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The document contains a series of physics questions related to electric potential, capacitors, and electric fields. It includes calculations for electric potential at specific points, capacitance in various configurations, and the effects of dielectric materials. Each question requires applying principles of electrostatics and capacitance to find solutions.

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Question1. Two charges 5 × 10−8 C and −3 × 10−8 C are located 16 cm apart.

At what
point(s) on the line joining the two charges is the electric potential zero? Take the
potential at infinity to be zero.

Question2. A regular hexagon of side 10 cm has a charge 5 µC at each of its


vertices. Calculate the potential at the centre of the hexagon.

Question3. Two charges 2 μC and −2 µC are placed at points A and B 6 cm


apart.(a) Identify an equipotential surface of the system.(b) What is the
direction of the electric field at every point on this surface?

Question4. A spherical conductor of radius 12 cm has a charge of 1.6 × 10−7C


distributed uniformly on its surface. What is the electric field. a) Inside the
sphere (b) Just outside the sphere (c) At a point 18 cm from the centre of the
sphere?

Question5. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a
capacitance of 8 pF (1pF = 10−12 F). What will be the capacitance if the
distance between the plates is reduced by half, and the space between them is
filled with a substance of dielectric constant 6?

Question6. Three capacitors each of capacitance 9 pF are connected in series.


(a) What is the total capacitance of the combination? (b) What is the potential
difference across each capacitor if the combination is connected to a 120 V
supply?

Question7. Three capacitors of capacitances 2 pF, 3 pF and 4 pF are


connected in parallel.(a) What is the total capacitance of the combination?(b)
Determine the charge on each capacitor if the combination is connected to a
100 V supply.

Question8. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate
has an area of 6 × 10−3 m2 and the distance between the plates is 3 mm.
Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor. If this capacitor is connected to a
100 V supply, what is the charge on each plate of the capacitor?

Question9. Explain what would happen if in the capacitor given in Exercise 2.8,
a 3 mm thick mica sheet (of dielectric constant = 6) were inserted between the
plates, (a) While the voltage supply remained connected. (b) After the supply
was disconnected.

Question10. A 12 pF capacitor is connected to a 50V battery. How much


electrostatic energy is stored in the capacitor?

Question11. A 600 pF capacitor is charged by a 200 V supply. It is then


disconnected from the supply and is connected to another uncharged 600 pF
capacitor. How much electrostatic energy is lost in the process?

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