1.

A number of capacitors, each of equal capacitance C, are arranged as shown in the

equivalent capacitance between A and B is:

(n 1)n (n 1)n
(1) n2C (2) (2n+1)C (3) C (4) C
2 2

2. The capacity of a parallel plate capacitor depends on:

(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

3. Three plates A, B, and C each of area 50 cm 2 have separation 3 mm between A and

B and 3 mm between B and C. The energy stored when the plates are fully charged
is:

(1) 6 10 9 J (2) 3.12 10 9 J

(3) 2.12 10 9 J (4) none of these

4. In a charged capacitor, the energy is stored in:

(1) The positive charge (2) Both positive and negative charge

(3) The field between the plates

(4) Around the edges of the capacitor plate

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5. Seven capacitors, each of capacitance 2 F, are to be combined to obtain a
capacitance of 10/11 F. Which of the following combinations is possible:

(1) 2 in parallel, 5 in series (2) 3 in parallel, 4 in series

(3) 4 in parallel, 3 in series (4) 5 in parallel, 2 in series

6. Three capacitors each of value 3F are available. The minimum and maximum
capacitance which may be obtained by use of these are:

(1) 1 F and 9 F (2) 3 F and 9 F (3) 3 F and 6 F (4) 1 F and 6 F

7. A 600 pF capacitor is charged by a 200 V supply. It is then disconnected from the

supply and is connected to another uncharged 600 pF capacitor. What is the
common potential (in V) and energy lost (in J) after reconnection:

(1) 100, 6 10 -6 (2) 200, 6 10 -5 (3) 200, 5 10 -6 (4) 100, 6 10 -5

8. The equivalent capacity of the combination shown in is:

(1) C (2) 2C (3) 3C/2 (4) C/2

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:

(1) 1 V (2) 10 V (3) 5 V (4) 2 V

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:

(1) W (2) 4W/3 (3) 5W/3 (4) 2W

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:

(1) W (2) 2W (3) 4W (4) 8W

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12. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 9 pF. The
separation between its plates is d. The space between the plates is now filled with two
dielectrics. One of the dielectrics has dielectric constant K 1 = 3 and thickness d/3 while
the other one has dielectric constant K 2 = 6 and thickness 2d/3. Capacitance of the
capacitor is now:

(1) 20.25 pF (2) 1.8 pF (3) 45 pF (4) 40.5 pF

13. A 2 F capacitor is charged to 100 V, and then its plates are connected by a
conducting wire. The heat produced is:

(1) 0.001 J (2) 0.01 J (3) 0.1 J (4) 1 J

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?

(1) 120 C (2) 80 C (3) 40 C (4) 20 C

15. The equivalent capacitance between points X and Y is:

6 18
(1) F (2) 4 F (3) F (4) None of these
5 5

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16. 64 small drops of mercury each with a charge q and radius r combined to from a single
drop. The ratio of the surface charge density of each small drop and surface charge
density of a large drop will be:

(1) 1 : 64 (2) 1 :16 (3) 1 : 8 (4) 1 : 4

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:

(1) 5 C1 = 3 C2 (2) 3 C1 = 5 C2 (3) 5 C1 + 3 C2 =0 (4) 9 C1 = 4 C2

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):

27 22
(1) 5.4 (2) (3) (4)
5.4 22 27

21. Increasing the charge on the plates of a capacitor means:

(1) Increasing the capacitance

(2) Increasing the potential difference between the plates

(3) Decreasing the potential difference between the plates

(4) No change in the field between the plates

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22. In a capacitor bridge, a voltage V0 is applied and the variable capacitor C 1 has been
adjusted till voltmeter shows zero reading. If C 1 = 8.9 F, C2 = 18 F and C3 = 4.8 F at
balance point, then Cx ( approximately) is:

(1) 5.4 F (2) 7.4 F (3) 2.4 F (4) 3.8 F

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:

(1) 20AV2 / d (2) 0AV2 / d (3) 30 AV2 / 2d (4) 0AV2 / 2d

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:

(1) 3 pF (2) 9 pF (3) 6 pF (4) 12 pF

25. A 4 F capacitor is charged to 80 V and another capacitor of 6 F capacity is charged to

30 V. When they are connected the energy lost by 4 F capacitor is:

(1) 7.8 mJ (2) 4.6 mJ (3) 3.2 mJ (4) 2.5 mJ

26. If two conducting spheres are separately charged and then brought in contact:

(1) The total energy of the two spheres is conserved

(2) The total charge of the two spheres is conserved

(3) Both the total energy and charge are conserved

(4) The final potential is always the mean of the original potential of the two spheres

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27. Several capacitors are connected as shown in the charge on the 5 F capacitor is 120
C, the potential between points A and D is:

(1) 16 V (2) 32 V (3) 64 V (4) None of these

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:

(1) 5 (2) 1.25 (3) 4 (4)2.5

29. In order to increase the capacity of a parallel plate condenser one should introduce
between the plate a sheet of:

(1) Mica (2) Tin (3) Copper (4) Stainless steel

30. Find the equivalent capacitance across A and B:

35 25
(1) F (2) F (3) 15 F (4) None of these
6 6

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) 0.10 J and 0.05 J (2) 0.05 J and 0.10 J

(3) 0.10 mJ and 0.05 mJ (4) 0.05 mJ and 0.05 Mj

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32. A parallel plate capacitor is made of two circular plates separated by a distance of 5
mm and with a dielectric of dielectric constant 2.2 between them. When the electric
field in the dielectric is 3 104 V/m. the charge density of the positive plate will be close
to:

(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:

(1) Two (2) Three (3) Four (4) Any number

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:

(1) (2) (3) (4)

35. Three capacitors are connected as shown in then, the charge on capacitor C 1 is:

(1) 6C (2) 12C (3) 18C (4) 24C

36. An uncharged parallel plate capacitor having a dielectric of dielectric constant K is

connected to a similar air cored parallel plate capacitor charged to a potential V0.
The two share the charge, and common potential becomes V The dielectric constant
K is:

v0 v0 v v
(1) 1 (2) 1 (3) 1 (4) 1
v v v0 v0

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37. A capacitor is charged to store an energy U. The charging battery is disconnected.
An identical capacitor is now connected to the first capacitor in parallel. The energy
in each capacitor is now:

(1) 3U/2 (2) U (3) U/4 (4) U/2

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:

(1) 10% (2) 20% (3) 75 % (4) 80 %

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:

(1) 1250AE2/32d3 (2)20AE2/d3 (3)60E2/Ad2 (4) 0AE3/2d3

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:

(1) 4 (2) 16 (3) 32 (4) 46

41. A 40 f capacitor in a defibrillator is charged to 3000V. The energy stored in the

capaciror is sent through the patient during a pulse of duration 2 ms. The power
delivered to the patient is:

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 (1) 45 KW (2) 90 KW (3) 180 KW (4) 360 KW

42. Form the figure find the capacitance of the capacitor?

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

44. What would be the voltage across C1?

(C1 + C2 ) V C1V
(1) (2)
C1 + C2 + C3 C1 + C2 + C3
C2V C3V
(3) (4)
C1 + C2 + C3 C1 + C2 + C3

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:

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 (1) Becomes zero (2) Increase

(3) Decrease (4) Remain same

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