SAMPLE PAPER

TERM 1(2024-25)
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION,2023-24
CLASS XII
CLASS-XII
PHYSICS
PHYSICS
TIME ALLOWED: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 70

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, one question 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.
(6) Use of calculators is not allowed.
(7) You may use the following values of physical constants where ever
necessary
c=3 x 108m/s ,h= 6.63 x 10-34 Js, e= 1.6 x 10-19 C,µ0=4π x 10-7 T m A-1,ε0 =
8.854 X 10-12 C2 N-1 m-2,
1/4πε0= 9 x 109 Nm2 C-2

1 A strip of copper and another of germanium are cooled from room temperature
to 80 K. The resistance of
(a) Each of these increases
(b) Each of these decreases
(c) Copper strip increases and that of germanium decreases
(d) Copper strip decreases and that of germanium increases
2 If a long hollow copper pipe carries a direct current, the magnetic field
associated with the current will be
(a) Only inside the pipe
(b) Only outside the pipe
(c) Neither inside nor outside the pipe
(d) Both inside and outside the pipe
3 A uniform wire is bent in the form of a circle of radius R. A current I enters at
A and leaves at C as shown in the figure: If the length ABC is half of the length
ADC, the magnetic field at the centre O will be
4 A uniform electric field and a uniform magnetic field are produced, pointed in
the same direction. An electron is projected with its velocity pointing in the
same direction
(a) The electron will turn to its right
(b) The electron will turn to its left
(c) The electron velocity will increase in magnitude
(d) The electron velocity will decrease in magnitude
5 A parallel plate capacitor is connected with a battery whose potential difference
remains constant. If the plates of the capacitor are shifted apart then the
intensity of electric field:
(a) decreases and charge on plates also decreases.
(b) remains constant but charge on plates decreases.
(c) remains constant but charge on the plates increases.
(d) increases but charge on the plates decreases.
6 The spatial distribution of the electric field lines due to charges (A, B) is shown
in figure. Which one of the following statements is correct?

(a) A is –ve and B is +ve and |A| < |B|

(b) A is +ve and B is –ve ; |A| = |B|
(c) Both are –ve but A < B
(d) Both are +ve but A < B
7 Four-point charges –Q, –q, 2q and 2Q are placed, at different corners of a
square. The relation between Q and q for which the potential at the centre of the
square is zero is :-
(a) Q =q
(b) Q= 1/q
(c) Q=-q
(d)Q = -1/q
8 Correct statement are :
(a) A.C. meters can measure D.C also
(b) If A.C. meter measures D.C. their scale must be linear and uniform
 (c) A.C. meters is based on heating effect of current and D.C. meters based on
average current method
(d) A.C. meter reads rms value of current
(a) a,b (b) b,c (c) c,d (d) a,c,d
9 An alternating voltage is connected in series with a resistance R and an
inductance L. If the potential drop across the resistance is 200 volt and across
the inductance is 150 volt, the applied voltage:
(a) 350 volt (b) 250 volt (c) 500 volt (d) 300 volt
10 The resistances of the four arms P,Q, R and S in a Wheatstone bridge are 1
ohms, 3 ohms, 3 ohms and 9 ohms, respectively. The e.m.f. and internal
resistance of the cell are 7 volts and 4 ohms respectively. If the galvanometer
resistance is 50 ohms, the current drawn from the cell will be :-
(a) 2.0 A (b) 1.0 A (c) 0.2 A (d) 0.1 A
11 Which of the following has maximum penetrating power?
(a) Ultraviolet radiation (b) Microwaves (c) γ-rays (d) Radio waves
12 In electromagnetic waves the phase difference between electric and magnetic
field vectors are
(a) zero (b) π/4 (c) π/2 (d) π
For Questions 13 to 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 Assertion is false but Reason is true.
e) If both Assertion and Reason are false.
13 Assertion (A) : An electron has a higher potential energy when it is at a location
associated with a negative value of potential and has a lower potential energy
when at a location associated with a positive potential.
Reason (R) : Electrons move from a region of higher potential to a region of
lower potential.
14 Assertion: The drift velocity of electrons in a metallic wire will decrease, if the
temperature of the wire is increased.
Reason: On increasing temperature, conductivity of metallic wire decreases
15 Assertion: The induced e.m.f. and current will be same in two identical loops of
copper and aluminium, when rotated with same speed in the same magnetic
field.
Reason: Induced e.m.f. is proportional to rate of change of magnetic field while
induced current depends on resistance of wire.
16 Assertion: A paramagnetic sample display greater magnetisation (for the same
magnetic field) when cooled.
Reason: The magnetisation does not depend on temperature.
 SECTION -B
17 Two thin concentric and coplanar spherical shells of radii a and b (b > a) carry
charges, q and Q, respectively. Find the magnitude of the electric field, at a
point distant x, from their common centre for
(i) 0 < x < a
(ii) a ≤ x < b
(iii) b ≤ x < ∞
18 A test charge ‘q’ is moved without acceleration from A to C along the path from
A to B and then from B to C in electric field E as shown in the figure.

