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CLASS- XII
SUB: PHYSICS
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 70
General Instructions:

(1) There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.

D and Section E. All the
(2) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section
sections are compulsory.
Section
(3)Section A contains 16 MCQs of l mark each, Section B contains 5 questions of two marks each,
of 4 marks
C contains 7 questions of three marks each, section D contains 2 case study-based questions
each and Section E contains 3 long questions of five marks each.
section B,
(4)There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question in
in section E.
one question in section C, one question in each CBQ in section D and all three questions
Youhave to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
(5) Use of calculators is not allowed.
(6) You may use the following values of physical constants where ever necessary
i.c=3 x 10® m/s v. h=6.63 x10-34 Js
ii. me = 9.1 x10-31 kg vi. EO = 8.854 x1 0-12 CN-m2
iii. e = 1.6 x 10-19 C vii. Avogadro's number = 6.023 X 102 per gram mole
iv. Lo = 4n X107 TmA-!

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SECTION - A
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Select the correct statement regarding photoclectric emission.
(a) The number of photoelectrons is proportional to the frequency of the light.
b) The work function of the metalvaries as a function of the depth from the surface.
(c) Photoclectrons are ejected from the metals only if the incident radiation has a certain minimum
wavelength.
{d)The plhotoelectrons produced by a monochromatic incident light incident on the metal surface have a
spread of kinetic energies.
2. The variation of electric potential in aregion is shown in the graph. The magnitude of the force on aparticle
having a charge of +2 uC just after it is released at apoint x= 1min this region is

10

2
(in m)
Ka) 10 N (b) 10 N (c) 107 N (d) 104 N

3. What happens to the terminal voltage of a cell with an internal resistor as the current drawn from the cell
increases?
(a) The terminal voltage remains constant.
Ab) The terminal voltage decreases linearly.
(c) The terminal voltage increases linearly.
(d) The terminal voltage initially remains constant and then increases.
4. A 2.0 cm segment of wire, carrying 5.0 A current in positive y-direction lies along y-axis, as shown in the
figure. The magnetic field at a point (3 m, 4 m,0) due to this segment (part of acircuit) is:
B

50 A L
’x

(a) (0.12 nT) j (b) -(0.10 nT) j 6) -(0.24 nT) k () (0.24 nT) k

5. Heavy stable nuclei have more neutrons than protons. This is because of the fact that
(a) neutrons are heavier than protons.
b) electrostatic force between protons is repulsive.
(c) neutrons decay into protons through beta decay.
(d) nuclear forces between neutrons are weaker than that between protons.
6. Ahydrogen atom is in its third excited state, It de-excites by releasing aphoton of the longest wavelength.
What is the ratio of the velocity of the electron in the third excited state to the new state?
(a) 4/3 (b) 3/4 (4/1 (d) 1/4

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 7. If Pv represents average power dissipated and iv is the average curent through a resistor over one
cycle
of the input sinusoidal voltage, which of the following statements is correct for an ac circuit with resistor
only?
(a) Py 0& >0 (6) P >0 &iy=0 (0) Pw> 0&iw >0 (d) Py0&iny 0
8. The diagrams show the electric and magnetic ficld components of an electromagneticwave at a certain
time and location. Which of these electromagnetic waves are travelling towards you?

Fig V

(a) only the em wave in Fig I

(b) only the em wave in Fig I and II
(c) only the em wave in Fig IIand I
(d) only the em wave in Fig II, IIl and IV
The curve of binding energy per nucleon as a function of atomic mass number has a sharp peak for
helium nucleus. This implies that helium nucleus is
(a) Radioactive (b) Unstable
(c) Easily fissionable (d) More stable nucleus than its neighbours
10. Loud music being played on the TV in the adjacent room can be heard through the slightly open door of
your study room. But you cannot see what is happening outside your room. Why is it that you can hear
the sounds but unable to see through the narrow opening of the door?
(a) Sound waves can pass right through the walls, but light waves cannot.
(b) The open door is a small slit for sound waves, but a large slit for light waves.
(c) Light waves difract efficiently through the single slit of the open doorway, but sound waves cannot.
(d) Light waves can travel only along straight lines whereas sound waves can travel along curved paths.
11. Siis doped with apentavalent element. The energy required to set the additional electron free is about:
ka) 0-01 eV (b) 0-05 eV (c) 0-72 eV d) 1-1 eV
12. A pure Si crystal having 5 x 10² atoms m' is doped with lppm concentration of antimony. If the
concentration of holes in the doped crystal is found to be 4.5 x 10 m, the concentration (in m) of
intrinsic charge carriers in Si crystal is about
(a) 1.2 x 10!5 1.5 x106 (c) 3.0 x 1015 (d) 2.0 x 10!6
Questions number 13 to 16 are Assertion (A) and Reason (R) type questions. Two statements are
given one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer from
the codes (A), (B), (C) and (D) as given below.
(A) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the
Assertion (A).
(B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, butReason (R) is not the correct explanation of the
Assertion (A).
(C) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(D)Assertion (A)is false and Reason (R) is also false.

