National School of Sciences

Lainchour, Kathmandu
HISS AN Pre-Board - 2067 (Re-Test)
Grade XII
Time: 2hrs. Full Marks - 50
Sub: Physics Pass Marks - 20

All answers of numerical problems should be expressed in S.I. units.

I. Answer, in brief, any seven questions: [7 x 2 = 14]

a) An electric beam is deflected in a given field. How will you detect whether the given field is a uniform
magnetic field or a uniform electric field?
\j>.) Why are standard resisters made of alloys such as constantan, manganin, nichrome?
¥ Why i.s a choke coil prefem:d to a rh~ostat in an ~.c. circuit?. . .
a) Explam why tw9 parallel wires carrymg current m the opposite directiOn repel each other?
e) Why is central fringe in Young's double slit experiment bright?
.J):-Why is the roaring of a lion different from the sound of mosquito?
~Production of photoelectrons is the reverse phenomenon of production of x-rays. Explain it.
y Explain mass defect and binding energy of the nucleus.
~ Does a nucleus loss mass when it suffers gamma decay?

2. Attempt any five questions : [5 x 4 = 20]

-..jS What is rectifier? Explain the construction & working offull wave rectifier?
\~-~))~'Distinguish between dia-, para-, & feromagnetic material. Mention their important properties.
~) What do you mean by radiation hazard? What are its safety measures?
d) State Biot-Savart law & use it to fmd an expression for its magnetic field at a point due to straight current
V carrying conductor.
'f.:- e) Define threshold of hearing. Derive an expression for intensity of sound in terms of amplitude.
~ Write the principle of potentiometer. Determine the internal resistance of a cell using the potentiometer.
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Show that in Young's double slit experiment thickness of dark & bright fringe is the same.

3. Attempt any four problems: ~.=>- ,. ·~· - - - --· [4 x 4 = 16)

a) A circuit consists ofa capacitor of IOflF and a resistor of lOOOQ. An alternating emf of 12v (rms) &
frequency 50Hz is applied. Calculate the current flowing & the voltage across the capacitor.
~ beam of protons is accelerated from rest through a p.d. of 2000v and then enters a uniform magnetic
~~ filed which is perpendicular to the direction of the proton beam of the flux density is 0.2T. Calculate the
\~\,~ radius of the path which the beam describes. (mp = 1.7 X l0"27kg, e = -1.6 X IQ" 19C).
, \J.. c) _..At a certain instant, a piece of radioactive material contains 10 12 atoms. The half life of the material is
0~ r / 30days. How long will it elapse before 108 atoms remains.
d) ..Radiation of wavelength 180nm ejects photoelectrons from a plate of potassium whose work function is 2
-- / ev. What is the maximum energy ofthe emitted electrons? [e = 1.6 x 10" 19C, me= 9.1 x 10"31 kg, h = 6.6 x
10-34Js.]
e) Find the temperature at which the velocity of sound in air is double the velocity of sound in air at 0°C.

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