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SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER III -2023-24
Class - XII
SUBJECT: PHYSICS
Time Allowed: 3 hours. Maximum Marks: 70
General Instruction
General Instruction
1. All questions are compulsory. There are 33 questions in all.
2. This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and section E.
3. All the sections are compulsory.
4. SECTION A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based of one mark
each, SECTION B contains five questions of two marks each, SECTION C contains seven questions of three
marks each, SECTION D contains two case study based questions of four marks each and SECTION E
contains three long answer questions of five marks each.
5. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question in Section B,
One question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in Section D and all three questions in Section E. You
have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
6. You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary.
𝑐 = 3 × 108 𝑚/𝑠
ℎ = 6.63 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠
𝑒 = 1.6 × 10−19 𝐶
𝜇0 = 4𝜋 × 10−7 𝑇𝑚𝐴−1
𝜀0 = 8.854 × 10−12 𝐶 2 𝑁 −1 𝑚−2
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= 9 × 109 𝑁𝑚2 𝐶 −2
4𝜋𝜀0
𝑚𝑒 = 9.1 × 10−31 𝑘𝑔
𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛 = 1.675 × 10−27 𝑘𝑔
𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑛 = 1.673 × 10−27 𝑘𝑔
Avogadro’s number = 6.023× 1023 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒
𝐵𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑧𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 = 1.38 × 10−23 𝐽𝐾 −1
Section –A
Q.1. The electric field required to keep a water drop of mass 𝑚 just to remains suspended, when charged
with one electron of charge e (take 𝑔 as acceleration due to gravity) is
𝑚𝑔⁄
a) 𝑚𝑔 b) 𝑒 c) 𝑒𝑚𝑔 d) 𝑚𝑒⁄𝑔
Q.2. Two point charges +8𝑞 and −2𝑞 are located at 𝑥 = 0 and 𝑥 = 𝐿 respectively. The point on 𝑥 −axis
at which net electric field is zero due to these charges is

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 a) 8𝐿 b) 4𝐿 c) 2𝐿 d) 𝐿
Q.3. Five charges 𝑞1 , 𝑞2 , 𝑞3 , 𝑞4 and 𝑞5 are fixed at their positions as shown in figure, 𝑆 is a Gaussian
surface. The Gauss’s law is given by ∫ 𝐸 ⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝑞⁄𝜀 . 𝑊hich of the following statement is correct?
⃗⃗⃗ . 𝑑𝑠
0

𝑆
𝑞1
𝑞2

𝑞3 𝑞4

𝑞5
⃗⃗⃗ 𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝐻𝑆 of the above equation will have a contribution from 𝑞1 , 𝑞5 and 𝑞3 while 𝑞 on 𝑅𝐻𝑆 will
a) 𝐸
have a contribution from 𝑞2 and 𝑞4 only.
⃗⃗⃗ 𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝐻𝑆 of the above equation will have a contribution from all charges while 𝑞 on the 𝑅𝐻𝑆
b) 𝐸
will have a contribution from 𝑞2 and 𝑞4 only.
⃗⃗⃗ 𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝐻𝑆 of the above equation will have a contribution from all charges while 𝑞 on the 𝑅𝐻𝑆
c) 𝐸
will have a contribution from 𝑞1 , 𝑞3 and 𝑞5 only.
⃗⃗⃗ 𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝐻𝑆 and 𝑞 on the 𝑅𝐻𝑆 will have contribution from 𝑞2 and 𝑞4 only.
d) Both 𝐸
Q.4. The velocity 𝑣 acquired by an electron starting from rest and moving through a potential difference
𝑉 is shown by which of the following graphs?

𝑣 𝑣

𝑉 𝑉
(𝑎) (𝑏)

𝑣 𝑣

𝑉 𝑉
(𝑐) (𝑑)
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Q.5. What is the effective capacitance between points𝑋 and 𝑌?

(a) 24𝜇𝐹 b) 18𝜇𝐹 (c) 12𝜇𝐹 (d) 6𝜇𝐹

Q.6. Two parallel wires in free space are 0.1 𝑚 apart and each carries a current of 104 𝑚𝐴 in the same
direction. The force exerted by one wire on the other (per metre length) is
(a) 2 × 10−4 𝑁 (attractive) (b) 2 × 10−7 𝑁 (attractive)
(c) 2 × 104 𝑁 (attractive) (d) 2 × 10−7 𝑁 (repulsive)
Q.7. Which of the following statement is true about the magnetic susceptibility 𝑥𝑚 of paramagnetic
substance?
(a) Value of 𝑥𝑚 is directly proportional to the absolute temperature of the sample
(b) 𝑥𝑚 is positive at all temperature
(c) 𝑥𝑚 is negative at all temperature
(d) 𝑥𝑚 does not depends on the temperature of the sample
Q.8. The flux linked with a circuit is given by∅ = 𝑡 3 + 5𝑡 + 5. The graph between induced 𝑒𝑚𝑓 (𝑦-axis)
and time (𝑥-axis) will be
(a) Straight line through the origin
(b) Straight line with positive intercept
(c) Parabola through the origin
(d) Parabola not through the origin
Q.9. A small circular loop of wires of radius 𝑟 is placed inside a large circular loop of wire of radius 𝑅
(𝑅 ≫ 𝑟). The loops are coplanar and their centres coincide. The mutual inductance of the system is
proportional to:

𝑟 𝐼


2 2
(a) 𝑟⁄𝑅 (b) 𝑟 ⁄𝑅 (c) 𝑅⁄𝑟 (d) 𝑅 ⁄𝑟

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Q.10. If 𝜆𝑦 , 𝜆𝑥 and 𝜆𝑚 represent the wavelengths of visible light. 𝑋-rays and microwaves respectively, then
(a) 𝜆𝑚 > 𝜆𝑥 > 𝜆𝑦
(b) 𝜆𝑦 > 𝜆𝑚 > 𝜆𝑥
(c) 𝜆𝑦 > 𝜆𝑥 > 𝜆𝑚
(d) 𝜆𝑚 > 𝜆𝑦 > 𝜆𝑥
Q.11. A lens of refractive index 𝑛is put in a liquid ofrefractive index 𝑛′ . If focal length of lens in air is𝑓,its
focal length in liquid will be:
𝑓𝑛′ (𝑛−1)
(a)
𝑛′ −𝑛
𝑓(𝑛′ −𝑛)
(b)
𝑛′ (𝑛−1)

𝑛′ (𝑛−1)
(c)
𝑓(𝑛′ −𝑛)

𝑓𝑛′ 𝑛
(d)
𝑛−𝑛′
Q.12. In Young's double slit experiment, the separation between the slits is halved and the distance
between the slits and screen is doubled. The width of fringe:
(a) Unchanged (b) Halved
(c) Doubled (d) Quadrupled.
In Q.13. to Q.16., two statement are given one labeled Assertion (A) and other labeled Reason
(R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the options as gives below.
(a) If both Assertion and reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(d) If both Assertion and Reason are false.
Q.13. Assertion (A): Most of 𝛼-particles pass through thin metal foils without deflections.
Reason (R): Large space in an atom is empty.
Q.14. Assertion (A): An ideal junction diode offers zero resistance, when forward biased.
Reason (R): When diode is forward biased, the width of depletion layer decreases.
Q.15. Assertion (A): To increase the range of anammeter, we must connect a suitable high resistance in
series to it.
Reason (R): The ammeter with increased range should have high resistance.
Q.16. Assertion (A): Current density is a vector quantityand current is a scalar quantity.
Reason (R): Electric current through a cross-section may be assumed as flux of electric current
density through that area.
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 Section –B
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Q.17. Plot a graph showing the variation of de-Broglie wavelength 𝜆 versus , where 𝑉 is accelerating
√𝑉
potential for two particles. 𝐴 and 𝐵 carrying same charges but masses 𝑚1 , 𝑚2 (𝑚1 > 𝑚2 ). Which
one of the two represents a particle of smaller mass and why?
Q.18. Two cells of 𝑒𝑚𝑓𝑠 1.5𝑉 and 2.0𝑉 having internal resistances 0.2Ω and 0.3Ω respectively are
connected in parallel, calculate the 𝑒𝑚𝑓 and internal resistance of the equivalent cell.
𝐵𝐸
Q.19. A nucleus with a mass number 𝐴 = 240 and = 7.6𝑀𝑒𝑉 breaks into two fragments each of 𝐴 =
𝐴
𝐵𝐸
120 with = 8.5𝑀𝑒𝑉. Calculate the released energy.
𝐴

OR
Calculate the energy in fusion reaction:
2
1𝐻 +1 𝐻 2 2𝐻𝑒
3
+ 𝑛,where 𝐵𝐸of
2
1𝐻 = 2.23𝑀𝑒𝑉and of2𝐻𝑒 3 = 7.73𝑀𝑒𝑉.
Q.20. A circular coil of ‘𝑁’ turns and diameter ‘𝑑’ carries a current ‘𝐼’. It is unwound and rewound to
make another coil of diameter ‘2𝑑' current ‘𝐼’ remaining the same. Calculate the ratio of the
magnetic moments of the new coil and the original coil.
Q.21. A ray 𝑃𝑄 incident normally on the refracting face 𝐵𝐴 is refracted in the prism 𝐵𝐴𝐶 made of material
of refractive index 1.5. Complete the path of ray through the prism. From which face will the ray
emerge? Justify your answer.
𝐴
𝑃

600
𝐵 𝐶

Section –C
Q.22. State the Principle on which 𝐴𝐶 generator works.

