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TIME: TOPIC – CAPACITANCE MARKS:81

1. Two capacitors C1 and C 2 are connected in a circuit as shown in figure. The potential difference
V A
 VB  is:

(a) 8 V (b) – 8 V (c) 12 V (d) – 12 V

2. Find the charge on the capacitor C in the following circuit:

(a) 12C (b) 14C (c) 20C (d) 18C

3. The resultant capacitor between A and B in the fig. is:

(a) 1F (b) 10 F (c) 50 F (d) 1.5 F

4. Total capacity of the system of capacitors shown in the following figure between the points A and B
is:

(a) 1F (b) 2 F (c) 3 F (d) 4 F

5. Four capacitors with capacitances C1  1F , C 2  1.5 F , C3  2.5 F and C 4  0.5 F are connected
as shown and are connected to a 30 volt source. The potential difference between points a and b is:

(a) 5 V (b) 9 V (c) 10 V (d) 13 V

6. Five identical capacitors, each with capacitance C are connected as in the figure. Then, the
equivalent capacitance between A and B is:

(a) C (b) 5C (c) C/5 (d) 3C

7. There is an air – filled 1pF parallel plate capacitor. When the plate separation is doubled and the
space is filled with wax, the capacitance increases to 2 pF. The dielectric constant of wax is:
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

8. For the section AB of a circuit shown in figure of the C1  1F, C2  2 F , E = 10 V and the potential
difference VA  VB  10V . Then the charge on capacitor C1 is:

(a) zero C (b)  20 3 C (c)  40 3 C (d) none of these

9. For the circuit shown in the figure, the charge on 4 F capacitor is:

(a) 30 C (b) 40 C (c) 24 C (d) 54 C

10. Four identical capacitors are connected in series with a 10 V battery as shown. The point N is
earthed. The potentials of points A and B are:

(a) 10 V, 0 V (b) 7.5 V, – 2.5 V (c) 5 V, –5 V (d) 7.5 V, 2.5 V

11. A parallel plate condenser is filled with two dielectrics as shown in figure. Area of each plate is A
metre2 and the separation is d meter. The dielectric constants are K 1 and K 2 respectively. Its
capacitance in farad will be:

0 A 0 A  K1  K 2  0 A  A  K  K2 
(a)  K1  K 2  (b)   (c) 2  K1  K 2  (d) 0  1 
d d  2  d d  2 
12. Five capacitors of 10 F capacity each are connected to a DC potential of 100 volts as shown in
figure. The equivalent capacitance between the points A and B will be equal to:

(a) 40 F (b) 20 F (c) 30 F (d) 10 F

13. Two batteries, two resistors and two condensers are connected as shown in figure. The charge on
2 F capacitor is:

(a) 30 C (b) 20 C (c) 25 C (d) 48 C

14. In the condenser shown in the circuit is charged to 5 V and left in the circuit, in 12 sec the charge on
the condenser will become:

10 e 10 e2
(a) coulomb (b) coulomb (c) coulomb (d) coulomb
e 10 e2 10

15. Six identical capacitors each of 1 F are joined in parallel and the combination is put across a battery
of emf 2 volt. Now, the battery is disconnected and the capacitors are joined in series. The total
energy and the potential difference across the series combination is:
(a) 2 J and 2 V (b) 2 J and 12 V (c) 12 J and 2V (d) 12 J and 12 V

16. A parallel plate capacitor of capacity 100 F is charged by a battery 50 volt. The battery remains
connected and if the plates of the capacitor the separated so that the distance between them becomes
double the original distance, the additional energy (in joule) given to the battery by the capacitor is:
1.25  103
(a) (b) 12.5  10 3 (c) 1.25  10 3 (d) 0.125 10 3
2

17. A capacitor of capacity 10 F is charged to 40 volt and a second capacitor of capacity 15 F is

charged to 30 volt. If they are connected in parallel the amount of charge that flows from the smaller
capacitor to the higher capacitor (in C ) is:
(a) 320 (b) 60 (c) 200 (d) 250
18. A parallel plate capacitor C 0 is charged to a potential V0 . The energy stored in the capacitor when
the battery is disconnected and the plate separation is doubled is E1 . The energy stored in the
capacitor when the charging battery is kept connected and the separation between the capacitor plates
is doubled is E 2 . Then E1 / E 2 is:
(a) 4 (b) 3/2 (c) 2 (d) ½

19. A sheet of aluminum foil of negligible thickness is introduced between the plates of a capacitor. The
capacitance of capacitor:
(a) increases (b) decreases (c) become infinite (d) remains unchanged

20. A spherical drop of capacitance 1 F is broken into eight drops of equal radius. The capacity of each
small drop is:
1 1 1 1
(a) F (b) F (c) F (d) F
2 4 8 16

21. All the six capacitor shown in the circuit are identical. Each can withstand maximum 200 volt
between its terminals. The maximum voltage that can be applied safely between A and B is:

(a) 800 V (b) 400 V (c) 1200 V (d) 200 V

22. A capacitor of 2.5 F is charged through a resistance of 4 M . In how much time will potential drop
across capacitor will become 3 times that of resistor ? (log 2 = 0.693)
(a) 13.86 sec (b) 6. 93 sec (c) 1.386 sec (d) 69.3 sec

23. Given R 1  1, R 2  2, C1  2F, C 2  4F . The time constants (in s ) for the circuits I, II and III
are respectively.

8 8 8 8
(a) 18, , 4 (b) 18, 4, (c) 4, ,18 (d) ,18, 4
9 9 9 9

24. A parallel plate air capacitor has a capacitance C. When it is half filled with a dielectric constant 5,
the percentage increase in the capacitance will be:
(a) 400% (b) 66.6% (c) 33.3% (d) 200%
25. A gang capacitor is formed by inter locking a number of plates as shown in the figure. The distance
between the consecutive plates is 0.885cm and the overlapping area of the plates in 5cm2 . The
capacity of the unit is:

(a) 1.06 pF (b) 4 pF (c) 6.36 pF (d) 12.72 pF

26. The combined capacitance of the arrangement shown in the adjoining figure (in F ) is:

30 8
(a) (b) (c) 4 (d) 1
11 11

27. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 1 pF has separation between the plates as d. when the
distance of separation becomes 2d and wax dielectric constant x is inserted in it, the capacitance
becomes 2 pF. What is the value of x?
(a) 2 pF (b) 4 pF (c) 6 pF (d) 8 pF
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CAPACITANCE (ANSWER KEY)

1. b 2. d 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. a 7. b

8. c 9. c 10. b 11. b 12. d 13. a 14. a

15. d 16. a 17. b 18. d 19. a 20. b 21. a

22. b 23. b 24. c 25. b 26. d 27. a

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