Kirchhoff's Laws with Capacitors

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Kirchhoff's Laws with Capacitors: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Kirchhoff's Law with Capacitors, Kirchhoff's First Law with Capacitors & Kirchhoff's Second Law with Capacitors etc.

Important Questions on Kirchhoff's Laws with Capacitors

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In the circuit shown in figure the switch S is initially open and both the capacitors are initially uncharged. If the ratio of current through 2Ω resistor, just after the switch S is closed and a long time after the switch S is closed is x2, find the value of x.

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Three uncharged capacitors of capacities C1,C2 and C3 are connected as shown in the figure. A,B and C are at potentials V1, V2 and V3 respectively. The potential at O is

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Three uncharged capacitors of capacitance C1,C2 and C3 are connected as shown in the figure to one another at point O. Points A, B and D are at potentials VA, VB and VD respectively. Then the potential at O will be,: 

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The charge on the capacitor C in steady state is q1 in the given diagram. Now, key is closed and steady state charge on C is q2 .The ratio of charges q1 and q2 will be -




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In steady state, charge on μF capacitor is

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In the adjacent circuit VAVB will be:
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In the circuit of following figure, the final voltage drop across the capacitor C in steady state is

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Two condensers C1 and C2 in a circuit are joined as shown in figure. The potential of point A is V1 and that of B is V2 . The potential of point D will be




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In the circuit shown in the figure, a potential difference of 60 V is applied between a and b. The potential difference between the points c and d is
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The figure shows two capacitors C1 and C2 connected with 10 V battery and terminals A and B are earthed. The graph shows the variation of potential as one moves from left to right. Then the ratio of C1C2 is
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The correct combination is : (symbols have their usual meanings)




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In the following circuit composed of the identical capacitor, across which terminals would you connect a battery in order for all capacitors to charge up


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A voltmeter of 900 Ω resistance measures the potential difference across 100 Ω resistance, in the following circuit. The percentage of the error made in reading the potential difference is

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A network of six identical capacitors, each of value C, is made, as shown in the figure.
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The equivalent capacitance between the points A and B is

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Which statement(s) is/are true?

(i) Kirchhoff's law is equally applicable to both AC and DC.

(ii) Semiconductors have a positive temperature coefficient of resistance.

(iii) Meter bridge has a greater sensitivity when the resistances of all the four arms of the bridge are of the same order.

(iv) The emf of a cell depends upon the size and area of electrodes.

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One end each of a resistance r, capacitor C and resistance 2r are connected together. The other ends are respectively connected to the positive terminals of batteries, P, Q, R having, respectively, emf's E, E and 2E. The negative terminals of the batteries are then connected together. In this circuit, with steady current the potential drop across the capacitor is,

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In the given circuit, with steady current, the potential difference across the capacitor must be
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