I. Two identical metal spheres charged with +12 µF 7.

The electric potential at any point x, y, z in metres

and -8 µF are kept at certain distance in air. They 2
is given by V = 3x • The electric field at a point
are brought into contact and then kept at the same (2 m, 0, 1m) is
distance. The ratio of the magnitudes of electrostatic (a) 12 V m-
1
(b) -6 V m-
1

forces between them before and after contact is (c) 6 V m- 1 (d) -12 V m- 1 (2009)
(a) 24 : 1 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 12 : 1 (d) 8 : 1 (2008)
8. All capacitors used in the diagram are identical and
2. A small conducting sphere of radius r is lying
each is of capacitance C. Then the effective
concentrically inside a bigger hollow conducting capacitance between the points A and B is
sphere of radius R. Th "! bigger and smaller spheres
are charged with Q and q (Q > q) and are insulated
from each other. The potential difference between the
A+Tl 1 •B
spheres will be (a) I.SC (b) 6C (c) C (d) 3C (2010)

(a) 47tl£o (;- ) (b) 47tl£o ( +;) 9. There is a uniform electric field of intensity E which
is as shown. How many labelled points have the same
electric potential as the fully shaded point?
(c) 47tl£o (; ) (d) 47tl£o (2008)
0 0 0 l
(*-;)
3. The charges Q +q and +q are placed at the vertices of 0 • 0 )
an equilateral triangle of side l. If the net electrostatic 0 0 0 )
potential energy of the system is zero, the Q is equal to
(a) +q/ 2 (b) zero
0 0 0 )
(c) -q/2 (d) -q (2008) (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 11 (2010)
4. How many 6 µF, 200 V condensers are needed to 10. In the given network, the value of C, so that an
make a condenser of 18 µF, 600 V? equivalent capacitance between A and B is 3 µF, is
(a) 3 (b) 27 (c) 9 (d) 18 (2008) c 2 µF
A-1 I 1

s
5. shown
The total energy
in the figurestored
will bein the condenser system 6 µFy 4 µF

12 µF

2 µF

2 µF

2V µF
II B
8 tF
1 31
(a) µF - (b) -
(a) 8 µJ (b) 16 µJ (c) 2 µJ (d) 4 lJ (2008) 5 µF 5
6.
The charge deposited on 4 µF capacitor in the circuit (c) 48 µF (d) 36 µF (2011)
is
12 V

C
1 11. In this diagram, the P.D. between A and B is 60 V The

I I P.D. across 6 µF capacitor is ...V

4 LF T 2
µF
A ----i H µ B
I . 6 µF 3 JF 1

6 LF
6
(a) 6 x 10- C (b) 12 x 10-
6
c 3 µF
(d) 36 x 10-6 c
6
(c) 24 x 10- (2009) (a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 20 (d) 4 (2012)
C
12. A capacitor of capacitance of 10 µF is charged to 10 connected by the wire, what is the common potential
V. of the capacitors ?
The energy stored in it is
(a) 100 µJ (b) 500 µJ (a) 300 (b) 133.3 volt
(c) 1000 µJ (d) 1 µJ (2012) volt (d) 150 volt (2014)
(c) 400 volt
13. When an additional charge of 2 C is given to a 20. What is the electric potential at a distance of
capacitor, energy stored in it is increased by 21%. 9 cm from 3 nC ?
The original charge of the capacitor is (a) 300 V (b) 270 V
(a) 30 C (b) 40 C (c) 10 C (d) 20 C (2013)
(c) 30 V (d) 3 V (2014)
3
14. When a potential difference of 10 V is applied 21. A voltmeter reads 4 V when connected to a parallel
between A and B, a charge of 0.75 mC is stored in the plate capacitor with air as a dielectric. When a
system of capacitors as shown. The value of C is (in dielectric slab is introduced between plates for. the
µF) same configuration, voltmeter reads 2 V. What is the
2 µF 2 µF
dielectric constant of the material ?
(a) 8 (b) 0.5

