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Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 12: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance (Physics) had 15 questions across the 50 official CBSE Class 12 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 9 of them. Asked in 9 of 10 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Dielectrics, Energy in Capacitors, Electrostatic Potential Energy.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 9 of 10 years.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dielectrics | 3 | 3 | 2026, 2020, 2016 |
| Energy in Capacitors | 3 | 3 | 2024, 2019, 2017 |
| Electrostatic Potential Energy | 2 | 2 | 2025, 2018 |
| Charge Sharing | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Charging of Capacitor | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dipole in Uniform Field | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Electric Potential | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Equipotential Surfaces | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Potential and Field | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
| Potential Due to Dipole | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
How to practise Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.
CBSE Class 122026
- Q.1 (Physics (55/1/1)) · MCQ · Potential and Field: Electric field from a linearly varying potential PDF
- Q.2 (Physics (55/1/1)) · MCQ · Charge Sharing: Ratio of surface fields of two connected spheres PDF
- Q.23 (Physics (55/1/1)) · Short answer · Dielectrics: Effect on C, energy and V when dielectric is removed from isolated capacitor PDF
CBSE Class 122025
CBSE Class 122024
- Q.2 (Physics (55/1/1)) · MCQ · Energy in Capacitors: Total energy in ten parallel capacitors across 100 V PDF
CBSE Class 122023
- Q.26 (Physics (55/1/1)) · Short answer · Electric Potential: Potential and field at centre of a ring of twelve equal charges PDF
CBSE Class 122020
CBSE Class 122019
CBSE Class 122018
- Q.11 (Physics (55/1)) · Short answer · Electrostatic Potential Energy: Net force on a charge and potential energy of four charges on a square PDF
CBSE Class 122017
- Q.22 (Physics (55/1)) · Short answer · Energy in Capacitors: Energy ratio of two capacitors before and after dielectric is inserted PDF
CBSE Class 122016
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FAQ
How many Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance questions come in CBSE Class 12?
In the official papers we tagged: 3 in 2026, 2 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 2 in 2020, 2 in 2019, 1 in 2018, 1 in 2017 and 2 in 2016. Not asked in the other year. That is 15 questions in all, about 5% of Physics.
Which Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance topics repeat in CBSE Class 12?
Asked in the most papers: Dielectrics, Energy in Capacitors, Electrostatic Potential Energy. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official CBSE Class 12 questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official CBSE Class 12 paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.