The Millennium School

Pre Board Examination: (2020-21)

Subject: Physics(042) Class: XII

Time Allowed:3hrs MaximumMarks:70

General Instructions:

• All the questions are compulsory.

• Marks are indicated against each question.

Section A

Q1. What will be the electric potential at a point 3 cm away from the center of the spherical 1
conductor of radius 6 cm if +6 µC charge is distributed over the conductor ?

Q2. The source of electromagnetic waves can be a charge moving in a ______ orbit. 1

Q3. A light metal disc on the top of an electromagnet is thrown up as the current is switched on. 1
Why? Give reason.

Q4. The earth’s core contains iron but geologists do not regard this as a source of magnetic 1
field,Why?

Q5. Threshold wavelength for a metal having work function W0 is X. What is the threshold 1
wavelength for the metal having work function 2W0?

Q6. The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is – 13.6 eV. What are the kinetic and potential 1
energies of electron in this state?

Q7. When is Ha-line of the Balmer series in the emission spectrum of hydrogen atom obtained? 1
Or
The kinetic energy of an electron is 5 eV. Calculate the de broglie wavelength associated with
it. (h = 6.6 × 10-34 Js, me = 9.1 × 10-31 kg)
Q8. In insulator the Forbidden energy gap between the valence band and the conducting band is 1
of the order of __________.
Q9. Silicon is a semiconductor. If a small amount of arsenic is added to it then its electrical 1
conductivity ________.

Q10 Name the junction diode whose I-V characteristics are drawn below 1

Q11 If the outward flux through the closed surface is zero, then 1

a ) there is no charge inside the surface

b ) there may not be equal amounts of positive charges and negative charges inside the
surface.

c ) there may be equal amounts of positive and negative charges inside the surface.

d ) none

Q12 In following figure shows currents in a part of electrical circuit, then the value of/(in ampere) 1
is given by :

(a) 0.3 A
(b) 0.5 A
(c) 1.3 A
(d) None of these

Q13 13. In the following figure represents a balanced Wheatstone bridge circuit. What is the 1
value of X ?
 (a) 15 Ω
(b) 20 Ω
(c) 25 Ω
(d) 30 Ω

Q14 What happens to the interference pattern the two slits S1 and S2 in Young’s double 1
experiment are illuminated by two independent but identical sources?
(a) The intensity of the bright fringes doubled
(b) The intensity of the bright fringes becomes four times
(c) Two sets of interference fringes overlap
(d) No interference pattern is observed
Section B

Q15 A loop of flexible conducting wires of length 31.4 cm are carrying current of 1.5 ampere is 4
placed in a magnetic field as shown. If the current flowing through the wire in anticlockwise
direction is switched on then what will be

(i)the shape of the loop

(ii) determine net magnetic field at the centre of the loop.If it is given that current
carrying loop is placed in the region having external magnetic field of 3.6G

Q16 Huygens Wave Theory of Light 4

I. According to Wave theory light from a source is propagated in the form of
longitudinal waves with uniform velocity in a homogenous medium
II. To explain the propagation of waves through vacuum huygeng assumed
 existence of a hypothetical medium called luminoferous ether. According to
Huygens, ether particles are present and possess properties such as inertia,
zero density and perfect transparancy.
III. On the basis of the huygens wave theory ,various colours of light are due to
different wavelengths of the light are due to different wavelengths of the
light of the waves.
(i) write two merits and two demerits of huygens wave theory of light
(ii) write huygen postulates to explain wave theory of light
(iii) what are the primary source and secondary source of light considered in
Wave theory
Section C

Q17 How much average power over a complete cycle, does an AC source supply to a capacitor? 2

Q18 When one of the slits in Young’s experiment is covered with a transparent sheet of 2
thickness 3.6×10–3cm the central fringe shifts to a position originally occupied by the
30th bright fringe. If λ=6000Ao , find the refractive index of the sheet.
Q19 2
Figure shows a piece of pure semiconductor S in series with a variable resistor Rand a source

of constant voltage V. Would you increase and decrease the value of R to keep the reading of

ammeter (A) constant, when semiconductor S is heated ? Give reasons.

Q20 The base of a transistor is lightly doped. Explain why? 2

Q21 A light bulb is rated 150 W for 220 V AC supply of 60 Hz. Calculate 2

i. the resistance of the bulb

ii. the rms current through the bulb.

