VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA

ALAPAKKAM
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

WORKSHEET – 2
TOPIC : COULOMB’S LAW,ELECTRIC FIELD,SUPERPOSITION OF FORCE AND FIELD
1.State coulomb’s law.Write it’s equation in vector form.
2.Plot the variation of force with distance r for attractive and repulsive force.
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3.Plot the variation of force with respect to r2 for attractive and repulsive force.
4.Define relative permittivity.
5.Two equal balls having equal positive charges q coulombs are suspended by two insulating strings of equal length .
What would be the effect on the force when a plastic sheet is inserted beteween the two?
6.Force between two point charges kept at a distance d apart in air is F.if these charges are kept at the same distance
in water,how does the force between them change
7.Force of attraction between two point charges placed at a distance in a medium is F. What distance apart should
these be kept in the same medium, so that force between them becomes F/3 ?
8.The force between two charges placed in vacuum is F. what happened to the force if the two charges are dipped in
kerosene oil of dielectric constant k=2.
9. Draw the pattern of electric field lines, when a point charge - Q is kept near an uncharged conducting plate.
10.Two identical point charges ,q each , are kept 2 m apart in air. A third pint charges Q of unknown magnitude and sign
is placed on the line joining the charges such that the system remains in equilibrium. Find the position and nature of
Q.
11. Two charges a (charge q) and b (charge 2q) are located at points (0,0) and (a,a) respectively. Let î and ĵ be the unit
vectors along x-axis and y-axis respectively.find the force exerted by a on b in terms of î and ĵ.
12.Suppose the spheres A and B have identical sizes and charges 6.5 x 10 -7 C . A third sphere of the same size but
uncharged is brought in contact with the first, then brought in contact with the second, and finally removed from both.
What is the new force of repulsion between A and B?
13.Two similarly and equally charged identical metal spheres A and B repel each other with a force of 2×10-5 N. A third
identical unchared sphere C is touched with A and then placed at the midpoint between A and B. Find the net electric
force on C.
14.Two identical point charges of charge Q are kept at a distance r from each other. A third point charge is placed on the
line joining the above two charges, such that all the three charges are in equilibrium. Calculate the magnitude and
location of the third charge.
15. A charge Q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges q. Show that the system of three charges will
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be in equilibrium if Q = −
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16.Charges of +5μC,+10μC and −10μC are placed in air at the corners A,B and C of an equilateral triangle ABC, having
each side equal to 5 cm. Determine the resultant force on the charge at A.
17. Four equal point charges each of 16µc are placed on the four corners of a square of side 0.2m. Calculate the force on
any one of the charges.
18. Three point charges of + 2 µC, – 3 µC and – 3 µC are kept at the vertices A, B and C respectively of an equilateral
triangle of side 20 cm as shown in figure. What should be the sign and magnitude of charge to be placed at the
midpoint M of side BC so that charge at A remains in equilibrium?
19.Five point charges, each +q are placed on five vertices of a regular hexagon of side' l '. Find the magnitude of the
resultant force on a charge –q placed at the centre of the hexagon.
20.Define electric field.Give it’s unit.
21.Draw the variation of field with distance r.
22.Give the properties of field lines?
23.Draw the field lines around (i)q < 0 (ii)q > 0 (iii)q1 < 0 ,q2> 0 (iv)q1,q2> 0
24.Why two electric field lines never intersect each other?
25.Why electric field lines donot form closed loops?
26.Why are electric field lines continuous?
27.Two point charges A and B of magnitude +8 x 10 -6 C and - 8 x 10-6 C respectively are placed at a distance d apart. The
electric field at the middle point O between the charges is 6.4 x 104 NC -1. What is the distance 'd' between the point
charges A and B.
28.Two point charges of +1μCand+4μC 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?
29.Two point charges of +16μCand−9μC are placed 8 cm apart in air. Determine the position of the point at which the
resultant electric field is zero.
30.Two pont charges q1 and q2 of 2×10-8 C and −2×10-8 C respectively are placed 0.4 m apart. Calculate the electric field
at the centre of the line joining the two charges.
31. A,B,C,D is a square of side 5 m and charges of +50 C,-50, + 50 C are placed at A,C,D respectively. Find the resultant
electric field at B.
32.Four charges +q,+q,−q,and−q are placed, respectively, at the corners A,B,C,andD of a square of side a, arranged in
the given order. EandF are the midpoints of sides BCandCD, respectively, O is the center of square.What is the
electric field at o?
33.Two point charges +6qand−8q are placed at the vertices B and C of an equilateral triangle ABC of side a. Obtain an
expression for magnitude and direction of resultant electric field at the vertex A due to these two charges.
34. Two identical electric dipoles are placed along the diagonals of a square abcd of side √2 m as shown in the figure.
obtain the magnitude and direction of the net electric field at the centre (o) of the square.