
A circle of radius has charge density given by on its circumference, where is a positive constant and is the angular position of a point on the circle with respect to some reference line. The potential at the centre of the circle is

Important Questions on Electrostatics







Four point charges are located at the corners of a square of side The force acting on a charge of placed at centre of the square is







Three charges are placed at the three vertices of an equilateral triangle of side as shown in the figure. The force experienced by the charge placed at the vertex in a direction normal to is


Eleven equal point charges, all of them having a charge are placed at all the hour positions of a circular clock of radius except at the position. What is the electric field strength at the centre of the clock?


Shown in the figure is a shell made of a conductor. It has inner radius and outer radius , and carries charge . At its centre a dipole is placed as shown then:

A uniformly charged solid sphere of radius R has potential (measured with respect to ) on its surface. For this sphere the equipotential surfaces with potential and have radius , and respectively. Then
Note : This question had two option correct at the time of examination. Proper corrections are made in the question to avoid it.

