East Point School

CHAPTER 1 DPP 3
ELECTERIC FLUX AND GAUSS THEORM
Q1 The electric field components in Fig. are EX = α x1/2, Ey = E z = 0 in which alpha = 800 N / Cm 2 . Calculate (i) the flux
through the cube and (ii) the charge within the cube. Assume that α = 0.1 m.
[NCERT]

Q2 An electric field is uniform, and in the positive x direction for positive x and uniform with the same magnitude in the
negative x direction for negative x. It is given that and

E =200 i N C - 1 for x > 0

E = -200 i NC- 1 for x < 0

A right circular cylinder of length 20 cm and radius 5 cm has its centre at the
origin and its axis along the x-axis so that one face is at x = 10 cm and the
other is at x = - 10 cm.

(i) What is the net outward flux through each flat face?

(ii) What is the flux through the side of the cylinder?

(iii) What is the net outward flux through the cylinder?

(iv) What is the net charge inside the cylinder?

[CBSE 19C; NCERT]

Q3 S1 and S₂ are two concentric spheres enclosing charges Q and 2Q respectively as shown in Fig.

(i) What is the ratio of the electric flux through S1 and S2?.

(ii) How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change, if a medium of dielectric constant k is introduced in the space
inside S1 in place of air?

(iii) How will the electric flux through sphere S1 change, if a medium of dielectric constant k is
introduced in the space inside S2 in place of air?
[CBSE OD 02, 14, 14C]

Q4 Consider a uniform electric field E =3*103 i NC -1.

Calculate the flux of this field through a square surface of area 10 cm 2 when.

(i) its plane is parallel to the y-z plane, and

(ii) (ii) the normal to its plane makes a 60° angle with the x-axis. [CBSE D 13C]
Q5 Given a uniform electric field E =5*103 I NC-1, find the flux of this field through a square of 10 cm on a side whose plane is
parallel to the Y-Z plane. What would be the flux through the same square if the plane makes a 30° angle with the X-axis?
[CBSE D 14]

Q6 6. A spherical Gaussian surface encloses a charge of 8.85 * 10-8 C.

(i) Calculate the electric flux passing through the surface.

(ii) If the radius of the Gaussian surface is doubled, how would the flux change? [CBSE D 01, F 07]

Q7 A hollow cylindrical box of length 1 m and area of cross-section 25 cm2 is placed

in a three-dimensional coordinate system as shown in Fig. The electric field in the
region is given by E=50x i, where E is in NC-1 and x is in metres.

Find

(i) net flux through the cylinder,

(ii) charge enclosed by the cylinder. [CBSE D 13]

Q8 The electric field in a region is given by E = (E0 x)/b i.

Find the charge contained in the cubical volume bounded by the surfaces.

x = 0, x = a, y = 0,

y = a, z = 0, and z = a Take E0 = 5 * 103 * NC-1

a=1 cm and b = 2cm

Q9 The electric field components due to a charge inside the cube of side 0.1 m are
as shown. Ex = αx, where α= 400N / C – m Ey= 0, Ez= 0.

Calculate (i) the flux through the cube, and (ii) the charge inside the cube.
[CBSE 18C; SP 20]

Q 10 A uniform electric field E =Ex i N/C for x > 0 and E = - Ex N/C x < 0 are given. A right circular cylinder of length 1 cm and
radius r cm has its centre at the origin and its axis along the x-axis. Find out the net outward flux. Using Gauss's law write
the expression for the net charge within the cylinder.

[CBSE D 08C]

Q 11 Two small identical electrical dipoles AB and CD, each of dipole moment p
are kept at an angle of 120° to each other in an external electric field E
pointing along the x-axis as shown in Fig.

Find the

(i) dipole moment of the arrangement, and

(ii) magnitude and direction of the net torque acting on it.

[CBSE D 11; OD 20]

Q 12 A thin metallic spherical shell of radius R carries a charge Q on its surface. A point charge Q/2
is placed at its centre C and another charge + 2Q is placed outside the shell at a distance x from
the centre as shown in Fig.

Find

(i) the force on the charge at the centre of shell and at the point A,

(ii) the electric flux through the shell.

[CBSE D 15]

Q 13 Two thin concentric and coplanar spherical shells of radii a and b (b > a) carry charges, q and Q, is respectively. Find the
magnitude of the electric field, at a point distant x, from their common centre for (i) 0 < x < a (ii) a <= x < b (iii) b <= x < ∞
[CBSE F 15, D 16C]

Q 14 Shows tracks of three charged in a uniform electrostatic field. Give the

signs of the charges. Which particle has the highest charge to mass
ratio?

(a) Suppose that a particle is attracted towards the positive plate: what
must the charge on it be?

(b) Suppose two particles have identical curved trajectories. Which of the following are necessarily true?

(i) They have same charge; (ii) They have same mass; (iii) The charges have the same sign; (iv) They have the same elm
ratio.

(c) You are given the initial velocity v of a beam particle and the length of the capacitor 1. What other measurement would
enable one to find e/m? [NCERT; CBSE D01C]

Q 15 Plot a graph showing the variation of coulomb force (E) versus (1/(r 2)) where r is the distance between the two charges of
each pair of charges: (1 μC, 2 μC) and (2mu*C, - 3mu*C) Interpret the graphs obtained. [CBSE OD 11]

Q 16 Five point charges, each of value + q coulomb are placed on five vertices of a regular hexagon of side L metres. Find the
magnitude of force on a charge - q coulomb placed at the centre of the hexagon. [IIT 92; CBSE OD 19]

Q 17 Four particles, each having a charge q, are placed on the vertices of a regular pentagon. The distance of each corner from the
centre is ‘a' Determine the electric field at the centre of the pentagon.

Q 18 A spherical conducting shell of inner radius r and outer radius r 2 has a charge 'Q'. A charge 'f is placed at the centre of the
shell.

(a) What is the surface charge density on the (i) inner surface, (ii) outer surface of the shell?

(b) Write the expression for the electric field at a point x > r2 from the centre of the shell.

[CBSE OD 10]
Q 19 Electric field in Fig. is directed along +X direction and given by E x = 5Ax + 2 B,
where E is in NC-1 and x is in metre, A and B are constants with dimensions.
Taking A = 10 NC-1 m-1 and B = 5NC-1 calculate:

(i) the electric flux through the cube.

(ii) net charge enclosed within the cube.

[CBSE Sample Paper 08]

Q 20 A point charge + 10 µC is a distance 5 cm directly above the centre of a square of side 10 cm as shown in Fig. (a). What is
the magnitude of the electric flux through the square? (Hint: Think of the square as one face of a cube with edge 10 cm.
(NCERT)