Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (Lucknow Region)

Class: XII Term - I Subject: Physics

Time allowed: 3:00 hours Maximum marks: 70

General Instructions:
I. All questions are compulsory. There are 47 questions in all.
II. This question paper has four sections. Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D.
III. Section A contains 35 questions of one mark each. Question no. 1 to 20 are multiple choice
having one correct answer out of given four options while question no. 21 to 35 are of very
short answer type.
IV. Section B contains five questions of two marks each.
V. Section C contains five questions of three marks each.
VI. Section D contains two questions of five marks each.
VII. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question of
two marks, in one question of three marks and all the two questions of five marks weightage.
You have to attempt one of the choices in such questions.
VIII. Use of calculators is not allowed. Log table may be used if necessary.
Some Physical constants which may be required:
Mass of electron = 9.1 x 10 -31 kg.
Mass of proton = 1.673 x 10 -27 kg.
Charge of electron = 1.6 x 10 -19 C.
Ɛ0 = 8.85 x 10 -12 C2N-1m-2
µ0 = 4π x 10-7 TmA-1
𝟏
= 9 x 109 Nm2C-2
𝟒𝛑Ɛ𝟎

SECTION A

1. When a glass rod is rubbed with silk, it

(a) Gains electrons from silk. (b) Gives electrons to silk.
(c) Gains protons from silk. (d) Gives protons to silk.
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2. When 10 electrons are removed from a neutral metal sphere, the charge on the sphere becomes
(a) +16µC (b) -16µC (c) +32 µC (d) -32 µC
3. Gauss’s law will be invalid if
(a) There are magnetic monopoles. (b) the inverse square law is not exactly true
(c) The velocity of light is not a universal constant (d) none of these.
4. A point charge q is placed at a distance a/2 directly above the center of a square of side a. the electric flux through the
square is
(a) q / Ɛ0 (b) q / 2 Ɛ0 (c) q / 4Ɛ0 (d) q / 6Ɛ0
5. Equipotential surface at very large distance from a collection of charges whose total sum is not zero of the shape
(a) Plane (b) Paraboloides (c) Spheres (d) Ellipsoides
6. Which of the following is wrong? Resistivity of a conductor is
(a) Independent of temperature. (b) Inversely proportional to temperature.
(c) Independent of dimensions of conductor. (d) Less than resistivity of a semiconductor.
7. Drift velocity Vd varies with the intensity of electric as per the relation
(a) Vd ɑ 1 / E (b) Vd ɑ E (c) Vd ɑ E2 (d) Vd = constant
8. When there is an electric current through a conducting wire along its length, then an electric field must exist
(a) Outside the wire but normal to it. (b) Outside the wire but parallel to it.
(c) Inside the wire but parallel to it. (d) Inside the wire but normal to it.
9. For measurement of potential difference, a potentiometer is preferred over voltmeter because
(a) Potentiometer is more sensitive than voltmeter (b) Potentiometer is cheaper than voltmeter
(c) The resistance of potentiometer is less than voltmeter (d) potentiometer does not take current from the circuit
10. A Daniel cell is balanced on 125cm length of a potentiometer wire. Now the cell is short – circuited by a resistance 2Ω
and the balance is obtained at 100 cm. The internal resistance of the Daniel cell is
(a) 0.5 Ω (b) 1.5 Ω (c) 1.25 Ω (d) 0.8 Ω
11. Biot-Savart law indicates that the moving electrons (velocity v) produce a magnetic field B such that
(a) B ┴ v (b) B═v (c) it obeys inverse cube law (d) none of these
12. An electron is projected with uniform velocity along the axis of a current carrying solenoid. Which of the following is true
(a) The electron will be accelerated along the axis (b) The electron path will be circular about the axis
(c) The electron will move undefllected (d) none of these
13. If the beams of electrons and protons move parallel to each other in the same direction, then they
(a) Attract each other (b) Repel each other (c) no relation (d) none of these
14. The material suitable for making electromagnets should have
(a) High retentivity and high coercivity (b) Low retentivity and low coercivity
(c) High retentivity and low coercivity (d) Low retentivity and high coercivity
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15. Angle of dip is 90 at
(a) Poles (b) equator (c) both a & b (d) tropic of cancer
16. Lenz’s law of electromagnetic induction is as per law of conservation of
(a) Energy (b) Angular momentum (c) Charge (d) electromotive force
17. The current flows from A to B is as shown in the figure. The direction of induced current in the loop is

