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SAMPE PAPER 1 PHYSICS (THEORY) CLASS XII Time : 3 hours General Instructions: (i) All questions are compulsory

y (ii) There are 30 questions in total. Questions 1 to 8 are very short answer type questions and carry one mark each. (iii) Questions 9 to 18 carry two marks each, questions 19 to 27 carry three marks each and questions 28 to 30 carry five marks each. (iv)There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question of two marks one question of three marks and all three question of five marks each. You have to attempt only one of the given choice in such questions. (v) Use of calculators is not permitted However, you may use log tables if necessary. (vi) You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary. c = 3 108 m/s h = 6.63 10-34 Js e = 1.6 10-19 C
7 1 o = 4 10 Tm A 2 1 9 Nm = 9 10 2 4o c

M.M.: 70

Q1.

Q2.

Two electrically charged particles, having charges of different magnitude when placed at a distance d from each other experience a force of attraction F. These two particles are put in contact and again placed at the same distance from each other. What is the nature of force between them now? A magnet is moving towards a coil with a uniform speed v as shown in the figure.

State the direction of the induced current in the resistor R.

Q3.

A capacitor of capacitance C is being charged up by connecting it across a dc voltage source of voltage V. How do the conduction and displacement currents in this set up compare with each other: (a) During charging up process. (b) After the capacitor gets fully charged?

Q4.

One of your friends has mistakenly connected the battery in place of galvanometer while finding out unknown resistance with the help of meter-bridge in the laboratory. In what direction does the null point shift ? The known resistance here is 40. A ray of light incident on a glass prism of angle 600 glass = 3 moves parallel to the base of the prism inside it. What is the angle of incidence for this ray?

Q5.

Q6.

How does the magnetic moment of an electron in a circular orbit of radius r and moving with a speed change, when the frequency of revolution is doubled? If the radius of inner most electron orbit of a hydrogen atom is 5.3x10-11 m, what is the radii of the third orbit? A proton and an alpha particle, both initially at rest, are (suitably) accelerated so as to have the same kinetic energy. What is the ratio of their de-Broglie wavelengths? Find the amount of work done in rotating an electric dipole, of dipole moment 3 10-8 Cm. From its position of stable equilibrium to the position of unstable equilibrium, in a uniform electric field of intensity 104 N/C. The following graph shows V-I characteristic of a certain device. Identify the region(if any) where the resistance of the device is negative. Also identify the region where the change in current is very less with change in the potential voltage.

Q7. Q8. Q9.

Q10.

Q11.

The intensity, at the central maxima (O) in a Youngs double slit set up is lo. If the distance OP equals one third of the fringe width of the pattern, show that the intensity at point P, would equal lo/4.

Q12. Q13. Q14.

An X ray tube operates at 10kV. What is the ratio of x ray wavelength to that of deBroglie wavelength? An electric heater is connected turn by turn to a d.c and a.c sources of equal voltages. Will the rate of heat production be same in the two cases? Explain. Two students A and B prepare the following table about the electromagnetic waves. Rewrite this table in its corrected form.

Direction of Student A B Q15. Electric field Along X-axis Along Y-axis Magnetic field Along X-axis Along Z-axis Propagation Along Y-axis Along X-axis

Peak Value of Electric field E E = cB Magnetic field B = cE B

For the circuit shown here, find the current flowing through the resistor 1.Assume that the two diodes, D1 and D2 are ideal.

Q16.

A modulating signal is a square wave as shown.

The carrier wave given by c(t) = 4 sin (4t) volts. (i) Sketch the amplitude modulated waveform. (ii) What is the modulation index? Q17. Draw the output wave form X, using the given inputs A,B for the logic circuit shown below. Also identify the (equivalent) gate.

OR Take A and B input waveforms given in the figure. Sketch the output waveform obtained from AND gate.

Q18.

The electron in a hydrogen atom, initially in a state of quantum number ni makes transition to a state whose excitation energy with respect to the ground state is 10.2 eV. If the wavelength associated with the photon emitted in this transition is 487.5 mm, find the: (i)Energy in eV and (ii) value of the quantum number ni of the electron in its initial state.

Q19.

A resistor of resistance 400 , and a capacitor of reactance 200 , are connected in a series to a 220 V, 50 Hz. a.c. source. If the current in the circuit is 0.49 ampere find the (i) voltage across the resistor and capacitor (ii) value of inductance required so that voltage and current are in phase. The energy levels of an element are as shown below. Which of the shown transitions will result in the emission of photon of wavelength 482 nm?

Q20.

Q21.

An equiconvex lens, with radii of curvature of m magnitude r each h is put over a liquid layer poured red on top of a plane mirror. A small needle, with its tip on the principal axis of the lens, is moved along the axis un until its s inverted real image coincides coin with the needle itself. self. The distance of the needle fro from m the lens is measured to be a. On removing the liquid layer and repeating the experiment the distance is found to be b. Given that two values of distance measured represent the focal le length ngth values in the two cases, es, obtain a formula for the refractive index of the liquid.

