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SECOhID PUC PREPAR.ATORY EXAMINATION -20,6
Max Marks:7o
Time: 3-15 hours
Total No.of Ques.:37
PHYSICS -(3S)
No.of Pages: o2
General Instructions

1]All parts are comPulsory.

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PART.A

l0x1:10

Answer ALL the following questions :

1) Define linear densitY of charge.
2) Write the SI unit of current density.

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Define magnetic PermeabiiitY'
What is the significance of Lenz's lau''
Holv can the resolving power of a telescope be increased?
Who discovered radio activity?
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What happens to the self inductance of a coil if a soft iron rod is inserted

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Drau.'the sYrnbol of aNAND gate '

Give the value of the signal banclwidth of

co-axial cable

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PART-B

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vector form and explain the terms

Draw graphs showingthe variation ofresistivity of semicottductor and
metailic conductor with absolute temperature
Mention two sources of energy ioss in a transfonner.
Give two uses of infi'ared radiations .
Explain Huygen's principle ofsecondarywavelets.
What are the observations of Rutherford's cr -scattering experiment?
Twonucleihavemassnumbers in theratroS:27.
Write Coulomb's

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What is the ratio of their nuclear radii?

Draw the block diagram of a generalized communication systerl

PART.C

5x3=15
Anslver any FIVE of the following questions :
)S) Obtain an expression for the effective capacitance when two capacitors are
connected in series.
20) Arrive at an expression forthe magnetic dipole moment of a revolving
electron in terms of its angular momentum.
?l) Distinguish between diamagnetic and ferromagnetic materials.
22) Derive an expression for the torque experienced by a magnetic dipole rvhen
placed in an external magnetic field.

23)

Show that the radius of curvature of a concave rnirror is equal to twice its

focal length.
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obtain a relation betr.veen decay constant and half life of a radioactive

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Explaintheworking ofa zenerdiode as avortageregulator
PART:D

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2x5:10
Zn Cbtain the expression for the electric field at apoint on the axial line of an
electric dipole.
28) Derive a reration betiveen current and drift velocity .
29) obtain the expression for torque acting on a rectangular current loop with its
axis perpendicularto the magnetic field.

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Answer any TWO of the following questions :

2x5:10
30) Usingphasor diagram obtain expressions forthe impedance and current in a
series LCR circuit.
3 1) Derive an expression for the refractive
index of a prisrn in terms of the angle
ofthe prism and the angle ofminimum deviation.
32) Explain the working of a transistor as a switch.

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Answer any THREE of the following questions :

33) ABCD is a square ofside 0.Zm.Foint charges ofrnagnitudes

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6nC, l2nC and

24nC are placed at the corners A, B and C respectively.
Calculate the potential
difference between D and the centre of the square.

34) A uniform wire of resistance

resistance l(-i is connected across the highest of

the three resistors.
calculate the current in each branch of the circuit.
A rectangular current loop of sides 9cm and 3cm with
a small cut is moving out
of a region of uniform magnetic field opfmagnitude 0.3T
directed normai to
the loop' What is the voltage developed across
the cut if velocity of the loop
is 10-2ms'r in a direction normal to the (i) longer
side (ii) shorter side of the
loop? For how rong does the induced voltage
rast in each case?
Two narrow slits in Young's double slit experiment
are 0. 1gm apart.when they
are illuminated by a monochromotic light
fringes ofwidth 2.7 mmare obtained
on a screen 0'8m away' Find the wavelength
of light

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124 is cut into three pieces in the rutio l:2:3

and the pieces are connected to form a triangle.
A cell of emf gv and internal

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used.If the source is

replaced. by another source of waverength
450nm find the change in the
fringe width.

For

metal the minimum frequency of the incident

radiation required for
photo emission is 1.5xr015H2. Find its r.vork
function. rf radiation of
frequency 2 x 10l5IIz is incident on the metal
surface find the maximum
kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons .
(Planek's constant :6.625 x l0'3a JS
and speed of light in vacuum is
3x108ms-r).
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