Sample Numerical Problems

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Chapter 1 Electric Charges and Fields
1. The electrostatic force on a metal sphere of charge 0.4𝜇𝐶 due to another identical
metal sphere of charge −0.8𝜇𝐶 in air is 0.2𝑁. Find the distance between the two
spheres and also the force between the same two spheres when they are brought
into contact and then replaced in their initial positions. (PU-MP)
2. Two point charges 𝑞𝐴 = 3µ𝐶 and 𝑞𝐵 = 3µ𝐶 are located 20cm apart in vacuum.
a. What is the electric field at the mid point O of the line AB joining the two
charges?
b. If a negative test charge of magnitude 1.5× 10-9 C is placed at this point.
What is the force experienced by the test charge? (M2017)
3. Three charges each equal to +4nC are placed at the three corners of a square of
side 2cm. Find the electric field at the fourth corner. (M2018)
4. Two point charges 𝑞𝐴 = 5µ𝐶 and 𝑞𝐵 = −5µ𝐶 are located at A and B separated by
0.2m in vacuum.
(a) What is the electric field at the midpoint O of the line joining the charges?
(b) If a negative test charge of magnitude 2nC is placed at O, what is the force
experienced by the test charge? (M2020)
5. Two small charged spheres having charges of 2 × 10−7 𝐶 and 3 × 10−7 𝐶 are placed
3 𝑐𝑚 apart in vacuum. Find the electrostatic force between them. Find the new
force, when the distance between them is doubled.
1
Given: 4𝜋𝜀0
= 9 × 109 𝑁𝑚2 𝐶 −2 (M2022)
Extra Questions
6. Two charges 5𝜇𝐶 and −5𝜇𝐶 are placed at points A and B, which are separated by a
distance of 0. 06𝑚. Find the electric field intensity at appoint P on the perpendicular
bisector of AB at a distance of 0. 04𝑚 from its middle point. (5,M06)
7. An electric dipole of moment 2 × 10−8 𝐶𝑚 is placed in an electric field 5 × 10−5 𝑁/𝐶,
with its axis making an angle30° with the field. What is the torque acting on the
dipole? (2,M08)
8. How many electrons have to be removed from a metal sphere such that it acquires
a charge of 6𝜇𝐶? Calculate electric intensity at a point 0. 06𝑚 from the centre of the
charged sphere when it is placed in vacuum. (5,J08)
9. Four charges +𝑄, +2𝑄, +3𝑄 𝑎𝑛𝑑 + 4𝑄are placed at the corners of a square ABCD of
side 0.1𝑚 respectively. The intensity of electric field at the centre of the square is
5.1 × 103 𝑁/𝐶. Find the value of 𝑄. (5,M09)
10. Calculate the force on a point charge +4𝑛𝐶 placed in an electric field of intensity
7 × 105 𝑁/𝐶. (2,M10)
11. Calculate the electrostatic force between two point charges of 1𝑛𝐶 each, when
separated by 1𝑚 in air? (2,M11)
12. 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is a triangle with sides 𝐴𝐵 = 3𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 4𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 90°. Charges of +9𝜇𝐶 and
−16𝜇𝐶 are placed at corners 𝐴 and 𝐶 respectively. Find the magnitude and
direction of electric intensity at corner 𝐵. (5,M11)
13. Two point charges of +6𝑛𝐶 and +12𝑛𝐶 are placed at the corners of 𝐵 and 𝐶 of an
equilateral triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 of side 0.03𝑚. Calculate the magnitude of the resultant
electric intensity at the vertex 𝐴 of triangle. (5,J11)
14. Point charges 10𝑛𝐶, 20𝑛𝐶 and 10𝑛𝐶 are kept at the corners 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 of a square of side
3𝑚. Calculate the magnitude of the resultant electric intensity at 𝐷. (5,M12)
15. Point charges 10𝑛𝐶, 10𝑛𝐶 and 20𝑛𝐶 are kept at the corners 𝐴, 𝐶, 𝐷 of an imaginary
square of side 0.2𝑚. Calculate the direction and magnitude of the resultant electric
intensity at the corner B of the square. (5,J13)
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Chapter 2 Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
1. A capacitor of capacitance 5 𝜇𝐹 is charged to potential of 500 𝑉. Then it is
disconnected from the battery and connected to uncharged capacitor of capacitance
3 𝜇𝐹. Calculate the common potential, charge on each capacitor and the loss of
energy. (PU-MP)
2. Two capacitors of capacitance 600 𝑝𝐹 and 900 𝑝𝐹 are connected in series across a
200 𝑉 supply. Calculate (i) the effective capacitance of the combination, (ii) the
potential difference across each capacitor and (iii) the total charge stored in the
system. (PU-MP)
3. A 600 𝑝𝐹 capacitor is charged by 200 𝑉 supply. Calculate the electrostatic energy
stored in it. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected in parallel to
another uncharged 600 𝑝𝐹capacitor. What is the energy stored in the combination?
(PU-MP)
4. A 400 𝑝𝐹 capacitor charged by a 100 𝑉 dc supply is disconnected from the supply
and connected to another uncharged 400 𝑝𝐹 capacitor calculate the loss of energy.
(PU-MP)
5. Two point charges 5 × 10−8 𝐶 and −3 × 10−8 𝐶 are located 16 𝑐𝑚 apart. At what
points on the line joining the two charges is the electric potential zero? (PU-MP)
6. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate has an area of
6 × 10−3 𝑚2 and the distance between the plates is 3 𝑚𝑚. Calculate the
capacitance of the capacitor. If this capacitor is connected to a 100 𝑉 supply, what
is the charge on each plate of the capacitor?
[Absolute permittivity of free space= 8.85 × 10−12 𝐹𝑚−1] (M2014)
7. Two charges 3 × 10−8 𝐶, −2 × 10−8 𝐶 are located 15 𝑐𝑚 apart. At what point on the
line joining the two charges is the electric potential zero? Take the potential at
infinity to be zero? (J2014)
8. Two point charges +1 𝑛𝐶 and −4 𝑛𝐶 are 1 𝑚 apart in air. Find the positions along
the line joining the two charges at which resultant potential is zero? (M2015)
9. ABCD is a square of side 2 𝑚. Charge of 5 𝑛𝐶, 10 𝑛𝐶 and −5 𝑛𝐶 are placed at corner
A, B and C respectively. What is the work done in transferring a charge of 5 𝜇𝐶 from
P to the point of intersection of the diagonals? (J2015)
10. When two capacitors are connected in series and connected across 4 𝑘𝑉 line, the
energy stored in the system is 8 𝐽. The same capacitor, if connected in parallel
across the same line, the energy stored is 36 𝐽. Find the individual capacitances.
(M2016)
11. In a parallel plate capacitor with an air between the plates has am area of 6 ×
10−3 𝑚2and the distance between plates is 3 𝑚𝑚. Calculate the capacitance of the
capacitor. If this capacitor is connected to a 100 𝑉supply, then what is the charge
on each plate of capacitor? (J2016)
12. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate has an area of
8 × 10−3 𝑚2 and distance between the plates is 2 𝑚𝑚. Calculate the capacitance of
the capacitor. If this capacitor is connected to a 50 𝑉 supply, what is the charge on
each plate of the capacitor? [Absolute permittivity of free space = 8.85 × 10−12 𝐹𝑚−1]
(J2017)
13. The plates of a parallel plate capacitor have an area of 100 𝑐𝑚2 each and are
separated by 3 𝑚𝑚. The capacitor is charged by connecting it to a 400 𝑉 supply
a) Calculate the electrostatic energy stored in the capacitor

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 b) If a dielectric of dielectric constant 2.5 is introduced between the plates of the
capacitor, then find the electrostatic energy stored and also change in the energy
stored. (J2018)
14. In a circular parallel plate capacitor radius of each plate is 5 cm and they are
separated by a distance of 2 mm. Calculate the capacitance and the energy stored,
when it is charged by connecting the battery of 200 V (given 𝜀0 = 8.85 × 10−12 𝐹𝑚−1)
(M2019)
15. A B C D is a square of side 1𝑚. Charges of +3𝑛𝐶, −5𝑛𝐶 and +3𝑛𝐶 are placed at the
corners A, B and C respectively. Calculate the work done in transferring a charge of
12𝜇𝐶 from D to the point of intersection of the diagonals? (J2019)
16. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate has an area of
6 × 10−3 𝑚2 and the distance between the plates is 3 𝑚𝑚. Calculate the capacitance
of the capacitor. If this capacitor is connected to a 100 𝑉 supply, what is the charge
on each plate of the capacitor? [ 𝜀0 = 8.85 × 10−12 𝐹𝑚−1]? (J2020)
17. A charge of 8 𝑚𝐶 is located at the origin. Calculate the work done in taking a small
charge of −2 × 10−8 𝐶 from a point 𝐴(3 𝑐𝑚, 0, 0) to a point 𝐵(0, 4 𝑐𝑚, 0) via a point
𝐶(3 𝑐𝑚, 4 𝑐𝑚, 0).
1
Given: = 9 × 109 𝑁𝑚2 𝐶 −2 (M2022)
4𝜋𝜀0
Extra Questions
18. Parallel plate capacitor stores charge 20 𝜇𝐶 when connected across a battery. When
the gap between the plates is filled with a dielectric, it stores 50 𝜇𝐶 of charge.
Calculate the dielectric constant of the material inserted. (4,M06)
19. A capacitor 20 𝑝𝐹 is connected to 100 𝑉 battery. What is the energy stored in the
capacitor? (2,J06)
20. 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a square of side 1 𝑚. Point charges of +2 × 10−10 𝐶, −4 × 10−10 𝐶 and
+8 × 10−10 𝐶 are placed at corners 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 respectively. Calculate the work done in
transferring a charge of 10 𝑚𝐶 from 𝐷 to the point of intersection of diagonals.
(5,J06)
21. A metal sphere of 0.01 𝑚 charged to a potential of 45 𝑘𝑉 and kept at the corner B of
a right-angled triangle𝐴𝐵𝐶 (𝐴𝐵 = 0.3 𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 0.4 𝑚, ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 90°). Calculate the work
required to shift a charge of from corner 𝐶 to corner 𝐴 of the triangle. (5,M07)
22. A hollow spherical conductor of radius 0.2 𝑚 has a charge of 4 𝑛𝐶. Find the potential
due to this charged sphere of surface on its surface, inside the surface and at a
distance of 0.25 𝑚 outside from its surface. (5,J07)
23. Two capacitors of capacitances 2 𝜇𝐹 and 4 𝜇𝐹 are connected in series across a 6 𝑉
battery. What is the potential difference across each capacitor? Also calculate the
total energy stored in the combination. (5,M08)
24. Find the effective capacitance between𝐴 and𝐶 in the following figure: (5,M09)

