Capacitors & Dielectrics: JEE Questions & Solutions
42 previous-year JEE Physics questions on Capacitors & Dielectrics, each with a worked step-by-step solution.
Previous-year questions
- 01
A parallel plate capacitor has capacitance C, when there is vacuum within the parallel plates. A sheet having thickness 13d of the…
MCQMediumJEE 2026 - 02
A capacitor P with capacitance 10 10^-6 F is fully charged with a potential difference of 6.0 V and disconnected from the battery. The…
NVAEasyJEE 2026 - 03
The space between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C (without any dielectric) is now filled with three dielectric…
NVAMediumJEE 2026 - 04
Parallel plate capacitor... separation 5 mm... mica sheet 2 mm... draws 25 more charge. Dielectric constant is.
MCQMediumJEE 2026 - 05
Three parallel plate capacitors each with area A and separation d are filled with two dielectric (k1 and k2) in the following fashion. (k1…
MCQMediumJEE 2026 - 06
Identify the correct statements: [A.] Effective capacitance of a series combination of capacitors is always smaller than the smallest…
MCQEasyJEE 2026 - 07
A parallel-plate capacitor of capacitance 40 F is connected to a 100 V power supply. Now the intermediate space between the plates is…
MCQEasyJEE 2025 - 08
Identify the valid statements relevant to the given circuit at the instant when the key is closed. A: There will be no current through…
MCQEasyJEE 2025 - 09
At steady state, the charge on the capacitor, as shown in the circuit below, is C.
NVAMediumJEE 2025 - 10
Consider a parallel plate capacitor of area A (of each plate) and separation d between the plates. If E is the electric field and 0 is the…
MCQEasyJEE 2025 - 11
A parallel plate capacitor was made with two rectangular plates, each with a length of l = 3 cm and breadth of b = 1 cm. The distance…
MCQMediumJEE 2025 - 12
Two capacitors C1 and C2 are connected in parallel to a battery. Charge-time graph is shown below for the two capacitors. The energy stored…
MCQEasyJEE 2025 - 13
A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 1 F is charged to a potential difference of 20 V. The distance between plates is 1 m. The energy…
MCQEasyJEE 2025 - 14
A capacitor, C1 = 6 F, is charged to a potential difference of V1 = 5 V using a 5V battery. The battery is removed and another capacitor,…
MCQEasyJEE 2025 - 15
A parallel plate capacitor consisting of two circular plates of radius 10 cm is being charged by a constant current of 0.15 A. If the rate…
NVAMediumJEE 2025 - 16
A parallel plate capacitor is filled equally (half) with two dielectrics of dielectric constant 1 and 2, as shown in figures. The distance…
MCQMediumJEE 2025 - 17
Using a battery, a 100 pF capacitor is charged to 60 V and then the battery is removed. After that, a second uncharged capacitor is…
MCQEasyJEE 2025 - 18
Four capacitors each of capacitance 16 F are connected as shown in the figure. The capacitance between points A and B is: (in F).
NVAEasyJEE 2025 - 19
Three parallel plate capacitors C1, C2, and C3 each of capacitance 5 F are connected as shown in the figure. The effective capacitance…
MCQEasyJEE 2025 - 20
A parallel plate capacitor has charge 5 10^-6 C. A dielectric slab is inserted between the plates and almost fills the space between the…
NVAEasyJEE 2025 - 21
Two metal spheres of radius R and 3R have same surface charge density. If they are brought in contact and then separated, the surface…
MCQMediumJEE 2025 - 22
Space between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor of plate area 4 cm^2 and separation of d = 1.77 mm, is filled with uniform…
NVAMediumJEE 2025 - 23
In the given figure, the charge stored in a 6 F capacitor, when points A and B are joined by a connecting wire, is C:
NVAMediumJEE 2024 - 24
A capacitor of capacitance C and potential V has energy E. It is connected to another capacitor of capacitance 2C and potential 2V. Then…
MCQMediumJEE 2024 - 25
A capacitor of capacitance 2 F is connected across a 100 V battery. It is then disconnected and connected in parallel with another…
MCQEasyJEE 2024 - 26
A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 15 pF. The separation between the plates becomes twice and the…
NVAEasyJEE 2023 - 27
A parallel plate capacitor has plate area 40 cm^2 and plate separation 2 mm. The space between the plates is filled with a dielectric…
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 28
A capacitor has a capacitance of 5 F when its parallel plates are separated by an air medium of thickness d. A slab of material with a…
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 29
Two isolated metallic solid spheres of radii R and 2R are charged such that both have the same charge density. The spheres are then…
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 30
A capacitor of capacitance 900 F is charged by a 100 V battery. The capacitor is disconnected from the battery and connected to another…
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 31
Two parallel plate capacitors C1 and C2, each having capacitance of 10 F are individually charged by a 100 V D.C. source. Capacitor C1 is…
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 32
Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: Two metallic spheres are…
MCQEasyJEE 2023 - 33
A parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and plate separation d is filled with a dielectric material of dielectric constant K = 4. The…
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 34
As shown in the figure, two parallel plate capacitors having equal plate area of 200 cm^2 are joined in such a way that. The equivalent…
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 35
The equivalent capacitance of the combination shown is:
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 36
The distance between two plates of a capacitor is d and its capacitance is C1, when air is the medium between the plates. If a metal sheet…
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 37
A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 2 F is charged to a potential V. The energy stored in the capacitor is E1. The capacitor is now…
MCQEasyJEE 2023 - 38
In the Provided that circuit, C1 = 2 F, C2 = 0.2 F, C3 = 2 F, C4 = 4 F, C5 = 2 F, C6 = 2 F. The charge stored on capacitor C4 is C.
NVAMediumJEE 2023 - 39
64 identical drops each charged up to a potential of 10 mV are combined to form a bigger drop. The potential of the bigger drop will be mV.
NVAEasyJEE 2023 - 40
In the network shown below, the charge accumulated in the capacitor in steady state will be:
MCQEasyJEE 2023 - 41
In the circuit shown below, the energy stored in the capacitor is 3 J. The value of n is.
MCQMediumJEE 2023 - 42
In the given figure, the total charge stored in the combination of capacitors is 100 C. The value of x is.
NVAEasyJEE 2023
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