1.

The electric field at a distance from the centre of a

charged conducting spherical shell of radius R is E. The

electric field at a distance from the centre of the sphere is

(a) zero (b) E

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) zero (d)
2. A charge Q is enclosed by a Gaussian spherical surface of
radius R. If the radius is doubled, then the outward electric
flux will : 6. An electric dipole of moment ´p´ is placed in an electric field
of intensity ´E´. The dipole acquires a position such that the
(a) increase four times (b) be reduced to half axis of the dipole makes an angle  with the direction of the
(c) remain the same (d) be doubled field. Assuming that the potential energy of the dipole to be
zero when  = 90º , the torque and the potential energy of the
dipole will respectively be
3. Four electric charges +q, +q, –q and –q are placed at the
corners of a square of side 2L (see figure). The electric
(a) p E sin , – p E cos  (b)
potential at point A, midway between the two charges +q and
p E sin , – 2 p E cos 
(c) p E sin , 2 p Ecos  (d)
p E cos , – p Ecos 

7. Four point charges –Q, –q, 2q and 2Q are placed, one at each
+q, is : corner of the square. The relation between Q and q for which
the potential at the centre of the square is zero is :

(a) (b)
(a) Q = –q (b)

(c) (d) Zero

(c) Q = q (d)
4. The electric potential V at any point (x, y, z), all in meters in
space is given by V = 4x2 volt. The electric field at the point
8. What is the flux through a cube of side 'a' if a point charge of
(1, 0, 2) in volt/meter is :
q is at one of its corner
(a) 8 along positive X-axis (b)
16 along negative X-axis
(c) 16 along positive X-axis (d)
8 along negative X-axis (a) (b)

(c) (d)
5. Three charges, each +q, are placed at the corners of an
isosceles triangle ABC of sides BC and AC, 2a. D and E are
9. Two metallic spheres of radii 1 cm and 3 cm are given
the mid points of BC and CA. The work done in taking a
charge Q from D to E is: charges of –1×10–2 C and 5×10–2 C, respectively . If these
are connected by a conducting wire, the final charge on the
bigger sphere is :

(a) 2×10–2 C (b) 3×10–2 C

(c) 4×10–2 C (d) 1×10–2 C

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 (c) 24N (d) 4 N
10. A, B and C are three points in a uniform electric field. The
electric potential is :

14. The electric field in a certain region is acting radially outward

and is given by E = Ar. A charge contained in a sphere of
radius 'a' centred at the origin of the field, will given by :

(a) (b)
(a) maximum at B (b) 2
maximum at C (c) (d) 4 π ∈0 Aa
(c) same at all the three points A, B and C (d)
maximum at A
15. If potential (in volts) in a region is expressed as V(x, y, z) = 6
11. Two pith balls carrying equal charges are suspended from a xy – y + 2yz, the electric field (in N/C) at point (1, 1, 0) is :
common point by strings of equal length, the equilibrium
separation between them is r. Now the strings are rigidly
clamped at half the height. The equilibrium separation (a) (b)
between the balls now become :
(c) (d)

16. Two identical charged spheres suspended from a common

y point by two mass less strings of lengths , are initially at a
y/2 distance d(d << ) a part because of their mutual repulsion.
r r The charges begin to leak from both the spheres at a constant
rate. As a result, the spheres approach each other with a
velocity v. Then v varies as a function of the distance x
between the spheres, as :
(a) (b)
(a) v  x–1 (b) v x1/2
(c) (d) (c) v x (d) v x–1/2

12. A conducting sphere of radius R is given a charge Q. The 17. When an -particle of mass 'm' moving with velocity ' v '
electric potential and the electric field at the centre of the bombards on a heavy nucleus of charge 'Ze' its distance of
sphere respectively are: closet approach from the nucleus depends on m as :

(a) Zero and (b) and (a) m (b)

