Class XII Physics SAMPLE PAPER XII - PHYSICS Time : Three Hours General Instructions (a) All questions

are compulsory. (b) There are 30 questions in total. Questions 1 to 8 carry one mark each, 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. (c) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question of two marks, one (d) question of three marks and all three questions of five marks each. You have to attempt only one of the given choices in such questions. (e) Use of calculators is not permitted. (f) You may use the following physical constants wherever necessary : c = 3 x 108ms-1 h = 6.6 x 10-34Js e = 1.6 x 10-19 C Boltzmann constant k = 1.38 x 1023 JK-1 Avogadros number NA = 6.023 x 1023/mole Mass of neutron mn = 1.6 x 10-27 kg ________________________________________________________ 1. The radius of innermost electron orbit of a hydrogen atom is 5.3X10-11m.What is the radius of orbit in the third excited state? 2. What is the range of frequencies used for TV transmission? 3. In which orientation, a dipole placed in a uniform electric field is in i)unstable ii) stable equilibrium 4. 5. 6. 7. Calculate the speed of light in a medium whose critical angle is 30 0 ? Name a physical quantity whose S.I. unit is N / C. Is it scalar or vector quantity? Define self inductance of a coil. Write its SI units A wire of 10 ohm resistance is stretched so that its length gets doubled. Assuming that there is no change in its density on Stretching. Calculate the new resistance of the wire. 8. What is the work done by magnetic field on a moving charge? 9. Give the nature of V-I graph for i) ohmic ii) non ohmic circuit elements. Give one example of each type. 10. State faradays laws of EMI. Max. Marks : 70

11. Name the device that converts changes in intensity of illumination into changes in electric current. Give any three applications of this device. 12. Show mathematically that a convex mirror always produces a virtual image independent of the location of the object. 13. What happens to band width i) in forward bias ii) in reverse bias? 14. Derive relationship between real depth and apparent depth. 15.Calculate the ratio of de-Broglie wavelength associated with a deuteron moving with velocity 2v and an alpha particle moving with velocity v. 16.Explain with suitable circuit diagram the working of Zener-diode as voltage regulator. 17.Define the terms i) dis-integration constant, ii) average life of a radioactive element 18.Prove that average power over a complete cycle of a.c. of a capacitor is zero. 19.An electric dipole of dipole moment p is placed in a uniform electric field of intensity E. Write the expression for the torque experienced by the dipole. Identify two pairs of perpendicular vectors in the expression. When will the torque be (i) maximum and (ii) minimum 20.Derive the relation between current density, conductivity and electric field. 21.Write the conditions for minimum deviation for a prism. Also derive the expression for refractive index of the material of prism in terms of angle of prism (A) angle of minimum deviation (Dm). 22.Obtain an expression for the magnetic moment of an electron in a circular orbit of radius r and moving with a speed v. State the rule to find its direction. 23.What are EM Waves? Write its two properties. 24.Write postulates of Bohrs atom model. Prove that the radius of an electron in a stationary orbit is n2 .Where n is the number of orbit. 25.Explain the working of junction diode as a full wave rectifier. Draw the input and output waveform. 26. What are the elements of communication system? Explain them separately 27.State Amperes circuital law. Use this law to obtain an expression for magnetic field due to a toroidal solenoid. OR What is Biot-Savart Law? Use this law to obtain an expression for magnetic field at the center of a circular coil 28. State the principle, construction and working of Vande Graaff generator with labeled diagram. OR Derive the expression for the capacitance of parallel plate capacitor. Discuss the effect of dielectric on capacitance. 29. What is interference of light? Write any two conditions for interference of light. Using youngs double slit experiment derive expression for the fringe width in interference pattern OR Derive the relation between the focal length of convex lens in terms of radius of curvature of two surfaces and refractive index of material of lens. Write the sign convention used in the derivation of this relation. Calculate the focal length of a convex lens of refractive index 1.5 and each of radius of curvature of 20 cm. 30.Write the principle, construction, and working of transformer. Write the various energy losses in transformer. Is it possible to construct a 100% efficient

Transformer ? Justify your answer. OR Write the principle, construction and working of A.C generator. Why is long distance power transmission is preferred on high voltage?

PAPER 2

Questions : 1. Write the relationship between amplitudes of electric and magnetic fields in free space for an electromagnetic wave ? 2. The vertical component of earths magnetic field at a place is 3 times the horizontal component . what is angle of dip at that place. ?

3. What is power dissipated by an ideal capacitor ? 4. Write value of impedance of LCR circuit at resonance ? 5. The refractive index of a material is 3 what is angle of refraction if unpolarised light is incident on it at polarising angle of medium ? 6. What is function of control rods in nuclear reactor ? 7. What is net charge on n-type semiconductor ? 8. Which logic gate is represented by Boolean expression Y= ?

9. A charge of 10 C is given to a hollow metallic sphere of radius 0.1 m . find the potential at outersurface of sphere ? 10. A voltage of 30 Volt is applied across a carbon resistor with first second and third rings of blue, black and yellow colours respectively . calculate value of current through resistor ? 11. A closely wound solenoid 80 cm long has 5 layers of winding of 400 turns each . The diameter of solenoid is 1.8 cm .if the current carried is 8.0 A , estimate the magnitude of inside the solenoid near its centre ?

12. Name the following constituent radiations of electromagnetic spectrum which is used for 1) studying crystal structure 2) taking photographs of sky during night and foggy conditions ? Which of the twohas longer wavelength? 13. What are optical fibers ? Mention their one practical application ? 14. An particle and a proton are accelerated from the state of rest through some potential difference V . Find the de-Broglie wavelength associated with them ? 15. The work function of certain metal is 4.2 eV . will this metal give photo electric emission for incident radiation of wavelength 330 nm ? 16. State the postulate of Bohrs theory of hydrogen atom.Give any one limitation of this theory. 17. Draw the circuit diagram of NAND gate and give its truth table ? 18. Derive condition of balance of Wheatstones bridge ? 19. Obtain an expression for the capacitance of parallel plate capacitor with plates of area A each heald at distance d apart with a metal slab of thickness t (<d)in it . 20. A 4 F capacitor is charged by 200V supply . It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected to another 2 F capacitor . How much electrostatic energy of

the first capacitor is lost in form of heat and electromagnetic radiations 21. Using Kirchhoffs law ,determine the currents I1 , I2 and I3 for the network shown below ?

22. Explain with the help of labelled diagram , the principle and working of cyclotron ? 23. A sinusoidal voltage V = 100 Sin314t is applied to a resistor of 5 resistance .calculate 1) rms value of voltage ? 2) rms value of current ? 3) power dissipated ?

24. Find ratio of intensities at two points on a screen in youngs double slit experiment when waves from the two slits have a phase difference of (1) 00 and (2) 900 ? 25. State Huygens Principle . Verify Snells law of refraction using Huygens wave theory . 26. Boron has two isotopes 5B10 and 5B11 .their respective masses are 10.01294u and 11.00931u and the atomic weight of Boron is 10.811u . Find relative abundance of 10 11 27. Write principle and 5B and 5B ? two advantages for satellite transmission ? 28. Derive Lens Makers formula for a double convex lens . A double concave lens of glass of refractive index 1.6 has radii of curvature 40 cm and 60 cm . Calculate its focal length ? Or Derive an expression for fringe width in a two slit interference experiment ? In youngs experiment the width of fringes obtained with light of wavelength 6000 A0 is 2.0 mm . What will be the fringe width if the entire apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.33 ? 29. Two circular coils X and Y having radii R and R/2 respectively are placed in

horizontal plane with their centers coinciding with each other . coil X has current I flowing through in clock wise sense . what must be current in coil Y to make total magnetic field at the common center of two coils to zero ? with the same currents flowing in two coils , if the coil Y is now lifted vertically upwards through a distance R , what would be net magnetic field at Centre of coil Y ? Or With the help of a neat and labelled diagram , explain underlying Principle and working of moving coil galvanometer ? A galvanometer coil has resistance of 12 and the meter shows full deflection of 3 mA . How will you convert the meter into a voltmeter of range 0 18 volt ? 30. Draw a labelled circuit diagram of a common emitter amplifier using a p- n p transistor . Define the term voltage gain and write expression for it. Explain how the input and output voltages are out of phase by 1800 for a common emitter transistor amplifier ? Or With the help of a suitable circuit diagram explain working of transistor as an oscillator ? Find the voltage gain and power gain in a CE transistor amplifier when =66 and the input and output resistances are 0.5 K and 50 K ?

