LEVEL # 3

Q.1 Two conducting spheres of radii 6 cm and 12 plates of one of the capacitors is then
cm each having same charge of 3 × 10–8c completely filled up with a uniform dielectric
are kept very far apart. If the spheres are having dielectric constant K. The quantity of
connected to each other by a conducting charge which flows through the battery is -
wire. the amount of charge transferred -
(A) 1 × 10–8 C from smaller to bigger sphere CV  K – 1 CV  K 1 
(A)   (B)  
2  K 1  2  K – 1
(B) 1 × 10–8C from bigger to smaller sphere
(C) 2 × 10–8C from bigger to smaller sphere  K – 1  K 1 
(D) 2 × 10–8 C from smaller to bigger sphere (C) CV  K 1  (D) CV  K – 1 
   
Q.2 Two charged metal spheres of radii R and 2R
are temporarily placed in contact and then Q.6 A capacitor when filled with a dielectric
separated. At the surface of each, the ratio K = 3 has charge Q0, voltage V0 and Electric
of electric field will be- field E0, If the dielectric is replaced with
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 another one having K = 9, the new value of
charge, voltage and field will be respectively-
(C) 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 4
(A) 3 Q0, 3V0, 3E0 (B) Q0, 3V0, 3E0
Q.3 A 10µF capacitor is charged by a battery of
emf 100V. The energy drawn from the battery V0 V0 E 0
and the energy stored in the capacitor are (C) Q0, , 3E0 (D) Q0, ,
3 3 3
respectively -
(A) 0.10 J and 0.05 J (B) 0.05 J and 0.10 Q.7 Fig (a) Shows two capacitors connected in
J series and joined to a battery. The graph in fig
(b) shows the variation in potential as one moves
(C) 1.0 mJ and 0.5 mJ (D) 0.05 J and 0.05 from left to right on the branch containing the
mJ capacitors if -
Q.4 Two identical capacitors A and B shown in
the given circuit are joined in series with a
battery. If a dielectric slab of dielectric
constant K is slipped between the plates of
capacitor B and battery remain connected,
then the energy of capacitor A will -
(A) C1 > C2
(B) C1 = C2
(C) C1 < C2
(D) The information is not sufficient to decide
the relation between C1 and C2
Q.8 Four condensers are joined as shown in fig. the
(A) Decrease capacity of each is 8µf. the equivalent capacity
between points A and B will be -
(B) Increase
(C) Remain the same
(D) Be zero since circuit will not work

Q.5 Two parallel plate air filled capacitors each of (A) 32 µf (B) 2µf
capacitance C, are joined in series to a (C) 8µf (D) 16 µf
battery of emf V. The space between the

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Q.9 In a parallel plate capacitor, the separation Q.13 A capacitor of capacitance 1 µF withstands a
between the plates is 3mm with air between maximum voltage of 6 kV, while another
them. Now a 1mm thick layer of a material of capacitor of capacitance 2 µF, the maximum
dielectric constant 2 is introduced between the voltage 4 kV. If they are connected in series,
plates due to which the capacity increases. In the combination can withstand a maximum of -
order to bring its capacity of the original value, (A) 6 kV (B) 4 kV
the separation between the plates must be
made- (C) 10 kV (D) 9 kV
(A) 1.5 mm (B) 2.5 mm Q.14 A 4 µF condenser is charged to 400 volts and
(C) 3.5 mm (D) 4.5 mm then its plates are joined through a resistance
of 1 k. The heat produced in the resistance is-
Q.10 Four metallic plates each with a surface area A
of one side and placed at a distance d from (A) 0.16 J (B) 1.28 J
each other. the plates are connected as shown (C) 0.64 J (D) 0.32 J
in the fig. Then the capacitance of the system
between a and b is - Q.15 If the condenser shown in the circuit is charged
to 5 V and left in the circuit, in 12 sec the charge
3 0 A on the condenser will become -
(A)
d
2 0 A
(B)
d
2 0 A
(C)
3d 10 e
(A) coulomb (B) coulomb
e 10
3 0 A
(D)
2d 10 e2
(C) coulomb (D) coulomb
Q.11 Two identical parallel plate capacitors are placed e2 10
in series and connected to a constant voltage Q.16 A capacitor of capacitance C1 is charged to a
source of V0 volt. If one of the capacitors is potential V0. The electrostatic energy stored in
completely immersed in a liquid with dielectric it is U0. It is connected to another uncharged
constant K, the potential difference between the capacitor of capacitance C2 in parallel. The
plates of the other capacitor will change to - energy dissipated in the process is-
C2 C1
K 1 K (A) U (B) U
(A) V0 (B) K  1 V0 C1  C 2 0 C1  C 2 0
K
2
 C1 – C 2  C1C 2
K 1 2K (C)   (D) 2(C  C ) U0
(C) V0 (D) V0  C1  C 2  1 2
2K K 1
Q.17 The effective capacitance between A and B of
Q.12 A number of capacitors each of capacitance an infinite chain of capacitors joined as shown
1 µF and each one of which get punctured if a in fig. -
potential difference just exceeding 500 volt is
applied, are provided. Then an arrangement
suitable for giving a capacitor of 2 µF across
which 3000 volt may be applied requires at least-
(A) 18 component capacitors
(B) 36 component capacitors
(C) 72 component capacitors
(A)  5 – 1 C2 (B)  5 1 C2
(D) 144 component capacitors
(C)  3 – 1 C2 (D)  5 – 1 C
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Q.18 In the given circuit C1 = C, C2 = 2C, C3 = 3C. If (A) In terms of the charge, stored capacitance is
charge at the capacitor C2 is Q. Then the charge the ratio of the charge q on either plate to the
at the capacitor C3 will be - potential difference between the plates
q
C= capacitance is measured in the unit,
V
farad = coulomb/ volt

