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Five charges +q, +5q, –2q, +3q and –4q are situated as shown in the figure. The electric flux due to this configuration through the surface S is :

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A non-conducting solid sphere has uniform volume charge density ρ. A spherical cavity is carved out whose centre is displaced from the original sphere's centre by a vector d. The cavity lies completely inside the original sphere. The electric field at every point inside the cavity is:
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Two point charges 2q and q are placed at vertex A and centre of face CDEF of the cube as shown in figure. The electric flux passing through the cube is :

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A charge q is placed at the center of one of the surface of a cube. The flux linked with the cube is:
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In an insulating medium of dielectric constant 1, ρ(y) = by, where b>0. The electric field is zero at y=0 and everywhere is directed along the y-axis. The electric field is:
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An electric field, E = (2î + 6ĵ + 8k̂)/√6 passes through the surface of 4 m² area having unit vector n̂ = (2î + ĵ + k̂)/√6. The electric flux for that surface is _________ V m.
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Three infinitely long charged thin sheets are placed as shown in figure. The magnitude of electric field at the point P is xσ/ε₀. The value of x is _________ (all quantities are measured in SI units).

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A solid non-conducting sphere of radius R has charge density ρ(r)=ρ₀(1-r/R). The total charge of the sphere is:
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A non-conducting sphere of radius R has volume charge density ρ(r)=ρ₀(r/R). At what point strictly inside the sphere is the electric field equal in magnitude to the field just outside its surface?
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An electric field E = (2xî) N C⁻¹ exists in space. A cube of side 2m is placed in the space as per figure given below. The electric flux through the cube is ______ N m²/C.

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