Derive expression for maximum 𝑒𝑚𝑓 produced. Explain its alternating nature with the help of graph.

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Q.23. A point charge of 10 𝑝𝐶 is a distance of 10 𝑐𝑚 directly above the centre of a square of side 20 𝑐𝑚,
as shown in figure. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the square?
10𝑐𝑚


20𝑐𝑚

20𝑐𝑚 
𝑂 20𝑐𝑚

20𝑐𝑚

Q.24. The electron in a given Bohr orbit has a total energy of −1.5𝑒𝑉. calculate its:

i) Kinetic energy
ii) Potential energy
iii) Wavelength of radiation emitted, when this electron makes a transition to the ground state.
(Given energy in the ground state = −13.6𝑒𝑉 and Rydberg’s constant = 1.09 × 107 𝑚−1 )

OR
a) If the frequency of incident radiation on the cathode of a photocell is doubled, how the following
changes:
i) kinetic energy of the electrons
ii) Photoelectric current
iii) Stopping potential.

b) If light of wavelength 𝜆 = 4 × 10−7 𝑚 and intensity 102 𝑊/𝑚2 incident on a metal plate of
threshold frequency 55 × 1013 𝐻𝑧. What will be the maximum kinetic energy of photoelectron?

Q.25. Explain how one observes inconsistency where Ampere's law is applied to the process of charging a
capacitor. How this contradiction gets removed by introducing the concept of an additional current
known as displacement current.

OR

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 A capacitor, made of two parallel plates each of plate area 𝐴 and separation 𝑑 is being charged by an
external 𝐴𝐶 source. Show that the displacement current inside the capacitor is same as the current
charging the capacitor.
Q.26. Use Bio Savart’s law to derive a relation for magnetic field on axial point of a current carrying
circular coil. Also prove that a current carrying circular coil behaves like a magnetic dipole.
Q.27. Define magnifying power of a astronomical telescope. Explain the construction and working of
astronomical telescope. Hence, derive an expression for the magnifying power of a astronomical
telescope when the image is formed at least distance of distinct vision.
Q.28. Draw a circuit diagram of a full-wave rectifier. Explain its working and draw input and output
waveform.

Section – D
Case Study Based Questions
Q.29. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow:
A Faraday shield is an enclosure made of conducting material. The fields within a conductor cancel
out with any external fields, so the electric field within the enclosure is zero. These cages actas big
hollow conductors you can put, laptops, cell phones into shield them from electric fields. Any
electrical shocks the cage receives, pass harmlessly around the outside of the cage.
(i) The electric field inside a Faraday cage when it isstruck by lightning will be:
(a) ∞

(b) zero
(c) may be zero or ∞

(d) none of these

(ii) The charge which appears on the surface of the Faraday cage when an isolated point charge - q
isplaced inside the cage will be
(a) – 𝑞

(b) 2𝑞

(c) +𝑞

(d)zero
(iii) When an electric dipole is placed at the centre of Faraday cage. Then the total flux coming out of
the surface will be
(a) zero
2𝑞
(b)
𝜀0
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 −2𝑞
(c)
𝜀0
𝑞
(d)
𝜀0

OR
The electric flux through the surface:
(a) in fig (iv) is the largest
(b) in fig. (iii) is the least
(c) in fig. (ii) is same as fig. (iii) but is smaller than fig. (iv)
(d) is the same for all the figures.

(iv) Dimensional formula of electric flux and units are:

(a) 𝑀1 𝐿3 𝑇 −3 𝐴−1 , 𝑁𝑚2 𝐶 −1

(b) 𝑀𝐿2 𝑇 2 𝐴−1 , 𝑁𝑚2 𝐶 2

(c) 𝑀𝐿3 𝑇 2 𝐴2 , 𝑁 −1 𝑚2 𝐶 −2

(d) 𝑀𝐿2 𝑇 3 𝐴−1 , 𝑁𝑚2 𝐶

Q.30. Read the following paragraph and answer thequestions that follow:
The total internal reflection of the light is used inpolishing diamond to create a sparking brilliance.
By polishing the diamond with specific cuts, it is adjusted so that the most of the light rays
approaching the surface are incident with anangle of incident more than critical angle. Hence, they
suffer multiple reflection and ultimately comes out of diamond from the top. This givesthe diamond
a sparking brilliance, so it works on the principle of total internal reflection of light.

