Superposition Principle

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Superposition Principle: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Superposition Principle & Force on a Charge Due to Two or More Charges etc.

Important Questions on Superposition Principle

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A hemisphere is uniformly charged positively. The electric field at a point on a diameter away from the centre is directed

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Three charges each of +1 μC are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle. If the force between any two charges be F, then the net force on either charge will be:

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Two identical positive charges are fixed at (0, b) and (0,-b). A particle with negative charge starts from negative x-axis at a large distance from O, moves along the x-axis, passes through O and moves far away from O. The particle's acceleration is ai^. a is plotted against its x-coordinate. Which of the following best represents the plot?

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Three large identical conducting sheets, each having a surface area of A is placed parallel to each other at finite distance contain charges Q, -2Q  and 3Q. What is the magnitude of electric field at point P
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Which of the following figures correctly shows the top view sketch of the electric field lines for a uniformly charged hollow cylinder as shown in figure?

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A unit negative charge with mass M resides at the mid-point of the straight line of length 2a adjoining two fixed charges of magnitude +Q each. If it is given a very small displacement xx<<a in a direction perpendicular to the straight line, it will

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A charge q1 exerts some force on a second charge q2 . If third charge q3 is brought near, the force of q1 exerted on q2

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A charge Q1=+1111332×10-9 C is located at the origin in free space and another charge Q at (2, 0, 0). If the x-component of the electric field at (3, 1, 1) is zero, then the magnitudes of Q in nC is

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A uniform surface charge density 8 σ exists over the entire x-y plane except for a circular hole of radius a centred at the origin. The electric field at a point P003a on the z-axis is found to be

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In a regular polygon of n sides, each corner is at a distance l from centre. Identical charges of magnitude q are placed at n-1 corners. The field at the centre is

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A regular polygon has 20 sides. Equal charges, each Q , are placed at 19 vertices of the polygon and a charge q is placed at the centre of the polygon. If the distance of each vertex from the centre is a, net force experienced by q is

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In the basic CsCl crystal structure, Cs+ and Cl- ions are arranged in a BCC configuration as shown in Fig. The net electrostatic force exerted by the eight Cs+ ions on the Cl- ion is
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Four equal charges, each +q are placed at the four corners of a square of side a . Then the Coulomb force experienced by one charge due to the rest of three is

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If two like charges of magnitude 1 × 10-9 C  and  9 × 10-9 C  are separated by a distance of 1 metre, then the point on the line joining the charges, where the force experienced by a charge placed at that point is zero, is

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Vertices of a regular hexagon, of sides 3 cm, have three positive and three negative charges, each of magnitude q=1.5 nC, as shown in the diagram. A point charge of Q=5 nC is placed at the centre of the hexagon. The net force on 5 nC is


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Vertices of a regular hexagon of sides 3 cm have three positive and negative charges each of magnitude θ=1.5 nC as shown in diagram. A point charge of Q=5 nC is placed at centre of hexagon. The net force on 5 nC is -

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Three charges are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of sides a. The force experienced by the charge placed at the vertex A in a direction normal to BC is

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Three charges, each of q coulomb are placed as shown in the figure. Then the net force on the charge placed at the origin is -


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The charge Q is placed at each of the two opposite corners of a square and a charge q is placed at each of the other two opposite corners. If charges q are fixed, then for equilibrium of Q, it is required that-

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Two identical balls each having a density 1.6 g cm-3 are suspended from a common point by two insulating strings of equal length. Both the balls have equal mass and charge. In equilibrium, each string makes an angle 30° with the vertical. Now, both the balls are immersed in a liquid of density 0.8 g cm-3, but the angle does not change. The dielectric constant of the liquid is -