PHYSICS

BOOKS CENGAGE PHYSICS (HINGLISH)

Electrostatic Potential and

Capacitance

Question Bank

1. A positively charged oil droplet remains in

the electric field between two horizontal

plates, separated by a distance 1cm . If the

charge on the drop is 3 : 3 × 10

−3
C and the

mass of the droplet is 10 14

kg , then what is the

potential difference (in volt) between the

plates? (Take g = 9.9ms

2
)

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2. A hexagon of side 8 cm has a charge 4μC at

each of its vertices. The potential at the centre

of the hexagon is

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3. Three charges + q, + q and Q are located at

the vertices of a right-angled isosceles

triangle. If the total interaction energy is zero,

q
then Q = − , Find (p + r).

p√r

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4. Minimum number of capacitors each of 8μF

and 250 V used to make a composite capacitor

of 16μF and 1000 V are

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5. An atrangement of source charges produces

electric. potential ¯
¯¯
V = 5000t
2
along the x -

axis, where V is in volt and x is in metre. If a

charge particle of mass 1g and char ≥ 1nC is

present in this field and its turning points are

at ± 8.0cm , then what is the particie's

maximum speed (in mm/s).

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6. An electric field

exists in space.
− {t}
( − 30 î + 20j){V }{m}

If the potential at the origin is zero, then find

the potential (in volt) at (5m,3m).

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7. Two charges + 2q and − 3q are fixed at co-

ordinates (4m, 0,0 ) and (9m,0,0) , respectively.

The distance 'between two points on x -axis

(in m ) where the potential is zero is z. Then

 z
the value of is
(Assume standard
2

reference.point)

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8. There is an electric field E in x-direction. If

the work done on moving a charge of 0.2C

through a distance of 2w m along a line

making a angle 60
∘
with x-axis is 4 J, then

what is the value of E?

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9. Two insulating plates, shown in the figure,

are thi uniformly .charged in such a way that

the potentia difference between them is

V3 − V1 = 20V (i.e., plate 2 is at a higher

potential). The plates are separated by distanc

d = 0.1 m and can be treated as infinitely large.

Al clectron is roleased from rest on the inner

surface of plate 1. Its speed when it hits plate 2

m
is 2.65 × 10
n
Find n
s

(q = 1.6 × 10
− 19
C, m 0 = 9.11 × 10
− 11
kg)

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10. In the given circuit, if charge on 6μF

capacitor is 10μC, thenthechar ≥ ( ∈ mu C

)on4 mu F` capacitor will be

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11. In the circuit shown in the figure, initially

switch S is opén. When the switch is closed,

the charge passing through the switch is μC

in the direction A to B.

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12. In the given circuit, switch SW1 is closed

and SW2 is open. After a long time, Sw1 is

opened and SW2 is closed. Calculate the ratio

of charge on capacitor B to that on capacitor

A.

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13. In the given network, if potential difference

between p and q is 2V and C2 = 3C1 , then

find the potential difference (in volt) between

a and b.

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14. In the circuit shown below,

C1 = 6μF , C2 = 3μF and battery. E = 20V .

The switch S{1} is first closed. It is then

opened and. afterwards S2 is closed. What is

the charge (in μC )onC_{2} ?`

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15. Two identical thin rings, each of radius R ,

are coaxially placed a distance R apart. Q and

1

Q2 are respectively the charges uniformly

spread on the two rings. The work done in

moving a charge q fróm the centre of one ring

 ( √x − y)q(Q2 − Q1 )
to that of the other is .
4√2π ɛ
0
R

Find (x − y)

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16. An electron is released from a distańce

120cm from a stationary point charge

+ 2 × 10
−9
C . The speed of the cloctron when

it is 18 cm frotn the point charge is

m
5.467 × 10
n
. Find n
s

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17. A capacitor is filled with an insulator and a

certain potential difference is applied to its

pltaes. The energy stored in the capacitor is U .

Now the capacitor is disconnected from the

source and the insulator is pulled out of the

capacitor. The work performed against the

forces of electric field in pulling out the

insulator is 4U . Then dielectric constant of the

insulator is.

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18. Find the equivalent capacitance (in μF ) of

the circuit between points A and B . (Given:

C = 5μF ).

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19. Consider the arrangemient of three plates

X, Y and Z , each of the area A and

separation d . The eaergy stored when the

pɛ AV
2

plates are fully charged is . Find p.

{n}

4d

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20. The equivalent capacitance for the network

k
shown in the figure is pF . Find k.
7

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21. Three dielectrics of relative primitivities

ɛη = 6, ɛ r = 2 and ɛ r = 3 are introduced in

2 3

a parallel plate capacitor of plate area A and

separation d , as shown in the figure. If the

effective capacitance between points P and Q

x ɛ A 5
is , then will be

0
x
d 7

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22. The equivalent capacitance between points

ɛ
n A
and B shown in the figare is Find n.
0
A .
d

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23. A parallel plate cepacitor is made of two

dielectric blocks in series. One of the blocks

has thickness d and dielectric constant k, and

1

the ather has thickness d2 , and dielectric

constant k2 as showni in the figure, This

arrangement can be thought as a dielestric

slab of thickness d = (d 1 + d 2 ) and effective

dielectic eonstant k . Then k is (Given:

{k}
1
= 2, k 2 = 3, d 1 = d 2 + 4cm})

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