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A few electric field lines for a system of two charges Q1 and Q2 fixed at two different points on the x-axis are shown in the figure. These lines suggest that

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Important Questions on Electrostatics

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The electric field lines of a positive charge is as shown in figure:

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Give the sign of work done by the field in moving a small positive charge from 'Q' to 'P'.

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A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge σ in the upper half and negative surface charge σ in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure given in:

(figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)
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A point charge +Q is placed just outside an imaginary hemispherical surface of radius R as shown in the figure. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

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Which is the INCORRECT statement regarding electric lines of force
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Within a spherical charge distribution of charge density ρr,  N equipotential surfaces of potential V0, V0+V, V0+2V,V0+NV V>0, are drawn and have increasing radii r0, r1, r2,rN, respectively. If the difference in the radii of the surfaces is constant for all values of V0 and V then :
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What are electric field lines? Mention any two of its properties.
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A parallel plate capacitor with plates of area 1 m2 each, are at a separation of 0.1 m. If the electric field between the plates is 100 N C-1, the magnitude of charge on each plate is: (Takeε0=8.85×1012 C2 N-1 m-2)
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Which statement(s) among the following are incorrect:
(i) A negative test charge experiences a force opposite to the direction of the field.
(ii) The tangent drawn to a line of force represents the direction of electric field.
(iii) The electric field lines never intersect.
(iv) The electric field lines form a closed loop.
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The electric field lines on the left have twice the separation on those on the right as shown in figure. If the magnitude of the field at A is 40 Vm-1, what is  the force on 20 μC charge kept at

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What is the angle between maximum value of potential gradient and equipotential surface?
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The number of electric field lines emerged out from 1 mC charge is ______. ε=8.85×10-12MKS
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The angle between the electric lines of force and the equipotential surface is
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The charge on a capacitor plate in a circuit, as a function of time, is shown in the figure:
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What is the value of current at t=4 s?
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A parallel plate capacitor is of area 6 cm2 and a separation 3 mm. The gap is filled with three dielectric materials of equal thickness (see figure) with dielectric constant K1=10, K2=12 and K3=14. The dielectric constant of a material which when fully inserted in above capacitor, gives same capacitance would be:

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Figure shows three arrangements of electric field lines. In each arrangement, a proton is released from rest at point A and then accelerated through point B by the electric field. Points A and B have equal separations in the three arrangements. If p1,p2 and p3 are linear momentum of the proton at point B in the three arrangement respectively, then

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A small point mass carrying some positive charge on it, is released from the edge of a table. There is a uniform electric field in this region in the horizontal direction. Which of the following options then correctly describe the trajectory of the mass ? (Curves are drawn schematically and are not to scale)