Charging and Discharging of a Capacitor Through a Resistance

Author:B M Sharma
JEE Advanced
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Important Questions on Charging and Discharging of a Capacitor Through a Resistance

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The space between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is completely filled with a material of resistivity 2×1011 Ω m and dielectric constant 6. The capacity of the capacitor with the given dielectric medium between the plates is 20 nF. Find the leakage current if a potential difference 2500 V is applied across the capacitor.

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A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 10 μF is connected to a cell of emf 10 V and is fully charged. Now a dielectric slab k=3 of thickness equal to the gap between the plates is completely filled in the gap, keeping the cell connected. During the filling process,

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At time t=0, a battery of 10 V is connected across points A and B in the given circuit. If the capacitors have no charge initially, at what time (in seconds) does the voltage across them becomes 4 V? [Take ln5=1.6, ln3=1.1]

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MEDIUM
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In an LCR circuit, as shown below, both switches are open initially. Now the switch S1 is closed and S2 kept open. (q is the charge on the capacitor and τ=RC is the capacitive time constant). Which of the following statement is correct?

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MEDIUM
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The figure shows an experimental plot discharging of a capacitor in an RC circuit. The time constant τ of this circuit lies between:

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HARD
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A resistor R and 2 μF capacitor in series are connected through a switch to 200 V direct supply. Across the capacitor is a neon bulb that lights up at 120 V. Calculate the value of R to make the bulb light up 5 s after the switch has been closed. log102.5=0.4

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Let C be the capacitance of a capacitor discharging through a resistor R. Suppose t1 be the time taken for the energy stored in the capacitor to reduce to half its initial value and t2 be the time taken for the charge to reduce to one-fourth of its initial value. Then the ratio t1t2 will be,

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In the circuit shown, the capacitor C1 is initially charged with charge q0. The switch S is closed at time t=0. The charge on C2 after time t is
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The switch S in the circuit diagram (figure) is closed at t=0. The charge on capacitors at any time t is,

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Initially, switch S is connected to position 1 for a long time (figure). The net amount of heat generated in the circuit after it is shifted to position 2 is
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Each resistor in the following circuit (figure) has a resistance of 2 MΩ and the capacitors have a capacitance of 1 μF. The battery voltage is 3 V. The voltage across the resistor A in the following circuit in steady state is,

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In the circuit shown (figure), the switch S2 is closed first and is kept closed for a long time. Now, S1 is closed, Just after that instant, the current thought S1 is,

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