A B

(a) Clockwise (b) Anticlockwise (c) Straight line (d) no induced emf
18. In a coil of self-induction 5 H, the rate of change of current is 2 As-1. Then emf induced in the coil is
(a) 10 V (b) - 10 V (c) 5V (d) -5V
19. The peak value ac voltage on 220 V mains is
(a) 200√2 V (b) 230√2 V (c) 220√2 V (d) 240√2 V
20. Reciprocal of impedance is
(a) Susceptance (b) Conductance (c) Admittance (d) Transconductance
21. Potential gradient is a _________________ quantity.
22. Dielectric constant for metal is _____________.
23. Work done to move a charge along the equipotential surface is ________________.
24. Two materials Si and Cu are cooled from 300K to 60K. The resistivity of silicon ________ and of copper is __________.
25. A wire of resistivity ρ is stretched to double its length the new resistivity ______________________.
26. The junction and loop law of Kirchhoff’s are following the conservation law of __________ & _______________.
27. Deflection produced in a galvanometer for unit current flows through it is known as ________________.
28. Relation between S.I. unit and C.G.S. unit of magnetic field is _________________________.
29. A high resistance connected in ________________ to convert a galvanometer into an ammeter.
30. Gauss’s law in magnetism indicates that magnetic ______________________ do not exist.
31. ____________ is the S.I. unit of magnetic dipole moment.
32. Direction of induced current is such that it ____________________ the cause which produces it.
33. Relation between S.I. unit and C.G.S. unit of magnetic field is _________________________.
34. Average value of alternating current over a half cycle is _________________.
35. Capacitive reactance Xc increases with _____________________ in frequency of ac.

SECTION B

36. Write the expression for the electric field in the regions I, II and III shown in the figure

I +δ II -δ III
37. Why does resistance increase in series combination and decrease in parallel combination?

OR

How does the balancing point of a Wheatstone bridge get affected when?

a) Position of cell and Galvanometer are interchanged?

b) Position of the known and unknown resistances is interchanged?
38. Find an expression for torque on a current carrying loop kept in a uniform magnetic field.
39. Define eddy current and write two application of it.
40. Two coils of turns N1 and N2 having current I1 and I2 of length L are coupled on same core having radius r1 and r2 find
the expression for mutual inductance between the coils.

SECTION C

41. Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor when a dielectric slab of dielectric constant K and
thickness t but of same area as that of the plates is inserted between the plates. Find the capacitance when t = d / 2

OR

State Gauss theorem and hence calculate electric field due to a thin linear conductor of charge density λ at a distance r.

42. Find the balancing condition of Wheatstone’s bridge with the help of Kirchhoff’s law.
43. Using Ampere’s circuital law find the magnetic field (i) inside, (ii) outside and (iii) along the axis of toroidal solenoid.
44. A device X connected with ac and found that current leads by π / 2 with voltage. Identify the device find the expression
for current and draw the frequency response curve with its reactance. Draw phasor diagram also.
45. When two known resistances, R and S, are connected in the left and right gaps of a meter bridge, the balance point is
found at a distance l1 from the zero end of meter bridge wire. An unknown resistance X is now connected in parallel to
the resistance S the balance point is now found at a distance l2 from the zero end of the meter bridge wire. Obtain a
formula for X in terms of l1, l2 and S.

SECTION D

46. State the working principal of potentiometer. Draw the labelled diagram of potentiometer to measure the emf of given
cell. How it can be made more sensitive. Write the probable reason that some times null point is not obtained.

OR

a) Draw the labelled diagram to compare the emf of two given cells and find the necessary expression also.
b) Draw the labelled diagram to find the internal resistance of given cell and find the necessary expression also.
47. Write the principle of moving coil galvanometer. With the help of labelled diagram explain the working of it and hence
find an expression for figure of merit of it. What is the importance of radial magnetic field in it.

OR

a) How the moving coil galvanometer can be made more sensitive. Define current sensitivity and voltage sensitivity. Write
the expression also.
b) Prove that increasing the current sensitivity will not affect the voltage sensitivity.