A toy car with charge q moves on a frictionless horizontal plane surface under the influence of a uniform electric field E. Due to the force qE , its velocity increases from 0 to 6 m/s in one second duration. At that instant the direction of the field is reversed. The car continues to move for two more seconds under the influence of this field. The average velocity and the average speed of the toy car between 0 to 3 seconds are respectively ?

An electric dipole of dipole moment p is aligned parallel to a uniform electric field E. The energy required to rotate the dipole by 90◦ is ?

An electric dipole of moment p ′ is placed in an electric field of intensity ’ E ’. The dipole acquires a position such that the axis of the dipole makes an angle θ with the direction of the field. Assuming that the potential energy of the dipole to be zero when = 90◦ , the torque and the potential energy of the dipole will respectively be: ?

The electric field at a distance 3R/2 from the centre of a charged conducting spherical shell of radius R is E. The electric field at a distance R/2 from the centre of the sphere is ?

The mean free path of electrons in a metal is 4×10−8 m. The electric field which can give on an average 2eV energy to an electron in the metal will be in units of V/m ?

If a copper wire is stretched to make its radius decrease by 0.1%, then the percentage increase in resistance is approximately

A thin conducting ring of radius R is given a charge +Q. The electric field at the centre O of the ring due the charge on the part AKB of the ring is E. The electric field at the centre due to the charge on the part ACDB of the ring is ?

Three point charges +q, −q and +q are placed at points (x = 0, y = a, z = 0),(x = 0, y = 0, z = 0) and (x = a, y = 0, z = 0) respectively. The magnitude and direction of the electric dipole moment vector of this charge assembly are ?

Two steel wires having the same length are suspended from a ceiling under the same load. If the ratio of their energy stored per unit volume is 1:4, the ratio of their diameters is

The electric intensity due to a dipole of length 10 cm and having a charge of 500μC, at a point on the axis at a distance 20 cm from one of the charges in air, is ?

If a dipole of dipole moment p is placed in a uniform electric field E, then torque acting on it is given by ?

If a dipole of dipole moment \( \vec{p} \) is placed in a uniform electric field \( \vec{E} \), then the torque acting on it is given by ?

<p>(a) \( \vec{\tau} = \vec{p} \cdot \vec{E} \)</p>

<p>(b) \( \vec{\tau} = \vec{p} \times \vec{E} \)</p>

<p>(c) \( \vec{\tau} = \vec{p} + \vec{E} \)</p>

<p>(d) \( \vec{\tau} = \vec{p} - \vec{E} \)</p>

Answer :  <p>(b) \( \vec{\tau} = \vec{p} \times \vec{E} \)</p>

A semi-circular arc of radius ’ a ’ is charged uniformly and the charge per unit length is λ. The electric field at the centre of this arc is ?

A hollow insulated conduction sphere is given a positive charge of 10μC. What will be the electric field at the centre of the sphere if its radius is 2 metres ?

A point Q lies on the perpendicular bisector of an electrical dipole of dipole moment p. If the distance of Q from the dipole is r (much larger than the size of the dipole), then the electric field at Q is proportional to ?

From a point charge, there is a fixed point A. At A, there is an electric field of 500 V/m and potential difference of 3000 V. Distance between point charge and A will be ?

An electric dipole, consisting of two opposite charges of 2 × 10−6C each separated by a distance 3 cm is placed in an electric field of 2 × 105 N/C. Torque acting on the dipole is ?

There is an electric field E in X-direction. If the work done on moving a charge of 0.2C through a distance of 2 m along a line making an angle 60◦ with x-axis is 4 J, then what is the value of E ?

Two point charges A and B, having charges +Q and −Q respectively, are placed at certain distance apart and force acting between them is F. If 25% charge of A is transferred to B, then force between the charges becomes: ?

Two metal spheres, one of radius R and the other of radius 2R respectively have the same surface charge density σ. They are brought in contact and separated. What will be the new surface charge densities on them ?

Suppose the charge of a proton and an electron differ slightly. One of them is - e, the other is (e + ∆e). If the net of electrostatic force and gravitational force between two hydrogen atoms placed at a distance d (much greater than atomic size) apart is zero, then ∆e is of the order of [Given mass of hydrogen mh = 1.67 × 10−27 kg ] ?