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Statement I: For practical purposes, the earth is used as a reference at zero potential in electrical circuits.

Statement II: The electrical potential of a sphere of radius R with charge Q uniformly distributed on the surface is given by Q4πε0R.

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Important Questions on Electrostatics

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
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Let E1=xi^+yj^,
and E2=xy2 i^+x2y j^, then:
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When a glass rod is rubbed with silk, the amount of positive charge acquired by glass rod in magnitude is:
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A cube has point charges of magnitude -q at all its vertices. The electric field at the centre of the cube is:
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An electric dipole is placed along the x axis at the origin O. A point P is at a distance of 20 cm from this origin, such that OP makes an angle π3 with the x axis. If the electric field at P makes an angle θ with the x axis, then the value of θ would be
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A charged wire is bent in the form of a semicircular arc of radius a. If charge per unit length is λ cm-1, the electric field at the centre O is 
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Two non-conducting spheres of radii R1 and R2 and carrying uniform volume charge densities +ρ and -ρ, respectively, are placed such that they partially overlap, as shown in the figure. At all points in the overlapping region :

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Charges Q, 2Q and 4Q are uniformly distributed in three dielectric solid spheres 1, 2 and 3 of radii R2, R and 2R respectively, as shown in figure. If magnitudes of the electric fields at point P at a distance R from the centre of spheres 1, 2 and 3 are E1, E2 and E3 respectively, then :-

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