PHYSICS

JRS TUTORIALS
Capacitor Test (NEET)
1. A capacitor is connected to a battery. The force of attraction between the plates when the separation
between them is halved
(A) remains the same (B) becomes eight times
(C) becomes four times (D) becomes two times
2. A parallel plate capacitor has an electric field of 105V/m between the plates. If the charge on the
capacitor plate is 1C, then the force on each capacitor plate is
(A) 0.1Nt (B) 0.05Nt (C) 0.02Nt (D) 0.01Nt
3. A capacitor stores 60C charge when connected across a battery. When the gap between the
plates is filled with a dielectric , a charge of 120C flows through the battery. The dielectric
constant of the material inserted is :
(A) 5 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
4. Two large conducting plates A and B have charges Q1 and Q2 (< Q1 )on them. If they are now
brought close to form parallel plate capacitor with capacitance C then potential difference
between plates is
Q1  Q 2 Q1  Q 2 Q1  Q 2 Q1  Q 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2C C C 2C
5. Two capacitors of capacitances 3F and 6F are charged to a potential of 12V each. They
are now connected to each other, with the positive plate of each joined to the negative plate
of the other. The potential difference across each will be
(A) 6V (B) 4V (C) 3V (D) Zero
6. A parallel plate capacitor has two layers of dielectric as shown in figure. This capacitor is
connected across a battery. The graph which shows the variation of electric field (E) and distance
(x) from left plate.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

7. Capacitance of a capacitor becomes 4/3 times its original value if a dielectric slab of a thick
ness t = d/2 is inserted between the plates (d = the separation between the plates). The dielec
tric constant of the slab is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
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8. In the figure a capacitor of capacitance 2µF is connected to a cell of emf 20 volt. The plates
of the capacitor are drawn apart slowly to double the distance between them. The work
done by the external agent on the plates is :

(A) – 200 µJ (B) 200 µJ (C) 400 µJ (D) – 400 µJ

9. A parallel plate capacitor has circular plates of radius r. If the capacitance of this parallel plate
capacitor is the same as that of a spherical conductor of radius r, then the separation between
the plates is-
r r
(A) r (B) 4r (C) (D)
4 2
10. Figure shows charge (q) versus voltage (V) graph for series and parallel combination of two
given capacitors, The capacitances are :

(A) 50Fand 30F (B) 60Fand 40F (C) 40Fand10F (D) 20Fand 30F
11. In the circuit shown, the energy stored in 1F capacitor is

(A) 40 J (B) 64 J (C) 32 J (D) 16 J

12. Capacity of air capacitor (parallel plate) is 10µF. Now a dielectric of dielectric constant 4 is
filled in the half space between the plates, then new capacity will be-

K=4

(A) 25 µF (B) 20 µF (C) 40 µF (D) 5 µF

13. The minimum number of capacitors each of 3 F required to make a circuit with an equivalent
capacitance 2.25 F is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

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14. Five capacitors are connected to each other as shown below. What is the potential drop and
charge across 4  F capacitor :

18 F 6 F 4 F 8 F 18 F

30V
+ –

(A) 6 V, 30  C (B) 10 V, 30  C (C) 6 V, 40  C (D) 10 V, 40  C

15. A parallel plate condenser has a uniform electric field E (V/m) in the space between the plates.
If the distance between the plates is d(m) and area of each plate is A (m2) the energy (joule)
stored in the condenser is :
1 1 E 2 Ad
(A)  0 E2 (B)  0 EAd (C)  0 E2Ad (D)
2 2 0
16. The distance between plates of a parallel plate capacitor is 5d. Let the positively charged plate is
at x=0 and negatively charged plate is at x=5d. Two slabs one of conductor and other of a
dielectric of equal thickness d are inserted between the plates as shown in figure.Potential versus
distance graph will look like :

(A) (B) (C) (D)

17. An uncharged capacitor having capacitance C is connected across a battery of emf V. Now the
capacitor is disconnected and then reconnected across the same battery but with reversed polar
ity. Then which of following is incorrect ?
(A) after reconnection, thermal energy produced in the circuit will be equal to 2CV2.
(B) after reconnection, thermal energy produced in the circuit will be equal to two-third of the
total energy supplied by the battery.
(C) after reconnection, no energy is supplied by the battery.
(D) after reconnection, whole of the energy supplied by the battery is converted into heat.

