ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL NARANGI

SUMMER VACATION HOMEWORK

CLASS 12 SCIENCE
SUBJECT PHYSICS
Q1 Figure shows three point charges, +2q, -q and + 3q. Two charges +2q and -q are enclosed
within a surface ‘S’. Find the electric flux due to this configuration through the surface ‘S’.

Q2 Two charges of magnitudes – 2Q 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?
Q3 Derive an expression for the work done on an electric dipole of dipole moment p in
turning it from its position of stable equilibrium to a position of unstable equilibrium in a
uniform electric field E.
Q4 A spherical conducting shell of inner radius r1 and outer radius r2 has a charge ‘Q’. A
charge ‘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 > r2 from the centre of the shell.
Q5 Plot a graph showing the variation of coulomb force (F) versus (1/r 2), where r is the
distance between the two charges of each pair of charges : (1µC, 2µC) and (2µC, – 3µC).
Interpret the graphs obtained.
Q6 A hollow cylindrical box of length 1m and area of cross-section 25 cm 2 is placed in a
three dimensional coordinate system as shown in the figure. The electric field in the region
is given by E=50 x i where E is in NC-1 and x is in metres. Find
a)Net flux through the cylinder.
b)Charge enclosed by the cylinder.
Q7 Given a uniform electric field E = 2 × 103 i N/ C, find the flux of this field through a square
of side 20 cm, whose plane is parallel to the y-z plane. What would be the flux through the
same square, if the plane makes an angle of 30° with the x-axis?
Q8 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 S 1 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?
Q9 Use Gauss’s law to derive the expression for the electric field between two uniformly
charged large parallel sheets with surface charge densities a and -a respectively.
Q10 Two charged spherical conductors of radii R1 and R2 when connected by a conducting
wire acquire charges q1 and q2 respectively. Find the ratio of their surface charge densities in
terms of their radii.
Q11Two point charges + q and -2q are placed at the vertices ‘B’ and ‘C’ of an equilateral
triangle ABC of side as given in the figure. Obtain the expression for (i) the magnitude and
(ii) the direction of the resultant electric field at the vertex A due to these two charges.
Q12 A charge +Q, is uniformly distributed within a sphere of radius R. Find the electric field,
due to this charge distribution, at a point distant r from the centre of the sphere where :
(i) 0 < r < R and
(ii) r > R
Q13 (a) Using Gauss’ law, derive an expression for the electric field intensity at any point
outside a uniformly charged thin spherical shell of radius R and charge density a C/m 2. Draw
the field lines when the charge density of the sphere is
(i) positive,
(ii) negative.
(b) A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.5 m in diameter has a surface charge density
of 100 µC/m2. Calculate the
(i) charge on the sphere
(ii) total electric flux passing through the sphere
Q14 The electric field components due to a charge inside the cube of side 0.1 m are as
shown is Ex = 500 x N/C.

Calculate
(i) the flux through the cube, and
(ii) the charge inside the cube.
Q15(a) Find the ratio of the potential differences that must be applied across the parallel
and series combination of two capacitors C1and C2 with their capacitances in the ratio 1 : 2
so that the energy stored in the two cases becomes the same.
(b) A fully charged parallel plate capacitor is connected across an uncharged identical
capacitor. Show that the energy stored in the combination is less than that stored initially in
the single capacitor.
Q16 Two uniformly large parallel thin plates having charge densities + σ and – σ are kept in
the X-Z plane at a distance ‘d’ apart. Sketch an equipotential surface due to electric field
between the plates. If a particle of mass m and charge q’ remains stationary between the
plates, what is the magnitude and direction of this field?
Q17 Two small identical electrical dipoles AB and CD, each of dipole moment ‘p’ are kept at
an angle of 120° as shown in the figure. What X’ 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?

Q18 A network of four capacitors, each of capacitance 30 pF, is connected across a battery
of 60 V as shown in the figure.Find the net capacitance and the energy stored in each
capacitor.
Q19 An electric dipole of length 4 cm, when placed with its axis making an angle of 60° with
a uniform electric field, experiences a torque of 4√3 Nm. Calculate the potential energy of
the dipole, if it has charge ± 8 nC.
Q20 A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential V. It is then
connected to another uncharged capacitor having the same capacitance. Find out the ratio
of the energy stored in the combined system to that stored initially in the single capacitor.
Q21 Two parallel plate X and Y capacitors, X and Y, have the same area of plates and same
separation between them. X has air between the plates while Y contains a dielectric medium
of K = 4.
(i) Calculate capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is 4
μF.
(ii) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of X and Y.
(iii) What is the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y?
Q22 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 of the air capacitor.
Q23 Two parallel plate capacitors of capacitances C1 and C2 such that C1 = 3C2 are connected
across a battery of V volts as shown in the figure. Initially the key (k) is kept closed to fully
charge the capacitors. The key is now thrown open and a dielectric slab of dielectric
constant ‘K’ is inserted in the two capacitors to completely fill the gap between the plates,
Find the ratio of
(i) the net capacitance and
(ii) the energies stored in the combination, before and after the introduction of the
dielectric slab.
Q24 Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of plates and same separation
between them. X has air between the plates while Y contains a dielectric medium of K = 4.
(i) Calculate capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is 4
pF.
(ii) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of X and Y.
(iii) Estimate the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y.

Q25 (i) Find equivalent capacitance between A and B in the combination given below. Each
capacitor is of 2 µF capacitance.

(ii) If a dc source of 7 V is connected across AB, how much charge is drawn from the source
and what is the energy stored in the network?
Q26 Two identical parallel plate capacitors A and B are connected to a battery of V volts
with the switch S closed. The switch is now opened and the free space between the plates
of the capacitors is filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant K. Find the ratio of the total
electrostatic energy stored in both capacitors before and after the introduction of the
dielectric.
Q27 A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential V by a battery.
Without disconnecting the battery, the distance between the plates is tripled and a
dielectric medium of k = 10 is introduced between the plates of the capacitor. Explain giving
reasons, how will the following be affected:
(i) capacitance of the capacitor
(ii) charge on the capacitor, and
(iii) energy density of the capacitor.
Q28 Two identical capacitors of plate dimensions l × b and plate separation d have di-
electric slabs filled in between the space of the plates as shown in the figure.

Obtain the relation between the dielectric constants K, K1 and K2.

Q29 An electric field is uniform, and in the positive x direction for positive x, and uniform
with the same magnitude but in the negative x direction for negative x. It is given that E =
200 i N/C for x > 0 and E = –200 i N/C for x < 0. 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 . (a) What is the net outward flux through each flat
face? (b) What is the flux through the side of the cylinder? (c) What is the net outward flux
through the cylinder? (d) What is the net charge inside the cylinder?

Q30 An early model for an atom considered it to have a positively charged point nucleus of
charge Ze, surrounded by a uniform density of negative charge up to a radius R. The atom as
a whole is neutral. For this model, what is the electric field at a distance r from the nucleus?