CPP EL: CAPACITANCE JEE(Mains & Adv)

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Q.1 The distance between plates of a parallel plate capacitor is 5d. Let the
positively charged plate is at x=0 and negatively charged plate is at
x=5d. Two slabs one of conductor and other of a dielectric of equal
thickness d are inserted between the plates as shown in figure.
Potential versus distance graph will look like :

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Q.2 A parallel plate capacitor has two layers of dielectric as shown in figure.
This capacitor is connected across a battery. The graph which shows
the variation of electric field (E) and distance (x) from left plate.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Q.3 The distance between the plates of a charged parallel plate capacitor is 5 cm and electric field inside the
plates is 200 Vcm–1. An uncharged metal bar of width 2 cm is fully immersed into the capacitor. The
length of the metal bar is same as that of plate of capacitor. The voltage across capacitor after the
immersion of the bar is
(A) zero (B) 400 V (C) 600 V (D) 100 V

Q.4 Three large plates are arranged as shown. How much charge will flow through
the key k if it is closed?
5Q 4Q 3Q
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
6 3 2

Q.5 Five conducting parallel plates having area A and separation between them d, are placed
as shown in the figure. Plate number 2 and 4 are connected wire and between point A
and B, a cell of emf E is connected. The charge flown through the cell is
3 H 0 AE 2 H 0 AE 4H 0 AE H 0 AE
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 d 3 d d 2d

Q.6 If charge on left plane of the 5PF capacitor in the circuit segment shown
in the figure is –20PC, the charge on the right plate of 3PF capacitor is
(A) +8.57 PC (B) –8.57 PC (C) +11.42 PC (D) –11.42 PC

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Q.7 Five identical capacitor plates are arranged such that they make capacitors each of
2 PF. The plates are connected to a source of emf 10 V. The charge on plate C is
(A) + 20 PC (B) + 40 PC (C) + 60 PC (D) + 80 PC

Q.8 A capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential difference V from a cell and then disconnected
from it. A charge +Q is now given to its positive plate. The potential difference across the capacitor is
now
Q Q Q
(A) V (B) V + (C) V + (D) V – , if V < CV
C 2C C

Q.9 In the circuit shown in figure charge stored in the capacitor

of capacity 5 Pf is
(A) 60 PC (B) 20 PC
(C) 30 PC (D) zero

Q.10 A conducting body 1 has some initial charge Q, and its capacitance is C. There are two other conducting
bodies, 2 and 3, having capacitances : C2 = 2C and C3 o f. Bodies 2 and 3 are initially uncharged.
"Body 2 is touched with body 1. Then, body 2 is removed from body 1 and touched with body 3, and
then removed." This process is repeated N times. Then, the charge on body 1 at the end must be
(A) Q/3N (B) Q/3N–1 (C) Q/N3 (D) None

Q.11 Condenser A has a capacity of 15 PF when it is filled with a medium of dielectric constant 15. Another
condenser B has a capacity 1 PF with air between the plates. Both are charged separately by a battery
of 100V . After charging, both are connected in parallel without the battery and the dielectric material
being removed. The common potential now is
(A) 400V (B) 800V (C) 1200V (D) 1600V

Q.12 In the adjoining figure, capacitor (1) and (2) have a capacitance ‘C’ each. When the dielectric of dielectric
consatnt K is inserted between the plates of one of the capacitor, the total charge flowing through battery is
KCE KCE
(A) from B to C (B) from C to B
K 1 K 1
( K  1)CE (K  1)CE
(C) from B to C (D) from C to B
2(K  1) 2(K  1)

Q.13 Two identical capacitors 1 and 2 are connected in series to a battery as shown in
figure. Capacitor 2 contains a dielectric slab of dielectric constant k as shown. Q1
and Q2 are the charges stored in the capacitors. Now the dielectric
slab is removed and the corresponding charges are Q’1 and Q’2. Then
Q1c k  1 Qc2 k  1 Qc2 k  1 Q1c k
(A) (B) (C) Q 2k (D)
Q1 k Q2 2 2 Q1 2