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13. Assertion (A): Athin uncharged metallic plate placed in between the two charged plates of a
results in an arrangement equivalent to two capacitors in aseries combination. The equivalent
of this combination stays the same irrespective of the position of the metallic plate in between the capacicapacitatnceor
plates
of the capacitor.
Reason (R):The change in the position of the central metallic plate, results in the decrease in plate
separaton of one capacitor that is compensated by the increase in plate separation for the other.
(14. Assertion (A) : An alpha particle is moving towards a gold nucleus. The impact parameter is maximum
for the scattering angle of 180°.
CReason (R): The impact parameter in an alpha particle scattering experiment does not depend upon the
atomic number of the target nucleus
. ASserdon (A): The charge induced in a closed circuit increases if the rate of change of flux associated
with the circuit increases rapidly.
UReason (R): The emf induced in a closed circuit is directly proportional to the rate of change of flux
associated with the coil.
10. ASsertion (A): In a Young's double slit experiment, interference pattern is not observed when two
coherent sources are infinitely close to each other.
Reason (R): The fringe width is proportional to the separation between the two sources.

SECTION-B
17/ A thin rod of length L ofthe uniform mass density of u kg/m and linear charge density C/m is initially
at rest. A uniform electric field E is applied in the direction perpendicular to the length of the rod. The rod
begins to move in the direction of the applied electric field.
,

Determine the speed of the rod after it travels through I m of distance. (Ignore all external forces
the electrostatic forces). except
18. Two electric heaters have power rating PË and P2, at voltage V. They are
of voltage V. Find the power consumed by the
connected in series to a dc source
combination. Will they consume the same power if
connected in parallel across the same source?
OR
Define resistivity of a conductor. How does the resistivity of a conductor depend upon the
(a) Number density of free electrons in the conductor following:
(b) Their relaxation time
19. (a) How does Einstein's photoelectric equation provide an
explanation for the concept of the threshold
frequency in the context of the photoelectric effect?
(b) Why do all the electrons emitted during a photoelectric
emission not have the same
(20. In an experiment on a-particle scattering by a thin foil of gold, draw aplot showing the kinetic energy?
number of particles
scattered versus the scattering angle 0. Why is it that a very small fraction of the particles are scattered at
9>90°9
21. Almost a constant electric current of 20 LA flows through a given pn
junction diode in reverse bias. The
current becomes 4 times in case the pn junction diode is forward biased. Determine the
diffusion current
that flows through the given diode in case it is:
a. unbiased
b. reverse biased
c. forward biased
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22. Figure shows two identical capacitors, C1 and C1, cach of 1l F capacitance connected to a battery of 6
V. Initially switch 'S" is closed. After sometimes 'S is left open and dielectric slabs of dielectricconstant
K=3 are inserted to fll completely the space between the plates of the two capacitors.
How will the () charge and (i) potential difference between the plates of the capacitors be affected after
the slabs are inserted?