(i) Calculate the potential difference between A and C.

(ii) At which point (of the two) is the electric potential more and why?
19 A charge ‘q’ moving along the X-axis with a velocity v is subjected to a
uniform magnetic field B acting along the Z-axis as it crosses the origin O.
(i) Trace its trajectory.
(ii) Does the charge gain kinetic energy as it enters the magnetic field? Justify
your answer.
20 A rectangular loop and a circular loop are moving out of a uniform magnetic
field to a field-free region with a constant velocity ‘v’ as shown in the figure.
Explain in which loop do you expect the induced emf to be constant during the
passage out of the field region. The magnetic field is normal to the loops.

OR
Find out the expression for the mutual inductance of inner solenoid of length l
having the radius r1 and the number of turns n1 per unit length due to the second
outer solenoid of same length and n2 number of turns per unit length.
21 How does a charge q oscillate at certain frequency produce e m waves? Sketch
a schematic diagram depicting electric and magnetic fields for an
electromagnetic wave propagating along the Z-direction.
SECTION -C
22 Draw the magnetic field lines distinguishing between diamagnetic and
paramagnetic materials.
Give a simple explanation to account for the difference in the magnetic
behaviour of these materials.
OR
State three characteristic properties distinguishing the behaviour of
paramagnetic and diamagnetic materials.
23 A square loop of side 20 cm carrying current of 1A is kept near an infinite long
straight wire carrying a current of 2A in the same plane as shown in the figure.

Calculate the magnitude and direction of the net force and net torque exerted on
the loop due to the current carrying conductor.
24 A capacitor ‘C’, a variable resistor ‘R’ and a bulb ‘B’ are connected in series to
the ac mains in a circuit as shown. The bulb glows with some brightness. How
will the glow of the bulb change if

(i) a dielectric slab is introduced between the plates of the capacitor, keeping
resistance R to be the same.
(ii) the resistance R is increased keeping the same capacitance?
Explain your answer.
25 (i) Can two equipotential surfaces intersect each other? Give reasons.
(ii) Two charges -q and + q are located at points A (0, 0, – a) and B (0, 0, +a)
respectively. How much work is done in moving a test charge from point P (7,
0, 0) to Q (-3,0,0)?
(iii)Draw equipotential surface due ti electric dipole.
26 A capacitor of unknown capacitance is connected across a battery of V volts.
The charge stored in it is 360 μC. When potential across the capacitor is
reduced by 120 V, the charge stored in it becomes 120 μC.
Calculate:
(i) The potential V and the unknown capacitance C.
(ii) What will be the charge stored in the
capacitor, if the voltage applied had increased by 120 V?
27 Two cells having different emf and different internal resistances are connected
parallel to an external resistance R. Find the effective emf and effective internal
resistance of the combination of cells.
28 Use Kirchhoff’s rules to determine the potential difference between the points A
and D when no current flows in the arm BE of the electric network shown in the
figure.
 SECTION -D
29 Emf of a cell is the maximum potential difference between two electrodes of the
cell when no current is drawn from the cell. Internal resistance is the resistance
offered by the electrolyte of a cell when the electric current flows through it.
For a freshly prepared cell, the value of internal resistance is generally low and
goes on increasing as the cell is put to more and more use. The potential
difference between the two electrodes of a cell in a closed circuit is called
terminal potential difference.

