Ch 1, Electrostatics Wks 4

Amity International School, Noida
PHYSICS – CLASS XII

Wk Sh-4, ELECTROSTATICS - CAPACITORS
1. Two capacitors of 6μF & 12μF are connected in series with a battery. The voltage across the 6μF Capacitor is 2V.
Compute the total battery voltage. (3V)
2. Calculate the equivalent capacitance between the points A & B of the network drawn below: given C = 2μF, C2
=4μF & C3 = 6μF.
(12 μF)
3. When a 20 V battery is connected to an air capacitor, a charge of 30μC is obtained. When oil is filled between
the plates, then charge of 76μC is obtained .Calculate the dielectric constant of oil.
(K = 38/15)
4. X & Y are two parallel plate capacitors having the same area of plates and same separation between the plates.
X has air between the plates and Y has a dielectric medium of K = 5.
i) Find the potential difference across X & Y.
ii) Find the ratio of energy stored in X & Y.
5. An uncharged capacitor is connected to a battery. Show that half the energy supplied by the battery is lost as
heat while charging the capacitor.
6. Four Capacitors are connected as shown. C1 = 3μF, C2 = C3 =C4 = 9μF.

i) Find equivalent capacitance between A & B.
ii) If a 4V battery is connected between A & B, find the charge drawn from the battery & the charge on each
capacitor. (6μF, 24μC, 12μC)
7. Show graphically the variation of energy stored in a capacitor with its capacitance when i) the battery remains
connected and when ii) the battery is disconnected.
HOTS:
8. A 2μF parallel plate capacitor with dielectric slab (K = 5) between the plates is charged to 100V and then
isolated. What will be the potential difference if the dielectric is removed? How much work is done in removing
the dielectric? (500V, .04J)
9. A parallel plate capacitor with a plate separation of 5mm is charged up by a battery. It is found that on
introducing a mica sheet 2mm thick, while keeping the battery connections intact, the capacitor draws 25%
more charge from the battery than before. Find the permittivity of mica. (K = 2)
10. A capacitor is filled with two dielectrics of same dimensions but dielectric constant 2 & 3 respectively. Find the
ratio of capacitance s in the two arrangements shown below:
(C’/C = 25/24)
11. Find the equivalent capacitance between the terminals A & B in the given network of capacitors if C = 1μF.
(-1 + 5 )/2
12. A capacitor is made of one flat plate of area A and the second plate having a stair like structure. If the area of
each stair is A/3 and the height is d, find the capacitance of the given arrangement.
13. Two capacitors of unknown capacitance C1 & C2 are connected first in series & then in parallel, across the same
battery of 100V. If the energy stored in the two combinations is 15 mJ & 80 mJ respectively, determine the value
of C1 & C2. (12μF & 4μF)
14. A capacitor C is connected to a battery of V volts. A dielectric slab of dielectric constant K fills the gap between
the plates------
a) while the battery remains connected.
b) When the battery is disconnected?
How do the following quantities change in each of the above situations -----i) Charge, ii) Capacitance, Potential
difference, iv) Electric Field & Energy Stored?
15. Four identical plates, each having area A are arranged parallel to each other at a distance d as shown in fig (i) &
fig (ii). Find the effective capacitance across the points A & B in each case.
NCERT Questions: 2.5 to 2.11, 2.23 to 2.28, 2.33
Descriptive Questions:
1. Discuss the principle of a capacitor.
2. Derive an expression for the capacitance of an air –cored, parallel plate capacitor. How will the expression for
capacitance modify when ---
i) a dielectric slab of thickness ‘t’ is introduced between the plates?
ii) a conducting slab of thickness ‘t’ is introduced between the plates?
In each case, write the expression for capacitance when the slab thickness becomes equal to the plate
separation.
3. Obtain expression for energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor. Hence derive expression for energy density.

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Amity International School, Noida

PHYSICS – CLASS XII

6. Four Capacitors are connected as shown. C1 = 3μF, C2 = C3 =C4 = 9μF.

NCERT Questions: 2.5 to 2.11, 2.23 to 2.28, 2.33

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