PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA TAGORE GARDEN

SUMMER VACATION- HHW SUB.- PHYSICS

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Two similar spheres having +Q and -Q charges are kept at a certain distance. Force F acts between
the two. If at the middle of two spheres, another similar sphere having +Q charge is kept, then it
experiences a force
(a) zero having no direction. (b) 8F towards +Q charge.
(c) 8F towards -Q charge. (d) 4F towards +Q charge
2 Two charges of equal magnitudes kept at a distance r exert a force F on each other. If the charges are
halved and distance between them is doubled, then the new force acting on each charge is
(a) F/8 (b) F/4 (c) 4F (d) F/16

3 Which of the following figures represent the electric field lines due to point negative Charge?

4 Figure shows the electric lines of force emerging from a charged body. If the electric field atA and B
are EA and EB respectively and if the displacement between A and B is r then

(a) EA > EB (b) EA < EB (c) EA = EB / r (d) EA = EB /r²

5 Electric field lines provide information about

(a) field strength (b) direction (c) nature of charge (d) all of these
6 SI unit of permittivity of free space is
(a) Farad (b) Weber (c) C2N-1 m-2 (d) C2N-1 m-2
7 The electric field required to keep a water drop of mass m just to remain suspended, whencharged
with one electron.
(a) Mg (b) mg/e (c) emg (d) em/g
o
8 Deuteron and alpha particle in air are at separation 1A . The magnitude of electric fieldintensity
on alpha particle due to deuteron is
(a) 5.76 x 1011 N/C (b) 1.44 x 1011 N/C (c) 2.828 x 1011 N/C (d) 0
9 If an electric dipole is kept in a uniform electric field, then resultant electric force on it is
(a) always zero (b) never zero (c) increases gradually (d) None
10 When placed in a uniform field, a dipole experiences
(a) a net force (b) a torque (c) both a net force and torque
(d) neither a net force nor a torque
11 In non-uniform electric field, electric dipole experiences:
(a) torque only (b) torque as well as net force
(c) force only (d) None of these
12 The electric field at a point on the perpendicular bisector of a dipole is directed
(a) Along the dipole moment (b) Perpendicular to the dipole
moment (c)Opposite to the dipole moment (d)45° to the dipole moment

13 Torque is maximum when angle between dipole moment and electric field is
(a) 00 (b) 600 (c) 900 (d) 1800
14 The total flux through the faces of the cube with side of length a if a charge q is placed at
corner A of the cube is
(a) 𝑞/8𝜀0 (b) 𝑞/4𝜀0 (c) 𝑞/2𝜀0 (d) q/𝜀0

15 A cylinder of radius R and length L is placed in a uniform electric field E parallel to thecylinder axis.
The total flux for the surface of the cylinder is given by
(a) 2πR2E (b) πr2 (c) (πR2 – πR) /E (d) zero

16 Which of the following graphs shows the variation of electric field E due to a hollow spherical
conductor of radius R as a function of distance from the centre of the sphere?

