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SECTION-1
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Describe schematically the equipotential surfaces corresponding to:
(a) a constant electric field in the z-direction.
(b) a field that uniformly increases in magnitude but remains in a constant (say, z) direction.
(c) a single positive charge at the origin, and

2. A 900 pF capacitor is charged by a 100 V battery. How much electrostatic energy is stored by the
capacitor?

3. Find the value of electric field that would exactly balance the weight of electron.

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The dielectric constant of a medium is unity. What will be its permittivity?

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5. The electric field induced in a dielectric when placed in an external field is 1/10 times the external field.
Calculate relative permittivity of the dielectric.

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Can two equipotential surfaces ever intersect?

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7. Figures shows the field lines of a positive point charge. Give the sign of the work done by the field in
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moving a small positive charge from Q to P

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8. Two electric field lines never cross each other. why ?

9. Define dielectric strength of a medium. What is its value for vacuum ?

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What orientation of an electric dipole in a uniform electric field corresponds to its unstable equilibrium ?

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SECTION-2
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. What will happen to the electric force when the separation between two charges isincreased?

2. How does the force between two charges change if the dielectric constant of the medium in which they
are kept is increased?

3. Define one coulomb of charge.

4. Give the SI unit for electric field intensity. Is electric field intensity a scalar or a vector?

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5. Draw lines of force to represent a uniform electric field.

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Draw an equipotential surface in a uniform electric field.

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The work done in moving a charge of 3 C between two points is 6 J. What is the potential difference
between the points?

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What is the work done in moving a charge of 10 nC between two points on an equipotential surface?

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9. Draw an equipotential surface for a point charge Q > 0.

10. Define dielectric constant in terms of the capacitance of a capacitor.

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11. Define the term electric dipole moment. Is it a scalar or a vector quantity?

12. Define the term ‘electric flux’. Write its S.I. unit.

13. Why does the electric field inside a dielectric decrease when it is placed in an external electric field?

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Two electric field lines never cross each other. Why?

15. Two plane sheets of charge densities  and  are kept in air as shown in figure. What are the

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electric field intensities at points A and B?

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A uniform electric field E exists between two charged plates as shown in the figure. What would be
the work done in moving a charge 'q ' along the closed rectangular pat ABCDA.

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17. Two protons A and B are placed between two parallel plates having a potential difference V as shown in
figure

18. Can charged body attract an uncharged body?

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19. Why do charges reside only on he outer surface of charged conductor?

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The equivalent capacitance of the combination between A and B in the given figure is 15 F . Calculate

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the capacitance of capacitor C.

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SECTION-3
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Derive an expression for electric potential at a point along the axial line of an electric dipole. At a point due
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to point charge, the values of electric field intensity and potential are 32 NC1 and 16 JC ,
respectively. Calculate
(i) The magnitude of the charge.
(ii) The distance of the charge from the observation point.

2. Define the term electric dipole moment. Derive an expression for the total work done in rotating the
dipole through an angle ' ' in a uniform electric field ‘E’.

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State Gauss’s theorem. Give its mathematical expression. Derive an expression for the electric field
intensity at any point due to an infinite plate sheet of uniform charge density.

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State Gauss’s theorem. Give its mathematical expression. Derive an expression for the electric field

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intensity at any point due to an infinite long thin straight wire.

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5. State Gauss’s theorem. Give its mathematical expression. Derive an expression for the electric field
intensity at any point due to a uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
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6. Define the term electric field intensity. Give its SI unit Derive the expression for the magnitude of electric

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filed intensity at any point on the axial line of a short electric dipole. Give the direction of electric filed
intensity at that point.

7. Define electrostatic potential. Derive the expression for electrostatic potential of an electric dipole at a
point  r ,   . Hence find potential of dipole at equatorial point.
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Derive an expression for the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor.. How will the following quantities
change, when the space between the plates is filled with a dielectric.
i. Capacitance.

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ii. Potential drop across the plates and.
iii. Energy stored in the parallel plate capacitor.

Derive an expression for energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor. A parallel plate capacitor with air
as dielectric is charged by a dc source to a potential ‘V. Without disconnecting the capacitor from the

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source, air is replaced by another dielectric medium of dielectric constant 10. State with reason, how
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(i.) Electric field between the plates change?
(ii.) Energy stored in the capacitor change?

10. Give the principle and working of a Van de Graaff generator with the help of a labeled diagram.

11. Derive the expression for the magnitude of electric filed intensity at any point on the equatorial line
of a short electric dipole. Give the direction of electric filed intensity at that point. For a short dipole,
what is the ratio of electric field intensities at two equidistant points from the centre of the dipole,
one along the axial line and the other along the equatorial line.

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SECTION-4
NUMERICALS
1. Four point charges q A  2C , qB  5C , qC  2C and qD  5C and are located at the
corners of a square ABCD of side 10 cm as in the figure. Find the force on a charge of 1  C placed at
the centre O of the square.

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Two point charges -q and + 4q are separated by a distance 6a. Find the point on the line joining the

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charges where the electric field is zero.

