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Important Questions on Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

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With the help of a labelled diagram, explain the working of a step-up transformer.

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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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Laminated iron sheets are used to minimize _____ currents in the core of a transformer.
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Two tiny spheres carrying charges 1.8 μC and 2.8 μC are located at 40 cm apart. The potential at the mid-point of the line joining the two charges is
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The ratio of mass densities of nuclei of  40Ca and 16O is close to:
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Draw the diagram of a device which is used to decrease high ac voltage into a low ac voltage and state its working principle. Write four sources of energy loss in this device.
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What is the phenomenon involved in the working of transformer ?
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Give reasons to explain the following:

(i) The core of the transformer is laminated.

(ii) Thick copper wire is used in windings.

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Explain the principle and working of a nuclear reactor with the help of a labelled diagram.
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If the point charge is  moved to a distance d from the centre of the square and the side of the square is doubled, explain how the electric flux will be affected.

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A hot filament liberates an electron with zero initial velocity. The anode potential is 1200 V. The speed of the electron when it strikes the anode is
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Ten charges are placed on the circumference of a circle of radius R with constant angular separation between successive charges. Alternate charges1,3,5,7,9 have charge (+q) each, while 2,4,6,8,10 have charge (q) each. The potential V and the electric field E at the centre of the circle are respectively : (Take V=0 at infinity)
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A power transmission line feeds input power at 2300 V to a stepdown transformer with its primary windings having 4000 turns. What should be the number of turns in the secondary windings in order to get output power at 230 V?
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A 2 MeV neutron is emitted in a fission reactor. If it looses half of its kinetic energy in each collision with a moderator atom, how many collisions must it undergo to achieve thermal energy of 0.039 eV ?
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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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In a region of uniform electric field of intensity E, an electron of mass me is released from rest. The distance travelled by the electron in time t is
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A particle of mass m and charge (q) enters the region between the two charged plates initially moving along x-axis with speed υx.The length of plate is L and an uniform electric field E is maintained between the plates.
(a) Show that the vertical deflection of the particle at the far edge of the plate is qEL2/(2mυx2). Compare this motion with motion of a projectile in gravitational field.
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(b) Suppose that the particle is an electron projected with velocity υx=2.0×106 ms1. If E between the plates separated by 0.5 cm is 9.1×102 N/C, where will the electron strike the upper plate? (e=1.6×1019C, me=9.1×1031kg.)

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A positively charged ball hangs from a silk thread. We put a positive test charge q0 at a point and measure F/q0 , then it can be predicted that the electric field strength E
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A physical quantity varies as 1/r2, where r is the distance from the body. This physical quantity maybe
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Two point charges +8q and -2q are located at x=0 and x=L respectively. The location of a point on the x-axis at which the net electric field due to these two point charges is zero is