Q23.

Suhasinis uncle, was advised by his doctor to have an MRI scan of his chest. Her uncle did not know much about the details and significance of this test. He also felt that it was too expensive and thought of postponing it. When Suhasini learnt about her uncles problems, she immediately decided

to do something about it. She took the help of her family, friends and neighbors and arranged for the cost of the test. She also told her uncle that an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan of his chest would enable the doctors to know of the condition of his heart and lungs without causing any (test related) harm to him. This test was expensive because of its set up that needed strong magnetic fields (0.5 T to 3T) and pulses of radio wave energy. Her uncle was convinced and had the required MRI scan of his chest done. The resulting information greatly helped his doctors to treat him well. (a) What according to you, are the values displa yed by Suhas ini and her (2) fa mily, friends and neighbours t o help her uncle (b) Assuming that the MRI scan of her uncles chest was done by using a magnetic field of 1.0 T, find the maximum and minimum values of force that this magnetic field could exert on a proton (charge = 1.6x1019) that was moving with a speed of 104 m/s. State the condition under which the force has its minimum value. OR A conducting rod XY slides freely on two parallel rails, A and B, with a uniform velocity V. A galvanometer G is connected, as shown in the figure and the closed circuit has a total resistance R. A uniform magnetic field, perpendicular to the plane defined by the rails A and B and the rod XY (which are mutually perpendicular), is present over the region, (a) With key k open: (i) Find the nature of charges developed at the ends of the rod XY. (ii) Why do the electrons, in the rod XY, (finally) experience no net force even through the magnetic force is acting on them due to the motion of the rod? (b) How much power needs to be delivered, (by an external agency), to keep the rod moving at its uniform speed when key k is (i) closed (ii) open?

Q24.

A metallic square loop ABCD of length L resistance R is moving in its own plane with velocity in a uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to its plane as shown in the figure 1. What will be the direction of induced current in the loop? What will be the induced emf in the loop when half of the loop is outside the field. ?

Q25.

Two convex lenses, of equal focal length, but of aperture A1 and A2 (A2 < A1), are used as the objective lenses in two astronomical telescopes having identical eyepieces. Compare the ratio of their (i)resolving power (ii)(normal) magnifying power and an (iii)intensity of images formed by them. Which of the two telescopes should be preferred? Why?

Q26.

Give reasons for the following: following:(i) For ground wave transmission, size of antenna ( l ) should be comparable to wavelength of signal l i.e. l = / 4 (ii) Audio Signal converted into an em wave, are not directly transmitted as such. (iii) The amplitude of modulating signal is kept less than the amplitude of carrier wave .

Q27.

Find the potential difference between poi point nt A and B the rate of energy dissipation in R1 . Assume that both the batteries have zero internal resistance.

Q28.

Introduce a small sphere A of radius r, carrying some charge q into a large sphere B of radius R carrying charge Q .Place it at the centre of the large one. (i) What will be the potential difference between theses two sphere spheres. . (ii) What will happen if we comet A and B sphere with a conducting wire?

(iii) Name and state the principle of a machine which works on the above concept.

OR If two parallel similar plates each of area A having surface charge densities + and are separated by a distance d in air, write the expression for (i) the electric field at points between the two plates (ii) potential difference between the plates (iii) The capacitance of the capacitor so formed. Q29. (a) A plane wave front approaches a plane surface separating two media. If medium one is (optically) denser and medium two is (optically) rarer, construct the refracted wave front using Huygenss principle. (b) Draw the shape of the refracted/reflected wave front when a plane wave front is incident of (i) prism and (ii) convex mirror. Give a brief explanation for the construction. OR (a) State the essential condition for the diffraction of light to take place. A parallel beam of monochromatic light falls normally on a narrow slit and light coming out of the slit is obtained on the screen. Derive an expression for the angular width of the central bright maxima obtained on the screen. (b) State two differences between diffraction and interference. Q30. (a) Draw the labeled diagram of moving coil galvanometer. Prove that in a radial magnetic field, the deflection of the coil is directly proportional to the current flowing in the coil. (b) A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter to measure up to (i) V volts by connecting a resistance R1 in series with its coil. (ii)
V 2

volts by connecting a resistance R2 in series will its coil.

Find the resistance R in terms of R1 and R2 required to convert it in to a voltmeter that can read up to 2V volts. OR (a) Draw diagrams of depict the behavior of magnetic field lines near a bar of: (i) Copper (ii) Aluminum (iii) Mercury, cooled to a very low temperature (4.2 K). (b) The vertical component of the earths magnetic field at a given place is 3 times its horizontal component. If total intensity of earths magnetic field at the place is 0.4 G, find the value of : (i) angle of dip (ii) the horizontal component of earths magnetic field.

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