Electrostatic Potential And Capacitance QA Test (1) Subjective Test (i) All questions are compulsory.

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Questions 1 to 5 are very short answer type questions. These questions carry one mark each.

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Questions 6 and 7 are short answer type questions. These questions carry two marks each.

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Questions 8 and 9 are also short answer type questions. These questions carry three marks each.

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Question number 10 and 11 are long answer type questions and carry five marks each.

Question 1 ( 1.0 marks) What is the work done in moving a charge +4 C through distance of 2 m on an equipotential surface? Question 2 ( 1.0 marks) Why can two equipotential surfaces never intersect? Question 3 ( 1.0 marks) The number of electrons in a given charged sample is equal to the Avogadro number. Calculate the work done in moving this sample through a potential difference of 5 V. Question 4 ( 1.0 marks) An electric field of 600 N/C is desired between the capacitor plates kept 2 mm apart. What value of potential difference must be applied across the plates? Question 5 ( 1.0 marks)

How does the electric field in a region change, if a dielectric of dielectric constant K is introduced in the region? Question 6 ( 2.0 marks) A uniform electric field exists in a region (as shown in the given figure).

How much work is done in taking an electron from A to C on path ABC? Question 7 ( 2.0 marks) A uniform electric field exists along the x axis. In what direction can a charge be displaced so that no work is done in displacing it ? Question 8 ( 3.0 marks) A 200 V cell is connected to an 8 F capacitor and removed after the capacitor is fully charged. Also, an uncharged 4 F capacitor is connected to this 8 F capacitor in parallel. a. What is the potential difference across the combination? b. What is the charge on each capacitor? Question 9 ( 3.0 marks) A capacitor was initially charged (as shown in figure a). Then, a dielectric of dielectric constant K = 4 was introduced between the capacitor plates (as shown in figure b).

a. What is the new capacitance? b. How much charge is gained or lost by the capacitor after the dielectric is introduced? c. How much energy is gained or lost by the capacitor after the dielectric is introduced? Question 10 ( 5.0 marks) a. An electron is 20 cm away from a fixed point charge, Q = 0.250 C. If it starts to move from rest, then how fast will it be moving when it is at a distance? b. How much work is done in bringing three electrons, which are initially a great distance apart, to form an equilateral triangle with sides Question 11 ( 5.0 marks) a. A metallic sphere of radius 0.2 m is given a 4 C charge. Calculate the electric potential at a distance of 0.05 m from the centre of the metallic sphere. b. Three concentric, spherical shells P, Q, and R of radii 4 cm, 6 cm, and 8 cm are given charges of 2 C, 4 C, and 6 C respectively (as shown in the figure below). Calculate the net electric potential at P, Q, and R respectively.