Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Question:

If positively charged pendulum is oscillating in a uniform electric field as shown in figure. Its time period as compared to that when it was uncharged:

Options:

Will increase

Will decrease

Will not change

Will first increase then decrease

Correct Answer:

Will increase

Explanation:

$T'=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{\ell}{g'}}$

where g' = g - $\frac{q E}{m}$

∴ T' > T