ELECTRIC POTENIAL AND CAPACITANCE CLASS XII

ANANTADRISHTI PHYSICS CLASSES

CHAPTER-2
CHAPTER -ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE
TOPIC – CAPCITANCE AND TYPE OF CAPACITOR
SHEET-2 CBSE AND ISC
TARGET-25 MINUTE

1. Putting a dielectric substance between two plates of condenser, capacity, potential and potential energy
respectively
(a)Increase, decrease, decrease
(b)Decrease, increase, increase
(c)Increase, increase, increase
(d)Decrease, decrease, decrease
2. If the distance between the plates of parallel plate capacitor is halved and the dielectric constant of
dielectric is doubled, then its capacity will
(a)Increase by 16 times (b)Increase by 4 times
(c)Increase by 2 times (d)Remain the same
3. The capacity of parallel plate condenser depends on
(a) Distance between the plate
(b) Area of the plate
(c) Medium between the plate
(d) All of these
4. Separation between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is d and the area of each plate is A . When a slab
of material of dielectric constantk and thickness t (t< d) is introduced between the plates, its capacitance
becomes
ε0 A ε0 A ε0 A ε0 A
(a)
( )
d +t 1−
1
k
(b)
( )
d +t 1+
1
k
(c)
( )
d−t 1−
1
k
(d)
( )
d−t 1+
1
k
5. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser is 10 μF without dielectric. Dielectric of constant 2 is used to fill
half the distance between the plates, the new capacitance in μF is
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c)15 (d)13.33
6. The energy stored in a condenser of capacity C which has been raised to a potential V is given by
1 1 2 1
(a) CV (b) C V (c)CV (d)
2 2 2VC
7. A condenser of capacity 50 μF is charged to 10 volts . Its energy is equal to
(a) 2.5 ×1 0−3 joule (b) 2.5 ×1 0−4 joule (c)5 ×1 0−2 joule (d)1.2 ×1 0−8 joule
8. If the potential of a capacitor having capacity of 6 F is increased from 10 V to 20 V, then increase in its
energy will be
(a)12  10–6 J (b)9  10–4 J (c)4  10–6 J (d)4  10–9 J
9. If eight identical drops are joined to form a bigger drop, the potential on bigger as compared to that on
smaller drop will be
(a)Double (b) Four times (c)Eight times (d)One time

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10. The capacity and the energy stored in a parallel plate condenser with air between its plates are
respectively C o and W o . If the air is replaced by glass (dielectric constant = 5) between the plates, the
capacity of the plates and the energy stored in it will respectively be
W C C W
(a) 5 C o , 5 W o (b) 5 C o , 0 (c) o ,5 W o (d) o , o
5 5 5 5

11. The capacity of a condenser in which a dielectric of dielectric constant 5 has been used, is C . If the
dielectric is replaced by another with dielectric constant 20, the capacity will become
C C
(a) (b) 4 C (c) (d)2 C
4 2
12. An air capacitor of capacity C=10 μF is connected to a constant voltage battery of12 V . Now the space
between the plates is filled with a liquid of dielectric constant 5. The charge that flows now from battery to
the capacitor is
(a) 120 μC (b) 699 μC (c)480 μC (d)24 μC
13. The mean electric energy density between the plates of a charged capacitor is (here q = charge on the
capacitor and A = area of the capacitor plate)
q2 q q
2
(a) (b) (c) (d)None of the
2 ε0 A 2 2 ε0 A 2 2 ε0 A
above
14. The electric field between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor when connected to a certain battery is E0 .
If the space between the plates of the capacitor is filled by introducing a material of dielectric constant K
without disturbing the battery connections, the field between the plates shall be
E
(a) K E0 (b) E0 (c) 0 (d)None of the above
K
15. Two spherical conductors A and B of radius a and b (b > a) are placed in air concentrically B is given
charge + Q coulomb and A is grounded. The equivalent capacitance of these is
ab b2
(a)4 π ε 0 (b) 4 π ε 0 (a+ b) (c)4 π ε 0 b (d)4 π ε 0
b−a b−a

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