Assignment XII – Physics

( Chapter 1 – Electric Charge & Field )

1. A charge Q is placed at the centre of the cube. What is the electric flux passing through two opposite
faces of the cube?
2. Two charges of magnitude – 2 Q and +Q are located at points (a,0) and (4a, 0) respectively. What is
the electric flux due to these charges through a sphere of radius ‘3a’ with its Centre at the origin ?
3. Two insulated copper spheres A and B of identical size have charge qA and qB respectively. A third
sphere C of the same size but uncharged is brought in contact with the first and then in contact with
the second and finally removed from the both. What are the new charges on A and B ?
4. Two point charges having equal charges separated by 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 ? ( Kwater = 80 )
5. If the radius of the Gaussian surface enclosing a charge is halved, how does the electric flux through
the Gaussian surface change ?
6. An electric Dipole of dipole moment 20 x 10-6 Cm is enclosed by a closed surface. What is the net flux
coming out of the surface ?
7. An electrostatic field line can not be discontinuous. Why ?
8. In a medium the force of attraction between two point electric charges, distance d apart is F. What
distance apart should these be kept in the same medium so that the force between them becomes 3F
?
9. What does q1 + q2 = 0 signify in electrostatic ?
10. Two plane sheets of charge densities +σ and –σ are kept in air as shown in figure. What are the
electric field intensity at point A and B ?

11. Two pint charges placed at a distance r in air exert a force F on each other. At what distance will
these charges experience the same force F in a medium of dielectric constant K ? (
√
12. Plot a graph showing the variation of coulomb force ( F ) versus ( ), where r is the distance between
the two charges of each pair of charges : ( 1 µC , 2 µC ) and ( 2 µC , -3 µC ). Interpret the graph
obtained.
13. If a dipole is kept in uniform electric field E, diagrammatically represent the position of the dipole in
stable and unstable equilibrium and write the expression for the torque acting on the dipole in both
the cases.
14. The dipole is aligned parallel to the field. Find the work done in rotating it through the angle of 180˚.

15. A spherical conducting shell of radius R1 and outer radius R2 has a charge Q. A charge q is placed at
the centre of the cell.
(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 > R2 from the centre of the shell.
16. A spherical balloon carries a charge that is uniformly distributed over its surface. As the balloon is
blown up and increases in size, how does the electric flux coming out of the surface change ? Give
reason.
17. Obtain the expression for the amount of work done in bringing a point charge q from infinity to a
point, distance r, in front of the charge sheet.
18. Suppose the spheres A and B have identical sizes & each have a charge 6.5×10-7 C?. A third sphere of
the same size but uncharged is brought in contact with the first, then brought in contact with the
second, and finally removed from both. What is the new force of repulsion between A and B?

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 19. A charge ‘q’ is placed at the centre of line joining two equal charges Q. Show that the system of the
three charges will be in equilibrium if .
20. Two point charges 3 µC and -3 µC are located 20 cm apart. Calculate electric field at the mid point O
of the line AB joining the two charges? Also calculate the force experienced by a negative test charge
of magnitude 1.5 x 10-9 C placed at this point.
21. An electric dipole of length 10 cm having charges ± 6 x 10-3, placed at 30˚ with respect to a uniform
electric field, experiences a torque of √ Nm. Calculate the magnitude of the electric field.
22. The electric field corresponds to a charge inside the cube of side 0.1 m are as shown in figure.
Ex =
Calculate (i) Flux through the cube and (ii) charge inside the cube. ( 0.5 Nm2C-1 , 4.43 x 10-12 C )

23. A uniform electric field E = Ex i N/C for x>0 and E = - Ex i N/C for x<0 are given. A right circular
cylinder of length l cm and radius r cm has its centre on the origin and its axis along X axis. Find out
the outward flux. Using Gauss’s write the expression for the net charge within the cylinder. (
Nm2C-1 , ( )
24. A point charge + 10 µC at a distance 5 cm directly above the centre of a square of side 10 cm as
shown in figure. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the square ? ( 1.88 x 105 Nm2 C-2 )