17 Which of the following statements is not true about Gauss’s law?

(a) Gauss’s law is true for any closed surface.
(b) The term q on the right-side side of Gauss’s law includes the sum of all
chargesenclosed by the surface.
(c) Gauss’s law is not much useful in calculating electrostatic field when the system
hassome symmetry.
(d) Gauss’s law is based on the inverse square dependence on distance contained in
the coulomb’s law
18 Three charges +Q, q, +Q are placed respectively, at distance 0, d/2 and d from the origin, on the x-axis.
If the net force experienced by +Q placed at x = 0 is zero, then value of q is
(a) +Q/4 (b) –Q/2 (c) +Q/2 (d) –Q/4
19 An electric field of 1000 V/m is applied to an electric dipole at an angle of 45°. The value of theelectric
dipole moment is 10–29 Cm. What is the potential energy of the electric dipole?
(a) –10 × 10–29 J (b) –7 × 10–27 J (c) –20 × 10–18 J (d) –9 × 10–20 J
20 Voltage rating of a parallel plate capacitor is 500 V. Its dielectric can withstand a maximum
electric field of 106 V m–1. The plate area is 10–2 m2. What is the dielectric constant if the
capacitance is 15 pF? (given ε0 = 8.86 × 10–12 C2 N–1 m–2)
(a) 3.8 (b) 8.0 (c) 6.2 (d) 4.5
21 The bob of a simple pendulum has a mass of 2 g and a charge of 5.0µ C. It is at rest in a uniform
horizontal electric field of intensity 2000 V m–1. At equilibrium, the angle that the pendulum
makes with the vertical is (take g = 10 m s–2)
(a) tan–1 (0.2) (b) tan–1 (0.5) (c) tan–1 (2.0) (d) tan–1 (5.0)
22 A parallel plate capacitor has 1 μF capacitance. One of its two plates is given + 2 μC charge andthe
other plate, +4 μC charge. The potential difference developed across the capacitor is
3V (b) 2 V (c) 5 V (d) 1 V
23 Two identical conducting spheres A and B, carry equal charge. They are separated by a distance much
larger than their diameters, and the force between them is F. A third identical conducting sphere, C, is
 uncharged. Sphere C is first touched to A, then to B, and then removed. As a result,the force between A
and B would be equal to
(a) 3F/8 (b) F/2 (c) 3F/4 (d) F
24 Two capacitors C1 and C2 are charged to 120 V and 200 V, respectively. It is found that by
connecting them together the potential on each one can be made zero. Then
(a) 9C1 = 4C2 (b) 5C1 = 3C2 (c) 3C1 = 5C2 (d) 3C1 + 5C2 = 0
25 An electric dipole is placed at an angle of 30º to a non-uniform electric field. The dipole will
experience
(a) a torque only
(b) a translational force only in the direction of the field
(c) a translational force only in a direction normal to the direction of the field
(d) a torque as well as a translational force
26 Four-point charges -Q, -q, 2q and 2Q are placed, one at each corner of the square. The relation
between Q and q for which the potential at the centre of square is zero is:
(a) Q = -q (b) Q = - 1/q (c) Q = q (d) Q = 1/q
27 What is the flux through the cube of side ‘a’ if a point charge of q is at the centre of the cube ?
(a) 2q/ԑ0 (b) q/8 ԑ0 (c) q/ 6ԑ0 (d) q 6a2/ ԑ0
28 The relation between electric polarization and susceptibility indicates that electric polarization is
(a) Proportional to square root of susceptibility.
(b) Proportional to susceptibility.
(c) Inversely proportional to susceptibility.
(d) Independent of susceptibility.
29 If a third equal and similar charge is placed between two equal and similar charges, then thisthird
charge will
(a) move out of the field of influence of the two charges
(b) not be in equilibrium
(c) Will be in stable equilibrium
(d) be in unstable equilibrium
30 The electric potential at a point in free space due to a charge Q coulomb is Qx1011 V. The electricfield at
that point is
(a) 4πԑ0Qx1022 V/m (b) 12πԑ0Qx1020 V/m (c) 4πԑ0Qx1020 V/m (d) 12πԑ0Qx1022 V/m
31 Figure shows three points A, B and C in an uniform electric field.
Arrange the potential at these points in the descending order.

