Electric Field

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Electric Field: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Electrostatics, Electric Field, Electric Field Due to a Point Charge, Electric Field at a Point in Vector Form, Test Charge, Relation between Electric Force and Electric Field, etc.

Important Questions on Electric Field

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A charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q. The system of three charges will be in equilibrium if

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A proton and an α particle having equal kinetic energy are projected in a uniform transverse electric field as shown in figure

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A circular metal plate of radius 1.5 cm is charged with 10 μC situated in air. If the same circular plate carrying same charge were kept in acetone, what would be magnitude of mechanical force? (kacetone =27)

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A proton is released from rest, 10cm from a charged sheet carrying charged density of -2.21×10-9C m-2. It will strike the sheet after the time (approximately)

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An electron moving with the speed 5×106 per sec is shooted parallel to the electric field of intensity 1×103 N C-1. Field is responsible for the retardation of motion of electron. Now evaluate the distance travelled by the electron before coming to rest for an instant (mass of e=9×10-31kg, charge =1.6×10-19C)

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The Electric field is given by E=Fq0, here the test charge 'q0' should be
a) Infinitesimally small and positive

b) Infinitesimally small and negative

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Which one value of electric field is possible due to uniformly charged ring?

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Electric field at point P3,4,5 m due to charge 4 nC which is placed at Q2,3,4 m is 

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A cube of side b has a charge q at seven of its vertices. The electric field due to this charge distribution at the centre of this cube will be:

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In the following figure, the electric field on y-axis will be maximum at y=

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Electric field strength due to a proton at a distance of 3 m is

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Electric field strength due to a proton at a distance of 3 m is

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A particle is moving in an electric field 103 N C-1 along x-axis, the charge =1 μC is present on particle and mass m=1 g. A magnetic field of 10 T is also present. The particle starts moving from origin at t=0 along the same axis with the velocity of v=20j^ m s-1 as shown, the speed of the particle at the time of 203 s will be:

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Assertion: Due to two point charges electric field and electric potential cannot be zero at some point simultaneously.

Reason: Field is a vector quantity and potential is a scalar quantity.

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Two point charges q and 2q are placed some distance apart. If the electric field at the location of q be E, then that at the location of 2q will be

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Two point charges of 20 μC and 80 μC are 10 cm apart where will the electric field strength be zero on the line joining the charges from 20 μC charge

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A charged particle of mass 5×10-5 kg is held stationary in space by placing it in an electric field of strength 107 N C-1 directed vertically downwards. The charge on the particle is

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A small metal ball is suspended in an uniform electric field with the help of an insulated thread. If a high energy X-ray beam falls on the ball, then the ball

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An electrostatic field line leaves at an angle α from point charge q1 and connects with point charge -q2 at an angle β(q1and q2 are positive) see figure below. If q2=32q1 and α=30°, then
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Two masses M1 and M2 carry positive charges Q1 and Q2, respectively. They are dropped to the floor in a laboratory set up from the same height, where there is a constant electric field vertically upwards. M1 hits the floor before M2. Then,