Ch-02

Electrostatic Potential &

Capacitance
Lect-23

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Q4) In the given circuit, a charge of +80 𝜇C is given to the upper plate of the 4𝜇𝐹
capacitor. Then in the steady state, the charge on the upper plate of the 3 𝜇 F
capacitor is

a) + 32𝜇C
b) + 40μC
c) + 48μC
d) + 80μC

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Q6) Four capacitors of equal capacitances are connected in series with a battery
of 10 V, as shown in Fig. The middle point B is connected to the earth. What will
be the potentials of the points A and C?

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Q7) For the network shown in Fig., find the potential difference between points A
and B, and that between B and C in the steady state.

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Q8) Three uncharged capacitors of capacitance C1, C2 and C3 are connected to one
another as shown in figure. Find the potential at O.

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Q9) Six plates of equal area A and plate separation as shown (figure) are
arranged. The equivalent capacitance between A and B is

∈𝐨 𝐀
a) 𝐝
𝟐∈𝐨𝐀
b) 𝐝
𝟑∈𝐨𝐀
c) 𝐝
∈𝐨 𝐀
d) 𝟒𝐝

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Q11) A 2 𝜇F capacitor is charged as shown in the figure. The percentage of its
stored energy dissipated after switch S is turned to position 2 is

a) 0%
b) 20 %
c) 75%
d) 80%

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Q1) Voltage rating of a parallel plate capacitor is 500 V. Its dielectric can withstand
a maximum electric field of 106 V/m. The plate area is 10-4 m2. What is the
dielectric constant, if the capacitance is 15 pF? (Take, 𝜖0 = 8.86 x 10−12𝐶2/ 𝑁 − 𝑚2)

a) 3.8
b) 8.5
c) 4.5
d) 6.2

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Q6) A parallel plate capacitor is charged to a certain potential difference. When a
3.0 mm thick slab is slipped between the capacitor plates, then to maintain the
same p.d. between the plates, the plate separation is to be increased by 2.4 mm
Find the dielectric constant of the slab.

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Q8) A parallel plate capacitor with plate separation 5 mm is charged by a battery.
It is found that on introducing a mica sheet 2 mm thick, while keeping the battery
connections intact, the capacitor draws 25% more energy from the battery than
before. Find the dielectric constant of mica.

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Q11) Two identical parallel plate capacitors of capacitance C each, have plates of
area A, separated by a distance d. The space between the plates of the two
capacitors, is filled with three dielectrics of equal thickness and dielectric constants
K1, K2 and K3. The first capacitor is filled as shown in Fig. I, and the second one is
filled as shown in Fig. II. If these two modified capacitors are charged by the same
potential V, the ratio of the energy stored in the two, would be (E1 refers to
capacitor (I) and E2 to capacitor (II)
𝐄𝟏 𝐊𝟏𝐊𝟐𝐊𝟑
a) 𝐄𝟐
=
(𝐊𝟏+𝐊𝟐+ 𝐊𝟑)(𝐊𝟐𝐊𝟑 + 𝐊𝟑𝐊𝟏+𝐊𝟏𝐊𝟐)
𝐄𝟏 (𝐊𝟏+𝐊𝟐+ 𝐊𝟑)(𝐊𝟐𝐊𝟑+𝐊𝟑𝐊𝟏+𝐊𝟏𝐊𝟐)
b) 𝐄𝟐
=
𝐊𝟏𝐊𝟐𝐊𝟑
𝐄𝟏 𝟗𝐊𝟏𝐊𝟐𝐊𝟑
c) 𝐄𝟐
=
(𝐊𝟏+𝐊𝟐+ 𝐊𝟑)(𝐊𝟐𝐊𝟑 + 𝐊𝟑𝐊𝟏+𝐊𝟏𝐊𝟐)
d) none

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