II PU Physics MOST IMPORATANT QUESTIONS

Q.No. II PART – B (TWO MARKS QUESTIONS)

 What are electric conductors and insulators?
 Name any two methods of charging a body.
 State and explain coulomb’s law.
 Write coulomb’s law in vector form and explain the terms.
CHAPTER  Define electric flux. Mention the SI unit of electric flux.
1  Sketch the electric field lines of force due to a point charge q, for i) q < 0 and ii) q > 0.
 Define electric dipole moment. Mention its SI unit.
 State and explain Gauss’ law in electrostatics.
 Write any two properties of electrostatics of conductors.
CHAPTER  What are polar molecules? Given an example.
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 What are non polar molecules ? Given an example.
 What is electrostatic shielding? Mention one application of electrostatic shielding.
 On what factors does the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor depends.
 State and Ohm’s law.
 Mention two limitations ohm’s law.
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 Define the term drift velocity and mobility of free electrons.
3  State Kirchoff’s rules of electrical network.
 Draw neat diagram of Wheatstone’s bridge. Mention the condition for balance of Wheatstone’s
bridge.
 Write any two applications of potentiometer.
 Mention an expression for force on charge moving in uniform magnetic field and explain the
terms?
 What is the trajectory of a charge particle when it enters the magnetic field at an angle =00 and
=900
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 State Ampere’s circuital and represents it mathematically.
 What is Solenoid? Write the expression for magnetic field at a point well inside a solenoid.
 What is toroid? Write the expression for magnetic field at a point well inside a toroid.
 Write any two properties of magnetic field lines.
CHAPTER  Define magnetization of a sample mention its SI unit.
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 State and explain Gauss’s law in magnetism.
 State and explain Faraday’s law of Electromagnetic induction.
 What are eddy current? Mention its applications.
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 What is meant by self-induction and mutual induction?
 Write the expression for self-inductance in terms of geometry of the coil and explain the terms.
 What are electromagnetic waves? Write the expression for the velocity of electromagnetic waves
in terms of permittivity and magnetic permeability of free space.
 Mention any two of properties of electromagnetic waves.
 Write Maxwell’s equation for the speed of electromagnetic waves and explain the terms.
CHAPTER  Give two uses of X rays.
8  Give two uses of UV rays.
 Mention two applications of infrared radiation.
 Give any two used of microwaves.
 Give any two used of Radio waves.
 Mention two conditions for total internal reflection.
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Q.No. III PART – C (THREE MARKS QUESTIONS)
 Mention any three properties of electric charges.
 Mention any three properties of electric field lines.
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 Derive an expression for torque on an electric dipole.
 Derive an expression for the electric field at a point due to a uniformly charged infinite plane
sheet.
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 Write any three properties of equipotential surface.
 Derive the relation between electric field and electric potential.
 Obtain an expression for electric potential energy of system of two point charges in absence of an
external electric field.
CHAPTER  Derive an expression for potential energy of an electric dipole in uniform electric field.
2  Obtain the expression for capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor without dielectric medium
between the plates.
 Obtain the expression for effective capacitance of two capacitors connected in series.
 Obtain the expression for effective capacitance of two capacitors connected in parallel.
 Derive the expression for energy stored in a charged capacitor.
 Derive an expression for drift velocity of free electrons in a conductor.
CHAPTER  Derive the relation J→ =  Ē→ with terms having usual meanings.
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 Draw graphs showing variation of resistivity with temperature for a) copper, b) nichrome and
c) a semiconductor.
 Write the expression for the force acting on a charge moving in a uniform magnetic field.
 Mention the nature of a trajectory of the charged particle which is moving i) parallel and
ii) perpendicular to the magnetic field.
 Obtain the expression for radius of circular path of charged particle in a magnetic field.
CHAPTER  What is velocity selector? Arrive at the expression for velocity selector using Lorentz force.
4  State and explain Biot-Savart Law.
 State Ampere’s circuital law. Using it, derive the expression magnetic field at point to a long
current carrying conductor.
 Explain with circuit diagram how to convert galvanometer into an ammeter.
 Explain with circuit diagram how to convert galvanometer into an voltmeter.
 What are Magnetic declination, Magnetic dip and Horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field
at a place?
 Explain briefly an experiment with a coil and magnet to demonstrate the phenomenon of
electromagnetic induction.
 Explain briefly an experiment with a coil and coil to demonstrate the phenomenon of
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 State and explain Lenz’s law for induced emf Electromagnetic Induction.
 Derive an expression for motional emf, induced across the end of a conducting rod moving in a
uniform perpendicular magnetic field.
 Obtain the expression for energy stored in an inductor.
 Derive an expression for current in a AC circuit containing resistor.
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 Derive an expression for current in a AC circuit containing inductor.
7  Derive an expression for current in a AC circuit containing capacitor.
 Explain the construction of transformer. Mention its principle.
 Mention any three sources of energy losses in transformer.
 Define critical angle. Write two conditions for total internal reflection.
CHAPTER  What is total internal reflection? Mention two applications of optical fibers.
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 Mention any three applications of total internal reflection of light.

