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Q.1.

Find the capacitance of the system of parallel plate

capacitor
shown
in
the
figure
?

A1

d
A2

Q.2.

Potential in the x-y plane is given as V = 5(x2 + xy) volts. Find the electric field at the point (1, -2).

Q.3.

The electric field in a region is given by E 2i 3j 4k V / m . Find the work done by the electric

field in moving a charged particle of charge 2C from the point A(0, 0, 2) m to B(0, 5, 0) m in a
circular path in the y-z plane.
Q.4.

Two identical metal plates are given positive charges Q1 and Q2 (<Q1) respectively. If they are now
brought close together to form a parallel plate capacitor with capacitance C. Find the potential
difference between the plates of the capacitor.

Q.5.

A charge q is placed at the corner of a cube of side a. Find the flux through the cube.

Q.6.

V/m. Find the potential difference between

Electric field in a region is given by E (2i 3j 4k)
points (0, 0, 0) and (1,2, 3).

Q.7.

The electric field strength depends only on the x and y coordinates according to the law
a( x i yj )
E=
, where a is a constant i and j are unit vectors of the x and y axis. Find the potential
x2 y 2
difference between x = 1 to x = 5.

Q.8.

Two batteries of emf E1 and E2, a capacitor of

capacitance C, and a resistor R are connected
in a circuit as shown in figure. Determine the
amount of heat Q liberated in the resistor after
switching the key k.

Q.9.

R
K
E1

N concentric thin conducting shells having radius R, R/2,

R/22 is placed as shown in figure. Nth shell is
earthed. If Q charge is given to outer shell, find the
charge on inner most shell.

E2

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A
Q

Q.10. Three charges Q, +10 C and + 10C, are place at the

vertices of right angled isosceles triangle as shown in
figure. Find the value of charge Q so that the net
electrostatic energy of the system is zero.

B
+10 C

C
+10 C
A

Q.11. Find CAB in given figures. Each plate is having area a and
distance between plate is d.

Q.12. Another electric field due to a uniformly and positively charged infinite
plane is superposed on the

given field in question (1) and the resultant field is observed to be E Net ( i j 4k )V / m .
Find the surface density of charge on the plane.
Q.13. Charges +q and q are located at the corners of a cube
of side a as shown in the figure. Find the work done to
separate the charges to infinite distance.

+q
q

+q

+q
q

+q

Q.14. Find the effective capacitance of the shown network

across any two junctions (if the capacitance of each
capacitor is C.)

Q.15. There is a conducting cube of side length a. A charge q

is placed at the corner of the cube as shown in the
figure. Find the flux of the top face ABCD.

q
a

Q.16. A metal sphere having a radius r1 charged to a

potential 1 is enveloped by a thin walled conducting
spherical shell of radius r2 as shown in figure.
Determine the potential 2 acquired by the sphere after
it has been connected for a short time to the shell by a
conductor.

r2
r1

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Q.17. Three charges Q, +q and +q are placed at the vertices
of right angled isosceles triangle ABC as shown. Find
the work done in moving change +q from B to point D.

A Q

+q
C

+q B
D

Q.18. Two conducting spheres A and B of radii 6 cm and 12 cm each having same charge of
3 10-8 C are kept very far apart. If the spheres are connected to each other by a conducting wire.
Find the direction and amount of charge transferred and potential of each sphere.
Q.19. What is the mechanical work done in pulling the slab out of the capacitor after disconnecting it from
the battery
Q.20. An electric field is created in a vacuum by two point
charges
q1 = 4.0 108 C and q2 = 0.5 108C as shown in
figure. q1 and q2 are separated by = 0.3 m. What is
the work done in carrying a charge q3 = 5.0 109C
slowly from point A to point B in a segment of a circle of
radius r = 0.40 m?
Q.21. A parallel plate capacitor of 3F is charged with charge
of -200 C at plate A and +100 C at plate B. Find the
potential difference vA vB between the plates.

