Worksheet 1: Electrostatic potential

1. Electric field at point due to a point charge is 20 N/C and the electric potential at that point is 10 J/C
, Calculate the distance of the point from the charge and the magnitude of the charges. [ 2006 ]
2. Two points A and B are located in diametrically opposite directions of a point charge of + 2 C at
distances 2.0 m and 1.0 m respectively from it. Determine the potential difference V A – VB.
3. A hollow metal sphere is charged with 0.4 C of charge and has a radius of 0.1 m. Find the potential
(i) at the surface (ii) inside the sphere (iii) at a distance of 0.6 m from the centre. The sphere is
placed in air.
4. Two point charges of 10µC and - 20 C are placed in free space 2 cm apart. Find the electric
potential at the middle point of the line joining the two charges.
5. Two point charges q and -2q are kept 'd' distance apart. Find the location of the point relative to
charge ‘q’ at which potential due to, this system of charges is zero. [ 2014 ]
6. Two point charges, one 100 C and another of – 400 C, are kept 30 cm apart. Find the points of
zero potential on the line joining the two charges.
7. A charge q = + 1 C is held at O between the points A and B such that AO = 2 m and BO = 1m, as
shown in fig.
(a) Calculate the potential difference (VA - VB). What will be the value of the potential difference (VA -
VB) if position of B is changed as shown in second Fig.

8. Two small spheres of radius 'a' each carrying Charges + q and - q are placed at points A and B,
distance ‘d' apart. Calculate the potential difference between points A and B.
9. The sides of a rectangle ABCD are 15 cm & 5 cm as shown in figure. Point charges of – 5 C & +
2C are placed at the vertices B & D respectively. Calculate electric potentials at vertices A & C. Also
calculate the work done in carrying a charge of 3 C from A to C.

Q9 Q10
-6 -6
10. Charges of 2.0 x 10 C & 1.0 x 10 C are placed at the corners A and B of a square of side 5 cm as
shown in Fig. How much work will done in moving a charge of 1.0 x 10-6 C from C to D against the
electric field?
11. Calculate the potential at the centre of a square ABCD of each side √2 𝑚 due to charges 2, - 2, - 3
and 6 C at four corners of it.

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 12. ABCD is a square of side 0.2 m. Charges of 2 x 10-9, 4 x 10-9 & 8 x 10-9 C are placed respectively at
the corners A, B, C. Calculate the work required to transfer a charge of 2 x 10-9 C from D to the
centre O of the square.
13. Positive charges of 6, 12 and 24 nC are placed at the three vertices of a square. What charge must
be placed at the fourth vertex so that total potential at the centre of the square is zero ?
14. Two equal charges, 2 x 10-7 C each are held fixed at a separation of 20 cm. A third charge of equal
magnitude is placed midway between the two charges. It is now moved to a point 20 cm from both
the charges. How much work is done by the electric field during the process?
15. Is the electrostatic potential necessarily zero at a point where the electric field strength is zero?
Give an example to illustrate your answer.
16. Can electrostatic potential at a point be zero, while electric field at that point is not zero
17. The electric potential is constant in a given region. What can you say about the electric field there?
18. In a certain 0.1 m3 of space, electric potential is found to be 5 V throughout. What is the electric
field in this region ?
19. What would be the work done if a point charge +q, is taken from a point A to the point B on the
circumference of a circle with another point charge +q at the centre ?

Q19 Q20 Q21 Q22 Q23

20. In Fig. charge +Q is placed at the centre of a dashed circle. Work done in taking another charge +q
from A to B is W1, and from B to C is W2. Which one of the following is correct: W1>W2, W1=W2 and
W1 < W2?
21. A uniform electric field E exists between two charged plates as shown in the figure. What would be
the work done in moving a charge ‘q’ along the closed rectangular path ABCDA?
22. Two protons A and B are placed bet-ween two parallel plates having a potential difference V, as
shown in Fig. Will these protons experience equal or unequal forces?
23. A point charge q is placed at O, as shown in Fig. Is VA - VB positive, negative or zero, if q is a (i)
positive, (ii) negative charge?
Answers:
1. 0.5 m , 0.55 x 10-9C 9. 2.52 J
2. -9 x 103 V 10. 0.053 J
3. 36 kV , 36 KV , 6 KV 11. 2.7 x 104 V
4. 27 MV 12. 1.65 V
5. d/3 from q 13. 6.27 x 10-7 J
6. 6 cm from + 100 C 14. -42 nC
7. -4500 V, -4500 V 15. -3.6 x 10-3 J
8. 2q/4πϵod

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Worksheet 2: Potential gradient and energy
1. Three points A, B & C lie in a uniform electric field (E) of 5 x 103 N/C as shown in figure.
Find the potential difference between A & C.

