
The three point charges shown in the figure lie along a straight line. The energy needed to exchange the position of the central positive charge with one of the negative charges is,



Important Questions on Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Three charges and are placed at the vertices of a right-angled triangle (isosceles triangle) as shown below. The net electrostatic energy of the configuration is,

Three equal charges are placed at the three vertices of an equilateral triangle. What should be the value of a charge that when placed at the centroid reduces the interaction energy of the system to zero?

A spherical balloon of radius is charged uniformly on its surface with surface density . Find the work done against electric forces in expanding it upto radius .

Three point charges and are to be placed on a long straight line. Find the positions where the charges should be placed such that the potential energy of this system is minimum.

A charged particle is shot towards another charged particle which is fixed, with speed . It approaches up to a closest distance and then returns. If was given a speed the closest distance of approach would be,

A dipole of dipole moment is placed at the centre of a non-conducting spherical shell of radius . If the shell is uniformly charged by a surface charge density , then the interaction energy between the dipole and the shell is,

A dipole of dipole moment is kept at a point whose coordinates are . If an external electric field is applied then the potential energy of the dipole be,

An electric field , whose direction is radially outwards varies with distance from origin as shown in the graph. is taken as positive if its direction is away from the origin. The work done by electric field on a charge if it is taken from to is,
