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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 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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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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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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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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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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06 Gauss's law gives total flux, yet why is electric field not obtained directly for an asymmetric charge distribution?

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07 For a long uniformly charged wire, why is flux through the flat ends of a cylindrical Gaussian surface zero?

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08 If the distance from a long line charge is made four times, what fraction of electric field remains?

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

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

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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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12 Why does a small closed Gaussian surface inside a conductor enclose zero excess charge in electrostatic equilibrium?

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13 If the tangential component of electric field at a conductor surface is nonzero, what condition breaks?

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

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17 Why is the field outside a uniformly charged spherical shell treated like total charge at the centre?

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

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20 Outside a uniformly charged solid non-conducting sphere, if distance is tripled, what fraction of electric field remains?

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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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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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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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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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25 For an infinite plane sheet, why are contributions of two flat faces of the pillbox Gaussian surface added?

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