32 Which of the following statements is not true for a perfect conductor?

(a) The surface of the conductor is an equipotential surface.
(b) The electric field just outside the surface of a conductor is perpendicular tothe surface.
(c) The charge carried by a conductor is always uniformly distributed overthe surface of the conductor.
(d) None of these
33 On moving a charge of 20 C by 2 cm, 2 J of work is done. Then the potential difference between the
points is
(a) 0.1 V (b) 8 V (c) 2 V (d) 0.5 V
34 What is angle between electric field and equipotential surface?
(a) 90° always (b) 0° always (c) 0° to 90° (d) 0° to 180°
Assertion and Reason
1. Assertion (A): The total amount of charge on a body equal to 4 x 10-19 C is not possible.
Reason(R): Experimentally it is established that all free charges are integral multiples of a basic unit of
charge denoted by e. Thus, charge q on a body isalways given by q = ne
2. Assertion (A): Electrostatic forces are conservative in nature.
Reason(R): Work done by electrostatic force is path dependent
3. Assertion (A): The electrostatics force increases with decrease the distance betweenthe charges.
Reason (R): The electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion between any twostationary point charges is
inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
4. Assertion (A): The Coulomb force between two points charges depend upon the dielectric
constant of the intervening medium.
Reason(R): Coulomb’s force varies inversely with the dielectric constant of medium
5. Assertion (A): A comb run through one’s dry hair attracts small bits of paper.
Reason(R): Molecules in the paper gets polarized by the charged comb resulting innet force of attraction.
6. Assertion (A): A proton is placed in a uniform electric field, it tend to move along the direction of
electric field.
Reason(R): A proton is placed in a uniform electric field it experiences a force.
7. Assertion (A): Electric field at the surface of a charged conductor is always normalto the surface at
every point.
Reason(R): Electric field gives the magnitude & direction of electric forceexperienced by any charge
placed at any point.
8. Assertion (A): Electric filed lines do not form closed loops.
Reason(R): Electric filed lines are always normal to the surface of a conductor
9. Assertion (A): In the presence of external electric field the net electric field within the conductor
becomes zero.
Reason(R): In the presence of external electric field the free charge carriers move and charge distribution
in the conductor adjusts itself
10. Assertion (A): The net force on a dipole in a uniform electric dipole is zero.
Reason(R): Electric dipole moment is a vector directed from –q to +q.
11. Assertion (A) : Polar molecules have permanent dipole moment.
Reason(R) : In polar molecules, the centres of positive and negative chargescoincide even when there is
no external field.
12. Assertion: If the distance between parallel plates of a capacitor is halved and dielectric constant
is three times, then the capacitance becomes 6 times.
Reason: Capacity of the capacitor does not depend upon the nature of the material
13. Assertion (A) : The electric flux of the electric field ∮ E.dA is zero. The electric field is zero
everywhere on the surface.
Reason ( R) : The charge inside the surface is zero.
Two Marks questions (2 Marks)

1. Consider a dipole of length 2a. What is the magnitude and direction of electric field at the midpoint of the
Length of the dipole?
2. Two charges +10µC and -20µC are placed 15 cm apart. At what point on the line joining the two charges is
the electric potential zero?

3. The following data was obtained for the dependence of the magnitude of electric field, with distance, from a
reference point O, within the charge distribution in the shaded region. 2

(i) Identify the charge distribution and justify your answer.

(ii) If the potential due to this charge distribution has a value V at the point A, what is its value
at the point B and C.?
4. The graph shown here, shows the variation of the total energy I stored in a
Capacitor against the value of the capacitance itself. Which of the two – the
charge on the capacitor or the potential used to charge it is kept constant for
this graph?

5. In which orientation a dipole placed in uniform electric field be placed to be in (i) Stable (ii)
unstable equilibrium Explain with diagram.
6. Establish relation between Electric field and the electric potential. The electric potential as a
function of distance r is shown in Fig. Construct a graph of the electric field strength E vs r.

7. The two graphs drawn below, show the variation of electrostatic potential (V) with I being distance
of point from the point charge for two point charges Q1 and Q2.
(i) What are the signs of the two charges?
(ii) Which of the two charges has a larger magnitude? Give explanation.

8. A hollow metal sphere of radius 5 cm is charged such that the potential

on its surface is 10 V. What is the potential (i) at the centre of sphere? (ii) At a distance 10 cm from
the centre?
9. Define electric potential. Derive an expression for the electric potential at a distance r from a point
charge q.
10. Why do two equipotential surfaces not cross each other? Draw equipotential surface for electric
field which is decreasing along X-axis.
11. A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.4m diameter has a surface charge density
 8.0x10-7C/m2. Find the charge on the sphere. What is the total flux leaving the surface?
12. Calculate the amount of work done in turning an electric dipole of dipole moment
3×10-8 C-m from its position of unstable equilibrium to the position of stable
equilibrium in a uniform electric field of intensely 103NC-1.
13. The sum of two point charges is 7 C. They repel each other with a force of 6 X
10−11N when kept 30cm apart in free space. Calculate the value of each charge.

