BITSAT Electrostatics — practice questions
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Practice BITSAT Electrostatics in the app →Two point charges of $+4\ \mu$C each are separated by $0.6$ m in vacuum. The magnitude of the electrostatic foWhat is the electric field at the centre of a hollow conducting sphere of radius $R$ carrying total charge $Q$A parallel-plate capacitor has capacitance $C_0$ in vacuum. A dielectric slab of dielectric constant $K = 4$ iTwo capacitors of $6\ \mu$F and $3\ \mu$F are connected in series across a $12$ V battery. What is the equivalAn electric dipole of moment $p$ is placed at $60°$ to a uniform electric field of magnitude $E$. The torque oA point charge $+q$ is placed at the centre of a cube. What is the electric flux through one face of the cube?The SI unit of electric charge is the:Coulomb's law: force between two point charges is proportional to:The value of k in Coulomb's law (in SI) is approximately:Electric field strength at a point is defined as force per unit:Total electric flux through a closed surface enclosing charge q (Gauss's law) is:Electric field due to an INFINITE SHEET of charge with surface charge density σ:The principle that charge can be neither created nor destroyed is:Two point charges +2μC and -3μC are separated by 30 cm. The force on each (k = 9 × 10⁹):Electric field due to a point charge q at distance r:A charge of 1 C placed in an electric field of 100 N/C experiences force:Electric potential V due to point charge q at distance r:Potential difference between two points is 12 V. Work done to move 2 C between them:Electric field INSIDE a conductor in electrostatic equilibrium is:At an axial point of an electric dipole at distance r >> a (a = dipole half-length, p = qa·2 the dipole momentNumber of charges that can be enclosed in a Gaussian surface in vacuum:For a parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and separation d, the capacitance in vacuum:Capacitance changes when DIELECTRIC of relative permittivity K is inserted:Energy stored in a capacitor with charge Q and capacitance C:Two charges +q and +q are placed at corners of an equilateral triangle. The third corner has potential:For a spherical conductor of radius R carrying charge Q, the potential AT THE SURFACE equals:Equipotential surfaces around a point charge are:Two capacitors 2 µF and 4 µF connected in SERIES across 12 V. Charge on each:3 capacitors of 6 µF each in PARALLEL: total capacitance:Two charged spheres each of radius R, charge Q, separated by distance d >> R. Force F between them is:Potential at center of square (side a) with charges +q, -q, +q, -q at corners (alternating):Electric field inside a spherical cavity in a uniformly charged conductor is:Find work done to bring a +2 µC charge from infinity to a point where V = 50 V:A charged particle q is held at rest in vertical equilibrium in a uniform electric field E pointing upward. ChIn a capacitor circuit, when a dielectric is inserted while voltage is HELD CONSTANT by battery, the CHARGE on