2. A uniform electric field of 20 N/C exists in the vertically downward direction.

Determine the increase in the electric potential as one goes up through a height of 50
cm.
3. A uniform electric field of 30 N/C exists along the X-axis. Calculate the potential
difference VB - VA between the points A (4 m, 2 m) and B (10 m, 5 m).
4. An electric field 𝐸⃗ = 20 𝑖̂ + 30 𝑗̂ N/C exists in free space. If the potential at the
origin is taken zero, determine the potential at point (2 m, 2 m).
𝐴
5. The electric field in a region is given by 𝐸⃗ = 3 𝑖̂. Write the SI unit for A. Write an
𝑥
expression for the potential in the region assuming the potential at infinity to be
zero.
6. Figure shows some equipotential surfaces. What can you say
about the magnitude and the direction of the electric field ?

7. An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed its axis making an

angle of 60° to a uniform electric field of 10 N/C . If it
experiences a torque of 8√3 Nm,
calculate the:
(i) magnitude of the charge on the dipole, and
(ii) potential energy of the dipole. [ 2000 ]
8. An electric dipole of length 4 cm when placed with its axis making an angle of 60°
with a uniform electric field experiences a torque of 4√3 Nm Calculate the (i)
magnitude of the electric field, (ii) potential energy of the dipole, if the dipole has
charges of ± 8.nC. [ 2004 ,2006C, 2014]
9. A molecule of a substance has permanent electric dipole moment equal to 10-29 Cm.
A mole of this is polarized (at low temperature) by applying a electrostatic field of
magnitude (106 V/m). The direction of the field is suddenly changed by an angle of
60°.
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 Estimate the heat released by the substance in aligning its dipoles along the new
direction of the field. For simplicity assume 100% polarization of the sample.
10.Two point charges + 10 C and -10 C are separated by a distance of 2.0 cm in air.
(i) Calculate the potential energy of the system, assuming the zero of the potential
energy to be at infinity.
(ii) Draw an equipotential surface of the system. [2004]
11.Two point charges A and B of values + 15 C and + 9 C are kept 18 cm apart in air.
Calculate the work done when charge B is moved by 3 cm towards A. [2000]
12.Two point charges 20 x 10-6 C and -4 x 10-6 C are separated by a distance of 50 cm in
air.
(i) Find the paint on the line joining the charges, where the electric potential is zero.
(ii) Also find the electro-static potential energy of the system. [2008]
13.Two charges, of magnitude 5 nC and - 2 nC, are placed at points (2 cm, 0, 0) and
(x cm, 0, 0) in a region of space, where there is no other external field. If the
electrostatic potential energy of the system is - 0.5 J what is the value of x ? [2008C]
14.Three point charges are arranged as shown in Fig. (1) What is their mutual potential
energy ? Take q = 1.0 x 10-4 C and a = 10 cm.

15.Determine potential energy of the charge configuration shown in Fig. 2.

16.Three point charges + q, + 2q and Q are placed at the three vertices of an equilateral
triangle. Find the value of charge Q (in terms of q), so that electric potential energy of
the system is zero.
17.An electron (charge = - e) is placed at each of the eight corners of a cube of side a and
an α-particle (charge = + 2e) at the centre of the cube. Calculate the potential energy
of the system.
18. Find the amount of work done in arranging the three
point charges, on the vertices of an equilateral triangle
ABC of side 10 cm, as shown in the adjacent figure.
[2011]

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 19.Calculate the work done to dissociate the system of
three charges placed on the vertices of a triangle as
shown in Fig. Here q = 1.6 x 10-10 C. [2008,2013]

