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A capacitor is made of a flat plate of area A and a second plate having a stair-like structure as shown in figure. If the area of each stair is $$\fra...

A capacitor has air as dielectric medium and two conducting plates of area $$12 \mathrm{~cm}^2$$ and they are $$0.6 \mathrm{~cm}$$ apart. When a slab ...

A galvanometer $(G)$ of $2 \Omega$ resistance is connected in the given circuit. The ratio of charge stored in $C_1$ and $C_2$ is : ...

Two identical capacitors have same capacitance $C$. One of them is charged to the potential $V$ and other to the potential $2 \mathrm{~V}$. The negati...

In the network shown below, the charge accumulated in the capacitor in steady state will be: ...

A capacitor of capacitance $$\mathrm{C}$$ is charged to a potential V. The flux of the electric field through a closed surface enclosing the positive ...

A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance $$2 \mathrm{~F}$$ is charged to a potential $$\mathrm{V}$$, The energy stored in the capacitor is $$E_{1}$$....

The distance between two plates of a capacitor is $$\mathrm{d}$$ and its capacitance is $$\mathrm{C}_{1}$$, when air is the medium between the plates....

The equivalent capacitance of the combination shown is : ...

In this figure the resistance of the coil of galvanometer G is $$2 ~\Omega$$. The emf of the cell is $$4 \mathrm{~V}$$. The ratio of potential differe...

Given below are two statements: One is labeled as Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R. Assertion A : Two metallic spheres are charged to ...

A parallel plate capacitor has plate area 40 cm$$^2$$ and plates separation 2 mm. The space between the plates is filled with a dielectric medium of a...

Two identical thin metal plates has charge $$q_{1}$$ and $$q_{2}$$ respectively such that $$q_{1}>q_{2}$$. The plates were brought close to each other...

A slab of dielectric constant $$\mathrm{K}$$ has the same cross-sectional area as the plates of a parallel plate capacitor and thickness $$\frac{3}{4}...

Two capacitors, each having capacitance $$40 \,\mu \mathrm{F}$$ are connected in series. The space between one of the capacitors is filled with dielec...

A source of potential difference $$V$$ is connected to the combination of two identical capacitors as shown in the figure. When key '$$K$$' is closed,...

The total charge on the system of capacitors $$C_{1}=1 \mu \mathrm{F}, C_{2}=2 \mu \mathrm{F}, \mathrm{C}_{3}=4 \mu \mathrm{F}$$ and $$\mathrm{C}_{4}=...

Capacitance of an isolated conducting sphere of radius R1 becomes n times when it is enclosed by a concentric conducting sphere of radius R2 connected...

A condenser of $$2 \,\mu \mathrm{F}$$ capacitance is charged steadily from 0 to $$5 \,\mathrm{C}$$. Which of the following graph represents correctly ...

Co is the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with air as a medium between the plates (as shown in Fig. 1). If half space between the plates is ...

A capacitor is discharging through a resistor R. Consider in time t1, the energy stored in the capacitor reduces to half of its initial value and in t...

A parallel plate capacitor filled with a medium of dielectric constant 10, is connected across a battery and is charged. The dielectric slab is replac...

A force of 10 N acts on a charged particle placed between two plates of a charged capacitor. If one plate of capacitor is removed, then the force acti...

The charge on capacitor of capacitance 15$$\mu$$F in the figure given below is : ...

A parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and plate separation d = 2 m has a capacitance of 4 $$\mu$$F. The new capacitance of the system if half o...

Two capacitors having capacitance C1 and C2 respectively are connected as shown in figure. Initially, capacitor C1 is charged to a potential differenc...

Two metallic plates form a parallel plate capacitor. The distance between the plates is 'd'. A metal sheet of thickness $${d \over 2}$$ and of area eq...

If the charge on a capacitor is increased by 2 C, the energy stored in it increases by 44%. The original charge on the capacitor is (in C)

A parallel plate capacitor is formed by two plates each of area 30$$\pi$$ cm2 separated by 1 mm. A material of dielectric strength 3.6 $$\times$$ 107 ...

A capacitor is connected to a 20 V battery through a resistance of 10$$\Omega$$. It is found that the potential difference across the capacitor rises ...

Three capacitors C1 = 2$$\mu$$F, C2 = 6$$\mu$$F and C3 = 12$$\mu$$F are connected as shown in figure. Find the ratio of the charges on capacitors C1, ...

Calculate the amount of charge on capacitor of 4$$\mu$$F. The internal resistance of battery is 1$$\Omega$$ :...

A parallel plate capacitor with plate area A has separation d between the plates. Two dielectric slabs of dielectric constant K1 and K2 of same area A...

