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Physics - Capacitance

Practise 179 MHTCET previous year questions on Capacitance, compiled from papers spanning 2007 to 2026. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty MHTCET tests.

Capacitance has been asked in 16 of the 17 years of MHTCET papers analysed (2007–2026), with 179 questions in all. 38% of them were easy, 56% moderate and 6% tough. Most of its questions came from 2026, with 31 questions that year. In the last three years (2024–2026) it had 82 questions across 59 papers, about 1.4 per paper.

The chapter's 5 topics are not weighted equally: Grouping of capacitors (59 questions, 33%), Capacitors with Dielectric (46 questions, 26%), and Force and Energy stored in capacitor (39 questions, 22%) have been asked the most. Grouping of capacitors has also led over the last five years, with 41 questions. Capacitors with Dielectric has produced the most tough questions (5).

  1. 1A parallel plate air capacitor having area of each plate ' ' and the distance between the plates ' ' has uniform electric field E in the spa20 Apr, 2026 (M)Force and Energy stored in capacitor
  2. 2In a parallel plate air capacitor of plate separation ' ', a dielectric slab of thickness ' ' is introduced between the plates. The capacita20 Apr, 2026 (M)Capacitors with Dielectric
  3. 3A slab of material of dielectric constant has the same area as the plates of a parallel plate capacitor but has a thickness , where is the s19 Apr, 2026 (M)Capacitors with Dielectric
  4. 4A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 'C' is connected to a battery and charged to a potential 'V'. Another capacitor of capacitance ' '19 Apr, 2026 (M)Grouping of capacitors
  5. 5A parallel plate air capacitor has capacity 'C' farad, potential 'V' volt and energy 'E' joule. When the gap between the plates is completel19 Apr, 2026 (E)Capacitors with Dielectric
  6. 6In an oscillating LC circuit the maximum charge on the capacitor is Q. When the energy is stored equally between the electric and magnetic f19 Apr, 2026 (E)Force and Energy stored in capacitor
  7. 7A capacitor of capacitance C has charge Q and energy stored in it is W. If the charge is increased to 3Q, the energy stored in the capacitor18 Apr, 2026 (M)Force and Energy stored in capacitor
  8. 8Two circular plates each of radius ' ' are kept parallel to each other distance ' ' apart. The capacitance of the capacitor formed is ' '. I18 Apr, 2026 (M)Capacitance
  9. 9In an oscillating LC circuit, the maximum charge on the capacitor is Q. When the energy is stored equally between the electric and magnetic 18 Apr, 2026 (M)Force and Energy stored in capacitor
  10. 10Three identical capacitors connected in series have net capacitance ' '. Then they are connected in parallel. The ratio of energy stored in 18 Apr, 2026 (E)Grouping of capacitors
  11. 11Figure shows a network of five capacitors connected to a supply voltage 'V'. The equivalent capacitance and the energy stored in the network18 Apr, 2026 (E)Grouping of capacitors
  12. 12Two capacitors, and have their capacitances in the ratio 1:2. and are the potential differences applied across the series and parallel combi17 Apr, 2026 (M)Grouping of capacitors
  13. 13Three capacitors , and are connected to voltage source V as shown in figure. The voltage across will be17 Apr, 2026 (M)Grouping of capacitors
  14. 14If the equivalent capacitance between points A and B of the combination of capacitors shown in figure, is 6C, the capacitor is17 Apr, 2026 (E)Grouping of capacitors
  15. 15Two indentical metal plates are given charges and respectively. They are brought close together to form a parallel plate capacitor with capa17 Apr, 2026 (E)Capacitance
  16. 16Two condensers of capacities, '2C' and 'C' are joined in parallel and charged upto potential 'V'. The battery is then disconnected and conde16 Apr, 2026 (M)Grouping of capacitors
  17. 17The electric field between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is 'E'. If the charge on the plates is Q then the force on each plate is16 Apr, 2026 (M)Force and Energy stored in capacitor
  18. 18A capacitor has capacity C when it's parallel plates are separated by air medium of thickness 'd'. A slab of material of dielectric constant16 Apr, 2026 (E)Capacitors with Dielectric
  19. 19Four capacitors are connected to a battery as shown in figure. The ratio of charges on capacitors and is15 Apr, 2026 (M)Grouping of capacitors
  20. 20The function of a dielectric in a capacitor is to15 Apr, 2026 (M)Capacitors with Dielectric
  21. 21The potential difference that must be applied across the parallel and series combination of three identical capacitors such that the energy 15 Apr, 2026 (M)Grouping of capacitors
  22. 22Two parallel plate air capacitors are connected in parallel. Each capacitor has plate area and separation between the plates is and respecti15 Apr, 2026 (E)Capacitance
  23. 23Capacitors of capacities and are connected in series. If the combination is connected to a supply of V volt then the potential difference ac15 Apr, 2026 (E)Grouping of capacitors
  24. 24A condenser of capacity is charged to potential and then disconnected. Uncharged capacitor of capacity is connected in parallel with . The r13 Apr, 2026 (M)Grouping of capacitors
  25. 25Two 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 liqui13 Apr, 2026 (M)Grouping of capacitors
  26. 26The capacitance of a capacitor becomes times the original value if dielectric slab of thickness is introduced between the plates, where 'd' 13 Apr, 2026 (M)Capacitors with Dielectric
