Electric Field
Electric Field: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Electric Field, Inverse Square Law, Electric Field Due to a Point Charge, Test Charge, Physical Significance of Electric Field and, Relation between Electric Force and Electric Field
Important Questions on Electric Field
A charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q. The system of three charges will be in equilibrium if

In a conducting metallic sphere of radius , an spherical cavity of radius is made. A charge is kept at the centre of the cavity as shown in the figure. Find the magnitude of the total electric field at

Assertion: Due to two point charges electric field and electric potential cannot be zero at some point simultaneously.
Reason: Field is a vector quantity and potential is a scalar quantity.

Two point charges and are placed some distance apart. If the electric field at the location of be , then that at the location of will be

The tracks of three charged particles in a uniform electrostatic field are shown in the figure. Which particle has the highest charge to mass ratio?


A metallic shpere is placed in a uniform electric field. The line of force follow the path(s) shown in the figure as,

The maximum field intensity on the axis of a uniformly charged ring of charge and radius will be

A thin conducting ring of radius is given a charge . The electric field at the centre of the ring due to the charge on the part of the ring is . The electric field at the centre due to the charge on the part of the ring is

The tracks of three charged particles in a uniform electrostatic field are shown in the figure. Which particle has the highest charge to mass ratio?


Two point charges of and are apart where will the electric field strength be zero on the line joining the charges from charge

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

The electric intensity outside a charged sphere of radius at a distance is

The minimum strength of a uniform electric field that can tear a conducting neutral thin-walled sphere into two equal parts is known to be . Then determine the minimum electric field strength required to tear a sphere of one-fourth of the radius with the same wall thickness.

Three particles of charges and are kept fixed on the -axis at point and respectively. The magnitude of the electric force acting on a charge placed at (Assume )

A solid metal sphere with a spherical cavity as shown below has a total charge Let be the centre of the sphere and and are two points equidistant from it . If and are magnitude of electric field at and respectively, then the correct statement is

Two fixed point charges and units are separated by a distance of . The distance, where the resultant electric field intensity is zero, measured from charge is

The surface charge density of a thin charged disc of radius is The value of the electric field at the centre of the disc is .
With respect to the field at the centre, the electric field along the axis at a distance from the centre of the disc :

Two large parallel plates carry the charge of equal magnitude, one positive and the other negative, that is distributed uniformly over their inner surfaces. Rank the points through according to the magnitude of the electric field at the points, least to greatest.
