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Class XII
Subject PHYSICS
PAPER-1
(Theory)
(three hours)

Question 1

(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during this time)
---------------------------------------------------Answer all questions in Part I and six questions from Part II, choosing two questions
from each of the Sections A, B and C.
All working, including rough work, should be done on the same sheet as, and adjacent to,
the rest of the answer.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
(Material to be supplied: Log tables including Trigonometric functions)
A list of useful physical constants is given at the end of this paper.
Part I
(Compulsory)

A. Choose the correct alternative (a),(b), (c) or (d) for each of the questions given below:

[5]

(i) Two point charges (+e) and (-e) are kept inside a large metallic cube without touching its sides. Electric flux
emerging out of the cube is:
(a) e/o
(b) -e/o
(c) 2e/o
(d) zero
(ii) In current electricity, Ohms law is obeyed by all
(a) Solids
(c) Liquids

(b) Metals
(d) gases

(iii) When a charged particle is projected perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field, it describe a circular path in
which:
(a) Its speed remains constant
(b) Its velocity remains constant
(c) Its momentum remains constant
(d) Its kinetic energy increases
(iv) Refractive index of a transparent medium is
(a) Same for all colours
(c) Maximum for violet colour

(b) maximum for violet colour

(ds) maximum for red colour

(v) an important component of Michelsons method to determine speed of light as:

(a) A Nicol Prism

(b) A Biprism

(c) A grating

(d)An Octagonal mirror

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B. Answer all questions briefly and to the point:

[15]
i. From the inverse square law of force between two charge particles, define SI unit, coulomb of electric charge.
ii. Is the potential inside a hollow sphere charged with positive electricity same every where? What is the field
strength there?
iii. A 90W-30V bulb is to be lighted by a supply of 120V. For this a wire is to be connected in series with it.
Calculate the resistance of the wire.
iv. Write down the expression for the intensity of magnetic field at a distance r along the axis from the centre of a
current carrying circular coil.
v. What is the maximum value of power factor in an A.C. circuit? When does it occur?
vi. State the two necessary conditions for the bright interference fringes.
vii. The radius of curvature of convex surface of a thin plano convex lens is 15 cm and refractive index of its
material is 1.6. Find the power of the lens.
viii. A ray of light is incident on a glass tube at an angle of incidence
. Show that the reflected and
refracted rays are perpendicular to each other.
ix. For observing fraunhofer diffraction from single slit, what type of wave front should be incident on the slit.
x. A simple micro scope or a magnifying glass with a focal length 5 cm forms an image at near point of the eye .
find its magnification.
xi. The radius of the first orbit of the electron of a hydrogen atom is 5.3x10-11m. What is the radius of its second
orbit?
xii. Show graphically the variation in the mass of a radioactive substance with time. Mark the value of time on xaxis in terms of half life (T, 2T, 3T etc.) and the corresponding values of mass on y-axis.
xiii. A radioactive nucleus undergoes a series of decay according to the following scheme :
A1
A2
A3
A4
A
If the mass number and atomic number of A are 180 and 72, respectively, what are these numbers for A4?
xiv. Write the truth table for the following combination of gates

xv. Which of the two U238 and U235 is more useful for nuclear fission and why?

xiv. For observing Fraunhofer diffraction from a single slit, what type of wave front should be
incident on this slit?
xv. If the polarizing angle for air-glass interface is 56O, what will be the angle of refraction in glass?

