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The document contains a 10 question multiple choice worksheet regarding electric fields and charges. The questions cover topics such as the force on point charges, electric fields around charged objects like spheres and cylinders, electric flux, and dipole moments. The document tests conceptual understanding of fundamental electrostatics principles.

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Electrostatics - 1

The document contains a 10 question multiple choice worksheet regarding electric fields and charges. The questions cover topics such as the force on point charges, electric fields around charged objects like spheres and cylinders, electric flux, and dipole moments. The document tests conceptual understanding of fundamental electrostatics principles.

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WORKSHEET – 1

1. Three charges – q1 + q2 and – q3 are placed as shown in figure. The x


component of the force on – q1 is proportional to ……..

(A) (q2/b2) – (q3/a2) sinθ (B) (q2/b2) – (q3/a2) cosθ


(C) (q2/b2) + (q3/a2) sinθ (D) (q2/b2) + (q3/a2) cosθ
2. A vertical electric field of magnitude 4.9 × 105 N/C just prevents a water
droplet of a mass 0.1 g from falling. The value of charge on the droplet will
be: (Given g = 9.8 m/s2)
(A) 1.6 × 10-9 C (B) 2.0 × 10-9 C (C) 3.2 × 10-9 C (D) 0.5 × 10-9 C
3. A charge Q is placed at each of the opposite corners of a square. A charge
q is placed at each of the other two corners. If the net electrical force on Q is
zero, then the Q/q equals
(A) −2√2 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) −1/√2
4. A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge σ in the upper half
and negative surface charge -σ in the lower half. The electric field lines
around the cylinder will look like figure given in (figures are schematic and
not drawn to scale).
5. A hollow metal sphere of radius R is uniformly charged. The electric
field due to the sphere at a distance r from the centre
(A) Increases as r increases for r < R and for r > R
(B) Zero as r increases for r < R, decreases as r increases for r > R
(C) Zero as r increases for r < R, increases as r increases for r > R
(D) Decreases as r increases for r < R and for r > R
6. A hollow cylinder has a charge q coulomb distributed uniformly within
it. If ϕ is the electric flux in units of voltmeter associated with the curved
surface B, the flux linked with the plane surface A in units of voltmeter will
be

(A) (1/2)[(q/∈0) – ɸ] (B) (q/2∈0)


(C) (ɸ/3) (D) (q/∈0) – ɸ
7. Three point charges +q, -2q and +q are placed at points (x = 0,y = a,z=0),
(x = 0,y = 0, z = 0) and (x = a, y = 0, z = 0) respectively. The magnitude and
direction of the electric dipole moment vector of this charge assembly are
(a) √2qa along the line joining points (x = 0, y = 0, z = 0) and (x = a, y = a,
z=0)
(b) qa along the line joining points (x = 0, y= 0, z= 0) and (.x = a, y= a, z = 0)
(c) √2qa along +x direction
(d) √2qa along +y direction
8. A square surface of side L metres is in the plane of the paper. A uniform
electric field vector E (volt/m), also in the plane of the paper is limited
only to the lower half of the square surface (see figure). The electric flux in
SI units associated with the surface is

(a) EL2 (b) EL2/2ε0 (c) EL2/2 (d) zero


9. Shown in the figure is a shell made of a conductor. It has inner radius a
and outer radius b, and carries charge Q. At its centre is a dipole vector P
as shown. In this case;
(A) surface charge density on the inner surface is uniform and equal to
(Q/2) 4πa2 .
(B) surface charge density on the outer surface depends on vector |p| .
(C) surface charge density on the inner surface of the shell is zero
everywhere .
(D) electric field outside the shell is the same as that of a point charge at
the centre of the shell.
10. A cylinder of radius r and length l is placed in an uniform electric field
parallel to the axis of the cylinder. The total flux for the surface of the
cylinder is given by-
(i) zero (ii) π r2 (iii) E π r2 (iv) )2 Eπ r2

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