SAGAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, PERUNDURAI
PHYSICS WORKSHEET NO – 1
CLASS : XII B (Juniors) NO.OF QUES: 25
CHAPTER: ELECTRIC CHARGE AND FIELD DATE: 03.02.2024
1. Two point charges repel each other with a force F when placed in water of
dielectric constant 81. What will be the force between them when placed
the same distance apart in air?
2. Electric dipole moment of CuSO4 molecule is 3.2 × 10 –32 Cm. Find the
separation between copper and sulphate ions.
3. A charge q is placed at the centre of an imaginary spherical surface. What
will be the electric flux due to this charge through any half of the sphere?
4. If a body contains n1 electrons and n2 protons then what is the total charge
on the body?
5. What is the total positive or negative charge present in 1 molecule of
water?
6. Write the ratio of electric field intensity due to a dipole at a point on the
equatorial line to the field at a point on the axial line, when the points are
at the same distance from the centre of dipole.
7. An electron and proton are released from rest in a uniform electrostatic
field. Which of them will have larger acceleration?
8. If a dipole having charge ±2C is placed inside a sphere of radius 2 m, what
is the net flux linked with the sphere.
9. Calculate electric flux linked with a sphere of radius 1m and charge of 1C at
its centre.
10. Figure shows six charged lumps of plastic coin. The cross-section of a
Gaussian surface S is indicated. What is the net electric flux through the
surface?
11. An oil drop of mass m carrying charge – Q is to be held stationary in the
gravitational field of the earth. What is the magnitude and direction of the
electrostatic field required for this purpose?
12. A thin long conductor has linear charge density of 20 C/m. Calculate the
electric field intensity at a point 5 cm from it. Draw a graph to show
variation of electric field intensity with distance from the conductor.
13. A charged metallic sphere A having charge qA is brought in contact with an
uncharged metallic sphere of same radius and then separated by a distance
d. What is the electrostatic force between them?
14. An electron and a proton travel through equal distances in the same
uniform electric field E, compare their time of travel.
15. Two point charges – q and + q are placed 2l metre apart, as shown in Fig.
Give the direction of electric field at points A, B, C and D, A is midpoint
between charges – q and + q.
16. What is the electric field at O in Figures (i), (ii) and (iii), ABCD is a square of
side r.
17. Two charges Q1 and Q2 are separated by distance r. Under what conditions
will the electric field be zero on the line joining them (i) between the
charges (ii) outside the charge?
18. The electric field component in the figure are Calculate the electric flux
through the surfaces1, 2, 3 the square surfaces of side 5 m.
19. An electric dipole of dipole moment p, is held perpendicular to an electric
field E = E0 i^ . If the dipole is released does it have (a) only rotational motion
(b) only translatory motion (c) both translatory and rotational motion
explain?
20. A point charge Q is kept at the intersection of (i) face diagonals (ii)
diagonals of a cube of side a. What is the electric flux linked with the cube
in (i) & (ii)?
21. An electric flux of f units passes normally through a spherical Gaussian
surface of radius r, due to point charge placed at the centre. (1) What is the
charge enclosed by Gaussian surface? (2) If radius of Gaussian surface is
doubled, what will be the flux through it?
22. What should be the position of charge q = 5µC for it to be in equilibrium on
the line joining two charges q1 = – 4 µC and q2 = 16 µC separated by 9 cm.
Will the position change for any other value of charge q?
23. Two point charges 4e and e each, at a separation r in air, exert force of
magnitude F. They are immersed in a medium of dielectric constant 16.
What should be the separation between the charges so that the force
between them remains unchanged?
24. ABC is an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm. D is the midpoint of BC charge
100 µC; – 100µC and 75 µC are placed at B, C and D respectively. What is
the force experienced by a 1 µC positive charge placed at A?
25. A pendulum bob of mass 80 mg and carrying charge of 3 × 10 –8 C is placed
in a horizontal electric field. It comes to equilibrium position at an angle of
37° with the vertical. Calculate the intensity of electric field. (g = 10m/s2)
