XII – PHYSICS ELECTROSTATICS ( 1 – A ) ASSIGNMENT – 1
CHARGE :
Q.1: An ebonite rod is rubbed with fur or wool. What type of charges do they acquire? CBSE
Q.2: A glass rod is rubbed with silk. What type of charge do they acquire ? CBSE
PROPERTIES OF ELECTRIC CHARGES :
Q.3: A glass rod rubbed with silk acquires a charge + 1. 6 × 10 12 C. What is the charge on the silk ? On
what principle is your based ? CBSE
Q.4: Name any two basic properties of electric charge. CBSE
Q.5: What is quantization of electric charge ? CBSE
Q.6: Can a body have charge 2.5 e, where ‘e’ is electronic charge?
Q.7: A system has two charges q A = 2. 5 × 10 7 C and q B = - 2. 5 × 10 7 C located at
A ( 0 , 0 , - 15 cm ) and B ( 0 , 0 , + 15 cm ) respectively. What is the total charge of the system ?
Q.8: Can a body have a charge of 0. 8 × 10 19 C ? Justify your answer.
Q.9: Is mass of a body affected on charging ? CBSE
Q.10: What is the effect of speed on the mass of a charged particle ? CBSE
Q.11: If a body contains n 1 electrons and n 2 protons then what is the total charge on the body?
Q.12: Consider three objects A , B and C. The objects A and B repel each other, while A and C attract.
What is the nature of force between B and C?
Q.13: How many electronic charges form one coulomb of charge ? [ Ans: 6. 25 × 1018 ] CBSE
Q.14: Calculate the charge carried by 1. 25 × 1018 electrons. [ Ans: 0.2 C ]
Q.15: What is the value of charge on a body which carries 20 excess of electrons ? [Ans: 3. 2 × 10 18 C]
Q.16: Give two difference between charge and mass.
Q.17: 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 wool to polythene piece ?
(b) Is there a transfer of mass from wool to polythene ? If yes , how much ?
[ Ans: (a) 1. 875 × 1012 (b) 1. 706 × 10 18 Kg ]
Q.18: (i) Explain the meaning of the statement “electric charge of a body is quantized”.
(ii) Why can one ignore quantization of electric charge when dealing with macroscopic i..e
large scale charges ?
COLUMB’S LAW :
Q.19: Name the balance used by Coulomb’s to measure the force between two charged metallic spheres.
Q.20: Give the value of electric permittivity of free space along with its units.
Q.21: State Coulomb’s law of force in electrostatics.
Q.22: Two charged spherical conductors , each of radius R , are distant ‘d ‘ ( d > 2R ). They carry
q2
charges + q and -q. Will the force of attraction between them be exactly ?
4 0 d2
Q.23: Two charges q1 and q 2 by a small distance satisfy the equation q1 + q 2 = 0. What does it tell us
about the charges ? CBSE
Q.24: Calculate force between two charges of 1C each separated by 1m in vacuum.
Q.25: How is force between two charges affected when each charge is doubled and distance between
them is also doubled ?
Q.26: In a medium , the force of attraction between two point electric charges , distance ‘d’ apart is ‘F’.
What distance apart should these be kept in the same medium so that the force between them
F F F
becomes : (i) 3F (ii) 9F (iii) (iv) (v) ?
3 4 5
d d
[ Ans: (i) (ii) (iii) d 2 = 3 d (v) d 2 = 5 d]
3 3
Q.27: Two point charges q1 and q 2 are such that q1 q 2 < 0. What is the nature of the force between the
two charges ? CBSE
Q.28: Two point charges q1 and q 2 are such that q1 q 2 > 0. What is the nature of the force between the
two charges ? CBSE
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Q.29: Plot a graph showing the variation of columb force (F) versus 2 , where ‘r’ is the distance
r
between the two charges of each pair of charges ( 1 C , 2 C ) and ( 2 C , - 3 C). Interpret the
graphs obtained. CBSE - AI
Q.30: Calculate the Coulomb’s force between two - particles separated by a distance 3. 2 × 10 15 m in
C CBSE
19 19
air. [ Ans: 90 N ] *** Charge on - particle = 2 e = 2 × 1. 6 × 10 = 3. 2 × 10
Q.31: Calculate the force of electrostatic attraction between a proton and an electron separated by a
distance of 8 × 10 14 m. [ Ans: - 3. 6 N ] CBSE
