Question

The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are not. exactly parallel. The surface charge density

• A. is lower at the closer end
• B. will not be uniform
• C. each plate will have the same potential at every point
• D. Both [b] and [c]

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Both [b] and [c]

Answer 2

Being a conductor, each plate has the same potential at each point. As $E\propto \sigma ,$ so surface charge density $\sigma$ is higher at the closer end because electric field being the conductor gradient of potential is highest where the plates are closest to each other.