Electrostatics 957

Now the corresponding values Q, V, E and U are in

Capacitance
relation with the initially stated as
1. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser is 5 F . (a) Q  Qo (b) V  Vo
When a glass plate is placed between the plates of
(c) E  Eo (d) U  Uo
the conductor, its potential becomes 1 / 8th of the
original value. The value of dielectric constant 7. In a charged capacitor, the energy resides
will be [MP PMT 1985] [CPMT 1974; KCET 2000]
(a) 1.6 (b) 5
(a) The positive charges
(c) 8 (d) 40
(b) Both the positive and negative charges
2. A capacitor is charged by using a battery which is
then disconnected. A dielectric slab is then (c) The field between the plates
slipped between the plates, which results in (d) Around the edge of the capacitor plates
[NCERT 1980; MP PET 1995; BHU 1997] 8. The energy stored in a condenser of capacity C
(a) Reduction of charge on the plates and increase which has been raised to a potential V is given by
of potential difference across the plates
[MP PMT 1993; CPMT 1974; DCE 2002; RPET 2003]
(b) Increase in the potential difference across the 1 1
plate, reduction in stored energy, but no (a) CV (b) CV 2
2 2
change in the charge on the plates
(c) Decrease in the potential difference across the 1
(c) CV (d)
2VC
plates, reduction in the stored energy, but no
change in the charge on the plates 9. If two conducting spheres are separately charged
(d) None of the above and then brought in contact

3. The energy of a charged capacitor is given by the (a) The total energy of the two spheres is
expression ( q = charge on the conductor and C = conserved
its capacity) (b) The total charge on the two spheres is
conserved
[MP PMT 1989]
(c) Both the total energy and charge are
q2 q2
(a) (b) conserved
2C C
(d) The final potential is always the mean of the
q
(c) 2qC (d) original potentials of the two spheres
2C 2 10. Two insulated charged spheres of radii 20 cm and
4. The capacity of a condenser is 4  10 6 farad and 25 cm respectively and having an equal charge Q
its potential is 100 volts . The energy released on are connected by a copper wire, then they are
discharging it fully will be[AFMC 1988; AIIMS 1980, 84] separated
(a) 0.02 Joule (b) 0.04 Joule [NCERT 1971]

(d) 0.05 Joule (a) Both the spheres will have the same charge Q
(c) 0.025 Joule
5. The insulated spheres of radii R1 and R2 having (b) Charge on the 20 cm sphere will be greater

charges Q1 and Q2 respectively are connected to than that on the 25 cm sphere

each other. There is [NCERT 1971, 84; MP PMT 2001] (c) Charge on the 25 cm sphere will be greater
(a) No change in the energy of the system than that on the 20 cm sphere
(b) An increase in the energy of the system (d) Charge on each of the sphere will be 2Q
(c) Always a decrease in the energy of the system
11. Eight drops of mercury of equal radii possessing
(d) A decrease in the energy of the system unless equal charges combine to form a big drop. Then
Q1R2  Q2R1 the capacitance of bigger drop compared to each
6. Which one statement is correct ? A parallel plate individual small drop is
air condenser is connected with a battery. Its [MP PET 1990; MNR 1987; MP PMT 2002, 03;
charge, potential, electric field and energy
Pb. PET 2004; J & K CET 2005]
are Qo , Vo , Eo and Uo respectively. In order to fill
the complete space between the plates a dielectric (a) 8 times (b) 4 times
slab is inserted, the battery is still connected. (c) 2 times (d) 32 times
 958 Electrostatics
12. A condenser of capacity 50 F is charged to 19. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser is C .
10 volts . Its energy is equal to Its capacity when the separation between the
plates is halved will be
[CPMT 1978; MP PET 1994; MP PMT 2000]
[CPMT 1984]
(a) 2.5 10 3 joule (b) 2.5 10 4 joule
(a) 4C (b) 2C
(c) 5 10 2 joule (d) 1.2 10 8 joule C C
(c) (d)
13. The potential gradient at which the dielectric of a 2 4
condenser just gets punctured is called 20. Eight small drops, each of radius r and having
(a) Dielectric constant (b) Dielectric strength same charge q are combined to form a big drop.
(c) Dielectric resistance (d) Dielectric number The ratio between the potentials of the bigger
drop and the smaller drop is
14. A parallel plate condenser has a capacitance 50 F
in air and 110 F when immersed in an oil. The [CPMT 1983, 89; MP PMT 1989, 94]

dielectric constant ' k' of the oil is[CPMT 1985; J & K CET 2004(]a) 8 : 1 (b) 4 : 1
(a) 0.45 (b) 0.55 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 8
(c) 1.10 (d) 2.20 21. 1000 small water drops each of radius r and
15. Separation between the plates of a parallel plate charge q coalesce together to form one spherical
capacitor is d and the area of each plate is A . drop. The potential of the big drop is larger than
When a slab of material of dielectric that of the smaller drop by a factor of [CPMT 1991, 97;
constant k and thickness t(t  d) is introduced NCERT 1984; MP PMT 1996; MP PET 2002]
between the plates, its capacitance becomes (a) 1000 (b) 100
[MP PMT 1989] (c) 10 (d) 1

0 A 0 A 22. A parallel plate condenser is immersed in an oil of
(a)  1 (b)  1
d  t1   d  t1   dielectric constant 2. The field between the plates
 k   k  is [CPMT 1975]
0 A 1  0 A 1  (a) Increased proportional to 2
(c) d   (d) d   (b) Decreased proportional to 1

t1 


t1  

 k   k 2
16. The capacity of parallel plate condenser depends (c) Increased proportional to 2
on 1
(d) Decreased proportional to
[CPMT 1974; MP PMT 2000; JIPMER 2002] 2
(a) The type of metal used 23. The capacitance of a spherical condenser is 1F .
(b) The thickness of plates If the spacing between the two spheres is 1 mm ,
(c) The potential applied across the plates then the radius of the outer sphere is

(d) The separation between the plates (a) 30cm (b) 6m

(c) 5cm (d) 3m
17. The energy of a charged capacitor resides in
24. If the dielectric constant and dielectric strength
(a) The electric field only be denoted by k and x respectively, then a
(b) The magnetic field only material suitable for use as a dielectric in a
(c) Both the electric and magnetic field capacitor must have [EAMCET 1986]
(a) High k and high x (b) High k and low x
(d) Neither in electric nor magnetic field
(c) Low k and low x (d) Low k and high x
18. No current flows between two charged bodies
25. When air in a capacitor is replaced by a medium
connected together when they have the same
of dielectric constant K, the capacity
[MP PMT 1984; CPMT 1971, 83] [NCERT 1990; CPMT 1972, 82, 90; MP PMT 1993;
Q MP PET 1994; KCET 1994]
(a) Capacitance or ratio (b) Charge
V (a) Decreases K times (b) Increases K times
Q (c) Increases K times
2
(d) Remains constant
(c) Resistance (d) Potential or ratio
C 26. 64 drops each having the capacity C and
potential V are combined to form a big drop. If
 Electrostatics 959
the charge on the small drop is q , then the charge 34. The radii of two metallic spheres P and Q are r1
on the big drop will be and r2 respectively. They are given the same
[MP PET 1985; MP PET/PMT 1988; CPMT 1971] charge. If r1  r2 . then on connecting them with a
(a) 2q (b) 4 q thin wire, the charge will flow
(c) 16 q (d) 64 q (a) From P to Q
(b) From Q to P
27. The capacity of a parallel plate capacitor
increases with the (c) Neither the charge will flow from P to Q nor
from Q to P
[AFMC 1995; MH CET (Med.) 1999]
(d) The information is incomplete
(a) Decrease of its area (b) Increase of its
distance 35. A capacitor of capacity C has charge Q and
stored energy is W . If the charge is increased to
(c) Increase of its area (d) None of the above
2Q , the stored energy will be
28. The radius of two metallic spheres A and B are
r and r respectively (r  r ) . They are connected (a) 2W (b) W / 2
1 2 1 2

by a thin wire and the system is given a certain (c) 4W (d) W / 4

charge. The charge will be greater 36. Between the plates of a parallel plate condenser, a
(a) On the surface of the sphere B plate of thickness t1 and dielectric constant k1 is
placed. In the rest of the space, there is another
(b) On the surface of the sphere A
plate of thickness t2 and dielectric constant k 2 .
(c) Equal on both The potential difference across the condenser will
(d) Zero on both be [MP PET 1993]
29. The capacity of a spherical conductor in MKS Q  t1 t2  0Q  t1 t2 
(a)   
 (b)   

system is A0  k1 k 2 


A  k1 k 2 
[MP PMT 2002]
R 4 Q  k1 k 2  0Q
(a) (b) (c) A  t  t  (d)
0 

(k1t1  k2t2 )


 0 R 0  1 2  A
 The distance between the plates of a parallel plate
(c) 4 R (d) 4 R 2 37.
0 0 condenser is 4mm and potential difference
is 60 volts . If the distance between the plates is
30. Can a metal be used as a medium for dielectric [DPMT 1999]
increased to 12mm , then
(a) Yes (b) No
(a) The potential difference of the condenser will
(c) Depends on its shape (d) Depends on dielectric
become 180 volts
31. The area of each plate of a parallel plate capacitor
(b) The P.D. will become 20 volts
is 100 cm 2 and the distance between the plates
is 1mm . It is filled with mica of dielectric 6. The (c) The P.D. will remain unchanged
radius of the equivalent capacity of the sphere (d) The charge on condenser will reduce to one
will be third
(a) 47.7 m (b) 4.77 m 38. The two metallic plates of radius r are placed at a
(c) 477 m (d) None of the above distance d apart and its capacity is C . If a plate of
radius r / 2 and thickness d of dielectric constant
32. The respective radii of the two spheres of a
spherical condenser are 12 cm and 9 cm . The 6 is placed between the plates of the condenser,
then its capacity will be
dielectric constant of the medium between them
is 6. The capacity of the condenser will be (a) 7C
[M/ P
2 PET 1993] (b) 3C / 7

(a) 240 pF (b) 240 F (c) 7C / 3 (d) 9C / 4

(c) 240 F (d) None of the above 39. The distance between the plates of a parallel plate
condenser is 8mm and P.D. 120 volts . If a 6mm
33. A parallel plate condenser is connected with the
terminals of a battery. The distance between the thick slab of dielectric constant 6 is introduced
plates is 6mm . If a glass plate (dielectric between its plates, then
constant K  9 ) of 4.5 mm is introduced between (a) The charge on the condenser will be doubled
them, then the capacity will become (b) The charge on the condenser will be reduced
(a) 2 times (b) The same to half
(c) 3 times (d) 4 times (c) The P.D. across the condenser will be 320 volts
 960 Electrostatics
(d) The P.D. across the condenser will be 45 volts 46. identical spherical drops charged to the same
potential V are combined to form a big drop. The
40. In a parallel plate condenser, the radius of each
potential of the new drop will be
circular plate is 12cm and the distance between
the plates is 5mm . There is a glass slab of 3mm KCET 2000; Kerala PET 2002]
thick and of radius 12cm with dielectric constant (a) V (b) V / N
6 between its plates. The capacity of the
(c) V  N (d) V  N 2 / 3
condenser will be
47. One plate of parallel plate capacitor is smaller
(a) 144 10 9 F (b) 40 pF
than other, then charge on smaller plate will be
(c) 160 pF (d) 1.44 F
(a) Less than other
41. The true statement is, on increasing the distance
(b) More than other
between the plates of a parallel plate condenser
(a) The electric intensity between the plates will (c) Equal to other
decrease (d) Will depend upon the medium between them
(b) The electric intensity between the plates will 48. A 6 F capacitor is charged from 10 volts
increase to 20 volts . Increase in energy will be [CPMT 1987, 97; BCEC
(c) The electric intensity between the plates will
remain unchanged (a) 18  10 4 J (b) 9  10 4 J
(d) The P.D. between the plates will decrease (c) 4.5  10 4 J (d) 9  10 6 J
42. There is an air filled 1pF parallel plate capacitor. 49. As shown in the figure, a very thin sheet of
When the plate separation is doubled and the aluminium is placed in between the plates of the
space is filled with wax, the capacitance increases condenser. Then the capacity
to 2 pF . The dielectric constant of wax is [MNR 1998; KCET 2005]
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) 8 Al strip
43. The capacity and the energy stored in a parallel
plate condenser with air between its plates are
respectively Co and Wo . If the air is replaced by
glass (dielectric constant = 5) between the plates,
the capacity of the plates and the energy stored in (a) Will increase (b) Will decrease
it will respectively be (c) Remains unchanged (d) May increase or
W
(a) 5C , 5W (b) 5C , 0 decrease
o o o
5
Co Co Wo 50. Twenty seven drops of water of the same size are
(c) (d) , equally and similarly charged. They are then
, 5Wo 5 5
5
44. Force of attraction between the plates of a united to form a bigger drop. By what factor will
parallel plate capacitor is [AFtM
heC e1l9e9c8tr] ical potential changes
q2 q2 [MP PET 1991; MP PMT 1994; RPET 2001]
(a) (b)
20 AK 0 AK (a) 9 times (b) 27 times
q q 2
(c) 6 times (d) 3 times
(c) (d)
20 A 20 A2K 51. The outer sphere of a spherical air capacitor is
45. A capacitor of capacity C is connected with a earthed. For increasing its capacitance
battery of potential V in parallel. The distance
(a) Vacuum is created between two spheres
between its plates is reduced to half at once,
assuming that the charge remains the same. Then (b) Dielectric material is filled between the two
to charge the capacitance upto the potential V spheres
again, the energy given by the battery will be
(c) The space between two spheres is increased
[MP PET 1989]
(d) The earthing of the outer sphere is removed
(a) CV 2 / 4 (b) CV 2 / 2
52. The plates of parallel plate capacitor are charged
(c) 3CV 2 / 4 (d) CV 2
upto 100 V . A 2mm thick plate is inserted between
the plates. Then to maintain the same potential
 Electrostatics 961
difference, the distance between the plates is [IIT 1987; MP PET 1992;
increased by 1.6 mm . The dielectric constant of the Manipal MEE 1995; MP PMT 1996]

plate is [MP PMT 1991] (a) The charge on the capacitor increases
(b) The voltage across the plates decreases
(a) 5 (b) 1.25
(c) The capacitance increases
(c) 4 (d) 2.5
(d) The electrostatic energy stored in the capacitor
53. Force acting upon a charged particle kept between increases
the plates of a charged condenser is F . If one
58. A capacitor with air as the dielectric is charged to
plate of the condenser is removed, then the force
a potential of 100 volts . If the space between the
acting on the same particle will become [MP PMT 1991]
plates is now filled with a dielectric of dielectric
(a) 0 (b) F / 2 constant 10, the potential difference between the
(c) F (d) 2F plates will be [MP PET 1992]

(a) 1000 volts (b) 100 volts

54. Two metallic charged spheres whose radii are
20 cm and 10 cm respectively, have each (c) 10 volts (d) Zero
150 micro  coulomb positive charge. The common 59. The distance between the circular plates of a
potential after they are connected by a conducting parallel plate condenser 40mm in diameter, in
wire is [MP PMT 1991] order to have same capacity as a sphere of radius
1 metre is
(a) 9  10 6 volts (b) 4.5 10 6 volts
[MP PET 1992]
(c) 1.8  10 7 volts (d) 13.5 10 6 volts (a) 0.01mm (b) 0.1 mm
(c) 1.0 mm (d) 10 mm
55. The dielectric constant k of an insulator cannot
60. When a slab of dielectric material is introduced
be
between the parallel plates of a capacitor which
[CPMT 1974] remains connected to a battery, then charge on
plates relative to earlier charge
(a) 3 (b) 6
[MP PET 1992]
(c) 8 (d) 
(a) Is less
56. A frictionless dielectric plate S is kept on a (b) Is same
frictionless table T . A charged parallel plate
(c) Is more
capacitance C (of which the plates are
(d) May be less or more depending on the nature
frictionless) is kept near it. The plate S is
of the material introduced
between the plates. When the plate S is left
61. The capacitance of a metallic sphere will be 1F ,
between the plates
if its radius is nearly
[CPMT 1988]
[MP PMT 1992; MH CET (Med.) 2001; UPSEAT 1999]
– – – – ––
(a) 9 km (b) 10 m
S C
(c) 1.11 m (d) 1.11 cm
++++++
T 62. A parallel plate capacitor of plate area A and
plate separation d is charged to potential V and
then the battery is disconnected. A slab of
(a) It will remain stationary on the table dielectric constant k is then inserted between the
(b) It is pulled by the capacitor and will pass on plates of the capacitors so as to fill the space
the other end between the plates. If Q, E and W denote
(c) It is pulled between the plates and will remain respectively, the magnitude of charge on each
there plate, the electric field between the plates (after
the slab is inserted) and work done on the system
(d) All the above statements are false
in question in the process of inserting the slab,
57. A parallel plate capacitor is charged and the then state incorrect relation from the following
charging battery is then disconnected. If the
0 AV
(b) W  0 AV
2
plates of the capacitor are moved further apart by (a) Q 
means of insulating handles, then d 2kd
 962 Electrostatics
 0 AV 2  1  (a) 5 F (b) 7.5 F
(c) E  V (d) W  1  
(c) 22.5 F (d) 30 F
 

kd 2d  k 
63. The capacitance of a parallel plate condenser does 70. An air capacitor is connected to a battery. The
not depend on [MP PET 1994] effect of filling the space between the plates with
(a) Area of the plates a dielectric is to increase [MP PMT 1995]
(b) Medium between the plates (a) The charge and the potential difference
(c) Distance between the plates (b) The potential difference and the electric field
(d) Metal of the plates (c) The electric field and the capacitance
64. Between the plates of a parallel plate condenser (d) The charge and the capacitance
there is 1mm thick paper of dielectric constant 4. 71. A light bulb, a capacitor and a battery are
It is charged at 100 volt . The electric field in connected together as shown here, with switch S
volt / metre between the plates of the capacitor is initia[llM
yPoP
pMenT. 1W
99h4e]n the switch S is closed, which
(a) 100 (b) 100000 one of the following is true
(c) 25000 (d) 4000000 [MP PMT 1995]
65. The electric field between the two spheres of a
charged spherical condenser [MP PMT 1994]
(a) Is zero
(b) Is constant
(c) Increases with distance from the centre S
(d) Decreases with distance from the centre
66. The distance between the plates of a parallel plate (a) The bulb will light up for an instant when the
capacitor is d . A metal plate of thickness d / 2 is capacitor starts charging
placed between the plates. The capacitance would (b) The bulb will light up when the capacitor is
then be [MP PMT 1994] fully charged
(a) Unchanged (b) Halved (c) The bulb will not light up at all
(c) Zero (d) Doubled (d) The bulb will light up and go off at regular
67. An uncharged capacitor is connected to a battery. intervals
On charging the capacitor 72. A parallel plate capacitor has a capacity C . The
[MP PMT 1994; MP PET 1997; KCET 2002] separation between the plates is doubled and a
(a) All the energy supplied is stored in the dielectric medium is introduced between the
capacitor plates. If the capacity now becomes 2C , the
(b) Half the energy supplied is stored in the dielectric constant of the medium is
capacitor [Haryana CEE 1996]
(c) The energy stored depends upon the capacity (a) 2 (b) 1
of the capacitor only
(c) 4 (d) 8
(d) The energy stored depends upon the time for
which the capacitor is charged 73. The diameter of each plate of an air capacitor is
4cm . To make the capacity of this plate capacitor
68. A capacitor is kept connected to the battery and a
equal to that of 20cm diameter sphere, the
dielectric slab is inserted between the plates.
distance between the plates will be
During this process
[MP PMT 1994] (a) 4  10 3 m (b) 1  10 3 m
(a) No work is done (c) 1cm (d) 1 10 3 cm
(b) Work is done at the cost of the energy already
74. A spherical condenser has inner and outer spheres
stored in the capacitor before the slab is
of radii a and b respectively. The space between
inserted
the two is filled with air. The difference between
(c) Work is done at the cost of the battery the capacities of two condensers formed when
(d) Work is done at the cost of both the capacitor outer sphere is earthed and when inner sphere is
and the battery earthed will be [MP PET 1996]
69. The capacitance of an air capacitor is 15 F the (a) Zero (b) 4 0a
separation between the parallel plates is 6mm . A b
copper plate of 3mm thickness is introduced (c) 4 b (d) 4 a 
0  0  b  a 


symmetrically between the plates. The  

capacitance now becomes [MP PMT 1995]
 Electrostatics 963
75. The expression for the capacity of the capacitor 80. A charge of 10 9 C is placed on each of the 64
formed by compound dielectric placed between identical drops of radius 2cm . They are then
the plates of a parallel plate capacitor as shown in combined to form a bigger drop. Find its potential
figure, will be (area of plate  A ) [MP P3ET 1996] 2
 A (a) 7.2 10 V (b) 7.2 10 V
(a)  d 0
d2 d 3  (c) 1.44 10 2 V (d) 1.44 10 3 V
1