The material filled between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor has resistivity 200 $$\Omega$$m. The value of capacitance of the capacitor is 2 p...

Match List I with List II. List - I List - II (a) Capacitance, C (i) $${M^1}{L^1}{T^{ - 3}}{A^{ - 1}}$$ ...

A simple pendulum of mass 'm', length 'l' and charge '+ q' suspended in the electric field produced by two conducting parallel plates as shown. The va...

A capacitor of capacitance C = 1 $$\mu$$F is suddenly connected to a battery of 100 volt through a resistance R = 100 $$\Omega$$. The time taken for t...

In the reported figure, a capacitor is formed by placing a compound dielectric between the plates of parallel plate capacitor. The expression for the ...

Two capacitors of capacities 2C and C are joined in parallel and charged up to potential V. The battery is removed and the capacitor of capacity C is ...

If qf is the free charge on the capacitor plates and qb is the bound charge on the dielectric slab of dielectric constant k placed between the capacit...

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 ...

For changing the capacitance of a given parallel plate capacitor, a dielectric material of dielectric constant K is used, which has the same area as t...

Consider the combination of 2 capacitors C1 and C2 with C2 > C1, when connected in parallel, the equivalent capacitance is $${{15} \over 4}$$ times...

An electron with kinetic energy K1 enters between parallel plates of a capacitor at an angle '$$\alpha$$' with the plates. It leaves the plates at ang...

Two equal capacitors are first connected in series and then in parallel. The ratio of the equivalent capacities in the two cases will be :

For the given input voltage waveform Vin(t), the output voltage waveform V0(t), across the capacitor is correctly depicted by : ...

In the circuit shown, charge on the 5 $$\mu $$F capacitor is : ...

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 sla...

Two capacitors of capacitances C and 2C are charged to potential differences V and 2V, respectively. These are then connected in parallel in such a ma...

A capacitor C is fully charged with voltage V0. After disconnecting the voltage source, it is connected in parallel with another uncharged capacitor o...

In the circuit shown in the figure, the total charge is 750 $$\mu $$C and the voltage across capacitor C2 is 20 V. Then the charge on capacitor C2 i...

A 10 $$\mu $$F capacitor is fully charged to a potential difference of 50 V. After removing the source voltage it is connected to an uncharged capacit...

A capacitor is made of two square plates each of side 'a' making a very small angle $$\alpha $$ between them, as shown in figure. The capacitance will...

Effective capacitance of parallel combination of two capacitors C1 and C2 is 10 μF. When these capacitors are individually connected to a voltage sour...

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 constan...

In the given circuit, the charge on 4 $$\mu $$F capacitor will be : ...

Two identical parallel plate capacitors, of capacitance C each, have plates of area A, separated by a distance d. The space between the plates of the ...

A simple pendulum of length L is placed between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor having electric field E, as shown in figure. Its bob has mass...

Figure shows charge (q) versus voltage (V) graph for series and parallel combination of two given capacitors. The capacitances are : ...

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 capacit...

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 ?

Determine the charge on the capacitor in the following circuit : ...

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 ...

Voltage rating of a parallel plate capacitor is 500V. Its dielectric can withstand a maximum electric field of 106 V/m. The plate area is 10–4 m2. Wha...

In the circuit shown, find C if the effective capacitance of the whole circuit is to be 0.5 $$\mu $$F. All values in the circuit are in $$\mu $$F. ...

The charge on a capacitor plate in a circuit, as a function of time, is shown in the figure : When is the value of current at t = 4 s ? ...

A parallel plate capacitor with plates of area 1 m2 each, are at a separation of 0.1 m. If the electric field between the plates is 100 N/C, the magni...

In the figure shown, after the switch 'S' is turned from position 'A' to position 'B', the energy dissipated in the circuit in terms of capacitance 'C...

Seven capacitors, each of capacitance 2 $$\mu $$F, are to be connected in a configuration to obtain an effective capacitance of $$\left( {{6 \over {13...

In the figure shown below, the charge on the left plate of the 10$$\mu $$F capacitor is –30$$\mu $$C. The charge on the right plate of the 6 $$\mu $$F...

A parallel plate capacitor having capacitance 12 pF is charged by a battery to a potential difference of 10 V between its plates. The charging battery...

A parallel plate capacitor is of area 6 cm2 and a separation 3 mm. The gap is filled with three dielectric materials of equal thickness (see figure) ...

A parallel plate capacitor with square plates is filled with four dielecytrics of dielectrics constants K1, K2, K3, K4 arranged as shown in the figure...

A parallel plate capacitor is made of two square plates of side 'a', separated by a distance d (d < < a). The lower triangular portion is filled...

