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This document provides a summary of a physics assignment on electric potential and capacitance for Class 12 students at Amity International School in Gurgaon, India. It includes 10 multiple choice or short answer questions about concepts such as electric potential, capacitance, dielectric materials, and electric field and potential. For each question, the answer or solution is provided. The questions cover topics like calculating potential and capacitance in different electric field configurations, and the effects of inserting a dielectric material in a parallel plate capacitor.

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MLP CH-2

This document provides a summary of a physics assignment on electric potential and capacitance for Class 12 students at Amity International School in Gurgaon, India. It includes 10 multiple choice or short answer questions about concepts such as electric potential, capacitance, dielectric materials, and electric field and potential. For each question, the answer or solution is provided. The questions cover topics like calculating potential and capacitance in different electric field configurations, and the effects of inserting a dielectric material in a parallel plate capacitor.

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Amity International School, Sec-46, Gurgaon

Class 12-Physics-Revision assignment- Electric potential and capacitance

1. What is the amount of work done in moving a 100nC charge between two
points 5cm apart on an equipotential surface? 1
Ans. zero

2. A hollow metal sphere of radius 5cm is charged such that the potential on its
surface is 10V. What is potential at the centre of the sphere? 1
Ans.Potential at the centre of the sphere= potential on its surface= 10V

3. The electric potential V is constant on a surface. What can be said about the
electric field vector E? 1
Ans. Non zero perpendicular to the surface, zero along the surface.

4. In a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance increases from 4µF to 80µF, on


introducing a dielectric medium between the plates. What is the dielectric
constant of the medium? (20) 1
Ans. C= kC0 so 80=k4 therefore k= 20

5. What is the potential at the center of a square of each side √2 m, when four
charges 100μC, -50μC, 20μ C and -60μ C are placed at four corners of the square?
2
Ans. Distance of the centre point from the corner of the square r= 1/2 (√(√22 + √22)) = 1m
Net potential V= k{100-50+20-60}/1= 9 x 109 x 10 x 10-6 = 9 x 104 V

6. Calculate the amount of work done in turning an electric dipole of dipole


-8
moment 2 x 10 Cm from its position of unstable equilibrium to position of stable
equilibrium, in a uniform electric field of 103N/C . 2
Ans. p= 2 x 10-8 Cm, E= 103N/C θ1= 1800 θ2= 00
W= pE{cos θ1 - cosθ2 }= - 4 x 10-5J

7. The graph shows the variation of Voltage V across the plates of two capacitors A
and B versus increase of charge Q stored on them. Which of the two capacitors
has high capacitance? Give reason. 2
B
V A

Q
Ans. As C= Q/V . In the graph slope gives V/Q. So B is smaller and A is bigger.
7. Two charges of 5nC and -2nC are placed at points(5cm,0,0) and (23cm,0,0) in a
region of space where there is no other external field. Calculate the electric
potential energy of this charge system. (-5x10-7J)
Ans Similar question solved in class.
8. What is the capacitance of the parallel plate capacitor filled with dielectrics?
K1 d/2
K2 d/2

Ans. Solved in online class.

10. A parallel plate capacitor, each with plate area A and separation d, is charged
to a potential difference V. The battery used to charge it remains connected. A
dielectric slab of thickness d and dielectric constant K is now placed between the
plates. What change, if any will take place in:
(i) charge on plates?
(ii) electric field intensity between the plates?
(iii) capacitance of the capacitor? Justify your answer in each case.
Ans. (i) new charge on the plate Q’ = C’ V’ = KCV= KQ
(ii) E’= V’/d = V/d =E
(iii) C’= KC

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