6.

Answer any ONE question: 4

VALMIKI SHIKSHA SADAN a. Derive the Newton’s formula for velocity of sound. Discuss why and
First Terminal Re-Examination-2075 how Laplace corrected it?
Subject : Physics F.M.: 50 b. What is Huygen's principle? Use it to verify laws of refraction of light.
Class : XII (Science) Time : 3 hrs PM.: 20 Group C
7. Answer any TWO numerical questions: 2×4 =8
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as a. A slice of indium antimonide is 2.5 mm thick and carries a current of
practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks. All answers of numerical 150 mA. A magnetic field of flux density 0.5 T, correctly applied,
problems should be expressed in S.I. system.
produces a maximum Hall voltage of 8.75 mV between the edges of the
Group A
1. Answer, in brief, any TWO questions: 2×2 =4 slice. Calculate the number of free charge carriers per unit volume,
a. How can we obtain high value of current though the drift velocity of assuming they each have a charge of – 1.6 × 10-19 C.
electrons and the charge on electron are so small?
b. How would you convert Galvanometer into voltmeter of suitable range? b. A wire 28 m long is bent into N turns of circular coil of diameter 14 cm
c. Define voltage sensitivity and current sensitivity of galvanometer. forming a solenoid of length 60 cm. Calculate the flux density inside it
when a current of 5 A passes through it. (μ0=4π×10-7 H m-1)
2. Answer, in brief, any TWO questions: 2×2 =4
a. Write down an expression for acceleration of a moving charge in parallel
and perpendicular magnetic field. c. A piano string 1.5 m long is made of steel of density 7.7 × 103 Kgm-3
b. Why lightning discharge takes place at high altitude but not at low and Young’s modulus 2 × 1011 Nm-2. It is maintained a tension which
altitude? produces an elastic strain of 1% in the string. What is the fundamental
c. What is acid rain? Explain.
frequency of transverse vibration of string?
3. Answer, in brief, any ONE question: 2
a. Differentiate between forced and free vibration.
b. Write down the limitation of Focault's and Michelson's method for the
determination of velocity of light. 8. Answer any TWO numerical questions: 2×4 =8
Group B a. In a Millikan’s oil drop experiment, a drop is observed to fall with a
4. Answer any TWO questions: 2×4 =8 terminal speed 1.4 mm/s in the absence of electric field. When a vertical
a. What is potentiometer? Use it to find out the internal resistance of given electric field of 4.9 × 105 Vm-1 is applied, the droplet is observed to
cell. continue to move downward at a lower terminal speed 1.21 mm/s.
b. State the Biot-Savart law. Using it obtain an expression for the magnetic Calculate the charge on the drop. ( density of oil drop = 750 kgm-3,
field at any point in a space due to a long straight conductor carrying Viscosity of air = 1.81 × 10-5 Nsm-2, density of air = 1.29 kgm-3).
current.
c. State Lenz law of electromagnetic induction. Show that Lenz law is in b. When light of frequency 5.4 × 1014 Hz is shown on a metal surface, the
accordance with the law of conservation of energy. maximum energy of the electrons emitted is 1.2 × 10-19 J. If the same
5. Answer any TWO questions: 2×4 =8 surface is illuminated with light of frequency 6.6 × 1014 Hz, the
a. Describe J.J. Thomson experiment to determine the specific charge of an maximum energy of the electrons emitted is 2×10-19J. Use this data to
electron. calculate the value of Planck’s constant.
b. Use Bohr’s postulates to determine an expression for energy of nth orbit
of the hydrogen atom. Explain the meaning of negative energy. c. Compute the de-Broglie wavelength of electron having kinetic energy of
c. What is photoelectric effect? Describe Millikan’s experiment to 3600 eV.
determine the value of Planck’s constant. -All The Best-