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 (i) What will be the speed of light in diamond if its refractive index is 2.42°?
(a) 1.25 × 108 𝑚𝑠 −1 (b) 1.25 × 109 𝑚𝑠 −1

(c) 2.25 × 108 𝑚𝑠 −1 (d) 3 × 108 𝑚𝑠 −1

(ii) Why light cannot easily escape a diamond without multiple reflection?
(a) Because its critical angle with reference to air is too small
(b) Because its critical angle with reference to air is too large
(c) Because its critical angle with reference to air is equal
(d) None of these
(iii) If a diamond is immersed in a liquid with a refractive index greater than water. Then what will
happens to the critical angle for TIR.
(a) It will decrease (b) It will increase
(c) It will remains same (d) None of these

OR
Which of the following principle is responsible for sparking brilliance of a diamond?
(a) Total internal refraction of light (b) Total internal reflection of light
(c) Scattering of light (d) None of these
(iv) The critical angle for TIR from medium to vacuum is 30°. What is the refractive index of
medium?
a) 2.5 b) 1
c) √2 d) 2

Section – E
Q.31. (i) Find an expression for the electric field strength at a distant point situated along the equatorial line
of an electric dipole.
(ii) Two parallel uniformly charged infinite plane sheets, ‘1’ and ‘2’, have charge densities +𝜎 and
−2𝜎 respectively. Give the magnitude and direction of the net electric field at a point:
(a) in between the two sheets and
(b) out side near the sheet '1'.
OR
(i) (a) Define electric flux. Write its SI unit.
(b) Using Gauss's law, prove that the electric field at a point due to a uniformly charged infinite
plane sheet is independent of thedistance from it.
(c) How is the field directed if, (I) the sheet ispositively charged, (II) negatively charged?
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 (ii) A right circular cylinder of length 'a' and radius'𝑟' has its centre at the origin and its axis along the
𝑥-axis so that one face is at 𝑥 = + 𝑎⁄2 and theother at 𝑥 = − 𝑎⁄2, as shown in the figure. A

uniform electric field is acting parallel to the𝑥-axis such that ⃗⃗⃗

𝐸 = 𝐸0 𝑖̂for 𝑥 > 0 and ⃗⃗⃗
𝐸 = −𝐸0 𝑖̂ for
𝑥 < 0.
𝑦 - 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠

⃗⃗⃗
𝐸 ⃗⃗⃗
𝐸
𝑂 𝑥 - 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠

𝑥 = − 𝑎⁄2 𝑥 = 𝑎⁄2

Find out the flux (𝑎) through the flat faces,(𝑏) through the curved surface of the cylinder. What is the
net outward flux through the cylinder and the net charge inside the cylinder?
Q.32. (i) State the condition for maximum current in series 𝐿𝐶𝑅 𝐴𝐶 circuit and write an expression for
applied frequency.
(ii) Draw a plot showing the variation of the peak current (𝐼𝑚 ) with frequency of the 𝐴𝐶 source used.

(iii) A 1000𝑚𝐻 inductor, a 20𝜇𝐹 capacitor and 100Ω resistor are connected in series to a 100𝑉 𝐴𝐶
source. Calculate
i) Impedance for maximum power dissipation
ii) Maximum current in circuit
iii) Frequency of source for maximum current.

OR
A device ‘X’ is connected to an 𝐴𝐶 source𝑉 = 𝑉0 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜔𝑡. The variation of voltage, current and power
in one cycle is shown inthe following graph:

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 (i) Identify the device ‘𝑋’.

(ii) Which of the curves, 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 representthe voltage, current and the power consumed in the
circuit? Justify your answer.
(iii) How does its impedance vary with frequency of the 𝐴𝐶 source? Show graphically.

(iv) Obtain an expression for the current inthe circuit and its phase relation with 𝐴𝐶voltage.

Q.33. (i) Draw the ray diagram for the formation of image of an object by a convex mirror and use it (along
with the sign convention) to derive the mirror formula.
(ii) A converging lens has a focal length of 20𝑐𝑚 in air. It is made of material of refractive index
1.6. If immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.3, what will be its new focal length?

How does the nature of lens change, if the lens is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.8?

OR
a) A plain wave front approaching a plane surface separating two media. If medium one is optically
denser and medium two is optically rarer. Construct the refracted wave front using Huygen’s
principle. Hence prove Snell’s law.
b) Find the ratio of intensities of two points 𝑃 and 𝑄 on screen in a Young’s double slit experiment
when waves from source 𝑆1 and 𝑆2 have phase difference of 00 and 𝜋⁄2 respectively.

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