2µF
(c) 10 (d) 2 (2014)
r1 c\l- I 22. A parallel rlate capacitor is charged and then isolated.
2 µF The effect of increasing the plate separation on charge,
potential and capacitance respectively are
(a) (b) 2 (c) 2.5 (d) 3 (2013) (a) increases, decreases, decreases
2 (b) constant, increases, decreases
15. See the diagram. Area of each plate is 2.0 m and
(c) constant, decreases, decreases
d = 2 x 10-3 m. A charge of 8.85 X 10-8 C is given to (d) constant, decreases, increases. (2015)
Q. Then the potential of Q becomes
23. A spherical shell of radius 10 cm is carrying a charge
p q. Ifthe electric potential at distances 5 cm, 10 cm and
15 cm from the centre of the spherical shell is VJ> V2
and V3 respectively, then
(a) Vi< V2 < V3 (b) V1 = V2 < V3
(c) vl> V2 > V3 (d) Vi = V2 > V3 (2015)
24. Nature of equipotential surface for a point charge is
(a) 13 V (b) 10 v (a) Ellipsoid with charge at foci.
(c) 6.67 (d) 8.825 v (2013) (b) Sphere with charge at the centre of the sphere.
(c) Sphere with charge on the surface of the sphere.
V
6
16. A small oil drop of mass 10- kg is hanging in at (d) Plane with charge on the surface. (2016)
rst between two plates separated by 1 mm having a
potential difference of 500 V. The charge on the drop is 25. A particle of mass 1 gm and charge 1 µC is held at
(g = lO m s-2) rest on a frictionless horizontal surface at distance 1m
(a) 2 x 10-9 C (b) 2 x 10-11 C from the fixed charge 2 mC. Ifthe particle is released,
6 8 it will be repelled .The speed of the
(c) 2 x 10- C (d) 2 x 10- C (2013)
particlewhenitisatadistanceof 10 m from the fixed
17. Two metal spheres of radii 0.01 m and 0.02 m are given
charge is
a charge of 15 mC and 45 mC respectively. They are
(a) 60 m s-i (b) 100 m s-i
then connected by a wire. The final charge on the first
3
(c) 90 m s-i (d) 180 m s-i (2016)
sphere is x 10- C.
(a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 10 (2013) 26. Four metal plates are arranged as shown. Capacitance
between X and Y (A ---7 Area of each plate, d ---7
18. Two concentric spheres of radii R and r have positive distance between the plates)
charges q1 and q2 with equal surface charge densities.
What is the electric potential at their common centre?
a a 2

(- . .: :. . - -Y
(a) -(R+ r ) (b) -(R - r )

u)
Eo Eo
(c) ( +;) (d)

(b) 2£0 A
(2013) (a) EoA 3 d
2 d d
19. Two capacitors of 10 pF and 20 pF are connected
to 200 V and 100 V sources respectively. If they are (c) 2 £0 A (d) 3£0
A
d
(2016)
 27. A system of 2 capacitors of capacitance 2 µF and 4 µF (a) 150 (b) 50 pF
is connected in series across a potential difference of pF
6 V. The electric charge and energy stored in the (d) 100 (2019)
(c) 300 pF 3
system
pF
are 36. A capacitor of capacitance C charged by an amount Q
(a) 1 µC and 3 µJ (b) 8 µC and 24 µJ is connected in parallel with an uncharged capacitor of
(c) 10 µC and 30 µJ (d) 36 µC and 108 µJ (2017) capacitance 2C. The final charges on the capacitors are
28. Two point charges A = +3 nC and B = + 1nC are Q 2Q
placed
5 cm apart in air. The work done to move charge B (a) (b) Q 'Q
towards A by 1cm is 3'3 2 2
7
(a) 2.0 x 10- J (b) 1.35 x 10- J 7
Q 4Q (d) Q '3Q
s's
(2019)
(c) 2.7 x 10-7 J (d) 12.1 x 10-7 J (c) 4 4
(2017)
29. The minimum value of effective capacitance that can 37. A particle of mass m and charge q is placed at rest in
be obtained by combining 3 capacitors of capacitances 1 uniform electric field E and then released. The kinetic
pF, 2 pF and 4 pF is energy attained by the particle after moving a distance
y is
(a) 7 pF 4
- (b) - pF (a) qEy (b) qEy2 (c) q Ey
2
(d) qE y
2
(2019)
4 7
(c) 1pF (d) 2 pF (2017) 38. The figure gives the electric
30. A mass of 1 kg carrying a charge of 2 C is accelerated potential V as a function
through a potential of 1V. The velocity acquired by it is of distance through four

.
''
(a) .J2 m s-1 (b) 2 m s-
1 regions on x-axis. Which of '
the following is true for the I
II
I

1
1
(c) .Ji. m s
-1
(d) - m s
2
-1
(2018) magnitude of the electric @ kw! ©
field E in these regions? II
I

31. For the arrangement of capacitors as shown in the (a) EB = Ev and EA < Ee
circuit, the effective capacitance between the points A (b) EA > EB > Ee > Ev
and B is (capacitance of each capacitor is 4 µF) (c) EA < EB < Ee < Ev