(B) In terms of geometry of the capacitor

3Q 9Q 0 KA
(A) (B) C=
2 2 d
Where A is the area of one of the plates and d is
Q Q the separation between the plates, K is the unit
(C) (D)
3 6 less dielectric constant of the insulating material
between the plates. The total charge on the
Q.19 Consider the circuit shown in the fig the ratio of
plates increases by the factor K.
charge on the capacitors 2 µC and 6µC will be -
q = KC0V
Where C0 is the capacitance when the plates
are separated by air. For air K = 1
For capacitors connected in series , the
reciprocal of the total capacitance is equal to
the sum of the reciprocals of the all separate
1 2 capacitances. For capacitors connected in
(A) (B)
3 3 parallel, the total capacitance is the sum of the
individual capacitances.
1 4
(C) (D)
2 3 Q.21 A parallel plate capacitor has square plates
separated by an air gap 0.012 mm wide. If the
Q.20 A capacitor of 2 µF is charged to its maximum
emf of 2V and is discharged through a resistance length of the sides of the plates are tripled, what
of 104 . Current in the circuit after 0.02 s will is the separation required to keep the
be- capacitance the same ?
(A) 10–4A (B) 1.4 × 105 A (A) 0.0013 mm (B) 0.004 mm
(C) 7.4 × 10–5A (D) 3.7 × 10–5A (C) 0.036 mm (D) 0.108 mm

Passage type question :- Q.22 A 10 V power source charges a 5µf capacitor

with air as its dielectric. The power source is
In its simplest form a capacitor consists of two removed and the air gap is carefully replaced
parallel plates of conducting material separated with a material of dielectric constant K = 5. What
by an insulator called a dielectric. When the is the final charge on the capacitor ?
conductors are connected to the terminals of a (A) 250 µf (B) 50 µf
voltage source, electrons move to one plate,
(C) 25 µf (D) 5 µf
giving a net negative charge. This forces us
electrons to leave the opposite plate, giving it a Q.23 A parallel plate capacitor has a capacitance of
net positive charge. When the capacitor is 19.2µf, when the insulater between the plates
removed from the power source, charge can not is glass, K = 8.0. When the glass is replaced
leave the plate. The capacitor stores the with rubber, the capacitance between the plates
electrical energy in the dielectric. Capacitance is 6.0µf. What is the dielectric constant of the
indicates the amount of charge. A particular rubber?
capacitor can store per volt of potential difference (A) 2.5 (B) 4.7
across its plates.
(C) 7.5 (D) 12.0

CAPACITANCE 3
Statements type question : Q.25 Statement I : Capacity of a parallel plate
condenser increases on introducing a
Each of the questions given below consist of
conducting or insulating slab between the plates.
Statement – I and Statement – II. Use the
Statement II : In both the cases, electric field
following Key to choose the appropriate
answer. intensity between the plates reduces.
(A) If both Statement- I and Statement- II are Q.26 Statement I : W hen charges are shared
true, and Statement - II is the correct between any two bodies, some charge is lost,
explanation of Statement– I. and some loss of energy does occur.
(B) If both Statement - I and Statement - II are
Statement II : Some energy disappears in the
true but Statement - II is not the correct
form of heat, sparking etc.
explanation of Statement – I.
(C) If Statement - I is true but Statement - II is Q.27 Statement I : The whole charge of a body can
false. be transferred to another body.
(D) If Statement - I is false but Statement - II is Statement II : Charge can not be transferred
true. partially.

