ASSIGNMENT
CLASS-XII
PHYSICS
1. A small metal sphere carrying the charge +Q is located at the centre of a spherical
cavity in a large uncharged metal sphere
as shown in the figure.
Use the Gauss’s theorem to find the electric flux at points P1 and P2.
2. S1 and S2 are two hollow concentric spheres enclosing charge Q and 2Q
respectively as shown in figure.
(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 5 is introduced in the space inside S1 in place of air
3. A circular surface of radius ‘a’ metre is in the plane of paper. A uniform electric
field E(V/m), also in the plane of the paper is limited to upper half only of the
circular surface. Find the electric flux associated with this surface?
4. A hemispherical surface lies as shown in an uniform electric field region. Find the
net electric flux through the curved surface if electric field is
(a) along x-axis, and
(b) along y-axis.
5. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics. A cube with each side a is kept in an electric
field given by , (as is shown in the figure) where C is
a positive dimensional constant. Find out
(i) the electric flux through the cube, and
(ii) the net charge inside the cube
6. Consider two hollow concentric spheres, S1 and S2, enclosing charges 2Q and
4Q respectively as shown in the figure. (i) Find out the ratio of the electric flux
through them. (ii) How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change if a medium
of dielectric constant ‘εr’ is introduced in the space inside S1 in place of air? Deduce
the necessary expression.
7. 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 the figure. What
should be the sign and magnitude of the charge to be placed at the mid-point (M) of
side BC so that the charge at A remains in equilibrium?
8. Two large parallel thin metallic plates are placed close to each other. The plates
have surface charge densities of opposite signs and of magnitude 20 ×10 –12 C/m2.
Calculate the electric field intensity (i) in the outer region of the plates, and (ii) in
the interior region between the plates.
9. The electric field in a region is given by
Find the flux of this field through a rectangular surface area of 0.2 m2 parallel to y-z
plane.
10. A charge +q is fixed on the y-axis at a distance 1 m from the origin and another
charge +2q is fixed on the x-axis at a distance of √2 m from the origin. A third
charge –q is placed at the origin. Find the direction in which –q charge moves.
11.
An electric field along the x-axis is given by = 100 N/C for x > 0 and
= –100 N/C for x < 0. A right circular cylinder of length 20 cm and radius 5
cm lies parallel to the x-axis, with its centre at the origin and one face at x = +10
cm, the other face at x = –10 cm. Calculate the net outward flux through the
cylinder.