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- P16 - Chapter Test - Capacitors - Set A

Test Code: SB-P-16-16 Set A

INST RUCT IONS
1. T his paper has 15 questions.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. Each question has four options, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
4. Each question carries 4 marks.
5. T he paper carries negative marking. 1 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.

Maximum T ime: 45 Minutes Total Marks: 60

Name:_____________________________ Roll Number:__________________

Q1. For making a parallel-plate capacitor you have two plates of copper kept at some distance, a sheet
of mica , an identical sheet of glass and an identical slab of paraffin .
To obtain the largest capacitance, which sheet should you place between the copper plates?
A) Mica B) Copper
C) G lass D) Information is insufficient

Q2. A parallel-plate capacitor is charged and then disconnected from the source of potential
difference. If the plates of the capacitor are then moved farther apart by the use of insulated
handle, which one of the following is true?
A) T he charge on the capacitor increases B) T he charge on the capacitor decreases
C) T he capacitance of the capacitor D) T he potential difference across the plates
increases increases

Q3. T he potential gradient at which dielectric of the condenser just breaks down and the dielectric
becomes conducting is called
A) D ielectric constant B) D ielectric strength
C) D ielectric resistance D) D ielectric number

Q4. A capacitor of capacitance is charged to a potential and then isolated. A small capacitor
is then charged from , discharged and charged again; the process being repeated times.
D ue to this, potential of the larger capacitor is decreased to . T he value of is
A) B)

C) D)

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Q5. T he equivalent capacitance across as shown in the figure below is

A) B)
C) D)

Q6. Four conducting plates are placed parallel to each other as shown in the adjoining figure.
Separation between them is d and area of each plate is A. Plate number 1,2, and 3 are connected
with each other and at the same time through a cell of emf . T he charge on plate number 1 is:

A) B)

C) D) Zero

Q7. T he charge flowing through the cell on closing the key is equal to:

A) B)

C) D)

Q8. In the given arrangement of the capacitors, each capacitor has got of energy. T hen
the potential difference across capacitor is:

A) B)
C) D)

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Q9. If we take two capacitors of capacitances and connected in series with a battery, the
charge flowing through the circuit is . What is the potential difference produced by the
battery?
A) B)
C) D)

Q10. T wo identical metal plates are given positive charges and respectively. If they are
brought close together to form a parallel plate capacitor with capacitance , the potential
difference between them is:
A) B)
C) D)

Q11. A parallel plate capacitor of area , plate separation is filled with

three different dielectric materials having dielectric constants
and as shown. If a single dielectric material is to be used
to have the same capacitance in this capacitor then its dielectric
constant is given by:

A) B)

C) D)

Q12. A linear isotropic dielectric material is placed in a uniform electric field of magnitude . T he
magnitude of polarization in the dielectric is given by . T hen, the electric susceptibility of the
dielectric is given by
A) B)
C) D) , where is the angle between
polarization vector and the electric field

Q13. A dielectric slab of thickness is inserted in a parallel plate capacitor whose negative plate is at
and positive plate is at . T he slab is equidistant from the plates. T he capacitor is
given some charge. As goes from 0 to
A) T he magnitude of the electric field B) T he direction of the electric field changes
remains the same
C) T he electric potential increases D) T he electric potential increases at first,
continuously then decreases and again increase

Q14. If an electron enters into a space between the plates of a parallel plate
capacitor at an angle with the plates and leaves at an angle to the
plates. T he ratio of its kinetic energy while entering the capacitor to
that while leaving will be:
A) B)

C) D)

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Q15. In an insulated parallel-plate capacitor of capacitance , the four surfaces have charge
and , as shown. T he potential difference between the plates is:

A) B)

C) D)

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