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1. Two condensers C1 and C2 in a circuit are joined 5. Two equal capacitors are first connected in
as shown in figure. The potential of point A is V1 series and then in parallel. The ratio of the
CSeries
and that of B is V2. The potential of point D will be equivalent capacitances, ( ) in these
CP arallel

two cases will be:

1. 4 : 1
2. 2 : 1
1
1. 2
(V1 + V2 ) 3. 1 : 4
C2 V1 +C1 V2
4. 1 : 2
2. C1 +C2

C1 V1 +C2 V2 6. The equivalent capacitance of the given circuit

3. C1 +C2 is:
C2 V1 −C1 V2
4. C1 +C2

2. If n identical drops, each of capacitance C,

coalesce to form a single big drop, the capacitance
of the big drop will be
1. n3 C
2. nC
3. n1/2 C
4. n1/3 C

3. Three capacitors connected in series have a

capacitance of 9 pF each. The potential difference
across each capacitor if the combination is C
connected to a 120 V supply is: 1. 2. C
2
1. 10 V
3. 2C 4. 4C
2. 20 V
3. 30 V
4. 40 V
7. The capacitance of the system of capacitors
4. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor have an
connected in the circuit, between A and B, equals:
area of 90 cmeach and are separated by
2

2. 5 mm. The capacitor is charged by a 400

volt supply. How much electrostatic energy is

stored by the capacitor?
1. 2. 55 × 10−6 J

2. 1. 55 × 10 −6
J
−6
3. 8. 15 × 10 J

4. 5. 5 × 10 −6
J

1. 4 μF 2. 2.5 μ F
3. 2.4 μ F 4. 1.5 μ F

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8. Consider a parallel plate capacitor of plate area ' 10. If a capacitor of capacitance C is charged by
A ', plate separation 'd'. Suppose that the plates are giving it a charge Q, the potential difference
given charges +Q, −Q respectively. The force between its plates is observed to be V . The energy
between the two plates is proportional to: stored in the capacitor is:
Q
1. QV 2.
V

QV Q
3. 4.
2 2V

11. Energy per unit volume for a capacitor having

area A and separation d kept at a potential
difference V is given by:
2 2
Q
2 2
1 V 1 V
Q
1. 2. 1. ε0 2.
2 2 d
2 2 ε0 d 2
d A
2 2
Q 2 1 Q
Q √A
3. 4. 3. CV
2
4.
3 2 2C
d√A d

12. A parallel plate capacitor with plate area

and A
9. Two capacitors A and B are connected in series
with a battery as shown in the figure. When the plate separation d = 2 m has a capacitance of
switch S is closed and the two capacitors get 4 μF. The new capacitance of the system if half of
charged fully, then the space between them is filled with a dielectric
material of dielectric constant K = 3 (as shown in
the figure) will be:

1. The potential difference across the plates of A is 1. 2 μF

4V and across the plates of B is 6V
2. 32 μF
2. The potential difference across the plates of A is
6V and across the plates of B is 4V 3. 6 μF
3. The ratio of electrical energies stored in A and B 4. 8 μF
is 2 : 3
4. The ratio of charges on A and B is 3 : 2 13. The dielectric constant k of an insulator cannot
be:
1. 3
2. 6
3. 8
4. ∞

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14. A pair of parallel plates of surface area

A are 16. In the figure, the system is in steady-state. Then
placed at a small distance d from each other. If a the energy stored in the circuit is:
dielectric of dielectric constant K is inserted
between the plates, the capacitance is:
ε0 A
1.
d
Kε0 A
2.
d
ε0 A
3.
K d
(K + 1)ε0 A
4.
d
1. 125 × 10–4 J
2. 250 × 10–4 J
15. Three capacitors are connected in
triangle as shown in the figure. The 3. 125 × 10–6 J
equivalent capacitance between the 4. 250 × 10–6 J
points A and C is
17. Four condensers are joined as shown in the
adjoining figure. The capacity of each is 8 μF. The
equivalent capacity between the points A and B will
be

