(i) A dielectric is a non-conducting material and has no free electrons. The electrons in a dielectric are bound within the atoms. Ebonite, glass and mica are some examples of dielectrics.
(ii) When an external electric field is applied, the electrons are not free to move anywhere but they are realigned in a specific way. A dielectric is made up of either polar molecules or non-polar molecules.

(i) The total electric flux through the closed surface depends only on the charges enclosed by the surface and the charges present outside the surface will not contribute to the flux and the shape of the closed surface which can be chosen arbitrarily.
(ii) The total electric flux is independent of the location of the charges inside the closed surface.
(iii) To arnve at equation \(\Phi =\oint { \overset { \rightarrow }{ E } .d\overset { \rightarrow }{ A } } =\frac { { Q }_{ encl } }{ { \varepsilon }_{ 0 } } \) is chosen a spherical surface. This imaginary surface is called a Gaussian surface. The shape of the Gaussian surface to be chosen depends on the type of charge configuration and the kind of symmetry existing in that charge configuration. The electric field is spherically symmetric for a point charge, therefore spherical Gaussian surface is chosen. cylindrical and planar Gaussian surfaces can be chosen for other kinds of charge configurations.
(iv) In the L.H.S of equation \(\Phi =\oint { \overset { \rightarrow }{ E } .d\overset { \rightarrow }{ A } } =\frac { { Q }_{ encl } }{ { \varepsilon }_{ 0 } } \) the electric field \(\overset { \rightarrow }{ E } \) is due to charges present inside and outside the Gaussian surface but the charge Q_encl denotes the charges which lie only inside the Gaussian surface.
(v) The Gaussian surface cannot pass through any discrete charge but it can pass through continuous charge distributions. It is because, very close to the discrete charges, the electric field is not well defined.
(vi) Gauss law is another form of Coulomb's law and it is also applicable to the charges in motion. Because of this reason, Gauss law is treated as much more general law than Coulomb's law.

Case (a)
The magnitude of the electric field at point P is
E_p = \(\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi \varepsilon _{ 0 } } \frac { q }{ { r }^{ 2 } } =\frac { 9\times { 10 }^{ 9 }\times 1\times 10^{ -6 } }{ 4 } \)
= 2.25 x 10³ NC^-1
Since the source charge is positive, the electric field points away from the charge. So the electric field at the point P is given by
\(\bar { { E }_{ p } } \) = 2.25 x 10³ NC^-1
For the point Q
\(|\vec { { E }_{ Q } } |=\frac { 9\times 10^{ 9 }\times 1\times { 10 }^{ -6 } }{ 16 } \) = 0.56 x 10³ NC^-1
Hence \(\vec { { E }_{ Q } } \) = 0.56 x 10³\(\hat { j } \) NC^-1
Case (b)
The magnitude of the electric field at point P
\(\bar { { E }_{ p } } =\frac { kq }{ r^{ 2 } } =\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi { \varepsilon }_{ 0 } } \frac { q }{ { r }^{ 2 } } =\frac { 9\times 10^{ 9 }\times 2\times 10^{ -6 } }{ 4 } \)
= 4.5 x 10³ NC^-1
Since the source charge is negative, the electric field points towards the charge. So the electric field at the point P is given by
\(\vec { E_{ p } } \) = -4.5 x 10³\(\hat { i } \)NC^-1
For the point Q, \(|\vec { { E }_{ Q } } |\frac { 9\times 10^{ 9 }\times 2\times { 10 }^{ -6 } }{ 36 } \)
= 0.5 x 10³ NC^-1
\(\vec { E_{ Q } } \) = 0.5 x 10³\(\hat { i } \)NC^-1
At the point Q the electric field is directed along the positive x-axis.

If the two spheres are neutral, the angle between them will be 0^o when hanged vertically. Since they are positively charged spheres, there will be a repulsive force between them and they will be at equilibrium with each other at an angle of 30° with the vertical. At equilibrium, each charge experiences zero net force in each direction. We can draw a free-body diagram for one of the charged spheres and apply Newton’s second law for both vertical and horizontal directions.
The free-body diagram is shown below

In the x-direction, the acceleration of the charged sphere is zero.
Using Newton’s second law \((\vec { { F }_{ tot }= } m\vec { a } )\), we have
T sinθ\(\hat { i } \) - F_e\(\hat { i } \) =0
T sinθ = F_e    ......(1)
Here T is the tension acting on the charge due to the string and F_e is the electrostatic force between the two charges.
In the y-direction also, the net acceleration experienced by the charge is zero
Tcosθ\(\hat { j } \) - mg\(\hat { j } \) = 0
Tcosθ = mg   ..(2)
By dividing equation (1) by equation (2),
tanθ = \(\frac { { F }_{ e } }{ mg } \)          .....(3)
Since they are equally charged, the magnitude of the electrostatic force is
\({ F }_{ e }=k\frac { { q }^{ 2 } }{ { r }^{ 2 } } \) where k=\(\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi { \varepsilon }_{ 0 } } \)
Here r = 2a = 2Lsinθ. By substituting these values in equation (3),
tanθ = k\(\frac { { q }^{ 2 } }{ mg(2Lsin\theta )^{ 2 } } \)       ..........(4)
Rearranging the equation (4) to get q
q = 2 Lsinθ\(\\ \sqrt { \frac { mgtan\theta }{ k } } \)
= 2 x 0.1 x sin 30^o x \(\sqrt { \frac { 10^{ -3 }\times 10\times { tan30 }^{ 0 } }{ 9\times 10^{ 9 } } } \)
q = 8.01 x 10^-8C = 80.1 nC

The potential at each point on the circular path around the charge is same i.e. potential difference between the initial and final position is zero.
∴ Work done W = V x q = 0 x 1 = 0.