Q.14 The area of the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is A and the gap between them is d. The gap is filled
with a non-homogeneous dielectric whose dielectric constant varies with the distance ‘y’ from one plate
as : K = Osec(Sy/2d), where O is a dimensionless constant. The capacitance of this capacitor is
(A) SH0OA / 2d (B) SH0OA /d (C) 2SH0OA /d (D) none

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Q.15 A capacitor stores 60PC charge when connected across a battery. When the gap between the plates is
filled with a dielectric , a charge of 120PC flows through the battery. The dielectric constant of the
material inserted is :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) none
Q.16 In the above question, if the initial capacitance of the capacitor was 2PF, the amount of heat produced
when the dielectric is inserted.
(A) 3600PJ (B) 2700PJ (C) 1800PJ (D) none

Q.17 A capacitor of capacitance C is initially charged to a potential difference of V volt. Now it is connected
to a battery of 2V with opposite polarity. The ratio of heat generated to the final energy stored in the
capacitor will be
(A) 1.75 (B) 2.25 (C) 2.5 (D) 1/2

Q.18 Three plates A, B and C each of area 0.1 m2 are separated by 0.885
mm from each other as shown in the figure. A 10 V battery is used to
charge the system. The energy stored in the system is
(A) 1 PJ (B) 10–1 PJ (C) 10–2 PJ (D) 10–3 PJ

Q.19 A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is connected to a battery and is charged to a potential
difference V. Another capacitor of capacitance 2C is similarly charged to a potential difference 2V. The
charging battery is now disconnected and the capacitors are connect in parallel to each other in such a
way that the positive terminal of one is connected to the negative terminal of the other. The final energy
of the configuration is
3 25 9
(A) zero (B) CV2 (C) CV2 (D) CV2
2 6 2

Q.20 A 2 PF capacitor is charged to a potential = 10V. Another 4 PF capacitor is charged to a

potential = 20V. The two capacitors are then connected in a single loop, with the positive plate of one
connected with negative plate of the other. What heat is evolved in the circuit?
(A) 300 PJ (B) 600 PJ (C) 900 PJ (D) 450 PJ

Q.21 The plates S and T of an uncharged parallel plate capacitor are connected across a battery. The battery
is then disconnected and the charged plates are now connected in a system as shown in the figure. The
system shown is in equilibrium. All the strings are insulating and massless. The magnitude of charge on
one of the capacitor plates is: [Area of plates = A]
4mgA 0
(A) 2mgA 0 (B)
k

2mgA 0
(C) mgA 0 (D)
k

Q.22 In the circuit shown, the energy stored in 1PF capacitor is

(A) 40 PJ (B) 64 PJ
(C) 32 PJ (D) none

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Q.23 Four metallic plates arearranged as shown in the figure. If the distance between each plate then capacitance
of the given system between points A and B is (Given d << A)
H0A 2H 0 A
(A) (B)
d d
3H 0 A 4H 0 A
(C) (D)
d d

Q.24 What is the equivalent capacitance of the system of capacitors

between A & B
7
(A) C (B) 1.6 C (C) C (D) None
6
Q.25 From a supply of identical capacitors rated 8 PF, 250 V, the minimum number of capacitors required to
form a composite 16 PF, 1000 V is :
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 16 (D) 32

Q.26 The minimum number of capacitors each of 3 PF required to make a circuit with an equivalent capacitance
2.25 PF is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

Q.27 The capacitance (C) for an isolated conducting sphere of radius (a) is given by 4SH0a. If the sphere is
n
enclosed with an earthed concentric sphere. The ratio of the radii of the spheres being then the
( n  1)
capacitance of such a sphere will be increased by a factor
n ( n  1)
(A) n (B) (C) (D) a . n
(n  1) n
Q.28 Two capacitor having capacitances 8 PF and 16 PF have breaking voltages 20 V and 80 V. They are
combined in series. The maximum charge they can store individually in the combination is
(A) 160 PC (B) 200 PC (C) 1280 PC (D) none of these