A-I1 E
1
..L4 µF 4 (d) EA = Ee and EB < (2019)
Ev

B
µF

. T
T 4 µF T4 µF
4 µF 39. A system of two charges separated by a certain
distance apart stores electrical potential energy. If
(a) 4 µF (b) 2 µF (c) 1 µF (d) 8 µF (2018) the distance between them is increased, the
32. The work done to move a charge on an equipotential potential energy of the system,
surface is (a) may increase or decrease
(a) infinity (b) less than 1 (b) increases in any case
(c) greater than 1 (d) zero (2018) (c) remains the same
(d) decreases in any case. (2019)
33. Two capacitors of 3 µF and 6 µF are connected in
series and a potential difference of 900 V is applied 40. Figure shows three points
across the combination. They are then disconnected A, B and C in a region of Al
and reconnected in parallel. The potential difference uniform electric field E. :
across the combination is The line AB is perpendicular B _ _ _. c
(a) zero (b) 100 V (c) 200 V (d) 400 V (2018) and BC is parallel to the field
34. Two metal plates are separated by 2 cm. The lines. Then which of the following holds good? (VA, VB and Ve
potentials of the plates are -10 V and +30 V. The represent the electric potential at points A, B and C
electric field between the two plates is respectively)
(a) 2000 V m-1 (b) 500 V m-1 (a) VA = VB < Ve (b) VA > VB = Ve
1
(c) 3000 V m-1 (d) 1000 V m- (2019) (c) VA = VB = Ve (d) VA = VB > Ve (2020)

41. A dipole of dipole moment P and moment of inertia I

'"''·:'i:J'.. L
35. The equivalent capacitance between A and B is,
is placed in a uniform electric field E. Ifit is displaced
slightly from its stable equilibrium position, the period
of oscillation of dipole is
50 pF I jB (a) 1
27t
ffE
I
(b) 7t fk
PE
 (c) (d) 21t /I (a) 3 (b) 9
P£ (2020)
(c) 6 (d) 27 (2021)
f
42. The difference between equivalent capacitances of 47. In figure, charge on the capacitor is plotted against
two identical capacitors connected in parallel to potential difference across the capacitor. The
that in capacitance and energy stored in the capacitor are
series is 6 µF. The value of capacitance of each
capacitor

«:tz_
is respectively
(a) 4 µF (b) 6 µF
(c) 2 (a) 12 µF, 1200
(d) 3 µF (2020) µJ
µF
(b) 12 µF, 600 µJ
43. A hot filament liberates an electron with zero initial
velocity. The anode potential is 1200 V. The speed of (c) 24 µF, 600 0 10 V V (volt)
µJ
the electron when it strikes the anode is (d) 24 µF, 1200 µJ (2021)
(a) 2.1x 107 m s-1 (b) 2.5 x 108 m s - 48. The electric field and the potential of an electric dipole
1
5 1
(c) 1.5 x 10 m s- (d) 2.5 x 106 m s- 1 (2020)
(along it's axis) vary with r, respect ively as
distance
44. If a slab of insulating material, 4 x 10-3 m thick is 1 1 1 1
(a) -and - (b) - and-
introducedbetween theplates ofaparallel plate capacitor, ,2 r3 r ,2
the separation between the plates has to be increased 1 1 1 1
(c) -and - (d) -and - (2022)
by r3 ,2 ,2 r
3
3.5 x 10- m to restore the capacity to original value.
The dielectric constant of the material will be 49. Two tiny spheres carrying charges 1.8 µC and 2.8 µC
(a) 6 (b) 8 are located at 40 cm apart. The potential at the mid
45. (c) 10 (d) 12 (2021) point of the line joining the two charges is
Eight drops of mercury of equal radii combine to 4 4
form a big drop. The capacitance of a bigger drop as (a) 4.3x 10 5 V (b) 3.8 x 105 V
(c) 3.6 x 10 V (d) 2.1 x 10 V (2022)
compared to each smaller drop is
(a) 2times (b) 8 times 50. A parallel plate capacitor is charged by connecting a
(c) 4 times (d) 16 times (2021) 2 V battery across it. It is then disconnected from the
battery and a glass slab is introduced between plates.
46. An electrician requires a capacitance of 6 µF in a
Which of the following pairs of quantities decrease?
circuit across a potential difference of 1.5 kV. A large
(a) Energy stored and capacitance.
number of 2 µF capacitors which can withstand a
(b) Charge and potential difference.
potential difference of not more than 500 V are
(c) Capacitance and charge.
available. The minimum number of capacitors
(d) Potential difference and energy stored. (2022)
required for the purpose is