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Capacitance Final Practice With cheat code

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eg. The charge on capacitor of capacitance 15  F in the figure given below is : [JEE MAIN 2022]

(1) 60  c (2) 130  c (3) 260  c (4) 585  c

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Ans. (1)

Sol.

1 1 1 1 12  8  6 26
    
Ceq 10 15 20 120 120
60
Ceq  F
13
13  60
Q  60C
13
Charge on each capacitor is same
they are ion series
eg. In the given circuit, the charge of 4F capacitor will be : [JEE MAIN 2019]

(1) 24 C (2) 13.4 C (3) 5.4 C (4) 9.6 C

Ans. (1)
2.4 F

3 F

Sol. Ceff = 5.4 F

+ –
10V

Q = Ceff V = 54C
 2.4 
Q4F =   54 = 24 C
 5.4 
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eg. In the circuit shown, find C if the effective capacitance of the whole circuit is to be 0.5 F. All values in
the circu it are in F. [JEE Main 2019]

7 7 6
(1) F (2) 4 F (3) F (4) F
11 10 5

Ans. (1)
Sol.
C P 2 Q
A
2 2 1
R B
2
2 2

B B

2 2
CQB   1 = 2F
22
2 2
 C PQB  = 1F
22
CRB = 2 + 2 = 4F
2 4 4
 CPRB =  F
24 3
4 7
So CPB = CPQB + CPRB =  1 = F
3 3
Now, Ceq = 0.5 F
C  C PB
 0.5F =
C  C PB
7
 C F
11
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eg. Four identical rectangular plates with length, l = 2 cm and breadth, b  cm are arranged as shown in
2
x 0
figure. The equivalent capacitance between A and C is . The value of x is _____.
d
(Round off to the Nearest Integer) [JEE MAIN 2021]

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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eg. Two capacitors having capacitance C1 and C2 respectively are connected as shown in figure. initially,
capacitor C1 is changed to a potential difference V volt by a battery. The battery is then removed and the
charged capacitor C1 is now connected to uncharged capacitor C2 by closing the switch S. The amount
of charge on the capacitor C2, after equilibrium is : [JEE MAIN 2022]

C1C2  C1  C2  V
(1) V (2) (3) (C1 + C2)V (4) (C1 – C2)V
 C1  C2  C1C2

Ans. (1)
C2  Q total C2  C1V  C1C2 V
Sol. Charge on capacitor C2 =  
Ctotal C1  C2 C1  C2
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eg. Seven capacitors, each of capacitance 2 µF, are to be connected in a configuration to obtain an effective
6
capacitance of   µF. Which of the combinations, shown in figures below, will achieve the desired
 13 
value ? [JEE Main 2019]

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

Ans. (2)
Sol. By Hit and trial method
Option-2 in correct :
1 1 1 1 1 1
    
Ceq 3c c c c c
3c 6
  F
13 13
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eg. A capacitor Ls made of two square plates each of side 'a' making a very small angle a between them, as
shown in figure. The capacitance will be close to : [JEE MAIN 2022]

0 a 2  a  0 a 2  a  0 a 2  a  0 a 2  3a 
(1) 1   (2) 1   (3) 1   (4) 1  
d  4d  d  d  d  2d  d  2d 

Ans. (3)
Sol. Take a small element of thickness dx at distance x.
Capacitance for small element dx = dc

0 ad
dc 
d  x
0 ad
a
c
0
d  x
a
c   dc
0

 a  d  x 
a a
dx
c 0 a  2
 0 l n 
0
d  x   d 0
0 a 2  a   x2 
c 1   l n(1  x) x 
d  2d   2
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eg. 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 qb can be expressed as :
[JEE MAIN 2021]
 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  
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Sol.

When a dielectric is inserted in a capacitor

Due to free charge E  E0 only
E
After dielectric E' = 0
k
q B  q f 1  
1
 k

eg. A parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and plate separation d = 2 m has a capacitance of 4  F. The
new capacitance of the system if half of the space between of dielectric constant K = 3
(as shown in figure) will be : [JEE MAIN 2022]

(1) 2  F (2) 32  F (3) 6  F (4) 8  F

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Ans. (3)
A 0
Sol. Coriginal 
d

A0 2A0
C1   C
2 d
KA0 2KA0 6A0
C2     3C
d/2 d d
C1 and C2 are in series
CC C  3C 3C
Cnew  1 2  
C1  C2 C  3C 4
3 2A0 3 A0
   
4 d 2 d
3 3
C new  Coriginal   4  3F
2 2
eg. A parallel plate capacitor having capacitance 12 pF is charged by a battery to a potential difference of 10
V between its plates. The charging battery is now disconnected and a porcelain slab of dielectric
constant 6.5 is slipped between the plates the work done by the capacitor on the slab is :
[JEE Main 2019]
(1) 692 pJ (2) 560 pJ (3) 508 pJ (4) 600 pJ

Ans. (3)
Sol. q = 10 ×12 × 10–12
1
Ui = ×12×10×10×10–12 = 600pj
2
charge on capacitance will remain same
Q2 (10  12  1012 ) 2
Uf    92.3pj
2C 2  12  1012  6.5
w = (600 – 92.3)pj = 507.7 pj
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eg. A capacitor is connected to a 20 V battery through a resistance of 10. It is found that the potential
difference across the capacitor rises to 2 V in 1 μs. The capacitance of the capacitor is ....................μF.

Given : In    0.105
10
 9  [JEE MAIN 2021]
(1) 9.52 (2) 0.95 (3) 0.105 (4) 1.85

Ans. (2)
Sol. V = V0 1  e t /RC 
2 = 20 1  e t/RC 
1
 e  t / RC
10
9
e–t/RC =
10
9
et/RC =
10
t  10  t
 n   C =
9 R n  
RC 10
9
106
C= = .95F
10  .105
Option (2)
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eg. 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 MAIN 2021]

Sol.

Pot. Diff. across each resistor = 2V

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