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PHYSICS
JEE (MAIN+ADVANCED)
LEADER COURSE

EXERCISE
Electrostatics & Electrodynamics
(Current Electricity & Capacitance)
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EXERCISE (O-1)

A. Capacitance of a system
1. Eight drops of mercury of equal radii possessing equal charges combine to form a big drop. Then the
capacitance of bigger drop compared to each individual small drop is
(A) 8 times (B) 4 times (C) 2 times (D) 32 times
CP0155
2. Two vertical metallic plates carrying equal and opposite charges are kept parallel to each other like a

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prallel plate capacitor. A small spherical metallic ball is suspended by a long insulated thread such that
it hangs freely in the centre of the two metallic plates. The ball, which is uncharged, is taken slowly
towards the positively charged plate and is made to touch that plate. Then the ball will
(A) stick to the positively charged plate
(B) come back to its original position and will remain there
(C) oscillate between the two plates touching each plate in turn
(D) oscillate between the two plates without touching them
CP0160
3. Choose the CORRECT statement :-
(A) C will increase on increasing Q (B) C will increase on decreasing Q
(C) C will increase on decreasing V (D) C doesnot depend on Q & V
CP0031
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B. Capacitor circuits
4. In the adjoining diagram if the capacity of each condenser is 1mF then the resultant capacity between
the points P and Q will be -

(A) ¥ (B) zero (C) 2mF (D) 8mF

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5. A parallel plate capacitor is made by stacking n similar metallic plates equally spaced from one another.
The capacitance of the capacitor formed by any two neighbouring plates is C. The total capacitance
of the combination will be
(A) C /( n - 1) (B) n C (C) ( n - 1) C (D) (n + 1) C
CP0164
6. Five similar condenser plates, each of area A, are placed at equal distance d apart and are connected
to a source of e.m.f. E as shown in the following diagram. The charge on the plates 1 and 4 will be-

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e0 A -2e 0 A e0 AV -2e 0 AV -e 0 AV -3e0 AV e 0 AV -4e0 AV
(A) , (B) , (C) , (D) ,
d d d d d d d d

CP0165
7. Five identical plates are connected across a battery as follows. If the charge on plate 1 be +q, then the
charges on the plates 2, 3, 4 & 5 are

1
2
3
4
5

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(A) - q , + q, - q, + q (B) - 2q, + 2q, - 2q, + q
(C) - q, + 2q, - 2q, + q (D) none of these
CP0166
8. From a supply of identical capacitors rated 8 mF 250 V, the minimum number required to form a
composite 16 mF 1000V capacitor is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 32
CP0167
9. Two capacitors of capacitances C1 and C 2 are connected in series across 200 V power supply. The
potential drop across C1 is 120V. A capacitor of capacitance 2 mF is connected in parallel with C1
and the potential drop across C 2 becomes 160 V. What are the values of C1 and C 2 in m F ?
(A) 0.4 & 0.6 (B) 0.6 & 0.4 (C) 0.8 & 1.2 (D) 1.2 & 0.8
CP0169
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10. A capacitor of capacitance 1mF can withstand a potential difference of 6 kV and another capacitor of
1mF can withstand a potential difference of 4V. If they are connected in series, the combination can
withstand a potential difference of
(A) 3V (B) 4V (C) 6V (D) 8V
CP0171
C. Energy analysis in capacitors
11. A 40 µF capacitor in a defibrillator is charged to 3000 V. The energy stored in the capacitor is sent
through the patient during a pulse of duration 2 ms. The power delivered to the patient is :–
(A) 45 kW (B) 90 kW (C) 180 kW (D) 360 kW
CP0173
12. In the figure shown the plates of a parallel plate capacitor have unequal charges. Its capacitance is 'C'.
P is a point outside the capacitor and close to the plate of charge –Q. The distance between the plates

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is 'd' then which statement is wrong

2Q -Q

(A) A point charge at point 'P' will experience electric force due to capacitor
3Q
(B) The potential difference between the plates will be
2C

9Q2
(C) The energy stored in the electric field in the region between the plates is
8C
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(D) The force on one plate due to the other plate is
2p Î0 d2

CP0174
13. A capacitor of capacity C is connected with a battery of potential V in parallel. The distance between
its plates is reduced to half at once, assuming that the charge remains the same. Then to charge the
capacitance upto the potential V again, the energy given by the battery will be
(A) CV2 / 4 (B) CV2 / 2 (C) 3CV2 / 4 (D) CV2
CP0175
14. A parallel plate capacitor is charged from a cell and then isolated from it. The separation between the
plate is now increased
(A) the force of attraction between the plates will decrease
(B) the field in the region between the plates will change
(C) the energy stored in the capacitor will increase
(D) the potential difference between the plates will decreases
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15. A parallel-plate capacitor has a plate area of 0.3 m2 and a plate separation of 0.1 mm. If the charge on
each plate has a magnitude of 5 × 10–6 C then the force exerted by one plate on the other has a
magnitude of about :
(A) 0 (B) 5 N (C) 1 × 104 N (D) 9 × 105 N
CP0052
D. Dielectrics
16. Capacitor of given system is C. Find the capacitance if dielectric is removed (A is the area of plate,
K dielectric constant)

