EXERCISE–01 MCQ (SINGLE CHOICE CORRECT)

1. Two capacitor having capacitance 8 F and 16F have breaking voltage 20V & 80 V. They are combined in series.
The maximum charge they can store individually in the combination is-
(A) 160 C (B) 200 C (C) 1280 C (D) None of these

2. A capacitor of capacitance 1 F withstands the maximum voltage 6 kV while a capacitor of 2F 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

3. A conducting body 1 has some initial charge Q, and its capacitance is C. There are two other conducting bodies,
2 and 3, having capacitance : C2 = 2C and C3 . 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 for 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 of these

4. The equivalent capacitance across AB (all capacitance in F) is

17 10

A B
13 5 1

6 1

20
(A) F (B) 9F (C) 48F (D) None of these
3

5. To form a composite 16µF, 1000V capacitor from a suppy of identica capacitors marked 8µF, 250V, e require a minumum
number of capacitors
(A) 40 (B) 32 (C) 8 (D) 2

6. The distance between plates of a parallel plate capacitor is 'd'. Another thick metal plate of thickness
d/2 and area same as that of plates is so placed between the plates, that it does not touch the plates. The capacity of the
resultant capacitor :–
(A) remain same (B) becomes double (C) becomes half (D) becomes one fourth

7. Three parallel metallic plates, each of area A are kept as shown in the figure and charges Q1, Q2 and Q3 are given to
them. Edge effects are negligible. Calculate the charges on the two outermost surfaces 'a' and 'f'.

a bc d e f

Q1  Q 2  Q 3 Q1  Q 2  Q 3 Q1  Q 2  Q 3 Q1  Q 2  Q 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 3 2
8. A parallel pate capacitor without any dieectric has capacitance C0. A dieectric sab is made up of two dieectric sabs
of dieectric constants K and 2K and is of same dimensions as that of capacitor pates and both the parts are of
equa dimensions arranged serieay as shown. If this dieectric sab is introduced (dieectric K enters first) in between
the pates at constant speed, then variation of capacitance with time wi be best represented by :
 A A A
V
K 2K

L L L

C C C C
(A) C0 (B) C0 (C) C0 (D) C0
t t t t

9. Five identical plates are connected across a battery as follows :

1
2
3
4
5

If the charge on plate 1 be +q, then the charges on the plates 2,3,4 and 5 are
(A) –q, +q,–q,+q (B) –2q, +2q,–2q,+q (C) –q, +2q,–2q,+q (D) None of the above

10. Two capacitors of equal capacitance (C1=C2) are shown in the figure. Initially, while the switch S is open, one of
the capacitors is uncharged and the other carries charge Q0. The energy stored in the charged capacitor is U0. Sometimes
after the switch is closed, the capacitors C1 and C2 carry charges Q1 and Q2, respectively; the voltage across the
capacitors are V1 and V2; and the energies stored in the capacitors are U1 and U2. Which of the following statements
is incorrect ?

C1 C2

1
(A) Q0 = (Q + Q2) (B) Q1=Q2 (C) V 1=V2 (D) U1=U2 (E) U 0 = U1 +U2
2 1

11. In the figure a capacitor of capacitance 2F is connected to a cell of emf 20 volt. The plates of the capacitor
are drawn apart slowly to double the distance between them, The work done by the external agent on the plates
is :
2F

20 volt

(A) – 200J (B) 200J (C) 400J (D) – 400J

12. In the given circuit if point C is connected to the earth and a potential of +2000 V is given to point A, the potential at
B is :–

10F 10F

5F
10F C
A B

(A) 1500 V (B) 1000 V (C) 500 V (D) 400 V

13. An infinite number of identical capacitors each of capacitance 1F are connected as in adjoining f i g u r e . T h e n t h e
equivalent capacitance between A and B is

8capacitor
16 capacitor
A B


(A) 1F (B) 2F (C) 1/2 F (D) 

14. An uncharged capacitor havi ng capacitance C is connected across a bat ter y of emf V. Now the
capacitor is disconnected and then reconnected across the same battery but with reversed polarity. Then which of the
statement is incorrect
(A) After reconnect ing, heat energy produced in the circuit w i ll be equal to t wo–third of the total
energy supplied by battery.
(B) After reconnecting, no energy is supplied by battery.
(C) After reconnecting, whole of the energy supplied by the battery is converted into heat.
2
(D) After reconnecting, thermal energy produced in the circuit will be equal to 2CV .

