ELECTROSTATICS
1. Two identical copper spheres are separated by 1m in vacuum. How many electrons would have to be removed
from one sphere and added to the other so that they now attract each other with a force of 0.9N ?
1) 6.25 1010 2) 6.25 1011 3) 6.25 1013 4) 6.25 1015
2. Two charges of equal magnitudes and at a distance ‘r’ exert a force F on each other. If the charges are halved
and distance between them is doubled, then the new force acting on each charge is
F F F F
1) 2) 3) 4)
16 8 4 2
3. A pith ball of mass 9 x 10-5 kg carries a charge of 5 c . What must be charge in another pith ball placed
directly 2cm above the given pith ball such that they are held in equilibrium ?
1) 7.84 10 10 2) 7.84 10 12 3) 7.84 10 13 4) 7.84 10 14
4. N fundamental charges each of charge ‘q’ are to be distributed as two point charges seperated by a fixed
distance, then the maximum to minimum force bears a ratio (N is even and greater than 2)
Fmax N2 Fmax N Fmax N2 Fmax N
1) 2) 3) 4)
Fmin 4( N 1) Fmin 4( N 1) Fmin 4( N 1) Fmin 4( N 1)
5. Two point charges Q and -3Q are placed at some distance apart. If the electric field at the location of Q is E ,
the field at the location of -3Q is
E E E E
1) E 2) E 3) E 4) E
1 1 1 1
2 3 4 6
6. The electric field at (30, 30) cm due to a charge of -8nC at the origin in NC is
-1
1) E 200 2 (i j ) 2) E 100 2 (i j )
3) E 200 2 (i j ) 4) E 200 2 (i j )
7. Two charges 4 x 10-9 C and -16 x 10-9C are separated by a distance 20 cm in air. The position of the neutral
point from the small charge is
1) 10cm 2) 20cm 3) 30cm 4) 40cm
8. In a regular hexgon each corner is at a distace ‘r’ from the centre. Identical charges fo magnitude ‘Q’ are
1
placed at 5 corners. The field at the centre is K
4 0
1 Q 1 2Q 1 4Q 1 Q
1) E 4 r 2 2) E 4 r 2 3) E 4 r 2 4) E 4 4r 2
0 0 0 0
9. A charged oil drop is suspended in uniform field of 3 x 104 V/m so that it neither falls nor rises. the charge on
the drop will be (take the mass of the charge = 9.9 x 10 -15 kg & g = 10 m/s2)
1) q 2.3 1018 C 2) q 3.3 10 16 C 3) q 3.3 10 18 C 4) q 2.3 1016 C
10. A proton and an - particle start form rest in a uniform electric field, then the ratio of times of flight to travel
same distance in the field is
t1 1 t1 t1 1 t1
1) t 2) t 2 3) t 4) t 3
2 2 2 2 3 2
11. There is an electric field in +X-direction . If the work done on moving a charge of 0.2C through a distance of
2m along a line making an angle of 600 with +X-axis is 4J. The value of E is
1) 10Nc 1 2) 20Nc 1 3) 30Nc 1 4) 40Nc 1
12. A charge of 2C is placed on the x-axis at 1m from the origin along -ve x-axis. Infinite number of charges each
of magnitude 2C are placed on x-axis a 1m, 2m, 4m, ....from at origin along +ve x-axis. The first charge is
positive and alternate charge are of opposite in nature. The electric field intensity at the origin
The field intensity at O due to charges on positive x axis
1 1 1 1
1) E 2) E 5 3) E 10 4) E 20
1 1 1 1
0 0 0 0
13. A bob of a simple pendulum of mass 40gm with a positive charge 4 x 10-6C is oscillating with time period ‘T1’
. An electric field of intensity 3.6 x 104 N/c is applied vertically upwards now time period of T 2. The value of
' T2 '
T1 is (g = 10 m/s )
2
1) 1 .0 2) 1.25 3) 1.50 4) 2 .0
14. Two point charges q1 = 2 C and q2 = 1 C are placed at distances b = 1cm and a = 2cm from the origin on the
y and x axes. The electric field vector at point P (a, b) will subtend an angle ' ' with the x -axis given by
1) Tanθ = 2 2) Tanθ = 2 3) Tanθ = 3 4) Tanθ = 3
15. There is a uniform electric field of strength 103 Vm-1 along Y-axis. A body of mass 1gm and charge 10-6 C is
projected into the field from origin along the positive X-axis with a velocity of 10 ms -1. Its speed in ms-1 after
10s is (Neglect gravitation)
1) 2 m s 1 2) 2 2ms 1 3) 5 2ms 1 4) 10 2ms 1
16. A metal sphere with its centre at A and radius R has a charge 2q on it. The field at a point B outside the sphere
is E. If another metal sphere of radius 3R and having a charge -3q is placed with its centre at point B, then
resultant electric field at a point mid way between A and B will be
1) E 2) 5 E 3) 10 E 4) 15 E
17. An electric with a velocity of 2.4 x 106 ms-1 flies into a uniform electric field of intensity 135 Vm-1. It moves
along a field line until it comes to rest. The distance travelled by the electron before coming to rest within the
field is
1) 0.05 m 2) 0.12 m 3) 0.20 m 4) 0.28 m
18. A sphere carrying charge is just at rest without falling down touching a vertical wall, by applying a horizontal
electric field 100 NC-1. The charge on the ball is 0.01 C. If the coefficient of friction between wall and sphere
is 0.2, mass of the sphere is
1) 20 gm 2) 25 gm 3) 30 gm 4) 35 gm
19. Four charges Q, q, Q and q are placed at the corners A, B, C and D of a square ABCD. If the resultant electric
force on the charge at the corner C to be zero then the value of Q/q is
Q Q Q Q
1) 2 2) 2 3) 2 2 4) 2 2
q q q q
20. Two similar metal spheres are suspended by silk threads from the same point. When the spheres are given
equal charges of 2 C the distance between them becomes 6cm. If length of each thread is 5 cm, the mass of
each sphere is (g = 10 m/s2)
4 5 2 1
1) m kg 2) m kg 3) m kg 4) m kg
3 3 3 3
21. Consider a uniform electric field E = 3 × 103 ˆi N/C . What is the flux of this field through a square of 10 cm
on a side whose plane is parallel to the yz plane ?
(A) 30 N m2/C (B) 40 N m2/C (C) 50 N m2/C (D) 60 N m2/C
22. A hemispherical body is placed in a uniform electric field E. What is the flux linked with curved surface, if
field is perpendicular to base in figure.
(A) 2π R 2 E (B) πR 2 E/2 (C) πR 2 E (D) Zero
23. A point charge +10 μC is a distance 5 cm directly above the centre of a square of side
10 cm,as shown in the figure. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the
square ?
5 cm
10 cm
10 cm
(A) 1.2 ×105 Nm2/C (B) 1.9 ×105 Nm2/C
(C) 3.2 ×105 Nm2/C (D) 4.2 ×105 Nm2/C
24. If the electric flux entering and leaving an enclosed surface respectively are 1 and 2 the electric charge
inside the surface will be
(A) ( 1 2 ) 0 (B) 2
1 0
1 2 2 1
(C) (D)
0 0
25. An infinite, uniformly charged sheet with surface charge density cuts through a spherical Gaussian
surface of radius R at a distance x from its center, as shown in the figure. The electric flux through the
Gaussian surface is
R
x
R 2 2 R 2 x 2 R x
2
R2 x 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
0 0 0 0
26. A point charge 50C is located in the XY plane at the point of position vector r0 2i 3j . What is the
electric field at the point of position vector r 8i 5j
(A) 1200V/m (B) 0.04V/m (C) 900V/m (D) 4500 V/m
27. Two free positive charges 4q and q are a distance l apart. What charge Q is needed to achieve equilibrium
for the entire system and where should it be placed form charge q?