20.What is the electrostatic potential energy of the charge

configuration shown in Fig ?
Take q1=+ 1.0 x 10-8 C , q2 = - 2.0 x 10-8 C,
q3 = +3 x 10-8 C, q4 = +2.0 x 10-8 C and a = 1.0 m.
21.Two identical particles, each having a charge of 2.0 x 10-4
C and mass of 10 g, are kept at a separation of 10 cm and
then released. What would be the speeds of the particles
when the separation becomes large ?
22.Find the amount of work done in rotating an electric dipole, of dipole moment 3.2 x
10-8 Cm, from its position of stable equilibrium, to the position of unstable
equilibrium, in a uniform electric field of intensity 104 N/C [2011]

1. -200 V 9. 3J 17. 2.304 x 10-8 J

2. 10 V 10. -45 J 18. -6.36 x 10-7 J
3. -180 V 11. 1.35 J 19. -2q/3
4. -100 V 12. 41 cm from 20 C, -1.44 J 20. 3.89 x 1010 e2 / a joule
𝐴
5. Nm3C-1, 13. 4 cm 21. 600 m/s
2𝑥 2
6. 6
𝑣 14. 0.27 J 22. 6.4 x 10-4 J
𝑟2
/𝑚 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠
7. 8 x 10-3 C 15. 𝑞2
(−√2)
4𝜋𝜖𝑜 𝑎
8. -8 J 16. -3.24 J

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Worksheet 3: Reasoning equipotential surface
1. Is the electrostatic potential necessarily zero at a point where the electric field strength is
zero ? give an example to illustrate your answer.
2. Can electrostatic potential at a point be zero, while electric field at that point is not zero
3. The electric potential is constant in a given region. What can you say about the electric field
there
4. In a certain 0.1 m3 of space, electric potential is found to be 5 V throughout. What is the
electric field in this region ?
5. When kept in an electric field, does a proton move from lower to higher or from higher to
lower potential region ?
6. Can there be a potential difference between two neighbouring conductors carrying equal
positive charges ?
7. A positive charge + q is located at a point. What is the work done if a unit positive charge is
carried once round this charge along a circle of radius r about this point.
8. What would be the work done if a point charge +q, is taken from a point A to the point B on
the circumference of a circle with another point charge +q at the centre ?

Q8 Q9 Q 10
9. In Fig. charge +Q is placed at the centre of a dashed circle. Work done in taking another
charge +q from A to B is W1, and from B to C is W2. Which one of the following is correct:
W1>W2, W1=W2 and W1 < W2 ?
10. A uniform electric field E exists between two charged plates as shown in the figure. What
would be the work done in moving a charge ‘q’ along the closed rectangular path ABCDA ?
11. What is the work done in moving a 2 microcoulomb point charge from corner A to corner B of
a square ABCD shown in Fig, when a 10 C charge exists at the centre of the square ?

Q 11 Q 12 Q 13

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 12. Two protons A and B are placed bet-ween two parallel plates having a potential difference V,
as shown in Fig. Will these protons experience equal or unequal forces?
13. A point charge q is placed at O, as shown in Fig. Is VA - VB positive, negative or zero, if q is a (i)
positive, (ii) negative charge?
14. Does the electric potential increase or decrease along the electric line of force ?
15. Express the unit of electric potential in terms of the base units of SI.
16. A metallic sphere is placed in a uniform electric field. Which path is followed by lines of force
shown in Fig.

17. The work done in carrying a point charge from one point to another in an electric field does
not depend on the path along which it is taken. Is it true or false ? Give reason.
18. No work done is done in taking a positive charge from one point to another inside a positively
charged metallic shell, while outside the shell work has to be done in taking the charge from
one point to the other towards the shell. Why ?
19. Can two equipotential surfaces intersect each other ? Give reason
20. "For any charge configuration equipotential surface through a point is normal to the electric
field". Justify.
21. Why must electrostatic field be normal to the surface at every point of a charged conductor?
22. Why should electrostatic field be zero inside a conductor ?
23. Why is electrostatic potential constant throughout the volume of the conductor and has the
same value (as inside) on its surface ?
24. No work is done in moving a test charge over an equipotential surface. Why ?
25. Does the charge given to a metallic sphere depend on whether it is hollow or solid ? Give
reason for your answer.
26. Can a metal sphere of radius 1 cm hold a charge of 1 coulomb ? Justify your answer.
27. What is the justification of choosing the earth as the zero of potential in practice?
28. Can we take the potential of the earth as +100 V? What effect would such an assumption
have on the measured values of (a) potentials at various positions, and (b) potential
difference between two given points ?

