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Two identical capacitors when one of them is filled with a dielectric

This type of question, asked 5 times: 11 May 2023 S1, 16 May 2023 S1, 19 Apr 2025 S2, 13 Apr 2026 S1, 19 May 2026 S1. All 5 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    11 May 2023 S1

    35
    Two parallel plate air capacitors of same capacity 'C' are connected in series to a battery of emf 'E'. Then one of the capacitors is completely filled with dielectric material of constant 'K'. The change in the effective capacity of the series combination is

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  2. Question 2

    16 May 2023 S1

    3
    Two identical capacitors A and B are connected in series to a battery of E.M.F., 'E'. Capacitor B contains a slab of dielectric constant K. QAQ_A and QBQ_B are the charges stored in A and B. When the dielectric slab is removed, the corresponding charges are QA′Q'_A and Q′Q'. Then

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  3. Question 3

    19 Apr 2025 S2

    37
    Two parallel plate air capacitors of same capacity ' C ' are connected in parallel to a battery of e.m.f. ' E '. Then one of the capacitors is completely filled with dielectric material of constant ' K '. The change in the effective capacity of the parallel combination is

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  4. Question 4

    13 Apr 2026 S1

    127
    Two identical parallel plate air capacitors are connected in series to a battery of e.m.f. 'V'. If one of the capacitor is inserted in liquid of dielectric constant 'K' then potential difference of the other capacitor will become

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  5. Question 5

    19 May 2026 S1

    127
    Two parallel plate air capacitors of same capacity 'CC' are connected in series to a battery of emf 'EE'. Then one of the capacitors is completely filled with dielectric material of constant 'KK'. The change in the effective capacity of the series combination is

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