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SENIOR INTER PHYSICS IMPORTANT LIST

8 MARKS
1. Explain the formation of stationary waves in stretched strings and hence
deduce the laws of transverse waves in stretched strings?
2. Explain the formation of stationary waves in an air column enclosed in open
pipe. Derive the equations for the frequencies of the harmonics produced?
3. How are stationary waves formed in closed pipes? Explain the various
modes of vibration and obtain relations for their frequencies?
4. What is Doppler effect ? Obtain an expression for the apparent frequency
of sound heard when the source is in motion with respect to an observer
at rest?
5. What are beats? Obtain an expression for the beat frequency. Where and
how beats made use of?
6. What is Doppler shift? Obtain an expression for the apparent frequency of
sound heard when the observer is in motion with respect to a source at
rest?
7. State Kirchoff’s law for an electrical network. Using these laws deduce the
condition for balance in a wheat stone bridge?
8. State the working principle of potentiometer. Explain with the help of
circuit diagram how the Emf of two primary cells are compared by using the
potentiometer.
9. State the working principle of potentiometer. Explain with the help of
circuit diagram how the potentiometer is used to determine the internal
resistance of the given primary cell?
10. Define mass defect and binding energy. How does binding energy per
nucleon vary with mass number? What is its significance?
11. Explain the principle and working of a nuclear reactor with the help of a
labelled diagram.
12. What is radioactivity? State the law of radioactive decay show that
radioactive decay is exponential in nature?
13. Explain the source of stellar energy. Explain the carbon nitrogen cycle,
proton-proton cycle occurring in stars.
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PROBLEMS
14. What happens to the force between two charges if the distance between
them is (a)halved (b)doubled
15. What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of
2×10-7 and 3×10-7 c placed 30cm apart in air?
16. An electric dipole with dipole movement 4×10-9cm is iligned at 30.with the
direction of a uniform electric field of magnitude 5×104 n/c. calculate the
magnitude of the torque acting on the dipole.
17. A point charge 2.0 µc is at the centre of a cubic Gaussian surface 9.0cm on
edge. What is the net electric flux through the Surface.
18. An infinite line charge produces a field 9×104 N/C at a distance of 2cm.
Calculate the linear charge density?
19. A closed organ pipe 70cm long is sounded. If the velocity of sound is 331
m/s, what is the fundamental frequency of vibration of the air column?
20. A open organ pipe 85cm long is sounded. If the velocity of sound is 340
m/s, what is the fundamental frequency of vibration of the air column?
21. A steel wire 0.72m long has a mass of 5.0×10-3kg. If the wire is under a
tension of 60N. What is the speed of transverse waves on the wire?

4 MARKS
1. Define critical angle. Explain total internal reflection with a neat
diagram?
2. Explain the formation of a mirage?
3. Explain the formation of a rainbow?
4. With a neat labelled diagram. Explain the formation of image in a
simple microscope?
5. Explain Doppler effect in light. Distinguish between red shift and blue
shift?
6. What is total internal reflection? Explain the phenomenon using
Huigen’s principle?
7. Derive the expression for the intensity at a point where interference of
light occurs. Arrive at the conditions for maximum and zero intensity?
8. State and explain coulomb’s law in electricity?
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9. Define intensity of electric field at a point. Derive an expression for the

intensity due to point charge?
10. Derive the equation for the couple acting on an electric dipole in an
uniform electric field?
11. Derive an expression for the intensity of the electric field at a point on
the axial line of an electric dipole?
12. Derive an expression for the intensity of the electric field at a point on
the equatorial plane of an electric dipole?
13. Derive an expression for the electric potential due to a point charge
14. Derive an expression for the electrostatic potential energy of a system
of two point charges and finds its relation with electric potential of a
charge?
15. Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor?
16. Explain series combination of capacitors. Derive formula for equivalent
capacitance in combination.
17. Explain parallel combination of capacitors. Derive the formula for
equivalent capacitance in combination
18. Derive an expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole
placed in a uniform electric field?
19. State and explain Biot-savart law?
20. State and explain Ampere’s law?
21. Find the magnetic induction due to a long current carrying conductor?
22. Derive an expression for the magnetic induction at the centre of a
current carrying circular coil using Biot-savart law?
23. Derive an expression for the magnetic dipole moment of a revolving
electron?
24. Obtain an expression for the emf induced across a conductor which is
moved in a uniform magnetic field. Which is perpendicular to the plane
of motion?
25. Describe the ways in which eddy currents are used to advantages?
26. Obtain an expression for the mutual inductance of two long co-axial
solenoids?
27. Explain the different types of spectral series?
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28. Write a short note on debroglie’s explanation of bohr’s second

