Capacitance Fiitjee
Capacitance Fiitjee
Capacitance Fiitjee
A 3. (i) Calculate the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor having 20 cm × 20 cm square metal
plates which are separated by a distance 8.85 mm.
(ii) If the plates contain equal but opposite charge of magnitude 20C. then find out energy stored
between the plates of capacitor.
A 4. An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor is to be constructed which can store 12 C of charge when operated at
1200 V. What can be the minimum plate area of the capacitor? The dielectric strength of air is 3 × 106 V/m.
A 5. Plate A of a parallel air filled capacitor is connected to a spring having
force constant k and plate B is fixed. If a charge + q is placed on plate
A and charge – q on plate B then find out extension in the spring in
equilibrium. Assume area of plate is ‘A’.
A 7. Work done in placing a charge of 8 × 10–18 C on a condenser of capacity 100 microfarad is-
(A) 16 × 10–32 J (B) 3.1 × 10–26 J (C) 4 × 10–10 J (D) 32 × 10–32 J
A 8. If two conducting spheres are separately charged and then brought in contact:
(A) The total energy of the two spheres is conserved
(B) The total charge of the two spheres is conserved
(C) Both the total energy and charge are conserved
(D) The final potential is always the mean of the original potential of the two spheres
A 9. The radii of two metallic spheres are 5 cm and 10 cm and both carry equal charge of 75C. If the two spheres
are shorted then charge will be transferred–
(A) 25 C from smaller to bigger (B) 25 C from bigger to smaller
(C) 50 C from smaller to bigger (D) 50 C from bigger to smaller
A 10. Two isolated charged metallic spheres of radii R1 and R2 having charges Q1 and Q2 respectively are connected
to each other, then there is:
(A) No change in the energy of the system
(B) An increase in the energy of the system
(C) Always a decrease in the energy of the system
(D) A decrease in energy of the system until q1 R2 = q2 R1
A 16. A parallel plate capacitor is charged and then isolated. On increasing the plate separation–
Charge Potential Capacity
(A) remains constant remains constant decreases
(B) remains constant increases decreases
(C) remains constant decreases increases
(D) increases increases decreases
A 17. Two isolated metallic solid spheres of radii R and 2R are charged such that both of these have same
charge density . The spheres are located far away from each other, and connected by a thin conducting
wire. Then the new charge density on the bigger sphere is.
5 5 7 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 3 6 3
SECTION B : CIRCUITS WITH CAPACITOR AND USE OF KCL AND KVL
B 1. A capacitance C, a resistance R and an emf are connected in series at t = 0. What is the maximum value
of
(a) the potential difference across the resistor, (b) the current in the circuit,
(c) the potential difference across the capacitor, (d) the energy stored in the capacitors.
(e) the power delivered by the battery and (f) the power converted into heat.
B 2. A parallel-plate capacitor with the plate area 100 cm 2 and the separation between the plates
1.0 cm is connected across a battery of emf 24 volts. Find the force of attraction between the plates.
B 6. Find the potential difference Va – Vb between the points a and b shown in each part of the figure.
B 8. A capacitor with stored energy 4.0 J is connected with and identical capacitor with no electric field in
between. Find the total energy stored in the two capacitors finally.
B 9. A 5.0 F capacitor is charged to 12 V. The positive plate of this capacitor is now connected to the negative
terminal of a 12 V battery and vice versa. Calculate the heat developed in the connecting wires.
B 11. The lower plate of a parallel plate capacitor supported on a rigid rod.
The upper plate is suspended from one end of a balance. The two
plates are joined together by a thin wire and subsequently disconnected.
