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HISSAN – Grade XII 3. Answer in brief, attempt any ONE question. [1  2=2]
Pre- Board Examinations 2078 a) Solid can propagate both longitudinal and transverse waves but liquid
and gas can propagate only longitudinal waves. Explain.
Physics b) For transverse waves on a string, is the wave speed the same as the
Program: Science speed of any part of the string? Explain the difference between these
Time: 3.00 hrs F.M:75
two speeds.
4. Answer in brief, attempt any ONE question. [1x2=2]
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words a) Explain why diffraction of sound is quite common but not light.
as far as practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks. b) Define wave front. How is it related to the direction of the
corresponding rays?
GROUP A
GROUP B

1. Answer in brief, attempt any FOUR questions. [4  2=8]

5. Answer any THREE questions. [3  4=12]
a) Two heating coils one of thin wire and the other of thick wire made of a) What is meant by shunt? How can you convert a galvanometer into a
same material and of the same length are connected in parallel to a voltmeter of suitable range?
source of emf, which of the coil will produce more heat? Justify. b) What is Hall Effect? Derive an expression of Hall voltage.
b) Does the thermoelectric effect obey the law of conservation of energy? c) Derive an expression for the emf induced in rectangular coil rotating in
Explain. a magnetic field.
c) Why is the conductivity of the electrolyte low as compared to that of a d) What is meant by magnetic hysteresis? Sketch a typical hysteresis
metal? Explain. curve and explain what can be deduced from this about the magnetic
d) Distinguish between resistance, reactance and impedance for an A.C properties of the material.
circuits.
e) How does a permanent magnet attract an unmagnetized iron piece?
Explain. 6. Answer any THREE questions. [3  4=12]
f) A bar magnet is freely falling through the copper ring. Will the a) Describe an experiment to determine electronic charge of electron.
acceleration of the magnet be different from acceleration due to b) State and explain Bragg’s law.
gravity? Justify your answer. c) What is rectification? Explain, with diagram, how semiconductor
diodes act as full wave rectifier.
2. Answer in brief, attempt any FOUR questions. [4  2=8] d) Define one curie? State radioactive disintegration law and obtain the
a) Even a hydrogen atom contains only one electron, its spectrum consists relation between half life and decay constant.
of a large number of lines. Explain why?
b) When a large nucleus splits during nuclear fission, the daughter nuclei 7. Attempt any ONE question. [1  4=4]
of fission fly apart with enormous kinetic energy. Why does this a) What are stationary waves and how are they formed? State their
happen? important properties.
c) Is N-type semiconductor negatively charged? Justify. b) Describe sound wave as a pressure wave and deduce an expression for
d) Why is clock oil used in Millikan's experiment? Justify. the pressure amplitude.
e) What is meant by global warming? Explain.
f) What is the evidence for the expanding universe?
 11. A railroad train is traveling at 30.0 m/s in still air. The frequency of the
8. Attempt any ONE question. [1  4=4] note emitted by the train whistle is 262 Hz. What frequency is heard by a
a) Prove Snell’s law using wave theory of light. passenger on a train moving in the opposite direction the first at 18.0m/s
b) What is polarizing angle? Derive the relation between the polarizing and a) approaching the first; and receding from the first?
angle and refractive index of a medium. (Given speed of sound air = 344m/s) [4]

GROUP C 12. Coherent light with wavelength 450nm falls on a double slit. On a screen
1.80 m away, the distance between dark fringes is 4.20 mm. what is the
9. Solve, any TWO, numerical problems. [2  4=8] separation of slits? [3]
a) The e.m.f. of a battery A is balanced by a length of 75.0 cm on a
potentiometer wire. The e.m.f. of a standard cell, 1.02 V, is balanced
by a length of 50.0 cm. What is the e.m.f. of A? THE END

Calculate the new balance length if A has an internal resistance of 2

and a resistor of 8 is joined to its terminals.
b) A soft iron ring has a mean diameter of 0.2m and an area of cross
section 5×10-4 m2. It is uniformly wound with 2000 turns carrying a
current of 2.0A and the magnetic flux in the iron is 8.0 ×10-3 Wb.
What is the permeability of the iron?
c) A variable frequency 220 V alternating voltage source is connected
across a series combination of L = 5.0H, C = 80μF and R = 40Ω.
Calculate (i) the angular frequency of the source which drives the
circuit in resonance, (ii) the impedance of the circuitand the amplitude
of the current at resonance.

10. Solve, any TWO, numerical problems. [2  4=8]

a) In photoelectric effect experiment with light of a certain frequency,
you find that a reverse potential difference of 1.25V is required to
reduce the current to zero. Find a) the maximum KE and b) maximum
speed of the emitted photo-electrons. (me= 9.1×10-31 Kg, e =1.6 ×10-
19
C)
b) An electron is confined within a region of width 5.000 ×10-11m. (a)
Estimate the minimum uncertainty in the x-component of the
electron’s momentum. (b) What is the kinetic energy of an electron
with this magnitude of momentum? [Planck’s constant = 6.610-34 Js]
c) Assuming that about 200 MeV energy is released per fission of 92U235
nuclei, what would be the mass U235 of consumed per day in a nuclear
rector of power 1MW approximately?