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CHAPTER-2

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance


ASSIGNMENT-1

(1 MARK QUESTIONS)
Q1. What is the net charge on a charged capacitor?
Q2. What is an equipotential surface. Give an example.

Q3. What is the geometrical shape of equipotential surfaces due to a single isolated charge?

Q4. Why are electric field lines are perpendicular at a point on an equipotential surface of a
conductor?
Q5. Define dielectric constant in terms of the capacitance of a capacitor.
Q6. What may be a possible reason of water having a much greater dielectric constant (=80) than
say mica (=6)?
Q7.In what form is the energy stored in a charged capacitor?

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS


Q8. If voltage applied on a capacitor is increased from V to 2V, choose the correct conclusion.
(a) Q remains the same, C is doubled
(b) Q is doubled, C doubled
(c) C remains same, Q doubled
(d) Both Q and C remain same
Q9. A parallel plate capacitor is charged. If the plates are pulled apart
(a) the capacitance increases
(b) the potential differences increase
(c) the total charge increases
(d) the charge & potential difference remain the same
Q10.Which of the following is an example of a molecule whose centre of mass of positive and
negative charges coincide each other?
(a) CO2 (b) CO (c) CH3OH (d) NH3
Q11.What is the angle between electric field and equipotential surface?
(a) 90o always (b)0o always (c)0o to 90 (d)0o to 180o

Q12.If we carry a charge once around an equipotential path, then work done by the
charge is:
(a) Infinity (b) Positive (c) Negative (d) Zero

2 MARKS QUESTIONS
Q13.Sketch equipotential surfaces for
(a) A negative point charge
(b) Two equal and positive charges separated by a small distance.

Q14.Deduce the expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole placed with its
axis at anangle θ to the external field 𝐸→.Hence discuss the conditions of its stable and
unstable equilibrium.

3 MARKS QUESTIONS
Q15. Obtain the expression for the resultant capacitance when three capacitors C1 , C2
and C3 areconnected (i) in series (ii) in parallel.
Q16. Define the capacitance of a capacitor. Obtain the expression for the capacitance of
a parallel plate capacitor in vacuum in terms of plate area A and separation d between
the plates.
5 MARKS QUESTIONS
Q17. (a) Define the SI unit of capacitance.
(b) Obtain the expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate
capacitor.Q18. (a) Define potential energy of a system of two charges.
(b)Two-point charges q1 and q2, separated by a distance r12 are kept in an external
electricfield. Derive an expression for the potential energy of the system of two charges
in the field.

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