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The electric field at 30,30 cm due to a charge -8 nC at the origin in N C-1 is

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Important Questions on Electrostatics

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Charges Q1 and Q2 are at points A and B of a right-angled triangle OAB. The resultant electric field at point O is perpendicular to the hypotenuse, then Q1/Q2 is proportional to:

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Directions: Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space and four words or group of words given after the sentence. Select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

Every rash driver becomes a ____ killer.

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Two charged thin infinite plane sheets of uniform charge density σ+ and σ-, where σ+>σ, intersect at the right angle. Which of the following best represents the electric field lines for the system:
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A point charge q is placed at the corner of a cube of side a as shown in the figure. What is the electric flux through the face ABCD ?

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Four closed surfaces and corresponding charge distributions are shown below.

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Let the respective electric fluxes through the surfaces be ϕ1, ϕ2, ϕ3 and ϕ4. Then:
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Two metal plates having a potential difference of 800 V are 2 cm apart. It is found that a particle of mass 1.96×10-15 kg remains suspended in the region between the plates. The charge on the particle must be (e= elementary charge)
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The bob of a simple pendulum has mass 2 g and a charge of 5.0 μC. It is at rest in a uniform horizontal electric field of intensity 2000 V/m At equilibrium, the angle that the pendulum makes with the vertical is:
takeg=10 m/s2
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Two identical charged spheres separated by a distance repel each other with a force F. If 10 % of electrons are transferred from one sphere to the other than the force between them becomes
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Two sentences are given below and you are required to find the correct sentence which combines both the sentences.

Which is the correct combination of the given two sentences?

He is too tired. He could not stand.

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The magnitude of the average electric field normally present in the atmosphere just above the surface of the Earth is about 150 N/C, directed inward towards the center of the Earth. This gives the total net surface charge carried by the Earth to be : [Given : O = 8.85 × 1 0 - 1 2   C 2 / N-m 2 ,   R E = 6.37 × 1 0 6 m ]
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In the following sentence, a blank space with four options is given. Select whichever preposition or determiner you consider the most appropriate for the blank space.

These are the good rules to live _____.

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The electric field in a certain region is acting radially outward and is given by E=Ar. A charge contained in a sphere of radius a centred at the origin of the field will be given by
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The electric field lines on the left have twice the separation on those on the right as shown in figure. If the magnitude of the field at A is 40 Vm-1, what is  the force on 20 μC charge kept at

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A spherical conductor of radius 10 cm has a charge of 3.2×107 C distributed uniformly. What is the magnitude of electric field at a point 15 cm from the centre of the sphere?
14πε0=9×109 Nm2 C-2
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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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The magnitude of point charge due to which the electric field 30 cm away has the magnitude 2 NC-1 will be
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Figure shows three arrangements of electric field lines. In each arrangement, a proton is released from rest at point A and then accelerated through point B by the electric field. Points A and B have equal separations in the three arrangements. If p1,p2 and p3 are linear momentum of the proton at point B in the three arrangement respectively, then

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The electric field in a region of space is given by, E=E0i^+2E0j^ where E0=100 N C-1. The flux of this field through a circular surface of radius 0.02 m parallel to the YZ plane is nearly
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A charged particle initially at rest at O, when released follows a trajectory as shown. Such a trajectory is possible in the presence of
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A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge σ in the upper half and negative surface charge σ in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure given in:

(figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)