Daily Practice Problem (DPP)

Physics
Chapter : Electrostatics (Conductor) DPP No. : 1

1. Two conducting, concentric, hollow spheres A and B have radii a and b respectively, with A inside B.
They have the same potential V. A is now given some charge such that its potential becomes zero. The
potential of B will now be
(A) 0 (B) V(1–a/b)
(C) Va/b (D) V(b–a) (b+a)

2. In the figure shown the electric potential energy of the system is (q is at the centre of the conducting
neutral spherical shell of inner radius a and outer radius b) Ignore self energy of point charge.

k q2
(A) 0 (B)
2b

k q2 k q2 k q2 k q2
(C)  (D) 
2b 2a 2a 2b

3. A positive point charge Q is placed at a point P, which is at a distance L from the centre 'C' of an
uncharged metallic ball of radius R (L>R). There is a point G on the line PC, at a distance R/2 from C.
Then, the electric potential at G is
Q Q 1 1
(A) 4 L (B) 4 ×   
0 0 L R
Q 1 2
(C) 4 ×    (D) None
0 L R

4. Net charge on the outer surface of conducting sphere is

(A) +Q (B) Q – qR/l
(C) –qR/l (D) none

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5. A thin metallic spherical shell contains a charge Q over it. A point charge
+q is placed inside the shell at point T separated from the centre by
distance “a”. Another point charge q1 is placed outside the shell at a
distance b from the centre as shown in the adjacent figure. Now select
the correct statement(s) from the following.

(A) Electric field at the centre due to charge over outer surface of the shell is zero.
q1
(B) Electric field at the centre due to charge over outer surface of the shell is
4 0 b 2
1  q q Q q1 
(C) Electric potential at the centre due to all charges in space is
4 0 a  R  R  b 
 
1  q Q q1 
(D) Electric potential at the centre due to all charges in space is 4  a  R  b 
0  

Question No. 6 to 8 (3 questions)

A charged particle is suspended at the centre of two thin concentric spherical charged shells, made of
non conducting material. Figure A shows cross section of the arrangement. Figure B gives the net flux
 through a Gaussian sphere centered on the particle, as a function of the radius r of the sphere.

6. What is the charge on the central particle?

(A) 0.2 C (B) 2 C
(C) 1.77 C (D) 3.4 C

7. What is the charge on shell A?

(A) 5.31 × 10–6 C (B) –5.31 × 10–6 C
(C) –3.54 × 10–6 C (D) –1.77 × 10–6 C

8. In which range of the values of r is the electric field zero?

(A) 0 to rA (B) rA to rB
(C) for r > rB (D) for no range of r, electric field is zero

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