
A positive point charge is brought near a neutral metal sphere.

Important Questions on Electrostatics
Two small conductors and are given charges and respectively. Now they are placed inside a hollow metallic conductor () carrying a charge If all the three conductors and are connected by conducting wires as shown, the charges on and will be respectively:





If and are the accelerations due to gravity on the surfaces of the Earth and the Moon respectively and if Millikan's oil drop experiment could be performed on the two surfaces, one will find the ratio to be

In the following figure, three paths of particle crossing a nucleus are shown. The correct path is
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A conducting sphere of radius $10 \mathrm{cm}$ is charged to $10 \mu \mathrm{C}$. Another uncharged sphere of radius $20 \mathrm{cm}$ is allowed to touch it for some time. After that, if the spheres are separated, then surface density of charges on the spheres will be in the ratio of
