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(1) The metal used to make the plates (2) The thickness of the plates
(3) The potential applied across the plates (4) The separation between the plates
(1) The positive charge (2) Both positive and negative charge
6. Three capacitors each of value 3F are available. The minimum and maximum
capacitance which may be obtained by use of these are:
9. Ten capacitors are joined in parallel and charged with a battery up to a potential V.
They are then disconnected from the battery and joined in series. Then, the
potential of this combination will be:
10. The work done in increasing the voltage across the plates of a capacitor from 5 V to 10
V is W. The work done in increasing the voltage from 10 V to 15 V will be:
11. The work done in increasing the potential of a capacitor from V volt to 2V volt is W.
Then, the work done in increasing the potential of the same capacitor from 2V volt
to 4V volt will be:
13. A 2 F capacitor is charged to 100 V, and then its plates are connected by a
conducting wire. The heat produced is:
14. In the circuit shown in C1 =6 F, C2=3 F, and battery B=20 V. The switch S 1 is
first closed It is then opened, and S 2 is closed. What is the final charge on C 2?
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(1) F (2) 4 F (3) F (4) None of these
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17. Let K and x are dielectric constant and dielectric strength of a dielectric respectively. A
suitable material for using as a dielectric in a capacitor has:
(1) Low K, high x (2) Low K, low x (3) Low x, high K (4) High K, high x
18. Two capacitors C1 and C2 are charged to 120 V and 200 V respectively. It is found that
by connecting them together the potential on each one can be made zero:
19. A fully discharged capacitor is connected to a battery till the potential difference
between plates of a capacitor becomes equal to the terminal potential difference of
battery. The ratio of energy stored in the capacitor and the work done by the battery is:
1 1
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) (4)
4 2
20. A parallel plate capacitor with capacity 100 pF, plate area 100 cm 2 and a mica
dielectric constant K = 5.4 which completely fills the space between plates. The
magnitude of induced surface charge on the mica is ( is the charge on capacitors
plates):
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(1) 5.4 (2) (3) (4)
5.4 22 27
23. A parallel plate capacitor has plates of area A and separation d and is charged to a
potential difference V. The charging battery is then disconnected and the plates are
pulled apart until their separation is 2d. What is the work required to separate the
plates:
24. C1 and C2 are two capacitors connected in parallel, give an equivalent capacitance of 9
pF and give an equivalent capacitance of 2 pF when connected in series. The
capacitance of capacitor having low value of capacitance:
26. If two conducting spheres are separately charged and then brought in contact:
(4) The final potential is always the mean of the original potential of the two spheres
28. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are charged up to 100 V. Now, after removing
the battery, a 2 mm thick plate is inserted between the plates. Then, to maintain the
same potential difference, the distance between the capacitor plates is increased by
1.6 mm. The dielectric constant of the plate is:
29. In order to increase the capacity of a parallel plate condenser one should introduce
between the plate a sheet of:
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(1) F (2) F (3) 15 F (4) None of these
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31. A 10 F capacitor is charged by a battery of emf 100V. The energy drawn from the
battery and the energy stored in the capacitor, are respectively:
(1) 6 10-7 C/m3 (2) 3 10-7 C/m3 (3) 3 104 C/m3 (4) 6 104 C/m3
33. Three capacitors of equal capacities are to be connected in different ways to give
different capacities, the number of ways in which they can be connected are:
34. A dielectric slab of thickness d is inserted in a parallel plate capacitor whose negative
plate is at x= 0 and positive plate is at x = 3d. The slab is equidistant from the plates.
The capacitor is given some charges. As we go from 0 to 3d, potential difference
variation is:
35. Three capacitors are connected as shown in then, the charge on capacitor C 1 is:
v0 v0 v v
(1) 1 (2) 1 (3) 1 (4) 1
v v v0 v0
38. A 2F capacitor is charged as shown in the figure. The percentage of its stored energy
dissipated after of the switch S is turned to position 2 is:
39. One plate of a capacitor is fixed, and the other is connected to a spring as shown in
area of both the plates is A. In steady state (equilibrium), separation between the
plates is 0.8d (spring was unstretched, and the distance between the plates was d
when the capacitor was uncharged). The force constant of the spring is
approximately:
40. Given a number of capacitors labelled as 8 F, 250 V. Find the minimum number of
capacitor needed to get an arrangement equivalent to 16 F, 1000 V is:
P K1 K2
A/2 A/2
0 A K1 + K 2 0 A K1K 2
(1) C = (2) C =
d 2 2d K1 + K 2
0 A K1 0 A 2K1K 2
(3) C = (4) C = .
d K2 d K1 + K 2
43. Five capacitors, each of capacitance value C are connected as shown in the figure.
The ratio of capacitance between P and R, and the capacitance between P and Q, if
the battery is connected to P and R first and then P and Q:
(1) 3 : 1
(2) 5 : 2
(3) 2 : 3 (4) 1 : 1
45. Two parallel metal plates having charges +Q and -Q face each other at a
certain distance between them. If the plates are now dipped in kerosene oil
tank, the electric field between the plates will: