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PHYSICS PAPER – 2
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LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS(LAQ)

Ch.1 WAVES
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 an open pipe. Derive the
equations for the frequencies of the harmonics produced.
***3. How are stationary waves produced in closed pipes? Explain various modes of vibrations and
obtain relations for the frequencies.
4. What are beats? Obtain an expression for the beat frequency. Where and how beats are made use
of?
***5. What is Doppler effect? Obtain an expression for the apparent frequency heard when source is in
motion with respect to an observer at rest.
***6. What is Doppler shift? Obtain an expression for the apparent frequency heard when the observer
is in motion with respect to a source at rest.
Ch.6 CURRENT ELECTRICITY
***7. State Kirchhoff’s laws for an electrical network. Using these laws deduce the condition for balance
in a Wheatstone’s 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 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 a given primary cell.
Ch.14 NUCLEI
10. Define mass defect and binding energy. How does binding energy per nucleon vary with mass
number? What is its significance?
***11. What is radioactivity? State the law of radioactive decay. Show that radioactive decay is
exponential in nature.
***12. Explain the principle and working of nuclear reactor with the help of a labelled diagram.

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 SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (SAQ)

CH.2 RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

13. Define focal length of concave mirror. Prove that the radius of curvature of a concave mirror is
double its focal length.
***14. Define critical angle. Explain total internal reflection using a neat diagram.
***15. Explain the formation of mirage.
16. A light ray passes through a prism of angle ‘A’ in a position of minimum deviation. Obtain an
expression for (a) the angle of incidence in terms of the angle of the prism and angle of minimum
deviation (b) the angle of refraction in terms of the refractive index of the prism.
***17. Explain the formation of rainbow.
***18. Why does setting sun appear red?
***19. With a neat labelled diagram explain the formation of image in a simple microscope.

Ch.3 WAVE OPTICS

***20. Explain Doppler effect in light. Distinguish between red shift and blue shift.
21. Derive the expression for the intensity at a point where interference of light occurs. Arrive at the
conditions of maximum and zero intensity.
***22. Does the principle of law of conservation of energy hold for interference and diffraction
phenomena? Explain briefly.
***23. How do you determine the resolving power of your eye?
24. Discuss the intensity of transmitted light when a polaroid sheet is rotated between two crossed
polaroids.

Ch.4 ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS

***25. State and explain Coulomb’s inverse square law in electricity.
***26. Define intensity of electric field at a point. Derive the expression for the intensity due to a point
charge.
***27. Derive the equation for the couple acting on an electric dipole in a uniform electric field.
***28. Derive an expression for the intensity of electric field at a point on the axial line of an electric
dipole.
***29. Derive an expression for the intensity of electric field at a point on the equatorial plane of an
electric dipole.

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***30. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics and explain its importance.

Ch.5 ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

31. Derive an expression for the electric potential due to a point charge.
***32. Derive an expression for the capacitance of parallel plate capacitor.
***33. Derive an expression for the equivalent capacitance for series combination of capacitors.
34. Derive an expression for the equivalent capacitance for parallel combination of capacitors.

Ch. 7 MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM

***35. State and explain Biot - Savart’s law.
36. State and explain Ampere’s law.
37. Find the magnetic induction due to a long current carrying conductor
***38. Derive the expression for the magnetic induction at the center of a current carrying circular coil
using Biot - Savart’s law.
***39. Derive an expression for the magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron.
***40. What are the basic components of a cyclotron.

Ch.9 ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION

***41. Obtain an expression for the emf induced across a conductor which is moved in a magnetic field
which is perpendicular to the plane of motion.
***42. Describe the ways in which eddy currents are used to advantage.
43. Obtain the expression for the mutual inductance of two long co- axial solenoids.

Ch.13 ATOMS
44. What is impact parameter and angle of scattering? How are they related to each other?
***45. What are the limitations of Bohr’s theory of hydrogen atom?
46. Describe Rutherford atom model. What are the drawbacks of this model?
***47. Explain different types of spectral series.
***48. Write a short note on De Broglie’s explanation of Bohr’s second postulate of quantization.

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Ch.15 SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS: MATERIALS DEVICES AND SIMPLE CIRCUITS
49. Discuss the behavior of p-n junction. How does a potential barrier develop at the junction?
***50. Describe how a semiconductor diode is used as a half wave rectifier.
***51. What is rectification? Explain the working of a full wave rectifier.
52. Explain different transistor configurations with diagrams.
***53. Define NAND and NOR gates. Give their truth tables.
54. Explain the operation of a NOT gate and give its truth table

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS(VSAQ)

CH.2 RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

55. What is optical density and how it is different from mass density?
56. What are the laws of reflection through curved mirrors?
***57. Define power of a convex lens. What is its unit?
***58. A small angled prism of 40 deviates a ray through 2.480. Find the refractive index of the prism.
***59. What is dispersion? Which colour gets relatively more dispersed?
***60. What is myopia? How can it be corrected?
***61. What is hypermetropia? How can it be corrected?

Ch. 7 MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM

***62. What is the importance of Oersted’s experiment?
***63. A circular coil of radius ‘r’ having ‘N’ turns carries a current ‘i’. What is its magnetic moment?
64. What is the force on a charged particle of charge ‘q’ moving with velocity ‘v’ in uniform magnetic
field of induction “B”? When does it become maximum?
65. What is the force on a conductor of length “L” carrying a current ‘i’ in uniform magnetic field of
induction “B”? When does it become maximum?
***66. Distinguish between ammeter and voltmeter.
67. What is the principle of a moving coil galvanometer?
68. What is the smallest value of current that can be measured with a moving coil galvanometer?
***69. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into an ammeter?

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***70. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into a voltmeter?

Ch.8 MAGNETISM AND MATTER

***71. What happens to compass needle at the Earth’s poles?
***72. Define magnetic declination.
***73. Define magnetic inclination or angle of Dip.
***74. Magnetic lines form continuous closed loops. Why?
***75. What do you understand by the ’magnetization’ of a sample?
***76. What are the units of magnetic moment and magnetic induction or Intensity of magnetic field?
***77. What is the magnetic moment associated with a solenoid?
***78. Classify the following magnetic materials with regard to magnetism: Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel,
Bismuth, Oxygen, Copper.

Ch.10 ALTERNATING CURRENT

**79. Write the expression for the reactance of i) an Inductor and ii) a Capacitor
***80. What is the phase difference between AC emf and current in the following:
Pure resistor, Pure inductor, Pure capacitor.
81. Define power factor. On what factors does power factor depend?
***82. What is meant by wattless component of current?
83. What is the phase difference between voltage and current when power factor in LCR circuit is
unity?
***84. What is the phenomenon involved in the working of a transformer?
***85. What type of transformer is used in a 6V bed lamp?
86. What is transformer ratio?
***87. A transformer converts 200V ac into 2000V ac. Calculate the number of turns in the secondary
coil if the primary has 10 turns.

Ch.11 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

88. If the wave length of electromagnetic radiation is doubled, what happens to the energy of
photon?
***89. What are the applications of Micro waves?
***90. Micro waves are used in Radars. Why?
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***91. Give two uses of Infra-red rays.
92. What is the average wavelength of X-rays?

Ch.12 DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER

93. What are “cathode rays”?
***94. What important fact did Millikan ‘s experiment establish?
***95. Give examples of “Photo sensitive substances”. Why are they called so?
***96. What is photo electric effect?
***97. What is “work function”?
***98. Write down Einstein’s photo electric equation.
***99. Write down De Broglie’s relation and explain the terms there in.
***100. State Heisenberg’s Uncertainty principle.

Ch.15 SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS: MATERIALS DEVICES AND SIMPLE CIRCUITS

101. What are intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors ?
***102. What is an n-type semiconductor? What are the majority and minority charge carriers in it?
***103. What is a p-type semiconductor? What are the majority and minority charge carriers in it?
104. What happens to width of the depletion layer in a p-n junction diode when it is
i) forward biased and ii) reverse biased.
***105. In which bias can a Zener diode be used as voltage regulator?
106. Write the expressions for the efficiency of a full wave rectifier and a half wave rectifier.
***107. Draw circuit symbols for p-n-p and n-p-n transistors.
***108. Which gates are called universal gates?
Ch. 16 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
109. Mention the frequency range of speech signals.
***110. Mention the various parts of the ionosphere?
***111. What is sky wave propagation?
***112. Define modulation. Why is it necessary?
***113. Mention the basic methods of modulation.
114. Which type of communication is employed in Mobile Phones?

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 IMPORTANT NUMERICALS

Ch.1 WAVES
1. A steel wire o.72m long has a mass of 5.0 x 10-3 kg. If the wire is under a tension of 60 N.
what is the speed of transverse waves on the wire?
***2. A string has length of 0.4 m and a mass of 0.16 kg. If the tension in the string is 70 N, what are the
three lowest frequencies produced when plucked?
***3. A closed organ pipe70 cm long is sounded. If the velocity of sound is 331m/s, what is the
fundamental frequency of vibration of air column?

CH.2 RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

***4. The focal length of a concave lens is 30 cm. Where should an object be placed so that its image is
1/10 of its size?
Ch.4 ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS

5. What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 x 10 -7 C and
3 x 10 -7 C placed 30 cm apart in air?
6. Three capacitors of capacitances 1µF, 2µF and 3µF are connected in series
(a) What is the ratio of charges?
(b) What is the ratio of potential differences?
7. Three capacitors of capacitances 1µF, 2µF and 3µF are connected in parallel
(a) What is the ratio of charges?
(b) What is the ratio of potential differences?

Ch.6 CURRENT ELECTRICITY

***8. A wire of resistance 4R is bent in the form of a circle. What is the effective resistance between the
ends of the diameter?
***9. A potentiometer wire is 5 m long and a potential difference of 6V is maintained between its ends.
Find the emf of a cell which balances against a length of 180 cm of the potentiometer wire.

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Ch. 7 MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM
10. Consider a tightly wound 100 turn coil of radius 10 cm carrying current of 1 A. What is the
magnitude of the magnetic field at the center of the coil?
***11. A solenoid of length 0.5 m has a radius of 1 cm and is made up of 500 turns. It carries a current of
5 A. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field inside the solenoid?
***12. A circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns, each of radius 8.0 cm carries a current of 0.40 A.
What is the magnitude of the magnetic field “B” at the center of the coil?
***13. A long straight wire carries a current of 35A, what is the magnitude of the field “B” at a point
20cm from the wire?
14. What is the magnitude of magnetic force per unit length on a wire carrying current of 8 A and
making an angle of 300 with the direction of uniform magnetic field of 0.15 T?
Ch. 9 ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
15. Current in the circuit falls from 5.0 A to 0.0 A in 0.1 s. If an average emf of 200 V is induced, give an
estimate of the self-inductance of the circuit.
Ch.14 NUCLEI
***16. The half-life of radium is 1600 years. How much time does 1 gram of radium take to reduce to
0.125 g?
17. The half-life of a radioactive substance is 20 days. What is the time taken for 7/8 th of its original
mass to disintegrate?
***18. If one micro gram of 92 U 235 is completely destroyed in an atom bomb, how much energy is
released.
***19. Calculate the energy released by fission from 2g of 92 U 235 in kWh. Given that energy released per
fission is 200 MeV.