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Grade 12th passIIT JEE Entrance Exam

state true or false with explanation: a capacitor which is charged to a certain potential using batery , and now battery is removed and capacitor is then connected to an uncharged capacitor and when switch is closed charge flows between capacitor. if this is true then why the answer to this iit 2001 question is zero: capacitor A has charge q on it whereas capacitor B in uncharged.the charge appearing on the capacitor B a long time after the switch is closed(capacitors are connected side by side wid switch in between)???please help .

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11 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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11 Years ago
It is zero because the circuit is not closed and hence there is no uniform electric field.