Amity International School, Sec-46, Gurgaon

Class 12-Physics-Revision assignment- Electric potential and capacitance

1. What is the amount of work done in moving a 100nC charge between two
points 5cm apart on an equipotential surface? 1
2. A hollow metal sphere of radius 5cm is charged such that the potential on its
surface is 10V. What is potential at the centre of the sphere? 1
3. The electric potential V is constant on a surface. What can be said about the
electric field vector E? 1
4. In a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance increases from 4µF to 80µF, on
introducing a dielectric medium between the plates. What is the dielectric
constant of the medium? (20) 1
5. What is the potential at the center of a square of each side √2 m, when four
charges 100μC, -50μC, 20μ C and -60μ C are placed at four corners of the square?
2

6. Calculate the amount of work done in turning an electric dipole of dipole

moment 2 x 10-8 Cm from its position of unstable equilibrium to position of stable
equilibrium, in a uniform electric field of 103N/C . 2

7. The graph shows the variation of Voltage V across the plates of two capacitors A
and B versus increase of charge Q stored on them. Which of the two capacitors
has high capacitance? Give reason. 2
B
V A

8. Two charges of 5nC and -2nC are placed at points(5cm,0,0) and (23cm,0,0) in a
region of space where there is no other external field. Calculate the electric
potential energy of this charge system. (-5x10-7J)
9 . A parallel plate capacitor, each with plate area A and separation d, is charged
to a potential difference V. The battery used to charge it remains connected. A
dielectric slab of thickness d and dielectric constant K is now placed between the
plates. What change, if any will take place in:
(i) charge on plates?
(ii) electric field intensity between the plates?
(iii) capacitance of the capacitor? Justify your answer in each case.
10.What is the capacitance of the parallel plate capacitor filled with dielectrics?
K1 d/2
K2 d/2