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JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift
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Identify the correct statements :

A. Effective capacitance of a series combination of capacitors is always smaller than the smallest capacitance of the capacitor in the combination.

B. When a dielectric medium is placed between the charged plates of a capacitor, displacement of charges cannot occur due to insulation property of dielectric.

C. Increasing of area of capacitor plate or decreasing of thickness of dielectric is an alternate method to increase the capacitance.

D. For a point charge, concentric spherical shells centered at the location of the charge are equipotential surfaces.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A

A, C and D Only

B

A, B and C Only

C

B and D Only

D

C and D Only

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JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift
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Three parallel plate capacitors each with area $A$ and separation $d$ are filled with two dielectric ( $k_1$ and $k_2$ ) in the following fashion. Which of the following is true?

$$ \left(k_1>k_2\right) $$

JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift Physics - Capacitor Question 8 English
A

$C_C>C_B>C_A$

B

$C_B>C_C>C_A$

C

$C_A>C_C>C_B$

D

$C_C>C_A>C_B$

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JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift
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A parallel plate capacitor with plate separation 5 mm is charged by a battery. On introducing a mica sheet of 2 mm and maintaining the connections of the plates with the terminals of the battery, it is found that it draws $25 \%$ more charge from the battery. The dielectric constant of mica is $\_\_\_\_$

A

1.0

B

2.5

C

1.5

D

2.0

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JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Morning Shift
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A parallel plate capacitor has capacitance $C$, when there is vacuum within the parallel plates. A sheet having thickness $\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^{\mathrm{rd}}$ of the separation between the plates and relative permittivity $K$ is introduced between the plates. The new capacitance of the system is :

A

$\frac{3 C K^2}{(2 K+1)^2}$

B

$\frac{4 K C}{3 K-1}$

C

$\frac{C K}{2+K}$

D

$\frac{3 K C}{2 K+1}$

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