Electrostatic Equilibrium

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KVPY Aptitude Test - Stream SA
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Important Questions on Electrostatic Equilibrium

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In the diagram shown P is a point negative charge. Its weight is balanced by the electric force due to the fixed very long wire. The equilibrium of the particle is,

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Three charges +4 q,-q and +4q are kept on a straight line at position 0,0,0, a,0,0 and 2a,0,0, respectively. Considering that they are free to move along the x-axis only

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Two positively charged spheres of masses m1 and m2, are suspended from a common point at the ceiling by identical insulating massless strings of length l. Charges on the two spheres are q1 and q2, respectively. At equilibrium both strings make the same angle θ with the vertical. Then