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MEMORIAL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
Thirumurugan Salai, Thirumurugan Nagar, Chitlapakkam, Chennai – 600064
QUESTION BANK – CH. 1 ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS
LEVEL 1 QUESTIONS
1. If the net electric flux through a closed surface is zero, then we can infer 1
(A) no net charge is enclosed by the surface.
(B) uniform electric field exists within the surface.
(C) electric potential varies from point to point inside the surface.
(D) charge is present inside the surface.
2. The electric flux through a closed Gaussian surface depends upon
(a) Net charge enclosed and permittivity of the medium
(b) Net charge enclosed, permittivity of the medium and the size of the
Gaussian surface (c) Net charge enclosed only
(d) Permittivity of the medium only
3. When a negative charge ( Q) is brought near one face of a metal cube,
then :
(a) cube becomes positively charged (b) cube becomes negatively charged
(c) face near the charge becomes positively charged and the opposite
face becomes negatively charged (d) face near the charge becomes negatively
charged and the opposite face becomes positively charged
4. An electric dipole placed in a non-uniform electric field experiences:
A. Both a torque and a net force
B. Only a force but no torque
C. Only a torque but no net force
D. No torque and no net force
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5. Four Gaussian surfaces are given below with charges inside each Gaussian
surface. Rank the electric flux through each Gaussian surface in increasing
order
a) D<C<B<A b) A<B=C<D c) C<A=B<D d) D>C>B>A
6. An electric dipole is placed at an angle of 30° with an electric field intensity
of 2 × 105 N/C. It experiences a torque equal of 4 Nm. The charge on the
dipole, if the dipole length is 2 cm, is
a) 8 m C b) 4 m C c) 8 µ C d) 2 m C
7. A sphere encloses an electric dipole within it. The total flux across the
sphere is
A. zero
B. half that due to a single charge
C. double that due to a single charge
D. dependent on the position of dipole
8. Gauss's law is valid for
A. any closed surface
B. only regular close surface
C. any open surface
D. only irregular open surfaces
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9. The total flux through the faces of the cube with side of length a if a charge q is placed at
corner A of the cube is
10. When air medium in which two charges kept apart at a distance r is
replaced by a dielectric constant K, the force between the charges
a) remains the same b) decreases K times c) increases K times d)
increases K2 times
These questions consist of two statements, each printed as Assertion and
Reason. While answering these questions, you are required to choose any one
of the following four responses.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct, Reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion incorrect and Reason is correct.
1. Assertion : A metallic shield in form of a hollow shell may be built to block
an electric field.
Reason : In a hollow spherical shield, the electric field inside it is zero at every
point.
2. Assertion : In a cavity within a conductor, the electric field is zero.
Reason : Charges in a conductor reside only at its surface.
3. Assertion : When bodies are charged through friction, there is a transfer of
electric charge from one body to another, but no creation or destruction of
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charge.
Reason : This follows from conservation of electric charges.
4. Assertion : Coulomb force and gravitational force follow the same
inverse-square law.
Reason : Both laws are same in all aspects.
5. Assertion : Electric lines of field cross each other.
Reason : Electric field at a point superimpose to give one resultant electric
field.
6. Assertion (A): No two electric lines of force can intersect each other.
Reason (R) : Tangent at any point of electric line of force gives the direction of
electric field.
7. Assertion (A): Electric force acting on a proton and an electron, moving in a
uniform electric field is same, where as acceleration of electron is 1836 times
that of a proton.
Reason (R): Electron is lighter than proton.
8. Assertion (A): As force is a vector quantity, hence electric field intensity is
also a vector quantity
Reason (R): The unit of electric field intensity is newton per coulomb.
9. Assertion : On going away from a point charge or a small electric dipole,
electric field decreases at the same rate in both the cases.
Reason : Electric field is inversely proportional to square of distance from the
charge or an electric dipole.
10. Assertion (A): If a point charge be rotated in a circle around a charge, the
work done will be zero.
Reason (R): Work done is equal to dot product of force and distance
2 MARKS
1. What do you mean by quantisation of charge?
2. State Coulomb’s law and give its vector form.
3. Define 1 C
4. What is electric field?
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5. Draw the sketch of field lines due to point charges and like and unlike
charges.
6. List the properties of electric field lines.
7. What are electric dipoles? Give two examples.
8. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics.
3 MARKS
1. Explain the net force due to multiple charges
2. Give the physical significance of electric field
3. Define electric flux and give its unit.
4. Give the importance of Gauss’s law
LEVEL 2 QUESTIONS
MCQs
1. When 10^19 electrons are removed from a neutral metal plate through some
process, the charge on it becomes _________
A. −1.6C
B. +1.6C
C. 10^19C
D. 10^−19C
2. There are two charges +1 C ns + 5 C. The ratio of the forces acting on them
will be
a) 1:5 b) 1:1 c) 5:1 d) 1:25
3. Electric field intensity at points in between and outside two thin separated
parallel sheets of infinite dimension with like charges of same surface charge
density (σ) are ______ and ______ respectively
A. σ/ϵ0,σ/ϵ0
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B. 0,σ/ϵ0
C. 0,0
D. σ/ε0,0
4. Which of the following graphs shows the variation of electric field strength E
with distance r from the centre of a hollow conducting sphere?
a) b) c) d)
5. If ∮ E . d S = 0 over a surface, then :
(A) the magnitude of electric field on the surface is constant. (B) all the charges
must necessarily be inside the surface. (C) the electric field inside the surface
is necessarily uniform. (D) the number of flux lines entering the surface must
be equal to the number of flux lines leaving it.
2 MARKS
1. Prove that F/Fm = ε𝑟
2. Differentiate Coulomb’s force from gravitational force
3. Explain the significance of dipoles.
4. Why do the electric field lines not form closed loops?
5. Draw a plot showing variation of electric field with distance from the centre
of a solid conducting sphere of radius R, having a charge of +Q on its surface.
6. Two point charges q1+ 1 µC and q2+ 4 µC are placed 2 m apart in air. At
what distance from q1along the line joining the two charges, will the net
electric field be zero ?
3 MARKS
1. Explain why a small area element is taken with the diagram?
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2. Derive the formula for the electric field along the axial line and equatorial
plane of a dipole.
3. A dipole is placed in a uniform electric field at an angle. Obtain the
expression for the torque acting on it.
4. Derive Gauss’s law from Coulomb’s law.
5. An infinitely long wire has uniform linear charge density λ. Find the
expression for the electric field at a point due to this. Show graphically the
variation of this electric field E as a function of
distance x from the wire.
6. Find the electric field at a point due to a plane charged sheet and prove that
it is independent of distance.
7. Using Gauss law, derive expression for electric field due to a spherical shell
of uniform charge distribution and radius R at a point lying at a distance x
from the centre of shell, such that
(i) 0 < x < R, and
(ii) x > R.
LEVEL 3 QUESTIONS
MCQS
1. The figure shows some of the electric field lines corresponding to an electric
field. The figure suggests
Ea>Eb>Ec b) Ea=Eb=Ec c) Ea=Ec>Eb d) Ea=Ec<Eb
2. If the linear charge density of a cylinder is 4 µC/m, then the electric field at
a point 3.6 cm from the axis is
A. 2×10^6NC−1
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B. 12×10^7NC−1
C. 4×10^5NC−1
D. 8×10^7NC−1
3. The distance between the two charges 25µC and 36 µC is 11 cm. At what
point on the line joining the two, the field intensity will be
a) At a distance of 5 cm from 25 µC b) At a distance of 5 cm from 36 µC c)
At a distance of 4 cm from 25 µC d) At a distance of 4 cm from 36 µC
If three point charges are placed at the vertices of an isosceles right angled
triangle as shown in the figure. Which of the numbered vectors coincides in
direction with net electric field at the mid point m of the hypotenuse ?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
4. Four charges q, 2q, 3q and 4q are placed at corners A, B, C and D of a
square as shown in the figure below. Find the direction of electric field at the
centre P of the square.
a) AB b) CB c) AC d) BD
5. Four charges +8Q -3Q +5Q and -10Q are kept inside a closed surface. What
will be the outgoing flux through the surface
(a) 26 V-m (b) 0 V-m (c) 10 V-m (d) 8 V-m
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a)2 MARKS
1. Why there is a time delay between the cause and effect of force in non static
conditions of two charges?
2. Two electric filed lines cannot intersect. Give reason.
3. What is dipole moment? Is it a scalar or vector?
4. Draw the graph between the electric field w.r.t the distance due to a charged
sphere of radius r. (from the centre to outside at a distance R)
5. Why must the test charge q in the definition of the electric field be
vanishingly small?
6. If the radius of the Gaussian surface enclosing a charge is halved, how does
the electric flux through the Gaussian surface change?
7. A charge ‘q’ is placed at the centre of a cube of side l. What is the electric
flux passing through each face of the cube?