25. An infinite number of charges , each equal to q are place along X axis at x =1, x=2, x=4, x = 8…….and so
on.(i) Find the magnitude electric field at the point x = 0 due to this set up of charges . (ii) What will
be the electric field, if in the above set up, the consecutive charges have opposite signs ?
(
26. Calculate the electric field strength required to support a water drop of mass 10-7 kg and having a
charge 1.6 x 10-19 C. ( 6.125 x 1012 N/C )
27. Five point charges each of value +q coulomb are placed at five vertices of a regular hexagon of side L
meter. Find the magnitude of force on a charge q C placed at the centre of the hexagon. ( )
28. Two point charges q1 and q2 are 3m apart and the combined charge is 20 µC. If one repels the other
with a force of 0.075 N, What are the two charges ? ( 5 µC and 15 µC )
29. What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 × 10–7C and 3 × 10–7C
placed 30 cm apart in air? (6 x 10-3 N)
30. The electrostatic force on a small sphere of charge 0.4 mC due to another small sphere of charge –0.8
mC in air is 0.2 N. (a) What is the distance between the two spheres? (b) What is the force on the
second sphere due to the first? (0.12 m & - 0.2 N)
31. Four point charges qA = 2 mC, qB = –5 mC, qC = 2 mC, and qD = –5 mC are located at the corners of a
square ABCD of side 10 cm. What is the force on a charge of 1 mC placed at the centre of the square?
(zero)

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 32. Two point charges qA = 3 mC and qB = –3 mC are located 20 cm apart in vacuum. (a) What is the
electric field at the midpoint O of the line AB joining the two charges? (b) If a negative test charge of
magnitude 1.5 × 10–9 C is placed at this point, what is the force experienced by the test charge? (5.4 x
10-6 N/C along OB, 8.1 x 10-3 N)
33. A system has two charges qA = 2.5 × 10–7 C and qB = –2.5 × 10–7 C located at points A: (0, 0, –15 cm)
and B: (0,0, +15 cm), respectively. What are the total charge and electric dipole moment of the
system? ( zero, 7.5 x 10-8 C along +Z axis)
34. An electric dipole with dipole moment 4 × 10–9 C m is aligned at 30° with the direction of a uniform
electric field of magnitude 5 × 104 NC–1 . Calculate the magnitude of the torque acting on the dipole. (
10-4 Nm)
35. A polythene piece rubbed with wool is found to have a negative charge of 3 × 10–7 C.
(a) Estimate the number of electrons transferred (from which to which?) ( 1.87 x 1012 )
(b) Is there a transfer of mass from wool to polythene? ( yes)
36. (a) Two insulated charged copper spheres A and B have their centres separated by a distance of 50
cm. What is the mutual force of electrostatic repulsion if the charge on each is 6.5 × 10–7 C? The radii
of A and B are negligible compared to the distance of separation. (1.52 x 10-2 N)
(b) What is the force of repulsion if each sphere is charged double the above amount, and the
distance between them is halved? (0.243 N)
37. Consider a uniform electric field E = 3 × 103 î N/C.
(a) What is the flux of this field through a square of 10 cm on a side whose plane is parallel to the yz
plane? (b) What is the flux through the same square if the normal to its plane makes a 60° angle with
the x-axis?(30 & 15 Nm2/C)
38. Electric field at the surface of a black box indicates that the net outward flux through the surface of
the box is 8.0 × 103 Nm2 /C. (a) What is the net charge inside the box? (b) If the net outward flux
through the surface of the box were zero, could you conclude that there were no charges inside the
box? Why or Why not? (0.07 μC , No it may contain equal amount of positive and negative charge)
39. A point charge of 2.0 mC is at the centre of a cubic Gaussian surface 9.0 cm on edge. What is the net
electric flux through the surface? (2.26 x 105 Nm2/C)
40. A point charge causes an electric flux of –1.0 × 103 Nm2 /C to pass through a spherical Gaussian
surface of 10.0 cm radius centred on the charge. (a) If the radius of the Gaussian surface were
doubled, how much flux would pass through the surface? (b) What is the value of the point charge? (–
1.0 × 103 Nm2 /C, -8.854 nC)
41. A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.4 m diameter has a surface charge density of 80.0
mC/m2 . (a) Find the charge on the sphere. (b) What is the total electric flux leaving the surface of the
sphere? (1.447 x 10-3 C , 1.63 x 108 Nm2 /C)
42. An infinite line charge produces a field of 9 × 104 N/C at a distance of 2 cm. Calculate the linear
charge density.( 10 x 10-6 C/m)
43. Two large, thin metal plates are parallel and close to each other. On their inner faces, the plates have
surface charge densities of opposite signs and of magnitude 17.0 × 10–22 C/m2 . What is E: (a) in the
outer region of the first plate, (b) in the outer region of the second plate, and (c) between the plates?
( 0, 0, 1.92 x 1010 N/C)