6V

(23. de Broglie wavelength à as a function of for masses oftwo particles of

masses mny and m, are shown in the figure. Here, K is the energy of the moving
particles.
(a) What does the slope of a line represent?
(b)Which of the two particles is heavier?
(c) Is this graph also valid for a photon?
Justify your answer in each case.
turns/cm and radius
24. A 100-turn coil of radius 1-6 cm and resistance 5-0 is co-axial witha solenoid of 250 in the
current induced
1-8 cm. The solenoid current drops from 1:5 A to zero in 25 ms. Calculate the
coil in this duration. (Take 2 = 10)
rectifier.
25. (a) Explain the characteristic of a p-n junction diode that makes it suitable for its use as a
(b) With the help of a circuit diagram, explain the working of a fullwave rectifier.
(a) Show that the average energy density of the electric field equals the average energy density of the
magnetic field in an electromagnetic field.
characteristic size of the
(b) "The wavelength of the electromagnetic wave is often correlated with the
system that radiates". Give one example to justify it.
27. (a)An electron moving with a velocity ÷ = (1.0 x 10 m/s) î+ (0.5 x 10 m/s) j enters a region of
uniform magnetic field B= (0.5 mT) J. Find the radius of the circular path described by it. While
rotating; does the electron trace a linear path too ? If so, calculate the linear distance covered by it
during the period of one revolution.
OR
poles above
(b)A magnet of magnetic moment m is tied to another magnet of moment 3m, with similar
each other. The combination is freely suspended by a string in a steady magnetic field and upon disturb
i
ance oscillates with a time period of 5 s. Now if the magnet of moment 3m has its polarities reversed
n the above combination, determine the time period of the oscillation.
28. Study the intensity distribution diagram for a difraction pattern from a single slit of width 'a'. The
positions of two minima on each side of the central maximum are labelled. (Drawing not to scale.)

27
sin dark = a

Sin Odark

-2
3 Sin Odark =
L 3 Sin dark --2A
a

Viewing screen

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Answer the following questions:

the width of the second secondary
a. Determine the ratio of width of the central bright maximum to
maxima above it.
is sine of an angle at which the second secondary maxina is produced above the
central
b. What
maxima?
bright
C. If the slit width in Figure is made half as wide. what will be effect on the width of its central
fringe? Explain your answer.
SECTION- D
29. An autotransformer is a special trans former that has a single winding with an iron core. In an
autotransformer, portions of the same winding act as both the primary and secondary. It has two end
terniFals and one or more ternminals at intermediate tap points. The input voltage is applied across two
of the terminals. The output voltage is taken across two terminals, one terminal of which is usually n
common with the input voltage terminal. They are generally used in home applications with small
voltage conversions. The figure below shows an autotransformer with several 'taps'.
Taps

Primary
voltage
Secondary
voltage

(i) Which of the following is an advantage of an

transformer?
autotransformer compared to an ordinary two-winding
A. Lowver cost B. No hysteresis loss
C. Copper loss is negligible D. Better isolation of primary and secondary
(iü) In the transformer shown in the image above, if the number of turms between the
points where the
input voltage is connected is 800 and the maximum output voltage that can be obtained is 115% of
the input voltage, what is the total number of turns in the coil? (The turns ratio of an autotransformer
is calculated with the same formula as two-winding transformers.)
A. 685 B.695 C. 915 D. 920
(ii) In the autotransformer shown in the image above, the output terminal shown by the
arrow can be
connected to any of the taps. For a given input voltage, how many diferent stepped-down voltages can
be obtained? (Consider the transformer to be ideal.)
A. 2 B.3 C. 4 D. 5
(iv) (a) Which of the following quantity/quantities remains same in primary and secondary coils of an
ideal transformer? Current, Voltage, Power, Magnetic flux
A. Current only B. Voltage only
C. Power only D.Magnetic flux and Power both
OR
(b) The ratio of no. of turns of primary coil to secondary coil in a transformer is 2:3. If acell of 6V is
connected across the primary coil, then voltage across the secondary coil will be
A. 3 B.6V C. OV D.12V
30. Alens is a transparent optical medium bounded by two surfaces; at least one of whichshould be spherical.
Applying the formula of image formation by a single spherical surface successively at the two surfaces of
a thin lens, a formula known as lens maker's formula and hence the basic lens formula can be obtained.
The focal length (or power) of a lens depends on the radiof its surfaces and the refractive index of its
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 depends on the wave
material with respect to the surrounding medium. The refractive index of a material
converging lenses of desired
length of the light used. Combination of lenses helps us to obtain diverging or
power and magnification.
() Athin converging lens of focal length 20 cm and a thin
diverging lens of focal length 15cm are
placed coaxially in contact. The power of the combination is
A. D D. D
B.Dsurfaces ofc aHDconvex lens are R and 2R. If the focal length of this
() The radiiof curvature of two
the lens is :
lens is ()R, the refractive index of thematerial of
A. B. D. 5
(iii) The focal length of an equiconvex lens
A. increases when the lens is dipped in water
B. increases when the wave length of
incident light decreases
curvature of its surface.
C. increases with decrease in radius of
parts along its principal axis
D. Decreases when the lens is cut into two identical concave mirror M of focal length 15cm are
(iv) (a) A thin convex lens Lof focal length 10 cm and a
of light coming parrallel to the principal
placed coaxially 40cm apartas shown in figure. Abeam
will be formed at a distance of
axis is incident on the lens. The final image
M