Q.No. IV PART – D ( FIVE MARKS THEORY QUESTIONS)

 Derive an expression for electric field due to an electric dipole at a point on the axial line.
 Derive an expression for electric field due to an electric dipole at a point on the equatorial line.
 Derive an expression for electric field at a point due to an infinitely thin charged straight wire
using Gauss’s law.
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1 AND 2  Derive an expression for electric potential at a point due to a point charge.
 Derive an expression for electric potential at a point due to an electric dipole.

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 Assuming the expression for drift velocity, derive the expression for conductivity of
2T
material  = nl , Where symbols have usual meanings.
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 Obtain an expression for equivalent emf and equivalent internal resistance when two
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3 difference cells are connected in series.
 Obtain an expression for equivalent emf and equivalent internal resistance when two
difference cells are connected in parallel.
 Deduce the condition for balance of a Wheatstone’s bridge using Kirchhoff’s rules.
 Derive the expression for magnetic field at a point on the axis of a circular current loop.
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5 and 6
 Derive the expression for force per unit length between two infinitely long straight parallel
current carrying conductors and hence define ampere.
 What is AC generator? Derive an expression for instantaneous emf in AC generator
CHAPTER  Arrive at the expression for the impedance of a series LCR circuit using phasor diagram
7 method and hence write the expression for the current through the circuit.
CHAPTER  Derive the expression for refraction at a spherical surface.
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 Derive Lens Maker’s formula for convex lens.
 Derive the expression for equivalent focal length of two lenses kept in contact.
 Derive the expression for refractive index of the material of a prism in terms of an angle of
prism (A) and angle of minimum deviation (Dm)
Q.No. VI ( FIVE MARKS NUMERICAL QUESTIONS)
 Charge 2 C, 4 μC and 6 C are placed at the three cornersA, B and C respectively of a
square ABCD of side x metre. Find, what charge must be placed at the fourth corner so
that the total potential at the centre of the square is zero.
 Two point charge qA = 3 C and qB = −3C are located 20 cm apart is vacuum.
a) What is the electric field at the mid point O of the line AB joining the two charges?
b) If a negative test charge of magnitude 1.5 ∗ 10–19 C is placed at this point. What is
the force experienced by the test charge?
 Two charges 3x10–8 Cand −2x10–8 C are located 15 cm apart. At what points on the
line joining the two charges is the electric potential zero? Take the potential at infinity to
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1 AND 2 be zero
 ABCD is a square of side 2 m. Charges of +5 nC, + 10 nC and − 5 nCare placed at
corners A, B and C respectively. What is the work done in transferring a charge of +5 μC
from D to the point of intersection of the diagonals?
 In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate has an area of 6x10–
3m2 and the distance between the plates is 3 mm. Calculate the capacitance of the

capacitor. If this capacitor is connected to a 100 V supply, what is the charge on each
plate of the capacitor?
 When two capacitors are connected in series and connected across 4 kV line, the energy
stored in the system is 8 J. The same capacitors, if connected in parallel across the same
line, the energy stored is 36 J. Find the individual capacitance.
 The plates of parallel plate capacitor have an area of 100 cm2 each and separated by
3 mm.The capacitor is charged by connecting it to a 400 V supply. a) Calculate the
electrostatic energy stored in the capacitor.b) If a dielectric of dielectric constant 2.5 is
introduced between the plates of the capacitor, then find the electrostatic energy stored and
also change in the energy stored.