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A/3 K=2

4 2 C 3
(A) C (B) C (C) (D) C
3 3 3 4
CP0178
17. Four identical plates 1,2,3 and 4 are placed parallel to each other at equal distance as shown in the
figure. Plates 1 and 4 are joined together and the space between 2 and 3 is filled with a dielectric of
dielectric constant k = 2. The capacitance of the system between 1 and 3 & 2 and 4 are C1 and C2
C1
respectively. The ratio is-
C2

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5 3 5
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D)
3 5 7

CP0179
18. A parallel plate capacitor has plates with area A and separation d. A battery charges the plates to a
potential difference V0. The battery is then disconnected and a dielectric slab of thickness d is introduced.
The ratio of energy stored in the capacitor before and after slab is introduced, is:-
1 A d2 K
(A) K (B) (C) (D)
K d2 K A
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19. The expression for the capacity of the capacitor formed by compound dielectric placed between the
plates of a parallel plate capacitor as shown in figure, will be (area of plate = A)

d1 d3

K1 K2 K3

d2

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e0 A e0 A e 0 A(K1 K 2 K3 ) æ AK1 AK 2 AK3 ö
(A) (B) (C) (D) e 0 çç + + ÷
æ d1 d2 d3 ö æ d1 + d2 + d3 ö d1d2d3 è d1 d2 d3 ÷ø
ç ÷ ç ÷
çK + K + K ÷ çK +K +K ÷
è 1 2 3 ø è 1 2 3 ø

CP0181
20. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are charged up to 100 volt. A 2 mm. thick dielectric plate is
inserted between the plates, then to maintain the same potential difference, the distance between the
capacitor plate is increased by 1.6 mm. The dielectric constant of the plate is :–
(A) 5 (B) 1.25 (C) 4 (D) 2.5
CP0183
21. A capacitor remains connected to a battery, a dielectric slab is slipped between the plates. The energy
will increase due to
(A) increase in potential difference (B) increase in electric field strength
(C) increase of capacitance (D) none of above
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CP0184
22. A parallel plate capacitor having dielectric slab of e = 6 is connected across a battery and charged.
This dielectric slab is then removed and new dielectric slab of er = 10 is introduced. The ratio of the
energy stored in the first case to that in the second case is :-
(A) 3 : 5 (B) 5 : 3 (C) 9 : 25 (D) 25 : 9
CP0187
23. An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has a capacitance of 1 pF. The plate separation is then doubled
and a wax dielectric is inserted, completely filling the space between the plates. As a result, the
capacitance becomes 2 pF. The dielectric of the wax is
(A) 0.25 (B) 0.5 (C) 2.0 (D) 4.0
CP0059
24. A capacitor stores 60mC charge when connected across a battery. When the gap between the plates is
filled with a dielectric, a charge of 120mC flows through the battery. The dielectric constant of the
material inserted is :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) none
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25. Condenser A has a capacity of 15 mF when it is filled with a medium of dielectric constant 15.
Another condenser B has a capacity 1 mF with air between the plates. Both are charged separately by
a battery of 100V. After charging, both are connected in parallel without the battery and the dielectric
material being removed. The common potential now is :-
(A) 400V (B) 800V (C) 1200V (D) 1600V
CP0063
E. R-C circuits
26. A capacitor C = 100 mF is connected to three resistor each of resistance 1 kW and a battery of emf 9V.
The switch S has been closed for long time so as to charge the capacitor. When switch S is opened,
the capacitor discharges with time constant :-

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(A) 33 ms (B) 5 ms (C) 3.3 ms (D) 50 ms
CP0069
27. Let C be the capacitance of a capacitor discharging through a resistor R. Suppose t1 is the time taken
for the energy stored in the capacitor to reduce to half its initial value and t2 is the time taken for the
charge to reduce to one-fourth its initial value. Then the ratio t1/t2 will be : [AIEEE-2010]
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 1/2 (D) 1/4
CP0100

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28. A resistor 'R' and 2µF capacitor in series is connected through a switch to 200 V direct supply. Across
the capacitor is a neon bulb that lights up at 120 V. Calculate the value of R to make the bulb light up
5s after the switch has been closed. (log10 2.5 = 0.4) [AIEEE-2011]
(A) 2.7 × 10 W6
(B) 3.3 × 10 W7
(C) 1.3 × 10 W4
(D) 1.7 × 105 W
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EXERCISE (O-2)

SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

A. Capacitance of a system
1. A battery is used to charged a parallel-plate capacitor, after which it is disconnected. Then the plates
are pulled apart to twice their original separation. This process will doubled the :
(A) capacitance (B) surface charge density on each plate
(C) stored energy (D) electric field between the two plates
CP0051
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2. 5 Conducting plates each are placed face to face & equi-spaced at distance d. Area of each plate is
half the previous plate. If area of first plate is A. Then the equivalent capacitance of the system shown
is :-

e0A e0A e0A e0 A

(A) (B) (C) (D)
d 10d 20d 30d
CP0041
3. Find the equivalent capacitance across A & B :-
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28 15
(A) mf (B) mF (C) 15 mF (D) none
3 2
CP0044
4. Each of the two 25-µF capacitors shown is initially uncharged. How many coulombs of charge pass
through the ammeter A after the switch S is closed ?

4000V

(A) 0.10 (B) 0.20 (C) 10 (D) 0.05

CP0037

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5. For the circuit shown here, the potential difference between points A and B is :-

6C B 2C

6C 3C C 2C

10V C
20W
A

(A) 2.5 V (B) 7.5 V (C) 10 V (D) Zero

CP0042
6. In the given circuit, a charge of +80 mC is given to the upper plate of the 4mF capacitor. Then in the
steady state, the charge on the upper plate of the 3mF capacitor is :- [IIT-JEE 2012]

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+80m C
4m F

2m F 3m F

(A) + 32 mC (B) + 40mC (C) +48mC (D) + 80mC

CP0116
7. Three capacitors 2 mF, 3 mF and 5 mF can withstand voltages to 3V, 2V and 1V respectively. Their
series combination can withstand a maximum voltage equal to :-
(A) 5 Volts (B) (31/6) Volts (C) (26/5) Volts (D) None

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CP0064
C. Energy analysis in capacitors
8. Capacitors A and B are identical. Capacitor A is charged so it stores 4J of energy and capacitor B is
uncharged. The capacitor are then connected in parallel. The total stored energy in the capacitors is now:
(A) 16 J (B) 8 J (C) 4 J (D) 2 J
CP0049
9. Consider a capacitor connected with a battery, capacitor is in steady state. Now plates of capacitor are
drawn apart so as to double the separation in two cases.
Case :
(i) Battery remains connected
(ii) Battery is disconnected
Mark the CORRECT statement.
(A) In case (i) energy of capacitor increases
(B) In case (i) work done by battery is positive
(C) In case (ii) energy of capacitor increases
(D) In case (ii) potential difference across capacitor decreases
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10. Two identical capacitors, have the same capacitance C. One of them is charged to potential V1 and
the other to V2. The negative ends of the capacitors are connected together. When the positive ends
are also connected, the decrease in energy of the combined system is :- [IIT-JEE 2002 (Scr)]

(A)
1
4
(
C V12 - V22 ) (B)
1
4
(
C V12 + V22 ) (C)
1
4
(
C V1 - V2 )
2
(D)
1
4
(
C V1 + V2 )
2

CP0056
D. Dielectrics
11. A parallel plate capacitor is connected from a cell and then isolated from it. Two dielectric slabs of
dielectric constant K and 2K are now introduce in the region between upper half and lower half of the
plate (as shown in figure). The electric field intensity in upper half of dielectric is E1 and lower half is
E2 then

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K
E1

(A) E1 = 2E2
(B) Electrostatic potential energy of upper half is less than that of lower half
(C) Induced charges on both slabs are same
(D) Charge distribution on the plates remains same after insertion of dielectric
CP0065
E. R-C circuits
12. In the given circuit, with steady current the potential drop across the capacitor must be :-
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V R

C
2V
2R

V V 2V
(A) V (B) (C) (D)
2 3 3
CP0067
13. In the circuit shown, the charge on the 3mF capacitor at steady state will be

2
(A) 6 mC (B) 4 mC (C) mC (D) 3 mC
3
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14. A 2 mF capacitor is charged as shown in figure. The percentage of its stored energy dissipated after
the switch S is turned to position 2 is :- [IIT-JEE 2011]

1 2

V
2mF 8mF

(A) 0% (B) 20% (C) 75% (D) 80%

CP0115
MULTIPLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS

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B. Capacitor circuits
15. Four capacitors and a battery are connected as shown. The potential drop across the 7 mF capacitor is
6 V. Then the :

