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Physics · Topic 5

Electrostatics

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Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with a dielectric

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Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with a dielectric

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Sub-topic 3 2026 · National Preliminary Premium

Riddle: si unit of capacitance

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Sub-topic 4 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

Identifying capacitance from its si unit, the farad

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Sub-topic 5 2024 · National Preliminary Premium

Riddle: the physical quantity called capacitance

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Sub-topic 6 2024 · National Preliminary Premium

Coulomb's law: statement and the force between two point charges

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Sub-topic 7 2024 · National Preliminary Premium

Equivalent capacitance of two capacitors connected in series

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Sub-topic 8 2026 · National Preliminary Premium

Electric potential at the surface of a charged conducting sphere

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Sub-topic 9 2026 · National Preliminary Premium

Equivalent capacitance of three capacitors connected in parallel

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Sub-topic 10 2025 · National Semifinal Premium

Electric field on the axis of a uniformly charged non-conducting disk

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Sub-topic 11 2024 · National One-Eighth Premium

Electric potential at the surface of a charged conducting sphere

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Sub-topic 12 2017 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Number of excess protons on a charged conducting sphere from its surface potential

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Sub-topic 13 2026 · National Preliminary Premium

Solving for potential, charge or radius of an isolated conducting sphere using $V = \dfrac{kQ}{r}$

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Sub-topic 14 2025 · Regional Championship Premium

Solving for potential, charge or radius of an isolated conducting sphere using $V = \dfrac{kQ}{r}$

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Sub-topic 15 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

Electrostatic induction: a charged rod near a positively charged electroscope's cap (true/false)

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Sub-topic 16 2025 · National One-Eighth Premium

Equivalent capacitance of three capacitors connected in series

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Sub-topic 17 2025 · National One-Eighth Premium

Electrostatic induction on an isolated, insulated neutral conductor near a charged rod (true/false)

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Sub-topic 18 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Charge on a capacitor from capacitance and voltage

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Sub-topic 19 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Energy stored by a capacitor from capacitance and voltage

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Sub-topic 20 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Electrical work done moving a charge through a potential difference

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Sub-topic 21 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Charge resides only on the outer surface of a hollow conductor (true/false)

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Sub-topic 22 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Charge distributes uniformly on a spherical conductor (true/false)

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Sub-topic 23 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Charge concentrates at sharp points/tips of a conductor (true/false)

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Sub-topic 24 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Riddle: the gold-leaf electroscope

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Sub-topic 25 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Lightning as an atmospheric electrostatic discharge (true/false)

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Sub-topic 26 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Existence of upward (ground-to-cloud) lightning (true/false)

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Sub-topic 27 2013 · National Preliminary Premium

Charge on a hollow conductor resides entirely on its outer surface (true/false)

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Sub-topic 28 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Straight-line trajectory of a charge moving parallel to a uniform e-field

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Sub-topic 29 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Parabolic trajectory of a charge launched perpendicular to a uniform e-field

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Sub-topic 30 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Parabolic trajectory of a charge launched at an angle to a uniform e-field

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Sub-topic 31 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Problem of the day: null point between two equal point charges

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Sub-topic 32 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Electrostatic potential is uniform over a charged conductor's surface (true/false)

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Sub-topic 33 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Potential inside a conductor equals its surface potential, not lower (true/false)

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Sub-topic 34 2013 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Potential inside a hollow conductor equals the surface potential, not necessarily zero (true/false)

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Sub-topic 35 2013 · National Semifinal Premium

Electrostatic force between two protons vastly exceeds their gravitational attraction (true/false)

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Sub-topic 36 2014 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Linearizing the inverse-square electrostatic force law for graphing

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Sub-topic 37 2014 · National Final Premium

Work done by an electrostatic field is path-independent (true/false)

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Sub-topic 38 2016 · National One-Eighth Premium

Inverse-square variation of electric field strength from a point charge

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Sub-topic 39 2016 · National One-Eighth Premium

Electrostatic potential halving when distance from a point charge doubles

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Sub-topic 40 2016 · National One-Eighth Premium

Uniform electric field between large charged parallel plates

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Sub-topic 41 2016 · National One-Eighth Premium

Change in capacitance from a small percentage decrease in plate separation

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Sub-topic 42 2020 · National Preliminary Premium

Total charge induced on a conducting plane by a nearby point charge

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Sub-topic 43 2020 · National One-Eighth Premium

Net charge on a conducting sphere from its surface field and radius

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Sub-topic 44 2021 · National Preliminary Premium

Electric force on a negative charge from a given field vector

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Sub-topic 45 2021 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Electric force between two point charges via coulomb's law

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Sub-topic 46 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: electric force on a charge in a uniform field is independent of the particle's speed

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Sub-topic 47 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: electric force on a charge in a uniform field is independent of the particle's direction of motion

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Sub-topic 48 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: electric force on a charge in a uniform field is always in the same direction as its velocity

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Sub-topic 49 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

Finding the charge from electric force and field strength, $F = Eq$

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Sub-topic 50 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: no electric field lines can be present where charge density is zero

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Sub-topic 51 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: electric flux through a closed surface is proportional to enclosed charge

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Sub-topic 52 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

True or false: electric field lines are parallel wherever charge density is zero

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Sub-topic 53 2022 · National Preliminary Premium

Riddle: coulomb's law, a named inverse-square force law

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Sub-topic 54 2022 · National One-Eighth Premium

True or false: an isolated conductor near (not touching) a point charge has zero net charge

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Sub-topic 55 2022 · National One-Eighth Premium

True or false: the induced charge on a conductor near a point charge is uniformly distributed

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Sub-topic 56 2022 · National One-Eighth Premium

True or false: the net charge induced on a conductor near a point charge is negative

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Sub-topic 57 2023 · National Preliminary Premium

Electric field between parallel plates, $E = \dfrac{V}{d}$

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Sub-topic 58 2023 · National Quarterfinal Premium

Charge on a spherical conductor from its radius and surface potential

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Sub-topic 59 2023 · Regional Championship Premium

Riddle: electricity, phenomena of charged particles named after the electron/beta particle

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