
A spherical conductor of radius is charged to a potential of . It is now placed inside another hollow spherical conductor of radius . Calculate the potential of bigger sphere if the smaller sphere is made to touch the bigger sphere.


Important Questions on Electrostatics
The potential difference between two points in an electric field , where and , is

and are two concentric metallic spheres. is positively charged and is earthed. Then,

The arc with the centre and the infinitely long wire having linear charge density are lying in the same plane. The minimum amount of work to be done to move a point charge from point to through a circular path of radius is equal to

A charged block is projected on a rough horizontal surface with speed . The value of coefficient of friction if the kinetic energy of the block remains constant is


Three charges and are placed at the vertices of a right angled isosceles triangle as shown in figure. The net electrostatics energy of the configuration is zero if is equal to

Two charges and are placed apart, as shown in figure. A third charge is moved along the arc of a circle of radius from to . The change in the potential energy of the system is where is

If linear charge density of a bent wire as shown in the figure is . Then.