(A) potential difference across the 3 mF capacitor is 10 V

(B) charge on the 3 mF capacitor is 42 mC
(C) e.m.f. of the battery is 30 V
(D) potential difference across the 12 mF capacitor is 10 V.
CP0071
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16. A parallel plate air-core capacitor is connected across a source of constant potential difference. When
a dielectric plate is introduced between the two plates then :
(A) some charge from the capacitor will flow back into the source.
(B) some extra charge from the source will flow back into the capacitor.
(C) the electric field intensity between the two plate does not change.
(D) the electric field intensity between the two plates will decrease.
CP0075
17. The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor is C when the region between the plate has air. This
region is now filled with a dielectric slab of dielectric constant k. The capacitor is connected to a cell
of emf E, and the slab is taken out
(A) charge CE(k – 1) flows through the cell
(B) energy E2C(k – 1) is absorbed by the cell.
(C) the energy stored in the capacitor is reduced by E2C(k – 1)
1 2
(D) the external agent has to do E C(k – 1) amount of work to take the slab out.
2
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18. A capacitor of capacity C0 is connected to a battery of emf V0. When steady state is attained a dielectric
slab of dielectric constant K is slowly introduced in the capacitor. Mark the Correct statement(s), in
final steady state :-
(A) Magnitude of induced charge on the each surface of slab is C0V0 (K – 1)
(B) Net electric force due to induced charges on the plate is zero.

K ( C 0 V0 )
2

(C) Force of attraction between plates of capacitor is

2 Î0 A

8V0 ( k - 1)
2

(D) Net field due to induced charges in dielectric slab is

K Î0 A
CP0078

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COMPREHENSION TYPE QUESTIONS
E. R-C circuits
Paragraph for Question No. 19 & 20
The charge across the capacitor in two different RC circuits 1 and 2 are plotted as shown in figure.

19. Choose the correct statement(s) related to the two circuits.

(A) Both the capacitors are charged to the same charge.
(B) The emf's of cells in both the circuit are equal.
(C) The emf's of the cells may be different.
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(D) The emf E1 is more than E2

CP0080
20. Identify the correct statement(s) related to the R1, R2, C1 and C2 of the two RC circuits.
(A) R1 > R2 if E1 = E2 (B) C1 < C2 if E1 = E2
R1 C2
(C) R1C1 > R2C2 (D) <
R2 C1
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EXERCISE (S)

A. Capacitance of a system
1. Two large parallel conducting plates are 34 mm apart and carry equal but opposite charges on their
facing surfaces. An electron placed midway between the plates experiences a force of 3.2 × 10–16 N.
What is the potential difference (in volts) between the plates?
CP0001
2. 2 conducting objects one with charge of +Q and another with –Q are kept on x-axis at x = 0 and

x = 1 respectively. The electric field on the x-axis is given by 3Q æç x 2 + ö÷ . If the capacitance of this
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è 3ø

1
configuration of objects is C. Then fill (in F–1) in OMR sheet.
C
CP0002
3. The diagram shows four capacitors with capacitances and break down voltages as mentioned. What
should be the maximum value of the external emf source such that no capacitor breaks down?

CP0014
B. Capacitor circuits

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4. In the following circuit, the resultant capacitance between A and B is 1 mF. Find the value of C.

CP0006
5. Find the equivalent capacitance of the circuit between point A and B.

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6. In the given network if potential difference between p and q is 2V and C2 = 3C1. Then find the
potential difference between a & b.

C2
C1

C1 C2

CP0008
7. The connections shown in figure are established with the switch S open. How much charge will flow
through the switch if it is closed ?

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CP0010
8. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are given charges +4Q and –2Q. The capacitor is then connected
across an uncharged capacitor of same capacitance as first one (= C). Find the final potential difference
between the plates of the first capacitor.
CP0011
9. Find out equivalent capacitance between A and B. (Given area of plate is A) CP0209
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C. Energy analysis in capacitors

10. Find heat produced in the circuit shown in figure on closing the switch S.

CP0009
D. Dielectrics
11. Two square metallic plates of 1 m side are kept 0.01 m apart, like a parallel plate capacitor, in air in
such a way that one of their edges is perpendicular, to an oil surface in a tank filled with an insulating
oil. The plates are connected to a battery of e.m.f. 500 volt . The plates are then lowered vertically into
the oil at a speed of 0.001 m/s. Calculate the current drawn from the battery during the process.
[di-electric constant of oil = 11, Î0 = 8.85 × 10-12 C2/N2 m2]
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12. In the adjoining figure, capacitor (1) and (2) have a capacitance 'C' each. When the dielectric of
dielectric constant K is inserted between the plates of one of the capacitor, find the total charge
flowing through battery.

