Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

Question:

A capacitor of capacitance C is connected to a cell of emf V and when fully charged, it is disconnected. Now the separation between the plates is doubled. The change in flux of electric field through a closed surface enclosing the capacitor is

Options:

Zero

$\frac{CV}{\varepsilon_0}$

$\frac{CV}{2\varepsilon_0}$

$\frac{2 CV}{\varepsilon_0}$

Correct Answer:

Zero

Explanation:

Flux = $\frac{q_{incl}}{\varepsilon_0}$

The two plates of the capacitor have equal and opposite charges.

Hence, total charge enclosed by the given surface = 0

∴ Flux is zero is both conditions.

Hence change in flux = 0.