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MODERN PUBLICATION-ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE -Revision Exercises (Very Short Answer Questions)
  1. Define electrostatic potential?

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  2. What is the shape of equipotential surface for a given point charge q.

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  3. What is the physical significance of electric potential?

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  4. What do you mean by electric potential difference ? How is it measured...

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  5. The dimensional formula for electric potential is

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  6. Find out the amount of the work done to separate the charges at infini...

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  7. Water has relatively large dielectric constant. Explain?

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  8. Why should the magnitude of a test charge be negligible?

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  9. Express electric potential (V) in terms of work done (W).

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  10. Define one volt.

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  11. Is electric potential a scalar or a vector quantity?

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  12. Define electric potential at a point.

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  13. A point charge q is placed at the origin . How does the electric field...

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  14. Why is the electrostatic potential inside a charged conducting shell c...

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  15. The magnetic potential at a point along the axis of a short magnetic d...

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  16. What is the electric potential at a point on the equatorial plane of a...

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  17. A point charge Q is placed at the point O as shown in Fig. Is the po...

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  18. What do you mean by an equipotential surface?

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  19. (a) Draw the equipotential surfaces corresponding to a uniform electri...

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  20. Draw the equipotential surfaces due to an isolated point charge.

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