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Write the equation of electric field due to a point charge. Also name the terms in it.

Important Questions on Electrostatics

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A point P is 40 m away from 20 μC point charge and 20 m from 4μC  point charge. The electric potential at point P is____V.

(K=9×109Nm2C-2)

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The electric field lines of a positive charge is as shown in figure:

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Give the sign of potential difference Vp-Vq.

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An electric charge Q is uniformly distributed around a semicircle of radius a. Calculate the electric potential at the centre of this semicircle.

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Electric potential at a point P due to a point charge of 5×10-9 C is 50 V. The distance of P from the point charge is:
(Assume, 14πε0=9×109 N m2 C-2)
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Two charges 8 μC each are placed at the comers A and B of an equilateral triangle of side 0.2 m in air. The electric potential at the third comer C is
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Around a stationary charge of +5 μC, another charge -5 μC is taken once round a circle of radius 4 cm. The amount of work done in joule is
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A point charge of 3 μC is placed at the origin of X-Y coordinate system. Find out the potential difference between the points A5a, 0 and B-3a, 4a.
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The electric potential at the centre of two concentric half rings of radii R1 and R2, having same linear charge density λ is

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What is the electric potential at a distance of 9 cm from 3 nC ?
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Derive an expression for electric potential due to a point charge. How do electric potential vary with distance r for a point charge?
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An electric dipole is placed as shown in the figure.

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The electric potential (in 102 V) at point P due to the dipole is (ε0=permittivity of free space and 14πε0=K)

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An infinite line of charge with uniform line charge density of 1 C m-1 is placed along the y-axis. A charge of 1C is placed on the x-axis at a distance of d=3 m from the origin. At what distance r from the origin on the x-axis, the total electric field is zero.N (Assume 0<r<d)
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Calculate electric potential at a point 1m distance from a point charge of 10-9 coulomb.
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The maximum potential energy due to electrostatic repulsion between two hydrogen nucleus is nearly (radius of the nucleus =1.1 Fermi) 14πε0=9×109 N m2 C-2
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Consider a spherical shell of radius R with a total charge +Q uniformly spread on its surface (center of the shell lies at the origin x=0 ). Two point charge, +q and-q are brought, one after the other, from far away and placed at x=-a2 and x=+a2a<R, respectively. Magnitude of the work done in this process is
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If three point charges are placed at the three corners of a square of diagonals 2a as shown in the figure. Then, BAE.dr will be




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A doubly ionized helium ion and a H2 ion are accelerated through the same potential. The ratio of the speed of helium and H2 ion is
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An electric charge 103 μC is placed at the origin 0, 0. Two points A and B are situated at 2, 2 and 2, 0 respectively. The potential difference between the points A and B will be
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A square of side a has charge Q at its centre and charge q at one of the corners. The work required to be done in moving the charge q from the corner to the diagonally opposite corner is
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An electric charge 10-3 μC is placed at the origin (0,0) of X-Y co-ordinate system. Two points A and B are situated at 2 , 2   and (2,0), respectively. The potential difference between the points A and B will be: