CHAMP-2024

PHYSICS PRACTICE SESSION

ONLY QUESTIONS
TARGET : JEE (Main) 2024
NO. 18
SYLLABUS : CAPACITANCE

SECTION - I
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
This section contains 15 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4) for its
answer, out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

1. A 20 F capacitor is charged by a battery of e.m.f. 100 volts. The energy stored in the capacitor will be:
(A) 0.1 J (B) 0.2 mJ (C) 0.4 mJ (D) 0.5 J

2. Two circular plates of radius R are kept at distance h to make a parallel plate capacitor as shown in
figure. Then the capacitance of this capacitor is.

 0 R 2  0 2 R 20 2R 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
h h h

3. A capacitor of capacitance 1 F has initial charge 10 C. Now it is connected to a source of voltage
20 volt. The charge in steady state on the capacitor is :

(A) 10 C (B) 20 C (C) 30 C (D) none of these

4. The charge on the capacitor in steady state will be:

(A) 1 c (B) 2 c (C) 0 (D) 0.5 c

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5. The potential at point A in the following circuit in steady state is (Assume initially capacitors have no
charge)

(A) 5V (B) 8V (C) 4V (D) 2V

6. An initially uncharged capacitor is connected for a long time in the circuit shown in figure. The battery is
ideal. The potential difference across the capacitor after long time is :

5
(A) 1 V (B) V (C) 6V (D) 3V
2

7. N identical capacitors are connected in parallel to a potential difference V. These capacitors are then
reconnected in series such that positively charged plate of one capacitor is connected to negatively
charged plate of the other, their charges being left undisturbed. The potential difference obtained is :

(A) zero (B) (N - 1) V (C) N V (D) N2V

8. A, B, C, D, E, F are conducting plates each of area A and any two consecutive plates separated by a
distance d. The net energy stored in the system after the switch S is closed is:

3 0 A 2 5 0 A 2 0 A 2 0 A 2
(A) V (B) V (C) V (D) V
2d 12d 2d d

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9. 10 identical capacitors are connected as shown. The capacitance of each capacitor is 30 F. Find the
equivalent capacitance between A and B.

A B
(A) 30 F (B) 60 F (C) 120 F (D) 

10. Figure shows an uncharged capactior connected in series with a resistor R and ideal battery. At t = 0
switch Sw is closed and it is observed that when charge on capacitor is 75% of maximum value then
current in the circuit is 1A, then value of R is :
R

20V 1µF

Sw
(A) 1  (B) 10  (C) 5  (D) can't be determined

11. Initially the capacitor is uncharged. The charge on capacitor (in C) in steady state is :

(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 24

12. In the circuit shown the capacitor of capacitance C is initially uncharged. Now the capacitor is
connected in the circuit as shown. The charge passed through an imaginary circular loop parallel to the
plates (also circular) and having the area equal to half of the area of the plates, in one time constant is:

 1 C  1 C
(A) C 1    (B) 1   (C) (D) zero
 e 2  e 4

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13. An isolated parallel plate capacitor has circular plates of radius 4cm. If the gap is filled with a partially
conducting material having some dielectric constant and conductivity 5 × 10–14 –1 m–1. When the
capacitor is charged to a surface density of 15 C/cm2 the initial current between the plates is 1A. If
total joule heating produced is 7500 J, the separation of the capacitor plates is :
(A) 4 mm (B) 5 mm (C) 3 mm (D) 6 mm

14. A parallel plate capacitor (without dielectric) is charged by a battery and kept connected to the battery.
A dielectric slab of dielectric constant ' k ' is inserted between the plates fully occupying the space
between the plates. The energy density of electric field between the plates will:
(A) increase k2 times (B) decrease k2 times
(C) increase k times (D) decrease k times

15. An uncharged parallel plate capacitor is connected to a battery. The electric field between the plates is
10V/m. Now a dielectric of dielectric constant 2 is inserted between the plates filling the entire space.
The electric field between the plates now is
(A) 5 V/m (B) 20 V/m (C) 10 V/m (D) none of these

SECTION-II
(NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE QUESTIONS)
This section contains 5 Questions. The answer to each question is NUMERICAL VALUE with twodigit integer
and decimal upto one digit.

16. Consider a huge charge reservoir at potential V = 2000 volts. A spherical capacitor C1 = 40nF is
brought in contact with the charge reservoir and then removed. Next another spherical capacitor
C2 = 30nF is brought in contact with C1 and removed. We repeat this process a large number of times.

Assume that potential of reservoir does not change during this exercise. Then the charge (in C) on C2

after a very long time is?

17. Initial charges (with proper sign) on the plates of two identical capacitors, each of 1 F, are as shown.
When both S1 and S2 are closed, the potential difference between A and B in volts will finally become

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18. Two metallic spheres each of radius R separated by a large distance and connected with a battery of
q
emf  as shown. In the electric equilibrium the charge on the spheres are +q and –q. If K  ,
20 R 

find the value of K.

+q –q

R R

19. In the circuit diagram shown in the figure, the capacitor of capacitance C = 1F is uncharged when key k
is open. The key is closed for time during which capacitor becomes charged to a voltage v = 1 volt. The
amount of heat liberated during this time in the resistor of resistance R2 = 2 is Q2 in joules. The emf of

the source is  = 5.5 volt and its internal resistance can be neglected find the value of Q2. The value of

R1 = 3 :

20. Two metallic circular plates each of radius r and are placed at a distance d apart and with its
capacitance 400 F (d << r). If a circular plate of half the radius and thickness 'd' of relative permittivity
6 is placed coaxially between the plates of the capacitor then its new capacitance is. 100 XF. Fill 'X' in
your answer sheet.

ANSWER KEY OF DPP NO. 18

1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (D)
6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (B) 10. (C)
11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (C)
16. 60 17. 40 18. 1 19. 3 20. 9

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