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3. Two point charges q1   0.2 C and q 2  0.4 C are placed 0.1 m apart. Calculate the electric field at
i. mid-point between the charges

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ii. a point on the line joining and such that it is 0.05 m away from q2 and 0.15 m away from q1 .
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4. A charge of 12 micro coulomb is given to a hollow metallic sphere of radius 0.1 m, Find the potential at

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i. the surface of sphere,
ii. the centre of the sphere.

5. Obtain the equivalent capacitance of the network in the given figure. Find the charge and voltage
across each capacitor.

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Four capacitors are connected as shown:

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Calculate the equivalent capacitance between X and Y.

7. Four capacitors are connected as shown in the following figure:

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Calculate the net capacitance between X and V.

8. Find the equivalent capacitance of the combination of capacitors between the points A and B as shown
in the figure. Also calculate the total charge that flows in the circuit when a 100 V battery is connected
between the points A and B.

9. An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed with its axis making an angle of 60º to a uniform electric

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field of 105 N C-1 . If it experiences a torque of 8 3 Nm, calculate the

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i. Magnitude of the charge on the dipole, and
ii. Potential energy of the dipole.

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10. Point charges 3  109 C are situated at each of the three corners of a square whose side is 12cm.
Find the magnitude and direction of electric field at the vacant corner of the square.

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11. Point charges 4q, -2q, +q and -3q are placed at the corners of a square of side a
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as in the figure given. Find the potential at the point O.

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Find potential difference between A and B of the system shown in the figure

given below, if V  110 V and

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An electric field of 20 N/C exists along the X-axis in space. Calculate the potential difference
VB  VA where the points A and B are given by A   4m, 2m  ; B   6m, 5m  .

14. The given graph shows the variation of charge q versus potential difference V for
two capacitors C1 and C2. The two capacitors have same plate separation but the plate area of C2 is
double than that of C1. Which of the lines in the graph correspond to C1 and C2 and why?

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15. Consider a uniform electric field E  3  103 i N / C
(a) What is the flux of this field through a square of 10 cm on each side plane is parallel to y - z plane?
(b) What is the flux through the same square if the normal to its plane makes an angle of 30º with the

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x-axis?

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A point charge 10 C is at a distance of 5 cm directly above the centre of a square of side 10 cm as

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shown. What is the magnitude of electric flux through the square?

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17. Careful measurement of the electric field at the surface of a black box indicates that the net outward
flux through the surface of the box is 8.0 103 N / cm 2
(a) What is the net charge inside the box?
(b) If the net outward flux through the surface of the box were zero, could you conclude that there were
no charges inside the box? Why or why not?

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A conducting sphere of radius 10 cm has an unknown charge. If the electric field 20 cm from the centre
of the sphere is 1.5 103 N / C and points radially inwards, what is the net charge on sphere.

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Find the capacitance of the infinite ladder as shown in the figure.

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Define the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor. Two parallel plates PQ and RS are kept
distance 'd ' apart. Area of each plate is ' A ' . The space between them is filled with three dielectric

constants K1 , K 2 and K 3 respectively as shown in figure. Find the capacitance of the capacitor..

21. A capacitor half-filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant 4 has a capacitance of 10 F . What will be
its capacitance without the dielectric?

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22. Calculate capacitance of capacitor as shown.

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23. A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.4m diameter has a surface charge density of
80.0 C / m 2

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(a) Find the charge on the sphere.
(b) What is the total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere?

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24. An oil drop of 12 excess electrons is held stationary under a constant electric field of NC1 in
Millikan’s oil drop experiment. The density of the oil is 1.26 g cm 3 . Eliminate the radius of the drop.

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(g = 9.81 ms 2 ; e  1.60 1019 C)

25. A 600 pF capacitor is charged by a 200 V supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is
connected to another uncharged 600 pF capacitor. How much electrostatic energy is lost in the
process?

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CBSE ANSWER KEY

S.No. Numericals
1. 0
2. 6a
3. (i) 3.6 × 109 N/C (ii) 1.52 × 106 N/C
4. (i) 1.08 × 102 V (ii) 1.08 × 102 V
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Charge drawn from the cell 2 104 PC ,

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Charge and voltage on 1st 100 PF- 1104 PC, 100 V

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Charge and voltage on 200 PF each - 1104 PC, 50 V

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Charge and voltage on last 100 PF- 2 104 PC, 200 V
6. 2 F

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7. 5
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8. 7.5 F , 750 C

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9. (i) 8 mC , (ii) U  8 J
10. 3750 N/C towards vacant corner
11. 0
12. 110
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Line A  C2 , Line B  C1

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15. (a) 30 Nm2 C-1 (b) 15 3 Nm 2 C 1
16. 1.9  105 Nm 2 C1
17. 7.08  104 C

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18. - 6.6 PC
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20.  A
C  0  K1  K 2  K 3 
3d
21. 4 F
22.  0 A  K1 K 2 K3 
  
d  2 K 2  K3 
23. (a) 1.45  103 C , (b) 1.6  108 Nm 2C 1
24. 9.81104 mm
25. 6 106 J

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