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Er SHRAVAN KATIYAR
QUIZ ON ELECTROSTATICS
There is a ball of radius r having unifonly distributed volume charge Qon it and there is a spherical shell of radius r having
uniformly distributed surface charge O on it. The twO spheres are far apart.
a)A point charge q is moved slowly from the centre of the shell (through a small hole in it) to the centre of the ball. Find
work done by the external agent in the process.

b)The two spheres are brought closer so that their centers are separated by 4r. Now calculate the amount of work needed
in slowly moving a point charge q from the centre of the shell to the centre of the ball. Assume that charge on one ball
does not alter the charge distribution of the other. Does your answer in (a) and (b) differ Why?

There is a uniforn1 horizontal electric field of strength E in a region. A pendulum --E

bob is pulled to make the string horizontal and released. The bob has mass mand
charge q.
a) Find the maximum angle (0.) that the bob swings before coming to rest momentarily.
b)Find E if the bob comes to rest when the string is vertical.

Three short clectric dipoles, each of dipole moment P, are placed at the vertices of an
equilateral triangle of side lengh L. Each dipole has its moment oriented parallel to the
opposite side of the triangle as shown in the Find the electric field and potential at
the centroid of the triangle.

at the centre of the

Aring of radius R has uniformly distributed charge q. Apoint charge Q is placed
ring.
is placed at its centre.
a) Find the increase in tension in the ring afler the point charge
of the ring after the point
b)Find the increase in force between the two semicircular parts
charge is placed at the centre.
charge excrts on one half of the ring.
c)Using the result found in part (b) find the force that the point

is a
to the horizontal. At the bottom cnd of the rod there
A smooth fixed rod is inclined at an angle O freely on the rod. The
having charge q that can slide
fixed charge +0. There is a bcad of mass mcharge
cquilibrium separationof the bead from fixed Q is x. Find the frequency of oscillation of the
bead if it is displaced a little from its equilitbrium position.

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fig. Radius of the shell is R. The clectric field al point
spherical shell as shown in
Consider a unifornly çharged thin point Q(-x, 0, 0). Given x <R.
field at a
0) is É What is the clectric

contains a uni
conducting shect of thickness d and large surface area The clectric
A non density p throughout ils volume.
formly distributed charge of at a distance x from the central plane is
E
point P inside the sheet
field at a at a point P'
a large solid cylinder. Field
Now the sheet is rolled to form
ratio :
E
x from its axis is E,. Find the
inside the cylinder at a distance
a unit vector n,
where r is distance from the origin, r is
E Ter,
g
Acharge distribution generates a radial electric field electric field extends around
the origin up to a
conslants, The
and a and k are positive
-

radial direction away from the origin and

large distance.
0-k)= such a field.
S
located at the origin to create a field.
a) Find tlhe charge (q)
that must be
at origin to crcate such
charge (q) that must be spread around the charge q, Q is placed at the of one of the c
centre
b)Find the quantity of of side a. A charge
being cquilateral triangle of the pyramid?
Apyramid has four faces, all of them emerging from any one of the other thrse faccs as
9.
is the flux of clcctric field magnitude changes withy co-ordinate
faces. What positive y direction and its
field in xy plane is directed along
10 Electric E- ay
projected at point (0, y) with velocity
charge q and mass m is
A particle having particle as
trajectory of the
the slope of the
apart from the electric force. Calculate
on the particle
Neglect all other forces
a function of y.

(0.y J o ()

A, B and
space. Potential at points O,
a region of Allthe cubes +(e)
uniform clectric field exists in =-6V and V, =- 3V respectively.
11. A -1V,V,
Care V, 0, and V, side length of I m.
shown in figure have is - 2V. n
a) Find V,- V, where the potential
of a point from
distance
b)Find he smallest

fig."
and outer radius b is shown in surface also
inner radius a The outer
conducting spherical shell ofcarries a uniform charge density -o.
A thick inncr face of the
shell
served that the surface charge density +. inside the shelt?
carries a uniform there must be a charge
confidently say that
a) Can you the shell
charge present on
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 A po nt charge q is placed at a distance x from the centre ofa conducting sphere of radius
R(A,
a)llow nch charge will flow through the switch S when it is closed to
ground the sphe
b)Find the current through the switch S when charge 'q is moved towards the L
sahere
with velocity V.

4 Two Hole
concentric spherical shells have radii R and 2R. The outer shell is grounded and the
inner one is given a charge +Q. Asmall particle having mass m and charge -q enters the
+O

outer shell through a small hole in it. The speed of the charge entering the shell was u and 26
its initial line of motion was at a distance a V2 R from the centre.
a) Find the radius of curvature of the path of the particle immediately after it enters the
shell.

b)Find the speed with which the particle will hit the inner sphere.
Assume that distribution of charge on the spheres do not change due to presence of the charge particle.
Two blocks Aand B are connected by a spring made of a non conducting material. The blocks are placed on a non conducting
smoath horizontal surface (see in figure). The wall touching Ais also non conducting. Block Acaries acharge - q. There
exists a °nifom electric field of intensity E, in horizontal direction, in the entire region. Find the value of minimum
positive charge Qthat we must place on block Band release the system so that block Asubsequently leaves contact with the
wall. Force constant of the spring is k. Neglect interaction between charges on the blocks.

A B

I6. Two charged particle of cqual mass are constrained to move along Xand Ydirection. The X-Y plane is horizontal and the
tracks are smooth. The particles are released from rest when they were at positions shown in the fig. At the instant distance
of q becomes 2r from the origin, find the location of charge Q.

