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The document contains a series of questions and numerical problems related to electric charges, fields, and capacitors. It covers fundamental concepts such as Coulomb's law, electric fields, Gauss's law, electric dipoles, and capacitance, along with practical problems to apply these concepts. Key topics include the conservation of charge, electric potential energy, and the effects of dielectrics on capacitors.

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Electric_Charges_and_Capacitance_Questions_v2

The document contains a series of questions and numerical problems related to electric charges, fields, and capacitors. It covers fundamental concepts such as Coulomb's law, electric fields, Gauss's law, electric dipoles, and capacitance, along with practical problems to apply these concepts. Key topics include the conservation of charge, electric potential energy, and the effects of dielectrics on capacitors.

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uestions and Numericals on Electric Charges and Fields & Capacitors and Cap

1. State the law of conservation of charge with an example.

2. Write the mathematical expression of Coulomb's law and explain each term.

3. Define the superposition principle in electrostatics. How is it applied to multiple charges?

4. Explain the difference between a discrete charge distribution and a continuous charge

distribution.

5. Define electric field and derive the expression for the electric field due to a point charge.

6. What are electric field lines? Write any three properties of electric field lines.

7. Define an electric dipole and derive the expression for the electric field at a point on the axial line

of a dipole.

8. What is the torque on an electric dipole in a uniform electric field? Derive the expression.

9. State Gauss's law in electrostatics and explain its significance.

10. Use Gauss's law to derive the electric field due to an infinitely long uniformly charged straight

wire.

11. Derive the expression for the electric field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet using

Gauss's law.

12. Explain the concept of equipotential surfaces and their relation to electric field lines.

13. Define electrical potential energy. Derive the expression for the potential energy of a system of

two point charges.

14. What is electric polarization? Explain the effect of a dielectric on a capacitor.

15. Explain how a parallel plate capacitor works and derive the expression for its capacitance

without a dielectric.

16. Two charges of +4 microC and -6 microC are separated by 12 cm in air. Find the electrostatic

force between them.


17. Find the electric field at a distance of 5 cm from a charge of +3 microC in vacuum.

18. An electric dipole consists of two charges +5 microC and -5 microC separated by 2 cm.

Calculate the dipole moment.

19. A dipole of dipole moment 2 × 10-9 Cm is placed in a uniform electric field of 5 × 10^4 N/C. Find

the torque if the dipole makes an angle of 30° with the field.

20. A thin spherical shell of charge 10-6 C has a radius of 10 cm. Find the electric field at (a) 5 cm

(inside), (b) 10 cm (on the surface), and (c) 15 cm (outside).

21. Two charges of +2 microC and +3 microC are placed at a distance of 8 cm apart. Find the

potential at a point midway between them.

22. A parallel plate capacitor has a plate area of 200 cm² and a plate separation of 1 mm. Find its

capacitance in air.

23. A 5 microF capacitor is connected to a 12V battery. Find the charge stored and energy stored.

24. Find the equivalent capacitance when three capacitors of 6 microF, 3 microF, and 2 microF are

connected in series.

25. A capacitor of 10 microF is charged to 100V. A dielectric with K = 4 is inserted while the battery

is disconnected. Find the new capacitance and potential difference across the plates.

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