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CLASS XII
PHYSICS
Chapter: Electric Charges and Fields (Worksheet 3)

1. A point charge is placed in the vicinity of a conducting surface. Trace the field
lines between the charge and the conducting surface.

2. Draw the electric field lines due to uniformly charged thin spherical shell when
charge on the shell is (a) positive, (b) negative
3. A metallic sphere is placed in a uniform electric field as shown in the figure.
Which path is followed by the electric field lines and why?

4. An electric dipole is placed in a uniform electric field, what is the net force acting
on it?
5. Consider two concentric spheres S1 & S2, enclosing charges 2Q & 4Q
respectively as shown.
(a)Find out the ratio of electric flux through them.
(b)How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change, if a medium of
dielectric constant εr is introduced in the space inside S1 in place of air?

6. Two insulated charged copper spheres A and B of identical size have charges
qA and -3qA respectively. When they are brought in contact with each other and
then separated, what are the new charges on them?
7. A proton is placed in a uniform electric field directed along the positive x-axis.
In which direction will it tend to move?
8. Name the physical quantity whose S.I. unit is JC—1. Is it a scalar or vector
quantity?
9. Two point charges +4µC and +1µC are separated by a distance of 2 m in air. Find
the point on the line joining charges at which the net electric field of the system is
zero.
10. Given a uniform electric field E = 5 x 103 iˆ NC-1, find the flux of this field
through a square of 10 cm on a side whose plane is parallel to the Y-Z plane.
What would be the flux through the same square if the plane makes a 30 0 angle
with the X axis?
11(a) An infinitely long positively charged wire has a linear charge density λ Cm -1.
An electron is revolving around the wire as its centre with the constant velocity in a
circular plane perpendicular to the wire. Deduce the expression for its kinetic energy.
(b) Plot a graph of the kinetic energy as a function of charge
density λ.
12. Figure shows three charges +2q,-q and +3q. Two charges
+2q and _q are enclosed within a surface S. What is the
electric flux through the configuration S?
13. Two small identical electrical dipoles AB and CD, each of dipole moment p are
kept at an angle of 1200 as given in figure. What is the resultant dipole moment of
this combination? If this system is subjected to electric field E directed along +X
direction, what will be the magnitude and direction of the torque acting on
this?

14. A spherical conducting shell of inner radius r1 and outer radius r2 has a charge of
‘Q’.A charge of ‘q’ is placed at the centre of the shell.
(a) What is the surface charge density on the (i) inner surface (ii) outer surface of
the shell?
(b) Write the expression for the electric field at a point x>r 2 from the centre of the
shell.

15. Electric field given in the figure is directed along +X direction and given by E x =
5Ax + 2B where Ex is in NC-1 and x is in metre, A and Bare
constants with dimensions. Taking A= 10 NC-1m-1 and B = 5NC-1,
calculate the (i) the electric flux through the cube. (ii) net
charge enclosed within the cube.
16. Two dipoles, made from charges ±q and ±Q, respectively, have equal dipole
moments. Give the (i) ratio between the separations of these pairs of charges (ii)
angle between the dipole axes of these two dipoles.
17. Three point charges +q each are kept at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of
side ‘l’. Determine the magnitude and sign of the charge to be kept at its centroid so
that the charges at the vertices remain in equilibrium.
18. Two infinite parallel planes have uniform charge densities of σ 1 and σ2.Determine
the electric field at points (i) to the left of the sheets, (ii) between them, and (iii) to
the right of the sheets.
19. The electric charges are distributed in a small volume. The flux of the electric
field through a spherical surface of radius 10 cm surrounding the total charge is 20
Vm. What will be the flux through a concentric sphere of radius 20 cm?
20. Above an infinitely plane carrying surface charge density σ, the electric field
points up and is equal to σ/2ε0. What is the magnitude and direction of the electric
field below the plane?
21. A hollow cylinder has a charge q coulomb within it. If ϕ is the electric flux in unit
of Vm associated with the curved surface, what will be the flux linked with each
circular surface of the cylinder?
22. The electric field in a region is acting radially outward and is given by E=Ar.
What will be the charge contained in a sphere of radius ‘a’, centered at the origin of
the field?
23. A hollow conducting sphere is given a positive charge of 10 µC. What will be the
electric field at the centre of the sphere, if the radius is 2 m.
24. Deuteron and alpha particle in air are at separation of 1A 0. What is the
magnitude of electric field on alpha particle due to the deuteron?
25.A cylindrical conductor is placed near another positively charged conductor of
charge q. What will be the net charge acquired by the cylindrical conductor?