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WORKING SESSION -07

SESSION 01
1. If E = 6 i + 3 j + 4 k calculate the electric flux through a surface of area 20 units in Y-Z
plane. [Ans. 120 units]
2. A circular plane sheet of radius 10 cm is placed in a uniform electric field of
5 x 105 NC–1, making an angle of 600 with the field. Calculate the electric flux through the
sheet. [Ans. 1.36 x 104 Nm2 C–1]
3. A cylinder is placed in a uniform electric field E with its axis parallel to the field. Show that
the total electric flux through the cylinder is zero.
r
ds
E
ur
r E ur
ds ur E
E r
ds

4. Calculate the number of electric lines of force originating from the charge of 1 C.
[Ans. 1.129 x 1011]
5. A positive charge of 17.7 c is placed at the centre of a hollow sphere of radius 0.5 m.
Calculate the flux density through the surface of the sphere.
[Ans. 6.4 x 105 NC–1]
6. Calculate the electric flux through each of the six faces of a closed cube of length l, if a
charge q is placed (a) at its centre and (b) at one of its vertices.
7. The electric field components in fig. are Ex =  x1/2, Ey = Ex = 0 in which  = 800 N/cm2 .
Calculate (i) the flux E through the cube and (ii) the charge within the cube. Assume that a
= 0.1 m
Y

Z a

8. An electric field is uniform, and in the positive x direction for positive x and uniform with
the same magnitude in the negative x direction for negative x. It is given that

E = 200 ˆi NC −1 for x  0

And E = − 200 ˆi NC −1 for x  0

 y
r
ds

ur
ur E
E
r
ds O x
r
ds
20cm
x = – 10 cm x = 10 cm

A right circular cylinder of length 20 cm and radius 5 cm has its centre at the origin and its
axis along the x-axis so that one face is at x = + 10 cm and the other is at x = – 10 cm ?
(i) What is the net outward flux through each flat face ?
(ii) What is the flux through the side of the cylinder ?
(iii) What is the net outward flux through the cylinder ?
(iv) What is the net charge inside the cylinder ?
9. You are given a charge + Q at the origin O (Refer fig.) Consider a sphere S with centre (2, 0,

0) of radius 2 m. Consider another sphere of radius 2 m centered at the origin. Consider

the spherical caps (i) PSQ (ii) PRQ (iii) PWQ with normals outward to the respective
spheres, and (iv) the flat circle PTQ with normal along the x-axis.
y

S T R W
x
O
(0,0,0)

(a) What is the sign of electric flux through each of the surfaces (i) – (iv) ?
(b) What is the relation between the magnitudes of fluxes through surfaces
(i) – (iv) ?
(c) Calculate the flux through the surface (ii) directly. Assume that the area of the cap (ii)
is A.
10. S1 and S2 are two hollow concentric spheres enclosing charges Q and 2Q respectively as
shown in fig.
2Q
Q

S1
S2

(i) What is the ratio of the electric flux through S1 and S2 ?

(ii) How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change if a medium of dielectric
constant 5 is introduced in the space inside S1 in place of air ?

SESSION 02
1. ˆ NC −1 , calculate the electric flux through a
If the electric field is given by E = 8 ˆi + 4 ˆj + 3 k
surface of area 100 m2 lying in the X-Y plane. [Ans. 300 Nm2 C–1]

2. ˆ  105 NC −1 . Calculate
The electric field in a certain region of space is (5 ˆi + 4 ˆj − 4 k)
−2
electric flux due to this field over an area of (2 ˆi − ˆj )  10 m2 . [Ans. 6 x 103 Nm2 C–1]
3. A uniform electric field of 200 NC–1 exists in space in the X-direction. Calculate the flux of
this field through a plane square area of edge 10 cm placed in the Y-Z plane.
[Ans. 2.0 Nm2 C–1]
4. A square sheet of side 10 cm is placed in a uniform electric field of 20 NC –1 with its normal
making an angle of 600 with the field. Calculate the electric flux through the square sheet.
[Ans. 0.1 Nm2 C–1]

3 4 
5. The electric field in a region can be expressed as E =  ˆi + ˆj  2  103 NC−1
5 5 
Determine the flux of this field through a rectangular surface of area 0.2 m 2 situated
parallel to the YZ plane. [Ans. 240 Nm2 C–1]
6. A sphere of radius 0.03 has a point charge q = 7.6 C located at its centre. Find the electric
flux through it. [Ans. 8.6 x 105 Nm2 C–1]
7. A point charge of 17.7 C is located at the centre of a cube of side 0.03 m. Find the electric
flux through each face of the cube. [Ans. 3.3 x 105 Nm2 C–1]
8. Five thousand lines of force enter a certain volume of space and three thousand lines
emerge from it. What is the total charge in coulomb with this volume ? [Ans. – 1.77 x 10–5 C]
9. A spherical Gaussian surface encloses a charge of 8.85 x 10 –5 C (i) calculate the electric
flux passing through the surface (ii) if the radius of the Gaussian surface is doubled, how
would the flux charge ? [Ans. (i) 104 Nm2 C–1, (ii) No change]
10.

a/2
b

A charge q is situated at the centre of an imaginary hemispherical surface as shown in fig.

Using Gauss’s theorem and symmetry consideration, determine the electric flux due to this
q
charge through the hemispherical surface. [Ans. ]
2 0
11. A point charge q is placed at a distance a/2 directly above the centre of a square of side a,
as shown in fig. Find the magnitude of the electric flux through the square.
q
[Ans. ]
6 0