Electric Charge and its basic Properties

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Electric Charge and its basic Properties: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Electron, Proton, Neutron, Electric Charge, Gold-Leaf Electroscope, Difference between Mass and Charge, Additivity of Charges, Quantization of Electric Charges and, Conservation of Electric Charges

Important Questions on Electric Charge and its basic Properties

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In general, metallic ropes are suspended on the carriers which take inflammable material. The reason is

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A body is having -2C charge. If 106 electrons move out of the body every second, then time after which the body becomes neutral will be approximately

 

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A conductor is containing a charge of -5 μC. The numbers of electrons contained by the conductor are

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 A body is having -2 C charge. If 106 electrons move out of the body every second, then time after which the body becomes neutral will be approximately
 

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Spheres A and B having equal masses are given charges+ q  and - q respectively. If after charging their respective masses are respectively 
mA and mB, then relation of mA and mB will be _____.

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Two identical light conducting balls having different charges, are being suspended freely. They are pushed towards each other as shown in the given figure.
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Which of the following options shows the correct position of the two balls, just after they touch each other?

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Find the charge on an iron particle of mass 2.24 mg if 0.02 % of electrons are removed from it.

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The charge present in a doubly ionized helium atom is

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A charge 2Q3 is to be divided on two objects. The value of charge on each object, such that force between the object can be maximum, would be

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How many electrons must be removed from a body so that it may have the charge of

i. 1 million coulombs

ii. 1 micro coulomb

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High concentration of positive charges implies:

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How many electrons may be removed from a body so that it may have a charge (a) +1 milli coulomb, (b) +1 micro coulomb.

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Four identical metallic sphere A,B,C,D. Sphere A carries charge q, sphere B carries q, sphere C and D are uncharged. Sphere C touches A and sphere D touches B. Calculate the force between two spheres A and B if distance between them is halved.

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What is static electricity?

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1012 α-particle (nuclei of helium) falls per second on a neutral sphere. Calculate the time in which the sphere gets charged by 2μC.

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A particle of mass m has charge q0 when it is at rest. When the particle moves with speed v, charge on the particle will becomes (c is velocity of light in vacuum)

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When a scale is rubbed with hair two electrons are transferred from scale to hair. Calculate the charge on hair or scale after transfer .

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An object has an excess charge of -1.92×10-7 C. How many excess electrons does it have?

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Two metallic spheres A and B of equal size each having charge +12 μC and a third sphere C of different size carries charge of -11 μC. What will be the charge of sphere C, if each of sphere A and B carries charge of +3 μC after making contact between three spheres?