 K  K  K  

 1 2 3  d1 d3 81. 125 identical drops each charged to the same

0 A potential of 50 volts are combined to form a single
(b)  d  d  d  drop. The potential of the new drop will be
 1 2 3  
 K1  K2  K3  K1 K2 K3 (a) 50 V (b) 250 V
0 A(K1 K2 K3 ) (c) 500 V (d) 1250 V
(c)
d1d2d3
d2 82. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor of capacity
 AK1 AK 2 AK 3  50 C are charged to a potential of 100 volts and
(d) 0 

  

 1d d2 d3 
then separated from each other so that the
76. The intensity of electric field at a point between distance between them is doubled. How much is
the plates of a charged capacitor the en[e
MrPgy
PMspTe1n9t9i6n] doing so
(a) Is directly proportional to the distance between [MP PET 1997; JIPMER 2000]
the plates (a) 25  10 J 2
(b)  12.5 10 2 J
(b) Is inversely proportional to the distance
(c)  25 10 2 J (d) 12.5  10 2 J
between the plates
83. Two spherical conductors each of capacity C are
(c) Is inversely proportional to the square of the charged to potentials V and V . These are then
distance between the plates connected by means of a fine wire. The loss of
(d) Does not depend upon the distance between energy will be
the plates [MP PMT 1997]
77. The capacity of a condenser in which a dielectric 1 2
(a) Zero (b) CV
of dielectric constant 5 has been used, is C . If the 2
dielectric is replaced by another with dielectric (c) CV 2 (d) 2CV 2
constant 20, the capacity will become 84. [MP PMT 1996]
The area of the plates of a parallel plate
C condenser is A and the distance between the
(a) (b) 4C
4 plates is 10mm . There are two dielectric sheets in
C it, one of dielectric constant 10 and thickness
(c) (d) 2C 6mm and the other of dielectric constant 5 and
2
thickness 4mm . The capacity of the condenser is
78. In a spherical condenser radius of the outer [MP PMT 1997]
sphere is R . The different in the radii of outer
12 2
and inner sphere in x . Its capacity is proportional (a) A (b)
35 0 0 A
to 3
5000
xR x(R  x) (c) 0A (d) 1500 0 A
(a) (b) 7
(R  x) r
85. An air capacitor of capacity C  10 F is connected
R(R  x) R
(c) (d) to a constant voltage battery of 12 V . Now the
x x
space between the plates is filled with a liquid of
79. A capacitor when filled with a dielectric K  3 has
dielectric constant 5. The charge that flows now
charge Q0 , voltage V0 and field E0 . If the from battery to the capacitor is
dielectric is replaced with another one having [MP PMT 1997]
K  9 the new values of charge, voltage and field (a) 120 C (b) 699 C
will be respectively
(c) 480 C (d) 24 C
(a) 3Q0 , 3V0, 3E0 (b) Q0 , 3V0, 3E0
86. A parallel plate capacitor is first charged and then
V0 V0 E0 a dielectric slab is introduced between the plates.
(c) Q0, , 3 E 0 (d) Q , ,
3 0 3 3 The quantity that remains unchanged is
 964 Electrostatics
(a) Charge Q (b) Potential V [EAMCET (Engg.) 1995]
(a) 10 (b) 20
(c) Capacity C (d) Energy U
(c) 15 (d) 13.33
87. A 2 F capacitor is charged to 100 volt and then its
94. The energy stored in the condenser is
plates are connected by a conducting wire. The
[EAMCET (Engg.) 1995; CPMT 2000; CBSE PMT 2001]
heat produced is
1
[MP PET 1999; Pb. PET 2003] (a) QV (b) QV
2
(a) 1 J (b) 0.1 J
1 1 Q
(c) 0.01 J (d) 0.001 J (c) C (d)
2 2C
88. The force between the plates of a parallel plate 95. The capacitance of an air filled parallel plate
capacitor of capacitance C and distance of capacitor is 10 F . The separation between the
separation of the plates d with a potential
difference V between the plates, is plates is doubled and the space between the
[MP PMT 1999] plates is then filled with wax giving the
capacitance a new value of 40 10 12 farads . The
CV 2 C 2V 2
(a) (b) dielectric constant of wax is
2d 2d 2
V 2d (a) 12.0 (b) 10.0
C 2V 2
(c) (d) (c) 8.0 (d) 4.2
d2 C
89. Two metal spheres of capacitance 96. Two identical charged spherical drops each of
C1 and C2
capacitance C merge to form a single drop. The
carry some charges. They are put in contact and
resultant capacitance is
then separated. The final charges Q1 and Q2 on
[AFMC 1993]
them will satisfy
[MP PMT 1999] (a) Equal to 2C
(b) Greater than 2C
(a) Q1  C1 (b) Q1  C1
Q2 C2 Q2 C2 (c) Less than 2C but greater than C
Q1 C1 Q1 C2 (d) Less than C
(c)  (d) 
Q2 C2 Q2 C1 97. A condenser having a capacity 2.0 micro farad is
charged to 200 volts and then the plates of the
90. A parallel plate condenser with oil between the
plates (dielectric constant of oil K  2 ) has a capacitor are connected to a resistance wire. The
capacitance C . If the oil is removed, then heat produced in joules will be
capacitance of the capacitor becomes [KCET 1992; JIPMER 2000]
[CBSE PMT 1999; MH CET 2000]
(a) 4  10 J 4
(b) 4  1010 J
(a) 2C (b) 2C
(c) 4  10 2 J (d) 2  10 2 J
C C
(c) (d) 98. The radius of a metallic sphere if its capacitance
2 2
is 1 / 9 F , is
91. What is the area of the plates of a 3F parallel
[KCET 1999; Pb. PET 2001]
plate capacitor, if the separation between the
plates is 5mm (a) 10 6 m (b) 10 7 m
[AIIMS 1998; Pb. PET 2000; BHU 2002]
(c) 10 9 m (d) 10 8 m
(a) 1.694 10 9 m 2 (b) 4.529 10 9 m 2
99. The ratio of charge to potential of a body is
(c) 9.281 109 m 2 (d) 12.981 10 9 m 2
known as
92. A parallel plate capacitor has circular plates of [CPMT 1999; MH CET 2001; Pb. PMT 2004]
0.08m radius and 1.0  10 3 m separation. If a P.D.
(a) Capacitance (b) Conductance
of 100 volt is applied, the charge will be [ISM Dhanbad 1994]
(c) Inductance (d) Resistance
(a) 1.8 10 10 C (b) 1.8  10 8 C
100. If the capacity of a spherical conductor is 1
(c) 1.8  10 20 C (d) None of these picofarad, then its diameter, would be
93. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser is 10 F
(a) 1.8  10 3 m (b) 18  10 3 m
without dielectric. Dielectric of constant 2 is used
to fill half the distance between the plates, the (c) 1.8  10 5 m (d) 18  10 7 m
new capacitance in F is
 Electrostatics 965
101. A parallel plate air capacitor is charged to a 107. Sixty-four drops are jointed together to form a
potential difference of V. After disconnecting the bigger drop. If each small drop has a capacitance
battery, distance between the plates of the C, a potential V, and a charge q, then the
capacitor is increased using an insulating handle. capacitance of the bigger drop will be
As a result, the potential difference between the [AMU (Engg.) 1999]
plates [KCET 1999]
(a) C (b) 4C
(a) Decreases (b) Increases
(c) 16C (d) 64C
(c) Becomes zero (d) Does not change 108. A 700 pF capacitor is charged by a 50 V battery.
102. A 10 pF capacitor is connected to a 50 V battery. The electrostatic energy stored by it is
How much electrostatic energy is stored in the
(a) 17.0  10 8 J (b) 13 .6  10 9 J
capacitor
[KCET 1999] (c) 9.5  10 9 J (d) 8.7  10 7 J

(a) 1.25  10 8 J (b) 2.5  10 7 J 109. A variable condenser is permanently connected to

a 100 V battery. If the capacity is changed from
(c) 3.5  10 5 J (d) 4.5  10 2 J 2 F to 10  F , then change in energy is equal to
103. Two protons A and B are placed in space between
(a) 2  10 2 J (b) 2.5  10 2 J
plates of a parallel plate capacitor charged upto V
volts (See fig.) Forces on protons are FA and FB , (c) 3.5  10 2 J (d) 4  102 J
then 110. A 12 pF capacitor is connected to a 50V battery.
[RPET 1999]
How much electrostatic energy is stored in the
(a) FA  FB – capacitor
+

(b) FA  FB + – [AFMC 2000]

+ –
(c) FA  FB A B (a) 1.5  10 8 J (b) 2.5  10 7 J
+
–
+
(d) Nothing can be said – (c) 3.5  10 5 J (d) 4.5  10 2 J

104. If a slab of insulating material 4  10 3 m thick is
introduced between the plates of a parallel plate
capacitor, the separation between plates has to be
increased by 3.5  10 3 m to restore the capacity to
original value. The dielectric constant of the
material will be [AMU (Med.) 1999]
(a) 6 (b) 8
(c) 10 (d) 12
105. When a dielectric material is introduced between
the plates of a charged condenser then electric
field between the plates
[Pb. PMT 1999]
(a) Decreases (b) Increases
(c) Remain constant (d) First (b) then (a)
106. A parallel plate capacitor has a plate separation of
0.01 mm and use a dielectric (whose dielectric
strength is 19 KV/mm) as an insulator. The
maximum potential difference that can be applied
to the terminals of the capacitor is
111. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser is
15  F , when the distance between its plates is 6
cm. If the distance between the plates is reduced
to 2 cm, then the capacity of this parallel plate
condenser will be [AFMC 2000]
(a) 15  F (b) 30  F
(c) 45  F (d) 60  F
112. When we touch the terminals of a high voltage
capacitor, even after a high voltage has been cut
off, then the capacitor has a tendency to
(a) Restore energy (b) Discharge energy
(c) Affect dangerously (d) Both (b) and (c)
113. In a capacitor of capacitance 20  F , the distance
between the plates is 2mm. If a dielectric slab of
width 1mm and dielectric constant 2 is inserted
between the plates, then the new capacitance is
(a) 2 F (b) 15.5 F

[AMU (Engg.) 1999] (c) 26.6 F (d) 32 F

(a) 190 V (b) 290 V 114. A metallic sheet is inserted between the plates of
(c) 95 V (d) 350 V a parallel plate capacitor. The capacitance of the
capacitor
 966 Electrostatics
[Roorkee 2000] 120. A body of capacity 4  F is charged to 80 V and
(a) Increases another body of capacity 6  F is charged to 30V.
(b) Is independent of the position of the sheet When they are connected the energy lost by 4  F
(c) Is maximum when the metal sheet in the capacitor is
middle [EAMCET 2001]
(d) Is maximum when the metal sheet touches (a) 7.8 mJ (b) 4.6 mJ
one of the capacitor plates
(c) 3.2 mJ (d) 2.5 mJ
115. The capacity of a parallel plate capacitor with no 121. The capacity of the conductor does not depend
dielectric substance but with a separation of 0.4 upon
cm is 2  F . The separation is reduced to half and
[BHU 2001]
it is filled with a dielectric substance of value 2.8.
(a) Charge (b) Voltage
The final capacity of the capacitor is
(c) Nature of the material (d) All of these
[CBSE PMT 2000] A solid conducting sphere of radius R1 is
122.
(a) 11 .2F (b) 15 .6 F surrounded by another concentric hollow
(c) 19 .2F (d) 22.4 F conducting sphere of radius R2. The capacitance of
this assembly is proportional to
116. Two insulated metallic spheres of 3 F and 5 F [MP PET 2001; UPSEAT 2001]
capacitances are charged to 300 V and 500V R 2  R1 R 2  R1
respectively. The energy loss, when they are (a) (b)
R1 R 2 R1 R 2
connected by a wire is
R1 R 2 R1 R 2
(c) (d)
[CPMT 1999; KCET 2000; Pb. PMT 1999, 2001] R1  R2 R 2  R1
(a) 0.012 J (b) 0.0218 J
123. Two spherical conductors A and B of radius a and
(c) 0.0375 J (d) 3.75 J b (b > a) are placed in air concentrically B is given
charge + Q coulomb and A is grounded. The
117. Two conducting spheres of radii 5 cm and 10 cm
equivalent capacitance of these is
are given a charge of 15 C each. After the two
ab
spheres are joined by a conducting wire, the (a) 40 (b) 4 0 (a  b)
ba
charge on the smaller sphere is
b2
[AMU (Engg.) 2001] (c) 4 0b (d) 4 0
ba
(a) 5 C (b) 10 C
124. The capacity of a parallel plate condenser is
(c) 15 C (d) 20 C 10  F , when the distance between its plates is 8
118. In a parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C, a cm. If the distance between the plates is reduced
metal sheet is inserted between the plates, to 4 cm, then the capacity of this parallel plate
parallel to them. If the thickness of the sheet is condenser will be [CBSE PMT 2001]

half of the separation between the plates. The (a) 5  F (b) 10  F

capacitance will be [KCET 2001] (c) 20  F (d) 40  F
C 3C
(a) (b) 125. A capacitor is used to store 24 watt hour of
2 4 energy at 1200 volt. What should be the
(c) 4C (d) 2C capacitance of the capacitor
[Kerala (Engg.) 2001]
119. While a capacitor remains connected to a battery
and dielectric slab is applied between the plates, (a) 120 m F (b) 120  F
then (c) 24  F (d) 24 m F
[KCET 2001]
126. The mean electric energy density between the
(a) Potential difference between the plates is plates of a charged capacitor is (here q = charge
changed on the capacitor and A = area of the capacitor
(b) Charge flows from the battery to the capacitor plate) [MP PET 2002]
(c) Electric field between the plates increases (a) q 2
(b) q
(d) Energy store in the capacitor decreases 2 0 A 2 2 0 A 2
 Electrostatics 967

q2 133. Putting a dielectric substance between two plates

(c) (d) None of the above of condenser, capacity, potential and potential
2 0 A
energy respectively [AFMC 2002]
127. A charge of 40  C is given to a capacitor having
(a) Increase, decrease, decrease
capacitance C  10 F . The stored energy in ergs
(b) Decrease, increase, increase
is
[CPMT 2002] (c) Increase, increase, increase
(d) Decrease, decrease, decrease
(a) 80  10 6 (b) 800
(c) 80 (d) 8000 134. A thin metal plate P is inserted half way between
the plates of a parallel plate capacitor of
128. Work done by an external agent in separating the
parallel plate capacitor is capacitance C in such a way that it is parallel to
[AIEEE 2002]
1 the two plates. The capacitance now becomes
(a) CV (b) C2V
(a) C (b) C/2
2
1
CV 2 (c) 4C (d) None of these
(c) (d) None of these
2 135. If there are n capacitors in parallel connected to V
129. A parallel plate capacitor has an electric field of volt source, then the energy stored is equal to[AIEEE 2002
10 5 V / m between the plates. If the charge on the 1
(a) CV (b) nCV 2
capacitor plate is 1 C , the force on each 2
capacitor plate is [Orissa JEE 2002] 1
(c) CV 2 (d) CV 2
(a) 0.5 N (b) 0.05 N 2n

(c) 0.005 N (d) None of these 136. If n drops, each of capacitance C, coalesce to form
a single big drop, then the ratio of the energy
130. A parallel plate capacitor has plate area A and stored in the big drop to that in each small drop
separation d. It is charged to a potential will be [UPSEAT 2002]
difference V0 . The charging battery is
(a) n : 1 (b) n1/3 : 1
disconnected and the plates are pulled apart to
three times the initial separation. The work (c) n5/3 : 1 (d) n2 : 1
required to separate the plates is 137. A con[dKuec
ratiln
a gPEsTphe0
20re2] of radius 10cm is charged
3 0 AV0 2  0 AV0 2 10  C . Another uncharged sphere of radius 20 cm
(a) (b) is allowed to touch it for some time. After that if
d 2d
the sphere are separated, then surface density of
 0 AV 2  AV 2 charges, on the spheres will be in the ratio of
(c) 0
(d) 0 0
3d d
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 1 : 3
131. The electric field between the plates of a parallel
(c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 1
plate capacitor when connected to a certain
battery is E0 . If the space between the plates of 138. 64 small drops of mercury, each of radius r and
charge q coalesce to form a big drop. The ratio of
the capacitor is filled by introducing a material of
the surface density of charge of each small drop
dielectric constant K without disturbing the with that of the big drop is
battery connections, the field between the plates [KCET 2002]
shall be [AMU (Med.) 2002]
(a) 1 : 64 (b) 64 : 1
(a) KE0 (b) E0 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 1 : 4
E0 139. Capacitance (in F) of a spherical conductor with
(c) (d) None of the above
K radius 1m is

132. If the distance between parallel plates of a (a) 1.1  10 10 (b) 10 6
capacitor is halved and dielectric constant is (c) 9  10 9 (d) 10 3
doubled then the capacitance AUc2
140[.BH o0n0
d1e;nCsBeS
rEhP
aMsa
Tc2a
0p0a
2c] ity 2  F and is charged to

(a) Decreases two times (b) Increases two times a voltage of 50 V. The energy stored is [MH CET 2002]
(c) Increases four times (d) Remain the same (a) 25  105 Joule (b) 25 Joule
(c) 25  10 erg (d) 25  103 erg
 968 Electrostatics
141. The energy required to charge a capacitor of 5  F 149. 64 drops of mercury each charged to a potential
by connecting a d.c. source of 20 kV is[Pb. PMT 2002] of 10V . They are combined to form one bigger
(a) 10 kJ (b) 5 kJ drop. The potential of this drop will be (Assume
all the drops to be spherical)
(c) 2 kJ (d) 1 kJ
[MP PET 2003]
142. The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor is
12  F . If the distance between the plates is (a) 160 V (b) 80 V
doubled and area is halved, then new capacitance (c) 10 V (d) 640 V
will be [MH CET 2002]
150. A spherical drop of mercury having a potential of
(a) 8  F (b) 6  F 2.5 V is obtained as a result of merging 125
(c) 4  F (d) 3  F droplets. The potential of constituent droplets
would be [Orissa JEE 2003]
143. A capacitor of capacitance 6 F is charged upto
(a) 1.0 V (b) 0.5 V
100 volt. The energy stored in the capacitor is
[BHU 2003; CPMT 2004; MP PMT 2005] (c) 0.2 V (d) 0.1 V

(a) 0.6 Joule (b) 0.06 Joule 151. A parallel plate capacitor of capacity C 0 is
(c) 0.03 Joule (d) 0.3 Joule charged to a potential V0

144. A parallel plate air capacitor is charged and then (i) The energy stored in the capacitor when the
isolated. When a dielectric material is inserted battery is disconnected and the separation is
between the plates of the capacitor, then which of doubled E1
the following does not change (ii) The energy stored in the capacitor when the
[Orissa JEE 2003] charging battery is kept connected and the
separation between the capacitor plates is
(a) Electric field between the plates doubled is E 2 . Then E1 / E2 value is
(b) Potential difference across the plates
(a) 4 (b) 3/2
(c) Charge on the plates
(c) 2 (d) 1/2
(d) Energy stored in the capacitor
152. A parallel plate capacitor carries a charge q . The
145. Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor becomes
distance between the plates is doubled by
4/3 times its original value if a dielectric slab of
application of a force. The work done by the force
thickness t = d/2 is inserted between the plates (d
is [MP PET 2003]
is the separation between the plates). The
dielectric constant of the slab is [KCET 2003] (a) Zero (b)
q2
(a) 8 (b) 4 C

(c) 6 (d) 2 q2 q2
(c) (d)
146. A 10 micro-farad capacitor is charged to 500 V 2C 4C
and then its plates are joined together through a 153. As in figure shown, if a capacitor C is charged by
resistance of 10 ohm. The heat produced in the connecting it with resistance R, then energy is
resistance is [Orissa JEE 2003]
given by the battery will be
(a) 500 J (b) 250 J 1
2
(c) 125 J (d) 1.25 J (a) CV
2 C
147. The unit of electric permittivity is (b)PET
[MP More than
2003]
(a) Volt/m2 (b) Joule/coulomb 1 CV 2
2
(c) Farad/m (d) Henry/m 1 2
(c) Less than 2 CV R
148. The work done in placing a charge of 8  10 18 V
coulomb on a condenser of capacity 100 micro- (d) Zero
farad is [AIEEE 2003] 154. A capacitor is charged to 200 volt it has 0.1
(a) 32  10 32
(b) 16  10 32 Joule coulomb charge. When it is discharged, energy
Joule will be [MP PET 2003]
(c) 3.1  10 26 Joule (d) 4  10 10 Joule (a) 1 J (b) 4 J
(c) 10 J (d) 20 J
 Electrostatics 969
155. If eight identical drops are joined to form a bigger (a) Remain constant
drop, the potential on bigger as compared to that (b) Decreases
on smaller drop will be [RPMT 2002]
(c) Increases
(a) Double (b) Four times
(d) First increases then decreases
(c) Eight times (d) One time
163. When a lamp is connected in series with
156. If a dielectric substance is introduced between the capacitor, then
plates of a charged air-gap capacitor. The energy [Pb. PMT 2004]
of the capacitor will
(a) Lamp will not glow (b) Lamp will burst out
[MP PMT 2004]
(c) Lamp will glow normally(d) None of these
(a) Increase
164. If the potential of a capacitor having capacity of 6
(b) Decrease F is increased from 10 V to 20 V, then increase in
(c) Remain unchanged its energy will be

(d) First decrease and then increase (a) 12  10–6 J (b) 9  10–4 J

157. A 40 F capacitor in a defibrillator is charged to (c) 4  10–6 J (d) 4  10–9 J

3000 V. The energy stored in the capacitor is sent 165. A 4 F condenser is charged to 400 V and then its
through the patient during a pulse of duration plates are joined through a resistance. The heat
2ms. The power delivered to the patient is produ[cAeId
IMin
S2th
0e04r]esistance is

(a) 45 kW (b) 90 kW (a) 0.16 J (b) 0.32 J

(c) 180 kW (d) 360 kW (c) 0.64 J (d) 1.28 J

166. A parallel plate capacitor having a plate
158. A spherical drop of capacitance 1 F is broken into
separation of 2 mm is charged by connecting it to
eight drops of equal radius. Then, the capacitance
a 300 V supply. The energy density is
of each small drop is ...... [KCET 2004]
(a) 0.01 J/m3 (b) 0.1 J/m3
1
(a) F (b) 8 F
8 (c) 1.0 J/m3 (d) 10 J/m3
1 1 167. The capacity of an air condenser is 2.0 F. If a
(c) F (d) F
2 4 medium is placed between its plates. The capacity
becomes 12 F. The dielectric constant of the
159. An air filled parallel plate capacitor has capacity
C. If distance between plates is doubled and it is medium will be [Pb. PMT 2003]
immersed in a liquid then capacity becomes twice. (a) 5 (b) 4
Dielectric constant of the liquid is [BCECE 2004]
(c) 3 (d) 6
(a) 1 (b) 2
168. If the distance between the plates of parallel plate
(c) 3 (d) 4
capacitor is halved and the dielectric constant of
160. On increasing the plate separation of a charged dielectric is doubled, then its capacity will
condenser, the energy [Kerala PMT 2004]
[MH CET 2003]
(a) Increases (b) Decreases
(a) Increase by 16 times (b) Increase by 4 times
(c) Remains unchanged (d) Becomes zero
(c) Increase by 2 times (d) Remain the same
161. The energy stored in a condenser is in the form of
169. Two metallic spheres of radii 1 cm and 2 cm are
[J & K CET 2004]
given charges 10 2 C and 5  10 2 C respectively. If
(a) Kinetic energy (b) Potential energy
(c) Elastic energy (d) Magnetic energy they are connected by a conducting wire, the final
charge on the smaller sphere is
162. When a dielectric material is introduced between
the plates of a charges condenser, then electric (a) 3  10 2 C (b) 1  10 2 C
field between the plates
(c) 4  10 2 C (d) 2  10 2 C
[Pb PMT 2004]
 970 Electrostatics
170. The potentials of the two plates of capacitor are 4. Seven capacitors each of capacity 2 F are to be
+10V and –10 V. The charge on one of the plates is 10
so connected to have a total capacity F .
40 C. The capacitance of the capacitor is [AFMC 2005] 11
(a) 2 F (b) 4 F Which will be the necessary figure as shown

(c) 0.5 F (d) 0.25 F

171. The potential to which a conductor is raised, (a)
depends on
[KCET 2005]

(a) The amount of charge

(b) Geometry and size of the conductor
(c) Both (a) and (b) (b)

(d) Only on (a)

Grouping of Capacitors
1. Two identical capacitors are joined in parallel, (c)
charged to a potential V and then separated and
then connected in series i.e. the positive plate of
one is connected to negative of the other [NCERT 1972, 73, 82; KCET 1993]

(a) The charges on the free plates connected (d)

together are destroyed

(b) The charges on the free plates are enhanced
(c) The energy stored in the system increases
(d) The potential difference in the free plates
becomes 2V
5. Four plates of equal area A are separated by
equal distances d and are arranged as shown in
the figure. The equivalent capacity is
A B

2. The condensers of capacity C1 and C2 are

connected in parallel, then the equivalent 2 0 A 30 A
(a) (b)
d d
capacitance is
30 A 0A
[NCERT 1977; KCET 2000; (c) (d)
d d
DPMT 2002; MP PMT 2004]
6. The capacitor of capacitance 4 F and 6 F are
(a) C  C (b) C1C2 connected in series. A potential difference of
C1  C2
1 2
500 volts applied to the outer plates of the two
C1 C2 capacitor system. Then the charge on each
(c) (d)
C2 C1 capacitor is numerically
(a) 6000 C (b) 1200 C
3. A parallel plate capacitor is made by stacking n
equally spaced plates connected alternately. If the (c) 1200 C (d) 6000 C
capacitance between any two plates is C then the 7. A parallel plate capacitor with air as medium
resultant capacitance is between the plates has a capacitance of 10 F .

[NCERT 1971; DPMT 2001; MP PMT 2003; AIEEE 2005] The area of capacitor is divided into two equal
halves and filled with two media as shown in the
(a) C (b) nC figure having dielectric constant k1  2 and k2  4 .
(c) (n  1)C (d) (n  1)C The capacitance of the system will now be
[MP PMT 1987; RPET 2001]
(a) 10 F
(b) 20 F
k1 k2
 Electrostatics 971
(c) 30 F 13. Four condensers each of capacity 4 F are
(d) 40 F connected as shown in figure. VP  VQ  15 volts .
8. Three capacitors are connected to D.C. source of The energy stored in the system is
4F
100 volts shown in the adjoining figure. If the (a) 2400 ergs
charge accumulated on plates of C1, C2 and C3 are (b) 1800 ergs 4F 4F

qa, qb , qc, qd .qe and q f respectively, then P Q

(c) 36[0
C0PM
erTgs1986] 4F
100 2F 3F 4
(a) qb  qd  q f  C (d) 5400 ergs
9 14. Two capacitors each of 1F capacitance are
a b c d e f
(b) qb  qd  qf  0
connected in parallel and are then charged by
(c) qa  qc  qe  50 C 200 volts d.c. supply. The total energy of their
(d) qb  qd  qf 100 charges (in joules) is
[MP PMT 1990, 2002]
9. n identical condensers are joined in parallel and
are charged to potential V . Now they are (a) 0.01 (b) 0.02
separated and joined in series. Then the total (c) 0.04 (d) 0.06
energy and potential difference of the 15. In an adjoining figure are shown three capacitors
combination will be [MP PET 1993] C1 , C2 and C3 joined to a battery. The correct
(a) Energy and potential difference remain same condition will be (Symbols have their usual
(b) Energy remains same and potential difference meanings) V2 [C QT2 1988, 89]
C2PM
is nV V1 C1 Q1
(c) Energy increases n times and potential
difference is nV
V3 Q3
(d) Energy increases n times and potential C 3

difference remains same +–

10. Three capacitors each of capacitance 1F are V
connected in parallel. To this combination, a
fourth capacitor of capacitance 1F is connected (a) Q1  Q2  Q3 and V1  V2  V3  V
in series. The resultant capacitance of the system (b) Q1  Q2  Q3 and V  V1  V2  V3
is [MP PMT 1985]
(c) Q1  Q2  Q3 and V  V1  V2
(a) 4 F (b) 2 F
4 (d) Q2  Q3 and V2  V3
(c) F (d) 3 F
3 4 16. In the circuit diagram shown in the adjoining
11. Five capacitors of 10 F capacity each are figure, the resultant capacitance between P and Q
is
connected to a d.c. potential of 100 volts as shown
[MP PET/PMT 1988]
in the adjoining figure. The equivalent 12F
capacitance between the points A and B will be (a) 47 F P
equal to [CPMT 1986, 88; MP PMT 1999]
(b) 3 F
2F 3F
10F 10F
(a) 40 F (c) 60 F
(b) 20 F A 10F B Q
(d) 10 F 20F
(c) 30 F 10F 10F
17. Two condensers of capacity 0.3F and 0.6 F
(d) 10 F respectively are connected in series. The
100 Volt
combination is connected across a potential
12. Three capacitors of capacitances 3F, 9F and of 6 volts . The ratio of energies stored by the
18 F are connected once in series and another condensers will be [MP PMT 1990]
time in parallel. The ratio of equivalent 1
 Cs  (a) 2 (b) 2
capacitance in the two cases C  will be



[CPMT 1990]
 p 1
(c) (d) 4
(a) 1 : 15 (b) 15 : 1 4
(c) 1 : 1 (d) 1 : 3
 972 Electrostatics
18. The capacitor of capacitance 4 F
and 6 F are 25. If three capacitors each of capacity 1F are
connected in series. A potential difference of connected in such a way that the resultant
500 volts is applied to the outer plates of the two capacity is 1.5 F , then
capacitor system. The potential difference across [MP PET 1989]
the plates of capacitor of 4 F capacitance is
(a) All the three are connected in series
(a) 500 volts (b) 300 volts
(b) All the three are connected in parallel
(c) 200 volts (d) 250 volts (c) Two of them are in parallel and connected in
19. Two capacitances of capacity C1 and C2 are series to the third
connected in series and potential difference V is (d) Two of them are in series and then connected
applied across it. Then the potential difference in parallel to the third
across C1 will be [MP PMT 1985] 26. A capacitor of capacity C1 is charged to the

(a) V C2 (b) V C1  C2 potential of Vo . On disconnecting with the

C1 C1 battery, it is connected with a capacitor of
(c) V
C2
(d) V
C1 capacity C2 as shown in the adjoining figure. The
C1  C2 C1  C2 ratio of energies before and after the connection
20. Three capacitances of capacity 10 F, 5F and 5 F of switch S will be

are connected in parallel. The total capacity will (a) (C1  C2) / C1
S
be (b) C1 /(C1  C2 )
[MP PET/PMT 1988] (c) C C C1V0 C2
1 2
(a) 10 F (b) 5 
F
(d) C1 / C2
(c) 20 F (d) None of the above
27. Four capacitors of each of capacity 3 F are
21. Three capacitors of capacity C1, C2 C3 are
connected as shown in the adjoining figure. The
connected in series. Their total capacity will be
ratio of equivalent capacitance between A and B
[MP Board 1977; MP PET/PMT 1988; CPMT 1996]
(a) C  C  C (b) 1 /(C  C  C ) and between A and C willAbe B
1 2 3 1 2 3

(c) (C11  C1 1 1

2 C 3) (d) None of these (a) 4 : 3
22. Two capacitors of equal capacity are first (b) 3 : 4
connected in parallel and then in series. The ratio
of the total capacities in the two cases will be (c) 2 : 3
[MP Board 1988; MH CET 2001]
C
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (d) 3 : 2
(c) 4 : 1 (d) 1 : 4 28. The capacities of two conductors are C1 and C2
23. Two capacitors connected in parallel having the and their respective potentials are V1 and V2 . If
capacities C1 and C2 are given ' q' charge, which
they are connected by a thin wire, then the loss of
is distributed among them. The ratio of the charge
energy will be given by
on C1 and C2 will be
[MP PMT 1986]
[NCERT 1977; MP PET/PMT 1988]
C1C2 (V1  V2 ) C1C2 (V1  V2 )
(a)
C1
(b)
C2 (a) (b)
C1 2(C1  C2 ) 2(C1  C2 )
C2
1 C1C2 (V1  V2 )2 (C1  C2 )(V1  V2 )
(c) C1C2 (d) (c) (d)
C1C 2 2(C1 C 2) C1C2
24. Two capacitors of capacities C1 and C2 are
29. A parallel plate condenser is filled with two
charged to voltages V1 and V2 respectively. There dielectrics as shown. Area of each plate is
will be no exchange of energy in connecting them A metre 2 and the separation is t metre . The
in parallel, if [MP PET 1989]
dielectric constants are k1 and k2 respectively. Its
(a) C1  C2 (b) C1V1  C2V2
capacitance in farad will be
(c) V  V (d) C1  C2 [MNR 1985; DCE 1999; AIIMS 2001]
1 2
V1 V2
 Electrostatics 973
0 A (b) 3C
(a) (k1  k2 )
t C
(c)
A B
(b) 0 A . k1  k2 C C
3 C
t 2 k1 k2 3C
(d)
20 A 2
(c) (k1  k2 )
t 35. Four plates of the same area of cross-section are
joined as shown in the figure. The distance
0 A . k1  k2
(d) between each plate is d . The equivalent capacity
t 2
across A and B will be
30. Three condensers each of capacitance 2F are put 2 0 A
(a)
in series. The resultant capacitance is d
[CPMT 1976; NCERT 1981; MP PMT 2001]
(b) 3 0 A
3 A
(a) 6F (b) F d
2 B
30 A
2 (c) 2d
(c) F (d) 5F
3
(d)  0 A
31. Two condensers of capacities 1F and 2 F are d
connected in series and the system is charged 36. In the adjoining figure, four capacitors are shown
to 120 volts . Then the P.D. on 1F capacitor (in with their respective capacities and the P.D.
applied. The charge and the P.D. across the 4 F
volts) will be [MP PMT 1987]
capacitor will be
(a) 40 (b) 60
(a) 600 C; 150 volts
(c) 80 (d) 120 20F
(b) 300 C; 75 volts
32. Four condensers are joined as shown in the
300 Volt
adjoining figure. The capacity of each is 8 F . The (c) 800 C; 200 volts 4F 4F
equivalent capacity between the points A and B 12F
(d) 580 C; 145 volts
will be
37. Three identical capacitors are combined
(a) 32 F
differently. For the same voltage to each
(b) 2 F combination, the one that stores the greatest
A
(c) 8 F energy is [MP PMT 1995]
B (a) Two in parallel and the third in series with it
(d) 16 F
(b) Three in series
33. The capacities and connection of five capacitors
(c) Three in parallel
are shown in the adjoining figure. The potential
difference between the points A and B is (d) Two in series and third in parallel with it
60 volts . Then the equivalent capacity between A 38. Two capacitors each of capacity 2 F are
and B and the charge on 5 F capacitance will be connected in parallel. This system is connected in
series with a third capacitor of 12 F capacity.
respectively
The equivalent capacity of the system will be[MP PET 1990
(a) 44 F; 300 C 5F 9F
A (a) 16 F (b) 13 F
(b) 16 F; 150 C (c) 4 F (d) 3 F
12F 10F 8F
(c) 15F; 200 C 39. A 4 F condenser is connected in parallel to
another condenser of 8 F . Both the condensers
(d) 4 F; 50 C B
are then connected in series with a 12 F
34. Three equal capacitors, each with capacitance C condenser and charged to 20 volts . The charge on
are connected as shown in figure. Then the the plate of 4 F condenser is
equivalent capacitance between A and B is [MP PET 1985, 89]
[MP PET 1989]
(a) C (a) 3.3C (b) 40 C
 974 Electrostatics
(c) 80 C (d) 240 C 20 A  K1  K2 
 (b) 2  K  K  k1
40. A capacitor having capacitance C is charged to a  1 2 
voltage V . It is then removed and connected in d
(c) 20 A  K1  K2  
parallel with another identical capacitor which is   k2
uncharged. The new charge on each capacitor is 2  K1  K2 
now [MP PET 1990]
(a) CV (b) CV / 2 (d) 20 A  K1  K2 
 d  K1  K2 
(c) 2 CV (d) CV / 4
46. What is the equivalent capacitance between
41. In the connections shown in the adjoining figure,
A and B in the given figure (all are in farad)
the equivalent capacity between A and B will be
(a) 10 .8 F 13
(a) F
8 4
6F 12F 18
(b) 69 F A B 48
9F 24F (b) F
(c) 15 F 13 A B
1 12 4 16
(d) 10 F 18F (c) F
31
42. 2 F capacitance has potential difference across
240
its two terminals 200 volts . It is disconnected with (d) F
71
battery and then another uncharged capacitance
is connected in parallel to it, then P.D. 47. A condenser having a capacity of 6F is charged to
becomes 20 volts . Then the capacity of another 100 V and is then joined to an uncharged
capacitance will be [CPMT 1991; DPMT 2001] condenser of 14 F and then removed. The ratio of
the charges on 6F and 14F and the potential of
(a) 2 F (b) 4 F
6F will be [MP PMT 1991]
(c) 18 F (d) 10 F 6 and 50 volt 14 and 30 volt
(a) (b)
43. The resultant capacitance between A and B in 14 6
the following figure is eq3u
Fal to 3 F 3F 6 14
A (c) and 30 volt (d) and 0 volt
(a) 1F 14 6

(b) 3 F 48. 0.2F capacitor is charged to 600 V by a battery. On

2F 2F 3F
removing the battery, it is connected with another
(c) 2 F
parallel plate condenser of 1F. The potential
B decreases to
(d) 1.5 fF 3F 3F 3F
[MNR 1978; MP PET 2002]
44. In the following circuit, the resultant capacitance
between A and B is 1F. Then value of C is [IIT 1977] (a) 100 volts (b) 120 volts

32 (c) 300 volts (d) 600 volts

(a) 11 F 1F
C
A 49. In the circuit shown in the figure, the potential
(b)
11
F 8F
difference across the 4.5 F capacitor is
32
[MP PET 1992; RPET 2001; BVP 2003]
6F 4F
23
F 3F
(c)
32 2F 8
2F 12F (a) volts 4.5F
32 B
(d) F 3
23 6F
(b) 4 volts
45. Two dielectric slabs of constant K1 and K2 have
(c) 6 volts
been filled in between the plates of a capacitor as 12V
shown below. What will be the capacitance of the (d) 8 volts
capacitor 50. Minimum number
of capacitors of 2 F
[MNR 1985; MP PET 1999; DCE 2002] capacitance each required to obtain a capacitor of
2 0 A 5 F will be
(K  K )
[MP PET 1992]
(a)
(a) Three (b) Four
1 2
2
(c) Five (d) Six
 Electrostatics 975
51. A condenser of capacitance 10 F has been (d) 4 F
charged to 100 volts . It is now connected to
57. The equivalent capacitance between A and B in
another uncharged condenser in parallel. The
common potential becomes 40 volts . The the figure is 1F . Then the value of capacitance C
capacitance of another condenser is is [MP PET 1994]
[MP PET 1992] (a) 1.4 F
A
(a) 15 F (b) 5 F C
(b) 2.5 F
(c) 10 F (d) 16 .6 F 2.5F 1F
(c) 3.5 F
52. A capacitor 4 F charged to 50 V is connected to
another capacitor of 2 F charged to 100 V with (d) 1.2 F B

plates of like charges connected together. The total 58. A condenser of capacity C1 is charged to a
energy before and after connection in multiples of potential V0 . The electrostatic energy stored in it
(10 2 J) is [MP PMT 1992] is U0 . It is connected to another uncharged
(a) 1.5 and 1.33 (b) 1.33 and 1.5 condenser of capacity C2 in parallel. The energy
(c) 3.0 and 2.67 (d) 2.67 and 3.0 dissipated in the process is [MP PMT 1994]
53. Two capacitors of 3pF and 6pF are connected in 
C2 C1
series and a potential difference of 5000 V is (a) U0 (b) U0
C1  C2 C1  C2
applied across the combination. They are then
disconnected and reconnected in parallel. The  C1  C2  C1C2 U
(c) C  C U0
0
potential between the plates is (d) 2(C  C )



 1 2  1 2
[MP PMT 1992]
59. Three capacitors each of 6 F are available. The
(a) 2250 V (b) 2222 V
minimum and maximum capacitances which may
(c) 2.25 10 6 V (d) 1.1 10 6 V be obtained are
54. Two identical parallel plate capacitors are [MP PMT 1994]
connected in series to a battery of 100 V . A (a) 6F, 18 F (b) 3F, 12F
dielectric slab of dielectric constant 4.0 is
(c) 2F, 12F (d) 2F, 18 F
inserted between the plates of second capacitor.
The potential difference across the capacitors will 60. Four capacitors are connected in a circuit as
now be respectively [MP PMT 1992] shown in the figure. The effective capacitance in
(a) 50 V, 50 V (b) 80 V, 20 V F between points A and B will be[MP PET 1996; Pb. PMT 2
(c) 20 V, 80 V (d) 75 V, 25 V 28 2F 12F
55. Four capacitors are connected as shown in the (a)
9
equivalent capacitance between the points P and
Q is (b) 4 B
A 2F
[MP PET 1983; MP PMT 1992; UPSEAT 1999] (c) 5 2F
(a) 4 F 1F
(d) 18
1
(b) F
4 61. 100 capacitors each having a capacity of 10 F are
1F 1F
connected in parallel and are charged by a
3
(c) F potential difference of 100 kV . The energy stored
4
P Q in the capacitors and the cost of charging them, if
4
(d) F electrical energy costs 108 paise per kWh , will be
3 1F
(a) 10 7 joule and 300 paise
56. The total capacity of the system of capacitors
shown in the adjoining figure between the points (b) 5 10 6 joule and 300 paise
A and B is (c) 5 and 150 paise
10 6 joule
[Pantnagar 1987; SCRA 1996; MP PMT 2002] (d) 10 7 joule and 150 paise
2F
(a) 1F A 62. Three capacitors of 2.0, 3.0 and 6.0 F are
(b) 2 F connected in series to a 10 V source. The charge
1F
1F 2F on the 3.0 F capacitor is
(c) 3 F
B
(a) 5 C (b) 10 C
2F
 976 Electrostatics
(c) 12 C (d) 15 C charged individually to different potentials and
connected parallel to each other after
63. Four capacitors are connected as shown in the
disconnecting them from the source [MP PET 1997]
figure. Their capacities are indicated in the
figure. The effective capacitance between points (a) Net charge equals the sum of initial charges
x and y is (in F ) (b) The net energy stored in the two capacitors is
[RPET 1997] less than the sum of the initial individual
energies
5
(a) (c) The net potential difference across them is
6 1F 1F
different from the sum of the individual initial
7
(b) potential difference
6
x 1F y (d) The net potential difference across them
8
(c) equals the sum of the individual initial
3 potential differences
2F
(d) 2 68. A 10 F capacitor and a 20 F capacitor are
64. In the circuit shown here C1  6F, C2  3F and connected in series across a 200 V supply line.
battery B  20V . The switch S 1 is first closed. It is The charged capacitors are then disconnected
then opened and afterwards S 2 is closed. What is from the line and reconnected with their positive
plates together and negative plates together and
the charge finally on C
2 C2 3F no external voltage is applied. What is the
(a) 120 C potential difference across each capacitor
S2 400
(b) 80 C C1 6F (a) V (b)
800
V
9 9
(c) 40 C S1 (c) 400 V (d) 200 V
(d) 20 C B= 69. Two condensers C1 and C2 in a circuit are joined
65. The effective capacitance between the points P as shown in figure. The potential of point A is V1
and Q of the arrangement shown in the figure is[MP PET 199a7n]d that of B is V2 . The potential of point D will
2F
1 be [MP PMT 1997]
(a) F
2 2F 1F A D B
P Q V1 C1 C2 V2
(b) 1F 2F 5F
1
(c) 2 F 2F 1F (a) (V  V ) (b) C2V1  C1V2
1 2
2 C1  C2
(d) 1.33 F
C1V1  C2V2 C2V1  C1V2
(c) (d)
66. A capacitor of capacitance 5 F is connected as C1  C2 C1  C2
shown in the figure. The internal resistance of the 70. To obtain 3 F capacity from three capacitors of
cell is 0.5. The amount of charge on the 2 F each, they will be arranged
capacitor plate is [MP PET 1997]
(a) All the three in series
1 1
(b) All the three in parallel
(a) 0 C
5F (c) Two capacitors in series and the third in
(b) 5 C 2 parallel with the combination of first two

(c) 10 C (d) Two capacitors in parallel and the third in

2.5 V
series with the combination of first two
(d) 25 C +–  71. A 10 F capacitor is charged to a potential
67. Choose the incorrect statement from the difference of 50 V and is connected to another
following: When two identical capacitors are uncharged capacitor in parallel. Now the common
 Electrostatics 977
potential difference becomes 20 volt . The (c) 5  10 9 J
capacitance of second capacitor is (d) 7 10 9 J
[MP PET 1999; DPMT 2000]
77. A capacitor of 20 F is charged to 500 volts and
(a) 10 F (b) 20 F connected in parallel with another capacitor of
10 F and charged to 200 volts . The common
(c) 30 F (d) 15 F
potential is
72. What is the effective capacitance between points
[BHU 1997; CBSE PMT 2000; MH CET 1999; BHU 2004]
X and Y
[CBSE PMT 1999] (a) 200 volts (b) 300 volts
C1 = 6F
(a) 24 F (c) 400 volts (d) 500 volts
78. In the given network capacitance,
(b) 18 F C3 = 6F C2 = 6F
B
C1  10 F, C2  5 F and C3  4 F . What is the
X Y
A C D resultant capacitance between A and B
(c) 12 F C5 = 20F
(a) 2.2  F A
C1 C2
(d) 6 F (b) 3.2  F
C4 = 6F
73. The combined capacity of the parallel (c) 1.2  F C3
combination of two capacitors is four times their (d) 4.7  F B
combined capacity when connected in series. This 79. The equivalent capacitance between A and B is
means that [EAMCET 1994] [RPMT 1999]
1F 1F
(a) Their capacities are equal 1F
(b) Their capacities are 1F and 2 F A B

(c) Their capacities are 0.5 F and 1F

1F 1F
(d) Their capacities are infinite
(a) 2  F (b) 3  F
74. The charge on a capacitor of capacitance
10 F connected as shown in the figure is (c) 5 [AFMU 1995] (d) 0.5  F
2 80. The capacitance between the points A and B in the
(a) 20 C given circuit will be [AMU (Med.) 1999; MH CET 1999;
3 10F Pb. PET 2002; BCECE 2005]
(b) 15 C 1.5 F
(a) 1  F
(c) 10 C 3F 3F
(b) 2  F
2V A B
(d) Zero
(c) 3  F
75. The resultant capacitance of given circuit is[RPET 1997]
(d) 4  F 1.5F
(a) 3C P
2C
2C
81. The equivalent capacitance of three capacitors of
(b) 2C capacitance C1 , C2 and C 3 are connected in
2C
(c) C parallel is 12 units and product C1 .C2 .C3  48 .
C When the capacitors C1 and C 2 are connected in
C C
(d) C parallel, the equivalent capacitance is 6 units.
3 Q Then the capacitance are
76. Three plates A, B, C each of area 50 cm 2
have [KCET 1999]
separation 3mm between A and B and 3mm (a) 2, 3, 7 (b) 1.5, 2.5, 8
between B and C The energy stored when the (c) 1, 5, 6 (d) 4, 2, 6
plates are fully charged is
82. In the circuit shown in figure, each capacitor has
[SCRA 1996] a capacity of 3 F . The equivalent capacity
(a) 1.6 10 9 J between A and B is

(b) 2.1 10 9

J [MP PMT 2000]
A
B
C 12V

A B
 978 Electrostatics
3 k1k 2
(a) F (c) k   2k 3 (d) k  k1  k2  2k3
4 k1  k 2
(b) 3 F 88. Two capacitors A and B are connected in series
(c) 6 F with a battery as shown in the figure. When the
switch S is closed and the two capacitors get
(d) 5 F
charged fully, then
83. What is the effective capacitance between A and B
2F 3F [MP PET 2000]
in the following figure [AMU (Engg.) 2000]
(a) 1 F 2F A B
2F
(b) 2  F
(c) 1.5 F 1F
(d) 2.5  F A B S
10 V
84. A potential difference of 300 volts is applied to a (a) The potential difference across the plates of A
combination of 2.0F and 8.0F capacitors is 4V and across the plates of B is 6V
connected in series. The charge on the 2.0F
(b) The potential difference across the plates of A
capacitor is [MP PMT 2000]
is 6V and across the plates of B is 4V
(a) 2.4  10 4 C (b) 4.8  10 4 C (c) The ratio of electrical energies stored in A and
(c) 7.2 10 4 C (d) 9.6  10 4 C B is 2 : 3
(d) The ratio of charges on A and B is 3 : 2
85. Ten capacitor are joined in parallel and charged
with a battery up to a potential V. They are then 89. In the figure, three capacitors each of capacitance
disconnected from battery and joined again in 6 pF are connected in series. The total
series then the potential of this combination will capacitance of the combination will be [MH CET 2000; CPM
be [RPET 2000] C1 C2 C3
(a) 9  10 12 F
(a) V (b) 10V
(b) 6  10 12 F
(c) 5V (d) 2V
86. In the circuit here, the steady state voltage across (c) 3  10 12 F
capacitor C is a fraction of the battery e.m.f. The (d) 2  10 12 F
fraction is decided by [AMU (Engg.) 2000] V
R1
(a) R1 only 90. Equivalent capacitance between A and B is[DCE 2001]
(b) R1 and R2 only C
4F 4F
R2 (a) 8  F
(c) R1 and R3 only
R3
(d) R1 , R2 and R3 (b) 6  F
4F
87. A parallel plate capacitor of area A, plate (c) 26  F
separation d and capacitance C is filled with three A B
(d) 10 / 3  F 4F 4F
different dielectric materials having dielectric
constants k1 , k 2 and k 3 as shown. If a single 91. Two capacitors of 10  F and 20  F are connected
dielectric material is to be used to have the same in series with a 30V battery. The charge on the
capacitance C in this capacitor, then its dielectric capacitors will be, respectively
constant k is given by [IIT-JEE Screening 2000]
(a) 100  C , 200  C (b) 200  C , 100  C
A/2 A/2
K1
(c) 100  C , 100  C (d) 200  C , 200  C
K2 d/2
d 92. In the figure a capacitor is filled with dielectrics.
K3 The resultant capacitance is
A/2 A/2
A
d/2 K1
A = Area of
K3 d
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 K2
(a)    (b)  
k k1 k2 2k 3 k k1  k 2 2k 3
 Electrostatics 979
2 0 A  1 1 1    0 A 1 1 1   16 
(a)     
(b)    