SAMPLE PAPER-3 1. An electric dipole is placed in a uniform electric field, what is the net force acting on it ? 2. There are two identical galvanometers. One is converted into an ammeter and the other into milli-ammeter. In which ammeter the shunt will be of larger resistance? 3. Two identical loops, one of copper and another of constantan are removed from a magnetic field at right angle to their place within the same time interval. In which loop will the induced current be greater? 4. Which E M wave is used for haze or night photography? Write its frequency range. 5. In Youngs double slit experiment, one slit is covered. What will be the effect? 6. On what factor does the energy carried by a photon of light depend? 7. Two atoms have mass numbers in the ratio 1:27. What is the ratio of their nuclear radii? 8. In the following diagrams, which of the diodes are forward biased and which

are reverse biased?

9. The figure shows tracks of three charged particles crossing a uniform electrostatic field with same velocities along the horizontal. Give the signs of the three charges. Which particle has the highest charge to mass ratio?

10. X and Y are two identical parallel plate capacitors having the same area of plates and same separation between the plates. X has air between the plates and Y contains a dielectric medium of K = 5. Calculate the potential difference across the capacitors X and Y separately.

11. In a metre bridge, the null point is found at a distance of 33.7 cm from A. If now a resistance of 12is connected in parallel with S, the null point occurs at 51.9 cm. Determine the values of R and S.

12. A ray of light passes through an equilateral prism ( such that angle of incidence is equal to th angle of emergence and the latter is equal to 3/4 of angle of prism. Calculate the angle deviation. 13. A circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns, each of radius 8.0 cm carries a current of 0.40 A. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field B at the centre of the coil? 14. When the primary of a transformer is connected to the a.c. mains the current in it (a) is very small if the secondary circuit is open but (b) increases when the secondary circuit is closed. Explain. 15. A circular copper disc 10cm in radius rotates at 20 adian/sec about an axis r through its centre and perpendicular to the disc. A uniform magnetic field of 0.2T acts perpendicular to the disc. (i) Calculate the potential difference developed between the axis of the disc and the rim. (ii) What is the induced current if the resistance the disc is 2 ohm ? 16. State any four properties of electromagnetic waves.

17. A radioactive isotope has a half-life of T years. How long will it take the activity to reduce to a) 3.125%, b) 1% of its original value? 18. A modulating signal is a square wave, as shown in Figure .The carrier wave is given by c(t) = 2sin(8t) volts.

(i) Sketch the amplitude modulated waveform (ii) What is the modulation index?

19. Define Electric flux . What is its S.I. Unit? A student is asked to calculate the ratio of electric flux through the surfaces of spheres S1 and S2 with charges placed inside, as shown in the figure. He gets the answer as 4 : 1. Check the correctness of the answer by actually calculating the electric flux ratio through the two surfaces and state whether his answer is correct or incorrect.

20. A series LCR circuit connected to a variable frequency 230 V source.

L = 5.0 H, C = 80F, R = 40 . (a) Determine the source frequency which drives the circuit in Resonance. (b) Obtain the impedance of the circuit (c) and the amplitude of current at the resonating frequency.

21. Calculate the de-brogrlie wavelength of (i) an electron moving with a speed of 1/100 of speed of light in vacuum (ii) a ball of radius of 5mm and mass 0.03 kg moving with a speed of 100m/s . Hence show that the wave nature of matter is important at the atomic level but is not really relevant at the macroscopic level. 22. Derive an expression for the total energy of electron in the nth orbit of a hydrogen atom. 23. With the help of circuit diagram explain the working of a transistor as a switch by using n-p-n transistor. 24. Distinguish between metals, insulators and semiconductors on the basis of energy band diagrams. OR With the help of circuit diagram explain the working of a p-n junction diode as a full wave rectifier . Show the input and output wave forms. 25. Deduce an expression for the distance up to which the TV signals can directly be received from a TV tower of height h . 26. Which of the following can be polarized: (i) X-rays and (ii) Sound waves. Give reasons. Two polaroids are used to study polarization, one of them is kept fixed and other is initially kept with its axis parallel to the polarizer axis . The analyzer is then rotated through angles of 450,900 and 1800 in turn. How would the intensity of light coming out of the analyzer be affected for these angles of rotation, as compared to the initial intensity and why? 27. Show graphically the intensity distribution of a single slit diffraction pattern. State with reason how would the linear width of central maximum change if (i) monochromatic yellow light is replaced with red light (ii) distance between the

slit and screen is doublled. 28. With the help of circuit diagram explain in brief the use of potentiometer for comparison of emf of two cells. A 10 m long wire of uniform cross-section of 20 resistance is fitted on the board. The wire is connected in series with a battery of 5V along with an external resistance of 480 ohm. If an unknown e.m.f. E is balanced at 600 cm of this wire, calculate (i) the potential gradient of wire, (ii) value of unknown e.m.f. OR State kirchoffs laws. In the circuit shown in Fig. calculate the current in 4.5 ohm resistor. Assume the internal resistances of the cells are negligible.

