Gauss's Law
Gauss's Law: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Gauss Theorem in Electrostatics, Area Vector, Gaussian Surfaces for Various Charge Distribution, Electric Field due to a Charged Sphere Using Gauss's Law and, Important Points in Gauss's Law
Important Questions on Gauss's Law
Which law is used to derive the expression for the electric field between two uniformly charged large parallel sheets with surface charge densities and respectively:
A charge is placed at the mouth of a conical flask. The flux of the electric field through the flask is
flux lines are going inside an area of a certain volume and flux lines are passing through that area are going out. How much charge is there within that field?
The electric field acts in the space in which a cylinder of radius and length is placed with its curved surfaces parallel to axis. The charge inside the volume of cylinder is
Assertion: Gauss's law can't be used to calculate electric field near an electric dipole.
Reason: Electric dipole don't have symmetrical charge distribution.
A hollow cylinder has a charge coulomb within it. If is the electric flux in units of associated with the curved surface , the flux linked with the plane surface in units of will be
The potential (in volts) of a charge distribution is given by
for
for .
does not depend on and . If this potential is generated by a constant charge per unit volume (in units of ) which is spread over a certain region, then choose the correct statement.
A charge is placed at a distance above the centre of a square surface of side length . The electric flux through the square surface due to the charge would be?
Total flux coming out of some closed surface is:
The region between two concentric spheres of radii and respectively (see figure), has volume charge density where is a constant and is the distance from the centre. At the centre of the spheres is a point charge The value of such that the electric field in the region between the spheres will be constant, is:
The total flux through the faces of the cube with side of length if a charge is placed at corner of the cube is
A point charge of is at the centre of cubical Gaussian surface on edge. What is the net electric flux through the surface?
A ring of radius having a linear charge density moves towards a solid imaginary sphere of radius so that the centre of ring passes through the centre of the sphere. The axis of the ring is perpendicular to the line joining the centres of the ring and the sphere. The maximum flux through the sphere in this process is
Flux coming out from a unit positive charge enclosed in air is
A Gaussian sphere encloses an electric dipole within it. The total flux across the sphere is
and are point charges located at points, as shown in the figure, and is a spherical Gaussian surface of radius . Which of the following is true, according to the Gauss' law?
The figure shows a closed surface which intersects a conducting sphere. If a positive charge is placed at the point , the flux of the electric field through the closed surface,
A Gaussian sphere encloses an electric dipole within it. The total flux through the sphere is
Flux coming out from a unit positive charge enclosed in air is