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MODERN PUBLICATION-ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE -Revision Exercises (Short Answer Questions)
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  2. Why should electrostatic field be zero inside a conductor ?

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  8. Net charge on a capacitor is always zero, then what does a capacitor s...

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  9. In what form of field, is the energy of a capacitor stored? Derive an...

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  10. Explain what happens to the capacitance of a capacitor when charge q o...

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  11. Derive an expression for energy density of a parallel plate capacitor.

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  12. (a) Derive an expression for energy density of a parallel plate capaci...

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  13. Two charges of +5nC and -2nC are placed at points (5cm, 0, 0) and (23c...

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  14. Two capacitors C(1) and C(2) have the same separation between the plat...

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  15. Can we give any desired charge to a capacitor?

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  16. How will the capacitance of a metal sphere change if its volume is dou...

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  17. A parallel plate capacitor each with plate area A and separation ‘d’ i...

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  18. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C is charged to a potential ...

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  19. Calculate the effective capacitance between a and b from the figure gi...

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  20. Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of pl...

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