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Why is it that a man sitting in an insulated metal cage does not receive any shock when it is connected to a high voltage supply?

Important Questions on Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 60
A large hollow metallic sphere A is charged positively to a potential of 100 volt and a small sphere B to a potential of 50 volt. Now B is placed inside A and they are connected by a wire. In which direction will the charge flow?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 61
Why should the radius of the sphere of a Van de Graaff generator be sufficiently large?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 62
Why is Van de Graaff generator enclosed inside an earth connected steel tank filled with air under pressure?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 63
Why is there loss of energy when two charged conductors at different potentials are connected by a conducting wire?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 64
During lightning, it is safest to sit inside a car rather than near a tree. Why?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 65
Is there some way of producing high voltage on your body without getting a shock?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 66
Two metallic spheres of radii R and 2 R are charged so that both of these have same surface charge density α. If they are connected to each other with a conducting wire, in which direction will the charge flow and why?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 1

Figures below (a) and (b) show the field lines of a single positive and negative charge respectively.

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Give the signs of the potential differences, VP-VQ; VB-VA.