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Lakshya JEE 2.0 [2023]

DPP-08
Electric Charge and Fields
1. Find the electric field at point P (as shown in figure) 5. Two identical tennis balls each having mass 'm' and
on the perpendicular bisector of a uniformly charged charge 'q' are suspended from a fixed point by
thin wire of length L carrying a charge Q. The threads of length 'l'. What is the equilibrium
distance of the point P from the centre of the rod is
separation when each thread makes a small angle ''
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a= L. with the vertical?
2 1
 2 2
(1) x =  q l 
 2 mg 
a  0 
E 1
P  2 3
L O (2) x =  q l 
 2 mg 
 0 
1
 2 2 3
(3) x =  q l
 2 m 2 g 
Q  0 
1
3Q Q  3
(1) (2) q 2l 2
(4) x= 
40 L2 30 L2  2 m 2 g 2
 0 
Q Q
(3) (4)
2 30 L2 40 L2 6. What will be the magnitude of electric field at point
O as shown in the figure? Each side of the figure is l
2. An oil drop of radius 2 mm with a density 3g cm–3 is and perpendicular to each other?
held stationary under a constant electric field A C l D
3.55 × 105 Vm–1 in the Millikan's oil drop experi- (–q) (2q) (+q)
ment. What is the number of excess electrons that l l
the oil drop will possess? (+q ) O
(consider g = 9.81 m/s2) B G (2q)
(1) 48.8 × 1011 (2) 1.73 × 1010 l l
(3) 17.3 × 10 10
(4) 1.73 × 1012 l l
(2q) l (q ) (–q)
3. An infinite number of point changes, each carrying E F H
1μC charge, are placed along the y-axis at y = 1 m, 1 q
(1)
2 m, 4 m, 8 m .............. 40 l 2
The total force on a 1 C point charge, placed at the
origin, is x × 103 N. The value of x, to the nearest 1 q
(2) (2 2 − 1)
integer, is _________ . 40 (2l 2 )
1
= 9  109 Nm /C ]
2 2
[Take q
40 (3)
40 (2l 2 )
4. A certain charge Q is divided into two parts q and 1 2q
(Q – q). How should the charge Q and q be divided (4) ( 2)
so that q and (Q – q) placed at a certain distance 40 (2l 2 )
apart experience maximum electrostatic repulsion?
q
(1) Q = (2) Q = 2q
2
(3) Q = 4q (4) Q = 3q
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7. Figure shows a rod AB, which is bent in a 120° 8. A uniformly charged disc of radius R having surface
circular arc of radius R. A charge (–Q) is uniformly charge density σ is placed in the xy plane with its
distributed over rod AB. What is the electric field E centre at the origin. Find the electric field intensity
at the centre of curvature O? along the z-axis at a distance Z from origin:
y
  Z 
(1) E = 1 − 2 
A 20  ( Z + R 2 )1/2 

  Z 
(2) E = 1 + 2 
O 60° 120° x 20  ( Z + R 2 )1/2 
60°
20  1 
R (3) E =  2 + Z 
  (Z + R )
2 1/2

B
  1 1 
(4) E =  2 + 2 
3 3Q ˆ
() 20  ( Z + R )
2 1/2
(1) i Z 
80 R 2
Two particles A and B having charges 20 μC and
( iˆ )
3 3Q 9.
(2) –5 μC respectively are held with a separation of 5 cm.
82  R 2
0
At what position a third charged particle should be
(3)
3 3Q
16 0 R
2 2 ( iˆ ) placed so that it does not experience a net electric
force?
20 C –5 C
(4)
3 3Q
62  0 R 2
() iˆ
A 5 cm B
(1) At 5 cm from 20 μC on the left side of system
(2) At 5 cm from –5 μC on the right side
(3) At 1.25 cm from –5 μC between two charges
(4) At midpoint between two charges
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Answer Key
1. (3)
2. (2)
3. 12
4. (2)
5. (2)
6. (2)
7. (2)
8. (1)
9. (2)

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