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Electrostatic Potential Energy for NEET: 8 solved questions

Real NEET paper questions on electrostatic potential energy, part of electric potential and capacitance. Each opens with the options, the correct answer and a step-by-step solution. Papers run from 1994 to 2011. No sign-in needed to read them.

What this topic asks

• Work done in moving a charge — 5 questions
• Energy of a system of charges — 3 questions

All 8 questions with solutions

• As per the diagram a point charge +q is placed at the origin O. Work done in taking another point charge -Q f… CBSE AIPMT 2005
• Charge q₂ is at the centre of a circular path with radius r. Work done in carrying charge q₁, once around thi… CBSE AIPMT 1994
• Three charges, each +q, are placed at the corners of an isosceles triangle ABC of sides BC and AC, 2a. D and… CBSE AIPMT 2011 Mains
• Charges +q and -q are placed at points A and B respectively which are a distance 2L apart, C is the midpoint… CBSE AIPMT 2007
• Two charges q₁ and q₂ are placed 30 cm apart, as shown in the figure. A third charge q₃ is moved along the ar… CBSE AIPMT 2005
• Identical charges (-q) are placed at each corners of cube of side b, then electrostatic potential energy of c… CBSE AIPMT 2002
• In bringing an electron towards another electron, the electrostatic potential energy of the system CBSE AIPMT 1999
• There is an electric field E in the x-direction. If the work done on moving a charge of 0.2 C through a dista… CBSE AIPMT 1995