Question

The capacitance of a material refers to

(a) Ability of the material to store magnetic field

(b) Ability of the material to store electromagnetic field

(c) Ability of the material to store electric field

(d) Potential between two charged plates

The question was asked by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

This intriguing question comes from Resistances and Capacitances in division Electrostatic Boundary Value Problem of Electromagnetic Theory

Answer 1

Right answer is (c) Ability of the material to store electric field

Easy explanation: The capacitance of a material is a measure of the ability of the material to store electric field. It is the ratio of charge stored to the voltage across the parallel plates.