25. The equivalent capacitance of two capacitors is 1.875 𝜇𝐹 when connected in series
and 8 𝜇𝐹 when connected in parallel. Find their individual capacitances. (5,J09)

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 26. Calculate the effective capacitance between𝐴 and𝐵 show in figure: (5,M10)
9 F 3 F

• •
A B
2 F 6 F
12 F 4 F
27. A point charge of 20 𝜇𝐶 is situated at a point 𝑂. 𝐴 and 𝐵 are points 0.05 𝑚 and
0.15 𝑚 away from this charge. Find the potential at 𝐴 and 𝐵. Also find the work
done to move a point charge of 1.6 × 10−19 𝐶 from 𝐵 and 𝐴. (5,J10)
28. The effective capacitances of two condensers are 3 𝜇𝐹 and 16 𝜇𝐹 when they are
connected in series and parallel respectively. Compute the capacity of each
condenser. (4,J12)
Chapter 3 Current Electricity
1. A uniform copper wire of length 2𝑚 and cross-sectional area 5 × 10−7 𝑚2 carries a
current of 2𝐴. Assuming that there are 8 × 1028 free electrons per 𝑚3 of copper,
calculate the drift velocity of electrons. How much time will an electron take to drift
velocity of electrons? How much time will an electron take to drift from one end of
the wire to the other? (Given charge on an electron 𝑒 = 1.6 × 10−19 𝐶). (PU-MP)
2. In the given circuit, calculate the (i) effective resistance between A and B (ii) current
through the circuit and (iii) current through 3𝛺 resistor. (PU-MP)

