Gauss’s Law

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Gauss’s Law: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Electric Field inside the Spherical Cavity of Unifromly Charged Sphere, Electric Field inside the Cylindrical Cavity of Uniformly Charged Cylinder, etc.

Important Questions on Gauss’s Law

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The SI unit of electrical flux is:

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The electric field components due to a charge inside the cube of side 0.1 m are as shown:

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  E x =αx , where  α=500 N C-1m-1

  E y =0, E z =0 .

Calculate (i) the flux through the cube, and (ii) the charge inside the cube.

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Which law is used to derive the expression for the electric field between two uniformly charged large parallel sheets with surface charge densities σ and σ respectively:

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Applying Gauss theorem, the expression for the electric field intensity at a point due to an infinitely long, thin, uniformly charged straight wire is

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A hollow charged metal sphere has radius r. If the potential difference between its surface and a point at a distance 3r from the centre is V, then electric field intensity at a distance 3r is:

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A cylinder of radius R and length L is placed in a uniform electric field E parallel to the cylinder axis. The total flux for the surface of the cylinder is given by

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Assertion: Gauss's law can't be used to calculate electric field near an electric dipole.
Reason: Electric dipole don't have symmetrical charge distribution.

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Area vector is a vector quantity associated with each plane figure whose magnitude is

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The black shapes in the figure below are closed surfaces. The electric field lines are in red. For which case, the net flux through the surfaces is non-zero?

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Let the electrostatic field, E at distance, r from a point charge, q not be an inverse square but instead an inverse cubic, e.g. E=kqr3r^, here k is a constant. Consider the following two statements: (I) Flux through a spherical surface enclosing the charge is, ϕ=qenclosedε0. (II) A charge placed inside a uniformly charged shell will experience a force. Which of the above statements are valid?

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A point electric charge Q is placed at a corner of a cube as shown in the figure. What is the electric flux passing through ABCD of the cube? (0 is permittivity of free space)

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A point charge Q, is placed at the center of a cube of side a, in vacuum (permitivity ϵ0. The flux of the electric field through the shaded face is given by

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A sphere of radius R carries a positive charge density (ρ) that increases linearly with radial distance r from the centre (ρr). The radial dependence of the magnitude of electric field inside the sphere is given by

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A hollow cylinder has a charge q coulomb within it. If ϕ is the electric flux in units of Volt meter associated with the curved surface B, the flux linked with the plane surface A in units of Volt meter will be

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The  SI unit of electric flux is:

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A parallel plate capacitor has two square plates with equal and opposite charges. The surface charge densities on the plates are +σ and σ respectively. In the region between the plates the magnitude of the electric field is

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The potential (in volts) of a charge distribution is given by

Vz=30-5z2 for z1 m

Vz=35-10 z for Z1 m .

V(z) does not depend on x and y. If this potential is generated by a constant charge per unit volume ρ0 (in units of ϵ0 ) which is spread over a certain region, then choose the correct statement.

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The  SI unit of electric flux is:

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The ratio of electric field intensity at P & Q in the shown arrangement is


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A charge Q is placed at a distance a2 above the centre of a square surface of side length a. The electric flux through the square surface due to the charge would be?
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