14. Two point charges 𝑞1 = 10 × 10−8𝐶and 𝑞2 = −2 × 10−8𝐶 are separated by a

distance of 10cm in air (i) What is distance from charge 𝑞1 where the electric
potential be zero?
(ii) Calculate the electric potential energy of the system.

Three Marks (3 Marks)

1. An attractive force of 5N is acting between two charges of +4.0 μC and -2.0 μC placed at
some distance. If the charges are mutually touched and placed again at the same distance,
what will be the new force between them?
2. Derive expression for electric field at a point on the equatorial line of dipole.
3. Using Gauss Theorem, show mathematically that for a point outside a shell, the field due
to a uniformly charged thin shell is the same as if the entire charge of the shell is
concentrated at the centre. Why do you expect electric field inside the shell to be zero
according to this theorem?
4. Draw electric field lines for the electric dipole
A point charge +10μC is at a distance 5cm directly above the centre of a square of side
10cm as shown in fig. What is the magnitude of flux through the square?

5. An electric dipole of dipole moment p is placed in a uniform electric field. Write the
expression for the torque experienced by the dipole. Identify two pairs of perpendicular
vectors in the expression. Show diagrammatically the orientation of the dipole in the field
for which the torque is (i) Maximum (ii) Half the maximum value (iii) Zero.
6. A parallel plate capacitor is charged to a potential difference ‘V’ by a dc source. The
capacitor is then disconnected from the source and a dielectric slab of dielectric constant
‘K’ is inserted between the plates. How does the (i) the capacitance, (ii) electric field
between the plates and (iii) the energy stored in the capacitor be affected? Justify your
answer in each case.
7. Four capacitors of C1=2𝜇𝐹 C2=4𝜇𝐹 C3=6𝜇𝐹 and C4=3𝜇𝐹 are connected in such a way
that C1 , C2 are connected in series and C3 and C4 are also connected in series and
then these series combination is
connected in parallel with a source of 10 V. Find (a) equivalent capacitor of the combination
(b) Charge on each capacitor (c) P.D across each capacitor .
8. Four charges are placed at the vertices of a square of side d as shown in the figure.(i) Find
the work done to put together this arrangement. (ii) A charge q0is brought to the center E of
the square, the four charges being held fixed at its corners. How much extra work is needed
to do this?

9. State Gauss’s Law in electrostatics. Using it derive expression for electric field due to
uniformly charged infinite plane sheet.
 10. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics. Use this law derive an expression for the electric
field due to a long straight wire of linear charge density λ C-m
11. A parallel plate capacitor is changed by a battery. The battery remains connected and a
dielectric slab of Dielectric constant K is inserted between the plates. How would
(i) The capacitances.
(ii) The electric field between plates.
(iii) The energy stored in the capacitor, be affected? Justify your answer

CASE STUDY
1. The electric field inside the cavity is zero, whatever be the size and shape of the cavity and whatever
be the charge on the conductor and the external fields in which it might be placed. The electric field
inside a charged spherical shell is zero. But the vanishing of electric field in the (charge-free) cavity of
a conductor is, as mentioned above, a very general result. A related result is that even if the conductor
is charged or charges are induced on a neutral conductor by an external field, all charges reside only
on the outer surface of a conductor with cavity.
The proofs of the results noted in Fig. are omitted here, but we note their important implication.
Whatever be the charge and field configuration outside, any cavity in a conductor remains shielded from
outside electric influence: the field inside the cavity is always zero. This is known as electrostatic
shielding. The effect can be made use of in protecting sensitive instruments from outside electrical
influence.