B
q2

A
q3

-200 C

q1

+100 C

Q.22. In the figure shown, find the charge on each capacitor

(a) when the switch S is open (b) when the switch S is
closed.

C2

C1

Q.23. A charge - Q is uniformly distributed over a non-conducting semi-circular rod of radius R. What is
the potential at the centre ?
Q.24. A small charged particle of mass m and charge q is
suspended by an insulated thread in front of a very large
conducting charged sheet of uniform surface density of charge
. What is the angle made by the thread with the vertical in
equilibrium ?

++

+ + +

+
+

+ +
+ +

q
m

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Q.25. The electric field in a region is given by E 2i 3j 4k V / m .

Find the work done by the electric field in moving a charged particle of charge 2C from the point
A(0, 0, 2) m to B(0, 5, 0) m in a circular path in the y-z plane.
Q.26. A uniform heavy rod of length L, weight W and cross-sectional area A is hanging from a fixed
support. Find the extension in the rod by its own weight. Young's modulus of the material of the wire
is Y. Neglect lateral contraction.
Q.27. An electron having charge e and mass m starts from rest from lower plate of two metallic plates
separated by a distance d. If the potential difference between the plates is v, find the time taken by
the electron to reach the upper plate.28.
The electrostatic potential due to a certain charge
distribution is given by the expression
V0
V (x, y, z) =
( x y z ) xyz
a4
Where V0 and a are constants. Calculate the magnitude of the electric field at the point
A(0, 0, a) and B (0, a, a).
Q.29.

A charge q of mass m is hanging from a

cord of length l on a long pole having a
linear charge density . For what angular
speed does the cord form an angle
with the vertical.
q

Q.30. What is the dipole moment of the system

of point charges shown in the figure?
AB = BC = AC = L

+q
A

-2q

Q.31. Charges q1, q2 and q3 are placed on

capacitors of capacitance C1, C2 & C3
respectively arranged in series as shown.
Switch S is then closed. What are the
final charges q1, q2 and q3 on the
capacitors ?
Given q1 = 30c, q2 = 20 c, q3 = 10c;
C1 = 10F, C2 = 20F, C3 = 30F
and = 12 Volts

C1
+

C2

+
q2

q1

C3

+
q3

+q

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5 F

Q.32. In the circuit shown if in steady state the

potential difference between points A and
B is 11V, find p.d. across 7 F capacitor.

2.9F
3 F

6 F
7 F

Q.33. Figure shows three concentric thin

spherical shells A, B and C of radii a, b
and c respectively. The shells A and C
are given charges q and q respectively
and the shell B is earthed. Find the
charges appearing on the surface of B
and C.
Q.34. Four identical metallic plates each having
area of cross-section A are separated by
a distance d as shown in the figure. Plate
2 is given a change q. Find the potential
difference between plate 2 & 3.

b
q
c

A
B
C

Q.35. A 4f capacitor is charged to 150 V and another 6f capacitor is charged to 200 V separately. Then
their positive plates and negative plates are connected respectively. Find the potential difference
across them. Calculate the heat produced.
Q.36. Each of the plates shown in the figure has
96
surface area 10 12 (in SI units) on one
0
side and the separation between the
consecutive plates is 4.0 mm. The emf of
the battery connected is 10 V. Find the
magnitude of the charge supplied by the
battery to each of the plates connected to it.
Q.37. Three concentric spherical metallic shells, A, B and C of radii a, b and c (a<b<c) have surface
charge densities , - and respectively.
(i) Find the potential of the three shells A, B and C.
(ii) If the shells A and C are at the same potential, obtain the relation between the radii a, b
and c.
Q.38. A charged particle carrying charge q = 20 C moves with velocity v1 = 106 m/s at angle 450 with xaxis in the xy plane & experiences a force F1 = 32 mN along the negative z-axis. When the same
particle moves with velocity v2 =106 m/s along the z-axis it experiences a
force
F2
in
y
direction.
Find
(a)
magnitude
and
direction
of
the
magnetic
field
(b) the magnitude of the force F2

