CLASS-XII
Subject - Phys k s
r CH- l(Electric charges & Field)
Topic - Electric Field
I. Ca lculate the Electric dipole moment of an electron and a proton 4.30 nm nport'?
2. Ca lculate the magnitude of the forces due to an electric dipole of dipol e moment
3.6x I 0-29 Cm on an electron 25 run from the centre of the dipole, along the dipole
ax is. Assume that this distance is large relative to the dipole's charge separation.
) .An e lectric dipole of length l 0 cm having charges± 6 x 10-3 C, placed at 30w ith
cspect to a uniform electric field experiences a torque of magnitude 6J3 N-m.
Ca lcu late (i) magnitude of electric field (ii) the potential energy of dipol e. 13.
4 . E lectric dipol e is placed at an angle of 60° with an electric field of intensity
I 05 N/C. Jt ex peri ences a torque equal to .If the dipole length is 2cm then the
cha rg e on the dipole is ........ .
5. T wo small identical electrical dipoles AB and CD,
each of dipole moment 'p' is kept at an anglel20~ What
is the resultant dipole moment of this combination? If thi s
sys tem is subjected to an electric field (E vector)
direc ted along the + x-direction, what will be the
mag nitude and direction of the torque acting on thi s?
6. An electric dipole with dipole moment 4x 10-9 is aligned at 30° with the direction
,f n uni form e lectric field of magnitude 5 x I 04 N/C. Calculate th e mag nitude of
the to rque acting on the dipole.
7. A system has two charges q_(A)= +2.5xl 0/\(-7)C and q_(B)= -2.Sx 1QI\(- 7)C
loca ted at point A: (0,0,-15 cm)and B: (0,0,+ I 5 cm), respectively. What are the tota l
charg e and e lectric dipole moment of the system?
8. Two po int charges qA = 3 µC and qB = -3 µC are located 20 cm apart in vacuu m.
(a ) Wh at is the e lectric field at the midpoint O of the line AB joining the two
charges? (b) If a negative test charge of magnitude 1.5 x 10- 9 C is placed at thi s
po in t, "' hat is the force experienced by the test charge?
9. ·1wo charg es q and - 3q are fixed on x-axis separated by distanced. Where should
a th ird cha rge 2q be placed from A such that it will not experience any force?
I 0. Fig. I .11 shows the electric field lines
around three point charges
A, Band C.(a) Which charges are positive?(b)
Which charge has the largest magnitude?
Why?(c) In which region or regions of the
picture could the electric fieldbe zero? Justify
your answer.(i) near A, (ii) near B, (iii) near C, Fil! I 11
nowhere.
12. Five charges, q each are placed at the comers of a regular
pentagon. f/
·\ ,
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of side ·a' (Fig. 1.12).(i) What will be the electric field at 0, the /
centre of the pentagon?(ii) What will be the electric field at O if the - - ·
charge from one of the corners (say A) is removed? (iii) What will be the electric
field at O if the charge q at A is replaced by-q? (b) How would your answer to (a)
be affected if pentagon is replaced by n-sided regular polygon with charge q at each
of its corners?
13 Which among the curves shown in Figure cannot possibly represent electrostatic
field lines
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14. A polythene piece rubbed with wool is found to have a negative charge of' 3 "'
10- 7 C. (a) Estimate the number of electrons transferred (from which to which'!) (b)
Is there a transfer of mass from wool to polythene?