3. Two cells of 𝑒𝑚𝑓 3𝑉, 2𝑉 and internal resistances 1.5𝛺 and 1𝛺 respectively are
connected in parallel across 3𝛺 resistor such that they tend to send current
through resistor in the same direction. Calculate potential difference across 3𝛺
resistor. (PU-MP)
4. Three resistors 1𝛺, 2𝛺, 3𝛺 are connected in series, what is the total resistor of the
combination? If the combination is connected to a battery of EMF 12𝑉 and
negligible internal resistance then obtain the potential drop across each resistor.
(PU-MP)

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 5. Determine the current through the galvanometer in the circuit given𝑃 = 2𝛺, 𝑄 = 4𝛺,
𝑅 = 8𝛺, 𝑆 = 4𝛺, 𝐺 = 10𝛺 𝐸 = 5𝑉 and 𝑟 = 0. (PU-MP)

2𝛺 4𝛺

𝐴 𝐺 𝐶
10𝛺

8𝛺 4𝛺

5𝑉

6. A battery of internal resistance 3𝛺 is connected to 20𝛺 resistor and potential

difference across the resistor is 10𝑉. If another resistor of 30𝛺 is connected in series
with the first resistor and battery is again connected in series with the first resistor
and battery is again connected to the combination, calculate the 𝑒𝑚𝑓and terminal
potential difference across the combination. (M2014)
7. A network of resistors is connected to a 12𝑉 battery as shown in figure. a)
Calculate the equivalent resistance of the network. b) Obtain current in 12𝛺 and 6𝛺
resistors. (J2014)
12

6

12V

8. Two cells of 𝑒𝑚𝑓2𝑉 and 4𝑉 and internal resistance 1𝛺 and 2𝛺 respectively are
connected in parallel so as to send the current in the same direction through an
external resistance of 10𝛺. Find the potential difference across 10𝛺 resistor.
(M2015)
9. Two identical cells either in series or in parallel combination, gives the same
current of 0.5𝐴 through external resistance of 4𝛺. Find the 𝑒𝑚𝑓and internal
resistance of each cell. (J2015)
10. a) Three resistors of resistances 2𝛺, 3𝛺, and 4𝛺 are combined in series. What is the
total resistance of the combination?
b) If this combination is connected to a battery of 𝑒𝑚𝑓10𝑉and negligible internal
resistance, of the combination? (M2016)
11. A wire having length 2.0𝑚, diameter 1.0𝑚𝑚 and resistivity 1.963 × 10−8 𝛺𝑚 is
connected in series with a battery of 𝑒𝑚𝑓 3𝑉 and internal resistance 1𝛺. Calculate
the resistance of the wire and current in the circuit. (J2016)
12. When two resistors are connected in series with a cell of emf 2 V and negligible
2
internal resistance, a current of 5
A flows in the circuit. When the resistors are
5
connected in parallel the main current is 3
A. Calculate the resistances. (M2017)
13. a) Three resistors 4𝛺, 6𝛺, 8𝛺 are connected in parallel. What is the total resistance
of the combination?

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 b) If the combination is connected to a battery of emf 25V and negligible internal
resistance. Determine the current through each resistor and total current drawn
from the battery. (J2017)
14. 100mg mass of nichrome metal is drawn into a wire of area of cross section
0.05mm2. Calculate the resistance of this wire. Given density of nichrome 8.4X10 3
kgm-3 and resistivity of the material as 1.2X10-6 Ωm. (M2018)
15. In the given circuit diagram, calculate (i) The main current through the circuit and
(ii)Also current through 9Ω resistor. (J2018)

16. Two resistors are connected in series with 5V battery of negligible internal resistance. A
current of 2A flows through each resistor. If they are connected in parallel with the same
25
battery a current of 3 A flows through combination. Calculate the value of each
resistance. (M2019)
17. A network of resistors is connected to a 16𝑉 battery with internal resistance 1Ω as
shown in figure below.
a) Compute the equivalent resistance of the network (J2019)
b) Calculate the total current in the circuit

18. (a) Three resistors 3Ω, 4Ω and 12Ω are combined in parallel. What is the effective
resistance of the combination?
(b) If the combination is connected to a battery of emf 6V and internal resistance of
2Ω, find the current drawn from the battery and terminal potential difference
across the battery. (M2020)

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 19. In the given circuit, calculate the current through the galvanometer (𝐼𝑔 ) (J2020)
𝐵