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Worksheet 4: Capacitance
1. A capacitor of 20 F is charged to a potential of 10 kV. Find the charge accumulated on
each plate of the capacitor.
2. A parallel plate air capacitor consists of two circular plates of diameter 8 cm. At what
distance should the plates be held so as to have the same capacitance as that of a
sphere of diameter 20 cm ?
3. A capacitor of unknown capacitance is connected across a battery of V volt. A charge of
120 C is stored in it. When the potential across the capacitor is reduced by 40 V, the
charge stored in the capacitor becomes 40 C. Calculate V and the unknown
capacitance. What would have been charge in the capacitor if the voltage is increased by
40 V ?
4. A parallel-plate capacitor has plates of area 200 cm2 and separation between the plates
1.0 mm.
(i) What potential difference will be developed if a charge of 1 nC is given to the
capacitor ?
(ii) If the plate separation is now increased to 2.0 mm, what will be the new potential
difference ?
5. Two metallic conductors have net charges of + 70 pC and - 70 pC, which result in a
potential difference of 20 V between them. What is the capacitance of the system ?
6. A spherical capacitor has an inner sphere of radius 9 cm and an outer sphere of radius
10 cm. The outer sphere is earthed and the inner sphere is charged. What is the
capacitance of the capacitor ?
7. The stratosphere acts as a conducting layer for the earth. If the stratosphere extends
beyond 50 km from the surface of the earth, then calculate the capacitance of the
spherical capacitor formed between stratosphere and earth's surface. Take radius of the
earth as 6400 km.
8. A charge of + 2.0 x 10-8 C is placed on the positive plate and a charge of —1.0 x10-8 C on
the negative plate of a parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 1.2 x10-3 F. Calculate the
potential difference developed between the plates.
Answers:
1. 0.2 C 5. 3.5 pF
2. 4 mm 6. 0.1 nF
3. 60 V , 2 F , 200 C 7. 0.092 F
4. 5.65 V, 11.3 V 8. 12.5 V

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Worksheet 5: Combination of capacitors
1. Two capacitors have a capacitance of 5µF when connected in parallel and 1.2 µF when connected in
series, Calculate their capacitances.
2. Two capacitors of equal capacitance when connected in series have net capacitance C 1, and when
connected in parallel have net capacitance C2. What is the value of C1/C2 ?
3. Three capacitors of capacity 1, 2 and 3µF are connected such that second and third are in series and
the first one in parallel. Calculate the resultant capacity.
4. The capacities of three capacitors are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Their equivalent capacity in parallel is
greater than the equivalent capacity in series by 60/11 pF. Calculate the individual capacitances.
5. The equivalent capacitance of the combination between A and B in Fig. is 4 F.
(i) Calculate capacitance of the capacitor C
(ii) Calculate charge on each capacitor if a 12 V battery is
connected across terminals A and B.
(iii) What will be the potential drop across each capacitor ?
6. How would you connect 8, 12 and 24 F capacitors to obtain (i)
minimum capacitance (ii) maximum capacitance ? If a potential difference of 100 volt is applied
across the system, what would be the charges on the capacitors in each case ?
7. Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor in Fig., if the equivalent capacitance of the combination
between A and B is 15 F. [ 2001 ]

Q7. Q8. Q9.

8. In the combination of four identical capacitors shown, In Fig., the equivalent capacitance between
points P and Q Is 1 F. Find the value of each separate capacitance.
9. Find the equivalent capacitance of the combination shown in Fig. between the points A and B.
10. For the network shown in Fig., calculate the equivalent capacitance between points A and B.
11. Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor C in Fig. The equivalent capacitance of the combination
between P and Q is 30 pF. [ 2002 ]
12. Calculate the equivalent capacitance between points A and B of the combination shown in Fig.

Q10. Q11. Q12.

13. Find the equivalent capacitance between points A and B for the network shown in Fig.

Q13. Q14.

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 14. Calculate the equivalent capacitance between the points A and B of the circuit given below.
15. A network of six identical capacitors, each of value C is made, as shown in Fig. Find the equivalent
capacitance between the points A and B.

