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Student Name: Class: 2nd Year

Paper Type: Practice Questions Subject: Physics

Paper Time: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 300

Q1. Write down short answers of following questions. (100X2=200)

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[i ] Draw a graph between (q-t) for charging and discharging of a capacitor in case of R-C circuit.

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[ii ] What will be the effect on coulombs force, if the distance between two-point charges in

increased two times?

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[iii ] Is it true that Gauss`s law states that the total number of lines is spherical? Assume that charge

is distributed uniformly over the surface?

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[iv] Describe five properties of electric field lines.

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[v] Distinguish between electric field and field intensity.

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[vi ] Comment on the uni-direction of electric line of force.

[vii ] Define sweep voltage. ‫ـ‬

[viii ] Define electric force and electrostatics. ‫ـ‬
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[ix] Distinguish between conductor and photoconductor.

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[x] What are factors upon which electric flux depend?

[xi ] Is ‫ـ‬ necessarily zero inside a charged? Rubber if balloon is spherical? Assume

that charge is distributed uniformly over the surface? Explain.

[xii ] Show that 1N/C=1v/m. ‫ـ‬

[xiii ] What is a photoconductor? ‫ـ‬
[xiv] What is meant by EEG and ERG? ‫ـ‬
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[xv] What is difference between electric potential energy and electric potential difference?

[xvi ] Comment on electric field in region of constant potential. ‫ـ‬

[xvii ] Define electric field intensity as potential gradient and write its formula. ‫ـ‬
[xviii ] Define potential gradient. Give its unit. ‫ـ‬
[xix] Define electron volt. Give its mathematical form.‫ـ‬
[xx] A particle carrying a charge of 2e falls through a potential difference of 3.0V. Calculate the

energy acquired by it.

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[xxi ] What is the difference between electric and gravitational force?

[xxii ] How can you identify that which plate of a capacitor is positively charged?‫ـ‬
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[xxiii ] Define time constant for RC circuit also draw (q-t) graph for charging capacitor in RC circuit.

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[xxiv] Why capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor increase in the presence of dielectric?

[xxv] Define electric polarization. ‫ـ‬

[xxvi ] How a capacitor is charged and discharged? Draw is R-C circuit. ‫ـ‬
[xxvii ] Verify that an ohm times Faraday is equivalent to second. ‫ـ‬
[xxviii ] Define electric polarization and electric dipole. ‫ـ‬
[xxix] Derive relation for potential gradient. ‫ـ‬
[xxx] Define capacitance and electric polarization. ‫ـ‬
[xxxi ] Do electrons tend to go to region of high potential or of low potential? Explain. ‫ـ‬
[xxxii ] How sharks locate their prey? Explain briefly. ‫ـ‬
[xxxiii ] What is the electric intensity at a distance `r` 100cm due to charge 10 µC ? ‫ـ‬
[xxxiv] What is capacitor? Define the capacitance. ‫ـ‬
[xxxv] Define Xerography and photoconductor. ‫ـ‬
[xxxvi ] A particle carrying a charge of 2e falls through a potential difference of 3.0v calculate the ‫ـ‬
energy acquired by it.

[xxxvii ] Define unit of capacitance give its units. ‫ـ‬

[xxxviii ] If the distance between two point charges is halved, what will happen to the force ‫ـ‬
between them?

[xxxix] Suppose that you follow an electric field line due to a positive point charge. Do electric field ‫ـ‬
and the potential increase or decrease? Explain briefly.

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[xl] If a point charge "q" of mass "m" is released in a non-uniform electric field with field lines

pointing in the same direction, will it make a rectilinear motion?

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[xli ] Electric field line provide information about the strength of the electric field. Describe electric

field intensity in terms of field lines.

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[xlii ] Write the names of main part of xerography and draw its diagram.

[xliii ] What is the function of drum in photocopier? ‫ـ‬

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[xliv] How charged particle work during their flight in inkjet printer?

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[xlv] Define "electric flux" and write its formula. Aslo give its SI Unit.

[xlvi ] State and write formula of Gauss’s Law. ‫ـ‬

[xlvii ] Find electric intensity of field inside a hollow charged sphere. ‫ـ‬
[xlviii ] Define electric potential difference with unit. ‫ـ‬
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[xlix] If the absolute potential at a point is zero, what can you say about the electric intensity there?

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[l] A particle having a charge of 20 electrons on its falls through a potential difference of 100V.

Calculate the energy acquired by it in electron volts (ev).

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[li ] Differentiate between volt and electron volt.

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[lii ] What is the principle of Millikan’s oil drop method?

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[liii ] Define capacitance also define its unit.

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[liv] How does a capacitor work in an electrical circuits?

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[lv] Define dielectric constant. Give its mathematical from.

[lvi ] Show that RC=t. ‫ـ‬

[lvii ] Define conventional current and electronic current. ‫ـ‬
[lviii ] Which charges actually flow in case of conventional current? ‫ـ‬
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[lix] What is unit of electric current? Define it.

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[lx] Why does the drift velocity of free electrons through a conductor remain constant?

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[lxi ] Name two non-ohmic materials and draw their VI-graphs.

[lxii ] What is Thermistor? ‫ـ‬

[lxiii ] An ordinary bulb is marked 60 watts, 200 volts. What is its resistance? ‫ـ‬
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[lxiv] Find out equivalent resistance when resistance is connected in series and in parallel.

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[lxv] Define temperature coefficient of resistivity.

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[lxvi ] A wire of length 10m has resistance . If the wire is stretched to increase its length three times

what will be its new resistance.

