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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.
Practice questions
01 A charge inside a closed surface is moved from the centre to very near the surface but does not go outside. Which statement about total flux is correct?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Total flux remains same
Explanation: Step 1: In Gauss's law, total flux depends only on enclosed net charge. Step 2: The charge is still inside, so enclosed charge is unchanged. Step 3: Distribution may change but total flux does not, so do not judge only from position.
02 A closed surface has zero net charge, yet field lines leave some parts and enter some parts. What is the correct meaning?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Net flux is zero but local field may exist
Explanation: Step 1: Net flux is the sum of all contributions over the closed surface. Step 2: Outgoing and incoming contributions can cancel. Step 3: Zero net flux should not be confused with zero field everywhere.
03 A point charge is placed at the centre of a cube. What fraction of total flux passes through one face?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. One sixth
Explanation: Step 1: A cube has six identical faces. Step 2: With charge at the centre, symmetry is same for all faces. Step 3: Total flux is equally divided into six parts, so one face gets one sixth.
04 A point charge is placed at one corner of a cube. The total flux through that cube is what fraction of the full enclosed-charge flux?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. One eighth
Explanation: Step 1: Eight such identical cubes can be joined so that the charge becomes the centre of a larger cube. Step 2: The full flux is shared equally among the eight small cubes. Step 3: Therefore one small cube gets one eighth of the full flux.
05 The radius of a spherical Gaussian surface around a point charge is doubled. Which statement about total flux and field on the surface is correct?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Flux same and field one fourth
Explanation: Step 1: Total flux depends on enclosed charge, so changing radius does not change it. Step 2: Field of a point charge varies inversely as square of distance. Step 3: Doubling distance makes the field one fourth.
06 Gauss's law gives total flux, yet why is electric field not obtained directly for an asymmetric charge distribution?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Field is not uniform or simply directed on the surface
Explanation: Step 1: Gauss's law always relates net flux to enclosed charge. Step 2: To find field, symmetry is needed so the field can be treated simply. Step 3: Without symmetry, total flux does not give field at each point.
07 For a long uniformly charged wire, why is flux through the flat ends of a cylindrical Gaussian surface zero?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Electric field is parallel to those ends
Explanation: Step 1: Field of a long line charge is radial. Step 2: At the flat ends of the cylinder, this field runs along the surface. Step 3: A field parallel to a surface gives no flux through that part.
08 If the distance from a long line charge is made four times, what fraction of electric field remains?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. One fourth
Explanation: Step 1: Electric field of a long line charge is inversely proportional to distance. Step 2: Making distance four times makes field one fourth. Step 3: Do not apply inverse square rule to a line charge.
09 For an infinite charged plane sheet, what happens to electric field if distance is made ten times?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. It remains same
Explanation: Step 1: Field of an infinite plane sheet does not depend on distance. Step 2: By Gauss's law and symmetry, the field is uniform on both sides. Step 3: Changing distance does not change the ideal infinite-sheet field.
10 For an infinite plane sheet, why is flux through the curved part of a small cylindrical Gaussian surface zero?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Field is parallel to the curved part
Explanation: Step 1: Field of an infinite sheet is normal to the sheet. Step 2: In the pillbox cylinder, this field runs parallel to the curved surface. Step 3: Field parallel to a surface gives zero flux.
11 Two equal and opposite charges are inside a closed surface. Net flux is zero, but why cannot electric field be assumed zero?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Charges are at different positions so fields do not cancel everywhere
Explanation: Step 1: Equal opposite charges have zero net charge. Step 2: Since the charges are at different positions, local field can remain. Step 3: Keep net flux and local field separate.
12 Why does a small closed Gaussian surface inside a conductor enclose zero excess charge in electrostatic equilibrium?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Electric field inside the conductor is zero
Explanation: Step 1: Net electric field inside a conductor in electrostatic equilibrium is zero. Step 2: Hence flux through an internal Gaussian surface is zero. Step 3: By Gauss's law, excess charge enclosed by it is zero.
13 If the tangential component of electric field at a conductor surface is nonzero, what condition breaks?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Free charges will not remain at rest
Explanation: Step 1: Free charges in a conductor can move on the surface. Step 2: A tangential field would make them move along the surface. Step 3: Electrostatic equilibrium is possible only when the field is normal to the surface.
14 A closed conductor has an empty cavity with no charge inside it. In the presence of outside charges, what is the field inside the cavity?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Zero
Explanation: Step 1: Free charges in the conductor rearrange under the influence of external field. Step 2: In equilibrium, field inside conducting material must be zero. Step 3: The empty closed cavity remains field-free due to electrostatic shielding.
15 If a positive charge is placed inside a closed cavity of a conductor, what is the electric field inside the conducting material?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Zero
Explanation: Step 1: Charge inside the cavity induces charges on the surfaces. Step 2: Still, in electrostatic equilibrium, net field inside conducting material must be zero. Step 3: Think separately about conducting material and the cavity region.
16 Why is total flux through a Gaussian surface inside a uniformly charged spherical shell zero?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. The Gaussian surface encloses no charge
Explanation: Step 1: Charge of the shell is on its surface. Step 2: A Gaussian surface chosen inside the shell encloses no charge. Step 3: Therefore net flux is zero and by symmetry the inside field is zero.
17 Why is the field outside a uniformly charged spherical shell treated like total charge at the centre?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Due to spherical symmetry, field on outside Gaussian surface is uniform and radial
Explanation: Step 1: An outside spherical Gaussian surface encloses the full charge. Step 2: Spherical symmetry makes the field equal in magnitude and radial on the surface. Step 3: The result is like a point charge at the centre.
18 Inside a solid non-conducting sphere with uniform volume charge density, if distance from the centre is doubled, what happens to electric field?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Double
Explanation: Step 1: Inside a uniformly charged solid non-conducting sphere, field is proportional to distance from the centre. Step 2: Doubling distance doubles the field as long as the point remains inside. Step 3: Do not confuse it with zero field inside a conductor.
19 Why is electric field zero at the centre of a uniformly charged solid non-conducting sphere?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Effects from all directions cancel by symmetry
Explanation: Step 1: At the centre all directions are equivalent. Step 2: Effect from every direction is balanced by the opposite direction. Step 3: Hence resultant electric field at the centre is zero.
20 Outside a uniformly charged solid non-conducting sphere, if distance is tripled, what fraction of electric field remains?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. One ninth
Explanation: Step 1: Outside the sphere, field behaves like total charge at the centre. Step 2: Field of a point charge varies inversely as square of distance. Step 3: Tripling distance makes field one ninth.
21 Electric field has same magnitude on a Gaussian surface but is not everywhere normal to the surface. Why can simple multiplication be wrong?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Because only normal component contributes to flux
Explanation: Step 1: Flux comes from the component crossing the surface. Step 2: In an oblique field, the full field does not cross the surface. Step 3: Use simple multiplication only when field is uniform and normal to the surface.
22 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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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Negative
Explanation: Step 1: In Gauss's law, net flux is decided only by enclosed net charge. Step 2: External positive charges can change field on the surface but not the sign of net flux. Step 3: Since enclosed net charge is negative, flux remains negative.
23 A closed surface encloses a positive charge. The surface is expanded to include an equal negative charge outside. How does net flux change?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. From positive to zero
Explanation: Step 1: Initially enclosed net charge was positive, so flux was positive. Step 2: Including an equal negative charge makes enclosed net charge zero. Step 3: By Gauss's law, net flux becomes zero.
24 While finding field of a point charge using Gauss's law, why is field magnitude taken same on a spherical surface?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Every point of the surface is at the same distance from the charge
Explanation: Step 1: A spherical Gaussian surface is chosen with the point charge at its centre. Step 2: Every point on the sphere is at equal distance from the charge. Step 3: Therefore field magnitude is same everywhere.
25 For an infinite plane sheet, why are contributions of two flat faces of the pillbox Gaussian surface added?
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Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Field exists equally on both sides of the sheet
Explanation: Step 1: Field of an infinite sheet has equal magnitude on both sides. Step 2: The two flat faces of the pillbox lie on these two sides. Step 3: Therefore contributions from both faces are added.
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