BLOSSOM PUBLIC SCHOOL

Std : XII Total Marks: 70M

Subject : PHYSICS Duration : 3 Hrs
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory
This question paper has five sections. Section A, Section B, Section
C, Section D and Section E
All the sections are compulsory
Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four
assertion reasoning based of 1 mark each, section B contains five
questions of two marks each. Section C contains seven questions
of three marks each, Section D contains two case study based
questions of four marks each and section E contains three long
answer questions of five marks each
There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been
provided in one questions in section B one question in section C
one questions in each CBQ in section D and all three questions in
section E. you have to attempt only one of the choices in such
questions
Use of calculators is not allowed.

SECTION – A
1. Which of the following is not the properly of an equipotential surface?
(a) they do not cross each other
(b) the work done in carrying a charge from one point to another on an
equipotential surface is zero
(c) for a uniform electric field they are concentric spheres
(d) they can be imaginary spheres

2. An electric dipole placed in an electric field of intensity 2 ×105 N C at an angle of

30 experiences a torque equal to 4 Nm. The charge on the dipole of dipole length 2
cm is
(a) 7 µ C (b) 8µ C (c) 2 mC (d) 5 mC

3. A point charge situated at a distance ‘r’ from a short electric dipole on its axis,
→
experiences force F . If the distance of the charge is ‘2r’ the force on the charge
will be
→ → → →
F F F F
(a) (b) (c) (d)
16 8 4 2

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4. The magnitude of the electric field due to a point charge object at distance of 4.0 m is 9
N/C. From the same charged object the electric field of magnitude 16NC −1 will be at a
distance of
(a) 1 m (b) 2 m (c) 3 m (d) 6 m
5. An isosceles right angled current carrying loop PQR is placed in a uniform magnetic field
→
B pointing along PR. If the magnetic force acting on the arm PQ is F, then the magnetic
force which acts on the arm QR will be.

F
(a) F (b) (c) 2F (d) − F
2

6. A current of 10 A is flowing from east to west in a long straight wire kept on a horizontal
table. The magnetic field developed at a distance of 10 cm due north on the table is

(a) 2 × 10−5 T acting downwards (b) 2 × 10−5 T acting upwards

(c) 4 × 10−5 T acting downwards (d) 4 × 10−5 T acting upwards

7. An area A = 0.5m 2 shown in the figure is situated in a uniform magnetic field

B = 4.0 Wb m 2 and its normal makes an angle of 60 with the field. The magnetic
flux passing through the area A would be equal to

(a) 2.0 weber (b) 1.0 weber (c) 3 weber (d) 0.5 weber
8. An electron is moving along positive x – axis in a magnetic field which is parallel
to the positive y – axis. In what direction will the magnetic force be acting on the
electron?
(a) along – x axis (b) along – z axis
(c) along + z axis (d) along – y axis

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9. The relative magnetic permeability of a substance X is slightly less than unity and
that of substance Y is slightly more than unity, then
(a) X is paramagnetic and Y is ferromagnetic
(b) X is diamagnetic and Y is ferromagnetic
(c) X and Y both are paramagnetic
(d) X is diamagnetic and Y is paramagnetic
10. An ammeter of resistance 0.81 ohm reads up to 1 A. The value of the required shunt
to increase the range to 10 A is
(a) 0.9 ohm (d) 0.09 ohm (c) 0.03 ohm (d) 0.3 ohm
11. An electron with angular momentum L moving around the nucleus has a magnetic
moment given by
(a) eL/2m (b) eL/3m (c) eL/4m (d) eL/m
12. The large scale transmission of electrical energy over long distance is done with the
use of transformers. The voltage output of the generator is stepped – up because of
(a) reduction of current (b) reduction of current and voltage both
(c) power loss is cut down (d) (a) and (c) both
In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement
of Reason (R) Choose the correct answer out of the following choics
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false and R is also false
13. Assertion (A): On increasing the current sensitivity of a galvanometer by
increasing the number of turns, may not necessarily increase its voltage sensitivity
Reason (R) : The resistance of the coil of the galvanometer increases on increasing
the number of turns
14. Assertion (A):When a magnetic dipole is placed in a non uniform magnetic field,
only a torque acts on the dipole
Reason (R) Force would not act on dipole if magnetic field were non uniform
15. Assertion (A) : to increase the range of an ammeter, we must connect a suitable
high resistance in series to it
Reason (R) : The ammeter with increased range should have high resistance

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16. Assertion (A) When radius of a current carrying loop is doubled its magnetic
moment becomes four times
Reason (R) : The magnetic moment of a current carrying loop is directly
proportion to the area of loop

SECTION – B

17. (i) Define Self Inductance.

