UnitTest D10 Feb 2024
UnitTest D10 Feb 2024
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30. Check that the ratio is dimensionless. Look up a table of physical constants and determine
G me mp
the value of this ratio. What does the ratio signify ?
Nm 2
[k = 9 ´ 109 Nm2 C–2, e = 1.6 ´ 10–19 C, G = 6.67 ´ 10–11 ,
kg 2
me = 9.1 ´ 10–31 kg, mp = 1.67 ´ 10–27 kg]
31. ) Explain the meaning of the statement ‘electric charge of a body is quantised’.
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32. Why can one ignore quantisation of electric charge when dealing with macroscopic i.e., large scale
charges ?
33. When a glass rod is rubbed with a silk cloth, charges appear on both. A similar phenomenon is
observed with many other pairs of bodies. Explain how this observation is consistent with the law
of conservation of charge.
34. Four point charges qA = 2 mC, qB = – 5 mC, qC = 2 mC, and qD = – 5 mC are located at the corners
of a square ABCD of side 10 cm. What is the force on a charge of 1 mC placed at the centre of the
square ?
35. (a) An electrostatic field line is a continuous curve. That is, a field line cannot have sudden breaks.
Why not ?
(b) Explain why two field lines never cross each other at any point ?
36. A system has two charges qA = 2.5 ´ 10–7 C and qB = – 2.5 ´ 10–7 C located at points A : (0, 0, –15 cm)
and B : (0, 0, + 15 cm), respectively. What are the total charge and electric dipole moment of the
system ?
37. An electric dipole with dipole moment 4 ´ 10–9 Cm is aligned at 30° with the direction of a uniform
electric field of magnitude 5 ´ 104 NC–1. Calculate the magnitude of the torque acting on the dipole.
38. A polythene piece rubbed with wool is found to have a negative charge of 3 ´ 10–7 C.
(a) Estimate the number of electrons transferred (from which to which ?)
(b) Is there a transfer of mass from wool to polythene ?
39. Figure shows tracks of three charged particles in a uniform electrostatic field. Give the signs of the
three charges. Which particle has the highest charge to mass ratio ?
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Figure shows tracks of three charged particles in a uniform electrostatic field. Give the signs of the
three charges. Which particle has the highest charge to mass ratio ?
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2
x
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4.1) Consider a uniform electric field, E = 3 ´ 103 iˆ N/C. What is the flux of this field through a square
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of 10 cm on a side whose plane is parallel to the yz plane ?
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41. 2) Consider a uniform electric field, E = 3 ´ 103 iˆ N/C. What is the flux through the same square if
the normal to its plane makes a 60° angle with the X-axis ?
42. What is the net flux of the uniform electric field of Exercise no. 15 through a cube of side 20 cm
oriented so that its faces are parallel to the coordinate planes ?
43. 1) Careful measurement of the electric field at the surface of a black box indicates that the net outward
flux through the surface of the box is 8.0 ´ 103 Nm2/C. What is the net charge inside the box ?
[e0 = 8.85 ´ 10–12 C2N–1 m–2]
44. 2) Careful measurement of the electric field at the surface of a black box indicates that the net outward
flux through the surface of the box is 8.0 ´ 103 Nm2/C. If the net outward flux through the surface
of the box were zero, could you conclude that there were no charges inside the box ? Why or Why
not ? [e0 = 8.85 ´ 10–12 C2N–1 m–2]
45. A point charge + 10 mC is a distance 5 cm directly above the centre of a square of side 10 cm, as
shown in figure. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the square ?
(Hint : Think of the square as one face of a cube with edge 10 cm.) [e0 = 8.85 ´ 10–12 C2N–1 m–2]
+ 10 mC
5 cm
10 cm
10 cm
46. A point charge of 2.0 mC is at the centre of a cubic Gaussian surface 9.0 cm on edge. What is the
net electric flux through the surface ?
47. 2) A point charge causes an electric flux of –1.0 ´ 103 Nm2/C to pass through a spherical Gaussian
surface of 10.0 cm radius centred on the charge. What is the value of the point charge ?
48. A conducting sphere of radius 10 cm has an unknown charge. If the electric field 20 cm from the centre
of the sphere is 1.5 ´ 103 N/C and points radially inward, what is the net charge on the sphere ?
[k = 9 ´ 109 Nm2C–2]
49. An infinite line charge produces a field of 9 ´ 104 N/C at a distance of 2 cm. Calculate the linear
charge density.
50. What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges 2 ´ 10–7 C and 3 ´ 10–7 C placed
30 cm apart in air ?
51. Write four important general properties of electric field lines.
52. Express Coulomb’s law in the vector form.
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