ELECTROSTATICS

1. Two charges of -10c and 30c are separated by 30 cm. The ratio of the
forces acting on them will be
a) 1 : 1 b) 1 : 2 c) 1 : 3 d) 3 : 1
2. Two electric charges 2q and 8q are placed at a distance of 6a on a
horizontal plane. The distance of the location of the point from charge
2q where the electric field is zero is
a) 2a b) 4a c) 1.5 a d) 2.5 a
3. Two charges each of 10c are placed at the corners of an equilateral
triangle of side 8 cm. The field at the third corner is
a) 2.43 x 107 b) 5 3 x107N/c c) 5.83 x 107 d) 5 3 x108N/c
V/m V/m
4. A proton is moved between two points whose potential difference is 30
V. The kinetic energy acquired in eV is
a) 30 eV b) 10 eV c) 20 eV d) 40 eV
5. Charges 2c, -8c, 6c and 8c are placed at the corners of a square of
side 2m each. The potential at the centre of the square is
a) 362x103V b) 362x106V c) 362x104V d) 362x105V
6. A cube of side ‘a’ has charges 4c at each of the corners. The intensity at
the central point of the square is
a) 9 x 105 N/c b) zero c) 9 x 1010 N/c d) 9 x 108 N/c
7. Two point charges 24c and 16c are placed 10 cm apart. The
Workdone to bring them closer by 4cm will be approximately
a) 23 J b) 32 J c) 2.3 J d) 230 J
8. A point charge of 10c is at the origin. The strength of the electric field
at the point (3, -1,0) will be
a) 6000 N/c b) 9000 N/c c) 12000 N/c d) 15000 N/c
9. Two metal plates have potential difference of 400 V and are 1 cm apart.
A charged particle of mass 1.96 x 10-15kg is held in equilibrium between
the plates of the system then the electric field is
a) 400 V/m b) 4000 V/m c) 40000 V/m d) 40 V/m
10. In the above question the charge on the particle is
 a) 4.8 x 10-19c b) 2.4 x 10-19c c) 7.2 x 10-19c d) 9.6 x 10-19c
11. In the electric field of a point charge q the four points A, B, C, D are
equidistant from q. However AB > AC > AD. The Workdone in taking
unit +ve charge is
a) least for b) least for c) least for d) zero fro all the
path AB path AC path AD paths

12. Two point charges +4e and +e are x distance apart. At what distance a
charge q must be placed from charge +e so that q is in equilibrium
a) x / 2 b) 2x / 3 c) x / 3 d) x / 6
13. Four point charges are placed at the vertices of a square whose diagonal
is of length 2d as shown in figure. A point P is symmetrically located
w.r.t its vertices at a distance x from its
centre c. The electric field at P is

qd 2qd qd 4qd
a) b)   (d 2  x 2 ) 2 c) 4  (d 2  x 2 ) 2 d)
2 0 (d  x )
2 2 3/ 2
0 0 2 0 (d 2  x 2 )1 / 2
14. In the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom, an electron revolves round a
proton in an orbit of radius 5.3 x 10-11m. The speed of the electron is
(me = 9.1 x 10-31 kg and 1/40 = 9 x 109 Nm2/c2)
a) 4.4 x106 m/s b) 2.2x106 m/s c) 2.2x105 m/s d) 4.4x106 m/s
15. Two charges are placed on the X-axis such that a charge of +4c is at x
= 0 and -6c is at x = 40 cm. If a third charge is placed that the
net force experienced by it is zero, then its distances as measured from
the origin is
a) 1.78m on the –ve X-axis b) 1.78m on the +ve X-axis
c) 0.10m on the –ve X-axis d) 0.18m on the +ve X-axis
16. 64 globules of mercury, each of radius r and carrying charge q coalesce
to form a big globule compare the surface charge density of each
globule with that of the big globule
a) 1 : 4 b) 4 : 1 c) 1 : 2 d) 2 : 1
17. Three concentric conducting spherical shells are arranged as shown in
figure. The inner most sphere is given a charge q 0. What are the charges
in the middle and the outermost sphere respectively?

a) q 0 and - q 0 b) - q 0 and c) zero and q 0 d) - q 0 and + q 0

zero
18. Three concentric conducting spheres A, B and C arranged as shown in
figure carry charges +q, -q/2 and –q/2. The net potential on any point on
the surface of sphere A would then be

q  1 1  1 1  q 2
a)     b)
4 0  a 2  b c  4 0 a
q 1 1 1 d) zero
c)  
4 0  a b c 
19. A bob of mass m with a charge +q is suspended from a string of length l
inside a parallel plate condenser whose intensity E is directed
downwards. The period of oscillation of this pendulum is
l b) 2 c) 2 l
a) 2 g d) 2  g  Eq 
 
l  m
( g  Eq )
 l
 Eq 
g  
 m
20. The excess number of electrons that must be placed on each of two
small spheres spaced 3cm apart with force of repulsion between the
spheres to be 10-19 N is
a) 25 b) 225 c) 625 d) 1250
21. A +ve charge of 9c is fixed at the origin x = 0. A second charge q is
fixed on the X-axis at x = a. A charge q 0 at x = 3a does not
experience any net force. What is value of q ?
a) -4 c b) +4 c c) +2 c d) -2c
-8
22. A ball of mass 1g and charge 10 c moves form point A. whose potential
is 600V to the point B whose potential is zero volt. If velocity of the ball
at B is 20 m/s what is its velocity at A
a) 0.17 m/s b) 0.27 m/s c) 0.37 m/s d) 0.07 m/s
23. A copper (density of copper = c) ball of diameter d is immersed in oil
of density 0. What is the charge on the ball if , in a homogeneous
electric field E directed vertically upward, it is suspended in the oil (k =

d 3  0 g
)
E

k   k   k     
a) 1  0  b) 1  0  c) 1  0 
d) k 1  
0

6 c  3 c  2 c   c 
24. A charged particle q is shot towards another charged particle Q which is
fixed, with a speed v. It approaches Q up to a closest distance r and then
returns. If q were given a speed 2v the closest distance of approach
would be

a) r b) 2r c) r / 2 d) r / 4
25. Four charges, equal to –Q are placed at the four corners of a square and
a charge q is at its centre. If the system is in equilibrium the value of q
is
a) -Q/4 b) Q/4 c) - Q/2 d) Q/2 (1+22)
(1+22) (1+22) (1+22)

Key :
1) a 2) a 3) a 4) a 5) a 6) a 7) a 8) b 9) c 10) a

11) d 12) c 13) a 14) b 15) a 16) a 17) b 18) c 19) c 20) a

21) a 22) a 23) a 24) d 25) b