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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2023

When two capacitors charged to different potential are connected in parallel the statement which is not true about it is :

  1. A some energy is lost
  2. B both the capacitor acquire a common potential
  3. C potential lost by one is equal to potential gained by the other
  4. D charge lost by one is equal to charge gained by the other
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(C) potential lost by one is equal to potential gained by the other

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While the charge lost by one capacitor must equal the charge gained by the other (conservation of charge), the change in potential depends on their individual capacitances ( \(\Delta V=\Delta Q\) (C). Unless the two capacitors have identical capacitance, their potential changes…