In the following circuit, the switch S is closed at t = 0. The charge on the capacitor C1 as a function of time will be given by $$\left( {{C_{eq}} =...

A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 90 pF is connected to a battery of emf 20 V. If a dielectric material of dielectric constant K = 5/3 is inse...

A capacitor C1 = 1.0 $$\mu $$F is charged up to a voltage V = 60 V by connecting it to battery B through switch (1). Now C1 is disconnected from batte...

A parallel plate capacitor with area 200 cm2 and separation between the plates 1.5 cm, is connected across a battery of emf V. If the force of attrac...

The equivalent capacitance between $$A$$ and $$B$$ in the circuit given below, is : ...

A combination of parallel plate capacitors is maintained at a certain potential difference. When a 3 mm thick slab is introduced between all the pla...

The energy stored in the electric field produced by a metal sphere is 4.5 J. If the sphere contains 4 $$\mu $$C charge, its radius will be : [ Take : ...

In the given circuit diagram when the current reaches steady state in the circuit, the charge on the capacitor of capacitance C will be: ...

A capacitance of 2 $$\mu $$F is required in an electrical circuit across a potential difference of 1.0 kV. A large number of 1 $$\mu $$F capacitors ar...

Figure shows a network of capacitors where the numbers indicates capacitances in micro Farad. The value of capacitance C if the equivalent capacitanc...

Three capacitors each of 4 $$\mu $$F are to be connected in such a way that the effective capacitance is 6 $$\mu $$F. This can be done by connecting t...

A combination of capacitors is set up as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the electric field, due to a point charge $$Q$$ (having a charge equal ...

In the given circuit, charges $${Q_2}$$ on the $$2\mu F$$ capacitor changes as $$C$$ is varied from $$1\,\mu F$$ to $$3\mu F.$$ $${Q_2}$$ as a functio...

A parallel plate capacitor is made of two circular plates separated by a distance $$5$$ $$mm$$ and with a dielectric of dielectric constant $$2.2$$ be...

Two capacitors $${C_1}$$ and $${C_2}$$ are charged to $$120$$ $$V$$ and $$200$$ $$V$$ respectively. It is found that connecting them together the pote...

The figure shows an experimental plot for discharging of a capacitor in an R-C circuit. The time constant $$\tau $$ of this circuit lies between ...

Let $$C$$ be the capacitance of a capacitor discharging through a resistor $$R.$$ Suppose $${t_1}$$ is the time taken for the energy stored in the cap...

A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has capacitance of $$9$$ $$pF.$$ The separation between its plates is $$'d'.$$ The space betwee...

A parallel plate condenser with a dielectric of dielectric constant $$K$$ between the plates has a capacity $$C$$ and is charged to a potential $$V$$ ...

A battery is used to charge a parallel plate capacitor till the potential difference between the plates becomes equal to the electromotive force of th...

A parallel plate capacitor is made by stacking $$n$$ equally spaced plates connected alternatively. If the capacitance between any two adjacent plates...

A fully charged capacitor has a capacitance $$'C'$$. It is discharged through a small coil of resistance wire embedded in a thermally insulated block ...

A sheet of aluminium foil of negligible thickness is introduced between the plates of a capacitor. The capacitance of the capacitor

The work done in placing a charge of $$8 \times {10^{ - 18}}$$ coulomb on a condenser of capacity $$100$$ micro-farad is

If there are $$n$$ capacitors in parallel connected to $$V$$ volt source, then the energy stored is equal to

Capacitance (in $$F$$) of a spherical conductor with radius $$1$$ $$m$$ is

A capacitor of $$10 \mu \mathrm{F}$$ capacitance whose plates are separated by $$10 \mathrm{~mm}$$ through air and each plate has area $$4 \mathrm{~cm...

The electric field between the two parallel plates of a capacitor of $$1.5 \mu \mathrm{F}$$ capacitance drops to one third of its initial value in $$6...

Three capacitors of capacitances $$25 \mu \mathrm{F}, 30 \mu \mathrm{F}$$ and $$45 \mu \mathrm{F}$$ are connected in parallel to a supply of $$100 \ma...

A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance $$12.5 \mathrm{~pF}$$ is charged by a battery connected between its plates to potential difference of $$12.0...

In an electrical circuit drawn below the amount of charge stored in the capacitor is _______ $\mu$ C. ...

A parallel plate capacitor with plate separation $$5 \mathrm{~mm}$$ is charged up by a battery. It is found that on introducing a dielectric sheet of ...

A capacitor of capacitance $$\mathrm{C}$$ and potential $$\mathrm{V}$$ has energy $$\mathrm{E}$$. It is connected to another capacitor of capacitance ...