postulate of quantization?
29. Draw and explain the current-voltage(i-v) characteristic curves of a
junction diode in forward and reverse bias?
30. Describe how a semiconductor diode is used as a half wave rectifier?
31. What is rectification? Explain the working of full wave rectifier?
32. Distinguish between half-wave and full-wave rectifiers?
33. What is photodiode? Explain working with a circuit diagram? and draw
its I-V characteristics?
34. Explain the working of LED and what are its advantages over
conventional in candes cent low power lamps?
35. Explain the working of a solar cell and draw I-V characteristics?
36. Define NAND and NOR gates. Give their truth tables?
37. Explain the operation of a NOT gate and give its truth table?
38. Define focal length of a concave mirror. Prove that the radius of
curvature of a concave mirror is double its focal length.
39. Why does the setting sun appear red?
40. Does the principle of conservation of energy hold for interference and
diffraction phenomena? Explain briefly.
41. How do you determine the resolving power of your eye?
42. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics and explain its importance?
43. What are the limitations of Bohr’s theory of hydrogen atom?

PROBLEM

1. A stretched wire of length 0.6m is observed to vibrate wire a

frequency of 30Hz in the fundamental mode. If the string has
a linear mass of 0.005 kg/m, find (a) the velocity of
propagation of tranverse waves in the string (b) the tension in
the string?
2. A closed organ pipe 70cm long is sounded. If the velocity of
sound is 331m/s, what is the fundamental frequency of
vibration of the air column?
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3. Two organ pipes of length 65cm and 70cm respectively are

sounded simultaneously. How many beats per second will be
produced between the fundamental frequencies of the two
pipes (velocity of sound=330m/s)
4. A pipe 30.0cm long, is open at both ends. Which harmonic
mode of the pipe resonates a.1.1 KHZ source? Will resonance
with the same source be observed if one end of the pipe is
closed? Take the speed of sound in air as 330ms-1
5. A wire of resistance 4R is bent in the form a circle. What is the
effective resistance between the ends of the diameter?
6. The four resistors 20Ω, 40Ω,(20+x)Ω,80Ω respectively form a
wheat stone bridge. Find the value of ‘x’?
7. A potentiometer wire is 5cm long and a potential difference
of 6v is maintained between it ends. Find the EMF of a cell
which balances against a length of 180cm of the
potentiometer wire?
8. The wave length of first member of Lyman series of 1216◦A.
Calculate the wave length of second member of Balmer
series?
9. The wave length of first member of Balmer series is 6563◦A.
calculate the wave length of second member Lyman series?
10. The second member of Lyman series in hydrogen spectrum
has wave length 5400◦A .find the wave length of first
member?
11. Compare the radii of the nuclei of mass numbers 27 and 64?
12. The half life of radium is 1600 years. How much time does 1g
of radium take to reduce to 0.125gms?
13. The half life period of a radioactive substance is 20days.
What is time taken for 7/8th of its original mass to
disintegrate?
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14. In a potentiometer arrangement, a cell of emf 1.25v gives a

balance point at 35.0cm length of the wire. If the cell is
replaced by another cell and the balance point shifts to
63.0cm, what is the emf of the second cell?