Q15. Q16. Q17.

16. Find the eq. capacitance bet. the points A and B of the network of capacitors in Fig.
17. Find the capacitance between the points A and B of the assembly shown in Fig.
18. Find the resultant capacitance between the points X & Y of the combination of capacitors shown Fig.
19. The outer cylinders of two cylindrical capacitors of 2.2 F each are kept in contact and the inner
cylinders are connected through a wire. A battery of emf 10 V is connected, as shown in Fig. Find the
charge supplied by the battery to the inner cylinders.

Q18. Q19. Q20.

20. In Fig., C1 = 1 F, C2 = 2 µF and C3 = 3 F. Find the equivalent capacitance between points A and B.
21. Four capacitors of equal capacitances are connected in series with a battery of 10 V, as shown in Fig.
The middle point B is connected to the earth. What will be the potentials of the points A and C ?

Q21. Q22. Q 23. Q24

22. Find the potential difference between the points A and B shown in Fig.
23. A network of four capacitors each of 12 uF capacitance is connected to a 500 V supply as shown in
Fig. Determine [ CBSE 2010 ]
(a) equivalent capacitance of the network, and (b) charge on each capacitor.
24. For the network shown in Fig, compute
(i) the equivalent capacitance between points a and b.
(ii) the charge on each of the capacitors nearest to a and b when V ab = 900 V.
(iii) V cd , when V ab, = 900 V.
Answers:
1 2 F, 3 F 7 60 F 13. 8/3 F 19 44 C
2 1/4 8 4 F 14. 28/19 F 20 6 F
3 2.2 F 9 2𝐶1 𝐶2
C3 + 𝐶 +𝐶 15. 4C / 3 21 + 5 V, -5V
1 2
4 1 pF, 2 pF, 3 pF 10 6 F 16. 1 F 22 -8 V
5 5 F, 48 C,2.4V,9.6 V 11 60 F 17. 2.25 F 23 16 F, 2 mC,
6 mC
6 4 F, 4 C , 44 F, 800 12 0.5 F 18. 2.5 F 24 1 F, 900 C,
C, 1200 C, 2400 C 100 V

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Worksheet 6: Energy stored in capacitor
1. For flash pictures, a photographer uses a capacitor of 30 F and a charger that supplies 3 x 103 V.
Find the charge and energy expended in joule for each flash.
2. Three capacitors of capacitances 10 F, 20 µF and 30 µF are connected in parallel to a 100 V battery
as shown in Fig. Calculate the energy stored in the capacitors. [ISCE 94]

Q2. Q5. Q8.

3. (a) How many electrons must be added to one plate and removed from the other so as to store 25 J
of energy in a 5 nF parallel plate capacitor ?
(b) How would you modify this capacitor so that it can store 50 J of energy without changing the
charge on its plates ? [CBSE SP 18]
4. A battery of 10 V is connected to a capacitor of capacity 0.1 F. The battery is now removed and this
capacitor is connected to a second uncharged capacitor, If the charge distributes equally on the, two
capacitors, find the total energy stored in the two capacitors. Further, compare this energy with the
initial energy stored In the first capacitor.
5. Find the total energy stored in the capacitors in the network shown below. [2004]
6. A 10 F capacitor is charged by a 30 V d.c. supply and then connected across an uncharged 50 F
capacitor. Calculate:
(i) the final potential difference across the combination, and
(ii) the initial and final energies. How will you account for the difference in energy.? [2004]
7. Net capacitance of three identical capacitors in series is 1 F. What will be their net capacitance if
connected in parallel? Find the ratio of energy stored in the two configurations if they are both
connected to the same source. [2011]
8. Figure shows a network of five capacitors connected to a 100 V supply. Calculate the total charge and
energy stored in the network. [2008]
9. Two capacitors are in parallel and the energy stored is 45 J, when the combination is raised to
potential of 3000 V. With the same two capacitors in series, the energy stored is 4.05 J for the same
potential. What are their individual capacitances?
10. Find the ratio of the potential differences that must be applied across the parallel and the series
combination of two capacitors C1 and C2 with their capacitances in the ratio 1 : 2 so that the energy
stored in the two cases, becomes the same. [2010,16]
Answers:
-2 -5
1. 9 X 10 C, 135 J 5. 3.6 X 10 J 9. 9 F , 1 F
-3 -3
2. 0.3 J 6. 5V, 4.5 X 10 J, 0.75 X 10 J 10. √2: 3
15
3. 3.125 X 10 , 2d or A/2 7. 9 F , 1:9
4. 2.5 J, 1:2 8. 4 X 10-4 C , 0.02 J

