JEE Main & Advanced Physics Electrostatics & Capacitance Question Bank Electric Field and Potential

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    Two spheres A and B of radius ?a? and ?b? respectively are at same electric potential. The ratio of the surface charge densities of A and B is                                             [MP PMT 2001]

    A)            \[\frac{a}{b}\]                     

    B)            \[\frac{b}{a}\]

    C)            \[\frac{{{a}^{2}}}{{{b}^{2}}}\]                                           

    D)            \[\frac{{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                 Given electric potential of spheres are same i.e. \[{{V}_{A}}={{V}_{B}}\] Þ \[\frac{1}{4\pi {{\varepsilon }_{0}}}.\frac{{{Q}_{1}}}{a}=\]\[\frac{1}{4\pi {{\varepsilon }_{0}}}.\frac{{{Q}_{2}}}{b}\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{{{Q}_{1}}}{{{Q}_{2}}}=\frac{a}{b}\]           ......(i) as surface charge density \[\sigma =\frac{Q}{4\pi {{r}^{2}}}\] Þ \[\frac{{{\sigma }_{1}}}{{{\sigma }_{2}}}=\frac{{{Q}_{1}}}{{{Q}_{2}}}\times \frac{{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}=\frac{a}{b}\times \frac{{{b}^{2}}}{{{a}^{2}}}=\frac{b}{a}\]


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