An isolated solid metal sphere of radius R is given an electric charge. Which of the graphs below best shows the way in which the electric field E varies with distance x from the centre of the sphere?

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The electric field intensity at P and Q in the shown arrangement are in the ratio of:

  • 1: 2

  • 2: 1

  • 1: 1

  • 4: 3

Consider an atom with atomic number Z as consisting of a positive point charge at the centre and surrounded by a distribution of negative charges uniformly distributed within a sphere of radius R. The electric field at a point inside the atom at a distance r from the centre is:

  •  Ze4πε001r2-rR3

  •  Ze4πε01r2+1R3

  •  2Ze4πε0r2

  • Zero

An electron is rotating around an infinite positive linear charge in a circle of radius 0.1 m. If the linear charge density is 1 μC/m, then the velocity of the electron in m/s will be:

  •  0.582×107

  •  5.62×107

  •  562×107

  •  0.0562×107

When a test charge is brought in from infinity along the perpendicular bisector of an electric dipole, the work done is:

  • Positive

  • Zero

  • Negative

  • None of these

Two small spheres each carrying a charge q are placed at distance r apart. If one of the spheres is taken around the other in a circular path, the work done will be equal to:

  • Force between them × r

  •  Force between them2πr

  • Force between them × 2πr

  • Zero

Work done in moving a charge q coulomb on the surface of a given charged conductor of potential V is:

  •  Vq joule

  •  Vq joule

  •  qV joule

  • Zero

The variation of electric field between the two charges q1 and q2 along the line joining the charges is plotted against distance from q1 (taking rightwards direction of field as positive) as shown, then the correct statement is:

  •  q1 and qare positive and q1 < q2

  • q1 and q2 are positive and q1 > q

  • q1 is positive and q2 is negative 

  • q1 is positive and qis negative  and  q1 < |q2|

Two identical infinite positive line charges are placed along the lines x=±a, in the x-y plane. A positive point charge placed at origin is restricted to move along y-axis. Its equilibrium is:

  • Stable

  • Neutral

  • Unstable

  • None of these

In the figure below, a point charge +Q1 is at the centre of an imaginary spherical Gaussian surface and another point charge +Q2 is outside of the Gaussian surface. Point P is on the surface of the sphere. Which one of the following statements is true ?

  • Both charges +Q1 and +Q2 contribute to the net electric flux through the sphere but only charge +Q1 contributes to the electric field at point P on the sphere.

  • Both charges +Q1 and +Q2 contribute to the net electric flux through the sphere but +Q2 contributes to the electric field at point P on the sphere.

  •  Only the charge +Q1 contributes to the net electric flux through the sphere but both charges +Q1 and +Q2 contribute to the electric field at point P.

  • Only the charge +Q2 contributes to the net electric flux through the sphere but both charges +Q1 and +Q2 contribute to the electric field at point P.

In a Millikan-type experiment, there are two oil droplets P and Q between the charged horizontal plates, as shown in the diagram. Droplet P is in rest while droplet Q is moving upwards. The polarity of the charges on P and Q is

                     P                Q

  •                   +                +

  •              Neutral              -

  •                   -                  - 

  •                   +                 -

In the electric field of a point charge q, a certain charge is carried from point A to B, C, D, and E, the work done:

  • is least along the path AB

  • is least along the path AD

  • is zero along any one of the paths AB, AC and AE

  • is least along AE.

A positively charged insulator is brougnt near(but does not touch) two metallic spheres that are in contact. The metallic spheres are then separated. The sphere which was initially farthest from the insulator will have:

  • no net charge

  • a negative charge

  • a positive charge

  • either a negative or a positive charge.

A proton is kept at rest. A positively charged particle is released from rest at a distance S in its field. Consider two experiments; one in which the charged particle is also a proton and in another, a positron. In the same time t, the work done on the two moving charged particles is

  • same as the same force law is involved in the two experiments.

  • less for the case of a positron, as the positron moves away more rapidly and the force on it weakens.

  • more for the case of a positron, as the positron moves a larger distance away.

  • same as the work is done by a charged particle on the stationary proton.

If there were only one type of charge in the universe, then,
a. sE.dS0 on any surface.
b. sE.dS=0 if the charge is outside the surface.
c. sE.dS could not be defined.
d. sE.dS=qε0 if charges of magnitude q were inside the surface.

  • (a, d)
  • (a, c)
  • (b, d)
  • (c, d)

If 109 electrons move out of a body to another body every second, how much time approximately is required to get a total charge of 1 C on the other body?

  • 200 years

  • 100 years

  • 150 years

  • 250 years

Consider a region inside which there are various types of charges but the total charge is zero. At points outside the region,
a. the electric field is necessarily zero.
b. the electric field is due to the dipole moment of the charge distribution only.
c. the dominant electric field is 1r3, for large r, where r is the distance from the origin in this region.
d. the work done to move a charged particle along a closed path, away from the region, will be zero.

