Physics (Code No. 042) Maximum Marks: 40 TIME: 2 Hours General Instructions

Physics (Code No.
042)
Maximum Marks: 40
TIME: 2 Hours
General Instructions:
1. There are 14 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
2. This question paper has three sections: Section A, Section B and Section C.
3. Section A contains six questions of two marks each, Section B contains six questions of
three marks each, Section C contains two case study-based question of five marks each.
4. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one
question of two marks and two questions of three marks. You have to attempt only one
of the choices in such questions.
5. You may use log tables if necessary but use of calculator is not allowed.
Section A
1. No two electric lines of force can intersect each other? Why?
2. When a glass rod is rubbed with a silk cloth, charges appear on both. A similar
phenomenon is observed with many other pairs of bodies. Explain how this observation
is consistent with the law of conservation of charge.
OR
(a) Explain the meaning of the
statement 'electric charge of a body
is quantised'.
(b) Why can one ignore quantisation of
electric charge when dealing with
macroscopic i.e., large scale
charges?
3. Show mathematically that the potential at a point on the equatorial line of an electric
dipole is Zero?
4. A small sphere of radius r 1 and charge q1 is enclosed by a spherical shell of radius r2
and charge q2 . Show that if q1 is positive, charge will necessarily flow from the sphere
to the shell (when the two are connected by a wire) no matter what the charge q2 on the
shell is.
5. What is the work done in moving a 2uC point change from corner A to corner B of a
square ABCD when a 10uC charge exist at the center of the square?
6. Why does the electric field inside a dielectric decrease when it is placed in an external
electric field?
Section B
7. A particle of mass m and charge q is released form rest in a uniform electric field of
intensity E. calculate the kinetic energy it attains after moving a distances between the
plates?
8. Two point charges +q and +9q are separated by a distance of 10 a. Find the point on the
line joining the two changes where electric field is zero?
9. A sphere of radius r 1 encloses a change Q. If there is another concentric sphere S2 of
radius r2(r2 > r1) and there is no additional change between S1 and S2. Find the ratio of
electric flux through S1 and S2?
10. An infinite line charge produces a field of 9 × 104 N/C at a distance of 2 cm. Calculate
the linear charge density.
11. What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 × 10-7 and 3 ×
10-7 C and placed 30 cm apart in air?
OR
Derive an expression for the total work
done in rotating an electric dipole
through an angle in a uniform electric
field?
12. Five-point charges, each having a charge q are placed on the five corners A, B, C, D and
E of a regular hexagon ABCDEF having each side of length a. Find the electric field at
the centre of the hexagon.
Section-C
13. Electric field strength is proportional to the density of lines of force i.e., electric field
strength at a point is proportional to the number of lines of force cutting a unit area
element placed normal to the field at that point. As illustrated in given figure, the electric
field at P is stronger than at Q.
(i) Electric lines of force about a positive point charge are

(a) radially outwards
(b) circular clockwise
(c) radially inwards
(d) parallel straight lines
(ii) Which of the following is false for electric lines of force?

(a) They always start from positive charge and terminate on negative charges.
(b) They are always perpendicular to the surface of a charged conductor.
(c) They always form closed loops.
(d) They are parallel and equally spaced in a region of uniform electric field.
(iii) Which one of the following patterns of electric line of force is not possible in
field due to stationary charges?
(iv) Electric field lines are curved
(a) in the field of a single positive or negative charge
(b) in the field of two equal and opposite charges.
(c) in the field of two like charges.
(d) both (b) and (c)
(v) The figure below shows the electric field lines due to two positive charges. The
magnitudes EA, EB and EC of the electric fields at point A, B and C respectively
are related as
(a) EA>EB>EC
(b) EB>EA>EC
(c) EA=EB>EC
(d) EA>EB=EC
14. The potential at any observation point P of a static electric field is defined as the
work done by the external agent (or negative of work done by electrostatic field) in
slowly bringing a unit positive point charge from infinity to the observation point.
Figure shows the potential variation along the line of charges. Two point charges
Q1 and Q2 lie along a line at a distance from each other.
(i) At which of the points 1, 2 and 3 is the electric field is zero?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) Both (a) and
(ii) The signs of charges Q1 and Q2 respectively are

(a) positive and negative
(b) negative and positive.
(c) positive and positive
(d) negative and negative
(iii) Which of the two charges Q1 and Q2 is greater in magnitude?

(a) Q2 (b) Q1 (c) Same (d) Can't determined
(iv) Which of the following statement is not true?

(a) Electrostatic force is a conservative force
(b) Potential energy of charge q at a point is the work done per unit charge in bringing a
charge from any point to infinity
(c) When two like charges lie infinite distance apart, their potential energy is zero.
(d) Both (a) and (c).
(v) Positive and negative point charges of equal magnitude are kept at (0,0,a2) and
(0,0,−a2) respectively.The work done by the electric field when another positive
point charge is moved from (-a, 0, 0) to (0, a, 0) is
(a) positive
(b) negative
(c) zero
(d) depends on the path connecting the initial and final positions.

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(i) Electric lines of force about a positive point charge are

(ii) Which of the following is false for electric lines of force?

(i) At which of the points 1, 2 and 3 is the electric field is zero?

(ii) The signs of charges Q1 and Q2 respectively are

(iii) Which of the two charges Q1 and Q2 is greater in magnitude?

(iv) Which of the following statement is not true?

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