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  3. A charge of 6q is placed at the centre of a cube of side 2cm. What is ...

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  4. Two charges - q and + q are located at points A(0,0, -a) and A(0,0, + ...

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  5. If 20J of work is to be done in moving a charge of 100C from A to B, w...

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  6. The electric potential at 45cm from a point charge is +100V. what is t...

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  7. Two point charges 4muC and -2muC are separated by a distance of lm in ...

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  8. The electric field at a point due to a point charge is 60 N//C and the...

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  9. Twenty seven charged water droplets each with a diameter of 2mm and a ...

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  10. Two point charges + 0.2muC and 0.01muC are placed 10cm apart. Calculat...

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  11. The kinetic energy of a charged particle decreases by 10J as it moves ...

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  12. The capacity of a capacitor becomes 20muF when gap between the capacit...

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  13. Calculate the energy stored in a capacitor of 6muF when it is charged ...

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  14. A 800 muF capacitor is charged by a 100V battery. After some time, the...

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  15. Net capacitance of three identical capacitors in series is 1muF. What ...

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  16. The capacity of a parallel plate air condenser is 8 muF. When air is r...

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  17. Calculate the capacity of a sphere of radius 1000m.

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  18. Two capacitors each of capacitance 5muF and a battery of emf 240 volt....

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  19. Figure shows a network of five capacitors connected to a 100V supply. ...

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  20. Net capacitance of three identical capacitors in series is 1muF. What ...

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  21. Capacity of a capacitor is 3muF. A slab of dielectric constant 4 is in...

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