GOEL CLASSES

BY VINEET GOEL 9045875973

ELECTROSTATICS
CLASS 12
[Link] is the work done in moving a test charge q through a distance of 1 cm along the equatorial axis of an
electric dipole?
2.A point charge Q is placed at point O as shown in the figure. Is the potential difference V A – VB positive,
negative or zero, if Q is
(i) positive
(ii) negative?
3.A hollow metal sphere of radius 5 cm is charged such that the potential on its surface is 10 V. What is the
potential at the centre of the sphere?
[Link] is electrostatic potential constant throughout the volume of the conductor and has the same value (as
inside) on its surface?
[Link] is the geometrical shape of equipotential surfaces due to a single isolated charge?
[Link] charges 2µC and – 2µC are placed at points A and B 5 cm apart. Depict an equipotential surface of the
system.
[Link] is the amount of work done in moving a point charge around a circular arc of radius r at the centre of
which another point charge is located?
8.“For any charge configuration, equipotential surface through a point is normal to the electric field.” Justify.
[Link] given graph shows variation of charge ‘q’ versus potential difference ‘V’ for two
capacitors C1 and C2. Both the capacitors have same plate separation but plate area of C2 is
greater than that of C1. Which line (A or B) corresponds to C1 and why?
[Link] the expression for the electric potential at any point along the axial line of an
electric dipole
[Link] an expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole of dipole movement in the electric field
[Link] point charges, q1 = 10 × 10-8C, q2 = -2 × 10-8C are separated by a distance of 60 cm in air.
(i) Find at what distance from the 1st charge, q1 would the electric potential be zero.
(ii) Also calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the system.
[Link] point charges 4Q, Q are separated by 1 m in air. At what point on the line joining the charges is the
electric field intensity zero?Also calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the system of charges, taking the
value of charge, Q = 2 × 10-7C
(i) Can two equipotential surfaces intersect each other? Give reasons.
(ii) Two charges -q and + q are located at points A (0, 0, – a) and B (0, 0, +a) respectively. How much work is
done in moving a test charge from point P (7, 0, 0) to Q (-3,0,0)?
[Link] uniformly large parallel thin plates having charge densities + σ and – σ are kept in the X-Z plane at a
distance ‘d’ apart. Sketch an equipotential surface due to electric field between the plates. If a particle of mass m
and charge q’ remains stationary between the plates, what is the magnitude and direction of this field?
[Link] small identical electrical dipoles AB and CD, each of dipole moment ‘p’ are kept at
an angle of 120° as shown in the figure. What X’ is the resultant dipole moment of this
combination? If this system is subjected to electric field directed along + X direction, what
will be the magnitude and direction of the torque acting on this?

[Link] shows two identical capacitors C 1 and C2, each of 2 µF capacitance,

connected to a battery of 5 V. Initially switch ‘S’ is left open and dielectric slabs
of dielectric constant K = 5 are inserted to fill completely the space between the
plates of the two capacitors. How will the charge and potential difference between
the plates of the capacitors be affected after the slabs are inserted?
[Link] capacitance of three identical capacitors in series is 1 pF. What will be
their net capacitance if connected in parallel?Find the ratio of energy stored in the two configurations if they are
both connected to the same source.
[Link] the work done to dissociate the system of three charges placed on the vertices of a
triangle as shown.
[Link] a plot showing the variation of
(i) electric field (E ) and (ii) electric potential with distance r due to a point charge Q.
20.A test charge ‘q’ is moved without acceleration from A to C along the path from A to B and then from B to C
in electric field E as shown in the figure.
(i) Calculate the potential difference between A and C.
(ii) At which point (of the two) is the electric potential more and why?
[Link] electric dipole is held in a uniform electric field.
(i) Show that the net force acting on it is zero.
(ii) The dipole is alligned parallel to the field.
Find the work done in rotating it through the angle of 180°.
22.A charge ‘q’ is moved from a point A above a dipole of dipole movement ‘p’ to a point B
below the dipole in equitorial plane without acceleration. Find the work done in the process.

23.A network of four capacitors, each of capacitance 15 µF, is connected across a battery of
100 V, as shown in the figure. Find the net capacitance and the charge on the capacitor C 4.

