ATHENA GLOBAL SCHOOL

CHIDAMBARAM

UNIT TEST-I (CH-I ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELD)

Class 12 - Physics
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 35

General Instructions:

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS:

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Section A
1. An infinitely long uniformly charged wire produces an electric field of 18 × 104 NC-1 at a distance of 1.0 cm. [1]

The linear charge density on the wire is:

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a) 1.12 × 10-14 Cm-1 b) 3.08 × 10-15 Cm-1

c) 1.0 × 10-9 Cm-1 d) 1.0 × 10-7 Cm-1

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2. An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed at an angle of 30o with an electric field 2 × 105 N/C. If the dipole [1]

a) 8 mC
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experiences a torque of 8 × 10-3 Nm, the magnitude of either charge of the dipole, is

b) 4 μ C
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c) 2 mC d) 7 μ C
3. Six charges, each equal to +q, are placed at the corners of a regular hexagon of side a. The electric field at the [1]
point of intersection of diagonals is -
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a) 1
√3q
b) zero
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.
2
4πϵo 2a

6q q
c) d)
1 1
. .
2 2
4πϵo a 4πϵo a

4. An electric dipole with dipole moment P⃗ = ^ ^

P0 i − P0 j is placed in an electric field E⃗ = ^ ^
E1 i + E2 j , where [1]
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P0, E1 and E2 are constants. The torque τ ⃗ acting on the dipole is:

a) P0 (E2 + E1) k
^
b) P0 (E2 - E1) k
^

c) P0 (E1 - E2) k
^
d) -P0 (E2 + E1) k
^

5. Assertion: Net electric field inside a conductor is zero. [1]

Reason: Total positive charge equals to total negative charge in a charged conductor.

a) Assertion and reason both are correct b) Assertion and reason both are correct
statements and reason is correct explanation statements but reason is not correct
for assertion. explanation for assertion.

c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is
wrong statement. correct statement.
6. Three charges are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side a as shown in the figure. The force [1]
experienced by the charge placed at the vertex A in a direction normal to BC is :

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a) Q
b) zero
2
2π∈0 a

2 2

c) Q
d) −Q

2 2
4π∈0 a 4π∈0 a

Section B
Define the term electric flux. Write its SI unit. What is the flux due to electric field E⃗ = 3 × 103 ^i N/C through a [2]

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square of side 10 cm, when it is held normal to E⃗ ?
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8. A thin metallic spherical shell of radius R carries a charge Q on its surface. A point charge is placed at the [2]
2

centre C and p another charge +2Q is placed outside the shell at A at a distance x from the centre as shown in the

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figure.
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i. Find the electric flux through the shell.
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ii. State the law used.

iii. Find the force on the charges at the centre C of the shell and at the point A.
9. A charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q. Show that the system of three charges [2]
Q
will be in equilibrium if q .
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= −
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Section C
10. Two-point charges qA = +3μ C and qB = -3μ C are located 20 cm apart in vacuum, [3]

a. What is the electric field at the midpoint O of the line AB joining the two charges?
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b. If a negative test charge of magnitude 1⋅ 5× 10-9 C is placed at this point, what is the force experienced by
the test charge?
11. S1 and S2 are two concentric spheres enclosing charges Q and 2Q respectively as shown in Fig. [3]

i. What is the ratio of the electric flux through S1 and S2?

ii. How will the electric flux through the sphere S1, change, if a medium of dielectric constant k is introduced in
the space inside S1 in place of air?

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 iii. How will the electric flux through sphere S1 change, if a medium of dielectric constant k is introduced in the
space inside S2, in place of air?

12. Two infinitely large plane thin parallel sheets having surface charge densities σ and σ
1 2 ( σ1 > σ2 ) are shown in [3]
the figure. Write the magnitudes and directions of the net fields in the regions marked II and III.

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Section D
13. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
When electric dipole is placed in uniform electric field, its two charges experience equal and opposite forces,

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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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(a) The dipole moment of a dipole in a uniform external field E⃗ is P ⃗. Then the torque τ ⃗ acting on the dipole
is
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a) τ ⃗ = ⃗ ⃗
b) ⃗ ⃗
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2( P + E ) τ⃗ = P ⋅E

c) τ ⃗ = ⃗ ⃗
(P + E ) d) ⃗
τ⃗ = P × E
⃗

(b) An electric dipole consists of two opposite charges, each of magnitude 1.0 μ C separated by a distance of
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2.0 cm. The dipole is placed in an external field of 105 NC-1. The maximum torque on the dipole is

a) 4 × 10-3 Nm b) 2 × 10-3 Nm

c) 1 × 10-3 Nm d) 0.2 × 10-3 Nm

(c) Torque on a dipole in uniform electric field is minimum when θ is equal to

a) 0o b) 90o

c) 180o d) Both 0o and 180o

(d) 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

Section E

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14. a. State Gauss's law in electrostatics. Using this theorem, show mathematically that for any point outside the [5]
shell, the field due to uniformly charged thin spherical shell is the same as if entire charge of the shell is
concentrated at the centre. Why do you expect the electric field inside the shell to be zero according to this
theorem?
b. Draw the field lines when the charge density of the sphere is
i. positive,
ii. negative.
OR
A uniform electric field E = Ex
⃗ ^
i N/C for x > 0 and E = -Ex ^i N/C for x < 0 are given. A right circular cylinder of
⃗

length/cm and radius r cm has its centre at the origin and its axis along the x-axis. Find out the net outward flux.
Using Gauss's law write the expression for the net charge within the cylinder.

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15. a. State Gauss's law in electrostatics. Use this law to derive an expression for the electric field due to an [5]
infinitely long straight wire of linear charge density λ Cm
−1
.
b. An electric dipole consists of charges of 2.0 × 10 −8
separated by a distance of 2 mm. It is placed near a

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long line charge of density 4.0 × 10 −4

Cm
−1
as shown in the figure below, such that the negative charge is
at a distance of 2 cm from the line charge. Calculate the force acting on dipole.
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a. State coulomb's law of force in electrostatics. Express it in vector form.

b. A 12μC charge is placed at the distance of 10 cm from a linear charge of 100μC uniformly distributed once the
length of 10 cm as shown in figure. Find the force on 12μC charge.
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