1. 32 μF
2. 2 μF
3. 8 μF
4. 16 μF
1. 1µF
2. 2 µF 18. The distance between the two plates of a
3. 3 µF parallel plate capacitor is doubled, and the area of
4. 1/4 µF each plate is halved. If C is its initial capacitance,
its final capacitance is equal to:
C
1. 2C 2.
2

C
3. 4C 4.
4

19. Two capacitors of capacitances pF and 3 pF

2

are connected in parallel and connected to a 100 V

supply. The charge stored is:
1. 5 pC
2. 500 pC
3. 5000 pC
4. 50 pC

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20. Two capacitors of capacitances C and 2C are 24. A capacitor

C is fully charged with voltage V0 .

charged to potential differences V and 2V , After disconnecting the voltage source, it is

respectively. These are then connected in parallel in connected in parallel with another uncharged
such a manner that the positive terminal of one is capacitor of capacitance
C
. The energy loss in the
connected to the negative terminal of the other. 2

process after the charge is distributed between the

The final energy of this configuration is:
9
two capacitors is:
1. 2 CV 2 1
1. 6 CV02
25
2. CV
2
1
6 2. CV
0
2

3. zero 3
1
3 3. CV
2

4. 2 CV 2
4 0
1
4. 2
CV
0
2

21. Two metallic plates form a parallel plate

capacitor. The distance between the plates is d. A 25. How many capacitors each of 8 μF and 250 V
metal sheet of thickness 2 and area equal to the are required to form a composite capacitor of
d

area of each plate is introduced between the 16 μF and 1 kV?

plates. What will be the ratio of the new 1. 16 2. 8

capacitance to the original capacitance of the 3. 64 4. 32

capacitor?
1. 2 : 1
2. 1 : 2 26. The capacitance of a sphere of radius a,
3. 1 : 4 surface area A is:
4. 4 : 1 4πε0 A 2πε0 A
1. 2.
a a
22. A parallel plate capacitor with a width of 4 cm,
ε0 A ε0 A
length of 8 cm and separation between the plates 3. 4.
of 4 mm is connected to a battery of 20 V. A a 2πa

dielectric slab of dielectric constant 5 having a

length of 1 cm, width of 4 cm and thickness of 4
mm is inserted between the plates of a parallel 27. A parallel plate capacitor is charged by
plate capacitor. The electrostatic energy of this connecting it to a battery. The battery is
system will be: disconnected and the plates of the capacitor are
(where ε0 is the permittivity of free space) pulled apart to make the separation between the
1. 120ε0 J plates twice. Again the capacitor is connected to
2. 140ε0 J the battery (with same polarity) then:
3. 240ε0 J 1. Charge from the battery flows into the battery
4. 260ε0 J after reconnection.
2. Charge from capacitor flows into the battery
23. A charge of 40 μC is given to a capacitor having
after reconnection.
capacitance C = 10 μF. The stored energy in ergs is 3. The potential difference between the plates
decreases when the plates are pulled apart.
1. 80 × 10–6
4. After reconnection of battery, potential
2. 800
difference between the plates will immediately
3. 80
become half of the initial potential difference (just
4. 8000
after disconnecting the battery)

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28. A capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery

is removed and another identical uncharged Fill OMR Sheet*
capacitor is connected in parallel. The total
electrostatic energy of the resulting system *If above link doesn't work, please go to test link from
1. increases by a factor of 4 where you got the pdf and fill OMR from there
[Link] by a factor of 2
3. remain the same
4. increases by a factor of 2

29. A cylindrical capacitor has two co-axial

cylinders of length 15 cm and radii 1.5 cm and
1.4 cm. The outer cylinder is earthed and the inner
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cylinder is given a charge of 3.5 μC. The FREE ACCESS for 2
capacitance of the system is:
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2. 1.2 × 10−10 F
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3. 4.8 × 10 F
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4. 2.5 × 10−9 F

30. Find energy stored in capacitor in given circuit.

1. 0.2 mJ
2. 0.4 mJ
3. 0.6 mJ
4. 0.8 mJ

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