the location of third charge must be at a distance

3 √2𝑑
A) √ d B)
2 √2−√3

√2𝑑 √3𝑑
C) D)
√2+√3 √3+√2

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15. Consider three equal charges each ‘q’ are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle.
Find the net force on ‘Q’ placed at the centroid?

𝑞𝑄 𝑞𝑄2
A) √3 𝑎2
B) √3 𝑎2
𝑞𝑄×2
C) Zero D) √3 3

16. Two particles A and B having equal charges are places at distance d apart. A third charged
particle Q is placed perpendicular to bisect or AB at distance x. Find the value of x such
that net force on Q is extreme.

17. Four equal charges, each +q are placed at the four corners of a square of side a. Then the
Columb’s force experienced by one charge due to the rest of three is ________
[k = 1/4π↋0]

kq2 3kq2
A) (2√2 + 1) B)
2a2 a2

C) kq2 D) zero
2√2
a2

18. Four charges equal to –Q are placed at the four corners of a square and a charge q is at its
center. If the system is in equilibrium, the value of q is ___.

−𝑄 𝑄
A) (1 + 2√2) B) (1 + 2√2)
4 4

−𝑄 𝑄
C) (1 + 2√2) D) (1 + 2√2)
2 2

19. Point charges are placed in the corners of square of side a. The value and the nature of ‘q’
can be best represented, to make the net force on Q zero as ______.

A) -2√2 Q B) 2√2 Q

−𝑄 𝑄
C) D)
2√2 2 √2

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20. Four charges are arranged at the corners of a rectangle ABCD as shown in the figure. The
force on a charge kept at the centre at O is _______.

A) zero B) Along diagonal AC

C) Along diagonal BD D) Perpendicular to side AB

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