15. In the circuit shown in figure potential differeence between A and B is :

E = 190V

C 3C

A
B
C 3C

(A) 30 V (B) 60 V (C) 10 V (D) 90 V

16. The effective capacitance of the system in adjoining figure will be -

0 A
C
 d1 d 2 d 3 d 4  0 A
(A) K  K2  K  K  (B) C  K1 K1 K1 K1
 1 3 4 
4d

4d K1 K 2 K 4 K 3
(C) C   A (D) C 
0 4d d1 d2 d3 d4
17. Four identical capacitors are connected in series with a battery of emf 10V. The point X is earthed. Than the potential
of point A is–
10V
+ -

C C C X C
A B

(A) 10 V (B) 7.5 V (C) –7.5 V (D) 0 V

18. The distance between plates of a parallel plate capacitor is 5d. The positively charged plate is at x=0 and negatively
charged plates is at x=5d. Two slabs one of conductor and the other of a dielectric of same thickness d are inserted
between the plates as shown in figure. Potential (V) versus distance x graph will be
+q q
C D
O I
N E
D L
U E
C C
T T
O R
R I
C

O d 2d d 4d 5d

V V

(A) (B)

x x
O d 2d d 4d 5d O d 2d d 4d 5d

V V

(C) (D)

x x
O d 2d d 4d 5d O d 2d d 4d 5d

19. 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

20. The capacitance (C) for an isolated conducting sphere of radius (a) is given by 40a. This sphere is enclosed within
n
an earthed concentric sphere. The ratio of the radii of the spheres being then the capacitance of such a
(n  1)
sphere will be increased by a factor-

n (n  1)
(A) n (B) (C) (D) a.n
(n  1) n
21. In the given figure, a capacitor of non–parallel plates is shown. The plates of capacitor are connected by a cell of
emf V0. If  denotes surface charge density and E denotes electric field. Then

V0 A
D F

(A) A > B (B) EF > ED (C) EF =ED (D) A = B

22. 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–
 y 
homogeneous dielectric whose dielectric constant varies with the distance 'y' from one plate as : K   sec   ,
2d
where  is a dimensionless constant. The capacitance of this capacitor is
 0 A  0 A 2  0 A
(A) (B) (C) (D) None
2d d d

23. 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 connected to another battery and is charged to potential difference 2V. The charging
batteries are now disconnected and the capacitors are connected 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–

25CV 2 3CV 2 9CV 2

(A) Zero (B) (C) (D)
6 2 2
24. A capacitor of value 4 F charged at 50V is connected with another capacitor of value 2F charged at 100V, in such a way that
plates of similar charges are connected together. Before joining and after joining the total energy in multiples 10–2 J will be :–

(A) 1.5 and 1.33 (B) 1.33 and 1.5 (C) 3.0 and 2.67 (D) 2.67 and 3.0

25. A number of capacitors, each of capacitance 1 F and each one of which gets punctured if a potential difference just
exceeding 500 volt is applied are provided. Then an arrangement suitable for giving a capacitor of capacitance 3 F
across which 2000 volt may be applied requires at least :–
(A) 4 component capacitors (B) 12 component capacitors
(C) 48 component capacitors (D) 16 component capacitors

E XE R CIS E – 1 ANSWER K EY
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
An s. A D A B B B A B B D B C B B C A B B B A
Que. 21 22 23 24 25
An s. A A C A C