The balance is then counterpoised. Now a voltage V = 5000 volt is
applied between the plates. The distance between the plates is d = 5
mm and the area of each plate is A = 100 cm 2. Then find out the
additional mass placed to maintain balance. [All the elements other
than plates are massless and nonconducting]
B 12. The final potential difference between the plates of condenser C in the given figure will be–
V R1 R 2 V R1 R 2
(A) (B)
R1 R 2 R 3 R2
VR 2 3K 2
(C) (D)
R1 R 2 V
B 13. The magnitude of charge on either of the plates of condenser C in the adjoining circuit is-
CER 2
(A) CE (B) (R r )
1
CER 2 CER 1
(C) (R r ) (D) (R r )
2 2
B 15 The plate separation in a parallel plate condenser is d and plate area is A. If it is charged to V volt then
the work done in increasing the plate separation to 2d will be –
3 0 AV 2 0 AV 2 2 0 AV 2 0 AV 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 d d d 2d
B 16. In the adjoining diagram, the condenser C will be fully charged to potential V if -
(A) S1 and S2 both are open
(B) S1 and S2 both are closed
(C) S1 is closed and S2 is open
(D) S1 is open and S2 is closed.
B 17. Two condensers of capacitances C1 and C2 are charged to potentials V1 and V2 respectively. Energy will not
be exchanged between them when these are connected in parallel, if (plates of same polarity connected
together)
C1 C2
(A) C1V1 /= C2V2 (B) V1 = V2 (C) C1 = C2 (D) V = V
1 2
B 18. A 10F condenser is charged to a potential of 100 volt. It is now connected to another uncharged condenser.
The common potential reached is 40 volt. The capacitance of second condenser is -
(A) 2F (B) 15F (C) 10F (D) 22F
B 19. A parallel plate condenser of capacity C is connected to a battery and is charged to potential V. Another
condenser of capacity 2C is connected to another battery and is charged to potential 2V. The charging
batteries are removed and now the condensers are connected in parallel in such a way that the positive plate
of one is connected to negative plate of another. The final energy of this system is–
25CV 2 3CV 2 9CV 2
(A) zero (B) (C) (D)
6 2 2
B 20. Two parallel plate condensers of capacity of 20mF and 30mF are charged to the potentials of 30V and 20V
respectively. If likely charged plates are connected together then the common potential difference will be-
(A) 100 V (B) 50 V (C) 24 V (D) 10 V
B 21. A capacitor of capacitance C0 is charged to a potential V0 and then isolated. A capacitor C is then
charged from C0, discharged and charged again ; the process being repeated n times. Due to this,
potential of the larger capacitor is decreased to V value of C is :
(A) C0 [V0/V]1/n (B) C0[(V0/V)1/n – 1] (C) C0 [(V0/V) – 1] (D) C0 [(V/V0)n + 1]
C 4. If you have several 2.0 F capacitors, each capable of withstanding 200 volts without breakdown, how
would you assemble a combination having an equivalent capacitance of;
(a) 0.40 F or of
(b) 1.2 F, capable of withstanding 1000 volts.
C 7. Find the potential difference Va – Vb between the points a and b shown in each part of the figure.
C 8. Convince yourself that parts (a), (b) and (c) of figure are identical. Find the capacitance between the point A
and B of the assembly.
C 11. (i) Find the charge appearing on each of the three capacitors shown in figure.
(ii) Find out total work done by the battery during charging process.
C 12. Three condensers C1, C2 and C3 are connected to a 100 Volt D.C. source as shown in the figure. If the
charges stored on the plates of C1, C2. and C3 are qa, qb and qc, qd and qe, qf respectively, then
100
(A) qb + qd + qf = Coulomb
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(B) qb + qd + qf = 0
(C) qb = qd = qf
(D) qa + qc + qe = 50 Coulomb
C 14. The minimum number of condensers each of capacitance of 2F, in order to obtain resultant capacitance of
5F will be-
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 10
C 15. How the seven condensers, each of capacity 2F, should be connected in order to obtain a resultant capacity
10
of F?