[lxvii ] Give color code of carbon resistor. ‫ـ‬

[lxviii ] What is rheostat? Write its one use. ‫ـ‬
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[lxix] Why we prefer potentiometer in place of voltmeter for measuring potential difference?

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[lxx] What is the difference between electromotive force (emf) and potential difference?
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[lxxi ] A voltmeter cannot read the exact (emf) of the cell why?

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[lxxii ] Write down the rules for finding the potential changes along a circuit.

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[lxxiii ] State Kirchoff`s point rule and write it in mathematical form.

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[lxxiv] What is meant by tolerance? Find the resistance of a resistor with red, green, orange and

gold respectively bands.

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[lxxv] Distinguish between resistivity and conductivity.

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[lxxvi ] What is the resistance of a carbon resistor if its band is red, second band is green, third band

is orange and fourth band is gold?

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[lxxvii ] What is effect on drift velocity of free electrons by increasing potential difference?

[lxxviii ] Under what conditions (emf) of a cell and terminal potential difference become equal? ‫ـ‬
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[lxxix] A potential difference is applied across the ends of a copper wire. What is the effect on the

drifty velocity of free electrons by increasing the potential difference and decreasing the

temperature of the wire?

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[lxxx] A charge of 90 C passes through a wire in 1 hour and 15 minutes. What is the current in the

wire?

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[lxxxi ] Is the principle of energy conservation always applicable to electrical circuits?

[lxxxii ] Define sources of current and give its two examples. ‫ـ‬
[lxxxiii ] On what factors chemical effect of current depends? ‫ـ‬
[lxxxiv] What is Chemical Effect of Current? ‫ـ‬
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[lxxxv] What are the difficulties in testing whether the filament of a lighted bulb obeys Ohms Law?

[lxxxvi ] Do bends in wire affect the electrical resistance? Explain. ‫ـ‬

[lxxxvii ] How does resistance of conductor rise with temperature? ‫ـ‬
[lxxxviii ] Why has a thin filament of light bulb more possibility to burn than the thicker one? ‫ـ‬
[lxxxix] Describe a circuit which will give a continuously varying potential. ‫ـ‬
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[xc] How can you use a rheostat as a variable resistor in a circuit?

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[xci ] Is the filament resistance lower or higher in a 500W 220W light bulb than in 100W 220V bulb?

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[xcii ] Prove that: Volt x Ampere=Watt.

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[xciii ] Explain why the terminal potential difference of battery decreases when the current drawn

from it is increased?

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[xciv] What is meant by an "electromotive force (emf)" give its unit?

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[xcv] A voltmeter is connected across the terminals of a cell in open circuit. Does it measure emf or

terminal potential difference, Explain.

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[xcvi ] What is Wheatstone bridge? How it be used to determine an unknown resistance?

[xcvii ] Define Kirchhoff’s Second Rule. ‫ـ‬

[xcviii ] Describe a circuit which will give a continuously varying potential.

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[xcix] How the comparison of two emf of cells can be made?

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[c] What is a potentiometer, how can it be used to measure the emf of a battery?

Q2. Write detailed answers of the following questions. (20X5=100)

1. State coulomb’s law for electrostatic force. Discuss its vector from and show that

2. Define electrostatics and how is it applied in xerography.

3. Define electric flux. Find electric flux through a closed surface when a point charge is placed its

center.
4. Define capacitor and capacitance. Derive its formula for energy stored in a capacitor.

5. Derive the expression for energy stored in a charged capacitor. Also calculate the energy and

energy density stored in the electric field.

6. What is capacitor? Slow that energy density for a capacitor which has electric field strength E is

given by .

7. Derive the expression for energy stored in a charged capacitor. Also calculate the energy and

energy density stored in the electric field.

8. Two opposite point charges each of magnitude q are separated by a distance 2d. What is the

electric potential at a point P mid-way between them.

9. The time constant of a series RC. Circuit is t=RC. Verify that an ohm times farad is equivalent to

second.

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10. A point charge q=-8.0x10 ⁸C is placed at origin calculate the electric field at a point 2m from the

origin on the Z-axis.

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11. Find the electric field strength required to hold suspended a particle of mass 1.0x10 ⁶kg and

harge 1.0µC between two plates 10.0cm apart.

12. Using zero reference point at infinity, determine the amount by which a point charge of

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4.0x10 ⁸C alters the electric potential at a point 1.2 m ways, when. (i) Charge is positive (ii) Charge is

negative

13. A proton is placed in a uniform electric field of 5000 N/C directed to right is allowed to go to a

distance of 10.0cm from point A to the point B. Calculate: (i) Work don by the field. (ii) Its Velocity.

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14. A capacitor has a capacitance of 2.5x10 ⁸F. In the charging process, electrons are removed from

on plate and placed on the other one. When the potential difference between the plates is 450 V,

how many electrons have been transferred? (e=1.6x10 ¹⁹C) ⁻

15. What is potentiometer? Explain its principle and working.

16. What is Wheatstone bridge? How it is used to determine the unknown resistance?

17. The resistance of an iron wire at 0°C is 1x10 ⁴ ⁻ Ω. What is the resistance at 500°C if temperature.
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Coefficient of resistance of iron 5.2x10 ³K ¹. (Numerical 13.5)

18. A rectangular bar of iron is 2.0cm by 2.0cm in cross section and 40 cm long calculate its

⁻ Ωm. (Numerical 13.4)

resistance if the resistivity of iron is 11x10 ⁸

19. What is Wheatstone bridge? Derive a relation for its balancing condition?

20. A platinum wire has resistance of 10 Ω at 0°C and 20Ω at 273°C. Find the value of temperature
coefficient of resistance of platinum. (Numerical 13.3)