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CAPACITANCE
1. Two equal capacitors are first connected in series and then in parallel. The ratio of the equivalent
capacities in the two cases will be: [JEE
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(1) 4 : 1 (2) 2 : 1 (3) 1 : 4 (4) 1 : 2
2. For changing the capacitance of a given parallel plate capacitor, a dielectric material of dielectric
constant K is used, which has the same area as the plates of the capacitor. The thickness of the
3
dielectric slab is d, where 'd' is the separation between the plates of parallel plate capacitor. The
4
new capacitance (C') in terms of original capacitance (C 0) is given by the following relation :
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3 K 4K 4K 4
(1) C' C0 (2) C' C0 (3) C' C0 (4) C' C0
4K 3 K 3 3 K
3. In a parallel plate capacitor set up, the plate area of capacitor is 2m 2 and the plates are separated by
1m. If the space between the plates are filled with a dielectric material of thickness 0.5m and area
2m2 (see fig.) the capacitance of the set
set-up will be ______ 0.
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4. The equivalent resistance of series combination of two resistors is 's'. When they are connected in
parallel, the equivalent resistance is 'p'. If s = np, then minimum value for n is ______.
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5. length, l = 2 cm and breadth, b 
Four identical rectangular plates with leng cm are arranged as
2
x0
shown in figure. The equivalent capacitance between A and C is . The value of x is _____.
d
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6. A parallel plate capacitor whose capacitance C is 14pF is charged by a battery to a potential

difference V = 12V between its plates. The charging battery is now disconnected and a porcelain
porcel
plate with k = 7 is inserted between the plates, then the plate would oscillate back and forth
between the plates with a constant mechanical energy of ______ pJ.
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7. A parallel plate capacitor has plate area 100m 2 and plate separation of 10 m. The space between
the plates
ates is filled up to thickness 5 m with a material of dielectric constant of 10. The resultant
capacitance of the system is 'x' pF. [JEE
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The value of 0 = 8.85 × 10–1212
F.m–1.
The value of 'x' to the nearest integer is _______ .

8. A 2F capacitor C1 is first charged to a potential difference of 10V using a battery. Then the
battery is removed and the capacitor is connected to an uncharged capacitor C 2 of 8F. The charge
in C2 on equilibrium condition is _______ C.
C. (Round off to the Nearest Integer)
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9. A parallel plate capacitor with plate area ‘A’ and distance of separation ‘d’ is filled with a
dielectric. What is the capacity of the capacitor when permittivity of the dielectric varies as:
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 d
  x   0  kx, for  0  x  
 2
d 
  x   0  k  d  x  , for   x  d 
2 
2/ kA
 kd  kA
(1)   0   (2)
 2   2  kd 
2 ln  0 
 2 0 
kA  2 0 
(3) 0 (4) ln  
2  2 0  kd 

10. A balloon was moving upwards with a uniform velocity of 10 m/s. An object of finite mass is
dropped from the balloon when it was at a height of 75 m from the ground level. The height of the
balloon from the ground when object strikes the ground was around
around:
(take the value of g as 10 m/s2) [JEE
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(1) 300 m (2) 200 m (3) 125 m (4)250 m

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11. If qf is the free charge on the capacitor plates and qb is the bound charge on the dielectric slab of
dielectric constant k placed between the capacitor plates , then bound charge q b can be expressed
as : [JEE
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 1   1  1   1
(1) q b  q f  1   (2) q b  q f 1  k  (3) q b  q f  1   (4) q b  q f  1  k 
 k    k  

12. In the reported figure, a capacitor is formed by placing a compound dielectric between the plates
of parallel plate capacitor. The expression for the capacity of the said capacitor will be :
(Given area of plate = A) [JEE
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15 K 0 A 15 K 0 A 25 K 0 A 9 K 0 A
(1) (2) (3) (4)
34 d 6 d 6 d 6 d

13. Two capacitors of capacities 2C and C are joined in parallel and charged up to potential V. The
battery is removed and the capacitor of capacity C is filled completely with a medium of dielectric
constant K. The potential difference across the capacitors will now be :
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V V 3V 3V
(1) (2) (3) (4)
K2 K K2 K

