A charge particle is free to move in an electric field. It will travel 

(1) Always along a line of force

(2) Along a line of force, if its initial velocity is zero

(3) Along a line of force, if it has some initial velocity in the direction of an acute angle with the line of force

(4) None of the above

An uncharged sphere of metal is placed in between two charged plates as shown. The lines of force look like 

(1) A

(2) B

(3) C

(4) D

An electron enters an electric field with its velocity in the direction of the electric lines of force. Then 

(1) The path of the electron will be a circle

(2) The path of the electron will be a parabola

(3) The velocity of the electron will decrease

(4) The velocity of the electron will increase

The dimension of (1/2) ${\epsilon }_0{E}^2 ({\epsilon }_0$: permittivity of free space; E: electric field) is

(1) MLT^–1

(2) ML²L^–2

(3) ML^–1T^–2

(4) ML²T^–1

An electron having charge ‘e’ and mass ‘m’ is moving in a uniform electric field E. Its acceleration will be 

(1) $\frac{e^2}{m}$

(2) $\frac{E^{2}e}{m}$

(3) $\frac{eE}{m}$

(4) $\frac{mE}{e}$

A pendulum bob of mass $30.7\times {10}^{-6}kg$ and carrying a charge $2\times {10}^{-8}C$ is at rest in a horizontal uniform electric field of 20000 V/m. The tension in the thread of the pendulum is $(g=9.8m/s^2)$

(1) $3\times {10}^{-4}N$

(2) $4\times {10}^{-4}N$

(3) $5\times {10}^{-4}N$

(4) $6\times {10}^{-4}N$ 

A charged ball B hangs from a silk thread S, which makes an angle θ with a large charged conducting sheet P, as shown in the figure. The surface charge density σ of the sheet is proportional to 

(1) sin θ

(2) tan θ

(3) cos θ

(4) cot θ

Two infinitely long parallel conducting plates having surface charge densities +σ and –σ respectively, are separated by a small distance. The medium between the plates is a vacuum. If ε₀ is the dielectric permittivity of vacuum, then the electric field in the region between the plates is 

(1)  $0 volts/meter$

(2) $\frac{\sigma }{2{\epsilon }_o}volts/meter$

(3) $\frac{\sigma }{{\epsilon }_o}volts/meter$

(4) $\frac{2\sigma }{{\epsilon }_o}volts/meter$ 

Four-point +ve charges of the same magnitude (Q) are placed at four corners of a rigid square frame as shown in the figure. The plane of the frame is perpendicular to Z-axis. If a –ve point charge is placed at a distance z away from the above frame (z<<L) then 

(1) – ve charge oscillates along the Z-axis.

(2) It moves away from the frame

(3) It moves slowly towards the frame and stays in the plane of the frame

(4) It passes through the frame only once.

A cylinder of radius R and length L is placed in a uniform electric field E parallel to the cylinder axis. The total flux for the surface of the cylinder is given by 

(1) $2\pi R^{2}E$

(2) $\pi R^2/E$

(3) $(\pi R^2-\pi R)/E$ 

(4) Zero