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C 16. The potential difference between the points P and Q in the adjoining circuit will be-
(C1C 4 C 2 C3 ) E C 2C 3 E
(A) (C C ) (C C ) (B) C C (C C )
1 3 2 4 1 2 3 4
(C 2 C3 C1C 4 ) E (C 2C 3 C1C 4 ) E
(C) (C C ) (C C ) (D) (C C C C )
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
C
(A) C (B) (C) 2C (D) 3C
2
C 19. In the above problem the equivalent capacity between the points C and D will be-
(A) C (B) 2C (C) 3C (D) 4C
C 20. In the above problem the equivalent capacity between the points A and D will be-
(A) C (B) 2C (C) 8C/5 (D) 5C/8
(i) Charge on C1 :
(A) 10 C (B) 20 C (C) 50 C (D) 5 C
(ii) Charge on C5 :
(A) 10 C (B) 20 C (C) 50 C (D) 5 C
C 28. Five capacitors together with their capacitances are shown in the
adjoining figure. The potential difference between the points A and
B is 60 volt. The equivalent capacitance between the point A and B
and charge on capacitor 5F will be respectively –
(A) 44 F, 30 C (B) 16 F, 150 C
(C) 15 F, 200 C (D) 4 F, 50 C
C 30. In the battery of capacitors shown, all the capacitors have equal capacitances. Then the equivalent
capacitance of the system across the terminals A and B :
8C
(A) (B) 2C
3
C
(C) (D) None of these
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(ii) If a potential difference of 48 V is applied across points a and b, then charge on the
capacitor C3 at steady state condition will be :
(A) 8 F (B) 16 C (C) 32 C (D) 64 C
D 3. A capacitor of capacitance 100 F is connected across a battery of emf 6.0 V through a resistance of 20 k
for 4.0 s. The battery is then replaced by a thick wire. What will be the charge on the capacitor 4.0 s after the
battery is disconnected ?
D 4. The electric field between the plates of a parallel–plate capacitance 2.0 F drops to one third of its initial
value in 4.4 s when the plates are connected by a thin wire. Find the resistance of the wire.
D 5. A capacitor charged to 50 V is discharged by connecting the two plates at t = 0. If the potential difference
across the plates drops to 1.0 V at t = 10 ms, what will be the potential difference at t = 20 ms ?
D 6. A 5.0 F capacitor having a charge of 20 C is discharge through a wire of resistance 5.0 . Find the that
dissipated in the wire between 25 to 50 s after the connections are made.
D 7. A capacitor of capacity 1 F is connected in closed series circuit with a resistance of 107 ohms, an
open key and a cell of 2 V with negligible internal resistance:
(i) When the key is switched on at time t = 0, find;
(a) The time constant for the circuit.
(b) The charge on the capacitor at steady state.
(c) Time taken to deposit charge equal to half that at steady state.
(ii) If after fully charging the capacitor, the cell is shorted by zero resistance at time t = 0,
find the charge on the capacitor at t = 50 s.
D 8. A 100 F capacitor is charged to 200 volt. It is discharged through a 2 ohm resistance. The amount of heat
generated will be-
(A) 2 Joule (B) 4 Joule (C) 0.2 Joule (D) 0.4 Joule
D 9. A 3 mega ohm resistor and 1 F capacitor are connected in a single loop circuit with a constant source
of 4 volt. At one second after the connection is made what are the rates at which;
(i) the charge on the capacitor is increasing.
(A) 4(1 e 1/ 3 ) C/s (B) 4e 1/ 3 C/s
4 1/ 3 4
(C) e C/s (D) (1 e 1 / 3 ) J/s
3 3
(ii) energy is being stored in the capacitor.
16 16
(A) (1 e 1/ 3 )e 1 / 3 J/s (B) (1 e 2 / 3 ) J/s
3 3
16 2 / 3
(C) e J/s (D) None of these
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(iii) joule heat is appearing in the resistor.
16 1/ 3 1 1/ 3
(A) e J/s (B) e J/s
3 2
16 16
(C) (1 e 2 / 3 ) m J/s (D) (1 e 1/ 3 )2 J/s
3 3
(iv) energy is being delivered by the source.
