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Gauss's Law and its Applications

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In this Class 12 Physics topic from Chapter 1, Electric Charges and Fields, students learn how electric flux is related to the net charge enclosed by a closed surface through Gauss’s law. The topic develops the idea of Gaussian surfaces, uses symmetry to simplify electric-field calculations, and applies the law to charged spherical shells, uniformly charged spheres, infinite line charges, and plane sheets. It also helps students understand the electric field inside conductors and choose suitable surfaces for solving electrostatic problems.

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01 For an infinite charged plane sheet, what happens to electric field if distance is made five times?

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02 For an infinite plane sheet, why is flux through the curved part of a small cylindrical Gaussian surface zero?

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03 Two equal and opposite charges are inside a closed surface. Even when net flux is zero, why can electric field exist inside?

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04 A small Gaussian surface is chosen inside a conductor. Why is excess charge enclosed by it zero in electrostatic equilibrium?

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05 What would happen if tangential component of electric field at the surface of a conductor were nonzero in electrostatic equilibrium?

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06 A hollow conductor has an empty cavity and no charge inside the cavity. Due to outside charges, what will be the electric field inside the cavity?

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07 A positive charge is placed in a closed conducting cavity. What will be the electric field inside the conducting material?

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08 Why is total flux through a spherical Gaussian surface inside a uniformly charged spherical shell zero?

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09 Why is the outside electric field of a uniformly charged spherical shell treated like that of a point charge at the centre?

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10 Inside a uniformly volume charged solid non-conducting sphere, if distance from centre is halved, what happens to the field?

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11 Why is electric field zero at the centre of a uniformly charged solid non-conducting sphere?

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12 Outside a uniformly charged solid non-conducting sphere, if distance is doubled, what happens to electric field?

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13 On a Gaussian surface, electric field has same magnitude but is not everywhere normal to the surface. Is simple multiplication valid for total flux?

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14 If net charge inside a closed surface is negative and many positive charges are outside, what will be the sign of net flux?

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15 A closed surface encloses a positive net charge. If it is expanded to include an equal negative charge outside, what happens to net flux?

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16 While deriving field of a point charge using Gauss's law, why is field taken constant on the surface?

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17 For an infinite plane sheet, why do two equal face contributions appear while adding flux?

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18 Why is electric field outward on both sides of a positively charged infinite plane sheet?

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19 For a negatively charged infinite plane sheet, in which direction is the electric field on both sides?

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20 There is a long positive line charge. What will be the direction of electric field around it?

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21 Gauss's law is always true, yet why is it not equally useful for finding field in every charge distribution?

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22 If net charge inside a Gaussian surface is tripled and the surface area is also tripled, what happens to net flux?

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23 A closed surface encloses positive two coulomb and negative five coulomb charges. What will be the sign of total flux?

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24 As many field lines leave a closed surface as enter it. What conclusion follows?

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25 Charges outside a closed surface are rearranged, but net charge inside remains the same. What happens to net flux?

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