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Two pith balls, each carrying charge +q are hung from a hook by two strings. It is found that when each charge is tripled, angle between the strings double. What was the initial angle between the strings?

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A negative charge is placed at the midpoint between two fixed equal positive charges, separated by a distance 2d. If the negative charge is given a small displacement x(xd) perpendicular to the line joining the positive charges, how the force F developed on it will approximately depend on x?

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Eleven equal point charges, all of them having a charge +Q, are placed at all the hour positions of a circular clock of radius r except at the 10 h position. What is the electric field strength at the centre of the clock?

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Four equal charges of value +Q are placed at any four vertices of a regular hexagon of side a. By suitably choosing the vertices, what can be the maximum possible magnitude of electric field at the centre of the hexagon?
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As shown in the figure, a point charge q1=+1×10-6 C is placed at the origin in xy-plane and another point charge q2=+3×10-6 C is placed at the coordinate (10,0).
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In that case, which of the following graph s shows most correctly the electric field vector in Ex in x-direction ?
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A pair of parallel metal plates are kept with a separation d. One plate is at a potential +V and the other is at ground potential. A narrow beam of electrons enters the space between the plates with a velocity v0 and in a direction parallel to the plates. What will be the angle of the beam with the plates after it travels an axial distance L?
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The bob of a pendulum of mass m suspended by an inextensible string of length L as shown in the figure carries a small charge q. An infinite horizontal plane conductor with uniform surface charge density σ is placed below it. What will be the time period of the pendulum for small amplitude oscillations?

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Four identical point masses, each of mass m and carrying charge +q are placed at the corners of a square of sides a on a frictionless plane surface. If the particles are released simultaneously, the kinetic energy of the system when they are infinitely far apart is
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A point charge -q is carried from a point A to another point B on the axis of a charged ring of radius r carrying a charge +q . If the point A is at a distance 43r from the centre of the ring and the point B is 34r from the centre but on the opposite side, what is the net work that need to be done for this?