QUESTION BANK

CHAPTER 1 - ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELD

TWO MARK QUESTIONS

1. Force between two charges placed in air is F. If these charges are kept in
water, how does the force between them change?
2. In a medium the force of attraction between two point charges, distance d
apart is F what distance apart should these be kept apart in the same medium
so that the force becomes (1) F/3 (2) 3F.
3. Draw lines of force to represent a uniform electric field. List the
properties of electric field lines.
4. Two identical metal spheres, carrying unequal positive charges, are separated
by a certain distance. They are brought in contact and again placed at the
same separation. What will happen to their charges and the force between
them?
5. A thin straight infinitely long conductor having a charge density λ is enclosed
by a cylindrical surface of radius r and length l. find the flux through the
cylinder.
6. Plot the graph showing the variation of Coulomb force F verses 1/r 2 for two
pair of charges (1μC, 2μC) and (2μC,-3μC).
7. An electric dipole of length 2cm is placed with its axis making an angle 60 0
to a uniform electric field of 10N/C. If it experiences a torque of 83 N
Calculate magnitude of the charge and potential energy of the dipole.
8. Two point charges +3 x10-19 C and +12x10-19 C are separated at a distance of
2.5m .Find the point on the line which joining them at which the electric field
intensity is zero?
9. An electrostatic field line is a continuous curve, that is, a field line
cannot have sudden breaks. Why not?
10.S1 and S2 are two hollow concentric sphere enclosing charges Q and 2Q
respectively as shown in figure:(i)What is the ratio of the electric flux through
S1 and S2 ?(ii)How will the electric flux through the sphere S 1 change, if a
medium of dielectric constant 5 is introduced in the space inside S 1 in place of
air ?

11.An electric dipole is held in uniform electric field :( i) Show that no translatory
force acts on it. (ii)Derive an expression for the torque acting on it.
12.A charge Q is distributed uniformly over a metallic sphere of radius R.
Obtain the expressions for the electric field (E) at a point 0 < x < R. Show
on a plot the variation of E with x for 0 < x < 2R.
13.Draw a plot showing variation of electric field with distance from the
centre of a solid conducting sphere of radius R, having a charge of +Q on
its surface.
14.A cube of side b has a charge q at each of its vertices. Determine electric
field due this change array at center of the cube.
15.Why the charge on a body cannot be less than that of an electron?
16.Calculate the electric flux through a spherical surface of radius 10 cm
enclosing a negative charge of 8.854 μC. What happens to the flux when
the radius of the surface is doubled?
17. Four point charges qA=2μC, qB= -5μC, qC = 2μCand qD = -5μC, are located
at the corners of a square ABCD of side 10cm.What is the force on a
charge of 1μC placed at the centre of the square.
18. A system has two charges qA=2x10-7C and qB= -2.5-7C located at points A:
(0, 0,-15cm) and B: (0, 0, +15cm), respectively. What are the total charge
and dipole moment of the system?.
19. 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 × 10–7C.Suppose the spheres A and B have
identical sizes. 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?
20. An oil drop of 12 excess electrons is held stationary under a constant
electric field of 2.55x10-4 NC-1 in Millikan’s oil drop experiment .The
density of the oil is 1.26gcm-3 .Estimate the radius of the drop.
21. Two charges (+Q & -Q) and kept at (-x 2,0) and (x2,0) respectively in the
xy –plane . Find the magnitude & direction of the net electric field at the
origin (0, 0).
22. A particle of mass 2×10-3 kg and charge 2µC enters into a uniform
electric field of 5×105 N/C , moving with a velocity of 10 m/s in a
direction opposite to that of the field. Calculate the distance it would
travel before coming to rest.
23. Two charges of +25×10-9C and -25×10-9C are placed 6m apart, find the
electric field at a point 4m. from the center of the electric dipole
(a) on axial line,
(b) On equatorial line.
24. The electric field at a point on the equatorial line of a small electric
dipole is 10N/C. What will be the electric field at a point situated at the
same distance on the axis of the dipole?
25. Two point charges +4μC and -2 μC are separated by a distance of 1m in
air. At what point on the line joining the two charges is the electric field
zero?
26. An electric dipole of moment p is placed in a uniform electric field of
intensity, E. Write the expression for the torque τ experienced by the
dipole. Identify two pairs of perpendicular vectors in the expression.
27. Consider a uniform electric field E = 3×103 N/C
(a) What is the flux of this field through square of 10cm. 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 60o angle with the x- axis?
28. An infinite line charge produces a field of 9×104N/C at a distance of 2cm.
Calculate the linear charge density.