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    Electric Field Lines - Practice Questions & MCQ

    Edited By admin | Updated on Sep 18, 2023 18:34 AM | #JEE Main

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    • Electric field lines is considered one of the most asked concept.

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    A long cylindrical shell carries positive surface charge $\sigma$ in the upper half and negative surface charge $-\sigma$ in the lower half. The electric field lines around the cylinder will look like figure given in : (figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)

    Charges are placed on the vertices of a square as shown. Let $\vec{E}$ be the electric field and V the potential at the centre. If the charges on A and B are interchanged with those on D and C respectively, then

    A metallic solid sphere is placed in a uniform electric field. The lines of force follow the path(s) shown in figure as

     

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    Electric lines of force about negative point charge are

     

    A metallic shell has a point charge ‘q’ kept inside its cavity. Which one of the following diagrams correctly represents the electric lines of forces

    The figure shows some of the electric field lines corresponding to an electric field. The figure suggests

    Electric lines of force about negative point charge are

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    Three positive charges of equal value $q$ are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle. The resulting electric lines of force should be sketched as in

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

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    A metallic sphere is placed in a uniform electric field. The lines of force  follow the path (s) shown in the figure as

     

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    Electric field lines

    Electric lines of force:

    An electric field line is an imaginary line or curve drawn through a region of space so that its tangent at any point is in the direction of the electric field at that point.

    Properties of Electric lines of force (Electric field lines):

    i) Electric lines of force diverge out from positive charge and converge on the negative charge

     

                                                         

                                                 

    ii) The number of field lines is proportional to the magnitude of charge

    iii) Lines of force never cross or intersect each other. If they intersect at any point then at that point electric field intensity will have two directions which is not possible. 

     

                                                     

    iv) Electric field lines do not form a closed loop. Since electric field lines cannot start and end on the same charge.

    v) The tangent at a point on electric field lines will give the direction of the force on positively charged particle placed at that point. 

    vi) Electric field lines do not give the path of motion of the particle. It may show the path if electric field lines are straight.

    vii) Electric field lines are normal to the conductor if it is starting from a conductor or while ending on the conductor.

    viii) The uniform electric field is represented by straight, parallel, and equidistant lines.

    ix) The electric field does not exist inside a conductor.

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