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A capacitor of $30 \mu \mathrm{F}$ charged up to 500 volt is connected in parallel with another capacitor of 15 $\mu \mathrm{F}$ which is charged up to $300 \mathrm{V}$. The common potential is

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Three capacitors $\mathrm{C}_{1}, \mathrm{C}_{2}$ and $\mathrm{C}_{3}$ are connected to a battery of e.m.f. $120 \mathrm{V}$ as shown in the figure. The potential difference across $C_{1}$ is

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8 μF capacitor is fully charged across a 12 V battery. It is then disconnected from the battery and connected to an uncharged capacitor. If the voltage across the capacitor becomes 3 V, then the capacitance of the uncharged capacitor will be

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In polar dielectrics, tiny electric dipoles are randomly oriented

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The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with air as dielectric is C. If a slab of dielectric constant K and of the same thickness as the separation between the plates is introduced so as to fill 14th of the capacitor (shown in figure), then the new capacitance is,

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A parallel plate capacitor is filled with dielectric as shown in the figure. Its capacitance has a ratio with that without dielectric as

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A parallel plate capacitor is charged to a certain potential difference. A slab of thickness 3 mm is inserted between the plates and it becomes necessary to increase the distance between the plates by 2.4 mm to maintain the same potential difference. The dielectric constant of the slab is

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The capacity of a capacitor is 4×10-6 F and its potential is 100 V. The energy released on discharging it fully will be
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Two identical capacitors have the same capacitance C. One of them is charged to potential V1 and the other to V2. The negative ends of the capacitors are connected together. When the positive ends are also connected, the decrease in energy of the combined system is,