A parallel plate air capacitor has a capacitance 18μF. If the distance between the plates is tripled and a dielectric medium is introduced, the capacitance becomes 72μF. The dielectric constant of the medium is
(a) 4
(b) 9
(c) 12
(d) 2
(a) 4
(b) 9
(c) 12
(d) 2
(c) 12
A parallel plate capacitor is made by stacking n equally spaced plates connected alternately. If the capacitance between any two plates is C, then the resultant capacitance is
(a) C
(b) nC
(c) (n-1)C
(d) (n+1)C
Two capacitors of capacitance 6 µF and 4 µF are put in series across a 120 V battery. What is the potential difference across the 4 µF capacitor?
(a) 72 V
(b) 60 V
(c) 48 V
(d) zero
Minimum number of capacitor of 2μF each required to obtain a capacitance of 5μF will be:
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 6
Three capacitors of 6μf each are connected across a triangle. What is the resultant capacitance across any side of the triangle.
1. 6 μf
2. 2 μf
3. 4 μf
4. 12μf
An electric charge of 425 f μC is removed from a fully charged capacitor of capacitance 8.5μF. Its potential will be lowered by:
(a) 75 V
(b) 100 V
(c) 85 V
(d) 50 V
A charge Q is placed at the origin. The electric potential due to this charge at a given point in space is V. The work done by an external force in bringing another charge q from infinity up to the point is
(a) v/q
(b) vq
(c) v+q
(d) v
The electrostatic potential energy between proton and electron separated by a distance of 1 Å is
(a) 13.6eV
(b) 27.2eV
(c) -14.4eV
(d) 1.44eV
In a region of constant potential,
(a) the electric field is uniform
(b) the electric field is zero
(c) there can be no charge inside the region
(d) the electric field shall necessarily change, if a charge is placed outside the region
The colours on the soap bubble is due to
(a) Interference
(b) Diffraction
(c) Polarisation
(d) Reflection
In the above diagram \(C_2\) is twice of Capacitance of \(C_1\) which is C. Find the ratio of energy stored in the combination before and after the insertion of of a dielectric constant K in both the capacitors.(Battery is disconnected)
Which of the following is not a property of electric field lines?
(A) Field lines are closed and continuous curves without any breaks.
(B) Two field lines cannot cross each other.
(C) Field lines start at positive charges and end at negative charges.
(D) They do not form closed loops.
When light suffers reflection at the interface between water and glass, the change of phase in the reflected wave is
(a) zero..
(b) π.
(c) π/2.
(d) 2π.
Twenty-seven drops of mercury are charged simultaneously to the same potential of 10 volts. What will be potential if all the charged drops are made to combine to form one large drop ?
(a) 180 V
(b) 90 V
(c) 120 V
(d) 45 V
A Daniel cell is balanced on 125 cm length of a potentiometer wire. When the cell is short circuited with a 2 Ω resistance, the balancing length obtained is 100 cm. Internal resistance of the cell will be
(a) 1.5 Ω
(b) 0.5 Ω
(c) 1.25 Ω
(d) 4/5 Ω