Q1. Define the term electric flux. How is it related to electric field intensity? What is its SI unit ?
Q2. What is an area vector? How do we specify the direction of a planar area vector?
Q3. State and prove Gauss's theorem.
Q4. If E =6i +3j +4k. Calculate the electric flux through a surface of area 20 units in Y-Z plane
Q5. A circular plane sheet of radius 10cm is placed in a uniform field of 5X 105 NC-1 , making an angle
of 600 with the field. Calculate electric flux through the sheet.
Q6. Calculate the number of electric lines of force originating from a charge of 1C.
Q7. Calculate the electric flux through each of the six faces of a closed cube of length l, if a charge q is
placed (a) at its centre and (b) at one of its vertices.
Q8. The electric field component in figure are Ex = αx1/2 , Ey= Ez=0 , in which α=800N/Cm2 . Calculate
(a) the flux through the cube and (b) the charge within the cube. Assume that a= 0.1 m
Q9. The electric field components due to a charge inside the cube of side 0.1 m are shown in figure.
where, Ex=α, where α = 500 N/C-m, Ey = 0, Ez=0.
Calculate (a) the flux through the cube and (b) the charge inside the cube.
Q10. An electric field is uniform, and in the positive x direction for positive x, and uniform with the same
magnitude but in the negative x direction for negative x. It is given that
E = 200 i N/C for x > 0 and E = -200 i N/C for x < 0.
A right circular cylinder of length 20 cm and radius 5 cm has its centre at the origin and its axis
along the x-axis so that one face is at x = +10 cm and the other is at x = -10 cm (Fig. 1.28).
(a) What is the net outward flux through each flat face?
(b) What is the flux through the side of the cylinder?
(c) What is the net outward flux through the cylinder?
(d) What is the net charge inside the cylinder?
Q11. A hollow cylindrical box of length 1m and area of cross-section 25cm2 is placed in a three
dimensional coordinate system as shown in the figure. The electric field in the region is given by
vector E =50x i, where E is in NC–1 and x is in metres.
Find (i) Net flux through the cylinder. (ii) Charge enclosed by the cylinder
Q12. A sphereS1 of radius r1 encloses a net charge Q. If there is another concentric sphere S2 of radius r2
(r2˃ r1) enclosing charge 2Q. (i) Find the ratio of the electric flux through sphere S1 and S2.
(ii) How will the electric flux through sphere S1 change, if a medium of dielectric constant 5 is
introduced in the space inside S1 in place of air?
Q13. Two charges of magnitude -2Q and +Q are located at points (a,o) and (4a, o) respectively. What is
the electric flux due these charges through a sphere of radius ‘3a’ with its centre at the origin?
Q14. Apply Gauss's theorem to calculate the electric field of a thin infinitely long straight line of charge,
th a uniform charge density λ Cm-1
Q15. Apply Gauss's theorem to calculate the electric field due to an infinite plane sheet of charge.
Q16. Two infinite parallel planes have uniform charge densities of σ and - σ . Determine the electric field
at points (i) to the left of the sheets, (ii) between them, and (iii) to the right of the sheets
Q17. Apply Gauss's theorem to show that for a spherical shell, the electric field inside the shell vanishes,
whereas outside it, the field is as if all the charge had been concentrated at the centre.
Q18. A point charge +Q is placed at the centre O of an uncharged hollow spherical conductor of inner
radius ‘a’ and outer radius ‘b’. Find the following: (a) The magnitude and sign of the charge induced on
the inner and outer surface of the conducting shell. (b) The magnitude of electric field vector at a distance
(i) r = a/2, and (ii) r = 2b, from the centre of the shell.
Q19. A spherical conducting shell of inner radius 𝒓𝟏 and outer radius 𝒓𝟐 has a charge ‘Q’. A Charge ‘q’ is
placed at the center of the shell. (a) What is the surface charge density on the (i) inner surface, (ii) outer
surface of the shell? (b) Write the expression for the electric field at a point x > 𝒓𝟐 from the center of the
shell.
Q20. A sphere S1 of radius r1 encloses a net charge Q. If there is another concentric sphere S2 of radius r2
(r2 > r1) enclosing charge 2Q, find the ratio of the electric flux through S1 and S2.
Q21. A sphere 𝒔𝟏 of radius 𝒓𝟏encloses a charge Q, if there is another concentric sphere 𝟐 of the radius 𝒓𝟐
(𝒓𝟐 > 𝒓𝟏) and there are no additional charges between 𝒔𝟏 and 𝒔𝟐. Find the ratio of electric flux through 𝒔𝟏
and 𝒔𝟐.
Q22. A conducting sphere of radius 10 cm has an unknown charge. If the electric field 20 cm from the
centre of the sphere is 1.5 × 103 N/C and points radially inward, what is the net charge on the sphere?
Q23. A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.4 m diameter has a surface charge density of 80.0 C/m2.
(a) Find the charge on the sphere. (b) What is the total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere?
Q24. Two concentric metallic spherical shells of radius R and 3R are given charges Q1 and Q2 respectively.
The surface charge densities in the outer surfaces of the shells are equal. Determine the ratio of Q1:Q2.