E
B C

C C C

A D
1 2

CP0195
E. R-C circuits
13. At t = 0 charge on capacitor is q0. Now switch S is closed. Heat loss in 3R is x × 10–6 J. Then find the

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value of x. [Given q0= 15mC, C = 6/55 mF]

q0+ -q0

R S t=0

2R

3R

CP0016
14. In the connection shown in the figure the switch K is open and the capacitor is uncharged. Then we
close the switch and let the capacitor charge up to the maximum and open the switch again. Then
(Use the following data : V0 = 30 V, R1 = 10 kW, R2 = 5 kW.)

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(i) the current through R1 be I1 immediately after closing the switch
(ii) the current through R2 be I2 a long time after the switch was closed
(iii) the current through R2 be I3 immediately after reopening the switch

I1
Find the value of (in ampere–1).
I 2 I3

R1 R2

V0 K

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15. In the given circuit, the switch S is closed at time t = 0. The charge Q on the capacitor at any instant
t is given by Q (t) = Q0 ( 1–e–at). Find the value of Q0 and a in terms of given parameters shown in the
circuit. [IIT-JEE 2005]

CP0018
16. A certain series RC circuit is formed using a resistance R, a capacitor without dielectric having a
capacitance C = 2F and a battery of emf E = 3V. The circuit is completed and it is allowed to attain the

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steady state. After this, at t = 0, half the thickness of the capacitor is filled with a dielectric of constant
K = 2 as shown in the figure. The system is again allowed to attain a steady state. What will be the
heat generated (in joule) in the circuit between t = 0 and t = ¥ ?

d/2

K=2

CP0019
17. A capacitor filled with dielectric of permittivity e = 2.1 loses half the charge acquired during a time
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interval t = 3.0 min. Assuming the charge to leak only through the dielectric filler, calculate its
resistivity.
CP0020
18. At time t = 0, a battery of 10V is connected across points A and B in the given circuit. If the capacitors
have no charge initially, at what time (in seconds) does the voltage across them become 4V?
[Take : ln 5 = 1.6, ln3 = 1.1] [IIT-JEE 2010]
2mF
2MW

A B

2MW
2mF

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EXERCISE (J-M)

1. Two capacitors C1 and C2 are charged to 120V and 200V respectively. It is found that by connecting
them together the potential on each one can be made zero. Then : [JEE-Main-2013]
(1) 5C1 = 3C2 (2) 3C1 = 5C2
(3) 3C1 + 5C2 = 0 (4) 9C1 = 4C2
CP0105

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2. A parallel plate capacitor is made of two circular plates separated by a distance of 5 mm and with a
dielectriic of dielectric constant 2.2 between them. When the electric field in the dielectric is
3 × 104 V/m, the charge density of the positive plate will be close to : [JEE-Main-2014]
(1) 3 × 104 C/m2 (2) 6 × 104 C/m2
(3) 6 × 10–7 C/m2 (4) 3 × 10–7 C/m2
CP0106
3. Three capacitors each of 4 µF are to be connected in such a way that the effective capacitance is 6 µF.
This can be done by connecting them : [JEE-Main online-2016]
(1) two in parallel and one in series (2) all in parallel
(3) two in series and one in parallel (4) all in series
CP0109

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4. Figure shows a network of capacitors where the numbers indicates capacitances in micro Farad. The
value of capacitance C if the equivalent capacitance between point A and B is to be 1 mF is :-
[JEE-Main online-2016]

C 1
A
8 6 4

2 2 12

33 34 31 32
(1) mF (2) mF (3) mF (4) mF
23 23 23 23

CP0110

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5. In the given circuit diagram when the current reaches steady state in the circuit, the charge on the
capacitor of capacitance C will be : [JEE-Main-2017]

E r

r1

C
r2

r2 r1 r1
(1) CE (2) CE (3) CE (4) CE
( r + r2 ) ( r1 + r ) ( r2 + r )
CP0111

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6. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 90 pF is connected to a battery of emf 20V. If a dielectric
5
material of dielectric constant K = is inserted between the plates, the magnitude of the induced
3
charge will be :- [JEE-Main-2018]
(1) 0.3 n C (2) 2.4 n C (3) 0.9 n C (4) 1.2 n C
CP0113
SELECTED PROBLEMS FROM JEE-MAINS ONLINE PAPERS
7. A parallel plate capacitor with square plates is filled with four dielectrics of dielectric constants K1,
K2, K3, K4 arranged as shown in the figure. The effective dielectric constant K will be :
[JEE-Main-2019_Jan]

K1 K2 L/2
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K3 K4 L/2

d/2 d/2

(K1 + K 2 )(K 3 + K 4 ) (K1 + K 2 )(K 3 + K 4 )

(1) K = (2) K =
2(K1 + K 2 + K 3 + K 4 ) (K1 + K 2 + K 3 + K 4 )