Q.24 Statement I : Farad is too big a unit of Q.28 Statement I : In a series combination of
capacity. capacitors, charge on each capacitor is same.
Statement II : Capacity of earth- which is the Statement II : In such a combination, charge
largest sphere is in microfarad. can move only along one route.

CAPACITANCE 4
 LEVEL # 4
( Question asked in previous AIEEE & IIT-JEE)
SECTION - A Q.6 A parallel plate capacitor is made by stacking n
Q.1 If n capacitor connected in series with a cell of emf equally spaced plates connected alternatively.
V volt. The energy of system is – If the capacitance between any two adjacent
[AIEEE-2002] plates is 'C' then the resultant capacitance is –
[AIEEE-2005]
1 1 CV 2 (A) (n – 1)C (B) (n + 1)C
(A) n CV 2 (B)
2 2 n (C) C (D) nC

1 Q.7 A battery is used to charge a parallel plate

(C) CV 2 (D) none of above
2 capacitor till the potential difference between
the plates becomes equal to the electromotive
Q.2 Capacitance (in F) of a spherical conductor with force of the battery. The ratio of the energy
radius 1 m is – [AIEEE-2002] stored in the capacitor and the work done by
the battery will be - [AIEEE-2007]
(A) 1.1 × 10–10 (B) 10–6
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 9 × 10–9 (D) 10–3
1 1
(C) (D)
Q.3 A sheet of aluminium foil of negligible thickness 4 2
is introduced between the plates of a capacitor.
Q.8 A parallel plate condenser with a dielectric of
The capacitance of the capacitor –
dielectric constant K between the plates has
[AIEEE-2003]
a capacity C and is charged to a potential V
(A) Remains unchanged volts. The dielectric slab is slowly removed
(B) Becomes infinite from between the plates and then reinserted.
(C) Increases The net work done by the system in this
process is – [AIEEE-2007]
(D) Decreases

(A) ½ (K – 1) CV2 (B) CV2 (K – 1) /K

Q.4 The work done in placing a charge of 8 × 10–18 (C) (K –1) CV2 (D) zero
coulomb on a condenser of capacity 100 micro-
farad is – [AIEEE-2003] Q.9 A parallel plate capacitor with air between
–26 –10
(A) 3.1 × 10 J (B) 4 × 10 J the plates has a capacitance of 9 pF. The
–32 –32
(C) 32 × 10 J (D) 16 × 10 J separation between its plates is ‘d’. The
space between the plates is now filled with
Q.5 A fully charged capacitor has a capacitance 'C'.
It is discharged through a small coil of two dielectrics. One of the dielectrics has
resistance wire embedded in a thermally d
insulated block of specific heat capacity 's' and dielectric constant k 1 = 3 and thickness
3
mass 'm'. If the temperature of the block is
while the other one has dielectric constant
raised by 'T', the potential difference 'V' across
2d
the capacitance is – [AIEEE-2005] k2 = 6 and thickness . Capacitance of
3

2m CT m CT the capacitor is now – [AIEEE-2008]

(A) (B)
s s
(A) 45 pF (B) 40.5 pF
msT 2msT
(C) (D) (C) 20.25 pF (D) 1.8 pF
C C
CAPACITANCE 5
 SECTION - B If a single dielectric material is to be used to
hav e the same capacitance C in this
Q.1 A parallel plate capacitor of plate area A and capacitor, then its dielectric constant k is
plate separation d is charged to potential given by [IIT-2000]
dif ference V and then the battery is
KA/2 KA/2
disconnected A slab of dielectric constant K is
then inserted between the plates of the capacitor KK1 KK Kd/2
2

so as to fill the space between the plates. If Q, d

E and W denote respectively, the magnitude of KK 3

charge on each plate, the electric field between KA

KA = area of plates
the plates (after the slab is inserted), and work
done on the system, in question, in the process 1 1 1 1
(A) = k + k + 2k
of inserting the slab, then - [IIT-91] k 1 2 3

 0 AV 1 1 1
(A) Q = (B) = k  k + 2k
d k 1 2 3
k1k 2
 0 AV 2  1  1 (C) k = + 2k3
(B)W =   k1  k 2
2d  k 
V k1k 3 k 2k 3
(C) E = (D) k = k  k + k  k
Kd 1 3 2 3

