Electric Field Lines and Equipotential Surfaces

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Electric Field Lines and Equipotential Surfaces: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Equipotential Surfaces, Electric Lines of Force, Properties of Electric Lines of Force, Properties of Equipotential Surfaces and, Equipotential Surfaces due to a Point Charge

Important Questions on Electric Field Lines and Equipotential Surfaces

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Assertion: Two equipotential surfaces cannot cut each other.
Reason: Two equipotential surfaces are parallel to each other.

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Assertion(A): Electric field is always normal to equipotential surfaces and along the direction of decreasing order of potential.

Reason (R): Negative gradient of electric potential is electric field.

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Nature of equipotential surface for a point charge is

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The instantaneous values of current and voltage in an circuit are given by I=6sin100πt+π4,V=5sin100πt-π4. Then

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In an ac circuit the current B i=5sin100t-π2 A and the A.C. potential is V=200sin100t Volt. Then the power consumed is.

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The equipotential surface of an electric dipole is

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What is the angle between the electric field and the plane of an equipotential surface?

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Electric field in a region is increasing in magnitude along x-direction. The equipotential surfaces associated are

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Figure shows some equipotential lines distributed in space. A charged particle is moved from point A to point B

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The figure shows two parallel equipotential surfaces A and B kept a small distance r apart from each other. A point charge of q coulomb is taken from the surface A to B. The amount of net work done will be :-

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How the electric field lines due to two identical positive charges are different from the field lines due to two identical negative charges?

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Which one of the following statements is not true for electric field lines due to two positive charges situated at a distance in space?

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The electric field lines are drawn for two charges A and B situated at a distance in space, as shown below. Which one of the following statements is true for the charges A and B?

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Some equipotential surfaces, which are normal to x-y plane are shown in the adjoining figure. The magnitude of the electric field is (V/cm) :-

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The spatial distribution of the electric field due to two charges (A and B) is shown in figure. Which one of the following statements is correct?

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Which of the following, not an electrostatics field?

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A metallic solid sphere is placed in a uniform electric field. The lines of force the path(s) shown in figure as :

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In moving from A to B along an electric field line, the electric field does 6.4×10-19 J of work on a electron. If ϕ1, ϕ2 are equipotential surfaces, then the potential difference VC-VA is :

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A hollow conducting sphere is placed in an electric field produced by a point charge placed at P as shown in figure. Let VA, VB, VC be the potential at points A, B and C respectively. Then:

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

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