Electric Potential and Capacitance - Capacitance and Dielectrics

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Q. A capacitor is charged to a voltage of 15 V and then disconnected from the battery. If the capacitance is 3 µF, what is the charge on the capacitor?
  • A. 45 µC
  • B. 30 µC
  • C. 15 µC
  • D. 60 µC
Q. A capacitor is charged to a voltage of 15 V and then disconnected from the power supply. What happens to the charge on the capacitor if the voltage is doubled?
  • A. Charge doubles
  • B. Charge halves
  • C. Charge remains the same
  • D. Charge becomes zero
Q. If a capacitor is charged to a voltage of 20 V and then connected in parallel with another uncharged capacitor of the same capacitance, what is the new voltage across both capacitors?
  • A. 10 V
  • B. 20 V
  • C. 30 V
  • D. 40 V
Q. If a capacitor is connected to an AC source, what happens to the current through the capacitor?
  • A. It is constant
  • B. It leads the voltage
  • C. It lags the voltage
  • D. It is zero
Q. If a dielectric material with a dielectric constant of 4 is inserted into a capacitor, how does the capacitance change?
  • A. It doubles
  • B. It quadruples
  • C. It halves
  • D. It remains the same
Q. If the capacitance of a capacitor is 3 µF and it is charged to 6 V, what is the charge on the capacitor?
  • A. 18 µC
  • B. 12 µC
  • C. 6 µC
  • D. 9 µC
Q. In a series circuit with a 10 Ω and a 20 Ω resistor, what is the total resistance?
  • A. 10 Ω
  • B. 20 Ω
  • C. 30 Ω
  • D. 5 Ω
Q. In a series circuit with a 12 V battery and two resistors of 4 Ω and 6 Ω, what is the voltage across the 4 Ω resistor?
  • A. 4.8 V
  • B. 6 V
  • C. 8 V
  • D. 3.6 V
Q. In a series circuit with two capacitors of capacitance 3 µF and 6 µF, what is the total capacitance?
  • A. 2 µF
  • B. 1 µF
  • C. 9 µF
  • D. 4 µF
Q. What happens to the capacitance of a capacitor if the plate area is doubled while keeping the distance constant?
  • A. It doubles
  • B. It halves
  • C. It quadruples
  • D. It remains the same
Q. What is the capacitance of a capacitor with a charge of 5 µC and a potential difference of 10 V?
  • A. 0.5 µF
  • B. 1 µF
  • C. 2 µF
  • D. 0.2 µF
Q. What is the effect of adding a dielectric to a capacitor?
  • A. Increases capacitance
  • B. Decreases capacitance
  • C. No effect on capacitance
  • D. Increases resistance
Q. What is the effect of connecting a capacitor in parallel with a resistor in a DC circuit?
  • A. Increases current
  • B. Decreases current
  • C. Stores energy
  • D. No effect
Q. What is the effect of increasing the distance between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor?
  • A. Capacitance increases
  • B. Capacitance decreases
  • C. Capacitance remains the same
  • D. Capacitance becomes zero
Q. What is the effect of increasing the distance between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor on its capacitance?
  • A. Capacitance increases
  • B. Capacitance decreases
  • C. Capacitance remains the same
  • D. Capacitance becomes zero
Q. What is the electric potential energy stored in a capacitor of capacitance 2 µF charged to 12 V?
  • A. 0.144 mJ
  • B. 0.024 mJ
  • C. 0.288 mJ
  • D. 0.072 mJ
Q. What is the electric potential energy stored in a capacitor with a capacitance of 2 µF charged to 12 V?
  • A. 0.144 mJ
  • B. 0.12 mJ
  • C. 0.24 mJ
  • D. 0.06 mJ
Q. What is the energy stored in a capacitor of capacitance 5 µF charged to 10 V?
  • A. 0.25 mJ
  • B. 0.5 mJ
  • C. 0.75 mJ
  • D. 1 mJ
Q. What is the equivalent capacitance of two capacitors, 2 µF and 3 µF, connected in series?
  • A. 1.2 µF
  • B. 5 µF
  • C. 0.6 µF
  • D. 6 µF
Q. What is the formula for the electric field (E) between two parallel plates separated by a distance (d) with a potential difference (V)?
  • A. E = V/d
  • B. E = d/V
  • C. E = V*d
  • D. E = d^2/V
Q. What is the potential difference across a capacitor if it stores 10 µC of charge and has a capacitance of 5 µF?
  • A. 2 V
  • B. 5 V
  • C. 10 V
  • D. 20 V
Q. What is the potential difference across a capacitor if it stores 20 µC of charge and has a capacitance of 5 µF?
  • A. 4 V
  • B. 5 V
  • C. 2 V
  • D. 10 V
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