Q.29 A capacitor of capacitance 1 PF withstands the maximum voltage 6 kV while a capacitor of 2 PF

withstands the maximum voltage 4 kV. What maximum voltage will the system of these two capacitor
withstands if they are connected in series?
(A) 10 kV (B)12 kV (C) 8 kV (D) 9 kV

Q.30 Four identical plates 1, 2, 3 and 4 are placed parallel to each other at equal distance as shown in the
figure. Plates 1 and 4 are joined together and the space between 2 and 3 is filled with a dielectric of
dielectric constant k = 2. The capacitance of the system between 1 and 3 & 2 and 4 are C1 and C2
C1
respectively. The ratio is :
C2
5 3 5
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D)
3 5 7

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Q.31 In the circuit shown in figure, the ratio of charges on 5PF
and 4PF capacitor is :
(A) 4/5 (B) 3/5
(C) 3/8 (D) 1/2

Q.32 In the circuit shown, a potential difference of 60V is applied across AB.
The potential difference between the point M and N is
(A) 10 V (B) 15 V
(C) 20 V (D) 30 V

Q.33 Find the equivalent capacitance across A & B

28 15
(A) Pf (B) PF
3 2
(C) 15 PF (D) none

Q.34 A capacitor of capacitance 1 PF with stands the maximum voltages 6 KV while a capacitor of capacitance
2.0 PF with stands the maximum voltage = 4KV. if the two capacitors are connected in series, then the
two capacitors combined can take up a maximum voltage of
(A) 2.4 KV (B) 5 KV (C) 9 KV (D) 10 KV

Q.35 The diagram shows four capacitors with capacitances and break down voltages
as mentioned. What should be the maximum value of the external emf source
such that no capacitor breaks down?[Hint: First of all find out the break down
voltages of each branch. After that compare them.]
(A) 2.5 kV (B) 10 / 3kV (C) 3 kV (D) 1 kV

Q.36 Three capacitors 2 PF, 3 PF and 5 PF can withstand voltages to 3V, 2V and 1V respectively. Their
series combination can withstand a maximum voltage equal to
(A) 5 Volts (B) (31/6) Volts (C) (26/5) Volts (D) None

Q.37 Find equivalent capacitance across AB (all capacitances in PF)

20
(A) PF (B) 9PF
3
(C) 48 PF (D) None

Q.38 Three long concentric conducting cylindrical shells have radii R, 2R and 2 2 R. Inner and outer shells
are connected to each other. The capacitance across middle and inner shells per unit length is:
1
0 6S 0 S 0
(A) 3 (B) (C) (D) None
ln 2 ln 2 2ln 2

Q.39 A charged capacitor is allowed to discharge through a resistance 2: by closing

the switch S at the instant t = 0. At time t = ln 2 Ps, the reading of the ammeter
falls half of its initial value. The resistance of the ammeter equal to
(A) 0 (B) 2:
(C) f (D) 2M:

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Q.40 A capacitor C = 100 PF is connected to three resistor each of resistance
1 k: and a battery of emf 9V. The switch S has been closed for long
time so as to charge the capacitor. When switch S is opened, the
capacitor discharges with time constant
(A) 33 ms (B) 5 ms
(C) 3.3 ms (D) 50 ms

Q.41 A capacitor C = 100 PF is connected to three resistors each of resistance 1 kW and

a battery of emf 9V. The switch S has been closed for long time so as to charge the
capacitor. When switch S is opened, the capacitor discharges with time constant.
(A) 33 ms (B) 5 ms (C) 3.3 ms (D) 50 ms
Q.42 In the transient shown the time constant of the circuit is :
5 5
(A) RC (B) RC
3 2
7 7
(C) RC (D) RC
4 3
Q.43 In the circuit shown in figure C1=2C2. Switch S is closed at time t=0.
Let i1 and i2 be the currents flowing through C1 and C2 at any time t,
then the ratio i1/ i2
(A) is constant
(B) increases with increase in time t
(C) decreases with increase in time t
(D) first increases then decreases
Q.44 Find heat produced in the capacitors on closing the switch S
(A) 0.0002 J (B) 0.0005 J
(C) 0.00075 (D) zero

