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Worksheet - 02
TOPIC – POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE
1. A capacitor of capacitance C has a charge Q and stored energy W. If the charge is increased
to 2Q, the stored energy will be
(a) 𝑊 / 4 (b) 𝑊 / 2 (c) 2W (d) 4W
2. A battery is used to charge a capacitor till the potential difference between the plates become
equal to the emf (V) of the battery. The ratio of the energy stored in the capacitor to the work
done by the battery will be.
(a) ½ (b) 2 (c) ¼ (d) 4
3. The electric potential V at any point (x,y,z) in space is given by

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V=3x2 where x,y,z are all in metre. The electric field at the point (1m,0,2m) is
(a) 6V/m along -x axis
(b) 6V/m along +x axis
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(d) 1.5V/m along +x axis
4.A parallel plate capacitor with oil in between the plates (dielectric constant of oil is 2) has a
capacitance ‘C’. If the oil is removed, what will be the new capacitance
(a) 𝐶 √2 (b) 𝐶 / 2 (c)2𝐶
5. A metallic sphere has a charge of 10μC. A unit negative charge is brought from point A to
another point B both 100cm away from the sphere, but A being east of it while B being on west.
(d) √2 𝐶
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The net work done is
(a) 2/ 10 J (b) – 1/ 10 𝐽 (c) Zero (d) Data
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6. A parallel plate air capacitor having a capacitance ‘C’ is half-filled by a medium of dielectric
constant 5. What % change will be there in the capacitance of the capacitor?
(a) 200% increase (b) 400% decrease (c) 400% increase (d) 66.6%
increase
7. Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have same plate area and same separation between the
plates. X has air between the plates and Y has a dielectric medium of K=4. When they are
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connected in series with a source of 12V, what is the ratio of energies stored in X to Y
(a) 1:4 (b) 8:1 (c) 4:1 (d)N.O.T
8. An electric charge 10-3 µC is placed at the origin (0,0) of (x, y) co-ordinate system. Two points
A and B are situated at (√2, √2) and (2,0) respectively. The potential difference between the
points A and B will be
(a) 4.5 V (b) Zero (c) 2.0V (d) 9.0V
9. Two identical metal plates are given positive charges q1 and q2 (q1> q2). If they are now
brought near to each other to form a capacitor with capacitance C, what will be the potential
difference between the plates?
(a) (q1+q2)/2C (b) (q1+q2)/C (c) (q1 – q2)/C (d) (q1-q2)/2C
10. The capacitance C of a capacitor is :-
(a) independent of the charge and potential of the capacitor.
(b) dependent on the charge and independent of potential.
(c) independent of the geometrical configuration of the capacitor.
 (d) independent of the dielectric medium between the two conducting surfaces of the capacitor.
11.capacitors are used in electrical circuits where appliances need rapid :
(a) Current (b) Voltage (c) Watt (d) Resistance
12. n uncharged capacitor is connected to a battery. On charging the capacitor :-
(a) all the energy supplied is stored in the capacitor.
(b) half the energy supplied is stored in the capacitor.
(c) the energy stored depends upon the capacity of the capacitor only.
(d) the energy stored depends upon the time for which the capacitor is charged.
13. A charged parallel plate capacitor of distance (d) has U energy. A slab of dielectric constant
(K) and thickness (d) is then introduced between the plates of the capacitor. The new energy of
the system is given by .
(a) KU (b)K 2 U (c) Uo /K (d) UO/k2
14 .A parallel plate capacitor is connected with a battery whose potential difference remains
constant . If the plates of the capacitor are shifted apart then the intensity of electric field :

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(a) decreases and charge on plates also decreases.
(b) remains constant but charge on plates decreases.
(c) remains constant but charge on the plates increases.
(d) increases but charge on the plates decreases.

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15. In an adjoining figure three capacitors C1 , C2 and C3 are joined to a battery. The correct
condition will be :
(1) Q1 = Q2 = Q3 and V1 = V2 = V3 = V

(3) Q1 = Q2 + Q3 and V = V1 + V2
(2) Q1 = Q2 + Q3 and V = V1 + V2 +

(4) Q2 = Q3 and V2 = V3
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16.The equivalent capacitance b/w A and B will be.
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a) 2/ 3 µF (b) 5/ 3 µF (c) 8/ 3 µF (d) 7/3 µF

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(a) (1/2) (b) 1 µF (c) 2 µF (d) 1.33 µF

18. A circuit has a section AB as shown in the figure with E = 10 V, C1 = 1.0 µF, C2 = 2.0 µF and
the potential difference VA –VA = 5 V. The voltage across C1 is :
(a) zero (b) 5 V (c) 10 V (d) 15 V

19. Two spheres of radii R1 and R2 having equal charges are joined together with a copper wire.
If V is the potential of each sphere after they are separated from each other, then the initial
charge on both spheres was.
(a)V(R1+R2)/K (b) V(R1+R2)/2K (c) V(R1+R2)/3K (d) N.O.T
20.In the circuit diagram shown all the capacitors are in µF. The equivalent capacitance
between points A & B is.
a.14/5 b.7.5 c.3/7 d.N.O.T

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21. Two capacitances C1 and C2 in a circuit are joined as shown in figure The potential of point
A is V1 and that of B is V2 . The potential of point D will be.
(a)( V1 + V2)/2
C2V2)/ (C1 + C2)
(b) (C2V1 + C1V2)/2 (c) (C2V1 + C1V2)/ (C1 + C2) (d) (C1V1 +
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22. In the given circuit, the potential difference across 3 µF capacitor will be :
(a) 16 V (b) 10 V (c) 6V (d) 4V
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23. If a potential of A is 10 volt , then the potential of B is.

(a) 100/3 (b) 25/3 (c) 50/3 (d) 50

24. Capacitance C1 = 2C2 = 2C3 and potential difference across C1 , C2 and C3 are V1 , V2 and
V3respectively then.
(a) 20 µ (b) 30 µF (c) 10 µF (d) 40 µF
25. If potential difference across a capacitor is changed from 15 V to 30 V, work done is W. The
work done when potential difference is changed from 30 V to 60 V, will be :
(a) W (b) 4W (c) 3 W (d) 2 W
26. series combination of n1 capacitors, each of value C1 , is charged by a source of potential
difference 4V. When another parallel combination of n2 capacitors, each of value C2 , is charged
by a source of potential difference V, it has the same (total) energy stored in it, as the first
combination has. The value of C2 , in terms of C1 , is then :

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(a) 16C1/n1n2 (b) 2C1/n1n2 (c) 16C1 n2/n1 (d) 2C1n2/n1
27.A capacitor of 2µF is charged as shown in the diagram. When the switch S is turned to
position 2, the percentage of its stored energy dissipated is:

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(a) 0% (b) 20% (c) 75% (d) 80%
28. A parallel plate capacitor of area A , separation d and capacitance C is filled with four di
electric materials k1 , k2 , k3 and k4 as shown in the figure below. If a single dielectric material is
to be used to have the same capacitance C in this capacitor, then its dielectric constant k is
given by.
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29.Two parallel plate capacitors having capacitances C and 2C are connectedin parallel ,these
are charged charged to V potential difference. If the battery is now removed and a dielectric of
dielectric constant K is filled in between the plates of the capacitor C, then what will be the
potential difference across each capacitor ?
(a) V/(K+2) (b) 2V/(K+2) (c) 3V/(K+2) (d) (2 + k)V/3
30. In the given circuit if point C is connected to the earth and a potential of + 2000 V is given to
point A, then potential at B is :

(a) 1500 V (b) 1000 V (c) 500 V (d) 400 V

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