Home work 1

Q.1 State the basic properties of electric charge.

Q.2 What are the methods of producing charge.

Q.3 State the coulomb’s law and write its vector form.

Q.4 An ebonite rode is rubbed with wool. What types of charges do they acquire?

Q.5 A glass rod rubbed with silk acquires a charge +1.6 X 10-12 C. What is the charge on the silk?

Q.6 Is a charge of 5.8X 10-18 C is possible?

Q.7 Define dielectric constant of a medium in terms of force between electric charges. What is its S.I.unit ?

Q.8 Two same balls having equal positive charge Coulombs are suspended by two insulating strings of equal length.
What would be the effect on the force when a plastic sheet is inserted between the two?

Q.9 Two point charges having equal charges separated by distance 1 m experience a force of 8N. What will be the
force experienced by them, if they are held in water, at the same distance? (given Kwater =80)

Q.10 Calculate the electrostatic force and gravitational force between the proton and the electron in hydrogen
atom. They are separated by a distance of 5.3 x 10-11 m.

Q.11 The electrostatic force on a small sphere of charge 0.4 µC due to another small sphere of charge – 0.8 µC in
air is 0.2 N.

(i) What is the distance between the two sphere?

(ii) What is the force on the second sphere due to the first?

Q.12 Two charge 3x10-5 C and 5x104 C are placed at a distance 10 cm from each other. Find the value of
electrostatic force acting between them.

Q.13 Four equal point charges each 16 µC are placed on the four corners of a square of side 0.2 m. Calculate the
force on any of the charges.

Q.14 Three point charges of -2 µC, -3 µC and -3 µC are kept at the vertices A,B and C respectively of an equilateral
triangle of side 20 cm . What should be the sign and magnitude of the charge to be placed at the midpoint M of the
side BC so that the charges at A remains in equilibrium?