TEST: ELECTROSTATICS CLASS XII FM: TIME: DATE: 11/11/2017

1 Marks

01. Can a metal sphere of radius 1cm hold a charge of 1coulomb?

02. A charged particle is free to move in an electric field. Will it always move along the electric
lines of force?
03. Two point charges +q and -q are placed at a distanced apart. What are the points at which
the resultant field is parallel to the line joining the two charges?
04. Two copper spheres of same radii, one hollow and the other solid are charged to the same
potential. Which of the two will have same charge?
05. You are given three capacitors of value 2F, 3F, 6F. How will you connect them to a
resultant capacity of 4F?
06. Eight dipoles of charges of equal magnitude are placed inside a cube.Calculate the total
electric flux coming out of the cube.

2 Marks

07. A solid metal ring of radius R rotates with constant angular velocity about its axis. Calculate
the electric field E at a distance x from the axis and the potential difference V between the
centre and the edge of the ring.
08. Three charges of +0.1C each is placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle, 1m side. If
energy is supplied at the rate of 1kW, how many days would be required to move one of the
charges to the mid point of the line joining the other two?
09. A parallel plate capacitor is made by stacking n equally spaced plates connected
alternatively. If the capacitance between any two plates is C, Determine the resultant
capacitance of the combination.
10. What is the p.d across the capacitor and what is the energy stored in the capacitor shown
below.

11. Using Gausss law, obtain an expression for the electric field due to a uniformly charged
infinite plane sheet.
12. An electron moves a distance of 6cm when accelerated from rest by an electric field of
strength 2x10-4 N/C. Calculate the time of travel. Given me=9x10-31kg, e=1.6x10-19C.
13. Is the capacitance of a capacitor proportional to the charge Q ? Sketch a graph to show how
the capacitance C of a capacitor varies with the charge Q given to it.
3 Marks

14. Find the charge on the capacitor given in the circuit below

15. Three point charges 1C, 2C, 3C are placed at the corner of an equilateral triangle of side 1m.
Calculate the work required to move these charges to the corners of a smaller equilateral triangle
of side 0.5m.
16. The electric potential in a region is represented as V = 2x+3y-z. Obtain expression for the
electric field strength
17. When two dipoles are lined up in opposite direction, the arrangement is known as quadruple .
Calculate the electric potential at a point z = z along the axis of the quadruple

18. Explain the effect of introduction of dielectric material between the plates of air filled
capacitor.
19. Two isolated metallic solid spheres of radius R and 2R are charged such that both of these
have same charge density . The spheres are located far away from each other and connected by
a thin conducting wire. Find the new charge density on the bigger sphere