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 A battery of internal resistance 3 Ω is connected to 20 Ω resistor and potential difference
across the resistor is 10 V. If another resistor of 30 Ω is connected in series with the first
CHAPTER resistor and battery is again connected to the combination, calculate the e.m.f and terminal
3 potential difference across the combination. [ March 2014]
 Two cells of emf 2 V and 4 V and internal resistance1 Ω and 2 Ω respectively are
connected in parallel so as to send the current in the same direction through an external
resistance of 10Ω. Find the potential difference across10 Ω resistor.
 Two identical cells either in series or in parallel combination, gives the same current of
0.5A through external resistance of 4Ω. Find emf and internal resistance of each cell. [ June
2015 ]
 A wire having length 2.0 m, diameter 1.0 mm and
CHAPTER resistivity 1.963 X 10–8 Ωm is connected in series
3 with a battery of emf 3 V and internal resistance
1 Ω. Calculate the resistance of the wire and current
in the circuit. [July 2016]
 100 mg mass of nichrome metal is drawn into a
wire of area of cross – section 0.05 mm2. Calculate
the resistance of this wire.Given density of
nichrome 8.4 x 103kgm-3 and resistivity of the
material as 1.2 x 106 Ωm. [ March 2018 ]
 In the given circuit, calculate the current through the galvanometerIg. [ Sep 2020 ]
CHAPTER  A galvanometer having coil of resistance 12 ohms gives full scale deflection for a current of
4 4 mA. How can it be converted into a voltmeter of range 0 − 24V?
 Current in a coil falls from 2.5 A to 2.0 A in 0.01 s, calculate the induced emf in a coil if its self
inductance is 5mH. [ March 2016 ]
 A circular coil of radius 10 cm and 25 turns is rotated about its vertical diameter with an angular
CHAPTER speed of 40 rads–1, in a uniform horizontal magnetic field of magnitude 5 X 10–2 T. Calculate the
6 emf induced in the coil. Also find the current in the coil if the resistance of coil is 15 ohm. [ March
2018 ]
 A conductor of length 3m moving in a uniform magnetic field of strength100T. It covers
distance of 70 min 5sec. Its plane of motion makes an angle of 30O with the direction of
magnetic field. Calculate the emf induced in it. [March 2019 ]

 Calculate resonant frequency and Q – factor of a series L C R circuit containing a pure inductor of
inductance 3 H, capacitor of capacitance 27 F and resistor of resistance 7.4 Ω.
 A pure inductor of 25 mH is connected to a source of 220 Vand 50 Hz. Find the inductive
reactance, rms value of current and peak current in the circuit. [ July 2014 ]
 A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 283 V and frequency 50 Hz is applied to a series LCR
CHAPTER circuit in which R = 3 Ω, L = 25.48 mHand C = 786 F.
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Find a) Impedance of the circuit
b) The phase difference between the voltage across the source and the current
c) The power factor. [ March 2015 ]
 A resistor of 100 Ω, a pure inductance coil of L = 0.5 H and capacitor are in series in a circuit
containing an a.c. source of 200 V, 50 Hz. In the circuit, current is ahead of the voltage by 300.
Find the value of the capacitance. [ June 2015 ]
 A source of alternating emf of 220 V – 50 Hz is connected in series with a resistance of
200 Ω an inductance of 100 mH and a capacitance of 30 F. Does the current lead of lag
the voltage and by what angle? [ March 2017 ]

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