Q22 When light travels from a rarer to a denser medium, the speed decreases. Does this decrease 2
in speed imply a decrease in the energy carried by the light wave? Justify your answer.
Or
In the wave picture of light , intensity of light is determined by square of the amplitude of wave. what
determine the intensity of light in the photon picture of light ?
Q23 For a extrinsic semiconductor, indicate on the energy band diagram the donor and acceptor 2
levels?
Or
In the following diagram 'S' is a semiconductor. Would you increase or decrease the value of
R to keep the reading of the ammeter A constant when S is heated ? Give reason for your
answer.

Q24 Define surface density of electric charge. Two large conducting spheres carrying charges 2
q and Q are brought close to each other. Is the magnitude of the electrostatic force between
them exactly given by qQ / 4 εr2, where r is the distance between the spheres ?

Q25 Name the electromagnetic waves which 2

(i) maintain the earth’s warmth and
(ii) are used in aircraft navigation.
Section D

Q26 A series of LCR circuit connected to a variable frequency 230 V source, L = 5.0 3
H, C=80μFC=80μF, R=40ΩR=40Ω

a. Determine the source frequency which drives the circuit in resonance.

b. Obtain the impedance of the circuit and the amplitude of current at the resonating
frequency.
Determine the rms potential drops across the three elements of the circuit. Show
that the potential drop across the LC combination is zero at the resonating
frequency.
Q27 For the circuit diagram of a Wheatstone bridge shown in the figure, use Kirchhoff’s laws to 3
obtain its balance condition.
Q28 A beam of monochromatic radiation is incident on a photosensitive surface. Answer the following 3
questions giving reasons:
(i) Do the emitted photoelectrons have the same kinetic energy?
(ii) Does the kinetic energy of the emitted electrons depend on the intensity of incident radiation?
(iii) On what factors does the number of emitted photoelectrons depend?

Q29 In a plot of photo electric current v/s anode potential how does 3
(a) the saturation current varies with anode potential for incident radiations of different
frequencies but same intensity.
(b) the stopping potential varies for different intensities but same frequency of incident
radiation
(c) photoelectric current varies for different intensities but same frequency of incident
radiation?
justify your answer in each case.

Q30 Using postulates of bohr theory of hydrogen atom show that radii of orbit increases as n2 and 3
the total energy of electron increases as 1/n2 where n is principal quantum no. of atom

Section E

Q31 (a) Define dielectric constant in terms of the capacitance of a capacitor? On what factor does 5
the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with dielectric depend?

(b) Find the ratio of the potential differences that must be applied across the (i)parallel (ii)
Series combination of two identical capacitors so that the energy stored in the two cases
becomes the same.

Or
(a) Derive the expression for the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor. Hence obtain the
expression for the energy density of the electric field.
(b) A fully charged parallel plate capacitor is connected across an uncharged identical capacitor. Show
that the energy stored in the combination is less than that stored initially in the single capacitor

Q32 State Biot-Savart’s law and give the mathematical expression for it. Use law to derive the 5
expression for the magnetic field due to a circular coil carrying current at a point along its
axis. How does a circular loop carrying current behave as a magnet?

Or

(i) Using Ampere’s circuital law, obtain the expression for the magnetic field due to a long
 solenoid at a point inside the solenoid on its axis.
(ii) In what respect, is a toroid different from a solenoid? Draw and compare the pattern of
the magnetic field lines in the two cases.
(iii) How is the magnetic field inside a given solenoid made strong?

Q33 (a) In Young's double slit experiment, derive the condition for 5
(i) constructive interference and
(ii) destructive interference at a point on the screen.
(b) A bream of light consisting of two wavelengths, 800nm and 600nm is used to obtain the
interference fringes in a Young's double slit experiment on a screen placed 1.4m away. If the two slits
are separated by 0.28nm, calculate the least distance from the central bright maximum where the
bright fringes of the two wavelengths coincide.

Or
Red light of wavelength 6500Å from a distant source falls on a slit 0.50mm0.50mm wide.
Calculate the distance between first two dark bands on each side of central bright band in
the diffraction pattern observed on a screen placed 1.8m from the slit.