
There is a system of four conducting parallel plates and . Plates and are connected to each other with the help of metallic wire and plates and are connected to the ground with the help of switches and . Distance between consecutive plates is . initially plate and are having a charge of each and plate is having charge (See figure). At switches and are closed simultaneously. Then choose CORRECT option(s).



Important Questions on Electrostatics
Given below are two statements.
Statement I : Electric potential is constant within and at the surface of each conductor.
Statement II : Electric field just outside a charged conductor is perpendicular to the surface of the conductor at every point.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options give below.


A hollow conducting sphere is placed in an electric field produced by a point charge placed at as shown in figure. Let be the potentials at points and , respectively. Then


Which one of the following figures correctly indicates the induced charge distribution in the conductor (ignore edge effects).

Three concentric spherical shells are arranged as shown in the figure. The innermost and outermost spheres are connected to earth. If the middle sphere is given a charge . the charges induced in the innermost and outermost spheres respectively are




A spherical conductor is placed concentrically inside a hollow spherical conductor . The charge is given to and is earthed. Then the electric field is not zero


Consider an initially neutral hollow conducting spherical shell with inner radius and outer radius A point charge is now placed inside the shell at a distance from the center. The shell is then grounded by connecting the outer surface to the earth. P is an external point at a distance from the point charge on the line passing through the center and the point charge as shown in the figure.
The magnitude of the force on a test charge placed at P will be

Reason: The total transfer of charge from one to another is not possible.

Reason: The electrical potential of a sphere of radius with charge uniformly distributed on the surface is given by .



Reason: In metal, induced electric field is equal and opposite of applied field.


Reason: In the above assertion electric potential is constant inside the conductor in static condition.

Assertion: When a charged body is brought near a neutral conducting body, the induced charge that appears on the nearer surface of the conducting body is always equal and opposite to the charge that has been brought near to it.
Reason: Net electric field inside the conductor is zero.