Net electric flux is zero because
(i) It is independent to the shape and size
(ii) Net charge of the electric dipole is zero.

(i) A non-polar molecule is one in which centers of positive and negative charges coincide. As a result, it has no permanent dipole moment.
(ii) Examples of non-polar molecules are hydrogen (H₂), oxygen (O₂), and carbon di oxide (CO₂).

(i) The work done to move a charge q between any two points A and B, W = q (V_B - V_A). If the points A and B lie on the same equipotential surface, work done is zero because V_B = V_A.
(ii) The electric field is normal to an equipotential surface. 

(i) Two equal and opposite charges separated by a small distance constitute an electric dipole.
(ii) The magnitude of the electric dipole moment is equal to the product of the magnitude of one of the charges and the distance between them, \(|\vec{p}|=2 q a\).
(iii) The electric dipole moment vector lies along the line joining two charges and is directed from -q to +q.

When the water molecules are aligned in the direction of the electric field, it has minimum potential energy. The work done to rotate the dipole from θ = 0° to 90° is equal to the potential energy difference between these two configurations.
W = ΔU = U(90°) - U(0°)
From the equation U =−pE cosθ = −\(\hat p.\hat E\) ,
we write U = − pE cosθ, Next, we calculate the work done to rotate one water molecule from θ = 0° to 90°.
For one water molecule
W = - pE cos90^o + pE cos0^o  = pE
W=  6.3 x 10^-30 x 3 x 10⁵ = 18.9 x 10^-25J
For 10²² water molecules, the total work done is
W_tot = 18.9 x 10^-25 x 10²² = 18.9 x 10^-3J

(a) The work done to arrange the charges in the corners of the square is independent of the way they are arranged. We can follow any order.
(i) First, the charge +q is brought to the corner P. This requires no work since no charge is already present, W_P = 0
(ii) Work required to bring the charge –q to the corner Q = (-q) x potential at a point Q due to +q located at a point P
W_Q = -q x \(\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi { \varepsilon }_{ 0 } } \frac { q }{ a } =-\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi { \varepsilon }_{ 0 } } \frac { q^{ 2 } }{ a } \)
(iii) Work required to bring the charge +q to the corner R = q x potential at the point R due to charges at the point P and Q.
W_R = q x \(\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi { \varepsilon }_{ 0 } } \left( -\frac { q }{ a } +\frac { q }{ \sqrt { 2 } a } \right) \)
= \(\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi { \varepsilon }_{ 0 } } \frac { { q }^{ 2 } }{ a } \left( -1+\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { 2 } } \right) \)
(iv) Work required to bring the fourth charge –q at the position S = q × potential at the point S due the all the three charges at the point P, Q and R.
W_s = - q x \(\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi { \varepsilon }_{ 0 } } \left( \frac { q }{ a } +\frac { q }{ a } -\frac { q }{ \sqrt { 2 } a } \right) \)
W_s = \(-\frac { 1 }{ 4\pi { \varepsilon }_{ 0 } } \frac { q^2 }{ a } \left( 2-\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { 2 } } \right) \)
(b) Work required to bring the charge q′ to the center of the square = q′ x potential at the center point O due to all the four charges in the four corners.
The potential created by the two +q charges are canceled by the potential created by the -q charges which are located in the opposite corners. Therefore the net electric potential at the center O due to all the charges in the corners is zero.
Hence no work is required to bring any charge to the point O. Physically this implies that if any charge q′ when brought close to O, then it moves to the point O without any external force.

Note: A similar problem is solved in XIth Physics volume I, unit 3 section 3.3.2. There are three forces that acts on the mass m:
(i) The downward gravitational force exerted by the Earth (mg)
(ii) The normal force exerted by the inclined surface (N)
(iii) The Coulomb force given by uniform electric field (qE) The free body diagram for the mass m is drawn below.

A convenient inertial coordinate system is located in the inclined surface as shown in the figure. The mass m has zero net acceleration both in x and y-direction.
Along x-direction, applying Newton’s second law, we have
mg sinθ\(\hat { i } \) - qE\(\hat { i } \) = 0
mg sinθ - q E = 0
or, E = \(\\ \frac { mgsin\theta }{ q } \)
Note that the magnitude of the electric field is directly proportional to the mass m and inversely proportional to the charge q. It implies that, if the mass is increased by keeping the charge constant, then a strong electric field is required to stop the object from sliding. If the charge is increased by keeping the mass constant, then a weak electric field is sufficient to stop the mass from sliding down the plane.
The electric field also can be expressed in terms of height and the length of the inclined surface of the plane.
E = \(\frac { mgh }{ qL } \).

Force ∝ charge 
After the separation, the magnitude of charge will be increased. So the force will be more than before.

The charge + q will be stable between B₁ and B₂ with respect to the displacement.

Here, q = -3 x 10^-7 C
Charge of one electron, e = -1.6 x 10^-19 C
Number of electrons transferred from wool to
polythenepiece, n = \(\frac{q}{e}\)\(=\frac { -3\times { 10 }^{ -7 }C }{ -1.6\times { 10 }^{ -19 }C } \)
= 1.875 x 10¹²

The line joining B to C is perpendicular to electric field

So potential of B = potential of C
i.e. V_B = V_c
Distance AB = 4 cm
Potential difference
between A & C = E x AB
= 5 x 10³  x (4 x 10^-2)
= 200 volt.
AC² = AB² + B²
AB² = AC² - BC²
= 25 - 9 = 16
AB = 4cm