( Chapter 2 – Electric Potential & Capacitance )

1. A 500 µC Charge is at the Centre of the square of side 10 cm on its edge. Find the work done in moving a
test charge of 10 µC between two diagonally opposite points on the square.
2. Draw an equipotential surface for a system, consisting of two charges +Q and –Q separated by a distance
‘r’ in air.

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 3. What is the electrostatic potential due to an electric dipole at an equatorial point?
4. What is the work done in moving a test charge through a distance of 1 cm along the equatorial axis of
electric dipole.
5. Name the physical quantity which has its unit J/C. Is it a scalar or a vector quantity?
6. A hollow metal sphere of radius 10 cm is charged such that the potential on its surface is 5 V. What is the
potential at the centre of the sphere?
7. Define electric dipole moment. Write its SI unit.
8. Two protons A and B are placed between two parallel plates having a potential difference V as shown in
figure. Will these protons experience equal or unequal force ?

9. A metallic sphere is placed in uniform

electric field. Which path is followed by the line of
forces as shown in figure ?

10. In a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance increases from 4 µF to 80 µF on introducing a dielectric
medium between the plates. What is the dielectric constant of the medium ?
11. A test charge ‘q’ is moved without acceleration from A to C along the path A to B and then from B to C in
electric field E as shown in the figure. (i) Calculate the potential difference between A and C. (ii) At which
points
( of the two ) is the electric potential more and why?

12. Draw three equipotential surfaces corresponding to a field that uniformly increases in magnitude but
remains constant along Z axis. How are these surfaces different from that a constant electric field along Z
direction?
13. Show that the electric field at the surface of a charged conductor is given by n where is the
surface charge density is and n is unit vector normal to the surface in the outward direction.
14. Net capacitance of three identical capacitors connected in series is 2 µF. What will be their net
capacitance if connected in parallel ?Find the ratio of energy stored in the two configurations if they are
both connected to the same source.
15. A slab of material of dielectric constant K has the same area as that of the plates of a parallel plate
capacitor but has the thickness d/2, where d is the separation between the plates. Find out the
expression for its capacitance when the slab is inserted between the plates
16. A point charge q is placed at O, as shown
in fig. Is VA – VB positive, negative or zero, if q is a
(i) positive , (ii) negative charge ?

17. Three capacitors C1, C2 and C3 of capacitance 6 µF are connected to 12 V battery as shown.

Find (i)Charge on each capacitor. ( 36 µC, 36 µC, 72 µC )

(ii) Equivalent capacitance of the network. ( 3 µF )
(iii) Energy stored in the network of the capacitor. (6.48 x 10-4 J )

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 18. The equivalent capacitance of the combination between A and B in the given figure is 4 µF.

(i) Calculate the capacitance of the the capacitor C. ( 5 µF )

(ii) Calculate charge on each capacitor if a 12 V bttery is connected across the terminals A and B. ( 48
µC on each )
(iii) What will the potential drop across each capacitor ? ( 2.4 V, 9.6 V )
19. Two parallel plate capacitor X and Y have the same area of plates and same separation between them. X
has air between the plates while Y contain a dielectric medium (K = 4)

