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A small charged particl 'q ' lies at the centre of two concentric conducting hollow spheres of inner radii R and 5R and outer radii 3R and 7R respectively. Then which of the following is/are CORRECT. K=1/4πε0

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Important Questions on Electrostatics

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A particle of mass 2×10-6 kg with a charge 5×10-6 C is hanging in air above a similarly charged conducting surface. The charge density of the surface is (Assume ϵ0=8.85×10-12 C2 N-1M-2 and g=10 m s-2)
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A thin disc of radius b=2a has a concentric hole of radius a in it (see figure). It carries uniform surface charge σ  on it. If the electric field on its axis at a height hh<<a from its centre is given as Ch then the value of C is

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An infinitely long thin straight wire has uniform charge density of 14×10-2 C m-1. What is the magnitude of electric field at a distance 20 cm from the axis of the wire?
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The bob of a pendulum of mass m suspended by an inextensible string of length L as shown in the figure carries a small charge q. An infinite horizontal plane conductor with uniform surface charge density σ is placed below it. What will be the time period of the pendulum for small amplitude oscillations?

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Charges Q, 2Q and 4Q are uniformly distributed in three dielectric solid spheres 1, 2 and 3 of radii R/2, R and 2R respectively, as shown in the figure. If magnitudes of the electric fields at point P at a distance R from the centre of spheres 1, 2 and 3 are E1,  E2 and E3 respectively, then

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Four positive point charges +q are kept at the four corners of a square of side l. The net electric field at the midpoint of any one side of the square is (take 14π0=k)
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A thin spherical insulating shell of radius R carries a uniformly distributed charge such that the potential at its surface is V0. A hole with a small area α4πR2α1 is made on the shell without affecting the rest of the shell. Which one of the following statements is correct?
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Two small charged spheres A and B have charges 10 μC and 40 μC respectively and are held at separation of 90 cm from each other. At what distance from A, electric field intensity would be zero ?
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A wire of length L=20 cm is bent into a semi-circular arc and the two equal halves of the arc are uniformly charged with charges +Q and -Q as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the charge on each half is Q=103ε0, where ε0 is the permittivity of free the space. The net electric field at the centre O is

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Two parallel infinite line charges with linear charge densities +λ C m-1 and -λ C m-1 are placed at a distance of 2R in free space. What is the electric field mid-way between the two-line charges?
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As shown in the figure, a point charge q1=+1×10-6 C is placed at the origin in xy-plane and another point charge q2=+3×10-6 C is placed at the coordinate (10,0).
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In that case, which of the following graph s shows most correctly the electric field vector in Ex in x-direction ?
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A total charge q is divide as q1 and q2 which are kept at two of the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side a. The magnitude of the electric field E at the third vertex of the triangle is to be depicted schematically as a function of x=q1q . Choose the correct figure.
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Two mutually perpendicular infinitely long straight conductors carrying uniformly distributed charges of linear densities λ1 and λ2 are positioned at a distance r from each other.

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Force between the conductors depends on r as

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Point charges +q and -q are located at the vertices of a square with diagonals 2l as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the electric field strength at a point, located symmetrically with respect to the vertices of the square at a distance x from its center is

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A current of 10 A is passing through a long wire which has a semicircular loop of the radius 20 cm as shown in the figure. Magnetic field produced at the centre of the loop is:

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Find the electric field at point P (as shown in figure) on the perpendicular bisector of a uniformly charged thin wire of length L carrying a charge Q. The distance of the point P from the centre of the rod is a=32L

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A cube of side a has point charges +Q located at each of its vertices except at the origin where the charge is -Q. The electric field at the centre of cube is:

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Consider a sphere of radius R which carries a uniform charge density ρ . If a sphere of radius R2 is carved out of it, as shown, the ratio EAEB of magnitude of electric field EA and EB , respectively, at points A and B due to the remaining portion is:

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The figures below depict two situations in which two infinitely long static line charges of constant positive line charge density λ are kept parallel to each other. In their resulting electric field, point charges q and -q are kept in equilibrium between them. The point charges are confined to move in the x direction only. If they are given a small displacement about their equilibrium positions, then the correct statements(s) is (are)

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Two non-conducting solid spheres of radii R and 2R, having uniform volume charge densities ρ 1 and ρ 2 , respectively, touch each other. The net electric field at a distance 2R from the centre of the smaller sphere, along the line joining the centres of the spheres, is zero. The ratio ρ 1 ρ 2 can be