(ii) A pair of adjacent coil has mutual inductance of 1.5 H. If the current in one coil
changes from 0 to 20 A in 0.5 s, what is the change in flux linkage with the coil

18. Consider two identical charges located at point (0, 0) and (a, 0)

(i) Is there a point on the line joining them at which electric field is zero?

(ii) Is there a point on the line joining them at which electric potential is zero?
Justify your answer for each case

19. Explain the term magnetic susceptibility and give its relation with permeability

20. Derive electric dipole moment. It is scalar or vector quantity. Write its SI unit.

21. Two large charged plane sheets of charge density σ and −2σ c / m 2 are arranged
vertically with a separation d between them. Deduce expression for electric field at
a point to (i) left of first sheet (ii) to the right of second sheet.

[OR]

Two charged conducting spheres of radii a and b are connected to each other by a
wire. Find the ratio of electric field at the surface.

SECTION – C

22. Two charges q and -3q are placed on x-axis separated by a distance d, where should
the third charge 2q be placed such that it will not experience any force?

[OR]

Show a plot, variation of resistivity of (i) conductor (ii) a semiconductor as a

function of temperature.

Using the expression of the resistivity in terms of number of density and relaxation
time between the collisions, explain how resistivity in case of conductor increases
while it decreases in a semiconductor, with the rise in temperature.

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23. Charges (+q) and (-q) are placed at the points A and B respectively which are a
distance 2L apart. C is the midpoint between A and B. What is the work done
in moving a charge +Q along the semicircle CRD?

24. Write three points of difference between para, dia and ferro magnetic materials.
Giving one example of each

25. A wire of uniform cross-section and resistance 4 ohm is bent in the shape of square
ABCD. Point A is connected to a point P on DC by a wire AP of resistance 1 ohm.
When a potential difference is applied between A and C, the points B and P are
seen to be at the same potential. What is the resistance of the part DP?

26. The given figure shows a long straight wire of a circular cross-section (radius a)
carrying steady current I. The current I is uniformly distributed across this cross-
section. Calculate the magnetic field in the region r < a and r > a.

27. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate has an area of
6 × 10−3 m 2 and the distance between the plate is 3 mm. Calculate the capacitance of
capacitor. If this capacitor is connected to a 100 V supply. What is the charge on
each capacitor?

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28. (a) Define mutual inductance and write its SI unit.

(b) Two circular loops, one of small radius r and other of larger radius R, such that
R > > r, are placed coaxially with centres coinciding. Obtain the mutual inductance
of the arrangement.

[OR]

Two long straight parallel current carrying conductors are kept ‘a’ distant apart in
air. The direction of current in both the conductors is same. Find the magnitude of
force per unit length and direction of the force between them. Hence define one
ampere.

SECTION – D

Case Study Based Questions

29. Electrostatics:

Electrostatics deals with the study of forces, fields and potentials arising from static
charges. Force and electric field, due to a point charge is basically determined by
Coulomb’s Law. For symmetric charge configurations, Gauss’s law, which is also
based on Coulomb’s law, help us to find the electric field. A charge a system of
charges like a dipole experience a force torque in an electric field. Work is required
to be done to provide a specific orientation to a dipole with respect to an electric
field.

(i) Consider a uniformly charged thin conducting shell of radius R. Which of the
following graph showing the variation of E with distance r from the centre, for
points 0 ≤ r ≤ 3r .