(i) Calculate capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is 4 µF. ( 5 µF,
20 µF)
(ii) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of X and Y. ( 9.6 V, 2.4 V )
(iii) What is the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y ? ( 4:1)
20. A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery, After some time the battery is disconnected and a
dielectric slab of dielectric constant K with its thickness equal to the plate separation is inserted between
the plates. How would (i) the charge on the plates , (ii) the capacitance, (iii) the electric field between the
plates (iv) potential difference between the plates & (iii) the energy stored in the capacitor is affected?
Justify your answer.
21. What would be the answer of above question if the battery remains connected to the capacitor ?
22. A charge of 8mC is located at the origin. Calculate the work done in taking a small charge of -2 x 10-9 C
from a point P ( 0,0,3cm) to a point Q ( 0, 4cm, 0) via a point R ( 0, 6 cm , 9 cm ). ( 1.2 J )
23. A cube of side b has a charge q at each of its vertices. Determine the potential and electric field due to
this charge array at the centre of the cube. ( ,0)
√
24. Two point charges, q1 = 10 x 10-8 C and q2 = - 2 x 10-8 C are separated by a distance of 60 cm in air.
(a) Find at what distance from the first charge q1, would the electric potential be zero. ( 0.5 m )
(b) Also calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the system.( -3 x 10-5 J )
25. A network of four capacitors of 12 µF is connected to a 500 V battery as shown in the figure.

Determine (i) equivalent capacitance of the network &

(ii) Charge on each capacitor. ( 16 µF , on C1, C2 &C3 2000 µF & on C4 6000 µF )

26. Calculate the work done to dissociate the system of three charges placed on the vertices of a triangle as
shown.
( q = 1.6 x 10-10 C ) ( Ans 2.304 x 10-8 J )

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 27. (a) Derive an expression for the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor C charged to a potential
difference V.
(b)Obtain the equivalent capacitance of the network given below. For a supply 300 V, determine the
charge and voltage across C4. ( 100 pF, 3 x 10-8 C , 150 V )

28. Two charges 5 × 10–8 C and –3 × 10–8 C are located 16 cm apart. At what point(s) on the line joining the
two charges is the electric potential zero? Take the potential at infinity to be zero. (10 cm from positive
charge between the charges, 40 cm from positive charge outside the system)
29. A regular hexagon of side 10 cm has a charge 5 mC at each of its vertices. Calculate the potential at the
centre of the hexagon. ( 2.7 x 106 V)
30. Two charges 2 mC and –2 mC are placed at points A and B, 6 cm apart.
(a) Identify an equipotential surface of the system. (b) What is the direction of the electric field at every
point on this surface? ( equatorial plane , normal to the surface)
31. A spherical conductor of radius 12 cm has a charge of 1.6 × 10 –7C distributed uniformly on its surface.
What is the electric field (a) inside the sphere (b) just outside the sphere (c) at a point 18 cm from the
centre of the sphere? (0 , 105 N/C, 4.4 x 1014 N/C)
32. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 8 pF (1pF = 10 –12 F). What will
be the capacitance if the distance between the plates is reduced by half, and the space between them is
filled with a substance of dielectric constant 6? (96 pF)
33. Three capacitors each of capacitance 9 pF are connected in series. (a) What is the total capacitance of the
combination? (b) What is the potential difference across each capacitor if the combination is connected
to a 120 V supply? (3 pF, 40 V)
34. Three capacitors of capacitances 2 pF, 3 pF and 4 pF are connected in parallel. (a) What is the total
capacitance of the combination? (b) Determine the charge on each capacitor if the combination is
connected to a 100 V supply. (9 pF, 2x10-10 C, 3x10-10 C, 4x10-10 C )
35. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate has an area of 6 × 10 –3 m2 and the
distance between the plates is 3 mm. Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor. If this capacitor is
connected to a 100 V supply, what is the charge on each plate of the capacitor? (17.71 pF, 1.771 x 10-9 C)
36. Explain what would happen if in the capacitor given in Exercise 37, a 3 mm thick mica sheet (of dielectric
constant = 6) were inserted between the plates, (a) while the voltage supply remained connected. (b)
after the supply was disconnected.
37. A 12pF capacitor is connected to a 50V battery. How much electrostatic energy is stored in the capacitor?
(1.5 x 10-8 J)
38. A 600pF capacitor is charged by a 200V supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected
to another uncharged 600 pF capacitor. How much electrostatic energy is lost in the process? (6 x 10-6 J)

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