IIT JEE PHYSICS TEST ELECTROSTATICS AND CURRENT ELECTRICITY Name: Batch: SUN PSBBKKN / SUN PS MYLAPORE / TUES

S TRS 1. The figure shows a solid metallic cylinder of length L and radius a. The resistivity of the material varies as where School:

is a positive constant and x is the distance from the axis of the cylinder. The aim of the problem is to determine the effective resistance across the end faces of the cylinder. (a) One student considers the cylinder to be a number of elemental circular discs. Then, the elements are all ______________ (in series / in parallel / neither in series nor in parallel) (b) Another student considers the cylinder to be a number of elemental thin elemental hollow coaxial cylindrical shells. Then, the elements are all ______________ (in series / in parallel / neither in series nor in parallel) (c) To determine the effective resistance across the end faces which one of (a) and (b) will you choose? And why?

(d) Write the expression for the effective resistance of the cylinder across the end faces.

2. A charge Q is placed a corner of a cube as shown. The electric flux due to this charge at the square face shown shaded with stripes is _________________

3. The figure shows two identical bulbs of resistance R each, connected to voltage source of emf E. Rh is a variable resistance. Sketch, in the space below, the variation of the power of each bulb with Rh

4. The figure shows a resistor R through which a current is given to flow. (a) The total heat produced for the time t = 0 to t = is _____________ (b) Sketch a graph of I vs t is the space beside (c) What does the area under the graph in (b) mean?

5. The figure shows a cell of emf E and internal resistance r connected to a variable resistor R. I is the current in the circuit for a given value of R. (a) Let P be the power dissipated in the form of heat in R. Write an expression for P in terms of E, R and r.

(b) Sketch graphs of (i) terminal p.d. V across the cell vs I and (ii) P vs R in the space below

(c) Determine and write down the relation between r and R so that the power dissipated in R is a maximum. _______

6. The figure shows a thin metal wire of uniform resistivity bent into a circle of radius a. The area of cross section of the wire is b. A and B are any two points on the ring. O is the center of the ring and angle AOB = . (a) Obtain and write down an expression for the effective resistance R across A and B in terms of

(b) Sketch a graph of R vs in the space beside

(c) Determine and write down the maximum resistance across A and B

7. Part 1: Consider a uniform spherical distribution of positive charge. The radius of the sphere is R and the charge density is . r is the distance of a point from the center of the sphere. O is the center. Assume the ball to be made of a medium of permittivity (a) In the space below, sketch graphs of the electric field E vs r and potential V vs r

(b) Express the magnitude of the electric field in the space r = 0 to r = R in terms of r, and o only.

(c) Determine the energy in the electric field for the region r = 0 to r = R

(d) Determine the energy in the electric field for the region r = R to r =

Part 2: From a region of radius R/2 and with center O, charge is scooped out leaving a cavity. (e) For the charge distribution with the cavity, sketch a graph of electric field vs r

(f) The electric field inside the cavity is of magnitude ____________

Part 3: Consider the charged sphere in part 1. Negative charge of the same charge density is filled in the region shown shaded (with stripes) in the figure beside. (g) The electric field at the center of the shaded region is zero. ______(true / false) Part 4: Now, from the original sphere in part 1, charge is scooped out leaving behind a spherical cavity as shown. No information about the radius of the cavity and its position is available. (i) The electric field at the center of the cavity is ___________ (not zero / zero) (j) Take another point off the center in the cavity. The electric field at this point will be equal to the electric field at the center of the cavity. ________ (true / false) (k) In the space below, mark at electric field vector at the center of the cavity in the figure 1 and draw the electric lines of force within the cavity in figure 2

figure 1

figure 2

(l) Write down the electric field at any point in the cavity. Express your answer in terms of , o and where is the position vector of the center of the cavity with respect to the center of the sphere.

(m) The electric field in the cavity is ______________ (uniform / non-uniform) 8. A galvanometer G of resistance 10 has a sensitivity of 10 div/mA. The scale contains 50 divisions. When K1 and K2 are both closed the circuit can be used as a 10 mA ammeter. If K1 alone is open, the circuit can measure a p.d. up to 19.5 volts. If both, the switches are open, the device becomes a 10 V voltmeter. Then: (a) R1 = __________ (b) R2 = __________ (c) R 3 = __________

9. Consider a capacitor with energy in the electric field as U. The capacitor is now connected across another identical uncharged capacitor. After electrostatic conditions are attained, the energy stored in each capacitor is ________________

10. The figure shows two thin metal plates A and B with charges +Q and 2Q respectively. Answer the following under electrostatic conditions. (a) The charge on the left face of plate A is ________ (b) The charge on the right face of plate A is ________ (c) The charge on the left face of plate B is ________ (d) The charge on the right face of plate B is ________ In the space below, state the magnitude and direction of the electric field in the regions marked I, II and III. The magnitude of the field must be in terms of Q and A where A is the area of a face of the plates.

11. Six identical metal plates each of plate area A are connected as shown. The distance between two consecutive plates is d. The p.d. between the points A and B is V. (a) Express the effective capacity between the points A and B in terms of A and d.

