Electric Potential and Potential Difference

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Important Questions on Electric Potential and Potential Difference

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Considering a group of positive charges, which of the following statements is correct?

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Which of the following correctly represents the variation of electric potential (V) of a charged spherical conductor of radius (R) with radial distance (r) from the centre?

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For a charged spherical ball, electrostatic potential inside the ball varies with r as V=2ar2+b.

Here, a and b are constant and r is the distance from the center. The volume charge density inside the ball is -λaε. The value of λ is ______.

ε= permittivity of medium.

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A point charge 2×102 C is moved from P to S in a uniform electric field of 30 N C1 directed along positive x-axis. If coordinates of P and S are (1, 2, 0) m and (0, 0, 0) m respectively, the work done by electric field will be

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The electric potential at the centre of two concentric half rings of radii R1 and R2, having same linear charge density λ is

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27 identical drops are charged at 22 V each. They combine to form a bigger drop. The potential of the bigger drop will be _____  V.

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If the electric potential at any point x, y, z m in space is given by V=3x2 volt. The electric field at the point 1, 0, 3 m will be :

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The two thin coaxial rings, each of radius a and having charges +Q and -Q respectively are separated by a distance of s. The potential difference between the centres of the two rings is :

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In the given figure, a battery of emf E is connected across a conductor PQ of length l and different area of cross-sections having radii r1 and r2r2<r1.

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Choose the correct option as one moves from P to Q.

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512 identical drops of mercury are charged to a potential of 2 V each. The drops are joined to form a single drop. The potential of this drop is V in Volt.

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Ten charges are placed on the circumference of a circle of radius R with constant angular separation between successive charges. Alternate charges1,3,5,7,9 have charge (+q) each, while 2,4,6,8,10 have charge (q) each. The potential V and the electric field E at the centre of the circle are respectively : (Take V=0 at infinity)

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Concentric metallic hollow spheres of radii R and 4R hold charges Q1 and Q2 respectively. Given that surface charge density of the concentric spheres are equal, the potential difference VR-V(4R) is:

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A charge Q is distributed over two concentric conducting thin spherical shells radii r and R R>r. If the surface charge densities on the two shells are equal, the electric potential at the common centre is : 

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Consider two charged metallic spheres S1 and S2 of radii R1 and R2, respectively. The electric fields E1 (on S1 ) and E2 (on S2 ) on their surfaces are such that E1E2=R1R2. Then the ratio V1 (on S1 )/V2 (on S2 ) of the electrostatic potentials on each sphere is:

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A uniformly charged ring of radius 3a and total charge q is placed in xy plane centred at origin. A point charge q is moving towards the ring along the z- axis and has speed v at  z=4a . The minimum value of v such that it crosses the origin is:

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A solid conducting sphere, having a charge Q, is surrounded by an uncharged conducting hollow spherical shell. Let the potential difference between the surface of the solid sphere and that of the outer surface of the hollow shell be V. If the shell is now given a charge of 4Q, the new potential difference between the same two surfaces is:

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The electric field in a region is given by E=Ax+B i^ , where E is in NC-1 and x is in metres. The values of constants are A=20 SI unit and B=10 SI unit. If the potential at x=1 is V1 and that at x=-5 is V2, then V1-V2 is

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A positive point charge is released from rest at a distance r0 from a positive line charge with uniform charge density. The speed (v) of the point charge, as a function of instantaneous distance r from line charge, is proportional to
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A charge Q is distributed over three concentric spherical shells of radii a, b, c a<b<c such that their surface charge densities are equal to one another.

The total potential at a point at distance r from their common centre, where r<a, would be:

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There is a uniform electrostatic field in a region. The potential at various points on a small sphere centred at P, in the region, is found to vary between the limits 589.0 V to  589.8 V. What is the potential at a point on the sphere whose radius vector makes an angle of 60° with the direction of the field?