(A) 16(1 e1/ 3 ) C/s (B) 16 C/s
16 1 / 3 16
(C) e C/s (D) (1 e1/ 3 ) J/s
3 3
D 10*. The charge on the capacitor in two different RC circuits 1 and 2 are plotted as shown in figure. Choose
the correct statement(s) related to the two circuits. q
(A) Both the capacitors are charged to the same
magnitude of charge 1
qmax
(B) The emf's of cells in both the circuits are equal. 2
(C) The emf's of the cells may be different
(D) The emf E1 is more than E2 O t
D 11*. The instantaneous charge on a capacitor in two discharging RC circuits is plotted with respect to time
in figure. Choose the correct statement(s) (where E1 and E2 are emf of two DC sources in two different
charging circuits). q
R1 C 2
(A) R1C1 > R2C2 (B) R C qmax
2 1 1
(C) R1 > R2 if E1 = E2 (D) C2 > C1 if E1 = E2 2
O t
D 12. A parallel-plate capacitor with plate area 20 cm2 and plate separation 1.0 mm is connected to a battery. The
resistance of the circuit is 10 k, then the time constant of the circuit is :
(A) 0.18 s (B) 0.36 s (C) 1 s (D) None of these
D 13. A 20 F capacitor is joined to a battery of emf 6.0 V through a resistance of 100 , then the charge on the
capacitor 2.0 ms after the connections are made is :
(A) 120 C (B) 66 C (C) 76 C (D) 146 C
D 14. The plates of a capacitor of capacitance 10 F, charged to 60 C, are joined together by a wire of resistance
10 at t = 0, then
2 2 2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4R 2R R R
(ii) time at which the rate has this maximum value is
1
(A) 2CR ln2 (B) CR ln2 (C) CR ln2 (D) 3CR ln2
2
D 18. Charge on the capacitor in the given circuit in steady state condition is:
(A) 12 C (B) 15 C
(C) 18 C (D) 6 C
D 19. A network of capacitors and resistances is shown. Current in the circuit immediately after key K is
closed and after a long time interval is :
E E E E
(A) R , R R (B) R R , R R
1 1 3 1 3
R1 2 3
R2 R3
E E E
(C) Zero , R (D) R 2 R 3 , R1
1
R1
R2 R3
D 20. Fig. shows two identical parallel plate capacitors connected to a battery with switch S closed. The
switch is now opened and the free space between the plates of the capacitors is filled with a dielectric
of dielectric constant (or relative permittivity) 3. Then the ratio of the total electrostatic energy stored in
both capacitors before and after the introduction of the dielectric.
2
(A) 1 (B)
5
3 5
(C) (D)
5 3
D 21*. Two capacitors of 2 F & 3 F are charged to 150 volt & 120 volt respectively. The plates of a capacitor
are connected as shown in the fig. A discharged capacitor of capacity 1.5 F falls to the free ends of
the wire. Then:
(A) Charge on the 1.5 F capacitor will become is 180 C.
(B) Charge on the 2 F capacitor will become 120 C.
(C) +Ve charge flows through A from left to right.
(D) +Ve charge flows through A from right to left.
D 22. An electric circuit is as shown in the figure. The cells are of negligible
internal resistances. Find : (in steady state)
E 4. Hard rubber has a dielectric constant of 2.8 and a dielectric strength of 18 x 106 volts/meter. If it is used
as the dielectric material filling the full space in a parallel plate capacitor. What minimum area may the
plates of the capacitor have in order that the capacitance be 7.0 x 102 f and that the capacitor be able
to withstand a potential difference of 4000 volts.
E 5. Two parallel plate air capacitors filling the full space C were connected in series to a battery with e.m.f.
. Then one of the capacitors was filled up with uniform dielectric with relative permittivity k. How many
times did the electric field strength in that capacitor decrease? What amount of charge flows through
the battery?
E 7. Find the capacitances of the capacitors shown in figure. The plates area is A and the separation between the
plates is d. Different dielectric slabs in a particular part of the figure are of the same thickness and the entire
gap between the plates is field with the dielectric slabs.
E 9. The capacitance of a condenser A is 1F. It is filled with a medium of dielectric constant 15. The capacitance
of another condenser B is 1F. Both are separately charged by a battery of 100V. After charging the two
condenser are connected in parallel without battery and without dielectric. The common potential will be-
(A) 400 V (B) 800 V (C) 1200 V (D) 1600 V
E 10. Two metal plates form a parallel plate condenser. The distance between the plates is d. A metal plate of
thickness d/2 and of the same area is inserted completely between the plates. The ratio of capacitances in
the two cases (later to initial) is :
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 1 : 1 (D) 1 : 4
E 11. On placing a dielectric slab between the plates of an isolated charged condenser its–
Capacity Charge Potential Difference Energy stored Electric field
(A) decreases remains decreases increases increases
unchanged
(B) increases remains increases increases decreases
unchanged
(C) increased remains decreases decreases decreases
unchanged
(D) decreases remains decreases increases remains
unchanged unchanged
E 12*. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor with no dielectric are connected to a voltage source. Now a
dielectric of dielectric constant K is inserted to fill the whole space between the plates with voltage
source remaining connected to the capacitor.