F=kl

Aand Brespectively.
Two point charges +q, and -4, are placed4,at making
1 an angle a=
An clectric line of force emerges from
60° with line AB and terminates at -q, making an angle of 90 with
the line AB.

a) Find

fromq, terminates on charge q.

b)Find the maxinum value of angle a at whicha line cmitted

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 18. A semicircular ring of radius R carries a uniform linear charge density of .. P is a point in
R from the planc of the ring al distanc
centre O. OP is perpendicular to AB. Find electric field intensity at point P.

19 A ball of radius R has a uniformly distributed charge ). The surrounding space of ihe ball is fille with a volume
b
density = where b is a constant and r is the distance from the centre of the ball.

a) Find the value of Q.

b)Find the magnitude of electric field outside the ball.

A hemispherical bowl of radius R carries a unifonn surface density of a. Find po

tential at a point P located just outside the rim of the bowl (see fig.). Also calculate
the potential at taa point A located at a distance R/2
from lhe centre on the equatorial
plane.
V
21.
Aconducting shell having no charge has radius R. Apoint charge Qis placed in
front of it at a distance r, from its centre. Find potential due to charge induced
on the surface of the shell at a point Pinside the shell. Distance of point Pfron
charge Qis r.
Ve=V,= k
22.
Asolid conducting sphere of radius Ris surrounded bya concentric metalic shell of inner radius 2R and outer radius R.
Thc shell is carthed. The inner sphere is connected to aswitch Sby a thin conducting wire through a small hole in the shell
By closiny the swich S, the inner sphere is connected to adistant conducting sphere of radius Rhaving charge Q. Find the
charge thut flows to earth through wire AB.

23 An intinite line charge is perpendicular to the plane of the figure having linar
charge densiy À.Apartice having charge Qand mass mis projected in the field
from point P. The point P is at a distance R from the line
of the li... charge
cizrge and velocity given to the particle is perpendicular to the radial line at P
(sce figur). Lne charge
a)lFind the speed of the particle when its distance from the line charge grows to nR (n > ). 1 t
bkind the velocity componeng of the particle along the radial line (joining the line charge to the pa4) 1 the instunt ts
distunce becomes nR. 4M
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24.
Consider a unifomly charged spherical shel of radius Rhaving charge Q. Charge Qcan be thought to be made up of number
o! point charges q,. 4,. q, ...etc. The clectrostatic energy of the charged shell is sum of interaction energies of all possible
pairs of charges.

il ponis 4ne,r,
Where r, is d1stance between q, and q.. For continuous charge on the shell, the summation has to be carried through integra
tion

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a)Calculate the electrostatic cnergy of the shell. We can term this energy as self energy of the shell.
b) Calculate the work done in assembling aspherical shell of unjfom charge,Q and radius Rby bringing charges in small
installments from ininity and putting them on the shel.
Do you find answver in (a) and (b) to be same?

25. Ashort clectric dipole is placed at the origin of the Co-ordinate system with its dipole mo
ment Palong ydirection. Give answer in to following questions for points which are at large
distance r from the origin in x y planc. [r is large compared to length of the dipole].
a)Find maximum value of x component of clectric field at a point that is at r, distance
from the origin. 3kel23 (o-5
b)Prove that (for 0 < <90 all the points, where clcctric field due to the dipole is parallel
to x-axis, fall on a straight line. Find the slope of the line.

density of same magnitude but

26. Consider two sphcres of the same radius R having uniformly distributed valume charge of the negative sphere to that of the
opposite sign ( p and- p). The spheres overlap such that the vector joining the centre
the spheres at a distance r in a direction
pos1tive sphere is d. (d << r). Find magnitude of clectric field at a point outside
the centres of the fwo
making an angle O with £. Distance r is measured with respect to the mid point of the line joining
spheres.

frictionless, thin,
27. A small, electricaly charged bead can slide on a circular,
its mass is mn. A small electric
insulating ring. Charge on the bead is and
circle with the
dipole, having dipole moment P is fixed at the centre of the
dipole's axis lying
dipole moment P is fixed at the centre of the circle with theperpendicular bisec
in the plane of the circle. Initially, the bead is held on the following questions.
tor of the dipole (see fig.) ignore gravity and answer the
the position 0 shown in figure.
a) Write the speed of the bead when it reaches
position 6.
b)Find the normal force exerted by the ring on the bead at
? where will the bead first stop
c) How does the bead move after it releascd
after being released ?
?
d)How would the bed move in the absence of the ring
 PHYSICS FOR IITJEE (MAIN & ADVANCED)
Er. SHRAVAN KATIYAR
QUIZ ON ELECTROSTATICS
ANSWER 16. Q is at a disiance of 4r from O.

I. For both (a) and h) W=4

Sze,r 17.
"4:
(a) 0, 2tan
me
I8.
41E, R
mg
(b) t =
19. (a) Q=2nbR², (b) E
3
E-SKP, v=0 20. At both P and A he potential is
oR

(a) AT= Qq KQq KQq

2aR?
(by
TRT(C) KR 21.
KQ_ KQ
f = gsin 9
3.
22. 23

7. ?:1 23. () V=V: +IE,AQm-In n

8 (a) q, =4ze,a.(b) q=-4,a
2Qnn
9.
OE.

24.
10.
Zqa
(-) (a) 8re.R
3mV;
147 Q²
(0) 320 41E, R
11. (a)3v. (b) m
3 KP 1
25. () T(6)
12. () Yes, 4zo(b - a'). (b)

26
pR'd Vscos' 0+1
13. (6)-.(0) 3e,r

l6/2ze,R'mu' Q9 27.
,QRP cos0
[4. (a) r - (b) V (a) = mr

Qg 4nE,mR
(b) Zero
(c) The bead oscillates. It stops at a point dimctrically
IS. Q oppositc to its starting point.