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A parallel plate capacitor is made up of stair like structure with a plate area A of each stair and that is connected with a wire of length b, as shown in the figure. The capacitance of the arrangement is x15ε0 A b, The value of x is _____ .

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Statement-I : A point charge is brought in an electric field. The value of electric field at a point near to the charge may increase if the charge is positive.

Statement-II : An electric dipole is placed in a non-uniform electric field. The net electric force on the dipole will not be zero.

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The three charges q2,q and q2 are placed at the corners A,D and C of a square of side a as shown in figure. The magnitude of electric field E at the corner B of the square, is 

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Two point charges A and B of magnitude +8×10-6C and -8×10-6C respectively are placed at a distance d apart. The electric field at the middle point O between the charges is 6.4×104 N C-1. The distance 'd' between the point charges A and B is
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A capacitor C1 of capacitance 5 μF is charged to a potential of 30 V using a battery. The battery is then removed and the charged capacitor is connected to an uncharged capacitor C2 of capacitance 10 μF as shown in figure. When the switch is closed charge flows between the capacitors. At equilibrium, the charge on the capacitor C2 is _____ μC.

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A parallel plate capacitor filled with a medium of dielectric constant 10, is connected across a battery and is charged. The dielectric slab is replaced by another slab of dielectric constant 15. Then the energy of capacitor will
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A positive charge particle of 100 mg is thrown in opposite direction to a uniform electric field of strength 1×105 N C-1. If the charge on the particle is 40 μC and the initial velocity is 200 m s-1, how much distance it will travel before coming to the rest momentarily
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Two point charges Q each are placed at a distance d apart. A third point charge q is placed at a distance x from mid-point on the perpendicular bisector. The value of x at which charge q will experience the maximum Coulomb's force is:
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A capacitor is discharging through a resistor R. Consider in time t1, the energy stored in the capacitor reduces to half of its initial value and in time t2, the charge stored reduces to one eighth of its initial value. The ratio t1t2 will be