JEE Main 2025PhysicsElectromagnetic WavesMediumNumerical

JEE Main 2025Electromagnetic Waves Question with Solution

JEE Main 2025 (22 Jan Shift 2)

Question

A parallel plate capacitor of area and separation between the plates 10 cm , is charged by a DC current. Consider a hypothetical plane surface of area inside the capacitor and parallel to the plates. At an instant, the current through the circuit is 6A. At the same instant the displacement current through is ________ mA .

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 1200
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1200

Step-by-step explanation

Total displacement current Through $\begin{aligned} & i=\left(\frac{A_0}{A}\right) 6 \\ & =\frac{3.2}{16} \times 6=1.2 \mathrm{~A}=1200 \mathrm{~mA} \end{aligned}$

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