MANAV RACHNA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

EROS GARDEN, CHARMWOOD VILLAGE, FARIDABAD

XII- PHYSICS
CH.2: ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE
TOPIC: ELECTRIC POTENTIAL

1. If 100 J of work has to be done in moving an electric charge of 4C from a place,

where potential is -10 V to another place, where potential is V volt, find the value
of V. (15 V)
2. Determine the electric potential at the surface of a gold nucleus. The radius is 6.6
x 10-15 m and the atomic number Z = 79. Given charge on a proton = 1.6 x 10-19 C.
(1.7 X 107 V)
3. (i) Calculate the potential at a point P due to a charge of 4 x 10-7 C located 9 cm
away. (ii) Hence obtain the work done in bringing a charge of 2 x 10-9 C from
infinity to the point P. Does the answer depend on the path along which the
charge is brought? (4 X 104 V, 8 X 10-5 J)
4. A metal wire is bent in a circle of radius 10 cm. It is given a charge of 200 μC which
spreads on it uniformly. Calculate the electric potential at its centre. (18 X 106 V)
5. Electric field intensity at point ‘B’ due to a point charge ‘Q’ kept at point ‘A’ is 24
NC-1 and the electric potential at point ‘B’ due to same charge is 12 JC-1. Calculate
the distance AB and also the magnitude of charge Q. (0.5m, 0.667 x 10-9 C)
6. To what potential we must charge an insulated sphere of radius 14 cm so that the
surface charge density is equal to 1 μ Cm-2? (15840 V)
7. A charge of 24 μC us given to a hollow metallic sphere of radius 0.2 m. Find the
potential :-
(i) at the surface of the sphere, and
(ii) at a distance of 0.1 cm from the centre of the sphere.
(1.08 X 106 V, 1.08 X 106 V)
8. Twenty seven drops of same size are charged at 220 V each. They coalesce to
form a bigger drop. Calculate the potential of the bigger drop. (1980 V)
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9. Two charges 3 x 10 C and -2 x 10 C are located 15 cm apart. At what point on
the line joining the two charges is the electric potential zero? Take the potential at
infinity to be zero. (9 cm, 45 cm)
10. Calculate the electric potential at the centre of a square of side 2 m, having
charges 100 μC, -50 μC, 20 μC and -60 μC at the four corners of the square.
(9 X 106 V)
11. Four charges +q, +q, -q and –q are placed respectively at the corners A, B, C and D
of a square of side ‘a’ arranged in the given order. Calculate the electric potential
at the centre O. If E and F are the midpoints of sides BC and CD respectively, what
will be the work done in carrying a charge ‘e’ from O to E and from O to F ?
𝒒𝒆 𝟏
( -1)
𝝅𝜺 𝒂 𝟓
𝟎
12. A short electric dipole has dipole moment of 4 x 10-9 Cm. Determine the electric
potential due to the dipole at a point distant 0.3 m from the centre of the dipole
situated (a) on the axial line (b) on equatorial line and (c) on a line making an
angle of 60° with the dipole axis. (400 V, 200 V)
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13. Two point charges of +3 μC and -3 μC are placed 2 x 10 m apart from each other.
Calculate (i) electric field and electric potential at a distance of 0.6 m from the
dipole in broad-side-on position (ii) electric field and electric potential at the same
point after rotating the dipole through 90°. (250N/C,150 V)
14. Two charges –q and +q are located at points A (, 0, -a) and B (0, 0, +a) respectively.
How much work is done in moving a test charge from point P (7, 0, 0) to Q (-3, 0,
0)? (0)
15. Find the electric field between two metal plates 3 mm apart, connected to 12 V
battery. (4 X 103 V/m)
16. Calculate the voltage needed to balance an oil drop carrying 10 electrons when
located between the plates of a capacitor which are 5 mm apart (g = 10 ms-2). The
mass of oil drop is 3 x 10-16 kg. (9.47 V)
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17. An infinite plane sheet of charge density 10 Cm is held in air. In this situation
how far apart are two equi potential surfaces, whose P.D. is 5 V? (8.85m)
18. A spark passes in air when the potential gradient at the surface of a charged
conductor is 3 x 106 Vm-1. What must be the radius of an insulated metal sphere
which can be charge to a potential of 3 x 106 V before sparking into air? (1 m)
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19. A uniform electric field 𝐸 of 300 NC is directed along negative X-axis. A, B and C
are three points in figure. Find the potential differences ΔVBA, ΔVCB and ΔVCA.

(-2100 V, -2100 V)
20. Three points A, B and C lie in a uniform electric field € of 5 x 10 3 NC-1 as shown in
the figure. Find the potential difference between A and C.

(-200 V)
21. If the potential in the region of space around the point (-1 m, 2 m, 3m) is given by
V = (10x2 + 5y2 – 3z2) volt, calculate the three components of electric field at this
point. (20 V/m, -20 V/m, 18 V/m)