Sketch equipotential surfaces for a uniform electric field.

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>Text Based Exercises>Q 17

Define an equipotential surface. Draw equipotential surfaces in the case of a single point charge.

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>Text Based Exercises>Q 17

Define an equipotential surface. Draw equipotential surfaces in a constant electric field in $Z$-direction. Why the equipotential surfaces about a single charge are not equidistant?

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>Text Based Exercises>Q 17

Define an equipotential surface. Draw equipotential surfaces Can electric field exist tangential to an equipotential surface? Give reason.

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>Text Based Exercises>Q 18

Draw the equipotential surfaces due to an electric dipole. Locate the points where the potential due to the dipole is zero.

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>Text Based Exercises>Q 19

Two-point charges $q_1$ and $q_2$ are located at are located at $\overrightarrow{r_1}$ and $\overrightarrow{r_2}$, respectively in an external electric field $\overrightarrow{E}$. Obtain the expression for the total work done in assembling this configuration.

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>Text Based Exercises>Q 20

Write two properties by which electric potential is related to the electric field.

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>Text Based Exercises>Q 20

Two-point charges $q_1$ and $q_2$, separated by a distance of $r_{12}$ are kept in an external electric field. Derive an expression for the potential energy of the system of two charges in the field.

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>Text Based Exercises>Q 21

Derive an expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole of the dipole moment $\overrightarrow{p}$ in an electric filed $\overrightarrow{E}$.