8.

A charged particle q is shot towards another charged particle Q (which is fixed)

with a speed v. It approaches Q up to a closest distance r and then returns. If q
was given a speed 2v, then closest distance of approach would be : [2004]
r r
(A) r (B) 2r (C) (D)
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9. Four charges equal to –Q are placed at the four corners of a square and a charge q is at its centre. If the
1. A charged particle q is placed at the centre O of cube of length system is in equilibrium, then the value of q is : [2004]
L ( ABCDEFGH ). Another same charge q is placed at a distance L from Q Q Q Q
(A)  (1  2 2 ) (B) (1  2 2 ) (C)  (1  2 2 ) (D) (1  2 2 )
O. Then, the electric flux through BCFG is : [2002] 4 4 2 2
q q 10. A charged ball B hangs from a silk thread S, which makes an angle  with a large
(A) (B)
6 0 3 0 charged conducting sheet P, as shown in the figure below. The surface charge density
q  of the sheet is proportional to: [2005]
(C) (D) Zero
2 0 (A) cos  (B) cot  (C) sin  (D) tan 
2. On moving a charge of 20 C by 2 cm, 2 J of work is done, then the potential difference between the initial
11. Two point charges + 8q and 2q are located at x = 0 and x = L, respectively. The location of a point on
and final points is : [2002]
the X-axis at which the net electric field due to these two point charges is zero is : [2005]
(A) 0.1 V (B) 8V (C) 2V (D) 0.5 V
L
3. If a charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q such that the system is in (A) 2L (B) (C) 8L (D) 4L
4
equilibrium, then the value of q is: [2002]
12. Two thin wire rings each having a radius R are placed at a distance d apart with their axes coinciding.
Q Q Q Q
(A) (B)  (C) (D)  The charges on the two rings are + q and q . The potential difference between the centres of the two
2 2 4 4
rings is : [2005]
4. Three charges q1,  q2 and  q 3 are placed as shown in the figure.
q3  
The x-component of the force on q1 is proportional to : [2003] y (A)
qR
(B)
q 1  1 
40d 2 2 0  R 2 2 
R  d 
q2 q3 q2 q3 
(A)  cos  (B)  sin  a   
b2 a2 b2 a2 q 1 1 
(C) Zero (D) 
q2 q3 q2 q3 b 4 0  R 
R 2  d 2 
(C)  cos  (D)  sin  x 
b2 a2 b2 a2 q1 +q2
13. Two spherical conductors A and B of radii 1 mm and 2 mm are separated by a distance of 5 cm and are
5. If the electric flux entering and leaving an enclosed surface respectively is 1 and 2 , then electric charge
uniformly charged. If the spheres are connected by a conducting wire, then in equilibrium condition, the
inside the surface will be : [2003] ratio of the magnitude of the electric fields at the surfaces of spheres A and B is : [2006]
 1  2   2  1  (A) 4:1 (B) 1:2 (C) 2:1 (D) 1:4
(A)  2  1 0  (B)
0
(C)
0
(D)  2 
 1 0
14. Two insulating plates are uniformly charged in such a way that the potential
difference between them is V2  V1  20 V (i.e. plate 2 is at a higher potential). The
6. A thin spherical conducting shell of radius R has a charge q. Another charge Q is placed at the centre of
plates are separated by d = 0.1m and can be treated as infinitely large. An electron
the shell. The electrostatic potential at a point P at a distance R/2 from the centre of the shell is : [2003]
is released from rest on the inner surface of plate 1. What is its speed when it hits
2Q 2Q 2q 2Q q (q  Q ) 2
(A) (B)  (C)  (D) plate 2 ? (e  1.6  10 19 C, m 0  9.11 10 31 kg ) [2006]
40 R 4 0 R 4 0 R 4 0 R 4 0 R 4 0 R
(A) 2.65  106 ms 1 (B) 7.02  1012 ms 1
7. Two spherical conductors B and C having equal radii and carrying equal charges in them repel each
other with a force F when kept apart at some distance. A third spherical conductor having same radius
(C) 1.87  106 ms 1 (D) 32  10 19 ms 1

