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Topics Covered – Capacitors with dielectrics

31. A slab of a material of dielectric constant 2 is placed between two identical parallel metal plates. One of
the plates carries total charge density 2 mC / m 2 and the other plate carries total charge

density 4 m C / m 2 . The magnitude of electric field inside the dielectric is (in 1011 N / C ):
80
(Take 0   10 12 N m 2 / C 2 )
9
(A) 2.25 (B) 3.38 (C) 4.50 (D) 6.75
32. The separation between the plates of a capacitor of capacitance 2F is 4 mm. Initially, there is air
between the plates. If two dielectric slabs of area of cross-section same as the capacitor, thickness 2 mm
each, and dielectric constant 3 and 5 respectively are introduced, the capacitance becomes (in F ):
(A) 4 (B) 7.5 (C) 8 (D) 15
33. An uncharged parallel plate capacitor having a dielectric of dielectric constant K is connected to a similar

air filled capacitor charged to a potential V. The charge redistributes between the capacitors and finally

the potential difference across both capacitors is V1. The dielectric constant K is

V  V1 V1  V V1  V V1  V
(A) (B) (C) (D)
V1 V1 V1  V V

34. A capacitor of capacitance 2F has a dielectric slab of dielectric constant 8 between its plates. The slab
covers the entire volume between the plates. This capacitor is connected to a battery of EMF 20 V and
fully charged. Now with the battery still connected, the slab is removed from the capacitor. During the
removal, the work done by the battery is (in mJ):
(A) 0.7 (B) – 0.7 (C) 5.6 (D) – 5.6

35. A parallel plate capacitor with air as the dielectric has capacitance C. A slab
of dielectric constant K and having the same thickness as the separation
between plates is introduced so as to fill one-fourth of the capacitor as
shown in the figure. The new capacitance will be :
C C C KC
(A)  K  3 (B)  K  2 (C)  K 1 (D)
4 4 4 4

36. A dielectric slab of dielectric constant 3 is inserted into an uncharged capacitor C1 . The slab covers the
entire volume of the capacitor. Now, this capacitor and an identical uncharged capacitor C2 , with air
between the plates, are placed in series and connected to a battery. After the capacitors are fully charged,
E
the ratio of the electric field inside them, 1 , is:
E2
1
(A) (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 9
3
37. An air filled parallel plate capacitor has capacity of 2pF. The separation of the plates is doubled and the
interspaces between the plates is filled with wax. If the capacity is increased to 6pF, the dielectric
constant of wax is :
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

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38. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are charged upto 200 V. A dielectric slab of thickness 4mm is
inserted between its plates. Then, to maintain the same potential difference between the plates of the
capacitor, the distance between the plates is increased by 3.2mm. The dielectric constant of the dielectric
slab is :
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
39. Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor becomes 4/3 times its original value, if a dielectric slab of
d
thickness t  is inserted between the plate [d is the separation between the plates]. The dielectric
2
constant of the slab is :
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 2 (D) 6

40. A parallel plate capacitor of capacity C0 is charged to a potential V0.

(i) The energy stored in the capacitor when the battery is disconnected and the plate separation is
doubled is E1.
(ii) The energy stored in the capacitor when the charging battery is kept connected and the
separation between the capacitor plates is doubled is E2 .
Then E1 / E 2 value is :
(A) 4/1 (B) 3/2 (C) 2 (D) 1/2
41. The energy of a charged capacitor is U. Another identical capacitor is connected parallel to the first
capacitor, after disconnecting the battery. The total energy of the system of these capacitors will be :
U U 3U 2U
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 2 4
42. Two dielectric slabs of area of cross-section same as the area of the
plates are introduced inside a capacitor as shown. Now, the
capacitor is charged. If the potential of the upper plate of the
capacitor is VH and the potential of the lower plate is VL , the
potential at the interface of the two slabs is:
1 1 1 2
(A) (VH  2VL ) (B) (2VH  VL ) (C) (VH  VL ) (D) (VH  VL )
3 3 3 3
43. A parallel plate capacitor is made of two dielectric blocks in series. One of
the blocks has thickness d1 and dielectric constant K1 and the other has
thickness d2 and dielectric constant K2 as shown in figure This
arrangement can be thought as a dielectric slab of thickness d(  d1  d2 )
and effective dielectric constant K. Then K is :

(A)
K1d1  K 2d 2
(B)
K1d1  K 2d 2
(C)

K1K 2 d1  d2  (D)
2 K1K 2
d1  d 2 K1  K 2  K1d2  K 2d1  K1  K 2

44. A capacitor of capacitance value 1 F is charged to 30 V and the battery is then disconnected. If the
remaining circuit is connected across a 2F capacitor, the energy lost by the system is :
(A) 300 J (B) 450 J (C) 225 J (D) 150 J

45. The area of the plates of a capacitor is 50 cm 2 each and the separation between them is 1 mm. The space
between the plates is filled with a material of dielectric constant 4. The capacitor, initially uncharged, is
connected to a battery of EMF 50 V. The work done by the battery until the capacitor gets completely
charged is (in  J ):
80
(Take 0   10 12 Nm 2 / C 2 )
9
(A) 0.22 (B) 0.44 (C) 0.88 (D) 1.76

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