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Q.39. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 100F is connected to a power supply of 200V.
A dielectric slab of dielectric constant 5 is now inserted into the gap between the plates.
(a) Find the extra charge flown through the power supply and the work done by the supply.
(b) Find the change in the electro static energy of the electric field in the capacitor.
Q.40. As shown a solid spherical region having
a spherical cavity whose diameter R is
equal to the radius of spherical region that
has total charged Q. Find the potential at
a point P. Which is at a distance x from
C.?

R
P

Q.41. A charge Q is uniformly distributed over the volume of a sphere of radius R. Find the electrostatic
potential energy stored with in the sphere. 42.
A particle of mass m and charge q moves
diametrically through a uniformly charged sphere of radius R with total charge Q. Show that particle
will perform SHM and find angular frequency of SHM.
a

Q.43. Between parallel plates of a capacitor connected to a

battery of emf E, of plate length L, a dielectric with
dielectric constant K and length equal to the length of
plates is partially inserted. Dielectric when completely
inserted fills the space between plates completely and
mass of dielectric is m. Separation between the plates is
a and breadth of plates is b. If initially dielectric is
inserted by length d between the plates and released,
what is the velocity of dielectric when it is completely
inside the plate.
Q.44. Two small point charges both equal to q
are kept fixed at diametrically opposite
points of a smooth circular groove as
shown in the figure. A small ball of mass
m, carrying an equal charge q is allowed
to move smoothly in the groove.

L
d
L

O
A

q
R

F2

groove

F1

Find (a) the electrostatic forces F1 and F2 acting on the ball when it is in the position indicated.
(b) the restoring torque on the ball C about the point O, due to F1 & F2, acting towards CP
(c) the angular frequency of small oscillations (assume that is small, sin = and
cos 1and there is no gravity)
Q.45. The surface charge density of a non conducting disc of radius R varies as = br, where b is a
positive constant and r is the distance from the centre of the disc. Find the electric field caused by
the disc at a point along the axis of the disc and a distance x from its centre
Q.46. A parallel plate capacitor has a dielectric slab of dielectric constant k in it. The slab just fills the
space inside the capacitor. The capacitor is charged by a battery and then battery is disconnected.
Now the slab is pull out slowly at t = 0 with constant velocity v. If at time t =0 capacitance of the
capacitor is C = 0, then drawn the curve between C and t.

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Q.47. A metal sphere having a radius r1 charged to a potential 1 is
enveloped by a thin walled conducting spherical shell of radius
r2 as shown in figure. Determine the potential 2 acquired by
the sphere after it has been connected for a short time to the
shell by a conductor.

r2
r1

Q.48. A sphere of radius R has uniformly distributed charge density

. There is a spherical cavity as shown in the figure has
centre
at
C.
It is
given
that AB
= d,
OC = and the angle between OC and AB . Find the
potential difference between A and B.

x
x

x
x

x
x

O

x x
x x

C
B
A




x x x x x x
xR

Q.49. Two equal charge Q are fixed at (a, 0) and (-a, 0) in X-Y plane. A small body of charge -q and
mass M at (0, b) in X-Y plane is given velocity v 0 along +z axis. What should be the value of v0 so
that the body starts rotating about X-axis ? 50.
The electric field strength depends only on the x
and
y
coordinates
according
to
the
law
a( x i yj )
E=
, where a is a constant. i and j are unit vectors of the x and y axis. Find the flux of
x2 y 2
the vector E through a sphere of radius R with its centre at the origin of coordinates.
Q.51. Find the electric field at the origin due the line charge (ABCDE and FG) of linear charge density .
y
C

(2a,0,0)

(a,0,0) B

G
(a,0,0) x (2a,0,0)