(D) All of these Q.5 Consider the situation shown in the figure.
The capacitor A has a charge q on it whereas
Q.2 Two identical metal plates are given positive B is uncharged. The charge appearing on the
capacitor B a long time after the switch is
charges Q1 and Q2 (< Q1) respectively. If
closed is - [IIT 2001]
they are now brought close together to form
a parallel plate capacitor with capacitance C,
the potential difference between them is -
[IIT-99]
Q1  Q 2 Q1  Q 2
(A) (B)
2C C
(A) Zero (B) q/2
Q1  Q 2 Q1  Q 2
(C) (D) (C) q (D) 2q
C 2C
Q.6 Two identical capacitors, have the same
Q.3 For the circuit shown, which of the following capacitance C. One of them is charged to
statements is true ? [IIT 99] 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 - [IIT 2002]
1
(A) With S1 closed, V1 = 15V, V2 = 20V (A) C (V12 – V22)
4
(B) With S3 closed, V1 = V2 = 25V
(C) With S1 and S2 closed, V1 = V2 = 0 1
(B) C (V12 + V22)
4
(D) With S1 and S3 closed, V1 = 30V, V2 =
20V 1
(C) C (V1 – V2)2
4
Q.4 A parallel plate capacitor of area A, plate
separation d and capacitance C is filled with 1
(D) C (V1 + V2)2
three different dielectric materials having 4
dielectric constants k1, k2 and k3 as shown.
CAPACITANCE 6
Q.7 A series combinationof 0.1 M resistor and 8
a 10 µF capacitor is connected across a (A) 18 µs, µs, 4 µs
9
1.5V source of negligible resistance. The
time required for the capacitor to get charged 8
(B) 18 µs, 4 µs, µs
up to 0.75 V approximately (in seconds) is 9
[IIT 97] 8
(A)  (B) loge2 (C) 4 µs. µs, 18 µs
9
(C) log102 (D) zero 8
(D) µs, 18 µs, 4 µs
9
Q.8 A capacitor of capacity C is charged in RC
circuit. The variation of log I Vs time is shown Q.11 A circuit is connected as shown in the figure
in the figure by dotted line when net with the switch S open. When the switch is
resistance of circuit is X. When resistance closed, the total amount of charge that flows
changes to 2X the variation is now shown by from Y to X is [IIT - 2007]
log I [IIT - 2004] 3 F 6 F
x
S
R S

()
Q 3 
P Y
t
9V
(A) P (B) Q (A) 0 (B) 54 C
(C) R (D) S
(C) 27 C (D) 81 C

Q.9 A capacitor of capacitance 4F is charged Q.12 A parallel plate capacitor C with plates of
through a resistor 2.5 M connected in series unit area and separation d is filled with a
to a battery of emf 12 volt having negligible liquid of dielectric constant K = 2. The level
of liquid is d/3 initially. Suppose the liquid
internal resistance . Then time in which
level decreases at a constant speed V, the
potential drop across capacitor is 3 times time constant as a function of time t is –
the potential drop across the resistor - [IIT-2008]
[IIT - 2005]
(A) 13.86 sec (B) 6.93 sec
(C) 27.72 sec (D) 3. 46 sec C
R
d d
Q.10 Time constant for the given circuits are –
3
[IIT - 2006]

1 4µf
2µf 4µf 2µf
1 2 6 0R
2 (A)
5d  3Vt

2µf (15d  9Vt ) 0R

(B)
2d2  3dVt  9V 2 t 2
6 0 R
(C)
5d  3 Vt
1 2 4µf
(15d  9Vt ) 0R
(D)
5d2  3dVt  9 V 2 t 2
CAPACITANCE 7
 ANSWER KEY

LEVEL # 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. D A D A D C A A A C C B D C B A C B A B
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. B C D C A A C D D C C B C B B B A B A D
Q.No. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. B B A C D D C C B C D A A A B D A A A A
Q.No. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. A B C D C A C C B D D A C B D B D C C C
Q.No. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
Ans. C A B D A C A A D D C A C A A B C B C

LEVEL # 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. B A A C B C A A A A B C B A D C B C C C
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Ans. A B C D C B C B A A B A,B C

LEVEL # 3
Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. A C A B A D C A C D B C D D A
Ques. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Ans. A A B B C D B A A A D C A

LEVEL # 4
SECTION-A

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ans. B A A C D A D D B

SECTION-B
Que s. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Ans. D D D D A C B B A A C A

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