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MODERN PUBLICATION-ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE -Revision Exercises (Short Answer Questions)
  1. Derive an expression for the electric potential due to a point charge.

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  2. Graphically represent the variation of electric potential and electri...

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  3. Two identical positively charged particles P and Q are placed between...

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  4. The given figure shows equipotential surfaces is an electric field. Th...

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  5. Define electric dipole. Show that the electric field is the negative g...

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  6. The electric potential at a point P due to two charges in fig (a) is V...

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  7. Deduce an expression for the electric potential due to an electric dip...

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  8. Derive an expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole pl...

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  9. What are equipotential surfaces? Give their properties.

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  10. Draw the equipotential surfaces due to an electric dipole. Locate the ...

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  11. Work done in moving a positive charge on an equipotential surafce is

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  12. (i) On what factors does the capacitance of a capacitor depend? (ii)...

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  16. At what position of an electric dipole placed in an electrostatic fiel...

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  17. Find the potential energy associated with a charge q if it were presen...

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  18. Why should electrostatic field be zero inside a conductor ?

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