Sant Atulanand convent school

Koirajpur Varanasi

Home Assignment
For Summer Vacation

Physics
Class Xll

Instructions:

- This assignment sheet have 30 questions from chap. 1st & chap. 2nd
- All the questions are of Board pattern & are following types :
-Competency based questions
- MCQ type questions
- Short Answer type questions (Numerical & Theoretical)
- Long Answer type questions (Numerical & Theoretical)
- Use separate Note Book to solve the questions and submit it on opening the
school.
 Chapter – 1st : Electric Charges and Fields
&
Chapter – 2nd : Electric Potential and Capacitance
1. The electric field intensity at a point in space is equal in magnitude to :
(a) the potential difference there (b) the electric charge there
(c) the force, a unit charge would experience there
(d) the force, an electron would experience there

2. The electric field at 20 cm from the centre of a uniformly charged sphere of radius 10 cm is E. Then
at a distance 5 cm from the centre it will be:
(a) 16 E (b) 4 E (c) 2 E (d) zero

3. Charge 2Q and -Q are placed as shown in Figure. The point at which electric field intensity is zero
will be:

(a) somewhere between -Q and 2Q (b) somewhere on the left of -Q

(c) somewhere on the right of 2Q (d) somewhere on the right bisector of line joining -Q and 2Q

4. ABC is right-angle triangle with sides AB= 3 cm, BC= 4 cm, AC= 5 cm. Charges 15, 12 and -20 esu are
placed at A, B, C respectively. Magnitude of the force experienced by the charge at B in dyne is :

(a) 125 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) zero

5. If a positively charged pendulum is oscillating in a uniform electric field as shown in figure. Its time
period as compared to that when it was uncharged :

(a) will increase (b) will decrease

(c) will not change (d) will first increase then decrease

6. An electric dipole consists of two opposite charges each of magnitude 1.0 C separated by a distance
of 2.0 cm. The dipole is placed in an external field of 1.0 × 105 N/C. The maximum torque on the
dipole is :
(a) 0.2 × 10-3 N-m (b) 2.0 × 10-3 N-m
(c) 4.0 × 10 N-m
-3 (d) 1.0 × 10-3 N-m
7. The path of a charged particle entering perpendicularly in a uniform electric field will be :
(a) linear (b) parabolic (c) circular (d) elliptical

8. A charge Q is placed at the centre of a circle of radius R. The work done in moving a charge q from A
to B so as to complete a semicircle is :

Qq Qq Qq
(a) zero (b) (c) (d)
4 0 R 2 0 R 4 0 R 2
9. The electric field due to a uniformly charged sphere is maximum at :
(a) centre of sphere (b) inside the surface
(c) at the surface (d) at infinite distance from the centre

10. The energy stored in a capacitor of capacity raised to a potential V is given by:
1 1 1
(a) CV (b) CV (c) CV 2 (d) C 2 V
2 2 2
11. If E is the field between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor, the electrostatic energy per unit
volume is:
1
(a)  0 E (b)  0 E 2 (c)  0 E 2 (d)  0 / 2E 2
2

12. Two capacitors of equal capacities are connected in series, they have some resultant capacity. Now
they are connected in parallel. The resultant capacity becomes:
(a) four times of the previous value (b) one fourth of the previous value
(c) twice of the previous value (d) half of the previous value

13. Three capacitors each of value 3F are available. The minimum and maximum capacitance which
may be obtained by use of these are:
(a) 1 F and 9µF (b) 3 F and 9 F
(c) 3µF and 6µF (d) 1 F and 6 F

14. Three capacitors of equal capacities are to be connected in different ways to give different
capacities, the number of ways in which they can be connected are:
(a) two (b) three (c) four (d) any number

15. Three capacitors of 2.0, 3.0 and 6.0 micro farad are connected in series to a 10 volt source, the
charge on the middle capacitor is:
(a) 5 micro coulomb (b) 10 micro coulomb
(c) 11 micro coulomb (d) 110 micro coulomb
16. If C1= 3 pF & C2= 2 pF, calculate the equivalent capacitance between points A and B.

17. Calculate equivalent capacitance between X and Y.

18. Calculate equivalent capacitance between A and B for following infinite ladder :

19. In following figure if C1 = 20 𝜇F, C2 =30 𝜇F and C3 =15 𝜇F and the left plate of C1 be at a potential
of 90 V, one plate of C3 being earthed. What is the potential difference between the plates of C2 ?

20. Three capacitors each of value 18 𝜇F are available. Calculate the minimum and maximum capacitance
which may be obtained by use of these capacitors.

21. Given a uniform electric field E = 5x103 i NC-1 find the flux of this field through a square of 10 cm on a
side whose plane is parallel to the YZ-plane. What would be the flux through the same square if the
plane makes an angle of 30° with the X-axis?
22. Given a uniform electric field E = 2 x10 3 NC-1, find the flux of this field through a square of side 20 cm,
whose plane is parallel to the YZ-plane. What would be the flux through the same square, if the plane
makes an angle of 30° with the X-axis?

23. A sphere S1 of radius r1 encloses a net charge Q. If there is another concentric sphere S2 of radius r2
(r2 > r1) enclosing charge 2Q. find the ratio of the electric flux through S1 and S2 How will the electric
flux through sphere S1 change if a medium of dielectric constant K is introduced in the space inside S2
in place of air?
 24. Two large charged plane sheets of charge densities σ and -σ C/m² are arranged vertically with a
separation of d between them. Deduce expressions for the electric field at points (i) to the left of
the first sheet, (ii) to the right of the second sheet and (iii) between the two sheets.

25. A thin straight infinitely long conducting wire having charge density λ is enclosed by a cylindrical
surface of radius r and length L, its axis coinciding with the length of the wire Find expression for
electric flux through the surface of the cylinder.

26. Figure shows three point charges, +2q,-q and +3q. Two charges +2q and -q are enclosed within a
surface S. What is the electric flux due to this configuration through the surface S?

27. Draw the equipotential surfaces for : (i) single point charge (ii) two equal and similar charges.

28. Write the properties of equipotential surface with explanation.

29. List S.I. unit of following quantities :

Electric field intensity, Electric flux, Electric dipole moment, Electric potential, Capacitance.
30. List the dimensional formula of following quantities :
Electric field intensity, Electric flux, Electric dipole moment, Electric potential, Capacitance.

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