An electric dipole has a fixed dipole moment ,which makes angle with respect to x-axis.when subjected to an electric field ,it experiences a torque ,When subjected to another electric field it experiences torque .The angle is :[Main 2017]
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An electric dipole has a fixed dipole moment ,which makes angle with respect to x-axis.when subjected to an electric field ,it experiences a torque ,When subjected to another electric field it experiences torque .The angle is :[Main 2017]
The potential (in volts) of a charge distribution is given by for for V(z) does not depend on x and y. If this potential is generated by a constant charge per unit volume (in units ) which is spread over a certain region, then choose the correct statement.[Main 9 Apr 2016]
The region between two concentric spheres of radii 'a' and 'b', respectively (see figure), has volume charge density A where A is a constant and r is the distance from the centre. At the centre of the spheres is a point charge Q.The value of A such that the electric field in the region between the spheres will be constant, is [Main 2016]

Within a spherical charge distribution of charge density ,N equipotential surfaces of potential , are drawn and have increasing radii , respectively. If the difference in the radii of the surfaces is constant for all values of and then :[Main 10 Apr 2016]

A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge in the upper half and negative surface charge in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure given in: (figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)[Main 2015]




A uniformly charged solid sphere of radius R has potential (measured with respect to ) on its surface.For this sphere the equipotential surfaces with potentials and have radius and respectively[Main 2015]
Assume that an electric field exists in space. Then the potential difference , where is the potential at the origin and the potential at is :[Main 2014]
Two charges, each equal to q, are kept at and on the x-axis. A particle of mass m and charge is placed at the origin. If charge is given a small displacement (y a) along the y-axis, the net force acting on the particle is proportional to:[Main 2013]
A charge Q is uniformly distributed over a long rod AB of length L as shown in the figure. The electric potential at the point O lying at a distance L from the end A is: [Main 2013]

This question has statement- 1 and statement- 2. Of the four choices given after the statements, choose the one that best describe the two statements.An insulating solid sphere of radius has a uniformly positive charge density . As a result of this uniform charge distribution there is a finite value of electric potential at the center of the sphere, at the surface of the sphere and also at a point out side the sphere. The electric potential at infinite is zero.Statement- 1 : When a charge is take from the centre of the surface of the sphere its potential energy changes by Statement- 2 : The electric field at a distance from the center of the sphere is .
In a uniformly charged sphere of total charge and radius , the electric field is plotted as function of distance from the center. The graph which would correspond to the above will be:




The electrostatic potential inside a charged spherical ball is given by where is the distance from the center and are constants. Then the charge density inside the ball is:
Two identical charged spheres suspended from a common point by two massless strings of length are initially a distance apart because of their mutual repulsion. The charge begins to leak from both the spheres at a constant rate. As a result charges approach each other with a velocity . Then as a function of distance between them,
Let there be a spherically symmetric charge distribution with charge density varying as upto , and for , where is the distance from the erigin. The electric field at a distance from the origin is given by
A thin semi-circular ring of radius has a positive charges distributed uniformly over it. The net field at the center is

Two identical charged spheres are suspended by strings of equal lengths. The strings make an angle of with each other. When suspended in a liquid of density , the angle remains the same. If density of the material of the sphere is , the dielectric constant of the liquid is
A charge is placed at each of the opposite corners of a square. A charge is placed at each of the other two corners. If the net electrical force on is zero, then equals:
(This question contains Statement-1 and Statement-2. Of the four choices given after the statements, choose the one that best describes the two statements.)Statement-1 : For a charged particle moving from point to point , the net work done by an electrostatic field on the particle is independent of the path connecting point to point .Statement-2 : The net work done by a conservative force on an object moving along a closed loop is zero.
Let be the change density distribution for a solid sphere of radius and total charge . For a point inside the sphere at distance from the center of the sphere, the magnitude of electric field is :
Two points and are maintained at the potentials of and , respectively. The work done in moving 100 electrons from to is :
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