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Worksheet 7: Objective Questions
(i) Multiple Choice Questions
1. When charge is supplied to a conductor, its potential depends upon
(a) the amount of charge (b) Geometry & size of conductor (c) both (a) & (b) (d) only on (a)
2. A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery. Once it is charged battery is removed. Now a
dielectric material is inserted between the plates of the capacitor, which of the following does not
change?
(a) electric field between the plates (b) potential difference across the plates
(c) charge on the plates (d) energy stored in the capacitor.
3. A dipole is placed parallel to electric field. If W is the work done in rotating the dipole from 0° to 60°,
then work done in rotating it from 0° to 180° is (a) 2 W (b) 3 W (c) 4 W (d)
4. The variation of potential V with r & electric field with r for a point charge is correctly shown in the
graphs.

5. A charge Q is supplied to a metallic conductor. Which is true?

(a) Electric field inside it is same as on the surface. (b) Electric potential inside is zero.
(c) Electric potential on the surface is zero (d) Electric potential inside it is constant
6. A parallel plate capacitor C has a charge Q. The actual charges on the plates are
(a) Q, Q (b) Q/2, Q/2 (c) Q, -Q (d) Q/2, -Q/2
7. Three capacitors of capacitances 1μf, 2μF & 3μF are connected in series and a potential difference of
11 V is applied across the combination them the potential difference across the plates of 1μF capacitor
is
(a) 2V (b) 4V (c) 1V (d) 6V
8. The potential at the centre of the square is-
𝑘𝑞 𝑘𝑞 𝑘𝑞
(a) Zero (b) 𝑎√2 (c) 𝑎2 (d) 2𝑎2

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9. Two conducting spheres A and B of radii a & b respectively are at the same potential. The ratio of
𝑏 𝑎 𝑎2 𝑏2
surface charge densities of A and B is (a) 𝑎 (b) 𝑏 (c) 𝑏2 (d) 𝑎2
10. Work done to bring a unit positive charge un-accelerated from infinity to a point inside electric field is
called : (A) Electric field (B) Electric potential (C) Capacitance (D) Electric flux
11. Electric potential due to a point charge –q at distance x from it is given by:
(A) Kq/x2 (B) Kq/x (C) -Kq/x2 (D) -Kq/x
12. Electric field is always :
(A) Parallel to equipotential surface (B) Perpendicular to equipotential surface
(C) It can be perpendicular and parallel as well (D) It does not depends on distribution of charge
13. Electric field and electric potential inside a charged spherical shell:
(A) E = 0; V = 0 (B) E = 0 ; V ≠ 0 (C) E ≠ 0 ; V = 0 (D) E ≠ 0 ; V ≠ 0
14. Shape of equipotential surface in uniform electric field will be:
(A) Spherical normal to electric field (B) Random
(C) circular normal to electric field (D) Equidistant Planes normal to electric field
15. On reducing potential across or capacitor, its capacitance of an object:
(A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remains constant (D) First increases then decreases
16. Energy stored in a in a charged capacitor is given by : (A) U = CV/2 (B) U = CV 2/2 (C) 2CV2 (D) VC2/2
17. If n number of equal capacitors each of capacitance C are connected in series then equivalent
capacitance will be given as : (A) n×C (B) C/n (C) n+C (D) n2C
18. Capacitance of parallel plate capacitor when there is no medium between the plates is C 0. If capacitor is
now completely filled with dielectric matter of constant K then capacitance : (A) C 0/K (B) KC0 (C) K2C0
(D) 2KC0
(ii) Completion Type Questions
1. Electric field E at a point is perpendicular to the _______________ surface through the point.
2. The potential energy of a charge q in an placed at potential is _______________.
3. It is safer to be inside the car rather than standing outside under a trace during lightening is based
on _______________ concept.
4. A capacitor plates are charged by a battery. After charging battery is disconnected and a dielectric
slab is inserted between the plates, the charge on the plates of capacitor _______________ .
5. The amount of work done is bringing a charge q from infinity to a point un-accelerated and is
equal to _______________ acquired by the charge.
6. The value of potential energy of an electric dipole in uniform electric field along the dissection of
field is _______________ .
7. Electric field is always ……………… to the equipotential surface.
8. Work done to bring a unit positive charge un-accelerated from infinity to a point in electric field is
called ……….
9. Unit of capacitance is ……………….
10. Unit of electric potential is ……………
11. A capacitor is charged and is not connected to a battery; Potential between plates of the capacitor
……………. when it is filled with dielectric.
12. Equipotential surface due to a point charge will be ………. in shape.
13. Equipotential surfaces due to long linear charge distribution will be ………. in shape.
14. Two capacitors each of capacitance 2μF are connected in series. Equivalent capacitance will be
……..

