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CPP
ELECTROSTATICS -SHEET: 13(Lecture – 12)
LEVEL – I
1. The figure shows a circuit of four capacitors.
Calculate the effective capacitance between X and
1F 1F
Y.
X 1F Y
2F

2. Calculate the equivalent capacitance between the points A and B

of a combination shown in the figure. A C B C
C
C

3. A parallel plate capacitor is made by stacking n equally spaced plates connected alternately. If the
capacitance between any two plates is C, find the resulting capacitance.

4. Simplify the following circuit and find the effective capacitance between X and Y. 5 10 5
All capacitance is microfarads. X
5 10
(A) 3.2 F (B) 5 F
(C) 2.5 F (D) 1.25 F 10
10 10
Y
5. Two capacitors are once connected in parallel and then in series. If the equivalent capacitance in two
cases are 16F and 3F respectively, then capacitance of each capacitor is
(A) 16 F, 3F (B) 12 F, 4 F (C) 6F, 8F (D) none of these
6. You are given 32 capacitors of 4F capacitance each. How do you connect all of them so that the
effective capacitance becomes 8 F?
(A) 4 capacitors in series and 8 such groups in parallel.
(B) 2 capacitors in series and 16 such groups in parallel.
(C) 8 capacitors in series and 4 such groups in parallel.
(D) All of them in series.

7. The equivalent capacitance between A and B is C

(A) C
C
(B) 2C
A
(C) 1.5 C C B
(D) none of the above C

C
8. There are ‘n’ identical capacitors, which are connected in parallel to a potential difference V. These
capacitors are then reconnected, in series. The potential difference between the extreme ends is :
(A) zero (B) nV (C) (n – 1) V (D) none of the above
9. The equivalent capacitance between points A and B for the 3F 3F 3F
given figure is A
(A) 1F (B) 2 F
2F 2F 3F
(C) 3 F (D) 4 F
B
3F 3F 3F
10. The effective capacitance between A and B will be 2 F
(A) 0.5 F (B) 1.5 F A
(C) 2 F (D) 2.5 F 1 F
1 F 2 F
B
2 F

11. A network of six identical capacitors, each of value C is made as

shown in the figure equivalent capacitance between points A and B is A
(A) C/4 (B) 3C/4
(C) 4C/3 (D) 3C B

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LEVEL – II

1. Find Effective capacitance of the shown network A

across any two junctions. (if the capacitance of
each capacitor is C)

B D

2. Find the equivalent capacitance of the circuit across the 2F 6F
terminals A and B. B A
2F 3F

3. Find the capacitance of an infinite circuit formed by the

repetition of the same link consisting of two identical
capacitors, each with capacitance C figure.

4. Five identical capacitors, when connected in series, produce equivalent capacitance of 6F. Now these
capacitors are rearranged so as to produce the maximum value of equivalent capacitance. This maximum
value will be
(A) 30 F (B) 36F (C) 150F (D) 6F
5. Two conducting spheres of radii a and b are separated by a large distance.
The capacity of this system between points A and B is
4 0 a b
A B
(A) (B) 4  0  a  b 
1 1

a b
(C) 4  0  a  b  (D) None of the above

6. What is the equivalent capacitance across the battery?

79 59 E
(A) C (B) C
30 30 C
41 21
(C) C (D) C C
30 30 2C C
C
C
C
C C
7. A network of six identical capacitors, each of value C is made as shown A
in the figure. Equivalent capacitance between point A and B is
(A) C/4 (B) 3C/4
(C) 4C/3 (D) 3C

8. Figure shows a spherical capacitor with inner sphere earthed.

The capacitance of the system is
a
4  ab 4 b2 b
(A) (B)
ba ba
(C) 4 0 (b + a) (D) none of these

9. The expression for the equivalent capacitance of the system shown above is a
d
(A is the cross-sectional area of one of the plates)
ε A 3 ε0 A ε A a
(A) 0 (B) (C) 0 (D) None of the above. d

3d d 6d
a
d

3A

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CPP
ELECTROSTATICS -SHEET: 13(Lecture – 12)
ANSWER KEY
LEVEL - I
1. 8/3 F
2. 2C
3. (n - 1)C

4. Simplification of circuit in steps gives 5 10 5

X
5 10

10
10 10
Y
5. B
5. Let C1 and C2 be the individual capacitance
then C1 + C2 = 16 . . . .(i)
C1C2
=3 . . . . (ii)
C1  C2
From (i) and (ii) C1 = 12 F, C2 = 4F
6. A
7. A
7. Initial capacitance = C1 = 0A/d
0 A
Final capacitance = C2 = (Here x = 3.5 mm and t = 4 mm)
1
d  t(1  )  x
r
As C1 = C2 , hence equating the values, we get
t 4
r = = 8
t  x 4  3.5
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. B.
The network is equivalent to therefore
equivalent capacitance
[2C series C]
=
[C series 2C]
 2C  C  4C
= 2 
 2C  C  3

LEVEL – II
1. 2C
36
2. mF
13
3. Cx  C( 5  1) / 2  0.62 C. Since the chain is infinite, all the links beginning with the second can be replaced
by the capacitance Cx equal to the sought one.

4. Let C be the capacitance of each capacitor

C
Then 6 =  C = 30 F
5
If these are connected in parallel, then equivalent capacitance will be maximum.
 C   30 x 5  150  F
 Hence (C) is correct.

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5. (A)
5. Series combination
1 1 1
  
C 4 0 a 4 0 b
1 1 1 1
    
C 40a  a b 
4 0 ab 4  0
 C 
ab 1 1

a b
6. (A)
6. Equivalent circuit can be drawn as
C C 2/3C C
2C
2C
C C
C

C C

C C C C

2C 2C
 8/3C C 
C C 19C/11

C
79
Equivalent capacitance = C.
30
7. (C)
8. B
8. The potential on the outer sphere is V
(assume). Thus we can consider two 1
capacitors between the outer sphere and a b
inner sphere C1 and outer sphere and earth
C2 . These two capacitors are in parallel.
ab C1
C2 C1
Thus, C1 = 4 0
ba 2 C2
C2 = 4 0 b
ab
C = 40 + 4 0 b
ba
4 b2
 C=
ba
9. The three capacitors are in parallel.
 Equivalent capacitance
C = C1+ C2+C3
 0 A 0 A 0 A
=  
d 2d 3d
 A  1 1  11  0 A 
= 0 1    = . 
d  2 3 6  d 
 Hence (D) is correct.

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