  • (b, d)
  • (a, c)
  • (b, d)
  • (c, d)

Refer to the arrangement of charges in the figure and a Gaussian surface of radius R with Q at the centre. Then
        
a. total flux through the surface of the sphere is -Qε0.
b. field on the surface of the sphere is -Q4πε0R2.
c. flux through the surface of the sphere due to 5Q is zero.
d. field on the surface of the sphere due to -2Q is the same everywhere.

  •   (a, d)
  •   (a, c)
  •   (b, d)
  •   (c, d)

A positive charge Q is uniformly distributed along a circular ring of radius R. A small test charge q is placed at the centre of the ring. Then,

(a) if q > 0  and is displaced away from the centre in the plane of the ring, it will be pushed back towards the centre.
(b) if q < 0 and is displaced away from the centre in the plane of the ring, it will never return to the centre and will continue moving till it hits the ring.
(c) if q < 0, it will perform SHM for small displacement along the axis.
(d) q at the centre of the ring is in an unstable equilibrium within the plane of the ring for q > 0.

  • (a, b, c)

  • (a, c, d)

  • (b, c, d)

  • (c, d)

The electric field at a point on the equatorial plane at a distance \(r\) from the centre of a dipole having dipole moment P is given by:

(r>> separation of two charges forming the dipole, ε0 = permittivity of free space ) 

  •   E = P4π ε0 r3

  •   E = 2P4π ε0 r3

  •    E = - P4π ε0 r2

  •   E = - P4π ε0 r3

The acceleration of an electron due to the mutual attraction between the electron and a proton when they are 1.6 Ao apart is,

(me 9×10-31 kg, e=1.6×10-19 C)

(Take 14πε0 = 9×109 Nm2C-2)

  •   1024 m/s2

  •   1023 m/s2

  •   1022 m/s2

  •   1025 m/s2

In the figure, two positive charges q2 and q3 fixed along the y-axis, exert a net electric force in the +x-direction on a charge q1 fixed along the x-axis. If a positive charge Q is added at (x, 0), the force on q1

     

  • shall increase along the positive x-axis

  • shall decrease along the positive x-axis

  • shall point along the negative x-axis

  • shall increase but the direction changes because of the intersection of Q with q2 and q3

A point positive charge is brought near an isolated conducting sphere (figure). The electric field is best given by:


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The electric flux through the surface

  • in Fig. (iv) is the largest

  • in Fig. (iii) is the least

  • in Fig. (ii) is same as Fig. (iii) but is smaller than Fig. (iv)

  • is the same for all the figures

Five charges q1, q2, q3, q4, and q5 are fixed at their positions as shown in the figure, S is a Gaussian surface. The Gauss' law is given by SE.dS=qε0. Which of the following statements is correct?

  • E on the LHS of the above equation will have contribution from q1, q5 and q3 while q on the RHS will have a contribution from q2 and q4 only.

  • E on the LHS of the above equation will have a contribution from all charges while q on the RHS will have a contribution from q2 and q4 only.

  • E on the LHS of the above equation will have a contribution from all charges while q on the RHS will have a contribution from q1, q3 and q5 only.

  • Both E on the LHS and q on the RHS will have contributions from q2 and q4 only.

The figure shows electric field lines in which an electric dipole p is placed as shown. Which of the following statements is correct?

                     

  • The dipole will not experience any force.

  • The dipole will experience a force towards the right.

  • The dipole will experience a force towards the left.

  • The dipole will experience a force upwards.

A point charge +q is placed at a distance d from an isolated conducting plane. The field at a point P on the other side of the plane is:

  • directed perpendicular to the plane and away from the plane.

  • directed perpendicular to the plane but towards the plane.

  • directed radially away from the point charge.

  • directed radially towards the point charge.

A hemisphere is uniformly charged positively. The electric field at a point on a diameter away from the centre is directed:

  • perpendicular to the diameter

  • parallel to the diameter

  • at an angle tilted towards the diameter

  • at an angle tilted away from the diameter

If SE.dS=0 over a surface, then

(a) the electric field inside the surface and on it is zero

(b) the electric field inside the surface is necessarily uniform

(c) the number of flux lines entering the surface must be equal to the number of flux lines leaving it

(d) all charges must necessarily be outside the surface

  • (a, c)

  • (b, c)

  • (c, d)

  • (a, d)

The electric field at a point is:

(a) always continuous

(b) continuous if there is no charge at that point

(c) discontinuous only if there is a negative charge at that point

(d) discontinuous if there is a charge at that point

  • (a, b)

  • (b, d)

  • (c, d)

  • (a, d)

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