AISSCE Home Assignment – 02

UNIT – I ELECTROSTATICS
Chapter – 02 Electrostatic potential and capacitances

CBSE 2023

1. Two charged conducting spheres of radii a and b are connected to each other by a wire. Find the ratio of the
electric fields at their surfaces.
OR
2. A parallel plate capacitor (A) of capacitance C is charged by a battery to voltage V. The battery is
disconnected and an uncharged capacitor (B) of capacitance 2C is connected across A. Find the ratio of
(i) Final charges on A and B.
(ii) total electrostatic energy stored in A and B finally and that stored in a initially. (3)

3. (i) Consider two identical point charges located at points (0,0) and (a,0). Is
there a point on the line joining them at which the electric potential is
zero? Justify your answer.
(ii) State the significance of negative value of electrostatic potential energy
of a system of charges.
Three charges are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle ABC of
side 2 m as shown in figure. Calculate the electric potential energy of the
system of three charges. (5)

CBSE 2022

1. The electric potential V at any point (x,y,z) is given by V = 3 x2 Where x is in metres and V in volts.
The electric field at the point ( 1m, 0, 2m) is –
(a) 6 V/m along – x axis (b) 6 V/m along + x axis
(c) 1.5 V/m along – x axis (d) 1.5 V/m along + x axis

2. A variable capacitor is connected to a 200 V battery. If its capacitance is changed from 2 μF to X μF, the
decrease in energy of the capacitor is 2 x 10-2 J. The value of X is –
(a) 1 μF (b) 2 μF (c) 3 μF (d) 4 μF

3. A + 3.0 nC charge Q is initially at rest at a distance of r1 = 10 cm from a + 5.0 nC charge q fixed at the
origin. The charge Q is moved away from q to a new position r2 = 15 cm. In this process work done by the
field is

(a) 1.29 x 10-5 J (b) 3.6 x 105 J (c) - 4.5 x 10-7 J (d) 4.5 x 10-7 J
4. Two charges 14 μC and – 4 μC are placed at ( -12 cm, 0, 0 ) and ( 12 cm, 0, 0 ) in an external electric
field E = , where B = 1.2 x 106 N/ (cm)2 and r is in metres. The electrostatic potential energy of the
configuration is
(a) 97.9 J (b) 102.1 J (c) 2.1 J (d) - 97.9 J

CBSE 2020
(SET – 1)
1. In the figure given below, find the
(a) Equivalent capacitance of the network between points A and B.
Given : C1 = C5 = 8 µF, C2 = C3 = C4 = 4 µF. 7V
(b) maximum charge supplied by the battery, and (c) total energy stored in the network. (3)

2. (a) Two point charges q1 and q2 are kept r distance apart in uniform external electric field ⃗ .
Find the work done in assembling this system of charges.
(b) A cube of side 20 cm is kept in a region as shown in the figure. An electric field
⃗ exists in the region such that the potential at a point is given by V = 10 x + 5,
where V is in volt and x is in m. Find the
(i) Electric field ⃗ , and (ii) total electric flux through the cube.

(SET – 2)
1. In the figure given below, find the
(a) Equivalent capacitance of the network between points A and B.
Given : C1 = C5 = 4 µF, C2 = C3 = C4 = 2 µF.
(b) maximum charge supplied by the battery, and
(c) total energy stored in the network. (3)

(SET – 3)
1. The potential difference between two points in vacuum is V0. If vacuum is replaced by a medium of
dielectric constant K, the new value of potential difference will be ____. (1)

2. A capacitor of 4 µF is charged by a battery of 12 V. The battery is disconnected and a dielectric slab of

dielectric constant 8 is inserted between the plates of the capacitor to fill the space completely. Find the
change in the
(a) charge stored in the capacitor, (b) potential difference between the plates of the capacitor, and
(c) energy stored in the capacitor. (3)

