HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT – PHYSICS CLASS – 12th

( ELECTRIC CHARGE AND FIELD )

1. A metal sphere has a charge of -6.5 μC. When 5 × 1013 electrons are removed from the sphere, what would be the net
charge on it.
2. Find the magnitude of the resultant force on a charge of 1 μC held at P due to two charges of +2 × 10-8and -10-8 at A and
B respectively. Given AP = 10 cm and BP = 5 cm.

3. Two opposite corners of a square carry Q charge each and the other two opposite corners of the same square carry q
charge each. If the resultant force on q is zero, how are Q are q related ?
4. Four particles, each having a charge q are placed on the four corners A, B, C, D of a regular pentagon ABCDE. The
distance of each corner from the centre is a. Find the electric field at the centre of the pentagon.
5. What equal charges would have to be placed on earth and moon to neutralize their gravitational attraction? Given
mass of earth = 1025 kg and mass of moon = 1023 kg.
6. Two identical electric dipoles are placed along the diagonals of a square of side 2m. Obtain the magnitude and direction
of the net electric field at the centre of the square.
7. Two parallel large thin metal sheets have equal surface charge densities 26.4 × 10-12 Cm-2 of opposite signs. Find the
electric field between these sheets.
8. The electric field components in the given figure are Ex = αx1/2 , Ey = Ez = 0 in which α = 800 NC-1m-1/2. Find the charge
within the cube if net flux through the cube is 1.05Nm2C-1. (assume a=0.1m)

9. Two long straight wires 1 and 2 are kept as shown in the figure. The linear charge density of the two wires are λ1 = 10μ

C/m and λ2 = -20 μC/m. Find the net force F experienced by an electron held at point P.
10. Using gauss’s law, deduce the expression of electric field due to uniformly charged spherical conducting shell of radius
R at a point (i) outside (ii) inside the shell (iii) also draw a graph showing the variation of E with r , for r<R and r>R.

( ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE)

11. Three charges 1 μC, 2 μC, 3 μC are kept at vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 1m. If they are brought nearer, so
they now form an equilateral of side 0.5 m, then find the amount of work done.
12. A small ball of mass 2 × 10-16 kg carrying a charge of -2 μC is fired from the positive plate of the capacitor towards the
negative plate with a speed of 3 × 106 m/s. The potential difference between the plates is 50 V. Will the ball strike the
negative plate? Give mathematical working for the answer.
13. Calculate work done to dissociate the system of 3 charges (+q,-4q,+2q) placed on the vertices of an equilateral triangle
of side of length 10 cm.
14. An air filled capacitor with plate area A and plate separation d has capacitance C0. A slab of thickness d/5,
dielectric constant k area A is inserted between the plates. Find the capacitance of capacitor.
15. Three point charges q, 2q and nq are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. If the potential energy of
the system is zero, find the value of n.
16. A capacitor of capacity C1is charged to the potential of V0. On disconnecting with the battery, it is connected
with an uncharged capacitor of capacity C2. Find the ratio of initial and final energy.
17. The capacities of three capacitors are in the ratio of 1:2:3. Their equivalent capacity in parallel is greater than
their equivalent capacity in series by 60/11 pF. Calculate their individual capacitances.
18. Two point charges A and B of +15µC and +9 µC are kept 18 cm apart in air. Calculate the work done when
charge B is moved by 3 cm towards A.
19. An infinite thin plate sheet of charge density 10-8 Cm-2is held in air. How far apart are two
equipotential surfaces, whose potential difference is 5 v.
20. Twenty seven charged water droplets each with a diameter of 2 mm and a charge of 10-12 C coalesce
to form a single drop. Calculate the potential of the bigger drop.

(CURRENT ELECTRICITY)
21. A battery supplies 0.9A current through a 2Ω resistor and 0.3A current through a 7Ω resistor when
Connected one by one. Find the internal resistance and emf of the battery.
22. Charge through a conductor is given as a function of time t as q = 4t2 + 4t + 4 coulomb. Find the amount
of current flowing at 2s.
23. A wire of length 0.5 m and cross sectional area 1.0 × 10-7 m2 is connected to a battery of 2 V that
maintains a current of 1.5 A in it. Find the conductivity of the material of the wire.
24. When 5 V potential difference is applied across a wire of length 0.1 m, the drift speed of electrons is2.5
x 10-4m/s. If the electron density in the wire is 8 x 1028 m-3, calculate the resistivity of the material of wire.
25. A heating element connected across a battery of 100 V having an internal resistance of 1 Ω draws an
initial current of 10 A at room temperature 20.0 °C which settles after a few seconds to a steady value.
What is resistance of element at the steady temperature of 320.0 °C is attained? Temperature coefficient
of resistance for element is 3.70 × 10-4 °C-1 .
26. Two cells of emf 1.5 V and 2.0 V having internal resistances 0.2 Ω and 0.3 Ω respectively and connected in
parallel. Calculate the emf and internal resistance of the equivalent cell.
27. A uniform wire of resistance R is stretched n times and then cut to form 5 identical wires. These wires are
arranged as shown in the figure. Find the effective resistance between A and B.

28. A wire of uniform cross-section and resistance 4 ohm is bent in the shape of square ABCD. Point A is connected
to a point P on DC by a wire AP of resistance 1 ohm. When a potential difference is applied between A and C, the
points B and P are seen to be at the same potential. What is the resistance of the part DP?

29. In the circuit shown in figure E,F,G,H are cells of emf 2,1,3 and 1V respectively, and their internal
resistancesare 2,1,3 and 1Ω respectively. Calculate
(a) the potential difference between B and D and
(b) the potential difference across the terminals of each of cells G and H.

30. A wire is stretched to increase its length by 5%. Calculate the percentage change in its resistance.
 ( MOVING CHARGE AND MAGNETISM)
31. A wire placed along North – South direction carries a current of 5 A from South to North. Find the
magnetic field due to a 1 cm piece of wire at a point 200 cm north east from the piece.
32. The wire shown is figure carries a current of 32A. If r=3.14cm, find the magnetic field at point P.

33. Two identical circular coils, P and Q each of radius R, carrying currents I A and √3I respectively, are
placed concentrically in XY and YZ planes. Find the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field at
their common centre.
34. A solenoid of length 0.20 m, having 120 turns carries a current of 2.5 A. Find the magnetic field
(i) inside the solenoid (ii) At one end of the solenoid.
35. Two small circular loops, marked (1) and (2), carrying equal currents are placed with the geometrical
axes perpendicular to each other as shown in figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic
field produced at the point O.

36. A long straight wire carries a current of 4 A. A proton travels at 4 × 106 m/s parallel to the wire, 0.2
from it and in a direction opposite to the current. Calculate the force which the magnetic field of current
exerts on the proton. Also specify the direction of force.
37. An electron of energy 2000 eV describes a circular path in magnetic field of magnitude 0.2 T. find the
radius of the path.
38. A proton, a deutron and α particle whose kinetic energies are same, enters perpendicularly in a
uniform magnetic field. Compare the radii of their circular paths.
39. An electron enters in an electric field of 104 V/m perpendicular to the field with a velocity of 107 m/s.
Find the vertical displacement of electron after 2 milliseconds.
40. An α particle of mass 6.55 × 10-27 kg travels at right angle to a magnetic field of 0.2 T with a speed of
6 × 105 m/s. Calculate the acceleration of α particle.