Zero
(c) (d)
(c) and (d) Both are zero.
18. An electric dipole is placed at an angle of 30º with an electric
field intensity 2 ×105 N/C. It experiences a torque equal to 4
13. In a region the potential is represented by V(x, y, z) = 6x – N m. The charge on the dipole, if the dipole length is 2cm, is
8xy –8y + 6yz, where V is in volts and x, y, z, are in meters.
The electric force experienced by a charge of 2 coulomb (a) 7 C (b) 8 mC
situated at point (1, 1,1) is :
(c) 2 mC (d) 5 mC

(a) 6 N (b) 30N

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19. Suppose the charge of a proton and an electron differ slightly. electron, in comparison to the time of falls of the proton is :
One of them is – e, the other is (e + e). If the net of
electrostatic force and gravitational force between two (a) smaller (b) equal
(c) 10 times greater (d) 5 times greater
hydrogen atoms placed at a distance d (much greater than
atomic size) apart is zero, then e is of the order of [Given
mass of hydrogen 22. A toy car with charge q moves on a frictionless horizontal
mh = 1.67 × 10–27 kg plane surface under the influence of a uniform electric field

(a) 10–20 C (b) 10–23 C . Due to the force q , its velocity increases from 0 to 6
(c) 10–37 C (d) 10–47 C m/s in one second duration. At that instant the direction of the
field is reversed. The car continues to move for two more
seconds under the influence of this field. The average velocity
and the average speed of the toy car between 0 to 3 seconds
20. The diagrams below show regions of equipotentials.
are respectively

(a) 2 m/s, 4 m/s (b) 1.5 m/s, 3 m/s

(c) 1 m/s, 3.5 m/s (d) 1 m/s, 3 m/s

23. Two point charges A and B, having charges + Q and –Q

respectively, are placed at certain distance apart and force
acting between them is F. If 25% charge of A is transferred to
B, then force between the charges becomes:
4F
(a) 3 (b) F
9F 16 F
(c) 16 (d) 9

24. Two parallel infinite line charges with linear charge densities
+ C/m and – C/m are placed at a distance of 2R in free
space. What is the electric field mid-way between the two line
charges ?
(a) (b) (c)
(d) λ
A positive charge is moved from A to B in each N /C
(a) 2 πε0 R (b) zero
diagram
2λ λ
(a) Maximum work is required to move q in figure N /C N /C
(c) πε 0 R (d) πε 0 R
(c).
(b) In all the four cases the work done is the same.
(c) Minimum work is required to move q in figure
(a) 25. Two metal spheres, one of radius R and the other of radius 2R
(d) Maximum work is required to move q in figure respectively have the same surface charge density . They are
brought in contact and separated. What will be the new
(b). surface charge densities on them?

5 5
σ 1= σ , σ 2= σ
21. An electron falls from rest through a vertical distance h in a (a) 6 6 (b)
uniform and vertically upward directed electric field E. The 5 5
direction of electric field is now reversed, keeping its σ 1= σ , σ2= σ
magnitude the same. A proton is allowed to fall from rest in it
2 6
through the same vertical distance h. The time of fall of the

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 5 5 (a)  x–1/2 (b)  x–1
σ 1= σ , σ 2= σ (c)  x1/2 (d)  x
(c) 2 3 (d)
5 5
σ 1= σ , σ 2= σ
3 6 31. Two positive charges of magnitude ‘q’ are placed at the ends
26. A sphere encloses an electric dipole with charges ±3 × 10 –6 C. of a side (side 1) of a square of side ‘2a’. Two negative
charges of the same magnitude are kept at the other corners.
What is the total electric flux across the sphere?
Starting from rest, if a charge Q moves from the middle of
side 1 to the centre of square, its kinetic energy at the centre
(a) – 3 × 10–6 (b) Zero
of square is :
(c) 3 × 10–6 Nm2/C (d) 6 × 10–6 Nm2/C
(a) zero (b)

27. A thin semi-circular ring of radius r has a positive charge q

distributed uniformly over it. The net field at the centre O

is :
(c) (d)

32. This questions has statement-1 and statement-2. Of the four

choices given after the statements, choose the one that best
describe the two statements.

