List of top Physics Questions on electrostatic potential and capacitance asked in CBSE CLASS XII

A spherical conductor of radius 12 cm has a charge of 1.6 × 10^–7C distributed uniformly on its surface. What is the electric field ?

inside the sphere
just outside the sphere
at a point 18 cm from the centre of the sphere?

In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate has an area of 6 × 10^–3 m² and the distance between the plates is 3 mm. Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor. If this capacitor is connected to a 100 V supply, what is the charge on each plate of the capacitor?

Three capacitors each of capacitance 9 pF are connected in series.

(a) What is the total capacitance of the combination?

(b) What is the potential difference across each capacitor if the combination is connected to a 120 V supply?

Two charges 5 × 10^–8 C and –3 × 10^–8 C are located 16 cm apart. At what point(s) on the line joining the to charges is the electric potential zero? Take the potential at infinity to be zero.

A 600pF capacitor is charged by a 200V supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected to another uncharged 600 pF capacitor. How much electrostatic energy is lost in the process?

A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 8 pF (1pF = 10^–12 F). What will be the capacitance if the distance between the plates is reduced by half, and the space between them is filled with a substance of dielectric constant 6?

A 12pF capacitor is connected to a 50V battery. How much electrostatic energy is stored in the capacitor?

Explain what would happen if in the capacitor given in Exercise 2.8, a 3 mm thick mica sheet (of dielectric constant = 6) were inserted between the plates,

(a) while the voltage supply remained connected.

(b) after the supply was disconnected.

Three capacitors of capacitances 2 pF, 3 pF and 4 pF are connected in parallel.

(a) What is the total capacitance of the combination?

(b) Determine the charge on each capacitor if the combination is connected to a 100 V supply.

Two charges 2 μC and –2 μC are placed at points A and B 6 cm apart.

(a) Identify an equipotential surface of the system.

(b) What is the direction of the electric field at every point on this surface?

A regular hexagon of side 10 cm has a charge 5 μC at each of its vertices. Calculate the potential at the centre of the hexagon.

List of top Physics Questions on electrostatic potential and capacitance asked in CBSE CLASS XII

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