PHYSICS

Adv. Revision Assignment

CHAPTER : CAPACITANCS -1B

1. A parallel plate capacitor is made up of two square plates of side ‘a’. The
distance between the plates is d. A dielectric slab of dielectric constant 4
completely fills the gap between the plates. One end of the slab is
connected to a massless spring of force constant k, other end of which is
fixed. Mass of the slab is M. Initially spring is unstretched. A constant
force F0 is applied to the slab as shown in figure. Prove that the slab will
execute simple harmonic motion, find its amplitude and time period ?
V
F0

2. The diameter of the outer conductor of a cylindrical capacitor is D2 . What

should be the diameter of the core (inner cylinder) D1 of this capacitor be,
so that for a given potential difference between the outer conductor and the
core, the electric field strength at the core is minimum ?

3. Three concentric thin spherical shells are of radii a,b and c ( a < b < c). The
first and third are connected by a line wire through a small hole in the
second. The second is connected to earth, find the capacity of the
condenser so formed ?

4. The plates of a capacitor of capacitance C = 2F carry opposite charges

q0 = 10 mC. This is now discharged through a resistance R = 5 and an
identical capacitor . Find
a) The charge flowing through the resistance during a time interval t=1s
b) amount of heat generated in the resistance during the same interval.

5. The radii of a spherical capacitor electrodes are equal to a and b (a < b).
The space between them is filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant K
and resistivity  . Initially at time t = 0, the inner electrode gets a charge
q0. Find :
a) time dependence of charge on the inner electrode.
b) The amount of heat generated during the spreading of charge.
6. In the circuit shown in figure S1 and S2 are simultaneously closed at time
t = 0. Power dissipated in the resistor R1 is 0.2 watt and the initial current
through R2 is 102 A .

S1 S2
R1 C
E =100V
R2

a) Find R1 and R2 .
b) When capacitor gets fully charged switch S2 is opened. It is observed
after 5 s that the current in R1 is 0.74mA. Find the value of C ?
c) At this moment switch S1 is opened and S2 is closed simultaneously.
Find the instantaneous charge on the capacitor after ‘t’ seconds.

7. The given C-R circuit has two switches S1 and S2 . Switch S2 is closed and
S1 is opened till capacitor is fully charged to q0 .Then S 2 is opened and S1
is closed simultaneously till charge on capacitor remains q0 / 2 It takes
time t1 . Now S1 is again opened and S2 is closed till charge on capacitor
becomes 3q0 / 4 . It takes time t2 . Find the ratio t1 / t2 .
C

S1
2R

E S2

8. Figure shows a network of capacitors and resistances. Potentials of some of

the points are given .
6V

1  Q
3V P
M
2F   F
N

10V

Find
a) The potential of points M and N
b) The charge stored in both the capacitors in steady state.
9. Three charged capacitors C1 , C 2 and C3 of capacitances 3 F ,6 F and
6  F respectively and having charge 30C each are connected with a
resistor of resistance R  10 through a switch S as shown. The switch S
is closed at time t = 0.
C1 C2
+ - + -

S
R=10

+ -
C3
Find
a) The initial current in the circuit
b) The final charge deposited on the capacitors.
c) heat dissipated in the resistor.

10. Consider the circuit shown in figure :

10V




K


F


i







55V
a) Find the current i flowing through the circuit when the key is open.
b) Find the net charge on the capacitor when K is open and also when K is
closed.
c) What is the change in the current i, when K is closed.

11. In the circuit shown in figure, the battery is an ideal one with emf V. The
capacitor is initially uncharged. The switch S is closed at time t =0.
A R
S
R C
V

R B
a) Find the charge Q on the capacitor at time t ?
b)Find the current in AB at time t. What is its limiting value as t   ?
12. Two capacitors A and B with capacities 3 F and 2  F are charged to a
potential difference of 100V and 180 V respectively. The plates of the
capacitors are connected as shown in the figure with one wire of each
capacitor free. The upper plate of A is positive and that of B is negative.
An uncharged 2  F capacitors C with lead wires falls on the free ends to
complete the circuit.
F
C
+ -
3F F
A B

Calculate :
i) The final charge on the three capacitors, and
ii) The amount of electrostatics energy stored in the system before and after
completion of the circuit.
13. A leaky parallel plate capacitor is filled completely with a material having
dielectric constant K = 5 and electrical conductivity   7.4  1012 1m1 .
if the charge on the capacitor at the instant t =0 is q = 8.85C, then
calculate the leakage current at the instant t = 12s.

14. a) The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and
separation d, is C. The space between the plates is filled with two wedges
of dielectric constant K1 and K2 respectively( fig.). Find the capacitance
of the resulting capacitor.

b) Two isolated metallic solid spheres of radii R and 2R are charged such
that both of these have same charge density  . The spheres are located far
away from each other and connected by a thin conducting wire. Find the
new charge density on the bigger sphere.
A

K2

K1 d
15. Two square metal plates of side 1m 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 emf 500 V. The plates are then lowered vertically
into the oil at a speed of 0.001ms 1 .Calculate the current drawn from the
battery during the process. ( Dielectric constant of oil = 11,
 0  8.85  1012 C 2 N 1m 2 )

16. (a) Two parallel plate capacitors A and B have the same separation
d  8.885  104 m between the plates. The plate areas of A and B are
0.04m 2 and 0.02m 2 respectively. A slab of dielectric constant ( relative
permittivity) K = 9 has dimensions such that it can exactly fill the space
between the plates of capacitor B.
(i) The dielectric slab is placed inside A as shown in figure (a). A is then
charged to a potential difference of 110 V. Calculate the capacitance of
A and the energy stored in it.
(ii) The battery is disconnected and then the dielectric slab is removed from
A. Find the work done by the external agency in removing the slab
from A
(iii) The same dielectric slab is now placed inside B , filling it completely.
The two capacitors A and B are then connected as shown in figure (c).
Calculate the energy stored in the system

(b) A circular ring of radius R with uniform positive charge density  per
unit length is located in The Y-Z plane with its centre at the origin O.
A particle of mass m and positive charge q is projected from the point
 
P R 3,0,0 on the positive X-axis directly towards O, with an initial
speed v. Find the smallest ( non-zero) value of the speed v such that the
particle does not return to P.
A A B
B

110V

(a) (b) ( c)
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D2
2.
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 ab c2 
3. 4 0   
b  a c  b 
4. a) 0.9 mC b) 4.12 J

2
 1 1  q0
5. a) b)   
 a b  8 0 K
6. a) 50k ,10k  b) 100 F c) 10  5.66e t  mC
1
7. 8. (a) + 2.6V , -1.6 V b) 1.2 C ,8.4 C
3
9. a) 1 A b) 15C ,15 C , 45C c) 75 J
10. a) 2.36A b) zero, 4.8C c) 0.34 A
CV  
2t 2t
 V V  3 RC V
11. a) 1  e
3 RC
 b)  e ,
2   2R 6R 2R

12. (i) 90 C ,150  C ,210 C ii) a) 47.4 mJ iii) 18 mJ

CK1K 2  K 2  5
13. 0.198 A 14. a) ln   b) 
K 2  K1  K1  6
15. 4.43  109 A
16. a) i) 2.0  109 F ,1.21  10 5 J
ii) 4.84  105 J
iii) 1.1  105 J
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b)
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