(a) (b) An insulating solid sphere of radius R has a

unioformly positive charge density . As a result of
(c) (d) this uniform charge distribution there is a finite
value of electric potential at the centre of the sphere,
28. Two identical charged spheres are suspended by strings of at the surface of the sphere and also at a point out
equal lengths. The strings make an angle of 30º with each side the sphere. The electric potential at infinite is
other. When suspended in a liquid of density 0.8 g cm –3, the zero.
angle remains the same. If density of the material of the Statement-1 : When a charge ‘q’ is take from the
sphere is 1.6 g cm–3, the dielectric constant of the liquid is
centre of the surface of the sphere its potential
(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 1 energy changes by .
Statement-2 : The electric field at a distance r (r <

29. The electrostatic potential inside a charged spherical ball is

R) from the centre of the sphere is
given by  = ar2 + b where r is the distance from the centre;
a,b are constants. Then the charge density inside the ball is :
(a) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true;
Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of
(a) –24 a0r (b) –6 a0r statement-1.
(b) Statement 1 is true Statement 2 is false.
(c) –24 a0 (d) –6 a0
(c) Statement 1 is false Statement 2 is true.
(d) Statement 1 is true, Statement 2 is true,
30. Two identical charged spheres suspended from a common Statement 2 is the correct explanation of Statement
point by two massless strings of length  are initially a
distance d(d < < ) apart becuase of their mutual repulsion. 33. Two charges, each equal to q, are kept at x = – a and x = a on
The charge begins to leak from both the spheres at a constant
rate. As a result the charges approach each other with a
velocity . Then as a function of distance x between them : the x-axis. A particle of mass m and charge is
placed at the origin. If charge q 0 is given a small displacement
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 (y <<a) along the y-axis, the net force acting on the particle is (c)
proportional to :
(a) y (b) –y

(c) (d)

34. A charge Q is uniformly distributed over a long rod AB of

length L as shown in the figure. The electric potential at the
point O lying at distance L from the end A is :

O A B
L L

(a) (b) (d)

(c) (d)
37. An electric dipole has a fixed dipole moment , which makes
angle  with respect to x-axis. When subjected to an electric

field , it experiences a torque . When

35. Assume that an electric field exists in space. Then
the potential difference VA – VO, where VO is the potential at
the origin and VA the potential at x = 2 m is : subjected to another electric field it experiences
(a) 120 V (b) –120 V
(c) – 80 V (d) 80 V a torque . The angle  is :
(a) 90° (b) 30°
(c) 45° (d) 60°
36. A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge  in
the upper half and negative surface charge – in the lower
half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like 38. Three concentric metal shells A, B and C of respective radii
figure given in : a,b and c (a < b < c) have surface charge densities +, – and
+ respectively. The potential of shell B is :
(figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(a) 39. Three charges +Q, q, +Q are placed respectively, at distance,

0, d/2 and d from the origin, on the x-axis. If the net force
experienced by +Q, placed at x = 0, is zero, then value of q
is :
(a) +Q/2 (b) +Q/4
(c) –Q/2 (d) –Q/4

40. For a uniformly charged ring of radius R, the electric field on

(b)
its axis has the largest magnitude at a distance h from its
centre. Then value of h is :

(a) (b) R

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 44. The given graph shown variation (with distance r from centre)
(c) (d)

41. Two point charges q 1 ( √ 10 μC ) and q 2 (−25 μC ) are placed

on the x-axis at x = 1 m and x = 4 m respectively. The electric of :
field (in V/m) at a point y = 3 m on y-axis is,