A
z

Q.52. An inductor of inductance 2.0 mH is connected across a charged capacitor of capacitance 5.0F
and the resulting LC circuit is set oscillating at its natural frequency. Let Q denotes the
instantaneous charge on the capacitor and I the current. It is found that the maximum value of Q is
200 C.
(a)
When
Q
=
100
C,
what
is
the
value
of
|
dI/dt
|?
(b) When Q = 200 C, what is the value of I ?
Q.53. A non conducting hollow sphere having inner
and outer radii a and b respectively is made of a
material having dielectric constant k and has
uniformly distributed charged over its entire solid
volume.
Volume density of charge is .
Calculate potential at a distance r from its centre
when a < r< b. Given potential at outer surface

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b

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of the sphere is v 0 =

(b3 a 3 )
.
3 0b

Q.54. A non homogeneous dielectric slab is placed between the plates of the capacitor having plate area
A and separation between the plates is d. At t= 0 charge on the capacitor is Q. Dielectric constant of
the slab varies from K1 to K2 and resistivity from 1 to 2 linearly across its thickness. Find the
charge on the capacitor as a function of time.
4C

10C

Q.55. Initial charge on each plate is as shown in

figure. Find, the final charge on each plate on
both side.
when
(a) switch k1 is closed and k2 is open
(b) when k1 and k2 is closed

8C
k1

1F

k2

-6C

2F

E = 50 V

Q.56. A small ball of mass 2 10-3 Kg having a charge of 1C is suspended by a string of length 0.8m.
Another identical ball having the same charge is kept at the point of suspension. Determine the
minimum horizontal velocity which should be imparted to the lower ball so that it can make complete
revolution.
Q.57. Find the electric field at the
origin due to the line charge
(ABCD) of linear charge density
.

y
C (0, a, 0)
(a,0,0)

(a,0,0)

Q.58. A particle of mass m carrying charge q is projected with velocity v from point P towards an
infinite line of charge from a distance a. Its speed reduces to zero momentarily at Q which is at a
distance a/2 from the line of charge. If another particle with mass m and charge -q is projected with
the same velocity v from P towards the line of charge find its speed at Q.
Q.59.

In the circuit diagram shown in figure the

capacitor of capacitance C is uncharged when
the key k is open. the key is closed over
some time during which the capacitor
becomes charged to a voltage v. Determine
the amount of heat Q2 liberated during this
time in the resistor of resistance R2 if the emf
of the source is E, and its internal resistance
can be neglected.

R1

R2
C

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Q.60. Calculate the charge on each capacitor and
the potential difference across it in steady
state in the circuit shown for the cases
(i) switch s closed, &
(ii) switch s open.

2F

6F
1F

20
10

S
20

Q.61.

Initially the capacitors shown in the figure

have a charge Q, 2Q and 3Q each having a
capacitance C. Find the final charges on the
capacitor when the keys are closed
simultaneously. Also find the loss of energy
in the process.

+
k3

100V

Q k1 2Q k2 3Q

+ +C
C
C

Q.62. A small ball of mass 2 10-3 Kg having a charge of 1C is suspended by a string of length 0.8m.
Another identical ball having the same charge is kept at the point of suspension. Determine the
minimum horizontal velocity which should be imparted to the lower ball so that it can make
complete revolution.
Q.63. Three infinite parallel plates are placed as
shown in the figure. Find the final charges
appearing on each face of the plate.

Q.64. PQ is a semi-infinite long wire of uniform

charge per unit length . Find the electric
field at a point O at a distance X from end
P as shown in the figure.

2Q

3Q

Q.65. Figure shows three concentric thin

spherical shells A, B and C of radii a, b
and c respectively. The shells A and C are
given charges q and q respectively and
the shell B is earthed. Find the charges
appearing on the surface of B and C.

b
q
c

A
B
C

Q.66. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 100F is connected to a power supply of 200V.
A dielectric slab of dielectric constant 5 is now inserted into the gap between the plates.