14. A simple pendulum of mass 'm' length ''l'' and charge '+q' suspended in the electric field produced
by two conducting parallel plates as shown. The value of deflection of pendulum in equilibrium
position will be. [JEE
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 q C1  V2  V1    q C 2  V2  V1  
(1) tan 1  x  (2) tan 1  x 
 mg  C1  C 2  d  t    mg  C1  C 2  d  t  
 q C 2  V1  V2    q C1  V1  V2  
(3) tan 1  x  (4) tan 1  x 
 mg  C1  C 2  d  t    mg  C1  C 2  d  t  

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15. A parallel - plate capacitor with plate area A has separation d between the plates. Two dielectric
slabs of dielectric constant K1 and K2 of same area A/2 and thickness d/2 are inserted in the space
between the plates. The capacitance of the capacitor will be given by :
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0 A  1 K1K 2  ε0 A  1 K1 K 2 
(1)    (2)   
d  2 K1  K 2  d  2 2  K1  K 2  
 0 A  1 K1  K 2   0 A  1 2  K1  K 2  
(3)    (4)   
d 2 K1K 2  d 2 K 1K 2 

16. The material field between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor has resistivity 200 m . The
value of capacitance of the capacitor is 2 pF. If a potential difference of 40 V is applied across the
plates of the capacitor, then the value of leakage current flowing out of the capacitor is : (given the
value of relative permittivity of material is 50) [JEE
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(1) 9.0 A (2) 9.0 mA (3) 0.9 mA (4) 0.9 A

17. Three capacitors C1  2F, C2  6 F and C3  12 F are connected as shown in figure. Find the
ratio of the charges on capacitors C 1 , C2, and C3 respectively :
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(1) 2 : 1 : 1 (2) 2 : 3 : 3 (3) 1 : 2 : 2 (4) 3 : 4 : 4

18. calculate the amount of charge on capacitor 4 F . The internal resistance of battery is 1  :
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(1) 8 C (2) Zero (3)16 C (4) 4 C

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19. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 200 F is connected to a battery of 200 V. A dielectric
slab of dielectric constant 2 is now inserted into the space between plates of capacitor while the
battery remain connected. The change in the electrostatic energy in the capacitor will be _____J.
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20. A capacitor of 50 F is connected in a circuit as shown in figure. The charge on the upper plate of
the capacitor is _______ C . [JEE
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21. The circuit shown in the figure consists of a charged capacitor of capacity 3F 3 and a charge of
30C.C. At time t = 0, when the key is closed, the value of current flowing through the 5
5 resistor is
'x' –A.
A. The value of 'x to the nearest integer is ________. [JEE
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ANSWER KEY
1. 3 2. 3 3. 3 4. 4 5. 2 6. 864 7. 161
8. 16 9. 2 10. 3 11. 2 12. 1 13. 3 14. 3
15. 1 16. 3 17. 3 18. 1 19. 4 20. 100 21. 2

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SOLUTION
1. (3)
Sol. For series combination

1 1 1 C
   Ceq1 
Ceq1 C C 2
For parallel combination

Ceq 2 = C + C  Ceq 2 = 2C
C
C eq1   1
   2    1: 4
C eq 2 2C 4

2. (3)
Sol.

0 A
C0 
d
C' = C1 and C2 in series.
1 1 1
i.e.  
C ' C1 C 2
1  3d / 4  d / 4
 
C ' 0 KA 0 A
1 d  3 K 
 
C ' 4 0 A  K 
4KC0
C' 
3  K 
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3. (3)
ε0 A 2ε A *
Sol. C  0
d d d
 d
2K 2 K
2  2ε0 4  3.2
  ε0
1 4.2
1
3.2
= 3.04 0

4. (4)
Sol. R1  R 2  s .....(1)
R 1R 2
 p ......(2)
R1  R 2
R1R2 = sp
R1R2 = np2
nR1R 2
R1 + R2 =
 R1  R 2 
R 
2
 R2
1
n
R 1R 2
for minimum value of n
R1 = R2 = R
 2R 
2

n = 4
R2

5. (2)
Sol.

