KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN::HYDERABAD REGION

MODEL QUESTION PAPER-10 :2024-25

CLASS XII PHYSICS
Max. Mark 70 Time Allowed: 3 hours
General Instructions
(1) There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(2) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C,
Section D and Section E.
(3) All the sections are compulsory.
(4) 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.
(5) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in
one question in Section B, one question in Section C, all three questions in
Section D and one question in each CBQ in Section E. You have to attempt only
one of the choices in such questions.
(6) Use of calculators is not allowed.
SECTION-A

1.Two-point charges + Q and + q is separated by a certain distance. If + Q > + q then in

between the charges the electric field is zero at a point
(a) closer to + Q (b) exactly at the mid-point of line segment joining + Q and + q.
(c) closer to + q (d) nowhere on the line segment joining + Q and + q.

2. A positively charged particle is released from rest in a uniform electric field. The electric
potential energy of the charge
(a) remains a constant because the electric field is uniform.
(b) increases because the charge moves along the electric field.
(c) decreases because the charge moves along the electric field.
(d) decreases because the charge moves opposite to the electric field.

3.A capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery is removed and another identical uncharged
capacitor is connected in parallel. The total electrostatic energy of resulting system. (a)
increases by a factor of 4.
(b) decreases by a factor of 2.
(c) remains the same.
(d) increases by a factor of 2.

4. The relaxation time in conductors

(a) increases with the increases of temperature

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 (b) decreases with the increases of temperature
(c) it does not depend on temperature
(d) all of sudden changes at 400 K

5.What is the net force on the rectangular coil?

(a) 25 × 10-7 N towards wire.

(b) 25 × 10-7 N away from wire.
(c) 35 × 10-7 N towards wire.
(d) 35 × 10-7 N away from wire.

6.Two coils are placed closed to each other. The mutual inductance of the pair of coils depends
upon
(a) the rate at which currents are changing in the two coils.
(b) relative position and orientation of two coils.
(c) the material of the wires of the coils.
(d) the currents in the two coils.

7.Electromagnetic waves used as a diagnostic tool in medicine are:

(a) X-rays
(b) ultraviolet rays
(c) infrared radiation
(d) ultrasonic waves

8.A student measures the focal length of a convex lens by putting an object pin at a distance 'u'
from the lens and measuring the distance 'v' of the image pin. The graph between 'u' and 'v'
plotted by the student should look like

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9.In a single diffraction pattern observed on a screen placed at D ,distance from the slit of width
d , the ratio of the width of the central maxima to the width of other secondary maxima is
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2
(c) 1 : 1 (d) 3 : 1

10.In the phenomenon of interference, energy is

(a) destroyed at destructive interference
(b) created at constructive interference
(c) conserved but it is redistributed
(d) same at all points

11.When an electron in an atom goes from a lower to a higher orbit, its

(a) kinetic energy (KE) increases, potential energy (PE) decreases
(b) KE increases, PE increases
(c) KE decreases, PE increases
(d) KE decreases, PE decreases

12.The conductivity of a semiconductor increases with increase in temperature because

(a) number density of free current carriers increases.
(b) relaxation time increases.
(c) both number density of carriers and relaxation time increase.
(d) number density of current carriers increases; relaxation time decreases but effect of decrease
in relaxation time is much less than increase in number density

For Questions 13to 16, two statements are given -one labelled Assertion (A) and other
labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the options as given
below.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(d) If both Assertion and Reason are false

13.Assertion (A): The coils of a spring come close to each other, when current is passed through
it.

Reason (R): It is because, the coils of a spring carry current in the same direction and hence
attract each other.

14.Assertion (A): The energy (E) and momentum (p) of a photon are related as p = E/c
Reason (R): The photon behaves like a particle.

15.Assertion (A): Bohr postulated that the electrons in stationary orbits around the nucleus do
not radiate.
Reason (R): According to classical Physics, all moving electrons radiate

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16.Assertion (A): Two atoms of different elements having same mass number but different
atomic numbers are called isobars.
Reason (R): Atomic number is the number of protons present in atom and atomic mass number
is the total number of protons and neutrons present in a nucleus

SECTION -B

17.A straight wire of mass 200 g and length 1.5 m carries a current of 2 A. It is suspended in mid
air by a uniform horizontal magnetic field. What is the magnitude of the field?

18.Use Huygens’ geometrical construction to show the behaviour of a plane wavefront,

(i) passing through a biconvex lens and
(ii) reflected by a concave mirror.

(OR)
The ratio of maximum and minimum intensities of two sources is 4:1. Find the ratio of their
amplitudes.

19.Calculate the ratio of the accelerating potential required to accelerate a Proton and an α-
particle to have the same de-Broglie wavelength associated with them.

20.The total energy of an electron in H-atom in ground state is -13.6ev .Find its kinetic energy
and potential energy.

21.Explain the processes of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion by using the plot of binding
energy per nucleon (BE/A) versus the mass number A.

SECTION -C

22..Derive a relation for the intensity of electric field at an equatorial point of an electric dipole.

23..If a dielectric slab is introduced between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor after the
battery is disconnected. How do the following quantities change?
(i) Charge
(ii) Potential difference
(iii) Capacitance
(iv) Energy.

24.State Biot-Savart Law. Using this law, find an expression for the magnetic field at the centre
of a circular coil of N-turns, radius R, carrying current I.
OR
State ampere’s circuital law. Using this derive expression for magnetic field at a point (i) inside
and (ii) out side the infinetely long straight current carrying conductor.

