
The electric field at due to a charge at the origin in is

Important Questions on Electrostatics
Charges and are at points and of a right-angled triangle . The resultant electric field at point is perpendicular to the hypotenuse, then is proportional to:

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.


A point charge is placed at the corner of a cube of side as shown in the figure. What is the electric flux through the face ?

Let the respective electric fluxes through the surfaces be and . Then:




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.


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 _____.


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 is , what is the force on charge kept at


Point charges and are located at the vertices of a square with diagonals 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 from its center is


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 and are linear momentum of the proton at point B in the three arrangement respectively, then




(figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)