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(iii) True/False Type Questions
1. For a charged particle moving from point P to point Q, the net work done by an electrostatic
field on the particle is independent of the path connecting point P to point Q.
2. A conducting hollow sphere of radius 10 cm has an electric potential on the surface be 10V.
Then the electric potential at the centre of the hollow sphere will be zero.
3. The work done in rotating the electric dipole in uniform electric field from to will be negative.
4. Electric potential due to an electric dipole on equatorial line is
5. Electric field inside the dielectric material is always less because induced electric field is set up
within it, which is in a direction opposite to original electric field.
6. Charge q is placed at the center of an imaginary sphere as shown following. Work done in
moving a charge from A to B is greater than taking the charge from B to C.

7. When two capacitors with unequal capacitances are joined in parallel and connected across a
battery then charge on each capacitor will be same.

8. The potential difference Vp – VQ will be positive.

9. The electrostatic field at the surface of charged conductor must be tangential to the surface at
any point.
10. We can place a metal sphere of capacitance 1 Farad inside an almirah.
11. Work done to displace any electric charge from one point to another point on equipotential
surface is always zero.
12. Two equipotential surfaces never intersect each other.
13. If two capacitors having equal capacitance are connected in series then equivalent capacitance
doubles.
14. Electrostatic force is a conservative force.
15. Four capacitor each of capacitance 16μF are connected in series. Equivalent capacitance will be
4μF.
16. Electric field is always perpendicular to equipotential surface.
17. Electric field intensity outside parallel plate capacitor is zero.

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 (iv) Matching type Questions
1
1. (a) Electric field due to a single charge (P) 𝐸 ∝
𝑟
1
(b) Electric field due to an electric dipole (Q) 𝐸 ∝
𝑟2
1
(R) 𝐸 ∝
𝑟3

2. (a) In series combination of capacitors (P) potential difference across each capacitor is same
(b) In parallel combination of capacitors (Q) energy stored by each capacitor is same
(R) charge on each capacitor is same.

3. (a) On inserting dielectric slab between (P) capacity remains same plates of capacitor
(b) On replacing mica by air between (Q) capacity decreases plates of capacitor
(R) capacity increases

4. (a) Equipotential surfaces for a point charge (P) Coaxial cylindrical

(b) Equipotential surface for a linear charge (Q) Concentric spherical
(R) concentric circular

5. (a) Equivalent capacitance of 3 equal capacitors in series combination (P) 3C

(b) Equivalent capacitance of 3 equal capacitors, two in parallel & (Q) 2C/3
one in series with it (R) C/3

𝑁𝑚2
6. (a) SI unit of potential difference (P) 𝐶
𝑁
(b) SI unit of Electric field (Q) 𝑚
𝐶
𝑘𝑔 𝑚
(R) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2𝐶

7. (a) Electric field inside a metallic conductor (P) constant

(c) Electric potential inside the conductor (Q) zero
(R) Less than that on surface

𝜎
8. (a) The value of electric field just outside the charged conductor is (P) 2 𝜀
0
𝜎
(b) The value of electric field inside a charged capacitor is (Q) 𝜀0
2𝜎
(R) 𝜀

9. (a) Unit of dielectric constant K (P) Nm2 c-2

(b) Unit of electrical permittivity (Q) no unit
(R) N-1 m-2 C2

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