VELAMMAL BODHI CAMPUS, KOLAPAKKAM

Work sheet 1 (chapter 1 and 2) 16 - 12 - 23

CLASS 12 - PHYSICS

Section A 10) Two equal spheres of water having equal and similar charges
coalesce to form a large sphere. If no charge is lost, how
1) An electric dipole is held in a uniform electric field. will the surface densities of electrification change?
i. Show that the net force acting on it is zero. [2]
ii. The dipole is aligned parallel to the field. Find the 11) A circuit has a section AB as shown in figure. The emf
work done in rotating it through the angle of 180° of the source equals E = 10 V, the capacitor capacitances
[2] are equal toC1 = 1.0µF and C2 = 2.0µF and the potential
2) A cylinder is placed in a uniform electric fieldE ⃗ with its
difference VA - VB = 5.0V. Find the voltage across each
axis parallel to the field. Show that the total electric flux capacitor.
through the cylinder is zero.
[2]
3) A thin insulating rod of length L carries a uniformly dis- [2]
tributed charge Q. Find the electric field strength at a point 12) A 800 pF capacitor is charged by a 100 V battery. Af-
along its axis at a distance ’a’ from one end. ter some time the battery is disconnected. The capacitor is
then connected to another 800 pF capacitor. What is the
electrostatic energy stored?
[2]
[2] 13) A parallel plate capacitor, of capacitance 20µ F, is connected
4) A spherical shell of metal has a radius of 0.25 m and carries to a 100 V supply. After some time, the battery is discon-
a charge of 0.2µ C. Calculate the electric field intensity at nected, and the space, between the plates of the capacitor, is
a point filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant 5. Calculate the
i. Inside the shell, energy stored in the capacitor:
ii. Just outside the shell and i. Before
iii. 3.0 m from the centre of the shell. ii. After the dielectric has been put in between its plates.
[2] [2]
5) Five charges, q each are placed at the corners of a regular 14) A 3 mm thick mica sheet (of dielectric constant = 6) were
pentagon of side a. inserted between the plates,
i. What will be the electric field at O if the charge from i. While the voltage supply remains connected
one of the corners (say A) is removed? ii. After the supply was disconnected.
ii. What will be the electric field at O if the charge q at [2]
A is replaced by - q? 15) Calculate potential on the axis of a ring due to charge Q
uniformly distributed along the ring of radius R.
[2]
16) A slab of material of dielectric constant K has the same
area as the plates of a parallel - plate capacitor but has a
thickness ( 34 )d, where d is the separation of the plates. How
[2]
is the capacitance changed when the slab is inserted between
6) An electric field E is set up between the two parallel plates
the plates?
of a capacitor, as shown in Fig. An electron enters the field
[2]
symmetrically between the plates with a speed v0 . The length
17) An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed with its axis
of each plate is l. Find the angle of deviation of the path
making an angle of 60° to a uniform √ electric field of 10
5
of the electron as it comes out of the field.
NC . If it experiences a torque of 8 3 Nm, calculate the
1

i. The magnitude of the charge on the dipole, and

ii. The potential energy of the dipole.
[2]
18) Eight identical spherical drops, each carrying a charge 1 nC
[2] are at a potential of 900 V each. All these drops combine
7) A charged particle having a charge of - 2.0× 10 - 6 C is together to form a single large drop. Calculate the potential
placed close to a non - conducting plate having a surface of this large drop.
charge density of 4.0 × 10 - 6 Cm - 2 . Find the force of (Assume no wastage of any kind and take the capacitance of
attraction between the particle and the plate. a sphere of radius r as proportional to r).
[2] [2]
8) A point charge causes an electric flux of−1.0 × 103 N m2 /C 19) Three concentric metallic shells A, B and C of radii a, b,
to pass through a spherical Gaussian surface of 10.0 cm and c (a < b < c) have surface charge densities+σ, −σ and
radius centered on the charge. + σ respectively as shown in the figure.
i. If the radius of the Gaussian surface were doubled, how
much flux would pass through the surface?
ii. What is the value of the point charge?
[2]
9) State Coulomb’s law of force between charges at rest. Ex-
press the same in SI units.
[2]
 If shells A and C are at the same potential, then obtain the placed at the corners A, B and C respectively of an equilateral
relation between the radii a, b, and c. triangle of side 2m in free space. Determine the magnitude
[2] of intensity at the point D midway between A and C.
20) A parallel plate capacitor is to be designed with a voltage [3]
rating 1 kV, using a material of dielectric constant 3 and 26) A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery. After
dielectric strength about 107 Vm - 1 . (Dielectric strength is sometime, the battery is disconnected and a dielectric slab
the maximum electric field a material can tolerate without with its thickness equal to the plate separation is inserted
breakdown i.e. without starting to conduct electricity through between the plates. How will
partial ionization.) For safety, we should like the field never i. The capacitances of the capacitor,
to exceed, say 10% of the dielectric strength. What minimum ii. Potential difference between the plates and
area of the plates is required to have a capacitance of 50 iii. The energy stored in the capacitors be affected?
pF? Justify your answer in each case.
[2] [3]
21) Consider a uniform electric fieldE = 3 × 103 î N /C . 27) In the following arrangement of capacitors, the energy stored
i. What is the flux of this field through a square of 10 in the 6µ F capacitor is E. Find the value of the following:
cm on a side whose plane is parallel to the yz plane?
ii. What is the flux through the same square if the normal
to its plane makes a 60° angle with the x - axis?
[3]
22) A long charged cylinder of linear charge density+λ1 is sur-
rounded by a hollow coaxial conducting cylinder of linear i. Energy stored in 12µ F capacitor.
charge density −λ2 . Use Gauss’s law to obtain an expression ii. Energy stored in 3µ F capacitor.
for the electric field at a point iii. Total energy drawn from the battery.
i. In the space between the cylinders [3]
ii. Outside the larger cylinder. 28) ABC is a right - angled triangle, where AB and BC are 25
[3] cm and 60 cm respectively; a metal sphere of 2 cm radius
23) In a certain region of space, electric field is along the z charged to a potential of 9× 105 V is placed at B. Find the
- direction throughout. The magnitude of electric field is, amount of work done in carrying a positive charge of 1 C
however, not constant but increases uniformly along the pos- from C to A.
itive z - direction, at the rate of 105 NC - 1 m - 1 . What
are the force and torque experienced by a system having a
total dipole moment equal to 10 - 7 cm in the negative z -
direction?
[3]
[3]
24) S1 and S2 are two hollow concentric spheres enclosing charges
29) A 600 pF capacitor is charged by a 200 V supply. It is then
2Q and 4Q respectively as shown in the figure.
disconnected from the supply and is connected to another
i. What is the ratio of electric flux through S1 and S2 ?
uncharged 600 pF capacitor. How much electrostatic energy
ii. How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change,
is lost in the process?
if a medium of dielectric constant 6 is introduced in
[3]
the space inside S1 in the place of air?
30) Explain what would happen if in the capacitor with capaci-
tance 600 pF and air between the plates, each plate has an
area of 6× 10 - 3 m2 at 200 V, a 3 mm thick mica sheet
(of dielectric constant = 6) were inserted between the plates,
i. While the voltage supply remained connected.
[3] ii. After the supply was disconnected.
25) Point charges having values+1µC, −5µC , and +2µC are [3]