Type A.

Based on electric force and intensity

1. Calculate the magnitude of electric field which can just balance a deuteron of mass
3.2 Kg [Ans.1.96 10-7 NC-1]
2. If electric potential V at a point (x, y, z) in space is given by V = 4x volt, Calculate electric field
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strength at point (1, 0, 2) [ Ans. ]

3. A simple pendulum of length L carries a bob of mass m as its lower end. If the bob of the
pendulum carries a charge of +q and is allowed to oscillate in a vertical upward electric field E,

find the time period of the pendulum. [Ans. T = ]

4. Two-point charges of +25 & -16 are separated by a distance of 8 cm in air. Find the
position of the points where electric field due to two charges are equal.
[Ans.4.44 cm and 40.0 cm away or either side from 25 charge]
5. Two-point charges of 2.0 10 C and 1.0 10 C are 0.01 m apart in vacuum. What is the
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magnitude of electric field produced by either charge at the site of the order?
[Ans.9.0 106 NC-1, 1.8 107 NC-1]
6. An α-particle is situated in an electric field of 1.5 105 NC-1. Determine the force exerted on
it. [Ans. 4.8 10-14 N]
7. The force on an electron kept in an electric field is 2 10-14N. What force will action a particle
having 5 electronic charges, when kept in the same field? [Ans. 10-13N]
8. An electron is released from rest in a uniform field of magnitude 3 104NC-1. Calculate the
acceleration of the electron. [Ans. 5.27 1015ms-2]
9. Two-point charges +2μC and -2μC are located 10 cm apart in air (a) Calculate the electric field at
the mid-point of the line joining the two charges. (b) If a negative charge of 1.6 10-9C is placed
at that point, find the force experienced by this charge. [ Ans. 14.4 106 NC-1; -2.3 10-2N]
10. ABC is a right-angled triangle, the right angled being at B charges of -256, +288 and +81 units
are placed at A, B and C respectively. If AB = 4 cm, BC = 3 cm. Determine the magnitude of
electric field at the foot of the perpendicular drawn from B on the side AC.
[Ans. 63.63 1014 units]
11. Four-point charges -2 Q, +Q, -Q and +2Q are placed at the corners of side 0.02 m. Find the
magnitude and direction of the electric field at the centre of the square if Q = 0.02 μC.
[Ans. 12.726 105 NC-1, resultant acts parallel to side AB,along horizontal]

Type B.
Based on electric dipole
12. Two charges q1 & q2 of 0.1 and -0.1 resp. is 10 apart. What is the electric field at a point
on line joining them at a distance of 10 cm from their mid-point? [Ans. 18 10-10 NC-1]
13. . An electric dipole is formed by +5 & -5 charges separated by 4 mm. calculate dipole
moment and its direction. [Ans. 2 10-8 Cm, direction from –ve to +ve charge]
14. An electric dipole consists of a pair of equal and opposite charges, each of magnitude 5
separated by a distance of 10 cm. calculate magnitude of electric dipole moment and its direction.
[Ans. 5 10-7 Cm, direction from –ve to +ve charge]
15. An electric dipole is formed by +9 & -9 separated by 3 mm. calculate electric dipole
moment . [Ans. 2.7 10-8 Cm]
16. The NH3 has a permanent electric dipole moment 5.0 10 Cm. If it is supposed to arise from
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net charges of +e & -e in the two regions of the molecule, what is their separation?
[Ans. 3.125 10-11 m]
17. An electric dipole consists of two charges of +0.1 & -0.1 separated by 2 cm. The dipole
is placed in an electric field of 105 N/C. What maximum torque does the field exert on the dipole?
[Ans. 0.2 10-3 Nm]
18. An electric dipole held at 30 w.r.t uniform electric field of 10 N/C experience a torque 9 10-26
o 4

Nm. Calculate the dipole moment. [Ans.1.8 10-29 Cm]

19. An electric dipole of length 4cm, when placed with its axis making an angle of 30o with uniform
electric field, experience a torque of 4Nm. Calculate the (i) magnitude of electric field (ii) P.E of
the dipole, if the dipole has charge of 10nC. [Ans. 2 1010 NC-1; -4 ]
20. An electric dipole of length 2cm is placed with its axis making an angle of 60o with uniform
electric field of strength 105 N/C. experience a torque of Nm, calculate (i) Magnitude of
charge on the dipole (ii) Potential energy of the dipole. [Ans. 8 10-3 C; -8J]
21. Two-point charges of 2 & and 8 are placed 12 cm apart. Find the position of the point
where electric field intensity will be zero. [Ans.from 2 charge, 4cm, -12cm]
22. A system has two charges qA = 2.5 10 C & qB = - 2.5 10 C. located at points A (0, 0, -15 cm)
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& B (0, 0, 15 cm) resp. What are total charge and electric dipole moment of the system?
[Ans. 0, 7.5 10-8 Cm]

Type C.
Based on electric flux and Guass’s law
23. Find electric flux through each face of a hollow cube of side 10cm. if a charge of 8.85 is
placed as its centre. [Ans. ]
24. Find electric flux through each face of a cube of side 1m. if a charge of 4.425 C is placed as its

centre of cube. Also calculate flux through each face. [Ans. ]

25. If the electric field is given by , calculate the electric flux through a surface of area
100 units lying in X-Y plane. [Ans. 300 units]
26. Electric field near the earth’s surface is 300 N/C directed downwards. Calculate the surface
density of charge on the surface of earth. [Ans. 2.65 10-9 C/m2]
27. An infinite thin plane sheet of charge density 10-8 C/m2 is held in air. How far apart are two
equipotential surfaces, whose P.D. is 5 volts? [Ans. 4.425 10-3 m]
28. Two large metal plates, each of area 1m2 are placed at a distance of 0.05 m from each other and
carry equal and opposite charges on their surfaces. If the electric field between the plates is 100
N/C, Calculate charge on each plate. [Ans. 8.85 10-10 C]
29. A point charge of 2 is at the centre of a cube Gaussian surface 9.0 cm on edge. What is the net
electric flux through the cube? [Ans. ]

30. An electric field exists in a region. Calculate the electric field linked with a square
of side 0.5 m held parallel to (a) Y-Z plane. (b) X-Y plane. [Ans. ]
31. (a) How much electric flux will come out through a surface S = 10 , kept in electric field

(b) If 1C charge is placed at the centre of a cube of 0.6m; calculate the flux coming out through
any face of the cube. [Ans. 40 units; ]
32. A square frame of edge 10 cm is placed with its positive normal making an angle of 60º with a
uniform electric field of 40 Vm-1. Find the flux of the electric field through the surface bounded
by the frame. [Ans. 0.2 NC-1m2]