Five balls numbered $1$ to $5$ are suspended using separate threads. Pairs $(1, 2), (2, 4)$ and $(4, 1)$ show electrostatic attraction,while pairs $(2, 3)$ and $(4, 5)$ show repulsion. Ball $1$ must be:

Two identical charges $Q$ are separated by a distance $r$. $A$ third charge $q$ is placed at the midpoint of the line joining the two charges such that all three charges are in equilibrium. In this state,$q = $ . . . . . . .

Six point charges are placed at the vertices of a regular hexagon as shown in the figure. Three of the charges are $+q$ and the other three are $-q$. Starting from $P$ and moving clockwise,the electric field at the center $O$ is twice the electric field due to a single charge $+q$ at $R$. Which of the following arrangements of charges at $P, Q, R, S, T, U$ is correct?

Which of the following processes involves the principle of electrostatic induction?

Electric charges $Q$ are placed on the $x$-axis at $x = 1, 2, 4, 8, \dots \text{meters}$ respectively. What are the electric field and electric potential at $x = 0$?

Two charged identical metal spheres $A$ and $B$ repel each other with a force of $3 \times 10^{-5} \,N$. Another identical uncharged sphere $C$ is touched with sphere $A$ and then it is placed mid-way between $A$ and $B$. Then, the magnitude of net force on $C$ is