Potential Due to a Point Charge
Potential Due to a Point Charge: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Electric Potential due to a Point Charge at a Point, Graph of Electric Field Due to Point Charge, and Graph of Electric Potential Due to Point Charge.
Important Questions on Potential Due to a Point Charge
Two charges each of are placed at distance of calculate the potential at the midpoint if dielectric constant of the medium is .

Electric potential due to point charge in air is expressed as as . i.e for to potential varies

The graph of variation of potential due to point charge vs distance is said to be symmetric

Electric potential due to point charge in air is expressed as as . i.e for to potential varies

Which of the follow graph is correct for potential due to point charge at any point versus distance as shown in figure.

The graph of variation of potential due to point charge vs distance is said to be _____ symmetric

A metallic sphere A isolated from the ground is charged to . This sphere is brought in contact with other isolated metallics sphere B of half the radius of sphere A. The charge on the two sphere will now be in the ratio

An electric charge is placed at the origin. Two points and are situated at and respectively. The potential difference between the points and will be

The electric potential due to a point charge at some point in free space is . If the entire system is now placed in a dielectric medium of dielectric constant . What will be the potential at the same point in volt?

Show that the electric potential due to a point charge when surrounded by some dielectric medium is times of the electric potential when the charge is in free space.

A charge of is located at the origin of coordinate system. The potential difference between points and is

There are four sphere of each with radius as ,, , , each sphere is solid, insulating and uniformly charged. Variation of electric field with distance from the centre is given. Straight portion of curve and is overlapping and straight portion of curve and is overlapping.

Let be the electric potential at a given point. Then the electric field along -direction at that point is given by,

An electric charge is placed at the origin of co-ordinate system. Two points and are situated at and , respectively. The potential difference between the points and will be:

The electric potential at a point in free space due to a charge coulomb is . The electric field at that point is

Charges and are placed at points and , respectively which are a distance apart, is the midpoint between and . The work done in moving a charge along the semicircle is:
