Ch-1

Electrostatics
S.
no.

Topic

Contents

Electric charge

Electrostatic force

Electric field,
Potential & Electric
potential energy

Current Electricity

Electric resistance

Intro
Static electricity
Electric charge & its
properties
Methods of charging a
body*
Gold leaf electroscope*
Coulombs law
Effect of medium on
electrostatic force*
Principle of superposition*
Electric field
Relation between
Electrostatic force & Electric
field intensity*
Electric potential & potential
energy
Potential of a system of
point charges*
Electric potential difference
Relation between Electric
field & potential*
Potential energy of a system
of charge*
Conductors & Insulators
Electric current & flow of
charge through conductor
Comparison of Water &
Electric current
EMF & Terminal voltage
Measuring PD & Current
Electric circuits & symbols
Electric resistance, Ohms
Law & Resistors
Resistivity
Factors affecting resistance
Resistors in series &

Numericals

Q=ne

Coulomb
s law

Electric
field
intensity
Electric
potential

Electric
current

Resistanc
e
seriesparallel
combinati

Heating effect of
current

Electric Field and

Potential due to
various charge
distribution**

More*

Motion of charged
particle in an
electric field*

properties
Resistors in parallel &
properties
Joules law of heating
Electrical energy & power
Applications
Due to Point charge
Due to Line charge
Due to charged circular ring
Due to charged cylinder
( conducting & nonconducting )
Due to charged sphere
( conducting & nonconducting )
Due to thin infinite plane
sheet of charge
( conducting & nonconducting )
Due to two thin infinite
plane parallel sheets of
charge
Due to hemispherical
charged body
Due to uniformly charged
disc
Potential due to concentric
spheres

Electric field lines & their

Properties
Equipotential surfaces
Equilibrium of charges *
Oscillation of a charged
body*
Neutral point & Zero
potential*
Equilibrium of charged soap
bubble*
Velocity
Momentum
Kinetic energy
Trajectory of charge particle

ons of
resistors

Electrical
Energy &
Power

All cases

Cases of
equilibriu
m

All cases

when it enters in a field

Electric dipole**

Gauss Law**

Dipole moment
Electric field & potential due
to dipole moment
Potential energy of a dipole
Equilibrium & oscillation of
dipole
Electric field flux
Gauss law & its applications

Al cases

All cases