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MANIKANDAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS

CLASS - XII PHYSICS (Electrostatics 3A)


Total Time: 1hr Total Marks: 20

1. The potential of a spherical conductor of radius 3m is 6V. The potential at its centre is

(a) zero b) 2 V c) 6 V d) 18 V (1)

2. If a battery is disconnected from the capacitor and then a dielectric substance between two
plates of condenser is introduced the capacity, potential and potential energy respectively
a) Increases, decreases, decreases b) Decreases, increases, increases
(c) Increases, increases, increases d) Decreases, decreases, decreases (1)

3. A thin metal sheet is placed in the middle of a parallel plate capacitor. What will be the
effect on the capacitance? (1)

4. Two charges 3 × 10–8 C and –2 × 10–8 C are located 15 cm apart. At what point on the line

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joining the two charges is the electric potential zero? Take the potential at infinity to be
zero (1)

5. Drive expression for potential due to the electric dipole. (2)

6. An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed with its axis making an angle of 600 to a uniform
electric field of 105 NC-1. If it experiences a torque of 8√3 N. find the
a) Magnitude of the charge on the dipole (2)
b) Potential energy of the dipole

7. The Capacitor of unknown capacitance is connected across a battery of V volts. The charge
stored in it is 360 μC . when placed potential across the capacitor is reduced by 120V, the
charge stored in it become 120 μC calculate
a) The potential V and the unknown capacitance C (2)
b) What will be the charge stored in the capacitor, if the voltage applied had increased
by 120V?

8. Derive the expression for energy stored in parallel plate capacitor. (2)

9. a) A 900 pF capacitor is charged by 100 V battery. How much electrostatic energy is stored
by the capacitor? (b) The capacitor is disconnected from the battery and connected to
another 900 pF capacitor. What is the electrostatic energy stored by the system? (2)

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10. The capacitance of a parallel pate capacitor is 50 pF and the distance between the plates is
4mm. It is charged to 200 V and then the charging battery is removed. Now a dielectric
slab (K = 4) of thickness 2mm is placed. Determine (i) final charge on each plate (ii) final
potential difference between the plates (iii) final energy in the capacitor and (iv) energy
loss. (2)

11. In the circuit show in figure, if the point C is earthed and point A is given a potential of
+1200 V, find the charge on each capacitor and the potential at the point B. C1 = 3µF,
C2=4µF and C3 = 2µF. (2)

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12. Two parallel plate capacitor X and Y have the same area of plates and same separation
between them. X has air between the plates while Y contains a dielectric medium K = 4.
a) Calculate capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the
combination is 4µF
b) Calculate the potential potential difference between the plates of X and Y.
c) What is the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y. (2)

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