Q.45 In the circuit shown, when the key k is pressed at time t = 0, which of the following statements about
current I in the resistor AB is true
(A) I = 2mA at all t
(B) I oscillates between 1 mA and 2mA
(C) I = 1 mA at all t
(D) At t = 0, I = 2mA and with time it goes to 1 mA

Q.46 In the R–C circuit shown in the figure the total energy of 3.6 ×10–3 J is dissipated in the 10 : resistor
when the switch S is closed. The initial charge on the capacitor is
60
(A) 60 PC (B) 120 PC (C) 60 2 PC (D) PC
2

Q.47 A charged capacitor is allowed to discharge through a resistor by closing the

key at the instant t =0. At the instant t = (ln 4) Ps, the reading of the ammeter
falls half the initial value. The resistance of the ammeter is equal to
(A) 1 M: (B) 1: (C) 2: (D) 2M:

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Q.48 In the circuit shown, the cell is ideal, with emf = 15 V. Each resistance is
of 3:. The potential difference across the capacitor is
(A) zero (B) 9 V
(C) 12 V (D) 15 V

Question No. 49 to 52 (4 questions)

In the circuit shown in figure, four capacitors are connected to a battery.

Q.49 The equivalent capacitance of the circuit is

(A) 25 PF (B) 6 PF (C) 8.4 PF (D) none
Q.50 The charge on the 5 PF capacitor is
(A) 60 PC (B) 24 PC (C) 12 PC (D) 20 PC

Q.51 The potential difference across the 6 PF capacitor is

(A) 6V (B) 4V (C) 5V (D) none

Q.52 The maximum energy is stored in the capacitor of

(A) 10 PF (B) 6 PF (C) 5 PF (D) 4 PF

Q.53 A parallel plate capacitor has an electric field of 105V/m between the plates. If the charge on the capacitor
plate is 1PC, then the force on each capacitor plate is
(A) 0.1Nt (B) 0.05Nt (C) 0.02Nt (D) 0.01Nt

Q.54 A capacitor is connected to a battery. The force of attraction between the plates when the separation
between them is halved
(A) remains the same (B) becomes eight times
(C) becomes four times (D) becomes two times

Q.55 Both capacitors are initially uncharged and then connected as shown and switch is closed. What is the
potential difference across the 3µF capacitor ?

(A) 30V (B) 10V (C) 25V (D) None of these

Q.56 For the configuration of capacitors shown, both switches are closed simultaneously. After equilibrium is
established, what is the charge on the top plate of the 5µF capacitor ?

(A) 100µC (B) 90µC (C) 10 µC (D) None of these

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Q.57 Find the effective capacitance between A and B

(A) C (B) C/2 (C) 3C/2 (D) 4C/9

Answers

Q.1 B Q.2 A Q.3 C Q.4 A Q.5 B Q.6 A

Q.7 B Q.8 C Q.9 D Q.10 A Q.11 B Q.12 D
Q.13 C Q.14 A Q.15 C Q.16 C Q.17 B Q.18 B
Q.19 B Q.20 B Q.21 A Q.22 C Q.23 B Q.24 B
Q.25 D Q.26 B Q.27 A Q.28 A Q.29 D Q.30 B
Q.31 C Q.32 D Q.33 B Q.34 C Q.35 A Q.36 B
Q.37 B Q.38 B Q.39 A Q.40 D Q.41 D Q.42 C
Q.43 B Q.44 D Q.45 D Q.46 B Q.47 C Q.48 C
Q.49 B Q.50 D Q.51 B Q.52 B Q.53 B Q.54 C
Q.55 B Q.56 C Q.57 B

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