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18. The equivalent capacitance across AB (all capacitance in F) is
17 10

A B
13 5 1

6 1

20
(A) F (B) 9F (C) 48F (D) 18F
3
19. A battery is used to charge a parallel plate capacitor till the potential difference between the
plates becomes equal to the electromotive force of the battery. The ratio of the energy stored in
the capacitor and the work done by the battery will be
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/2
20. In the circuit shown, a potential difference of 60V is applied across AB. The potential difference
between the point M and N is

(A) 10 V (B) 15 V (C) 20 V (D) 30 V

21. On placing a dielectric slab between the plates of an isolated charged condenser its–
Capacity Potential Diff. Energy stored Electric field Charge
(A) decreases decreases increases increases unchanged
(B) increases increases increases decreases unchanged
(C) increases decreases decreases decreases unchanged
(D) decreases decreases increases remains unchanged unchanged
22. A capacitor is filled with an insulator and a certain potential difference is applied to its plates.
The energy stored in the capacitor is U. Now the capacitor is disconnected from the source and
the insulator is pulled out of the capacitor. The work performed against the forces of the electric
field in pulling out the insulator is 4U. Then dielectric constant of the insulator is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 5 (D) 3
23. In the circuit shown in figure, the ratio of charges on 5  F and 4  F capacitor is :

(A) 4/5 (B) 3/5 (C) 3/8 (D) 1/2

24. 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. Then :
(A) 5C1 = 3C2 (B) 3C1 = 5C2 (C) 3C1 + 5C2 = 0 (D) 9C1 = 4C2

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25. From a supply of identical capacitors rated 8  F, 250 V, the minimum number of capacitors
required to form a composite 16  F, 1000 V is :
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 16 (D) 32
26. Four identical metal plates are located in air at equal distance d from one another as shown
in fig. The area of each plate is equal to A. Find the capacitance of the system between points
A and B-

0 A 2 0 A 0 A 3 0A
(A) 2 (B) (C) 3 (D)
d 3 d d 2 d
27. A capacitor of capacitance 1  F withstands a maximum voltage of 6 kV, while another capacitor
of capacitance 2  F, the maximum voltage 4 kV. If they are connected in series, the
combination can withstand a maximum of
(A) 6 kV (B) 4 kV (C) 10 kV (D) 9 kV
28. Two identical capacitors C1 and C 2 of equal capacitance are connected as shown in the circuit.
Terminals a and b of the key k are connected to charge capacitor C1 using battery of emf V
volt. Now disconnecting a and b the terminals b and c are connected. Due to this, what will be
the percentage loss of energy ?

(A) 75% (B) 0% (C) 50% (D) 25%

29. The distance between the plates of a charged parallel plate capacitor is 5 cm and electric field
inside the plates is 200 Vcm–1. An uncharged metal bar of width 2 cm is fully immersed into the
capacitor. The length of the metal bar is same as that of plate of capacitor. The voltage across
capacitor after the immersion of the bar is
(A) zero (B) 400 V (C) 600 V (D) 100 V
30. The capacitance (C) for an isolated conducting sphere of radius (a) is given by 40a. If the
sphere is enclosed with an earthed concentric sphere. The ratio of the radii of the spheres being
n
then the capacitance of such a sphere will be increased by a factor
(n  1)
n ( n  1)
(A) n (B) (C) (D) a . n
(n  1) n
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ANSWER KEY
1. C 11. C 21. C
2. B 12. A 22. C
3. C 13. B 23. C
4. D 14. D 24. B
5. B 15. C 25. D
6. A 16. B 26. D
7. A 17. C 27. D
8. B 18. B 28. C
9. C 19. D 29. C
10 C 20. D 30. A

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