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(a) Find the extra charge flown through the power supply and the work done by the supply.
(b) Find the change in the electro static energy of the electric field in the capacitor.
Q.67. A pair of co-axial coils of radius R, each consisting N turns of
wire carrying a current I in the same direction, are placed at a
distance R apart as shown in the figure.
(a) find the magnetic field at the point X on the axis of the two
coils, where AX = BX = R/2.
(b) If a particle of charge q moves with velocity v 0 at an angle
of 450 with respect to AB at the point X, find the magnetic
force on the particle.
Q.68. Charges q1, q2 are placed on capacitors of capacitance C1
and C2 respectively arranged in series as shown. Switch S
is then closed. What are the final charges q1 and q2 on the
capacitors ?
Given q1 = 30c, q2 = 20 c
C1 = 10F, C2 = 20F,
and = 12 Volts

I
v0

C1

C2

+
q2

q1

Q.69. In the given figure, what is the total energy stored in the
capacitor?

C
E
C

E
5

Q.70. Five identical conducting plates 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are fixed

parallel plates equidistant from each other as shown in figure.
Plates 2 and 5 are connected by a conductor while 1 and 3
are joined by another conductor.
(a) Find the equivalent capacitance between the terminals of
source.
(b) the charges on plates 3 and 5.
Q.71. A metallic sphere of radius a, carrying a charge Q, is covered
with a dielectric. The dielectric constant is a function of the
radial distance from the centre of the sphere k = k0(1+ r/a)1
(a r 2a). The dielectric extends upto a radial distance, r =
2a.
(a) Find the electric field at a point P which is located at a
distance r from the centre of the sphere within the dielectric.
(b) Calculate the electric field at a point P outside the
dielectric.
(c) Use the results in (a) and (b) to calculate the surface
charge on the outer surface of the dielectric.

4
3
2

2a

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Q.72.

When a small uncharged conducting ba?ll of radius a = 1

cm and mass m = 50 gm is dropped from a height h above
the centre of another large conducting sphere of radius b( =
1 m) having charge Q (= 100 C), it rises to a height h1
(=2m) after the collision. Find the value of h. Assume that
during the impact there is no dissipation of energy.

m
h

Insulating stand

Q.73. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 100F is connected to a power supply of 200V.
A dielectric slab of dielectric constant 5 is now inserted into the gap between the plates.
(a) Find the extra charge flown through the power supply and the work done by the supply.
(b) Find the change in the electro static energy of the electric field in the capacitor.
Q.74. Find the flux through the curved
hemispherical surface
of radius R. The electric field E is constant.

Q.75. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 100F is connected to a power supply of 200V.
A dielectric slab of dielectric constant 5 is now inserted into the gap between the plates.
Find the extra charge flown through the power supply and the work done by the supply.
Q.76. On a long smooth horizontal plane, over which a horizontal electric field E exists, a charged ball
with mass m and charge q is dropped from a height h over the plane coefficient of restitution for
collision between plane and ball is e. Find the ratio of maximum height attained and horizontal
distance moved during the interval of nth drop to (n + 1)th drop.
Q.77. In the figure shown capacitor C1 =4F is charged to a value
A
q1 = 200 C and capacitor C2 = 2F is charged to a value
q2 = 400C. The polarities are as shown. Now a source of
A
EMF E = 175 Volt is connected in the circuit by joining
+q1
terminals A to A, B to B, C to C and D to D.
q1
(a) Find new charges on the capacitors.
B
(b) Heat dissipated after completing the circuit.

E = 175 V
D
D

C1

C2

Q.78. A thin spherical shell of radius R contains a charge Q

uniformly distributed over its surface. A point charge Q is
placed at the centre of the shell. What is the electrostatic
potential energy of the system?

q2
+q2
C

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Q.79. Initially, the two plates are given charges as shown. Find the
final charges appearing on the plates when the key k is
closed. All plates are conducting, parallel and of infinite
length and breadth.

2Q