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A charge $q$ is surrounded by a closed surface consisting of an inverted cone of height $h$ and base radius $R$, and a hemisphere of radius $R$ as sho...
Two point charges $$-$$Q and +Q/$$\sqrt 3 $$ are placed in the xy-plane at the origin (0, 0) and a point (2, 0), respectively, as shown in the figure....
Two point charges $$-$$Q and +Q/$$\sqrt 3 $$ are placed in the xy-plane at the origin (0, 0) and a point (2, 0), respectively, as shown in the figure....
One end of a spring of negligible unstretched length and spring constant k is fixed at the origin (0, 0). A point particle of mass m carrying a positi...
A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C has spacing d between two plates having area A. The region between the plates is filled with N dielectric ...
A particle, of mass $${10^{ - 3}}$$ $$kg$$ and charge $$1.0$$ $$C,$$ is initially at rest. At time $$t=0,$$ the particle comes under the influence of ...
Three identical capacitors $${C_1},{C_2}$$ and $${C_3}$$ have a capacitance of $$1.0\,\mu F$$ each and they are unchanged initially. They are connecte...
An infinitely long uniform line charge distribution of charge per unit length $$\lambda$$ lies parallel to the y-axis in the y-z plane at $$z = {{\sqr...
An infinitely long solid cylinder of radius R has a uniform volume charge density $$\rho$$. It has a spherical cavity of radius R/2 with its centre on...
Four point charges, each of +q, are rigidly fixed at the four corners of a square planar soap film of side a. The surface tension of the soap film is ...

MCQ (More than One Correct Answer)

In the figure, the inner (shaded) region $A$ represents a sphere of radius $r_{A}=1$, within which the electrostatic charge density varies with the ra...
A disk of radius $\mathrm{R}$ with uniform positive charge density $\sigma$ is placed on the $x y$ plane with its center at the origin. The Coulomb po...
Six charges are placed around a regular hexagon of side length $a$ as shown in the figure. Five of them have charge $q$, and the remaining one has cha...
An electric dipole with dipole moment $${{{p_0}} \over {\sqrt 2 }}(\widehat i + \widehat j)$$ is held fixed at the origin O in the presence of a unifo...
An infinitely long thin non-conducting wire is parallel to the $$z$$-axis and carries a uniform line charge density $$\lambda .$$ It pierces a thin no...
A point charge $$+Q$$ is placed just outside an imaginary hemispherical surface of radius $$R$$ as shown in the figure. Which of the following statem...
The figures below depict two situations in which two infinitely long static line charges of constant positive line charge density $$\lambda $$ are kep...
A parallel plate capacitor has a dielectric slab of dielectric constant $$K$$ between its plates that covers $$1/3$$ of the area of its plates, as sho...
Two non-conducting spheres of radii $${R_1}$$ and $${R_2}$$ and carrying uniform volume charge densities $$ + \rho $$ and $$ - \rho ,$$ respectively, ...
A cubical region of side $$a$$ has its center at the origin. It encloses three fixed point charges, $$-q$$ at $$\left( {0, - a/4,0} \right), + 3q$$ at...
A spherical metal shell A of radius $${R_A}$$ and a solid metal sphere $$B$$ of radius $${R_B}\left( { < {R_A}} \right)$$ are kept far apart and ea...
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
A few electric field lines for a system of two charges $${Q_1}$$ and $${Q_2}$$ fixed at two different points on the $$x$$-axis are shown in the figure...

MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

A thin spherical insulating shell of radius R carries a uniformly distributed charge such that the potential at its surface is V0. A hole with a small...
The electric field $$E$$ is measured at a point $$P(0,0,d)$$ generated due to various charge distributions and the dependence of $$E$$ on $$d$$ is fou...
Consider a uniform spherical charge distribution of radius $${R_1}$$ centred at the origin $$O.$$ In this distribution, a spherical cavity of radius $...
Charges $$Q,$$ $$2Q$$ and $$4Q$$ are uniformly distributed in three dielectric solid spheres $$1,2$$ and $$3$$ of radii $$R/2,R$$ and $$2R$$ respectiv...
Four charges Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 of same magnitude are fixed along the x axis at x = $$-$$2a, $$-$$a, +a and +2a, respectively. A positive charge q is p...
Let $${E_1}\left( r \right),{E_2}\left( r \right)$$ and $${E_3}\left( r \right)$$ be the respective electric field at a distance $$r$$ from a point ch...
Two non-conducting solid spheres of radii $$R$$ and $$2R,$$ having uniform volume charge densities $${\rho _1}$$ and $${\rho _2}$$ respectively, touch...
Consider a thin spherical shell of radius $$R$$ with center at the origin, carrying uniform positive surface charge density. The variation of the magn...
Consider an electric field $$\overrightarrow E = {E_0}\widehat x$$ where $${E_0}$$ is a constant. The flux through the shaded area (as shown in the f...
Which of the field patterns given below is valid for electric field as well as for magnetic field ?
A tiny spherical oil drop carrying a net charge $$q$$ is balanced in still air with a vertical uniform electric field of strength $${{81\pi } \over 7}...
A uniformly charged thin spherical shell of radius $$R$$ carries uniform surface charge density of $$\sigma $$ per unit area. It is made of two hemisp...
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