(d)  3  10 6 J
d  k 1 k 2 k 3  d  k1 k2 k3   
 
2 0 A A 20F capacitor is charged to 5V and isolated. It is
(c) k1  k 2  k 3  (d) None of these
97.
d then connected in parallel with an uncharged 30F
93. Three capacitors of capacitance 3 F,10 F and capacitor. The decrease in the energy of the system
will be [EAMCET 2001]
15  F are connected in series to a voltage source
of 100V. The charge on 15  F is (a) 25 J (b) 200 J

[Pb. PMT 1999; AIIMS 2000; CPMT 2001] (c) 125 J (d) 150 J
(a) 50  C (b) 100  C 98. A parallel plate capacitor has capacitance C. If it
(c) 200  C (d) 280  C is equally filled with parallel layers of materials
of dielectric constants K1 and K2 its capacity
94. Consider a parallel plate capacitor of 10  F becomes C1. The ratio of C1 to C is
(micro-farad) with air filled in the gap between [MP PMT 2001]
the plates. Now one half of the space between the
plates is filled with a dielectric of dielectric (a) K  K 2
(b) K1 K 2
constant 4, as shown in the figure. The capacity of 1
K1  K 2
the capacitor changes to [AFMC 2001; MP PET 2001]
K1  K 2 2K 1 K 2
(a) 25  F (c) (d)
K1 K 2 K1  K 2
K=4
(b) 20  F
99. The equivalent capacitance in the circuit between
(c) 40  F A and B will be [UPSEAT 2002]
(d) 5  F (a) 1 F
95. The combination of capacitors with (a) 2 F 1F 1F 1F
C1  3 F, C2  4 F and C3  2 F is charged by
(b) 3 F A B
connecting AB to a battery. Consider the following
statements 1
(c) F
I. Energy stored in C1 = Energy stored in C 2 + 3
Energy stored in C 3 100. The equivalent capacitance between A and B is
II. Charge on C1 = Charge on C2 + Charge on C3 [Pb. PMT 2002]
C
III. Potential drop across C1 = Potential drop (a)
across C2 = Potential drop across C3 4
3C C
Which of these is/are correct (b) [AMU (Med.) 2001] C C C
C3 4
(a) I and II A
C
(b) II only
C1 (c)
3
A B B
(c) I and III C2 4C
(d)
(d) III only 3
96. Two capacitors C1  2 F and C2  6  F in series, 101. The effective capacity between A and B in the
are connected in parallel to a third capacitor figure given is
C3  4  F . This arrangement is then connected to [Kerala PMT 2002]

a battery of e.m.f. = 2V, as shown in the figure. (a)

43
F 2F 3F
How much energy is lost by the battery in 24
charging the capacitors [MP PET 2001] A
(b) 24 F
C1 C2 43
(a) 22  10 6 J 4F 4F
43
(b) 11  10 6 J (c) F
12
 32  B
(c)  3   10 6 J (d) 12
43 F 2F 3F
  C3
+–

2V
 980 Electrostatics
CV  V  CV  V 
1 1
102. In the given figure the capacitors C1 , C3 , C4 , C5 (c)
2
(d)
2
1 2 1 2
have a capacitance 4F each if the capacitor C2 4 4
has a capacitance 10F, then effective capacitance
107. A capacitor of 10F charged up to 250 volts is
between A and B will be
connected in parallel with another capacitor of
C4 [AIIMS 2002] 5F charged up to 100 volts. The common
(a) 2F potential is [BHU 2002]
C1 C2 C3
(b) 4F (a) 500 V (b) 400 V
A B
(c) 6F C5 (c) 300 V (d) 200 V
(d) 8F
108. Two capacitors of 1F and 2F are connected in
103. Two capacitors C1 and C2 = 2C1 are connected in a
series, the resultant capacitance will be
circuit with a switch between them as shown in
2
the figure. Initially the switch is open and C1 (a) 4  F (b) F
holds charge Q. The switch is closed. At steady 3
state, the charge on each capacitor will be 3
(c) F (d) 3 F
[Orissa JEE 2002] 2
Q C1
(a) Q, 2Q 109. The charge on any one of the 2  F capacitors and

(b) Q / 3, 2Q / 3 1 F capacitor will be given respectively (in  C )

S
R as
(c) 3Q / 2, 3Q
C2 = 2C1 [AMU (Med.) 2002]
(d) 2Q / 3, 4Q / 3
(a) 1, 2 2F 2F
104. Three capacitors of 2F, 3F and 6 F are joined
(b) 2, 1
in series and the combination is charged by means
1F
of a 24 volt battery. The potential difference (c) 1, 1
between the plates of the 6 F capacitor is [MP PMT 2002]
(d) 2, 2 2V
(a) 4 volt (b) 6 volt
110. When two identical capacitors are in series have
(c) 8 volt (d) 10 volt 3F capacitance and when parallel 12F. What is
105. Two capacitors of capacitances 3  F and 6 F are the capacitance of each [DPMT 2002]

charged to a potential of 12 V each. They are now (a) 6  F (b) 3  F

connected to each other, with the positive plate of
each joined to the negative plate of the other. The (c) 12 F (d) 9  F
potential difference across each will be [KCET 2002]
111. In the circuit as shown in the figure the effective
(a) 6 volt (b) 4 volt capacitance between A and B is
4F
(c) 3 volt (d) Zero (a) 3  F A

106. Two identical capacitors, have the same (b) 2  F

capacitance C. One of them is charged to potential 4F 2F 2F
V1 and the other to V2 . The negative ends of the (c) 4  F 4F

capacitors are connected together. When the (d) 8  F B

positive ends are also connected, the decrease in
energy of the combined system is F-oJu
112[.IIT ErE (eSqcu
reaelnicnagp)a2c0
it0o2r]s, each of capacity C, are
arranged as shown. The effective capacitance
1 1
(a) C(V 2  V 2 ) (b) C(V 2  V 2 ) between A and B is
1 2 1 2
4 4
[MP PET 2003]
 Electrostatics 981

(a) 5 C 117. A series combination of three capacitors of

C
8 capacities 1 F, 2  F and 8  F is connected to a
C battery of e.m.f. 13 volt. The potential difference
3
(b) C C across the plates of 2  F capacitor will be
5 A B
(a) 1V (b) 8V
(c) 5 C C 13
(c) 4V (d) V
3 3
(d) C 118. Two capacitors of capacitance 2 F and 3 F are
joined in series. Outer plate first capacitor is at
113. In the figure shown, the effective capacitance
1000 volt and outer plate of second capacitor is
between the points A and B, if each has
earthed (grounded). Now the potential on inner
capacitance C, is
plate of each capacitor will be
[MP PET 2003] [MP PMT 2003]
C
(a) 2C (a) 700 Volt (b) 200 Volt
B
(c) 600 Volt (d) 400 Volt
C
(b) 119. In the figure a potential of + 1200 V is given to
5 C
C C point A and point B is earthed, what is the
(c) 5C C potential at the point P
C [MP PMT 2004]
(d) A 4F
2 (a) 100 V
3F
(b) 200 V A B
114. Three capacitors each of capacity 4  F are to be P
(c) 400 V
connected in such a way that the effective (d) 600 V 2F
capacitance is 6  F . This can be done by [CBSE PMT 2003]
120. All six capacitors shown are identical, Each can
(a) Connecting them in parallel withstand maximum 200 volts between its
terminals. The maximum voltage that can be
(b) Connecting two in series and one in parallel
safely applied between A and B is
(c) Connecting two in parallel and one in series [MP PMT 2004]
(a) 1200 V
(d) Connecting all of them in series
(b) 400 V
115. Three capacitors of capacitance 3 F are A B
(c) 800 V
connected in a circuit. Then their maximum and
(d) 200 V
minimum capacitances will be [RPET 2003]
121. The charge on 4 Fcapacitor in the given circuit
(a) 9  F , 1  F (b) 8  F , 2  F is .... in C
[Kerala PMT 2004]
(c) 9  F , 0  F (d) 3  F , 2  F
1F

116. A capacitor of capacity C1 is charged upto V volt 4F

(a) 12 5F
and then connected to an uncharged capacitor of
capacity C 2 . Then final potential difference (b) 24 3F

across each will be

(c) 36
[MP PET 2000; CBSE PMT 2002; MP PET 2003]
(d) 32 10
C2 V  
(a) (b) 1  C 2  V 122. Three plates of common surface area A are
C1  C2  C1  connected as shown. The effective capacitance
will be [Orissa PMT 2004]
C1 V  C 2  0A
(d) 1  V (a)

(c) 

C1  C2  C1  d
d
A B
d
 982 Electrostatics
3 0 A
(b)
d
(c) 3  0 A
2d
2 0 A
(d)
d
123. Three capacitors 2, 3 and 6 F are joined in series
with each other. What is the minimum effective
capacitance
[Orissa PMT 2004]
1
(a) F (b) 1 F
2
(c) 2 F (d) 3 F
124. Effective capacitance between A and B in the
figure shown is (all capacitance are in F) [KCET 2004]

(a) 21 F
3 6
(b) 23 F
3 A B
(c) F 2
14
14 4 8
(d) F
3

125. Three capacitors of capacitance 1 F, 2 F and 3

F are connected in series and a potential
difference of 11 V is applied across the
combination. Then, the potential difference across
the plates of 1 F capacitor is [DCE 2003]

(a) 2 V (b) 4 V
(c) 1 V (d) 6 V
126. Four identical capacitors are connected as shown
in diagram. When a battery of 6 V is connected
between A and B, the charge stored is found to be
1.5 C . The value of C1 is A
[Kerala PMT 2005]

(a) 2.5F C1
C1
(b) 15 F
C1
(c) 1.5F
C1
(d) 0.1F
B
127. A 10 F capacitor is charged to a potential
difference of 1000 V. The terminals of the charged
capacitor are disconnected from the power supply
and connected to the terminals of an uncharged
6F capacitor. What is the final potential
difference across each capacitor [Kerala PMT 2005]
(a) 167 V (b) 100 V
(c) 625 V (d) 250 V