A capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential difference V and then connected across an uncharged capacitor of capacitance 2C. When the system reaches equilibrium, what is the total electrostatic energy stored in the system?
(1/2)CV^2
(1/3)CV^2
(1/6)CV^2
(2/3)CV^2
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A capacitor has air as dielectric medium and two conducting plates of area and they are apart. When a slab of dielectric having area and thickness is inserted between the plates, one of the conducting plates has to be moved by to keep the capacitance same as in previous case. The dielectric constant of the slab is:
1.5
1.33
0.66
1
If the area of the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is doubled, keeping the distance between the plates constant, the capacitance:
Doubles
Halves
Remains the same
Quadruples
64 identical spheres of charge and capacitance each are combined to form a large sphere. The charge and capacitance of the large sphere is
64q, C
q, 4C
64q, 4C
q, C
Assertion (A) : When an uncharged capacitor is charged by a battery, only of the energy supplied by a battery is stored in the capacitor.
Reason (R): Rest is lost.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
A is true but R is false
A is false but R is true
The energy stored in a capacitor of capacitance charged to a potential is . If the voltage is doubled, the new stored energy will be:
A capacitor is charged at a steady rate of The potential difference across the capacitor will be after an interval of
5 sec
25 sec
20 sec
50 sec
A parallel plate capacitor is connected to a 12V battery. If the distance between the plates is halved while connected to the battery, what happens to the capacitance and the charge stored?
Capacitance doubles, Charge doubles
Capacitance halves, Charge halves
Capacitance doubles, Charge remains constant
Capacitance remains constant, Charge doubles
A parallel plate capacitor has a capacity . A dielectric slab is inserted between the plates and capacitor is charged with 100 Volt and then isolated. The potential when dielectric is removed is
100V
50V
200V
Greater than 100V
A parallel plate capacitor has capacitance C. If the distance between the plates is doubled, what will be the new capacitance?
2C
C/2
C
4C