4 l 4 l
(A) Q = q (negative) at (B) Q = q (positive) at
9 3 9 3
l l
(C) Q = q (positive) at (D) Q = q (negative) at
3 3
28. An uncharged sphere of metal placed inside a charged parallel plate capacitor. The lines of force look like
(A) (B) (C) (D)
29. A and B are two points on the axis and the perpendicular bisector respectively of an electric dipole. A and
B are far away from the dipole and at equal distance from it. The field at A and B are E A and E B .
(A) E A E B (B) E A 2E B
1
(C) E A 2E B (D) | E B | | E A | , and E B is perpendicular to E A
2
30. Figure shows the electric field lines around an electric dipole. Which of the
arrows best represents the electric field at point P ?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
31. An electric dipole placed with its axis in the direction of a uniform electric field experiences
1) a force but not torque 2) a torque but no force
3) a force as well as a torque 4) neither a force nor a torque
32. An electric dipole placed in a nonuniform electric field experiences
1) a force but no torque 2) a torque but no force
3) a force as well as a torque 4) neither a force nor a torque
33. An electric dipole is along a uniform electric field. If it is deflected by 600, work done by an agent is 2 10 19 J.
Then the work done by an agent if it is deflected by 30 0 further is
1) 2.5 10 19 J 2) 2 10 19 J 3) 4 10 19 J 4) 2 10 16 J
34. An electric dipole of moment p is placed in the position of stable equilibrium in uniform electric field of intensity
E. It is rotated through an angle from the intial position. The potential energy of electric dipole in the
position is
1) pE cos 2) pE sin 3) pE 1 cos 4) pE cos
35. An electric dipole of moment p is placed normal to the lines of force of electric intensity E , then the work
done in deflecting it through an angle of 1800 is
1) pE 2) 2 pE 3) 2 pE 4) zero
36. A charged small metal sphere A hangs from a silk thread S, which makes an angle θ with a large charged
nonconducting sheet having uniform surface charge density σ is proportional to
S
1) sinθ 2) cosθ 3) tanθ 4) cotθ
37. Electric flux through a surface of area 100 m2 lying in the x, y plane is (in V-m) if E î 2 ĵ 3k̂
1) 100 2) 141.4 3) 173.2 4) 200
38. Electric charge is uniformly distributed along a long straight wire of radius 1 mm. The charge per cm length of
the wire is Q coulomb. Another cylindrical surface of radius 50 cm and length 1 m symmetrically encloses the
wire as shown in the figure. The total electric flux passing through the cylindrical surface is
+
+
+
1m
+
+ 5 0 cm
+
Q 100Q 10Q 100Q
1)
0 2)
0 0
3)
0
4)
39. q1, q2, q3 and q4 are point charges located at points as shown in the figure and S is a spherical Gaussian surface
of radius R. Which of the following is true according to the Gauss’s law
q1 R
q4
q2 q3
q q q q1 q2 q3
E E
1) 1 2
E3 .dA 1 2 3
2 0 E E E E .dA
2) 1 2 3 4
0
q1 q2 q3 q4
E E
3) 1 2 E 3.dA
0
4) None of the above
40. Shown below is a distribution of charges. The flux of electric field due to these charges through the surface S is
(2)
1) 3q/ 0 2) 2q / 0 3) q/ 0 4) Zero
KEY :
1. (3) 2. (1) 3. (2)
4. (1) 5. (2) 6. (1)
7. (2) 8. (1) 9. (3)
10. (1) 11. (2) 12. (3)
13. (2) 14. (1) 15. (4)
16. (3) 17. (2) 18. (1)
19. (4) 20. (1) 21. (1)
22. (3) 23. (2) 24. (2)
25. (4) 26. (4) 27. (1)
28. (2) 29. (3) 30. (2)
31. (4) 32. (3) 33. (2)
34. (4) 35. (4) 36. (3)
37. (3) 38 (2) 39. (2)
40. (2)
