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As per the diagram a point charge +q is placed at the origin O. Another point charge -Q  is displaced from the point A [coordinates (0, a)] to another point B [coordinates (a, 0)] along the straight path AB .Total work done  is this process will be --

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Important Questions on Electrostatics

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A charge Q is uniformly distributed over a long rod AB of length L as shown in the figure. The electric potential at the point O lying at a distance L from the end A is :


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Four equal point charges Q each are placed in the xy plane at 0,2,4,2,4,-2 and 0,-2 . The work required to put a fifth charge Q at the origin of the coordinate system will be:
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If potential(in volts) in a region is expressed as Vx,y,z=6xy-y+2yz, the electric field(in N C-1) at point1,1,0 is
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A metallic sphere is kept in between two oppositely charged plates. The most appropriate representation of the field lines is
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You are to bring two charges q1 and q2from infinity to the point represented by the potential V1and V2 in an electrical field E.. If the distance between q1 and q2 within the field is r. Find the total work done in assembling the configuration.

 Imagine an electric field  E=20 i^+30 j^ NC-1 in a space. The potential at the origin is zero Find the potential at the 2,2m,

 

 

 

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Consider a cube of uniform charge density, ρ. The ratio of the electrostatic potential at the center of the cube to that at one of the corners of the cube is, 
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A charge Q is distributed over three concentric spherical shells of radii a, b, c a<b<c such that their surface charge densities are equal to one another.

The total potential at a point at distance r from their common centre, where r<a, would be:
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A point particle of mass 0.5 kg is moving along the X -axis under a force described by the potential energy V shown below. It is projected towards the right from the origin with a speed v.

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What is the minimum value of v for which the particle will escape infinitely far away from the origin?

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Two charges of +5nC and -2nC are placed at points (5cm, 0,0) and (23cm, 0,0) in a region of space where there is no other external electric field. Calculate potential energy of this charge system.
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Two equal charges of magnitude Q each are placed at a distance d apart. Their electrostatic energy is E.A. third charge -Q2 is brought midway between these two charges. The electrostatic energy of the system is now?
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Four point charge (with equal magnitude of charge of 5 C; but with different signs) are placed at four corners of a square of side 10 m. Assuming that the square is centered at the origin and the configuration of the charges are as given in the figure, the potential and the magnitude of electric field at the origin, respectively are

[Note k=14πε0

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An electron with an initial speed of 4.0×106 m s-1 is brought to rest by an electric field. The mass and charge of an electron are 9×10-31 kg and 1.6×10-19 C, respectively. Identify the correct statement.
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An electric field E=25 i^+30 j^ N C-1 exists in a region of space. If the potential at the origin is taken to be zero then the potential at x=2 m, y=2 m is:
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There is a uniform electrostatic field in a region. The potential at various points on a small sphere centred at P, in the region, is found to vary between the limits 589.0 V to  589.8 V. What is the potential at a point on the sphere whose radius vector makes an angle of 60° with the direction of the field?
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Consider a spherical shell of radius R with a total charge +Q uniformly spread on its surface (center of the shell lies at the origin x=0 ). Two point charge, +q and-q are brought, one after the other, from far away and placed at x=-a2 and x=+a2a<R, respectively. Magnitude of the work done in this process is
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A certain p-n junction having a depletion region of width 20 μm, was found to have a breakdown voltage of 100 V. If the width of the depletion region is reduced to 1 μm during its production, then it can be used as a zener diode for voltage regulation of:
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When an α -particle of mass  m moving with a undefined velocity bombards on a heavy nucleus of charge Ze, its distance of the closest approach from the nucleus depends on m as:
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Van de Graaff generator consists of a hollow metal sphere of diameter 2 m. If the potential on the surface of the sphere is 6 million volt, the charge accumulated over the surface of the sphere is:

 

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N number of charges, +Q each, are placed maintaining equal distance on the circumference of a circle of radius R. The net electrostatic potential at the centre of the circle is