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The terminals of a battery of emf V are connected to the two plates of a parallel plate capacitor. If the space between the plates of the capacitor is filled with an insulator of dielectric constant K, then :

A

is less

B

is more

C

is the same

D

may be more or less depending upon the dielectric constant of the medium

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B
Q=CV, As C is increased Q increases.
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