Electrostatics — JEE Advanced PYQs

60 previous year questions on Electrostatics (Physics), newest first. Open any question for its complete step-by-step solution.

  1. STATEMENT-1
    For practical purposes, the earth is used as a reference at zero potential in electrical circuits.
    and
    STATEMENT-2
    The electrical potential of a sphere of radius with charge uniformly distributed on the surface is given by .
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  2. The nuclear charge is non-uniformly distributed within a nucleus of radius . The charge density [charge per unit volume] is dependent only on the radial distance from the centre of the nucleus as shown in figure. The electric field is only along the radial …
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  3. The nuclear charge is non-uniformly distributed within a nucleus of radius . The charge density [charge per unit volume] is dependent only on the radial distance from the centre of the nucleus as shown in figure. The electric field is only along the radial …
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  4. The nuclear charge is non-uniformly distributed within a nucleus of radius . The charge density [charge per unit volume] is dependent only on the radial distance from the centre of the nucleus as shown in figure. The electric field is only along the radial …
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  5. A long, hollow conducting cylinder is kept coaxially inside another long, hollow conducting cylinder of larger radius. Both the cylinders are initially electrically neutral.
    (A) A potential difference appears between the two cylinders when a charge density is given to the inner c …
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  6. Consider a neutral conducting sphere. A positive point charge is placed outside the sphere. The net charge on the sphere is then,
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  7. A spherical portion has been removed from a solid sphere having a charge distributed uniformly in its volume as shown in the figure. The electric field inside the emptied space is
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  8. Positive and negative point charges of equal magnitude are kept at and , respectively. The work done by the electric field when another positive point charge is moved from to is
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  9. In the given diagram, a line of force of a particular force field is shown. Out of the following options, it can never represent
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  10. The electrostatic potential () of a spherical symmetric system, kept at origin, is shown in the adjacent figure, and given as
    …
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