Scribd
Upload
265 views3 pages

Worksheet Potential

This document contains 13 multiple-part questions about electric potential and capacitance. Some key concepts covered include the relationship between electric field strength and potential, calculating potential and potential energy for point charge configurations, determining potential and field strength for conducting spheres and shells, and finding potential and work done moving charges in electric fields. Sample problems are provided with step-by-step solutions.

Uploaded by

Ruchi ChinfhaChintha
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
265 views3 pages

Worksheet Potential

This document contains 13 multiple-part questions about electric potential and capacitance. Some key concepts covered include the relationship between electric field strength and potential, calculating potential and potential energy for point charge configurations, determining potential and field strength for conducting spheres and shells, and finding potential and work done moving charges in electric fields. Sample problems are provided with step-by-step solutions.

Uploaded by

Ruchi ChinfhaChintha
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

CHAPTER – 2 REVISION WORKSHEET - 1

Electric Potential and Capacitance


1. (a) Is the electrostatic potential necessarily zero at a point where the electric
field strength is zero? Give an example to illustrate your answer. (CBSE 1990)

(b) Plot a graph showing the variation of V and E due to point charge as a
function of distance R from the point charge.
2. What would be the work done if a point charge +q, is taken from a point A to
the point B on the circumference of a circle with another point charge +q at the
centre . (CBSE 2001)

3. How much work is done in moving a 500μc charge between two points on an
equipotential surface? (CBSE 2002)

4. A and B are two conducting spheres of the same radius. A being solid and B
hollow. Both are charged to the same potential. What will be the relation
between the charges on the two plates? (CBSE 2001)

5. (i) Two point charges 4Q and Q are separated by a distance 1m in air. At what
point on the line joining the charges is the electric field intensity zero?
(ii) Also calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the charge if Q = 2 x 10-7C
(CBSE 2008)
ANS: (i) x = ± 2 (1-x) , If we take (+) sign x = 66.7m , If
we take (-) sign x= 2m

6. Two point charges 10 x 10-8 C and -4 x 10-8C are separated by a distance of


70cm in air.
(i) Find at what distance from point A would the electric potential be zero
(ii) Also calculate the electrostatic potential energy of the system. (CBSE 2008,
2004)
ANS: (i) x = 0.5m (point between two charges) , x= 1.67m ( point on the right side
of negative charge) , (ii) U =5.14 x 10-5 J
7. An electric dipole consists of two opposite charges each of magnitude 1μ C
separated by 2cm. The dipole is placed in an external electric field of 105 N/c. Find
(i) The maximum torque exerted by the field on the dipole (ii) The work which
the external agent will have to do in turning the dipole through 180 0 starting from
the position θ = 0o ANS : (i) τ = 2x10-3Nm (ii) W = 4x10-3J

8. A metal wire is bent in a circle of radius 10cm. It is given a charge of 200μC


which spreads on it uniformly. Calculate the electric potential at its centre. (CBSE
1995) ANS : 18 x 106V

9. Electric field intensity at point B due to point charge Q kept at A is 24N/C and
electric potential at point B due to same charge is 12 J /C. Calculate the distance
AB and also the magnitude of charge Q. (CBSE 2003)
ANS : Distance (AB) = 0.5m , magnitude of charge Q = 0.667 x 10-9C

10. Calculate the work done to dissociate the system of three charges placed on
the vertices of a triangle as shown in fig where q = 1.6 x 10-10 C (CBSE 2008)

ANS: W = -U = 2.3 x 10-8 J


11. A charge of 24μC is given to a hollow metallic sphere of radius 0.2m. Find the
potential (a) At the surface of the sphere (b) At a distance 0.1m from the centre
of sphere (CBSE 1995) ANS : (a) 1.08 x 106V (b) 1.08 x 106V

12. (a) Calculate potential at the centre of square side √2m , having charges
100μC, -50μC, 20μC at the four corners of the square. (CBSE 2006) ANS : 9x
104V

(b) A 10µC charge is at the centre of a square of side 10 cm. Find the work done in
moving the charge of 4 C between two diagonally opposite points on the square.
13. A test charge q is moved without acceleration from A to C along path from A
to B and then from B to C in electric field as shown in fig . (i) Calculate the
potential difference between A and C , (ii) At which point is electric potential
more and why ?(CBSE 2012)

ANS: (i) Vc – VA = 4E (ii) Vc > VA , direction of E.F is in decreasing


potential

You might also like