  27. 27A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plate has a capacitance of pF. The separation between the plates becomes twice and the space13 Apr, 2026 (E)Capacitance
  28. 28A parallel plate capacitor has plate area and plates separation mm. The space between the plates is filled with a dielectric medium of a thi11 Apr, 2026 (M)Capacitors with Dielectric
  29. 29Three parallel plate air capacitors are connected in parallel. Each capacitor has plate area A/3 and separation between the plates is d, 2d 11 Apr, 2026 (E)Capacitance
  30. 30Initially, 'n' identical capacitors are joined in parallel, are charged to potential 'V'. Now they are separated and joined in series. Then11 Apr, 2026 (E)Grouping of capacitors
  31. 31The earth is assumed to be a charged conducting sphere having volume 'V' and surface area 'A'. The capacitance of the earth in free space is11 Apr, 2026 (E)Capacitance
  32. 32The potential difference across the capacitor in the following circuit is05 May, 2025 (E)Grouping of capacitors
  33. 33Air capacitor has capacitance of . Now the space between two plates of capacitor is filled with two dielectrics as shown in figure. The capa27 Apr, 2025 (E)Capacitors with Dielectric
  34. 34If the charge on the capacitor is increased by 2C, the energy stored in it increases by . The original charge on the capacitor is27 Apr, 2025 (E)Force and Energy stored in capacitor
  35. 35Three capacitors are connected to a battery as shown in figure. The ratio of charge on capacitors and is26 Apr, 2025 (M)Charging and Discarging of capacitors
  36. 36The capacity of air filled parallel plate capacitor is . One-half of the space between the plates is filled with a dielectric constant ' ' a26 Apr, 2025 (M)Capacitors with Dielectric
  37. 37A capacitor of unknown capacity is connected across a battery of V volt. The charge stored in it is Q coulomb. When potential across the cap26 Apr, 2025 (E)Capacitance
  38. 38Five capacitors, each of capacitance 'C' are connected as shown in the figure. The ratio of equivalent capacitance between and and the equiv26 Apr, 2025 (E)Grouping of capacitors
  39. 39The function of a dielectric in a capacitor is26 Apr, 2025 (E)Capacitors with Dielectric
  40. 40Five capacitors, each of capacity 'C' are connected as shown in the figure. The resultant capacity between A & B is . The capacity of each c25 Apr, 2025 (M)Grouping of capacitors
  41. 41Seven capacitors each of capacitance are to be connected in a configuration to obtain an effective capacitance . The combination is25 Apr, 2025 (E)Grouping of capacitors
  42. 42Two identical metal plates are given charges and respectively. If they are now brought close together to form a parallel plate capacitor wit25 Apr, 2025 (E)Capacitance
  43. 43A parallel plate air capacitor has capacity ' ' and distance of separation between plates is ' d '. If a conducting sheet of thickness is in23 Apr, 2025 (M)Capacitors with Dielectric
  44. 44Two capacitors of and are connected in parallel. If the potential difference across is 20 V and across is 40 V , then the common potential o23 Apr, 2025 (E)Grouping of capacitors
  45. 45A capacitor is charged to 10 V . The battery is then disconnected and a pure 10 mH coil is connected across the capacitor so that LC oscilla23 Apr, 2025 (E)Force and Energy stored in capacitor
  46. 46A series combination of 10 capacitors, each of value ' ' is charged by a source of potential difference ' 4 V '. When another parallel combi22 Apr, 2025 (M)Force and Energy stored in capacitor
  47. 47The graph shows the variation of voltage (v) across the plates of two parallel plate capacitors A and B versus increase of charge Q stored i22 Apr, 2025 (M)Capacitance
  48. 48Three capacitors each of capacitance 'C' and breakdown voltage 'V' are connected in series. The capacitance and breakdown voltage of the ser22 Apr, 2025 (M)Grouping of capacitors
  49. 49Initially n identical capacitors are joined in parallel and are charged to potential V. Now they are separated and joined in series. Then22 Apr, 2025 (E)Grouping of capacitors
  50. 50Earth is assumed to be a charged conducting sphere having volume V and surface area . The capacitance of the earth in free space is ( permit22 Apr, 2025 (E)Capacitance

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Capacitance?

This chapter includes 179 questions compiled from MHTCET papers spanning 2007 to 2026.

2.Are these questions only from MHTCET, or from other exams too?

These are MHTCET questions specifically for the Capacitance chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Capacitance an important chapter for MHTCET Physics?

Capacitance has appeared in 16 of the 17 years of MHTCET papers covered here, with 179 questions across 98 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Capacitance questions in MHTCET?

Of the 179 questions analysed for this chapter, 38% are easy, 56% moderate and 6% tough. 2026 had the most, with 31 questions.

5.Which topics in Capacitance should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Capacitance:

  • Grouping of capacitors - 59 questions (33%)
  • Capacitors with Dielectric - 46 questions (26%)
  • Force and Energy stored in capacitor - 39 questions (22%)
  • Capacitors with Dielectric has produced the most tough questions (5).
6.Is Capacitance's weightage in MHTCET going up or down?

Across all 98 papers analysed, Capacitance has averaged about 1.8 questions per paper. In the last three years (2024–2026), that average has fallen, at about 1.4 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.