(b) Express the charge Q on the system of capacitors in terms of V, A and d

(c) Let the charge on the system of capacitors be Q. Fill up the following table in terms of Q Plate Charge 1 2 3 4 5 6

12. The figure shows a meter bridge arrangement. PQ is the bridge wire of length L and cross section area A. The resistivity of the wire PQ varies as = x where is a positive constant and x is the distance from P. (a) The SI unit of is ___________ (b) The resistance of the wire PQ in terms of , A and L is ___________ (c) The length PJ when the galvanometer reads zero is _____________ (d) How will the balancing length PJ change if the cross section area of PQ is doubled? _________________ (increases / decreases / no change) (e) How will the balancing length PJ change when the value of E is increased? _________________ (increases / decreases / no change) (f) How will the balancing length PJ change when the value of Rh is increased? ___________ (increases / decreases / no change) (g) Now the resistances R and 2R are interchanged. Let K be the position of the jockey on PQ when the galvanometer reads zero. QK = PJ. __________ (true or false)

13. Consider the network shown: (a) The current in the 5 ohm resistor is __________ (b) The current in the 3 ohm resistor is __________ (c) The p.d. across the 3 ohm resistor is _________ (d) The p.d. between A and B is ___________ (e) The potential at A is __________ (f) If the 3 ohm resistor is replaced by a capacitor, will it get charged? __________ (yes / no) (g) If the 10 V battery is flipped, the current in the 5 ohm resistor will ________________ (not change / increase in magnitude / decrease in magnitude)

14. Consider the network shown, each capacitor has a capacity C. A battery of emf E is connected across A and B. (a) The charge on the system of capacitors is ___________ (b) The p.d. across the capacitor C5 is ___________ (c) The charge on the capacitor C4 is ___________ (d) The charge on the capacitor C3 is __________ (e) The capacitor(s) that will not get charged is (are) ______________

15. Figure 1 shows a parallel plate capacitor of plate separation 3d and plate area A. The charge on the plates are +Q and Q as stated and the capacity of the capacitor is C. The charge density on each plate is . The field between the plates is Eo Now, a metal slab of thickness d and area A/2 is introduced in between the plates. The left face of the slab is at a distance of d from the left plate of the capacitor. The dashed line bisects the capacitor plates. This situation is shown in figure 2. Different parts of the capacitor plates are labeled as 1, 2, 3 and 4. The various regions in between the plates and outside are labeled I, II, III, IV, V and VI. Answer the following for the situation after the metal slab is introduced. (a) The effective capacity of the system is __________ (in terms of C only) (b) The charge density in section 1 is ___________ ; The charge density in section 2 is ___________ ; The charge density in section 3 is ____________ ; The charge density in section 4 is ______________ ; The charge density on the left face of the slab is _____________ ; The charge density on the right face of the slab is __________________ (all entries in terms of only) (c) The electric field in the region I is ____________ ; The electric field in the region II is ____________ ; The electric field in the region III is ____________ (in terms of Eo only) (d) The electric field in the region IV is ____________ ; The electric field in the region V is ____________ ; The electric field in the region VI is ____________ (e) The potential difference between the plates is ___________ (in terms of Eo and d only) 16. Consider the arrangement of capacitors shown. (a) The charge on the capacitor C1 is __________ (b) The charge on the capacitor C2 is __________ (c)The total energy in the system of capacitors is ___________ Now the key K is closed. Wait till electrostatic conditions are attained (h) The charge on the system of capacitors is ___________ (i) The common potential difference across the capacitors is __________ (j) The total energy in the system of capacitors is ____________

17. The figure shows a circular ring of charge of radius R. The unit vectors along +x and +y axes are i and j. Let the linear charge density on the ring vary as = sin where is a positive constant. (a) Sketch a graph of vs in the space below.

(b) Indicate in the best possible way (with a diagram) how the charges are spread on the ring in the figure 1. (c) Show the electric field direction at the point O in the figure 1. (d) The total electric potential at the center of the ring is __________ (e) The magnitude of the electric field at the center of the ring is ____________

(f) The unit vector along the direction of the electric field at O is ___________ Now, the ring is rotated in its plane by 90o with the same center in the anti clockwise sense. (g) The total electric potential at the center of the ring is __________ (h) The magnitude of the electric field at the center of the ring is ____________

(i) The unit vector along the direction of the electric field at O is ___________

18. The figure shows a frustum shaped metal block of uniform resistivity and dimensions as stated. (a) The effective resistance between its flat faces is ____________

(b) Write the effective resistance when a = b. ________

(c) Write the effective resistance when a = 0. ________

19. Consider two charges +q and 4q placed at points x = 0 and x = 2a on the x-axis. (a) A detector which can measure potential V(x) at a point on the x-axis is moved along the x-axis. In the space below, sketch a graph of potential V(x) vs x.

(b) Indicate in the graph above the x values where the electric field and potential are zero. (c) For the given charge distribution, mark the charges and sketch a few

equipotential and electric field lines in the space beside.

(d) Determine and write down the locus (equation) of the points (in the x-y plane) where the total electric potential is zero.

(d) Sketch the zero-potential curve in the space below.

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The figure shows whats called a C-R network. At time t = 0, the capacitor is uncharged. Let the key be closed at time t = 0.The charge on the capacitor can be shown to vary as ( ) ( ).

(a) In the space below, write the differential equation involving q and t as variables (using Kirchoffs Loop Rule) for the time t > 0

(b) The maximum charge on the capacitor is _________ (c) The charge on the capacitor after a time t = CR is about __________ % of the maximum charge on the capacitor. (d) Write down the expression for current in the circuit as a function of time.

(e) Sketch the variation of the charge (q) on the capacitor and the current (I) in the circuit as functions of time in the space below.

(f) The current at t = 0 is ___________ (g) The current in the circuit after a long time is _____________ (h) Sketch graphs of VR (the p.d. across the resistor) and VC (the p.d. across the capacitor) as functions of time.