In the given figure, the charge stored in $$6 \mu F$$ capacitor, when points $$A$$ and $$B$$ are joined by a connecting wire is __________ $$\mu C$$. ...

A $$16 \Omega$$ wire is bend to form a square loop. A $$9 \mathrm{~V}$$ battery with internal resistance $$1 \Omega$$ is connected across one of its s...

The charge accumulated on the capacitor connected in the following circuit is _______ $$\mu \mathrm{C}$$ (Given $$\mathrm{C}=150 \mu \mathrm{F})$$ ...

In the given figure the total charge stored in the combination of capacitors is $100~ \mu \mathrm{C}$. The value of ' $x$ ' is _________. ...

In the circuit shown, the energy stored in the capacitor is $$n ~\mu \mathrm{J}$$. The value of $$n$$ is __________ ...

In the given circuit, $$\mathrm{C}_{1}=2 \mu \mathrm{F}, \mathrm{C}_{2}=0.2 \mu \mathrm{F}, \mathrm{C}_{3}=2 \mu \mathrm{F}, \mathrm{C}_{4}=4 \mu \mat...

A $$600 ~\mathrm{pF}$$ capacitor is charged by $$200 \mathrm{~V}$$ supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected to another uncharg...

As shown in the figure, two parallel plate capacitors having equal plate area of $$200 \mathrm{~cm}^{2}$$ are joined in such a way that $$a \neq b$$. ...

A parallel plate capacitor with plate area $$\mathrm{A}$$ and plate separation $$\mathrm{d}$$ is filled with a dielectric material of dielectric const...

For the given circuit, in the steady state, $\left|\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{B}}-\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{D}}\right|=$ ________ V. ...

Two parallel plate capacitors $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ each having capacitance of $10 \mu \mathrm{F}$ are individually charged by a 100 V D.C. source. Capa...

A capacitor of capacitance $$900 \mu \mathrm{F}$$ is charged by a $$100 \mathrm{~V}$$ battery. The capacitor is disconnected from the battery and conn...

A capacitor has capacitance 5$$\mu$$F when it's parallel plates are separated by air medium of thickness d. A slab of material of dielectric constant ...

A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plate has a capacitance of 15pF. The separation between the plate becomes twice and the space between ...

As show in the figure, in steady state, the charge stored in the capacitor is ____________ $$\times\, 10^{-6}$$ C. ...

A parallel plate capacitor with width $$4 \mathrm{~cm}$$, length $$8 \mathrm{~cm}$$ and separation between the plates of $$4 \mathrm{~mm}$$ is connect...

A composite parallel plate capacitor is made up of two different dielectric materials with different thickness $$\left(t_{1}\right.$$ and $$\left.t_{2...

Two parallel plate capacitors of capacity C and 3C are connected in parallel combination and charged to a potential difference 18 V. The battery is th...

A capacitor C1 of capacitance 5 $$\mu$$F is charged to a potential of 30 V using a battery. The battery is then removed and the charged capacitor is c...

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 show...

A capacitor of capacitance 50 pF is charged by 100 V source. It is then connected to another uncharged identical capacitor. Electrostatic energy loss ...

The equivalent capacitance between points A and B in below shown figure will be __________ $$\mu$$F. ...

A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 200 $$\mu$$F is connected to a battery of 200 V. A dielectric slab of dielectric constant 2 is now inserted ...

A capacitor of 50 $$\mu$$F is connected in a circuit as shown in figure. The charge on the upper plate of the capacitor is ______________$$\mu$$C....

The circuit shown in the figure consists of a charged capacitor of capacity 3 $$\mu$$F and a charge of $$\mu$$C. At time t = 0, when the key is closed...

A parallel plate capacitor has plate area 100 m2 and plate separation of 10 m. The space between the plates is filled up to a thickness 5 m with a mat...

A 2$$\mu$$F capacitor C1 is first charged to a potential difference of 10V using a battery. Then the battery is removed and the capacitor is connected...

A parallel plate capacitor whose capacitance C is 14 pF is charged by a battery to a potential difference V = 12 V between its plates. The charging ba...

Four identical rectangular plates with length, l = 2 cm and breadth, b = $${3 \over 2}$$ cm are arranged as shown in figure. The equivalent capacitanc...

In a parallel plate capacitor set up, the plate area of capacitor is 2 m2 and the plates are separated by 1 m. If the space between the plates are fil...

An ideal cell of emf 10 V is connected in circuit shown in figure. Each resistance is 2 $$\Omega $$. The potential difference (in V) across the capaci...

A 5 $$\mu $$F capacitor is charged fully by a 220 V supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected in series to another uncharged 2....

A 60 pF capacitor is fully charged by a 20 V supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is conneced to another uncharged 60 pF capacitor in p...