CBSE 2019

1. Draw the equipotential surfaces for an electric dipole. (1)

2. A 200 µF parallel plate capacitor having plate separation of 5 mm is charged by a 100 V dc source.
It remains connected to the source. Using an insulated handle, the distance between the plates is doubled
and a dielectric slab of thickness 5 mm and dielectric constant 10 is introduced between the plates. Explain
with reason, how the (i) capacitance, (ii) electric field between the plates, (iii) energy density of the capacitor
will change? (3)
3. In a network, four capacitors C1, C2, C3 and C4 are connected as shown
in the figure.
(a) Calculate the net capacitance in the circuit.
(b) if the charge on capacitor C1 is 6µC, (i) calculate the charge on
capacitor C3 and C4, and (ii) net energy stored in the capacitors
C3 and C4 connected in series. (3)

CBSE 2018

1. Four charges Q, q, Q and q are placed at the corners of a square of side ‘a’ as shown
in figure. Find the (a) resultant electric force on a charge Q, and (b) potential energy
of this system. (3)

2. Three charges q, -4q and 2q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle
ABC of side ‘l’ as shown in figure.
(a) Obtain the expression for the magnitude of the resultant electric force acting on
charge q.
(b) Find out the amount of work done to separate the charge at infinite distance. (3)

CBSE 2017

1. Two identical parallel plate capacitors A and B are connected to a battery of V

volts with the switch S closed. The switch is now opened and the free space
between plates of the capacitor is filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant
K. Find the ratio of the total electrostatic energy stored in both capacitors
before and after the introduction of the dielectric. (3)

CBSE 2016
1. A charge ‘q’ is moved from point A above the dipole of dipole moment ‘p’
to a point B below the dipole in equatorial plane without acceleration. Find
the work done in the process. (1)

2. Define equipotential surface. Draw equipotential surfaces :

(i) In case of a single point charge and
(ii) In a constant electric field in Z- direction. Why the equipotential surfaces about a single point charge are
not equidistant?
(iii) Can electric field exist to an equipotential surface? Give reason. (3)

3. Find the ratio of potential differences that must be applied across the parallel and series combinations of two
capacitors C1 and C2 with their capacitances in the ratio 1:2 so that the energy stored in the two cases becomes
the same. (5)

4. (i) If two similar large plates, each of area ‘A’ having charge densities + σ and – σ are separated by a distance
‘d’ in air. Find the expression for field at points between the two plates and on outer side of the plates.
(a) Specify the direction of field in each case.
(b) The potential difference between the plates.
(c) The capacitance of the capacitor so formed.

(ii) Two metallic spheres of radii R and 2R are charged so that both of these have same surface charge
density ‘σ’. If they are connected to each other with a conducting wire, in which direction will the
charge flow and why? (5)

CBSE 2015
1. Calculate potential difference and the energy stored in the
circuit shown in the fig. Given that potential at A is 90 V, C1 = 20 μF,
C2 = 30 μF and C3 = 15 μF (3)
2. (a) Derive the expression for the energy stored in a parallel plate
capacitor. Hence obtain the expression for the energy density of the electric field.
(b) A fully charged parallel plate capacitor is connected across an uncharged identical capacitor.
Show that the energy stored in the combination is less than that stored initially in the single capacitor.(5)

CBSE 2014
1. A parallel palate capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential V. It is then connected to another
capacitor having same capacitance. Find out the ratio of the energy stored in the combined system to that
stored initially in the single capacitor. (2)

CBSE 2013
1. A slab of material of dielectric constant K has the same area as that of the plates of a parallel plate capacitor
but has the thickness d/2, where d is the separation between the plates. Find out the expression for its
capacitance when the slab is inserted between the plates of the capacitor. (2)

CBSE 2012
1. A test charge ‘q’ is moved without acceleration from A to C along the
path from A to B and then from B to C in electric field E as shown in
the figure.
(i) Calculate the potential difference between A and C.
(ii) At which point (of the two) is the electric potential more and why? (3)

2. (a) Deduce the expression for the electrostatic energy stored in a capacitor of capacitance ‘C’ and having
charge ‘Q’.
(b) How will the (i) energy stored and (ii) the electric field inside the capacitor be affected when it is
completely filled with a dielectric material of dielectric constant K? (3)