[ ¿ k gS=
1
4 πg ε 0
=9 ×1 09 N m2 C−2
] (a) Electric field of a uniformly charged sphere
(b) Potential of a uniformly charged spherical shell
(c) Potential of a uniformly charged sphere
(a)(−81 i^ +81 ^j ) ×1 02 (b)( 81 i^ −81 ^j ) ×1 02 (d) Electric field of a uniformly charged spherical
(c)(−63 i^ +27 ^j ) ×1 02 (d)( 63 i^ −27 ^j ) × 10 2 shell

45. Three charges Q, +q and +q and placed at the vertices of a

42. A charge Q is distributed over three concentric spherical right-angle isosceles triangle as shown below. The net
shells of radii a, b, c (a < b < c) such that their surface charge electrostatic energy of the configuration is zero, if the value of
densities are equal to one another. The total potential at a Q is :
point at distance r from their common centre, where r < a,
would be

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(a) + q (b)

43. Two electric dipoles, A, B with respective dipole moments (c) –2q (d)

and are placed on the x–axis with a

separation R, as shown in the figure. 46. An electric field of 1000 V/m is applied to an electric dipole
at angle of 45°. The value of electric dipole moment is 10 –29
C.m. What is the potential energy of the electric dipole ?
(a) –9 × 10–20 J (b) –7 × 10–27 J
(c) –10 × 10 J
–29
(d) –20 × 10–18 J

The distance from A at which both of them produce

the same potential is :
47. Determine the electric dipole moment of the system of three
charges, placed on the vertices of an equilateral triangle, as
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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 shown in the figure :

(d)

49. Two infinite planes each with uniform surface charge density
(a) (b) + are kept in such a way that the angle between them is 30°.
The electric field in the region shown between them is given
(c) 2q (d) by :

48. There is a uniform spherically symmetric surface charge

density at a distance R 0 from the origin. The charge
distribution is initially at rest and starts expanding because of
mutual repulsion. The figure that represents best the speed
V(R(t)) of the distribution as a function of its instantaneous
radius R(t) is:
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(a)

50. A particle of mass m and charge q is released from rest in a

uniform electric field. If there is no other force on the particle,
the dependence of its speed v on the distance x travelled by it
is correctly given by (graphs are schematic and not drawn to
scale)
(b)

(a)

(c)

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 (c) Only when the Gaussian surface is an

equipotential surface and |⃗E|

is constant of the
surface.
(d) For any choice of Gaussian surface.
(b)

53. Three charged particles A, B and C with charges –4q, 2q and

–2q are present on the circumference of a circle of radius d.
The charged particles A, C and centre O of the circle formed
an equilateral triangle as shown in figure. Electric field at O
along x-direction is

(c)

√3q √3 q
(d) 2 2
(a) πε0 d (b) 4 πε 0 d
3 √3 q 2 √3 q
2 2
51. Consider two charged metallic spheres S1 and S2 of radii R1 (c) 4 πε 0 d (d) πε 0 d
and R2, respectively. The electric fields E1 (on S1) and E2 (on
S2) on their surfaces are such that E1/E2 = R1/R2. Then the
ratio V1(on S1)/V2 (on S2) of the electrostatic potentials on
⃗p=(− ^i−3 ^j+2 k^ )×10
−29
each sphere is
54. An electric dipole of moment C.m.
is at the origin (0, 0, 0). The electric field due to this dipole at
(a) (b) ⃗r =(+^i+3 ^j+5 k^ ) ⃗r . ⃗p
(note that = 0) is parallel to :

(c) (d)
(a) (+ ^i+3 ^j−2 k^ ) (b)
^
(− ^i +3 ^j−2 k)
^
(+ ^i−3 ^j−2 k) ^
(− ^i−3 ^j+2 k)
52. In finding the electric field using gauss law the formula (c) (d)
qin
|⃗E|=
ε 0|A|
is applicable. In the formula 0 is permittivity of
free space, A is the area of Gaussian surface and q enc is charge
enclosed by the Gaussian surface. This equation can be used
in which of the following situation?
(a) Only when the Gaussian surface is an equipotential
surface.

(b) Only when |⃗E| = constant on the surface.

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