(A) the energy stored in the capacitor will become Kfold
(B) the electric field inside the capacitor will decrease to Ktimes
(C) the force of attraction between the plates will increase to K2 – times
(D) the charge on the capacitor will increase to Ktimes
E 13. In the adjoining diagram the capacitors C1 and C2 are connected
to a battery. Air is filled between the plates of C1 and a dielectric
is filled between the plates C2, then -
(A) q1 < q2 (B) q1 > q2
(C) q1 + q2 (D) None of these
E 14. A battery of 100 V is connected to a series combination of two similar parallel plate condensers. If dielectric
of constant 4 is slipped between the plates of second condenser, then the potential differences on the
condensers will respectively become-
(A) 75 V, 25 V (B) 50 V, 80 V (C) 80 V, 20 V (D) 20 V, 80 V.
E 15. In the above problem if the battery is disconnected before inserting the dielectric, then potential difference will
be-
1
(A) V (B) 2V (C) 4V (D) 32V
2
E 16. A parallel plate condenser with plate separation d is charged with the help of a battery so that U0 energy is
stored in the system. A plate of dielectric constant K and thickness d is placed between the plates of
condenser while battery remains connected. The new energy of the system will be-
U0 U0
(A) KU0 (B) K2U0 (C) (D)
K K2
4d K 1K 2K 4K 3
(C) C = A (D) C =
0 4d
E 19. A parallel plate capacitor without any dielectric has capacitance C0. A dielectric slab is made up of two
dielectric slabs of dielectric constants K and 2K and is of same dimensions as that of capacitor plates
and both the parts are of equal dimensions arranged serially as shown. If this dielectric slab is introduced
(dielectric K enters first) in between the plates at constant speed, then variation of capacitance with
time will be best represented by:
SECTION F : MISCELLANEOUS
F 1. A variable air capacitor is made of 13 semicircular aluminium plates 4 cm in diameter. Find its maximum
capacitance in F, if alternate plates are connected together for positive polarity and the remaining
plates for the negative polarity. Assume the air gap between the plates to be 0.3 mm.
F 2. Two parallel plate capacitors with different distances between the plates are connected in parallel to a
voltage source. A point positive charge Q is moved from a point 1 that is exactly in the middle between
the plates of a capacitor C1 to a point 2 (or a capacitor C2) that lies at a distance from the negative plate
of C2 equal to half the distance between the plates of C1. Is any work done in the process? If yes,
calculate the work done by the field if potential at 1 and 2 are V1 and V2.
F 8. A parallel plate capacitor is filled with a dielectric up to one half of the distance between the plates. The
manner in which the potential between the plates varies with distance is illustrated in the figure. Which
half (1 or 2) of the space between the plates is filled with the dielectric and what will be the distribution
of the potential after the dielectric is taken out of the capacitor provided that;
F 10. Consider the situation shown in figure. The plates of the capacitor
have plate area A and are clamped in the laboratory. The dielectric
slab is released from rest with length a inside the capacitor.
Neglecting any effect of friction or gravity, show that the slab will K d
execute periodic motion and find its time period.
a
t 2 wi 3
E 3. = , = E 4. 0.62 m2
d 3 wF 2
25
E 6 (a) 30 µC (b) 3 × 103 V/m (c) µF (d) 20µC
3
2K1K 2 0 A 3 0 A K1 K 2K 3
E 7. (a) d(K K ) (b) d (K1K 2 K 2K 3 K 3K1 )
1 2
0 A
(c) 2 d (K1 + K2)
E 8. B E 9. B E 10. A
0 A k1 k2 k3
F 4. F 5. B
d 2 k2 k3
F 6. D F 7. C
F 8. 1st part has di-electric;
(a) extend graph of 2
(b) straight line joining points A and B
0b 2 (K 1) ( a)md
F 9. F 10. 8
2dg 0 A 2 (K 1)