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National Field Work Centre, Thondaimanaru.
NFWC 1st Term Examination - 2023

ngsjpftpay; - II A Two Hours 10 min

01 T II A
Physics - II A
Gr -12 (2024)

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 This question paper consists of 12 pages.
For the second paper
Part Question Marks
 This questions paper comprises of two parts,
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part A and Part B. The time allotted for both
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parts is two hours and ten minutes.
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A
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Part A – Structured Essay: 4
Answer all the questions on this paper itself. Write 5
your answers in the space provided for each B 6
question. Note that the space provided is sufficient
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for your answers and that extensive answers are not
In numbers
expected.
Total In Words

Part B – Essay:
This part contains three questions, of which, two
are to be answered. Use the papers supplied for this
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 At the end of the time allotted for this paper, tie the Marks checked by 2
two Parts together so that Part A is on top of Part B Marking Examiner
before handing them over to the supervisor. Supervised by

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question paper from the Examination Hall.

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Part – II A
Structured Essay

 Answer all four questions on this paper itself.

01) In a laboratory the radius of a curved surface is measured using a spherometer. Laboratory spherometer
is shown in figure 01.

Figure 01

a) What is the reason for spherometer having three legs?

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b) What can you say about the position of three legs?

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c) i) First the spherometer is placed on a glass block and the screw is adjusted to touch the block.
How can you identify that the screw just touches the glass block?
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ii) Then the spherometer is placed on the curved surface.

What would be the adjustment you do before taking another measurement to find h? , Draw it in the
above figure.
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iii) The position of the scales in the two reading are given below

Position I Position II

30 0
0

30
1) Find the readings in both positions
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2) Find the value of h.
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iv) If the radius of curved surface is R then> here b is the distance between two legs

1) What is the most suitable measuring instrument used to measure b? Name the part used to
measure it.
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2) What are the experimental steps you would follow to measure b ?

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3) If the distance between two legs is , find the radius of curvature?
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d) State another use of spherometer other than measuring the radius of curved surface.
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02) You are asked to determine the internal diameter of a capillary tube by using travelling microscope.

Figure 01
a) Identify the parts marked A, B, C, E and G, and state their functions?

Parts Functions
i) A
ii) B

iii) C

iv) E

v) G

b) What is the first adjustment that should be done in the microscope?

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c) There is no adjustment done when knob E is rotated. Explain why?

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d) 50 vernier scale divisions coincide with 49 main scale divisions. One main scale division is .
i) What is the least count of the instrument?
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ii) What is the reading shown in the figure?

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e) The student argues that the capillary tube should be placed horizontally in the stand do you agree
with this statement? Explain it.
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f) Draw the stages (four stages) of the crosswire when the readings are taken for the internal diameter.
(horizontal, vertical)

g) Whether the diameter measured from the above experiment is accurate or not. Explain it.
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h) Give other two uses of travelling microscope.

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03) The following thing are given to determine the mass of an object using the principle of moment (The
approximate mass of the object is )
 Weight .
 A Meter ruler.
 Knife edge and a suitable wooden block.
 Pieces of strings.
a) You were asked to balance the meter ruler on a knife edge horizontally as the 1st step of the
experiment. What is the purpose of it?
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b) The stable experimental setup is used to obtain the reading of the experiment.
i. Which of the above weight (M) is used here Explain?
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ii. If the distance of the object and the weight from the knife edge are respectively. Draw
the experimental setup and name it.

iii. Give a relationship for in terms of when the system is in equilibrium.

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iv. You were advised not to take smallest value for . Give the reason for it.
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c) What is the purpose of using knife edge here?

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d) Reading of canter of gravity of the meter ruler is . The student removes the object and uses
only the weights and balance the meter ruler in order to find the mass of meter ruler.
i. Draw the suitable diagram of it.

ii. If the reading of the knife edge is and the reading of the weight is . Then find the
mass of the meter ruler?
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04) When manufacturing vehicles air resistive force (drag force), acting on it’s should be considered.
The efficiency of the vehicle can be increased by decreasing this force. This force depends on the front
area of cross section (A). Generally it is given by where is speed of vehicle, is
density of air and k is a constant depends on the shape of the vehicle (Assume the air is at rest).

a)

Mark clearly the forces acting on the car, and mention how they are generated. (Engine of the car is
connected to the front wheels)
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b) The air resistive force changes with the square root of speed of car as shown below.
𝑁
Drag force

𝑣 𝑚 𝑠

i. Find the air drag force when the velocity of car is .

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ii. Find the power needed to overcome the air resistive force when the car moves with the constant
velocity .
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iii. If the power needed to overcome the other forces acting on the car is ,
1) Find the power generated by the car engine
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2) Energy is released by burning petrol only 20% energy is used for the energy
rotation wheels.
A) Calculate the fuel efficiency of the vehicle in kilometer/ liter.
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B) State the changes that can be made in the vehicle to increase this efficiency.
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iv. If the area of cross section of car is and the density of the air is , then find the
value of k.
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c) If the car engine generates a constant force, drew the velocity - time graph for the motion of the car.

d) If the car starts from rest and travels on a rough road, for a while and then on a smooth road for a
while, draw the velocity - time graph for the motion of the car.

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