i) The terminal potential difference of two electrodes of a cell is equal to emf of

the cell when
(a) I≠0 (b) I=0 (c) both (a) and (b) (d) neither (a)nor (b )
(ii) A cell of emf E and internal resistance r gives a current of 0.5 A with an
external resistance of 12Ω and a current of 0.25 A with an external resistance of
25Ω .What is the value of internal resistance of the cell?
(a) 5Ω (b) 1Ω (c) 7Ω (d) 3Ω
(iii) Choose the wrong statement.
(a) Potential difference across the terminals of a cell in a closed circuit is
always less than its emf.
(b) Internal resistance of a cell decrease with the decrease in temperature of the
electrolyte.
(c) Potential difference versus current graph for a cell is a straight line with a -
ve slope
(d) Terminal potential difference of the cell when it is being charged is given as
V = E + Ir.
(iv) An external resistance R is connected to a cell of internal resistance r, the
maximum current flows in the external resistance, when
(a) R = r (b) R < r (c) R> r (d) R=l/r
OR
If external resistance connected to a cell has been increased to 5 times, the
potential difference across the terminals of the cell increases from 10 V to 30 V.
Then, the emf of the cell is
(a) 30 V (b) 60V (c) 50 V (d) 40 V
30 A resistance of 40 Ω is connected with an inductor of self-inductance 5H and a
capacitor of capacitance 80μF. This combination is then connected to an AC
source of rms voltage 220 V. Frequency of AC source can be changed
continuously.
What should be the frequency of source which drives circuit to resonance?
(a) 100/π (b) 75/π (c) 50/π (d) 25/π

ii) In LCR series a.c. circuit , the current

(a) is in phase with the voltage (b) lags behind the generator voltage
(c) leads the generator voltage (d) None of these

iii) When LCR series circuit is at resonance, then the phase angle between
current and voltage is
(a) 0 (b) 2π (c) π /2 (d) π
iv) What is the impedance of circuit in a state of resonance?
(a) 40 (b) 80 Ω (c) 400 Ω (d)800 Ω

OR
What is the average power consumed by circuit at resonance?
(a) 605 W (b) 1210 √2 W (c) 1210 W (d) 1220 W
SECTION -E
31 (i)Express Biot-Savart’s law in the vector form.
ii)Use it to obtain the expression for the magnetic field at an axial point,
distance x from the centre of a circular coil of radius r carrying current I.
III) Also, find the ratio of the magnitudes of the magnetic field of this coil at the
centre and at an axial point for which x = √3 r.
OR
(a) Show how Biot-Savart law can be alternatively expressed in the form of
Ampere’s circuital law. Use this law to obtain the expression for the magnetic
field inside a solenoid of length ‘l’, cross-sectional area ‘A’ having ‘N’ closely
wound turns and carrying a steady current ‘I’.
Draw the magnetic field lines of a finite solenoid carrying current I.
(b) A straight horizontal conducting rod of length 0.45 m and mass 60 g is
suspended by two vertical wires at its ends. A current of 5.0 A is set up in the
rod through the wires.
Find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field which should be set up
in order that the tension in the wire is zero.
32 (I) When a bar magnet is pushed towards or away from the coil connected to a
galvanometer, the pointer in the galvanometer deflects. Identify the
phenomenon causing this deflection and write the factors on which the amount
and direction of the deflection depends. State the laws describing this
phenomenon.
(II)Sketch the change in flux, emf and force when a conducting rod P of
resistance and length l moves freely to and fro between A and C with speed on a
rectangular conductor placed in uniform magnetic field as shown in the figure.
 OR
A small town with a demand of 800KW of electric power of 220V is situated
15km away from electric plant generating power at 440V. The resistance of the
two-wire line carrying power is 0.5 ohm per km. The town gets power from the
line through a 4000- 220V step down transformer at a substation in the town.
i)Estimate the line power loss in the form of heat
ii)How much power must the plant supply assuming negligible losses due to
leakage?
iii)Characterise the step up transformer at the plant.
State the various losses which take place in a transformer and how can they be
minimized.
33 Deduce the expression for the torque acting on a dipole of dipole moment p
placed in a uniform electric field E .
Depict the direction of the torque. Express it in the vector form.
Show that the potential energy of a dipole making angle with the direction of
the field is given by U (θ )= - P ⃗.E ⃗ .
Hence find out the amount of work done in rotating it from the position of
unstable equilibrium to the stable equilibrium.
OR
i) State Gauss theorem in electrostatics. Derive an expression for the electric
field due to a charged plane sheet. Represent the variation of this electric field
with distance from the sheet on a graph.
ii) Find the potential difference between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor
having surface charge density 5x 10-8 Cm-2 with separation between the plates
being 4mm.