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS : (2M)

1. Define power of a convex lens. What is its unit?
2. A small angled prism of 4◦ deviates a ray through 2.48◦.find
the refractive index of the prism?
3. What is dispersion? Which colour gets relatively more
dispersed?
4. What is Myopia? How can it be corrected?
5. What is Hypermetropia? How can it be corrected?
6. Define focal length and radius of curvature of a concave lens?
7. What do you understand by the terms ‘focus’ and principal
focus in the context of lenses?
8. What is the importance of Oersted’s experiment?
9. State Ampere’s law and Biot-savart law?
10. A circular coil of radius ‘r’ having N turns carriers a current
‘i’. what is its magnetic moment?
11. What is the smallest value of current that can be measured
with a moving coil galvanometer?
12. What is the principle of a moving coil galvanometer?
13. Distinguish between Ammeter and voltmeter?
14. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into an
ammeter?
15. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into a
voltmeter?
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16. What is the relation between the permittivity of free space

Ɛo, the permeability of free space µo and the speed of light in
vaccum?
17. A magnetic dipole placed in a magnetic field experiences a
net force. What can you say about the nature of the magnetic
field?
18. What happens to compass needles at the earth’s pole?
19. What is the magnetic moment associated with a solenoid?
20. What are the units of magnetic moment, magnetic
induction, and magnetic field?
21. Magnetic lines from continuous closed loops. Why?
22. Define magnetic declination?
23. Define magnetic inclination or angle of dip?
24. What did the experiments of faraday and Henry show?
25. Define magnetic flux?
26. State faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
27. State Lenz’s law?
28. What are eddy currents?
29. Define inductance?
30. A transformer converts 200V Ac into 2000V AC. Calculate
the number of turns in the secondary if the primary has 10
turns?
31. What type of transformer is used in a 6V bed lamp?
32. What is the phenomenon involved in the working of a
transformer?
33. What is transformer ratio?
34. Write the expression for the reactance of (I) An inductor (ii)
A capacitor.
35. What is the average wave length of x-rays?
36. Give any one use of infrared rays?
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37. If the wave length of electromagnetic radiation is doubled.

What happens to the energy of photon?
38. What is the principle of production of electromagnetic
waves?
39. What is the ratio of speed of infrared rays and ultra violet
rays in vaccum?
40. What is the relation between the amplitudes of the electric
and magnetic fields in free space for an electromagnetic
waves?
41. What are applications of microwaves?
42. Microwaves are used in radars? Why?
43. Give two uses of infrared rays?
44. What are cathode rays?
45. What are important fact did Millikan’s experiment establish?
46. What is work function?
47. What is photo electric effect?
48. Give examples of photosensitive substances. Why are they
called so?
49. Write down Einstein’s photoelectric equation?
50. Write down de-Broglie’s relation and explain the terms
there in so?
51. State Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle?
52. Draw the circuit symbols of p-n-p and n-p-n diodes?
53. Which gates are called universal gates?
54. Write the truth table of NAND gate. How does it differ from
AND gate?
55. What are the basic blocks of a communication system?
56. What is “world wide web”(WWW)?
57. Mention the frequency range of speech signals?
58. What is sky wave propagation?
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59. Define modulation why it is necessary?

60. Mention the basic methods of modulation? Which gates are
called “universal gates”?
61. A concave mirror of focal length 10cm is placed at a distance
35cm from a wall. How far from the wall should an object be
placed so that its real image is formed on the wall?
62. A concave mirror produces an image of a long vertical pin,
placed40cm from the mirror, at the position of the object.
Find the focal length of the mirror?
63. The focal length of a concave lens in 30cm. where should an
object be placed so that it’s image is 1/10 of its size?
64. What do you understand by the magnetization of a sample?
65. Classify the following materials with regard to magnetism.
Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel, Bismuth, Oxygen, Copper.
66. The charging current for a capacitor is 0.6A. what is the
displacement current across its plates?
67. What is an n-type semiconductor? What are the majority
and minority charge carries in it?
68. What are intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors?
69. What is a p-type semiconductor? What are the majority and
minority charge carries in it?
70. What is a p-n junction diode? Define depletion layer?
71. How is a battery connected to a junction diode in (i) forward
and (ii) reverse bias?
72. In which bias can a zener diode be used as voltage
regulator?
73. Which type of communication is employed in mobile
phones?
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