Electric Field and Field Lines

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Electric Field and Field Lines: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Electric Field, Inverse Square Law, Electric Field Due to a Point Charge, Continuous Charge Distribution, Properties of Electric Lines of Force, Uniform Electric Field and, Physical Significance of Electric Field

Important Questions on Electric Field and Field Lines

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A spherical conducting shell of inner radius  r 1 and outer radius r2 has a charge Q. A charge q is placed at the centre of the shell.
What is the surface charge density on the (i) inner surface, (ii) outer surface of the shell?

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Which type of field is produced by moving electron?

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What are the differences between electric magnetic and gravitational field?

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What is electric field?

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What is gravitational field?

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What is the difference between gravitational field and electrical field?

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What are the differences between electric magnetic and gravitational field?

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What is physical significance of electric field and electric dipole?

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What happens if the electric field is non uniform?

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What is test charge and why it is made neglibile small while testing the effect of the source charge?

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What are the significance of electrical field lines?

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Two conducting spheres of radii r1 and r2 have equal surface charge densities. The ratio of their charges is ___.

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A small metal ball is suspended in an uniform electric field with the help of an insulated thread. If a high energy X-ray beam falls on the ball, then the ball

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The change in force experienced by a static charge due to an accelerated charge is not instantaneous. Explain.

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Which one of the following statement is not correct about electric field?

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A small sphere of mass 2 g having charge 5 μC is suspended using an insulated string as given in figure. Find the angle made by string with vertical if it is placed in electric field of magnitude 2000 V m-1 towards right

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Two conducting spheres of radii r1 and r2 have equal surface charge densities. The ratio of their charges is ___.

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A vanishingly small point charge q experiences a force F due to a source charge present in space. The ratio Fq is:

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A much higher value of a test charge does not affect:

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In order to find the electric field due to a point charge in space, the test charge should be negligibly small? Explain with reason.