Capacitors and Capacitance – Exercise – 1

16. An uncharged capacitor and a 1 kΩ resistor are connected in series with a switch and a 6 V battery. At the instant the switch is closed, the voltage across the capacitor is ________.

(a)   6 V
(b)   3 V
(c)   2 V
(d)   0 V

Answer
Answer : (d)
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17. A 2 μF, a 4 μF, and a 10 μF capacitor are connected in series. The total capacitance is less than ________.

(a)   2 μF
(b)   4 μF
(c)   10 μF
(d)   1.5 μF

Answer
Answer : (d)
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18. A capacitor of 2,000 pF is greater than ________.

(a)   0.02 μF
(b)   0.002 μF
(c)   0.0002 μF
(d)   0.0000002 F

Answer
Answer : (c)
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19. Four 0.15 μF capacitors are in parallel. The total capacitance is ________.

(a)   0.15 μF
(b)   0.30 μF
(c)   0.6 μF
(d)   0.8 μF

Answer
Answer : (c)
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20. When the voltage across a capacitor is tripled, the stored charge ________.

(a)   triples
(b)   is cut to one-third
(c)   stays the same
(d)   doubles

Answer
Answer : (a)
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