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A test charge 'q' is moved without acceleration from A to C along the path from A to B and then from B to C in electric field E as shown in the figure below. Calculate the potential difference between A and C.

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Important Questions on Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

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A test charge 'q' is moved without acceleration from A to C along the path from A to B and then from B to C in electric field E as shown in the figure below. At which point (of the two) is the electric potential more and why?

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Two uniformly large parallel thin plate having charge densities +σ and -σ are kept in the X-Z plane at a distance 'd' apart. Sketch an equipotential surface due to electric field between the plates. If a particle of mass m and charge '-q' remains stationary between plates, what is the magnitude and direction of this field?
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Find the P.E. associated with a charge'q' if it were present at the point P with respect to the 'set-up' of two charged spheres, arranged as shown in figure below. Here O is the mid-point of the line O1O2.

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A sheet of aluminium foil of negligible thickness is placed between the plates of a capacitor, as shown in figure below. What effect has it on the capacitance if the foil is electrically insulated.

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A sheet of aluminium foil of negligible thickness is placed between the plates of a capacitor, as shown in figure below. What effect has it on the capacitance if the foil is connected to the upper plate with a conducting wire?

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The graph below shows the variation of voltageV across the plates of two capacitors A and B versus increase of charge Q stored on them. Which of the capacitors has higher capacitance? Give reason for your answer.

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The given graph shows the variation of charge q versus potential difference V for two capacitors C1 and C2. The two capacitors have same plate separation but the plate area of C2 is double than that of C1. Which of the lines in the graph correspond to C1 and C2 and why?

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As shown in the figure below, a dielectric material of dielectric constant k is instead in half proportion between the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor. If its initial capacitance is C, what is the new capacitance?

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