25.An object is kept in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. The image formed is real
and three times the size of the object. Calculate the distance of the object from the mirror.

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26.A ray of light passing from air through an equilateral glass prism undergoes minimum
deviation when the angle of incidence is 3/4 of the angle of prism. Calculate the speed of light in
the prism.

27.Write two characteristic features to distinguish between n-type and p-type semiconductors.

28.Draw the energy band diagram when intrinsic semiconductor (Ge) is doped with impurity
atoms of Antimony (Sb). Name the extrinsic semiconductor so obtained and majority charge
carriers in it.

SECTION -D

29. In 1820, a Danish physicist, Hans Christian Oersted, discovered that there was a relationship
between electricity and magnetism. By setting up a compass through a wire carrying an electric
current, Oersted showed that moving electrons can create a magnetic field. Oersted found that,
for a straight wire carrying a steady (DC) current: The magnetic field lines encircle the current-
carrying wire. The magnetic field lines lie in a plane perpendicular to the wire. If the direction of
the current is reversed, the direction of the magnetic force reverses. The strength of the field is
directly proportional to the magnitude of the current. The strength of the field at any point is
inversely proportional to the distance of the point from the wire.

i. First Scientist who discovered the relation between electric and magnetic field is-
(a) Hans Christian (b) Charles William Oersted
(c) Charles Maxwell (d) Andre Marie Ampere

ii. If magnitude of the current in the wire increases, strength of magnetic field-
(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) remains unchanged (d) none of these

iii. Which of the following statements is true?

(a) There is no relationship between electricity and magnetism.
(b) An electrical current produces a magnetic field
(c) A compass is not affected by electricity.
(d) A compass is not affected by a magnet.

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iv. A compass needle is placed below a straight conducting wire. If current is passing through the
conducting wire from North to South. Then the deflection of the compass is ____.
(a) Towards West. (b) Towards East.
(c) keeps oscillating in East-West direction (d) No deflection

OR

iv. Charges at rest can produces-

(a) Static electric field (b) Magnetic field
(c) Induced current (d) Conventional current

30.The oil drop experiment:

In 1909, Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher conducted the oil drop experiment to determine
the charge of an electron. They suspended tiny charged droplets of oil between two metal
electrodes by balancing downward gravitational force with upward drag and electric forces. The
density of the oil was known, so Millikan and Fletcher could determine the droplets’ masses
from their observed radii (since from the radii they could calculate the volume and thus, the
mass). Using the known electric field and the values of gravity and mass, Millikan and Fletcher
determined the charge on oil droplets in mechanical equilibrium. By repeating the experiment,
they confirmed that the charges were all multiples of some fundamental value. They calculated
this value to be 1.5924 × 10−19 Coulombs (C), which is within 1% of the currently accepted
value of 1.602176487 × 10−19 C. They proposed that this was the charge of a single electron.

(i)What was determined from Millikan's oil drop experiment?

(a)Electric Charge of alpha particle (b) Electric charge of oil drop
(c) mass of electron. (d) None of these

( ii)What is the currently accepted value of electric charge of an electron?

(a)1.5924 × 10-19 C (b) 9.1 × 10 -31 C (c) 1.602176487 × 10-19C (d) None of these

(iii)How was the mass of an electron determined?

(a)By the calculation of electric charge (b) by the calculation of density and Volume
(c) By the calculation of electric field (d) By the calculation of gravitational force

(iv)What was the conclusion of Millikan's oil drop experiment?

(a)Electric charge is integral multiple of fundamental charge
(b)Electric charge is integral multiple of charge of alpha particle
(c) No result (d) All of the above

SECTION-E

31.a)Define the term drift velocity of charge carriers in a conductor. Write its relationship with
the current flowing through it.
b) How does the mobility of electrons in a conductor change, if the potential difference applied
across the conductor is doubled, keeping the length and temperature of the conductor constant?

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c) Give an example of a material for which the temperature coefficient of resistivity is
(i) positive, (ii) negative.

OR

a)Draw a circuit diagram of the Wheatstone Bridge. Use Kirchhoff’s rules to obtain the balance
condition in terms of the resistances of the four arms of Wheatstone Bridge.

b) Calculate the value of the current drawn from a 5 V battery in the circuit as shown.

32.With the help of a ray diagram, show the formation of image of a point object by refraction of
light at a spherical surface separating two media of refractive indices n1 and n2 (n2 >n1)
respectively. Using this diagram, derive the relation between n2,n1,the object distance u, image
distance v and radius of curvature R.
OR
a) Define a wave front. Using Huygens’s principle verify the laws of reflection at a plane
surface.
(b) In Young’s double slit experiment the width of the fringes obtained with the light of
wavelength 6000Å is 2 mm. What will be the fringe width, if the entire apparatus is immersed in
a liquid of refractive index 1.33?

33.A series LCR circuit is connected to an ac source. Using the phasor diagram, derive the
expression for the impedance of the circuit. Plot a graph to show the variation of current with
frequency of the source, explaining the nature of its variation.
OR
Draw a schematic diagram of a step-up transformer. Explain its working principle. Deduce the
expression for the secondary to primary voltage in terms of the number of turns in the two coils.
In an ideal transformer, how is this ratio related to the currents in the two coils? How is the
transformer used in large scale transmission and distribution of electrical energy over long
distances?