VIT Engineering VIT Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    A solid sphere of radius\[{{R}_{1}}\] and volume charge density \[\rho =\frac{{{\rho }_{0}}}{r}\]is enclosed by a hollow sphere of radius \[{{R}_{2}}\]with negative surface charge density \[\alpha \], such that the total charge in the system is zero, \[{{\rho }_{0}}\]is a positive constant and \[r\] is the distance from the centre of the sphere. The ratio \[\frac{{{R}_{2}}}{{{R}_{1}}}\]is

    A)  \[\frac{\sigma }{{{\rho }_{0}}}\]            

    B)  \[\sqrt{2\sigma /{{\rho }_{0}}}\]

    C)  \[\sqrt{{{\rho }_{0}}/(2\sigma )}\]

    D)  \[\frac{{{\rho }_{0}}}{\sigma }\]  

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    For solid sphere of radius \[{{R}_{1}}\] \[{{q}_{1}}=\int\limits_{0}^{{{R}_{1}}}{4\pi {{r}^{2}}dr\rho }\] \[=\int\limits_{0}^{{{R}_{1}}}{4\pi {{r}^{2}}dr\frac{{{\rho }_{0}}}{r}}\] \[{{q}_{1}}=4\pi \frac{R_{1}^{2}}{2}{{\rho }_{0}}\] \[{{q}_{2}}=-4\pi R_{2}^{2}\sigma \] \[{{q}_{1}}+{{q}_{2}}=0\] \[4\pi \frac{R_{1}^{2}{{\rho }_{0}}}{2}-4\pi R_{2}^{2}\sigma =0\] \[{{\left( \frac{{{R}_{1}}}{{{R}_{2}}} \right)}^{2}}=\frac{2\sigma }{{{\rho }_{0}}}\] \[\frac{{{R}_{2}}}{{{R}_{1}}}=\sqrt{\frac{{{\rho }_{0}}}{2\sigma }}\]


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