F- Test6: - Electrostatics Date :

MCQ (Single Correct) (+3, 1)

Q1. Three identical metallic plates A, B and C are initially given charges Q, 4Q B C
A
and 2Q respectively. Now the plates A and C are connected by a
conducting wire and plate B is earthed then choose Incorrect statement
( A) charge on the inner surface of plate A is 2Q
( B) charge on the inner surface of plate C is zero
( C) charge flown through the connecting wire from plate C to A is Q. d 2d
( D) charge flow to the plate B from ground is 7Q
Q2. Three identical metallic plates, each of area A, are kept at small separations as shown.
Initially, charge Q, 3Q and 3Q are given to the plates A, B and C, Q 3Q 3Q
respectively. Now, both the switches S1 and S 2 are closed A B C
simultaneously. Then
( A) charge flown through S1 and S2 are 2Q and Q, respectively
S1 S2
( B) charge flown through S1 and S2 are 4Q and 2Q, respectively d 2d
( C) charge flown through S1 and S2 are 3Q and 4Q, respectively
( D) none
Q3. Two conducting plates P and Q with large surface area A are placed as shown in the
figure. A charge q is given to plate P. The electric field between the plates at any point is
P Q
q q q 2q
(A) (B) (C) (D) q
3A0 2A0 A0 A0
A

Q4. A solid conducting sphere having a charge Q is surrounded by an uncharged concentric

conducting hollow spherical shell. The potential difference between the surface of the
solid sphere and the outer surface of the hollow shell is V. If the shell is now given a
charge of 3Q, the new potential difference between the same two surface is:
(A) V (B) 2V (C) 4V (D) 2V
Q5. Three uncharged identical conducting large plates( E
of unit area) are placed parallel to each other in a
uniform electric field as shown in the figure. The
induced charge on left surface each plate are:
(A) 0E, + 0E, 0E
(B) 0E,  0E, 0E
(C) +0E, + 0E, + 0E
(D) +0E,  0E, +0E 1 2 3
Q6. Two spherical conductors A and B of radii RA and RB (RA > RB) are charged and then
connected by a conducting wire:
(A) both A and B have same charge
(B) both A and B have same charge and are at equal potential finally
(C)charge on A is less than that on B and both are at equal potential finally
(D) surface density of A is less than that of B and both are at equal potential finally
Q7. Three identical metal plates with large surface area [A] are kept are Q 3Q Q
given charges Q1  3Q and -Q respectively. If plate 3 is earthed and
potential of plate 2 is V then choose the correct statement if 1 2 3
 A 0 V 2
 Q and d << A 2d d
2d
(A) (B)
3Q/2 1 4Q 4Q 2 Q Q 3 3Q/2 3Q 1 4Q 4Q 2 Q Q 3 3Q

( C) Potential difference between plates 1 and 2 is 8 (D) Magnitude of charge supplied by earth is 3Q.
V.

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MCQ (Multi- Correct) (+4, 0 )
Q8. An uncharged conducting thin square plate of side 1m is
placed in an uniform electric field of magnitude 200 N/C as
shown in the figure. The field direction is perpendicular to
the plane of plate. For this situation, mark out the correct B
statement (s). [In the options only big faces has been
considered];
(A) The net charge on each face of the plate is zero.
(B) The net charge on each face of the plate is non-zero and having the magnitude equal to
1.77  109 C.
(C) The net electric field intensity inside the plate is zero
(D) The electric field at the surface of plate is discontinuous while potential is continuous.

Q9. X and Y are large, parallel conducting plates close x y

to each other. Each face has an area A. X is given a
charge Q. Y is without any charge. Points A, B and
C are shown in the figure.
Q
(A) The field at B is B
2 0 A A C
Q
(B) The field at B is
0 A
(C) The fields at A, B and C are of the same magnitude

(D) The fields at A and C are of the same magnitude, but in opposite directions.
Q10. Two identical particles of mass m carry charge Q each. Initially one is at rest on a smooth
horizontal plane and the other is projected along the plane directly towards the first
particle from a large distance with speed v. If d is the distance of closest approach then:
1 Q2 1 2Q 2 1 4Q 2 1 8Q2
(A) d = (B) d = (C) d = (D) d =
4 0 mv 2 4 0 mv 2 4 0 mv 2 4 0 mv 2
Q11. Two large thin conducting plates with small gap in-between are placed in a uniform
electric field ‘E’ (perpendicular to the plates). Area of each plate is A and charges +Q and
Q are given to these plates as shown in the figure. If points R, S and T as shown
in the figure are three points in space, then the Q Q
(A) field at point R is E (B) field at point S is E R S T
 Q   Q 
(C) field at point T is  E   (D) field at point S is  E  
 0 A   A 0 
E
Q12. There is a system of four large parallel plates A, B, C,
and D. Plates A and C are connected to each other
d d d
with the help of metallic wire and plates B and D are
connected to the ground with the help of open switches  2Q0
Q0
 Q0
S1 and S2. Distance between consecutive plates is d.
Initially plates A and B are having a charge of Q0 each
and plate D is having charge +2Q0 (See figure). At t =
0 switches S1 and S2 are closed simultaneously. Then A B C D
the magnitude of charge flown through switch S1
S2