(a) (b) (c) (d)

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(ii) The figure shows the variation of potential V with for two point charges Q1 and
r
Q
Q2 , where V is the potential at a distance r due to a point charge. The ratio 1 , will
Q2
be

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(a) 1:3 (b) 3:1 (c) 2:1 (d) 1:2

(iii) An electric dipole moment of 6 × 10−7 C − m is kept in a uniform electric field of

104 N / C such that the dipole moment and the electric field are parallel. The
potential energy of the dipole will be

(a) 2 × 103 J (b) −2 × 103 J (c) −6 × 10−3 J (d) 6 × 10−3 J

(iv) A dipole is placed parallel to electric field. If W is the work done in rotating the
dipole from 0° to 60° , then work done in rotating it from 0° to 180° is

W
(a) 2W (b) 3W (c) 4W (d)
2

[OR]

The electric potential V at any point x, y , z (all in metres) in space is given by

V = 4 x 2 volt. The electric field at the point (1 m, 0, 2 m) in volt / metre is

(a) 8 along negative x-axis (b) 8 along positive x-axis

(c) 16 along negative x-axis (d) 16 along positive z-axis

Read the paragraph given below and answer the questions that follow:

Electrical Energy Transmission and Distribution:

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The large-scale transmission and distribution of electrical energy over long

distances is done with the use of transformers. The voltage output of the generator
is stepped-up. It is then transmitted over long distances to an area sub-station
near the consumers. There the voltage is stepped down. It is further stepped down
at distributing sub-stations and utility poles before a power supply of 240 V
reaches our homes.

(i) Which of the following statement is true?

(a) Energy is created when a transformer steps up the voltage

(b) A transformer is designed to convert an AC voltage to DC voltage

(c) Step–up transformer increases the power for transmission

(d) Step–down transformer decreases the AC voltage

(ii) If the secondary coil has a greater number of turns than the primary

(a) the voltage is stepped-up ( Vs > V p ) and arrangement is called a step-up

transformer

(b) the voltage is stepped-down ( Vs < V p ) and arrangement is called a step- down
transformer

(c) the current is stepped-up ( I s > I p ) and arrangement is called a step-up

(d) the current is stepped-down ( I s < I p ) and arrangement is called a step- down
transformer

[OR]

We need to step-up the voltage for power transmission, so that

(a) the current is reduced and consequently, the I 2 R loss is cut down

(b) the voltage is increased , the power losses are also increased

(c) the power is increased before transmission is done

V2
(d) he voltage is decreased so losses are reduced
R

(iii) A power transmission line feeds input power at 2300 V to a step down transformer
with its primary windings having 4000 turns. The number of turns in the secondary
in order to get output power at 230 V are

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(a) 4 (b) 40 (c) 400 (d) 4000

(iv) The metal / alloy that is more suitable for making cores of transformers is

(a) steel (b) soft iron (c) copper (d) brass

31. Derive an expression for the electric potential at a point due to an electric dipole.
Mention the contrasting feature of electric potential of a dipole at a point as
compared to that due to a single charge

[OR]

(i) State coulomb’s law in electrostatic and write it in vector form for two charges.

(ii) Gauss’s Law is based on the inverse-square dependence on distance contained in

the coulomb’s law. Explain.

(iii) Two charges A (charge q) and B (charge 2q) are located at point (0, 0) and (a, (a)
respectively. Let ɵi and ɵj be the unit vector along x-axis and y-axis respectively.
Find the force exerted by A on B, in terms of ɵi and ɵj .

32. (i) Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with air
present between the two plates.

(ii) Obtain the equivalent capacitance of the network shown in figure. For a 300 V
supply, determine the charge on each capacitor.

[OR]

(i) A dielectric slab of thickness ‘t’ is kept between the plates of a parallel plate
capacitor with plate separation ‘d’ (t < d). Derive the expression for the capacitance
of the capacitor.

(ii) A capacitor of capacity C1 is charged to the potential of V0 . On disconnecting with

the battery, it is connected with an unchanged capacitor of capacity C2 as

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shown in the adjoining figure. Find the ratio of energies before and after the
connection of switch S.

33. (a) Draw graphs showing the variations of inductive reactance and capacitance
reactance with frequency of applied ac source.

(b) Draw the phasor diagram for a series LRC circuit connected to an AC source.

(c) When an alternating voltage of 220 V is applied across a device X, a current of

π
0.25 A flows which lags behind the applied voltage in phase by radian. If the
2
same voltage is applied across another device Y, the same current flows but now it
is in phase with the applied voltage.

(i) Name the devices X and Y.

(ii) Calculate the current flowing in the circuit when the same voltage is applied
across the series combination of X and Y.

[OR]

(a) A series LCR circuits is connected to an ac source. Using the phasor diagram,
derive the expression for the impedance of the circuit.

(b) Plot a graph to show the variation of current with frequency of the ac source,
explaining the nature of its variation for two different resistances R1 and R2 ( R1 < R2
) at resonance.

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