(1) A metallic shell having inner radius R1 and outer radii R2 has a point charge Q kept
inside cavity. Electric field in the region R1 < r < R2 where r is the distance from the centre is
given by
(a) depends on the value of r (b) Zero
(c)Constant and nonzero everywhere (d) None of the above
(2) The electric field inside the cavity is depend on
(a) Size of the cavity (b) Shape of the cavity
(c)Charge on the conductor (d) None of the above
(3) Electrostatic shielding is based
(a) electric field inside the cavity of a conductor is less than zero
(b) electric field inside the cavity of a conductor is zero
(c) electric field inside the cavity of a conductor is greater than zero
(d) electric field inside the cavity of a plastic is zero
(4) During the lightning thunderstorm, it is advised to stay
(a) inside the car (b) under trees (c) in the open ground (d) on the car
 2 For electrostatics, the concept of electric field is convenient, but not really necessary. Electric field is
an elegant way of characterizing the electrical environment of a system of charges. Electric field at a
point in the space around a system of charges tells you the force a unit positive test charge would
experience if placed at that point (without disturbing the system). Electric field is a characteristic of the
system of charges and is independent of the test charge that you place at a point to determine the
field. The term field in physics generally refers to a quantity that is defined at every point in space and
may vary from point to point. Electric field is a vector field, since force is a vector quantity.

(1) Which of the following statement is correct? The electric field at a point is
(a) Always continuous. (b) Continuous if there is a 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.
(2) The force per unit charge is known as
(a) electric flux (b) electric field (c) electric potential (d) electric current
(3) The SI unit of electric field is
(a) N/m (b) N-m (c) N/C (d) N/C2
(4) The magnitude of electric field intensity E is such that, an electron placed in Itwould
experience an electrical force equal to its weight is given by
(a) mge. (b) mg/e (c) e/mg (d) e²g/m²

CASE STUDY 1
CASE STUDY 2

DERIVATION BASED QUESTIONS (Five Marks)

1. State Coulomb’s law in electrostatics and express it in vector form. Two charges q and 2q
are located at pints (0,0 ) and (a,a ) respectively. Find the force exerted by charge q on
charge 2q in terms of unit vectors i and j .
2. (a) A charge is distributed uniformly over a ring of radius R. Calculate the expression for
the electric field intensity along the axial point of the ring and show that for far axial
points the ring behaves like a point charge.
(b) An infinitely long positively charged straight wire has a linear charge density. An
electron revolves around this wire with a constant speed v .Find the kinetic energy of the
electron in terms of the magnitude of the charge and the linear charge density of the wire.
Draw a graph of kinetic energy as a function of linear charge density.
3. Derive the expression for the electric Field at any point along the axial line of an electric dipole.
(ii) what is the electric field at a point on the equatorial line?
4. Define electric flux. Write its SI units.
(i) Using Gauss’s law, prove that electric field at a point due to a uniformly charged
infinite plane sheet is Independent of the distance from it.
(ii) How is the field directed if (a) The sheet is positively charged (b) negatively charged?
5. (a) Derive the expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor having plate
area A and plate separation d if a di-electric material of thickness t is inserted parallel to
the plates of the capacitor.
(b) Find the electrical capacitance of an isolated charged spherical conductor of radius 5 cm.
6. (a)Derive an expression for the torque experienced by a dipole placed in uniform
electric field E and hence define the electric dipole moment.
(b) Derive an expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole of dipole moment p in
the electric field E and hence discuss the case of stable and unstable equilibrium.
7. A capacitor of capacitance C is fully charged with a source voltage V. The source (i)
remains connected to the source and the di-electric material of di-electric constant K is
inserted inside it. Find
(a) Capacitance (b) Electric field (c) Charge on the capacitor (d) Potential on the plates of the capacitor
(e) Energy stored on the capacitor, after inserting the di-electric material in each case.
 8. A 600 pF capacitor is charged by a 200 V supply. It is then disconnected and from the
supply and is connected to another uncharged 600 pF capacitor. How much electrostatic
energy is lost in the process?
9. (a) Derive the expression for the electric potential at a point along the axial line of an electric
dipole (ii) at a point on the equatorial line? (b) Draw equipotential surfaces for the electric
dipole.
10. (a) Find the Capacitance of parallel plate capacitor with a conducting material of thickness t
is placed inside parallel to the plates of the capacitor.
(b) Net capacitance of three identical capacitors in series is 1µF. 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.

Note:- Students are required to prepare the Physics Investigatory Project during
summer vacation.
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