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Electric flux and Gauss's law
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
Two point charges 8 μC and −2 μC are located at cm and cm, respectively on the -axis. The ratio of electric flux due to these charges through two spheres of radii 3 cm and 5 cm with their centers at the origin is ________.
- Advanced 2025PhysicsSingle correct
Two co-axial conducting cylinders of same length with radii and are kept, as shown in Fig. 1. The charge on the inner cylinder is and the outer cylinder is grounded. The annular region between the cylinders is filled with a material of dielectric constant . Consider an imaginary plane of the same length at a distance from the common axis of the cylinders. This plane is parallel to the axis of the cylinders. The cross-sectional view of this arrangement is shown in Fig. 2. Ignoring edge effects, the flux of the electric field through the plane is ( is the permittivity of free space):
- Advanced 2024PhysicsMultiple correct
A small electric dipole , having a moment of inertia about its center, is kept at a distance from the center of a spherical shell of radius . The surface charge density is uniformly distributed on the spherical shell. The dipole is initially oriented at a small angle as shown in the figure. While staying at a distance , the dipole is free to rotate about its center.
If released from rest, then which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
[ is the permittivity of free space.]
- Advanced 2024PhysicsInteger
A charge is kept at the central point P of a cylindrical region. The two edges subtend a half-angle at P, as shown in the figure. When , then the electric flux through the curved surface of the cylinder is . If , then the electric flux through the curved surface becomes , where the value of is _____.
- Advanced 2024PhysicsInteger
An infinitely long thin wire, having a uniform charge density per unit length of , is passing through a spherical shell of radius , as shown in the figure. A charge is distributed uniformly over the spherical shell. If the configuration of the charges remains static, the magnitude of the potential difference between points P and R, in Volt, is _____.
[Given: In SI units , . Ignore the area pierced by the wire.]
- Advanced 2022PhysicsInteger
A charge is surrounded by a closed surface consisting of an inverted cone of height and base radius , and a hemisphere of radius as shown in the figure. The electric flux through the conical surface is (in SI units). The value of is _____.
- Advanced 2022PhysicsMultiple correct
In the figure, the inner (shaded) region represents a sphere of radius , within which the electrostatic charge density varies with the radial distance from the center as , where is positive. In the spherical shell of outer radius , the electrostatic charge density varies as . Assume that dimensions are taken care of. All physical quantities are in their SI units.
Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A long cylindrical volume contains a uniformly distributed charge of density . The radius of cylindrical volume is . A charge particle () revolves around the cylinder in a circular path. The kinetic energy of the particle is :
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
In the figure, a very large plane sheet of positive charge is shown. and are two points at distance and from the charge distribution. If is the surface charge density, then the magnitude of electric fields and at and respectively are :
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A force of 10 N acts on a charged particle placed between two plates of a charged capacitor. If one plate of capacitor is removed, then the force acting on that particle will be.
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
If a charge is placed at the centre of a closed hemispherical non-conducting surface, the total flux passing through the flat surface would be :
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
The volume charge density of a sphere of radius 6 m is 2 C cm. The number of lines of force per unit surface area coming out from the surface of the sphere is ______ NC.
[Given : Permittivity of vacuum C N m]
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
A long cylindrical volume contains a uniformly distributed charge of density ρ Cm. The electric field inside the cylindrical volume at a distance m from its axis is ______ Vm.
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A spherically symmetric charge distribution is considered with charge density varying as
Where, r (r < R) is the distance from the centre O (as shown in figure). The electric field at point P will be :
- Advanced 2020PhysicsNumerical
A circular disc of radius carries surface charge density , where is a constant and is the distance from the center of the disc. Electric flux through a large spherical surface that encloses the charged disc completely is . Electric flux through another spherical surface of radius and concentric with the disc is . Then the ratio is ______.
- Advanced 2019PhysicsMultiple correct
A charged shell of radius carries a total charge . Given as the flux of electric field through a closed cylindrical surface of height , radius and with its center same as that of the shell. Here, center of the cylinder is a point on the axis of the cylinder which is equidistant from its top and bottom surfaces. Which of the following option(s) is/are correct?
[ is the permittivity of free space]
- Advanced 2018PhysicsMultiple correct
An infinitely long thin non-conducting wire is parallel to the -axis and carries a uniform line charge density . It pierces a thin non-conducting spherical shell of radius in such a way that the arc subtends an angle at the centre of the spherical shell, as shown in the figure. The permittivity of free space is . Which of the following statements is (are) true?
- Advanced 2018PhysicsList match
The electric field is measured at a point generated due to various charge distributions and the dependence of on is found to be different for different charge distributions. List-I contains different relations between and . List-II describes different electric charge distributions, along with their locations. Match the functions in List-I with the related charge distributions in List-II.
- Advanced 2017PhysicsMultiple correct
A point charge is placed just outside an imaginary hemispherical surface of radius as shown in the figure. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
- Main 2017PhysicsSingle correct
Four closed surfaces and corresponding charge distributions are shown below.
Let the respective electric fluxes through the surfaces be , , and . Then :