29. How will a dia, para, and a ferro-magnetic material behave when kept in a non-uniform external magnetic field? Give one example of each of these materials. Name two main characteristics of a ferro magnetic material which help us to decide its suitability for making (i) a permanent magnet (ii) an electro magnet.Which of these two characteristics should have high or low values for each of these two types of magnets. OR With the help of labeled diagram explain the principle and construction of moving coil galvanometer. Explain (i) importance of radial magnetic field. (ii) Role of phosphor bronze strip.

30. Write two conditions necessary for total internal reflection to take place.

A small bulb is placed at the bottom of a tank containing water to a depth of 80cm. What is the area of the surface of water through which light from the bulb can emerge out. Refractive index of water is 1.33 OR

Draw a labeled diagram to show the image formation in an astronomical telescope for normal adjustment position. Two convex lenses of same focal length but aperture 5cm and 10cm are used as objective lenses in two astronomical telescopes. (i) (ii) What will be the ratio of their resolving power . Compare the intensity of images formed in two cases. ***************************************

SAMPLE PAPER -4 1 2 3 4 5 6 State Gauss law and write mathematical expression for Gauss law. Write the definition of 1 ampere in terms of force between two parallel spaced current carrying wires. Define wattles-current and write the value of phase angle between V & I? Write one use of each (i) microwave (ii) infrared radiation. Define Brewsters law. Value of Brewster angle for a medium is 60 0, find refractive index of the medium. Work function of a material is 1.1 eV, calculate the value of threshold frequency for the material.

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Write the name of one doping element for n-type semiconductor and name the mobile charge carriers in case of n-type semiconductors. Identify the forward biased and reversed biased p-n junction diode configuration

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Define equipotential surface. Draw an equipotential surface for point charge. OR Two point charges 4C and -4 C are separated by a distance of 1 m in air. Calculate electrostatic potential at a point on equatorial line.

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The balance points in a potentiometer experiment for two different combinations of two given cells are found to be at 980 cm and 400 cm respectively. Calculate the ratio of the emfs of the two cells. The colours of the bands on a carbon resistor are red, black, white and silver. Find the value of resistance of the resistor. Give its tolerance. Define current sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer. A moving coil galvanometer gives full scale deflection when 10 mA current flows through it. Calculate the value of shunt resister to increase it`s range to 600 mA. State Lenzs law. Show that the Lenzs law is in accordance with the principle of conservation of energy. Define resonance of LCR series circuit. Write condition of resonance in LCR series circuit.

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15 A ray is used to sterilize medicine containers and can travel in vacuum. Identify the ray and write its wave length range. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 A red colour monochromatic light source is replaced by a green colour monochromatic source in Young`s double slit experiment. How will it affect the fringe width so obtained? Give reason. Draw circuit diagram of a diode as half wave rectifier. Give Input and output wave form of a sine wave for a half wave rectifier. What does the term LOS means in communication system? Name the type of wave used for LOS communication. State Ohm`s law. Draw a circuit diagram for the verification of Ohm`s law. Write two examples of circuit elements which do not follow Ohms law. obtain an expression for mutual inductance of two closely bound straight solenoid. For a prism, show that i + e = A+ D. State Huygens principle of wave theory of light. Derive the Laws of refraction of light using this principle.

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State postulates of Bohr`s atomic theory. Establish Bohr`s quantization of angular momentum of the electron using de-Broglie hypothesis. Define the term demodulation. Draw a simple circuit diagram for amplitude demodulation and show input intermediate and output wave form for demodulation. Draw a schematic experimental arrangement used by Davisson and Germer to establish wave nature of electrons. Describe briefly how the de-Broglie relation was experimentally verified.

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Plot the distribution of kinetic energy of -particles and State why the energy spectrum is continuous. Explain the working of transistor as a switch with the help of labelled circuit diagram. Draw a neat labelled diagram of Van de Graaf generator .Write its principle and explain its working. Mention its two uses. OR What is an electric dipole? Deduce an expression for the torque acting on an electric dipole placed in a uniform magnetic field. Hence define dipole moment. An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed with its axis making an angle of 60o to a uniform electric field of 105 NC-1. If it experiences a torque of 83 Nm, calculate the; (i) magnitude of charge on the dipole. (ii) potential energy of the dipole.

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Explain the principle and working of a cyclotron, with the help of a labelled diagram. A cyclotrons oscillator frequency is 10 MHz. What should be the operating magnetic field for accelerating protons? If the radius of its dees is 60 cm, what is the kinetic energy of the proton beam produced by the accelerator? Express your answer in MeV. OR With the help of a neat labelled diagram, explain the principle and construction of a moving coil galvanometer. Define the terms current sensitivity and voltage sensitivity of a galvanometer. In a galvanometer there is a deflection of 10 div per mA. The coil resistance of the galvanometer is 78 . If a shunt of 2 is connected to the galvanometer and there are 75 divisions in all on the scale of the galvanometer, calculate the maximum current which the galvanometer can read.

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Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image of a point object placed in a medium of refractive index n1 on the principal axis of a convex spherical surface of radius of curvature R and refractive index n2. Using the diagram derive the relation; =

A converging lens of focal length 50 cm is placed co axially in contact with another lens of unknown focal length. If the combination behaves like a diverging lens of focal length 50 cm, find the power and nature of the second lens.

OR Derive the lens makers formula in case of a double convex lens. State the assumptions made and conventions of signs used. A converging lens has a focal length of 20 cm in air. It is made of a material of refractive index 1.6. If it is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.3, what will be its new focal length?

Sample paper -5 1. What is the direction of the electric field at any point on the equatorial line of an electric dipole? 1 2. Name the rule to get the direction of force acting on a charged particle q, moving with a velocity v in the uniform magnetic field? 1 3. Define magnetic flux and its SI units. 1 1 1 1

4. Name the electromagnetic radiation used for viewing objects during haze and fog. 5. What are coherent sources of light? 6. Give the formula for binding energy per nucleon, of the nucleus. 7. Draw characteristics curve for a zener diode. 1

8. Find the stopping potential applied to a photocell if the maximum kinetic energy of a photoelectron is 5V. 9. Distinguish between isotopes and isobars. Give one example for each of the species.2 10. S1 and S2 are two hollow concentric sphere enclosing charge Q and 2Q respectively as shown in figure. (i) What is the ratio of electric flux through S1 and 2Q . Q O S1

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S2? (ii) How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change if a medium of dielectric constant 5 is introduced in space inside S1 in place of air? 2

11. State Kirchhoffs rule and state the conservation laws on which each is based in an electric network. 2 12. The instantaneous current and voltage of an ac circuit are given by I=10 Sin314t A, V=50 Sin314t V. what is the power dissipated in the circuit? 2 13. Write the Faradays laws of electromagnetic induction. 2 14. Find the wavelength of electromagnetic wave of frequency 4x109Hz in free space. Give its two applications. 2 15. How will you convert a galvanometer into a voltmeter? Find the resistance of voltmeter so formed? 2 16. Give two differences between interference and diffraction of light.2 17. What is amplitude modulation? Represent the process graphical. Write its two limitations.2 18. Find the total energy stored in the capacitor in the given network; 2

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19. Draw ray diagram to show the image formation by (i) simple microscope (ii) compound microscope. 20. Show that the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor is 1/2CV2. 3 21. What is meant by impedance? Using the phasor diagram derive an expression for the impedance of an electrical circuit containing L, C and R in series. 3 22. Define the term activity of a radioactive substance. State its SI unit. Two different radioactive elements with half lives T1 and T2 have N1 and N2 atoms respectively present at given instant, determine the ratio of their activities at this instant.3 23. Write the full form of the term LOS and define it. Name the types of wave that are used for LOS communication. Give typical examples with the help of suitable diagram of communication system that uses space wave mode of propagation. 3

24. Define diffraction and write two differences between interference and diffraction. 25. Write Einsteins photoelectric equation of photo electric effect. Show variation of stopping potential as a function of frequency of incident radiation. 3 26. Draw the circuit diagram and the characteristics curve for n-p-n transistor in common-emitter mode. 27. Find the truth table of the following gate; 3

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28. State the principle of a potentiometer. Draw a circuit diagram to compare the emf of two primary cells. Write the formula used. How can the sensitivity of a potentiometer be increased? 5 29. Write the principle of cyclotron and with the help of labeled diagram, explain its construction and working. 5 Or Derive an expression for the force per unit length between two long straight parallel current carrying conductors, and hence define one ampere. 30. Draw the labeled diagram for the formation of image by reflecting type telescope. State its three advantages over refracting type telescope. Or Derive lens maker formula. In the accompanying diagram the direct image formed by the lens (f=10cm) of an object placed of o and that formed at the same point o. what is the radius of curvature of the mirror.

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