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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2023

When a capacitor is subjected to a D.C. source it takes small time internal to get fully charged up. During this small time interval there is no passage of charge through dielectric, yet we use a term - displacement current. This term is used because :

  1. A There is a slow motion of charge from one plate to another
  2. B There is a continues change of electric field between plates and hence electric flux
  3. C The electric charge from battery stops moving
  4. D There is temporary breakdown of dielectric
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(B) There is a continues change of electric field between plates and hence electric flux

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Displacement current arises because the changing electric field between the charging plates produces a magnetic field, just as a physical current would. Maxwell introduced this term to maintain continuity in circuits where conduction current cannot flow, like across a…