(A) S1 is 5Q0 / 3 (B) S1 is Q 0 (C) S2 is 7Q0 / 3 (D) S 2 is 2Q0

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Comprehension-I( +3,-1)
Four large metallic plates of area A each are kept parallel to each V K1
other with a small separation between them, as shown in the figure.
A cell of emf V is connected across the two outermost plates
through a switch K1. The two inner plates are similarly connected
with a cell of emf 2V through a switch K2.
1 2 3 4

Initially, both switches are open and the plates, starting from left to
right (i.e., number 1 to 4) are given charges Q, 2Q, 2Q, Q
respectively. Now answer the following questions. d d 2d

2V K2
Q13. The charge appearing on the outer surface of plate -1, when switches K1, K2 are open
(A) zero (B) Q (C) Q (D) 3Q
Q14. If K1 is closed and K2 is open, the charge appearing on the right surface of plate-2 is
Q  0 A  V   A  V 3Q  AV Q 3Q
(A)  (B)  0   (C)  0   (D)
2  d  4  d  4 2  d  4 2 2
Q15. If both switches are closed, the charge appearing on the plate 4 is
 A  AV  AV   A  V 
(A)  0  V (B) Q  0   (C) Q  0   (D)  0   
 d  d 2
  d 2
   d  3 
Comprehension -II(+3, 1)
Four metallic plates are placed as shown in the figure. 1 2 3 4
Plate 2 is given a charge Q whereas all other plates are Q
uncharged. Plates 1 and 4 are earthed. The area of each
plate is same.
Q16. The charge appearing on the right side of plate 3 is
(A) zero (B) +Q/4
(C) 3Q/4 (D) Q/2 d 2d d
Q17. The charge appearing on right side of plate 4 is
(A) zero (B) Q/4 (C) 3Q/4 (D) Q/2
Q18. The potential difference between plates 1 and 2 is
3 Qd Qd 3 Qd 3Qd
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 0 A 0 A 4 0 A 0 A
Integer Type(+3, 1)
Q19. A parallel plate system is shown in the figure. Find the charge flown A
when the switch S is closed. d
B
d
C V
d
S D

Q20. Each of the plates shown in the figure has surface

 96 
area    10 12 (in SI units) on one side and the
 
 0
separation between the consecutive plates is 4.0
mm. The emf of the battery connected is 10 V. If the
magnitude of the charge supplied by the battery to
each of the plates connected to it is 2n  10 8 C.
Find the value of n

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Q21. In the given figure all identical conductive plates are 2Q 3Q
placed infront of each other all has plate area S and
equally separated by d. Plate A and B have given
charges 2Q and 3Q, then find the potential difference
( VB  VA ) in volts between plate B and A. [given that
Qd
 2 in SI unit]
A0 A B
Q22. Four identical metallic plates, each having area of cross- 1 2 3 4

section A, are separated by a distance d as shown in the

figure. Plate 2 is given a charge Q. If the potential difference
Qd
between 2 & 3 is . Find the value of n.
n 0 A

Match Matrix (+8, 0)

Q23. In the figure shown, area of each plate is A. Match 1 2 3 4 5 6
the following A 2d B d C

Column – I Column – II
(A) V (p) Charge on face 3 of plate B
 0 A
(B) V (q) Charge on face 5 of plate C
2d
0 A
(C) V (r) Charge on face 1 of plate A
d
(D) Zero (s) Potential difference between plates A and B
(t) Potential difference between plates A and C.

Q24. Three very large conducting plates A, B and C (having y

negligible thickness) are placed along the plane x = d, x = 0 A B C
and x = +d respectively. Charges +4Q, 6Q and +4Q are I II III IV
imparted to plates A, B and C respectively. Different regions
separated by the plates are marked as follows
x
x <  d  Region – I , d < x < 0  Region - II
0 < x < d  Region – III, x > d  Region – IV +4Q 6Q +4Q
Match the column I with column II.
Column – I Column – II

(A) E is directed along + î direction (p) Region – I

(B) E is directed along  î direction (q) Region – II
(C) Equipotential surface are parallel to y-z (r) Region - III
plane
(D) dV/dx is negative (s) Region – IV