[Link] electric dipole of length 4 cm, when placed with its axis making an
angle of 60° with a uniform electric field, experiences a torque of 4√3 Nm. Calculate the potential energy of the
dipole, if it has charge ± 8 nC.
[Link] electric dipole of length 2 cm, when placed with its axis making an angle of 60° with a uniform electric
field, experiences a torque of 8 √3 Nm. Calculate the potential energy of the dipole, if it has a charge of ± 4 nC.
26.A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential V. It is then connected to another
uncharged capacitor having the same capacitance. Find out the ratio of the energy stored in the combined system
to that stored initially in the single capacitor.
[Link] identical capacitors C1 C2 and C3 of capacitance 6 µF each are connected to a 12 V battery as shown.
Find
(i) charge on each capacitor
(ii) equivalent capacitance of the network
(iii) energy stored in the network of capacitors.
[Link] parallel plate X and Y capacitors, X and Y, have the same area of
plates and same separation between them. X has air between the plates while
Y contains a dielectric medium of εr = 4.
(i) Calculate capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is 4 μF.
(ii) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of X and Y.
(iii) What is the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y?
29.A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery. After some time the battery is disconnected and a dielectric
slab of dielectric constant K is inserted between the plates. How would
(i) the capacitance,
(ii) the electric field between the plates and
(iii) the energy stored in the capacitor, be affected? Justify your answer.
30.A parallel plate capacitor is charged to a potential difference V by a d.c. source. The capacitor is then
disconnected from the source. If the distance between the plates is doubled, state with reason how the following
will change;
(i) electric field between the plates,
(ii) capacitance, and
(iii) energy stored in the capacitor
31.A network of four capacitors each of 12μF capacitance is connected to a 500 V
supply as shown in the figure. Determine
(a) equivalent capacitance of the network and
(b) charge on each capacitor.
32.A capacitor of unknown capacitance is connected across a battery of V volts. The
charge stored in it is 360 μC. When potential across the capacitor is reduced by 120 V,
the charge stored in it becomes 120 μC. Calculate:
(i) The potential V and the unknown capacitance C.
(ii) What will be the charge stored in the capacitor, if the voltage applied had increased by 120 V?
33.A slab of material of dielectric constant K has the same area as that of the plates of a parallel plate capacitor
but has the thickness d/2, where d is the separation between the plates. Find out the expression for its capacitance
when the slab is inserted between the plates of the capacitor.
[Link] the amount of work done to dissociate a system of three charges 1 μC, 1 μC and -4 μC placed on the
vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm.
[Link] parallel plate capacitors of capacitances C1 and C2 such that C1 =
3C2 are connected across a battery of V volts as shown in the figure. Initially
the key (k) is kept dosed to fully charge the capacitors. The key is now thrown
open and a dielectric slab of dielectric constant ‘K’ is inserted in the two
capacitors to completely fill the gap between the plates,
Find the ratio of
(i) the net capacitance and
(ii) the energies stored in the combination, before and after the introduction of the dielectric slab.
[Link] parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of plates and same separation between them. X has
air between the plates while Y contains a dielectric medium of ε = 4.
(i) Calculate capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is
4 pF.
(ii) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of X and Y.
(iii) Estimate the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y.
37. Find equivalent capacitance between A and B in the combination given below. Each
capacitor is of 2 µF capacitance

[Link] identical capacitors of 12 pF each are connected in series across a battery of 50 V. How much
electrostatic energy is stored in the combination ? If these were connected in parallel across the same battery, how
much energy will be stored in the combination now? Also find the charge drawn from the battery in each case.
[Link] identical parallel plate capacitors A and B are connected to a battery of V volts with the switch S closed.
The switch is now opened and the free space between the plates of the capacitors is filled with a dielectric of
dielectric constant K. Find the ratio of the total electrostatic energy stored in both capacitors before and after the
introduction of the dielectric.

40.A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential V by a battery. Without disconnecting the
battery, the distance between the plates is tripled and a dielectric medium of k = 10 is introduced between the
plates is tripled and a dielectric medium of k = 10 is introduced between the plates of the capacitor. Explain
giving reasons, how will the following be affected:
(i) capacitance of the capacitor
(ii) charge on the capacitor, and
(iii) energy density of the capacitor.
[Link] the pattern of electric field lines, when a point charge – Q is kept near an uncharged conducting plate.
[Link] the potential difference and the energy stored in the capacitor C 2 in the circuit shown in the figure.
Given potential at A is 90 V, C1 = 20 μF, C2 = 30 μF, and C3= 15 μF.

[Link] the ratio of the potential differences that must be applied across the parallel and series combination of
two capacitors C1 and C2 with their capacitances in the ratio 1:2 so that the energy stored in these two cases
becomes the same.
[Link] the following arrangement of capacitors, the energy stored in the 6 μF capacitor is
E. Find the value of the following.
(a) Energy stored in 12 pF capacitor.
(b) Energy stored in 3 pF capacitor.
(c) Total energy drawn from the battery.

[Link] figure shows a network of three capacitors C1 = 2 μF; C2 = 6 μF and C3 = 3 μF connected across a battery
of 10 V. If a charge of 6 μC is acquired by the capacitor C3, calculate the charge acquired by C1

[Link] are given electric lines of forces as shown : At what point (A, B or C) is electric field minimum.

[Link] charges of magnitudes –2q and + q are located at points (a, 0) and (4a, 0), respectively. What is the
electric flux due to these charges through a sphere of radius 3a with its centre at the origin?
48.A charge q is placed at the centre of a cube of side L. What is the electric flux passing through each face of the
cube?
[Link] a uniform electric held E =5 x 103 i N/C, find the flux of this held through a square of 10 cm on a side
whose plane is parallel to the YZ-plane. What would be the flux through the same square if the plane makes an
angle of 30° with the X-axis?
50. Four charges +2μC, –4μC, +6μC and +4μC are lying at the corners A, B, C and D respectively of a square
ABCD of side 0.1 m as shown in the figure. Find the work done in assembling these charges .