JEE · NEET Previous Year Question

A parallel plate capacitor is charged and then isolated. The effect of increasing the plate separation on charge, potential and capacitance respectively are

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Answer: B. Full step-by-step solution below.

  1. Aincreases, decreases, decreases
  2. Bconstant, increases, decreases
  3. Cconstant, decreases, decreases
  4. Dconstant, decreases, increases.

Correct answer: B

Solution

(b) As the capacitor is isolated after charging, charge Q on it remains constant. Plate separation d increases, capacitance decreases as and hence, potential increases as

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