ChampSquare
Subject : Physics Paper Set : 1
Standard : 12 Capacitor P1 Date : 01-07-2025
Total Mark : 100 Time : 0H:0M
............................................... Physics - Section A (MCQ) ...............................................
(1) Seven capacitors each of capacity 2 µF are to be so connected to have a total capacity 10
11
µF . Which will
be the necessary figure as shown
(A) (B)
(C)
(D)
(2) 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
(A) 14 C(V12 − V22 ) (B) 14 C(V12 + V22 ) (C) 14 C(V1 − V2 )2 (D) 14 C(V1 + V2 )2
(3) Two condensers of capacities 2C and C are joined in parallel and charged upto potential V . The battery is
removed and the condenser of capacity C is filled completely with a medium of dielectric constant K. The
p.d. across the capacitors will now be
(A) K+2
3V
(B) 3V
K
(C) K+2
V
(D) K
V
(4) Figure given below shows two identical parallel plate capacitors connected to a battery with switch S
closed. The switch is now opened and the free space between the plate of capacitors is filled with a
dielectric of dielectric constant 3. What will be the ratio of total electrostatic energy stored in both
capacitors before and after the introduction of the dielectric
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 5 : 1 (C) 3 : 5 (D) 5 : 3
(5) A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is connected to a battery and is charged to a potential
difference V . Another capacitor of capacitance 2C is connected to another battery and is charged to
potential difference 2V . The charging batteries are now disconnected and the capacitors are connected in
parallel to each other in such a way that the positive terminal of one is connected to the negative terminal
of the other. The final energy of the configuration is
(A) Zero (B) 25CV (C) 3CV (D) 9CV
2 2 2
6 2 2
1
(6) In an isolated parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C, the four surface have charges Q1 , Q2 , Q3 and Q4 as
shown. The potential difference between the plates is
(A) Q1 +Q2 +Q3 +Q4
2C
(B) Q2 +Q3
2C
(C) Q2 −Q3
2C
(D) Q1 +Q4
2C
(7) For the circuit shown, which of the following statements is true
(A) With S1 closed, V1 = 15 V, V2 = 20 V (B) With S3 closed V1 = V2 = 25 V
(C) With S1 and S2 closed V1 = V2 = 0 (D) With S1 and S3 closed, V1 = 30 V, V2 = 20 V
(8) A series combination of n1 capacitors, each of value C1 is charged by a source of potential difference 4 V.
When another parallel combination of n2 capacitors, each of value C2 , is charged by a source of potential
difference V , it has the same (total) energy stored in it, as the first combination has. The value of C2 , in
terms of C1 is then
(A) n2C 1
1 n2
(B) 16 nn21 C1 (C) 2 nn21 C1 (D) 16C 1
n1 n2
(9) A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has capacitance of 9 pF . The separation between its
plates is ’d’. The space between the plates is now filled with two dielectrics. One of the dielectrics has
dielectric constant k1 = 3 and thickness d3 while the other one has dielectric constant k2 = 6 and thickness
2d
3
. Capacitance of the capacitor is now.......pF
(A) 20.25 (B) 1.8 (C) 45 (D) 40.5
(10) Two capacitors C1 and C2 are charged to 120 V and 200 V respectively. It is found that connecting them
together the potential on each one can be made zero. Then
(A) 9C1 = 4C2 (B) 5C1 = 3C2 (C) 3C1 = 5C2 (D) 3C1 + 5C2 = 0
(11) 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 between them. When the electric field in the dielectric is 3 × 104 V m−1 the
charge density of the positive plate will be close to
(A) 3 × 10−7 Cm−2 (B) 3 × 104 Cm−2 (C) 6 × 104 Cm−2 (D) 6 × 10−7 Cm−2
(12) In the given circuit, charge Q2 on the 2 µF capacitor changes as C is varied from 1 µF to 3 µF . Q2 as a
function of ’C’ is given properly by: (figures are drawn schematically and are not to scale)
2
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(13) The equivalent capacitance between A and B in the circuit given below is.....µF
(A) 4.9 (B) 3.6 (C) 5.4 (D) 2.4
(14) 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 thern
(A) all in series (B) all in parallel
(C) two in parallel and one in series (D) two in series and one in parallel
(15) 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 µF is
(A) 32
23
µF (B) 31
23
µF (C) 33
23
µF (D) 34
23
µF
(16) In figure a system of four capacitors connected across a 10 V battery is shown. Charge that will flow from
switch S when it is closed is
(A) 5 µC from b to a (B) 20 µC from a to b (C) zero (D) 5 µC from a to b
3
(17) Three capacitors, each of 3 µF , are provided. These cannot be combined to provide the resultant
capacitance of.........µF
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4.5 (D) 6
(18) The space between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is filled with a ’dielectric’ whose ’dielectric
constant’ varies with distance as per the relation:
K(x) = K0 + λx ( λ = constant)
The capacitance C, of the capacitor, would be related to its vacuum capacitance C0 for the relation
(A) C = ln (1+K
λd
0 λd)
C0 (B) C = d. ln (1+K
λ
0 λd)
C0 (C) C = ln (1+λd/K
λd
0)
C0 (D) C = d. ln (1+K
λ
0 /λd)
C0
(19) The gap between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor of area A and distance between plates d, is filled
with a dielectric whose permittivity varies linearly from ε1 at one plate to ε2 at the other. The capacitance
of capacitor is
(A) ε0 (ε1 + ε2 ) A/d (B) ε0 (ε2 + ε1 ) A/2d
(C) ε0 A/ [d ln (ε2 /ε1 )] (D) ε0 (ε2 − ε1 ) A/ [d ln (ε2 /ε1 )]
(20) A parallel plate capacitor having a separation between the plates d , plate area A and material with
dielectric constant K has capacitance C0 . Now one-third of the material is replaced by another material
with dielectric constant 2K, so that effectively there are two capacitors one with area 13 A , dielectric
constant 2K and another with area 32 A and dielectric constant K. If the capacitance of this new capacitor
is C then CC0 is
(A) 1 (B) 43 (C) 23 (D) 13
............................................. Physics - Section B (NUMERIC) .............................................
(21) The resultant capacitance between A and B in the following figure is equal to.....µF
(22) A capacitance of 2 µF is required in an electrical circuit across a potential difference of 1.0 kV . A large
number of 1 µF capacitors are available which can withstand a potential difference of not more than
300 V . The minimum number of capacitors required to achieve this is
(23) The energy stored in the electric field produced by a metal sphere is 4.5 J. lf the sphere contains 4 µC
charge, its radius will be.......mm : [Take : 4πε
1
0
= 9 × 109 N − m2 /C 2 ]
(24) 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) with dielectric constants K1 = 10, K2 = 12 and K3 = 14. The
dielectric constant of a material which when fully inserted in above capacitor, gives same capacitance
would be
(25) A parallel plate capacitor has 1 µF capacitance. One of its two plates is given +2 µC charge and the other
plate, +4 µC charge. The potential difference developed across the capacitor is......V