40 cm

A. 10cm, left of lens B. 10cm, right of lens

20cm, left of lens D. 20cm, right of lens
C.
OR
(b)A beam of light coming parallel to the principal axis of a convex lens LË of focal length 16 cm
cm is placed coaxially at a
is incident on it. Another convex lens L2 of focal length 12
image from Lz willbe
distance 40cm from L1. The nature and distance of final
B. virtual, 12cm C. real, 32cm D. virtual, 18cm
A. real, 24cm
SECTION-E

31/ (a) () Draw equipotential surfaces for an electric dipole. respectively in an external electric field E.
(i) Two point charges q1and q2 are located at and ,
Obtain an expression for the potential energy of the system.
an electric field E of 10° V/m such
(ii) The dipole moment of amolecule is 10°Cm. It is placed in
by 60 at an instant.
that its axis is along the electric field. The direction of E is suddenly changed
Find the change in the potential energy of the dipole, at that instant.
OR
(b) Athick metallic spherical shell of radius Rcarriesa charge on its surface. Apoint charge Q2
shell at A at a distance x
is placed at the centre C and another charge +20 is placed outside the
from the centre as shown in the figure.

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 () Find the electric flux through the shell.
(ii) State the law used.
(iii) Find the force on the charges at the centre Cof the shell and at the point A.
(©) Acube of side 0-1 mis placed, as shown in the figure, in a region wihere clectric field E= 500 yj
exists. Here yis in meters and Ein NCl,Calculate the flux passing through the cube.

01m

32. (a) () )What is meant by current sensitivity of a gal vanometer? Mention the factors on which it
depends.
() A galvanometer of resistarnce G is converted into a voltmeter of range (0-V) by using a
resistance R. Find the resistance, in terms of Rand G, required to convert it into a voltmeter or
mnge(0-).
(i) The magnetic flux through a coilof resistance 592 increases with time as :
Ø= (2.0 ts + 5.0 t² + 6.0 t)mWb
Find the magnitude ofinduced current through the coil at t =2 s.
OR
(b) )Arectangular coil of Nturns and area of cross-section Ais rotated at asteady angular speedo
in a uniform magnetic field. Obtain an expression for the emf induced in the coil at any instant
of time.

() Two coplanar and concentric circular loops LË and Lz are placed coaxially with their centres
coinciding. The radii of LË and L, are 1cm and 100 cm respectively. Calculate the mutual
inductance of the loops. (Take r? = 10)
33. (a) () Aray of light passes through a triangular prism. Show graphically, how the angle of deviation
varies with the angle of incidence? Hence define the angle of minimum deviation.
(i) Aray of light is incident normally on a refracting face of a prism of prism angle Aand suffers a
deviation of angle 8. Prove that the refractive index n of the material of the prism is given by
sin (A + 8)
n=
sin A

(ii) The refractive index of the material of aprism is V2. If the refracting angle of the prism is 60
) find the Angle of minimum deviation, and
(I) angle of incidence.
OR
b) () The displacement of two light waves, each of amplitude 'a' frequency w, emanating from two
coherent sources of light, are given by y1=a cos wt and y = a cos (wt +0). Øis the phase
difference between the two waves. These light waves superpose at apoint. Obtain the expression
for the resultant intensity at that point.
(ii)In Young's double slit experiment, find the ratio of intensities at two points on a screen when
waves emanating from two slits reaching these points have path differences (a) 2/6 and (b) 2/12.

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