
The electric field in a certain region is acting radially outward and is given by . A charge contained in a sphere of radius centred at the origin of the field, will be given by:


Important Questions on Electrostatics

Two identical charged spheres suspended from a common point by two massless strings of lengths are initially at a distance apart because of their mutual repulsion. The charges begin to leak from both the spheres at a constant rate. As a result, the spheres approach each other with a velocity Then, varies as a function of the distance between the sphere, as


Suppose the charge of a proton and an electron differ slightly. One of them is the other is If the net of electrostatic force and gravitational force between two hydrogen atoms placed at a distance (much greater than atomic size) apart is zero, then is of the order of (Given mass of hydrogen,

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A positive charge is moved from to in each diagram.

An electron falls from rest through a vertical distance in a uniform and vertically upward directed electric field . The direction of electric field is now reversed, keeping its magnitude the same. A proton is allowed to fall from rest in it through the same vertical distance . The time of fall of the electron, in comparison to the time of fall of the proton is