(K1 + K 4 )(K 2 + K 3 ) (K1 + K 3 )(K 2 + K 4 )

(3) K = (4) K =
2(K1 + K 2 + K 3 + K 4 ) K1 + K 2 + K 3 + K 4

CP0134
8. A parallel plate capacitor has 1µF capacitance. One of its two plates is given +2µC charge and the
other plate, +4µC charge. The potential difference developed across the capacitor is:-
[JEE-Main-2019_April]
(1) 5V (2) 2V (3) 3V (4) 1V
CP0136

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9. The parallel combination of two air filled parallel plate capacitors of capacitance C and nC is connected
to a battery of voltage, V. When the capacitors are fully charged, the battery is removed and after that
a dielectric material of dielectric constant K is placed between the two plates of the first capacitor. The
new potential difference of the combined system is :- [JEE-Main-2019_April]

V (n + 1)V nV
(1) (2) V (3) (K + n) (4)
K+n K+n
CP0137
10. A capacitor with capacitance 5µF is charged to 5µC. If the plates are pulled apart to reduce the
capacitance to 2µF, how much work is done ? [JEE-Main-2019_April]
(1) 3.75 × 10 J
–6
(2) 2.55 × 10 J
–6

(3) 2.16 × 10 J
–6
(4) 6.25 × 10–6 J

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CP0138
11. A parallel plate capacitor has plates of area A separated by distance 'd' between them. It is filled with
a dielectric which has a dielectric constant that varies as k(x) = K(1 + ax) where 'x' is the distance
measured from one of the plates. If (ad) <<1, the total capacitance of the system is best given by the
expression : [JEE-Main-2020_Jan]

Ae0 K æ æ ad ö
2ö
AKe 0 æ ad ö
(1) ç1 + ÷ (2) ç1 + ç
d çè è 2 ø
÷ ÷
÷
d è 2 ø ø

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Ae 0 K æ a 2 d 2 ö AKe0
(3) d çç1 + 2 ÷÷ (4) (1 + ad )
è ø d

CP0140
12. Effective capacitance of parallel combination of two capacitors C1 and C2 is 10 µF. When these
capacitors are individually connected to a voltage source of 1V, the energy stored in the capacitor C2
is 4 times that of C1. If these capacitors are connected in series, their effective capacitance will be :
[JEE-Main-2020_Jan]
(1) 3.2 µF (2) 8.4 µF (3) 1.6 µF (4) 4.2 µF
CP0141
13. A parallel plate capacitor has plate of length 'l', width 'w' and separation of plates is 'd'. It is connected
to a battery of emf V. A dielectric slab of the same thickness 'd' and of dielectric constant k = 4 is being
inserted between the plates of the capacitor. At what length of the slab inside plates, will be energy
stored in the capacitor be two times the initial energy stored? [JEE-Main-2020_Sep]
(1) l / 4 (2) l / 2 (3) l / 3 (4) 2l / 3
CP0143

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14. Four identical rectangular plates with length, l = 2 cm and breadth, b = cm are arranged as shown
2
x e0
in figure. The equivalent capacitance between A and C is . The value of x is ___. (Round off to
d
the Nearest Integer) [JEE-Main-2021_March]

A B C D

d d d

CP0199

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15. A parallel plate capacitor with plate area 'A' and distance of separation 'd' is filled with a dielectric.
What is the capacity of the capacitor when permittivity of the dielectric varies as :
[JEE-Main-2021_July]
æ dö
e(x) = e 0 + kx, for ç 0 < x £ ÷
è 2ø

æd ö
e(x) = e 0 + k(d - x), for ç £ x £ d ÷
è2 ø

æ kd ö
2 /kA
kA kA æ 2e
0
ö
(1) ç e0 + ÷ (2) (3) 0 (4) 2 ln ç 2e - kd ÷
è 2 ø æ 2e + kd ö è 0 ø
2 ln ç 0 ÷
è 2e0 ø
CP0200
16. Calculate the amount of charge on capacitor of 4 µF. The internal resistance of battery is 1W :
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[JEE-Main-2021_Aug]

2mF
4mF 6W

5V 2mF

4W

(1) 8 µC (2) zero (3) 16 µC (4) 4 µC

CP0202
17. The equivalent capacitance between points A and B in below shown figure will be _____µF.
[JEE-Main-2022_June]

CP0203

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18. A parallel plate capacitor is made up of stair like structure with a plate area A of each stair and that is
connected with a wire of length b, as shown in the figure. The capacitance of the arrangement is
x e0 A
. The value of x is _______ . [JEE-Main-2022_June]
15 b

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CP0204
19. Capacitance of an isolated conducting sphere of radius R1 becomes n times when it is enclosed by a

æ R2 ö
concentric conducting sphere of radius R2 connected to earth. The ratio of their radii ç R ÷ is:
è 1ø

[JEE-Main-2022_July]

n 2n n +1 2n + 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n -1 2n + 1 n n

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CP0205
20. As show in the figure, in steady state, the charge stored in the capacitor is……. × 10 C. –6

[JEE-Main-2022_July]

CP0206

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EXERCISE (J-A)

1. In the circuit shown in the figure, there are two parallel plate capacitors each of the capacitance C.
The switch S1 is pressed first to fully charge the capacitor C1 and then released. The switch S2 is then
pressed to charge the capacitor C2. After some time, S2 is released and then S3 is pressed, After some
time, [IIT-JEE 2013]
S1 S2 S3

C1 C2
2V0 V0

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(A) the charge on the upper plate of C1 is 2CV0
(B) the charge on the upper plate of C1 is CV0
(C) the charge on the upper plate of C2 is 0.
(D) the charge on the upper plate of C2 is –CV0
CP0117
2. A parallel plate capacitor has a dielectric slab of dielectric constant K between its plates that covers
1/3 of the area of its plates, as shown in the figure. The total capacitance of the capacitor is C while
that of the portion with dielectric in between is C1. When the capacitor is charged, the plate area
covered by the dielectric gets charge Q1 and the rest of the area gets charge Q2. The electric field in
the dielectric is E1 and that in the other portion is E2. Choose the correct option/options, ignoring edge
effects. [JEE-Advance 2014]

Q1 E1
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E2
Q2

E E 1 Q 3 C 2+K
(A) E = 1 (B) E = K (C) Q = K (D) C = K
1 1 1

2 2 2 1

CP0118
3. A parallel plate capacitor having plates of area S and plate separation d/2

d, has capacitance C1 in air. When two dielectrics of different

relative permittivities (e1 = 2 and e2 = 4) are introduced between
the two plates as shown in the figure, the capacitance becomes C2.
+ –
C2
The ratio C is :- [JEE-Advance 2015]
1

6 5 7 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 3 5 3

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CP0119
4. In the circuit shown below, the key is pressed at time t = 0. Which of the following statement(s) is(are)
true? [JEE-Advance 2016]

40µF 25kW
–
V
+
A 50kW 20µF

+ –
Key 5V

(A) The voltmeter displays –5V as soon as the key is pressed, and displays +5V after a long time

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(B) The voltmeter will display 0 V at time t = ln 2 seconds
(C) The current in the ammeter becomes 1/e of the initial value after 1 second
(D) The current in the ammeter becomes zero after a long time
CP0120
PARAGRAPH–1
Consider a simple RC circuit as shown in figure 1.
Process 1 : In the circuit the switch S is closed at t = 0 and the capacitor is fully charged to voltage V0
(i.e., charging continues for time T >> RC). In the process some dissipation (ED) occurs across the
resistance R. The amount of energy finally stored in the fully charged capacitor is EC.

v0
Process 2 : In a different process the voltage is first set to and maintained for a charging time
3

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2v 0
T >> RC. Then the voltage is raised to without discharging the capacitor and again maintained
3
for a time T >> RC. The process is repeated one more time by raising the voltage to V0 and the
capacitor is charged to the same final voltage V0 as in Process 1.
These two processes are depicted in Figure 2. [JEE-Advance 2017]

V
Process 1
V0

S 2V0/3
R Process 2
V0/3 T >> RC
V + C
–
T 2T t
Figure 1 Figure 2

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5. In Process 1, the energy stored in the capacitor EC and heat dissipated across resistance ED are related
by :-
1
(A) EC = ED (B) EC = 2ED (C) EC = E (D) EC = ED ln2
2 D
CP0121
6. In Process 2, total energy dissipated across the resistance ED is :-
1æ1 2 ö æ1 2 ö 1
(A) ED = ç CV0 ÷ (B) ED = 3 ç CV0 ÷ (C) ED = CV02 (D) ED = 3CV02
3è2 ø è2 ø 2
CP0122
7. Three identical capacitors C1, C2 and C3 have a capacitance of 1.0 µF each and they are uncharged
initially. They are connected in a circuit as shown in the figure and C1 is then filled completely with
a dielectric material of relative permittivity Îr. The cell electromotive force (emf) V0 = 8V. First the
switch S1 is closed while the switch S2 is kept open. When the capacitor C3 is fully charged, S1 is

®
opened and S2 is closed simultaneously. When all the capacitors reach equilibrium, the charge on C3
is found to be 5µC. The value of Îr. [JEE-Advance 2018]

V0 S2
C3
C1
S1
C2

CP0123
8. In the circuit shown, initially there is no charge on capacitors and keys S1 and S2 are open. The values
of the capacitors are C1 = 10 mF, C2 = 30 mF and C3 = C4 = 80 mF. [JEE-Advance 2019]

S1
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C4 5V 30W
P

S2
C1 C2 C3
30W
70W
10V
Q 100W

Which of the statement(s) is/are correct ?

(1) The keys S1 is kept closed for long time such that capacitors are fully charged. Now key S2 is
closed, at this time, the instantaneous current across 30 W resistor (between points P and Q) will
be 0.2 A (round off to 1 st decimal place).
(2) If key S1 is kept closed for long time such that capacitors are fully charged, the voltage difference
between points P and Q will be 10 V.
(3) At time t = 0, the key S1 is closed, the instantaneous current in the closed circuit will be 25 mA.
(4) If key S1 is kept closed for long time such that capacitors are fully charged, the voltage across the
capacitors C1 will be 4V.
CP0124

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9. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C has spacing d between two plates having area A. The
region between the plates is filled with N dielectric layers, parallel to its plates, each with thickness
d æ mö
d= . The dielectric constant of the mth layer is K m = K ç1 + ÷ . For a very large N (> 103), the
N è Nø
æ K Î0 A ö
capacitance C is a ç ÷ . The value of a will be _____.
è dln2 ø
[Î0 is the permittivity of free space] [JEE-Advance 2019]
CP0125
10. Two large circular discs separated by a distance of 0.01 m are connected to a battery via a switch as
shown in the figure. Charged oil drops of density 900 kg m–3 are released through a tiny hole at the
center of the top disc. Once some oil drops achieve terminal velocity, the switch is closed to apply a
voltage of 200 V across the discs. As a result, an oil drop of radius 8 × 10–7 m stops moving vertically

®
and floats between the discs. The number of electrons present in this oil drop is ________. (neglect
the buoyancy force, take acceleration due to gravity =10 ms–2 and charge on an electron (e) = 1.6 ×
10–19 C) [JEE-Advance 2020]

Switch

0.01m
200 V

CP0145
Question Stem for Question Nos. 11 and 12
Question Stem

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In the circuit shown below, the switch S is connected to position P for a long time so that the charge
on the capacitor becomes q1 µC. Then S is switched to position Q. After a long time, the charge on the
capacitor is q2 µC. [JEE-Advance 2021]

S 1W 2W
P
Q
1mF
1V 2V

11. The magnitude of q1 is ___ .

CP0146
12. The magnitude of q2 is ___ .
CP0147

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13. In the following circuit C1 = 12 µF, C2 = C3 = 4 µF and C4 = C5 = 2 µF. The Charge stored in C3 is
_______ µC. [JEE-Advance 2022]

C1

C2
6V C5 2V
C3 C4

CP0207
14. A medium having dielectric constant K > 1 fills the space between the plates of a parallel plate
capacitor. The plates have large area, and the distance between them is d. The capacitor is connected

®
d
to a battery of voltage V. as shown in Figure (a). Now, both the plates are moved by a distance of
2
from their original positions, as shown in Figure (b). [JEE-Advance 2022]

d d d d
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2 2

V V
Figure (a) Figure (b)

In the process of going from the configuration depicted in Figure (a) to that in Figure (b), which of the
following statement(s) is(are) correct?
(A) The electric field inside the dielectric material is reduced by a factor of 2K.
1
(B) The capacitance is decreased by a factor of .
K +1
(C) The voltage between the capacitor plates is increased by a factor of (K + 1).
(D) The work done in the process DOES NOT depend on the presence of the dielectric material.
CP0208

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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE # O-1

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ans. C C D C A B B D A D

Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Ans. B D D C B D B A A A

Que. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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Ans. C A D C B D D A

EXERCISE # O-2

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ans. C D B B A C B D C C

Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Ans. B C B D B,C,D B,C A,B,D A,B A,C D

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EXERCISE # S

32
1. 68 2. 5 3. 2.5 kV 4. mF 5. (C)
23

2Ae0
6. 30 V 7. 12mC 8. 3Q/2C 9. 10. 0
3d

( K - 1) CE
11. 4.425 × 10–9 Ampere 12. from C to B 13. 225 14. 750
2 ( K + 1)

CVR 2 R1 + R 2 3
15. Q0 = and a = 16. J 17. 1.4 × 1013 W.m.
R1 + R 2 CR 1R 2 4

18. 2

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EXERCISE # JEE-MAIN

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ans. 2 3 3 4 1 4 Bonus 4 3 1

Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Ans. 1 3 3 2 2 1 6 23 A 10

EXERCISE # JEE-ADVANCED

®
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ans. B,D A,D D A,B,C,D A A 1.50 3,4 1.00 6

Que. 11 12 13 14

Ans. 1.33 0.67 8 B

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