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Part II
Answer six questions in this part, choosing two question from each of the section A, B and C.
SECTION - A
(Answer any two questions)
Question 2
a. Two horizontal parallel plates, each of area 1 m2, are mounted 5mm apart in vacuum. The lower plate is
earthed and the upper one is given a positive charge of 17.7C. neglecting edge effect calculate
1. The electric field strength between the plates and give the direction of the field.
2. The potential of the upper plate.
3. The capacitance between the two plates.
4. The electric energy stored in the system.
[4]
b. Obtain an expression for the electric potential at a point which is at a distance r from the point charge Q.
[3]
c. An infinite line charge produces a field of 9x 104NC-1at a distance of 2m. Calculate the linear charge density.
[2]
Question 3
a. A potentiometer wire of length 100 cm has a resistance of 10. It is connected in series with a resistance R
and a cell of emf 2V and of negligible internal resistance. A source of emf of 10 millivolt is balanced by
length of 40cm of potentiometer wire as shown in the figure. Calculate
1. Potential gradient along AB
2. The value of R

[4]
b. Applying Kirchhoffs laws, derive the condition for obtaining balance in a Wheatstone bridge.
[2]
c. The resistance of a metal at 125C is 150 ohm. What will be the resistance at 400 C? The temperature
coefficient of resistance of metal is 0.003 per C.
[3]
Question 4
a. 1. Which is the stronger field at the centre of circular coil of radius r or at a distance r from an
infinitely Long wire carrying same current i.
[3]
2. How will the field at the centre of a circular coil changes if radius of coil is doubled, number of turns are
doubled?
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b. Obtain an expression of potential energy acquired by a magnet placed in a uniform magnetic field.
[2]
c. A 25F capacitor, a 0.1H inductor and 25 resistance are connected in series with an A.C. source whose emf
is given by
1. What is current in the circuit?
2. What is the expression for the instantaneous value of the current?
Section B
(Answer any two questions)
Question 5

[4]

a. State Huygenss principle and deduce the laws of refraction from it.

[4]

b. In the youngs double slit experiment the slits are separated by 0.589mm and screen is placed 100cm away. It
is found that the 9th bright fringe is at a distance of 7.5mm from the dark fringe which is second from the
central fringe. Find the wavelength of light used.
[2]
c. 1. State the three conditions for the formation of pure spectrum.
2. Draw a ray diagram illustrating the measurement of the angle of a prism using a spectrometer.
[2]
Question 6
a.

A concave lens of glass is immersed in water. What happens to its focal length?

[2]

b. Show how to put two converging lenses so that a parallel beam becomes parallel once again after passing
through both the lenses.
[2]
c. Show that the minimum distance between the object and its real image formed by a converging lens is four
times its focal length.
[2]
d. A double convex lens is to be manufactured from a glass of refractive index 1.55, with both faces of same
radius of curvature required if the focal length of the lens is to be 20cm?
[2]
Question 7
a. In light of red coloured, the focal length of convex lens is found to be 26cm. However using light of violet
colour the focal length comes out to be 25cm. What is dispersive power of material of the lens?
[2]
b. A small telescope has an objective lens of focal length 140cm and an eyepiece of focal length 5cm. What is
the magnifying power of telescope for viewing distant objects when the final image is formed at a least
distance of distinct vision?
[3]
c. What is chromatic aberration? What are the conditions of two lenses of different focal length and of different
material in contact achromatic?
[3]
Section C
(Answer any two questions)
Question 8
a. A cathode ray particle is moving in a uniform magnetic field in a circular path of radius 2cm. If the energy of the
particle is doubled , what will be the radius of the new circle?
[3]
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b. Find the maximum velocity of the photoelectrons when light of =2.337x 10-7m falls on a metal whose work
function is 451x 10-2 eV.
[3]
c. Derive an expression for the frequency of radiation emitted when an electron jumps from stationary level n2to
stationary level n1in hydrogen atom.
[2]
Question 9
a. What changes do you expect in emitted X-ray if supply target voltage is increased in X-ray tube? Explain.
[3]
b. Define mean life and decay constant. Write down the relation between them.

[3]

c. Which has greater binding energy X80or Y81and why, give reason?

[2]

Question 10
a. Explain, in terms of movement of charge carriers, why is the resistance of a junction diode low in one direction
and high in reverse direction.
[2]
b. Draw the circuit diagram of a p-n-p transistor. Obtain the formulae for current gain, voltage gain and power gain
of a transistor.
[4]
c. Name the equivalent logic gate of the following combination by writing its truth table.

[2]

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