Energy stored in series compared with parallel combinations
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Question 1
9 May 2023 S2
29The potential difference that must be applied across the series and parallel combination of 4 identical capacitors is such that the energy stored in them becomes the same. The ratio of potential difference in series to parallel combination isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
16 May 2023 S1
40A series combination of capacitors, each of value is charged by a source of potential difference 6 V. Another parallel combination of capacitors, each of value is charged by a source of potential difference 2 V. Total energy of both the combinations is same. The value of in terms of isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
9 May 2024 S1
6The ratio of potential difference that must be applied across parallel and series combination of two capacitors and with their capacitances in the ratio so that energy stored in these two cases becomes same is:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
22 Apr 2025 S1
10A series combination of 10 capacitors, each of value ' ' is charged by a source of potential difference ' 4 V '. When another parallel combination of 8 capacitors, each of value ' ' is charged by a source of potential difference ' V ', it has the same total energy stored in it as in the first combination. The value of ' ' isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
15 Apr 2026 S1
126The potential difference that must be applied across the parallel and series combination of three identical capacitors such that the energy stored in them becomes the same. The ratio of potential difference in parallel to series combination isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 6
17 Apr 2026 S1
128Two capacitors, and have their capacitances in the ratio 1:2. and are the potential differences applied across the series and parallel combination of and respectively, so that the energy stored in the two cases becomes same. The ratio to isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 7
18 Apr 2026 S2
128Three identical capacitors connected in series have net capacitance ''. Then they are connected in parallel. The ratio of energy stored in series configuration to that in parallel configuration is (if both configurations are connected to the same source)Tap an option to check your answer.