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Justify that the electrostatic potential is constant throughout the volume of a changed conductor and has the same value on its surface as inside it.

Important Questions on Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

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Is it possible to create an electric field in which all the lines of force are parallel lines and whose density increases gradually in a direction perpendicular to the lines of force, as shown in Figure below?

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Figure below shows lines of constant potential in a region in which electric field exists. The values of the potential are indicated. Out of the points A, B and C, which will be of greatest electric field strength? Give reason.

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The equipotential surfaces of certain field are shown in figure below. It is given that V1>V2. Draw the corresponding lines of force for this pattern. Also state the region in which the electric field intensity is highest.

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Suggest a configuration of three point charges separated by finite distances that has zero electric potential energy.
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A test charge 'q' is moved without acceleration from A to C along the path from A to B and then from B to C in electric field E as shown in the figure below. Calculate the potential difference between A and C.

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A test charge 'q' is moved without acceleration from A to C along the path from A to B and then from B to C in electric field E as shown in the figure below. At which point (of the two) is the electric potential more and why?

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Two uniformly large parallel thin plate having charge densities +σ and -σ are kept in the X-Z plane at a distance 'd' apart. Sketch an equipotential surface due to electric field between the plates. If a particle of mass m and charge '-q' remains stationary between plates, what is the magnitude and direction of this field?
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Find the P.E. associated with a charge'q' if it were present at the point P with respect to the 'set-up' of two charged spheres, arranged as shown in figure below. Here O is the mid-point of the line O1O2.

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