2C0 2 0 A
Ceq  
3 3 d
2 0  3  3
Ceq    2    2  A = 1b=2× 
3d  2  2

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6. (864)
1  1 
Sol. Ui   14  12  12pJ  U  CV 2 
2  2 
= 1008 pJ
1008
Uf  pJ=144pJ  C m  kC0 
7
Mechanical energy = U U = 1008 – 144 = 864 pJ

7. (161)

Sol.

A = 100m2
k 0 A
Using C 
d
10 0 100 
C1  = 2000
5
 100 
C2  0  20 0
5
C1C2 4000 0
C1 & C2 are in series so Ceqv.   = 160.9 × 10–2  161pF
C1  C2 220

8. (16)
Sol 20 = (C1 + C2) V  V = 2 volt.
Q2 = C2V = 16C = 16

9. (2)

Sol.

Taking an element of width dx at a distance

x(x < d/2) from left plate

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dc =
 0  kx  A
dx
Capacitance of half of the capacitor
d/2 d /2
1 1 1 dx
   
C 0 dc A 0 0  kx
1 1  0  kd / 2 
 ln  
C kA  0 
Capacitance of second half will be same
C kA
Ceq  
2  2  kd 
2 ln  0 
 2 0 

10. (3)

Sol.

Object is projected as shown so as per motion under gravity

1
S = ut + at2
2
1
75  10t   10  t 2  t = 5 sec
2
Object takes t = 5 s to fall on ground Height of balloon from ground
H = 75 + ut
= 75 + 10 × 5 = 125 m

11. (2)

Sol.

When a dielectric is inserted in a capacitor

 
Due to free charge E  E 0 only
E
After dielectric E' = 0
k
q B  q f  1  
1
 k

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12. (1)
1 d 2d 3d
Sol.   
C eff K 0 A 3K 0 A 5K 0 A
15K 0 A
Ceff 
34d

13. (3)

Sol.

2CV  CV 3V
VC  
KC  2C K2
14. (3)

Sol.

Let E be electric field in air

T sin   qE
T cos   mg
qE
tan  
mg

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 CC 
Q   1 2  [V1  V2 ]
 C1  C 2 
Q  C C  [V  V2 ]
E  1 2  1
A o  C1  C 2  A o
 A C2 [V1  V2 ]
C1  o  E 
dt (C1  C2 )(d  t)
 q.E 
Now   tan 1  
 mg 
 q C 2 (V1  V2 ) 
  tan 1   
 mg (C1  C 2 )(d  t) 

15. (1)
A
0
2 A K1K 2
Sol. Ceq   0
d d K1  K 2
A 0 1 K 1K 2 
   
d  2 K1  K 2 

16. (3)
Sol.   200m
C  2 1012 F
V = 40 V
K= 56
t
q q
i  0 e k0
k0 k 0
2 1012  40
i max 
200  50  8.85 1012
80
 4  903A  0.9mA
10  8.85
Option (3)

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17. (3)

Sol.

(VD  V)C2  (VD  0)C3  0

(VD  V)6  (VD  0)12  0
VD  V  2VD  0
V
VD 
3
 V
q 2  (V  VD )C2   V   (6F)
 3
q 2  (4V)F
V
Q3  (VD  0)C3  12F  4VF
3
q1  (V  0)C1  V(2F)
q1 : q 2 : q3  2 : 4 : 4
q1 : q 2 : q3  1: 2 : 2

18. (1)
Sol. On simplifying circuit we get

No current in upper wire.

5
 VAB   4  4v.
4 1
  (C eq )v  2  4  8C

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19. (4)
1
Sol. U  (C)V 2
2
1
U  (KC  C)V 2
2
1
U  (2  1)CV 2
2
1
U   200  106  200  200
2
U  4J

20. (100)

Sol.

Pot. Diff. across each resistor = 2V

q = CV  50  10 6  2  100  10 6  100C

21. (2)
V 30 / 3
Sol. i0    2 10 –6
R 5 10 6

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