as that of B but uncharged, is brought in contact with B, then brought in contact with C and finally 15. An electric dipole is placed at an angle of 30° to a non-uniform electric field. The dipole may experience :
removed away from both. The new force of repulsion between B and C is : [2004] (A) a translational force only in the direction of the field [2006]
F 3F F 3F (B) a translational force only in a direction normal to the direction of the field
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 8 8 (C) a torque as well as a translational force
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16. The potential at a point x (measured in m ) due to some charges situated on the X-axis is given by 22. Two points P and Q are maintained at the potential of 10 V and 4V , respectively. The work done in
moving 100 electrons from P to Q is : [2009]
V ( x )  20 / ( x 2  4)V . The electric field E at x  4m is given by : [2007]
5 5 (A) 19  10 17 J (B) 9.60  10 17 J (C) 2.24  10 16 J (D) 2.24  10 16 J
(A) V / m and in the –ve X-direction (B) V / m and in the +ve X-direction
3 3 23. A charge Q is placed at each of the opposite corners of a square. A charge q is placed at each of the other
10 10 two corners. If the net electrical force on Q is zero, then Q/q equals : [2009]
(C) V / m and in the –ve X-direction (D) V / m and in the +ve X-direction
9 9 1
(A) 2 2 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 
17. Charges are placed on the vertices of a square as shown in figure below. Let E be the electric field and V 2
be the potential at the centre. If the charges on A and B are interchanged with those on D and C 24. A thin semi-circular ring of radius r has a positive charge q distributed uniformly over it. The net field E
respectively, then : [2007] at the centre O is : [2010]
(A) E remains unchanged, V changes q ˆj q ˆj
(A) (B) 
(B) both E and V change 420r 2 4 20r 2
(C) E and V remain unchanged q ˆj q ˆj
(C)  (D)
(D) E changes, V remains unchanged 2 20r 2 220r 2

18. An electric charge 10 3 C is placed at the origin (0, 0) of xy-coordinate system. Two points A and B are 5 r 
25. Let there be a spherically symmetric charge distribution with charge density varying as (r )  0   
 
situated at ( 2, 2 ) and (2, 0) respectively. The potential difference between the points A and B will be : 4 R
upto r  R and (r )  0 for r  R, where r is the distance from the origin. The electric field at a distance
(A) 9V (B) zero (C) 2V (D) 4.5 V [2007]
r, (r < R) from the origin is given by : [2010]
19. A thin spherical shell of radius R has charge Q spread uniformly over its surface. Which of the following
4 0r  5 r  0r  5 r  40r  5 r  0r  5 r 
graphs most closely represents the electric field E (r ) produced by the shell in the range 0  r  R, where (A)    (B)    (C)    (D)   
30  3 R  4 0  3 R  30  4 R  30  4 R 
r is the distance from the centre of the shell? [2008]
26. Two positive charges of magnitude q are placed at the ends of a side AB of square of side 2a. Two
negative charges of the same magnitude are kept at the other corners. Starting from rest, if a charge Q
moves from the middle of side AB to the centre of square, its kinetic energy at the centre of square is :
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 2qQ  1 
(A) 1   (B) Zero [2011]
4 0 a  5 
20. Statement : 1 For a charged particle moving from point P to point Q, the net work done by an 1 2qQ  1  1 2qQ  2 
(C) 1   (D) 1  
electrostatic field on the particle is independent of the path connecting point P to point 4 0 a  5  4 0 a  5 
Q. [2009] 27. The electrostatic potential inside a charged spherical ball is given by   ar 2  b , where r is the distance
Statement : 2 The net work done by a conservative force on an object moving along a closed loop is
from the centre and a, b are constants. Then, the charge density inside the ball is : [2011]
zero.
(A)  6a 0r (B)  24 a 0 (C)  6a 0 (D)  24 a 0r
(A) Both Statement-1 & Statement-2 are correct & Statement-2 is the correct explanation of
Statement-1 28. Two identical charged shperes suspended from a common point by two massless strings of length l are
(B) Both Statement-1 & Statement-2 are correct & Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of initially a distance d,(d  l ) apart because of their mutual repulsion. The charge begins to leak very
Statement-1 slowly from both the spheres at a constant rate. As a result, charges approach each other with a velocity
(C) Statement-1 is correct but Statement-2 is incorrect v. Then, as a function of distance x between them: [2011]
(D) Statement-2 is correct but Statement-1 is incorrect (A) v  x 1 (B) v  x 1/2 (C) vx (D) v  x 1/2
Q 29. In a uniformly non-conducting charged sphere of total charge Q and radius R, electric field E is plotted as
21. Let (r )  r be the charge density distribution for a solid sphere of radius R and total charge Q. For a
R 4 a function of distance from the centre. The corresponding graph will be: [2012]
point P inside the sphere at distance r1 from the centre of the sphere, the magnitude of electric field is :

Q Qr12 Qr12 (A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) Zero (B) (C) (D) [2009]
40r12 40 R 4 30 R 4

