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Six charges are placed around a regular hexagon of side length a as shown in the figure. Five of them have charge q, and the remaining one has charge x. The perpendicular from each charge to the nearest hexagon side passes through the center O of the hexagon and is bisected by the side.

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Important Questions on Electrostatics

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The electric field in a certain region is acting radially outward and is given by E=Ar. A charge contained in a sphere of radius a centred at the origin of the field will be given by
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A particle of mass m and charge q is placed at rest in uniform electric field E and then released. The kinetic energy attained by the particle after moving a distance y is
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A charged particle (mass m and charge q) moves along X axis with velocity V0. When it passes through the origin it enters a region having uniform electric field E=-Ej^ which extends upto x=d. Equation of path of electron in the region x>d is:

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Two point charges q110 μC and q2-25 μC are placed on the x -axis at x=1 m and x=4 m respectively. The electric field in V m-1 at a point y=3 m on y-axis is,

Take 14πϵ0=9×109 N m2C-2
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Four point charges -q, +q, +q and -q are placed on y-axis at y=-2d, y=-d, and y=+2d, respectively. The magnitude of the electric field E at a point on the x-axis at x=D, with Dd, will behave as:
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Charges Q1 and Q2 are at points A and B of a right-angled triangle OAB. The resultant electric field at point O is perpendicular to the hypotenuse, then Q1/Q2 is proportional to:

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Two charged thin infinite plane sheets of uniform charge density σ+ and σ-, where σ+>σ, intersect at the right angle. Which of the following best represents the electric field lines for the system:
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Two metal plates having a potential difference of 800 V are 2 cm apart. It is found that a particle of mass 1.96×10-15 kg remains suspended in the region between the plates. The charge on the particle must be (e= elementary charge)
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A simple pendulum of length L is placed between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor having electric field  E , as shown in figure. Its bob has mass m and charge  q . The time period of the pendulum is given by:
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A particle of mass m and charge q is released from rest in a uniform electric field. If there is no other force on the particle, the dependence of its speed v on the distance x travelled by it is correctly given by (graphs are schematic and not drawn to scale)
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Suppose that intensity of a laser is 315π W m-2. The rms electric field, in units of V m-1 associated with this source is close to the nearest integer is -ε0=8.86×10-12 C2 N m-2; c=3×108 m s-1
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An electric field due to a positively charged long straight wire at a distance r from it is proportional to r-1 in magnitude. Two electrons are orbiting such a long straight wire in circular orbits of radii 1 A and 2 A. The ratio of their respective time periods is
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A spherical conductor of radius 10 cm has a charge of 3.2×107 C distributed uniformly. What is the magnitude of electric field at a point 15 cm from the centre of the sphere?
14πε0=9×109 Nm2 C-2
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A particle, of mass 10-3 kg and charge 1.0 C, is initially at rest. At time t=0, the particle comes under the influence of an electric field Et=E0sinωt i^, where E0=1.0 N C-1 and ω=103 rad s-1. Consider the effect of only the electrical force on the particle. Then the maximum speed, in m s-1, attained by the particle at subsequent times is ____________.
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A uniform electric field, E=-4003 j^ N C-1 is applied in a region. A charged particle of mass m carrying positive charge q is projected in this region with an initial speed of 210×106 m s-1. This particle is aimed to hit a target T, which is 5 m away from its entry point into the field as shown schematically in the figure. Take qm=1010 C kg-1. Then

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An infinite line of charge with uniform line charge density of 1 C m-1 is placed along the y-axis. A charge of 1C is placed on the x-axis at a distance of d=3 m from the origin. At what distance r from the origin on the x-axis, the total electric field is zero.N (Assume 0<r<d)
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A point charge of 50 μC is placed in the XY plane at a location with radius vector r0=2i^+3j^  m The electric field strength and its magnitude at a point with radius vector r=8i^-5j^ m is εo=8.85×10-12 C2 N-m-2
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Three charged particles AB and C with charges -4q,2q and -2q are present on the circumference of a circle of radius d. The charged particles A,C and centre O of the circle formed an equilateral triangle as shown in the figure. The electric field at the point O is
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The bob of a simple pendulum has mass 2 g and a charge of 5.0 μC. It is at rest in a uniform horizontal electric field of intensity 2000 V/m At equilibrium, the angle that the pendulum makes with the vertical is:
takeg=10 m/s2
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A charged particle initially at rest at O, when released follows a trajectory as shown. Such a trajectory is possible in the presence of
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