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Assertion: The lightning conductor at the top of the high building has sharp pointed ends.

Reason: The surface density of charge at sharp points is very high resulting in the setting up of electric wind.

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Important Questions on Electrostatics

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Putting a dielectric substance between two plates of condenser: capacity, potential and potential energy, respectively 

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Four closed surfaces S1, S2, S3 and S4 together with charges $+q,-q$ and $-3 q$ are shown. Through which one of the surfaces is the net flux zero?

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An electric field E=(2i^+j^) N C-1 exists in space. The potential difference VP-VQ between two points whose positions vectors rP=i^+2j^ m and rQ=2i^+j^+k^ m is

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Two concentric spherical conducting shells of radii R and 2R carry charges Q and  2Q respectively. When both the shells are connected by a conducting wire, the change in potentials on the outer shell is k=14πε0
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Assertion: Two concentric charged spherical shells are given. The potential difference between the shells depends on charge of inner shell.

Reason: Potential due to charge of outer shell remains same at every point inside the sphere.

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A charge 2q is placed at the mouth of a conical flask. The electric flux through the flask will be
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A wire is bent to form a semi-circle such that the radius of the semicircle is R. The charge per unit length is λ. The total electric field at the centre will be