Consider two uncharged capacitors of equal capacitance 200 pF . One of them is charged by a 100 V supply and disconnected. Now this capacitor is connected to the uncharged capacitor. The amount of electrostatic energy lost in the process is:

$0.5 \times 10^{-6} \mathrm{~J}$

$1.0 \times 10^{-6} \mathrm{~J}$

The electrostatic force between the metal plates of an isolated parallel plate capacitor C having a charge Q and area A, is

Independent of the distance between the plates

Linearly proportional to the distance between the plates

Proportional to the square root of the distance between the plates

Inversely proportional to the distance between the plates

Capacitor — NEET Previous Year Questions

22 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · Physics

Solved PYQs: 22
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~2
Subject: Physics

How many NEET questions come from Capacitor?

Capacitor has contributed 22 questions to National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 2 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 46,150 NEET questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 22 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Capacitor within Physics, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

Sample Capacitor questions from real NEET papers

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Question 1 · NEET 2026
Consider two uncharged capacitors of equal capacitance 200 pF . One of them is charged by a 100 V supply and disconnected. Now this capacitor is connected to the uncharged capacitor. The amount of electrostatic energy lost in the process is:
1. (A) $0.5 \times 1 0^{- 6} J$
2. (B) $1.0 J$
3. (C) $1.0 \times 1 0^{- 6} J$
4. (D) $0.5 J$
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$Answer: (A) 0.5 \times 1 0^{- 6} J$
Question 2 · NEET 2024
If the plates of a parallel plate capacitor connected to a battery are moved closer to each other, then

A. the charge stored in it, increases.

B. the energy stored in it, decreases.

C. its capacitance increases.

D. the ratio of charge to its potential remains the same.

E. the product of charge and voltage increases.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1. (A) $A, B and E only$
2. (B) $A, C and E only$
3. (C) $B, D and E only$
4. (D) $A, B and C only$
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$Answer: (B) A, C and E only$
Question 3 · NEET 2022
The distance between the two plates of a parallel plate capacitor is doubled and the area of each plate is halved. If C is its initial capacitance, its final capacitance is equal to
1. (A) $\frac{C}{4}$
2. (B) $2C$
3. (C) $\frac{C}{2}$
4. (D) $4C$
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$Answer: (A) \frac{C}{4}$
Question 4 · NEET 2018
The electrostatic force between the metal plates
of an isolated parallel plate capacitor C having
a charge Q and area A, is
1. (A) $Independent of the distance between the plates$
2. (B) $Linearly proportional to the distance between the plates$
3. (C) $Proportional to the square root of the distance between the plates$
4. (D) $Inversely proportional to the distance between the plates$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (A) Independent of the distance between the plates$
Question 5 · NEET 2024
The capacitance of a capacitor with charge $q$ and a potential difference $V$ depends on
1. (A) $both q and V$
2. (B) $the geometry of the capacitor$
3. (C) $q only$
4. (D) $V only$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (B) the geometry of the capacitor$

Capacitor questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	2
2025	1
2024	5
2023	3
2022	3
2021	2
2020	1
2019	1
2018	1
2017	1
2016	2

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