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  4. When we touch the terminals of a high voltage capacitor, even after a high voltage has been cut-off, then the capacitor has the tendency to:

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Q. When we touch the terminals of a high voltage capacitor, even after a high voltage has been cut-off, then the capacitor has the tendency to:

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Solution:

A capacitor is an arrangement which can store sufficient quantity of charge.
On given a charge $Q$ to a conductor, the electric potential of the conductor becomes $V$. Then the capacitance of the conductor is
$C=\frac{Q}{V}$
when capacitor is discharged it possesses large voltage which is dangerous.