
The outer sphere of a spherical air capacitor is earthed. For increasing its capacitance,


Important Questions on Electrostatics
A parallel plate capacitor is charged and then disconnected from the charging battery. If the plates are now moved farther apart by pulling them by means of insulating handles, then

A parallel plate capacitor is charged and then isolated. The effect of increasing the plate separation on charge, potential and capacitance respectively are

The respective radii of the two spheres of a spherical condenser are and . The dielectric constant of the medium between them is . The capacity of the condenser will be

The capacity of a parallel plate condenser is when the distance between its plates is . If the distance between the plates is reduced to , then the capacity of this parallel plate condenser will be

A parallel plate capacitor of $6 \mu \mathrm{F}$ is connected across battery and charged. The battery is then disconnected and oil of dielectric constant $\mathrm{k}=2.1$ is introduced between the plates. What will be the charge on capacitor?

The capacity of a parallel plate condenser is . Its capacity, when the separation between plates is doubled and area is halved will be

A cylindrical capacitor has charge $Q$ and length $L$. If both the charge and length of the capacitor are doubled by keeping other parameters fixed, the energy stored in the capacitor

Consider the situation shown in the figure. The capacitor has a charge on it whereas is uncharged. The charge appearing on the capacitor a long time after the switch is closed is