8. Plot a graph showing the variation of coulomb force (F) versus 1/r2
9. Two point charges of + 1 µC and + 4 µC are kept 30 cm apart. How far from
the + 1 µC charge on the line joining the two charges, will the net electric field
be zero ?
10. A charge Q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges q.
Show that the system of three charges will be in equilibrium if Q=−q/4.
3 MARKS
1. a) What will happen if a dipole is placed at an angle with the uniform and
non-uniform electric fields?
b) if placed parallel/antiparallel/perpendicular what will happen?
2. Why is it safer to be inside the car than standing outside during lightning?
Justify your answer. What material can make a Faraday cage?
3. A hollow cylindrical box of length 1m and area of cross-section 25 cm2 is
placed in a three dimensional coordinate system as shown in the figure. The
electric field in the region is given by E=50xi^ where E is in NC-1 and x is in
metres. Find
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● Net flux through the cylinder.
● Charge enclosed by the cylinder
4. A charge is distributed uniformly over a ring of radius ‘a’. Obtain an
expression for the electric intensity E at a point on the axis of the ring. Hence
show that for points at large distances from the ring, it behaves like a point
charge.
An electric field is uniform and acts along + x direction in the
region of positive x. It is also uniform with the same magnitude
but acts in – x direction in the region of negative x. The value of
the field is E = 200 N/C for x > 0 and E = – 200 N/C for x < 0. A
right circular cylinder of length 20 cm and radius 5 cm has its
centre at the origin and its axis along the x-axis so that one flat
face is at x = + 10 cm and the other is at x = – 10 cm.
Find :
(i) The net outward flux through the cylinder.
(ii) The net charge present inside the cylinder.
CASE STUDY
1. Electric field strength is proportional to the density of lines of force i.e.,
electric field strength at a point is proportional to the number of lines of force
cutting a unit area element placed normal to the field at that point. As
illustrated in given figure, the electric field at P is stronger than at Q.
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(i) Electric lines of force about a positive point charge are
(a) radially outwards
(b) circular clockwise
(c) radially inwards
(d) parallel straight lines
(ii) Which of the following is false for electric lines of force?
(a) They always start from positive charge and terminate on negative charges.
(b) They are always perpendicular to the surface of a charged conductor.
(c) They always form closed loops.
(d) They are parallel and equally spaced in a region of uniform electric field.
(iii) Which one of the following patterns of electric line of force is not possible in
field due to stationary charges?
(iv) Electric field lines are curved
(a) in the field of a single positive or negative charge
(b) in the field of two equal and opposite charges.
(c) in the field of two like charges.
(d) both (b) and (c)
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(v) The figure below shows the electric field lines due to two positive charges.
The magnitudes EA, EB and EC of the electric fields at point A, B and C
respectively are related as
(a) EA>EB>EC
(b) EB>EA>EC
(c) EA=EB>EC
(d) EA>EB=EC
2. When electric dipole is placed in uniform electric field, its two charges
experience equal and opposite forces, which cancel each other and hence net
force on electric dipole in uniform electric field is zero. However these forces are
not collinear, so they give rise to some torque on the dipole. Since net force on
electric dipole in uniform electric field is zero, so no work is done in moving the
electric dipole in uniform electric field. However some work is done in rotating
the dipole against the torque acting on it.
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(ii) An electric dipole consists of two opposite charges, each of magnitude 1.0
μC separated by a distance of 2.0 cm. The dipole is placed in an external field
of 105 NC-1. The maximum torque on the dipole is
(a) 0.2 x 10-3 Nm
(b) 1x 10-3 Nm
(c) 2 x 10-3 Nm
(d) 4x 10-3 Nm
Torque on a dipole in uniform electric field is minimum when θ is equal to
(a) 0°
(b) 90°
(c) 180°
(d) Both (a) and (c)
When an electric dipole is held at an angle in a uniform electric field, the net
force F and torque τ on the dipole are
(a) F= 0, τ = 0
(b) F≠0, τ≠0
(c) F=0, τ ≠ 0
(d) F≠0, τ=0
3. Surface Charge Density. Surface charge density is defined as the charge per
unit surface area the
surface (Arial) charge symmetric distribution and follow Gauss law of electro
statics mathematical term of surface charge density σ=ΔQ/ΔS
Two large thin metal plates are parallel and close to each other. On their inner
faces, the plates have surface charge densities of opposite sign (± s). Having
magnitude 8.8 × 10–12 cm–2 as shown here. The intensity of electrified at a point
is E =σ/ε0 and flux is Φ=E.ΔS, where ΔS = 1 m2 (unit arial plate)
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(i) E in the outer region (I) of the first (A) plate is
(a) 1.7 × 10–22 N/C
(b) 1.1 × 10–12 V/m
(c) Zero
(d) Insufficient data
(ii) E in the outer region (III) of the second plate (B) is
(a) 1 N/C
(b) 0.1 V/m
(c) 0.5 N/C
(d) zero
(iii) E between (II) the plate is
(a) 1 N/C
(b) 0.1 V/m
(c) 0.5 N/C
(d) None of these
(iv) The ratio of E from left side of plate A at distance 1 cm and 2 m respectively
is
(a) 1 : 2
(b) 10 : 2
(c) 1 : 1
(d) 20 : 1
(v) In order to estimate the electric field due to a thin finite plane metal plate
the Gaussian surface considered is
(a) Spherical
(b) Linear
(c) Cylindrical
(d) Cubic
4. A spherical dome in an expo consists of magical fan fixed inside it. The
blades of fan have a total charge of 6 C deposited on it. The dome is also
surrounded by four such identical fans fixed outside it, each carrying a charge
of 6 C on its blade. When a fan inside the dome is switched ON, the charge
deposited on the blades of a fan flies off but remains inside the dome. However,
when the fans outside the dome are switched
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ON charge deposited on the blades remain confined to blades. The dome is
covered by electro sensitive glittering sheet whose glittering intensity varies
directly as the electric flux falling upon its surface varies.
1. What is the net electric flux through the closed surface of dome, when all
the fans are switched OFF?
a) 6C/ ϵ o b) 1 C/ ϵ o c) 30C/ ϵ o d) 1 C/12 ϵ o
2. What is the net electric flux through the closed surface of dome, when all
the fans are switched ON?
a) 30C/ ϵ o b) 1 C/ ϵ o c) 6C/ ϵ o d) 1 C/12 ϵ o
3. Which of the following observations is correct for glittering intensity of
electro sensitive sheet covering the dome?
a) Glittering intensity is zero when fan inside the dome is switched OFF
b) Glittering intensity is maximum when fan inside the dome is switched
ON
c) Glittering intensity is always constant whether the fan inside is switched
ON or OFF
d) Glittering intensity varies as outside fans are switched ON
4. Name the principle which explains the observation of glittering intensity of
electro sensitive sheet.
a) Coulomb’s law in electrostatics b) Gauss theorem in electrostatics
c) Superposition principle of charge d) None of the above
5. An electric field lines in general is a curve drawn in such way that the
tangent to it at each point is in the direction of the electric field at that point. A
field lines is a space curve, i.e. a curve in three dimensions.
Electric field lines are then used to pictorially map the electric field around a
charge or a configuration of charges:
The density of field lines in more near the charge. Away from the charge, the
field is weak, so the density of field lines is less.
1. Direction of electric field on field lines is determined by
(a) Field lines moving from –ve to +ve charge.
(b) At the point of intersection of field lines.
(c) By the tangent at that point on the field lines.
(d) None of above.
2. The electric field lines of negatively charged particles are
(a) Radial and outwards. (c) Radial and inwards.
(b) Circular and anti-clockwise. (d)Circular and clockwise.
3. The spacing between two electric field lines indicate it
(a) Charge (b) Position (c) Strength (d) None of the above
4. A plane surface is rotated in a uniform electric field. When is the flux of the
electric field through the surface maximum?
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a. When the surface is perpendicular to the field
b. When the surface is parallel to the field
c. When the surface is at an angle of 300 with the field
d. When the surface is at an angle of 450 with the field
PROBLEMS:
1. If an electron is revolving in a circle around an infinite line charge with
constant speed v such that the line charge passes through the centre of the
circle perpendicular to the plane of the circle, deduce the expression for the
kinetic energy of the electron. Also plot a graph of kinetic energy Vs linear
charge density.
2.particle of charge 2µC and mass 1.6g is moving with a velocity 4î ms-1.
At t = 0 the particles enters in a region having an electric field
E (in N /C) = 80î + 60ĵ. Find the velocity of particle at t = 5s.
3. A particle of mass 10-3kg and charge 5C enters into a uniform electric field
of 2 x 105 N/C, moving with a velocity of 20 m/s in a direction opposite to that
of the field. Calculate the distance it would travel before coming to rest.
4. Two point charges of +1 µC and +4 µC are kept 30 cm apart. How far from
the +1µC charge on the line joining the two charges will the net electric field be
zero?
5.Find the electric dipole moment of an electron and a proton which are
4.3 nm apart.