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30. An insulating solid sphere of radius R has a uniform positive charge density  . As a result of this 35. A uniformly charged solid sphere of radius R has potential V0 (measured with respect to ) on its
uniform charge distribution, there is a finite value of electric potential at the centre of the sphere, at the 3V0 5V0 3V0 V
surface. For this sphere, the equipotential surfaces with potentials , , and 0 have radius
surface of the sphere and also at a point outside the sphere. The electric potential at infinity is zero. 2 4 4 4
Statement : 1 When a charge q is taken from the centre the surface of the sphere, its potential energy R1, R2 , R3, and R 4 respectively. Then, [2015]
q
changes by . [2012] (A) R1  0 and R 2  ( R 4  R3 ) (B) R1  0 and ( R 2  R1 )  ( R 4  R3 )
3 0
r (C) R1  0 and R 2  ( R 4  R3 ) (D) 2R  R 4
Statement : 2 The electric field at a distance r (r < R) from the centre of the sphere is .
3 0 36. The region between two concentric spheres of radii a and b, respectively (see the figure), has volume
(A) Both Statement-1 & Statement-2 are correct & Statement-2 is the correct explanation of A
charge density   , where A is constant and r is the distance from the centre. At the centre of the
Statement-1 r
(B) Both Statement-1 & Statement-2 are correct & Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of spheres is a point charge Q. The value of A such that the electric field in the region between the spheres
Statement-1 will be constant is : [2016]
(C) Statement-1 is correct but Statement-2 is incorrect Q Q
(A) (B)
(D) Statement-2 is correct but Statement-1 is incorrect
2 a 2 2 (b 2  a 2 )
31. A charge Q is uniformly distributed over a long rod AB of length L as shown 2Q 2Q
(C) (D)
in the figure. The electric potential at the point O lying at distance L from the (a 2  b 2 ) a 2
end A is : [2013] 
37. An electric dipole has a fixed dipole moment p, which makes angle  with respect to X-axis. When
Q 3Q Q Q ln 2 
(A) (B) (C) (D) subjected to an electric field E1  Eiˆ, it experiences a torque 1  kˆ. When subjected to another electric
80 L 80 L 4 0 L ln 2 40 L
 
32. Two charges each equal to q are kept at x  a & x  a on the X-axis. A particle of mass m and charge field E 2  3 E1 ˆj, it experiences a torque 2  1. The angle  is : [2017]

q0  q / 2 is placed at the origin. If charge q0 is given, a small displacement (y << a) along the Y-axis, (A) 45° (B) 60° (C) 90° (D) 30°
then net force acting on the particle is proportional to : [2013] 38. Three concentric shells A,B and C of respective radii a,b and c (a  b  c ) have surface charge densities
(A) y (B) y (C) 1/y (D) 1 / y
,   and , respectively. The potential of shell B is : [2018]
2ˆ
33. Assume that an electric field E  30 x i exists in space. Then, the potential difference V A  VO , where
 a 2  b2   a 2  b2   b 2  c2 
 b 2  c2 
V0 is the potential at the origin and V A is the potential at x = 2m is : [2014] (A)   c  (B)   c  (C)   a  (D)
 a
0  a  0  b  0  b 
0  c 
(A) 120 J (B) 120 J (C) 80 J (D) 80 J        
>
A 2r /a
34. A long cylinder shell carries positive surface charge  in the upper half and negative surface charge  39. Charge is distributed within a sphere of radius R with a volume charge density ( r )  e , where A
2
in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure given in (figures are r

schematic and not drawn to scale) [2015] and a are constants. If Q is the total charge of this charge distribution, the radius R is : [2019]
   
a  Q  a  1   Q   1 
(A) log 1   (B) log   (C) a log 1   (D) a log  
2  2 aA  2  Q   2 aA   Q 
 1    1  
(A) (B)
 2 aA   2 aA 
40. Two point charges q1( 10 C ) and q2 ( 25C ) are placed on the x-axis at x  1 m and x  4 m
 1 
respectively. The electric field (in (V/m) at a point y  3 m on y-axis is, take  9  10 9 Nm 2C 2 
 4  0 
(C) (D)
(A) (63iˆ  27 ˆj )  10 2 (B) ( 81iˆ  81 ˆj )  10 2 [2019]

(C) ( 63iˆ  27 ˆj )  102 (D) (81iˆ  81 ˆj )  10 2

41. There charge Q , q,  Q are placed respectively, at distance, 0,d / 2 and d from the origin, on the
x-axis. If the net force experienced by +Q, placed at x  0, is zero, then value of q is: [2019]
(A) Q / 2 (B) Q / 4 (C) Q / 2 (D) Q / 4

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