1𝛺 2𝛺

𝐴 5𝛺 𝐶
𝐺
3𝛺
4𝛺
𝐷

3 𝑉, 1 𝛺
20. In the following circuit, find the current I. (M2022)

𝐼
4𝑉 2𝑉
1𝛺 1𝛺 7𝛺

Extra Questions
21. Two resistors 2Ω and 4Ω of resistances are connected in parallel. Two more resistors
3Ω and 6Ω are also connected in parallel. These two combinations are in series with
a battery of 𝑒. 𝑚. 𝑓 5𝑉 and internal resistance 0.7Ω . Calculate the current through
resistor 6Ω. (5,M06)
22. Two resistors of 2Ω and 3Ω are connected in parallel to a cell of 𝑒. 𝑚. 𝑓 2𝑉. Calculate
the main current passing through the circuit and current through individual
resistors. (4,J06)
23. In the figure shown below find 𝐼1 and 𝐼3 . (2,M07)

2A 1A

3A A I1 B
I2
1A C
4A
I3
24. Two resistances of 3𝛺 and 6𝛺 are connected in parallel with a battery of e.m.f 6𝑉
and internal resistance 1𝛺. Calculate the main current through the circuit through
the circuit and the currents through 3𝛺 and 6𝛺. (4,M07)
25. Find the effective resistance between the points 𝐴 and 𝐵. (4,J09)

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 26. The current flowing through a conductor having electron density 6 × 1026 𝑚−3 is 5𝐴.
Calculate the time taken by an electron to drift from one end to other end of 10𝑚
length of it. Area of cross-section of the wire 2 × 10−6 𝑚2, charge of electron
1.6 × 10−19 𝐶. (5,M10)
27. Find the current in the circuit shown below (4,M10)

28. Two resistors 5𝛺 and 10𝛺 are connected in parallel with a cell of e.m.f 3𝑉 and
internal resistance 1𝛺. Calculate the current through each of the resistor. (4,J11)

29. Three resistors of 3𝛺, 6𝛺, 9𝛺 are connected in parallel. A potential difference of 18𝑉
is maintained across this combination. Find the current in each resistor. (5,J12)

Chapter 4 Moving Charges and Magnetism

𝜋
1. A straight wire of length 2 𝑚 is bent into a circular shape. O is the centre of the
circle formed and P is a point on its axis which is at a distance 3 times the radius
from O. A current of 1𝐴 is passed through it. Calculate the magnitude of the
magnetic field at the point O and P. (PU-MP)
2. A circular copper coil of mean radius 6.284𝑐𝑚 has 20 turns. If a current of 2𝐴 is
passed through this coil, find the magnitude of the magnetic field at its centre. Also
find the magnetic dipole moment of this current coil. Given: 𝜇0 = 4𝜋 × 10−7 𝐻𝑚−1
(M2022)
Extra Questions
3. A current loop of area 20 × 10−4 𝑚2 carrying a current of 0.2 𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒 is placed at an
angle of 60° with a magnetic field of strength 4 × 10−2 𝑇. Calculate the torque exerted
on it. (2,M06)
4. Two circular coil of mean radii 0.1𝑚 and 0.05𝑚 consisting of 5 turns and 10 turns
respectively are arranged concentric to one another with their planes at right angles
to each other. If a current of 2A is passed through each of them, calculate the
magnitude of the resultant magnetic field at their common centre. (5,M07)
5. A current of 5𝑚𝐴 passing through a coil of 10 turns produces a magnetic field of
6.28 × 10−8 𝑇 at the centre of the coil. Calculate the radius of the coil.(4,M08)

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 6. Find the magnitude of magnetic induction at a point 0.06𝑚 from the centre along
the axis of a circular coil carrying a current of 2𝐴. Also calculate the magnitude of
magnetic induction at the centre of the coil. Given: number of turns in the coil= 20,
mean radius of the coil= 0.05𝑚 (5,J08)
7. Determine the small resistance to be connected in parallel with a galvanometer of
resistance 50𝛺 in order to convert it into an ammeter of range 0 − 50𝑚𝐴. Given:
current required to produce full-scale deflection in the galvanometer is 1.5𝑚𝐴.
(4,J08)
8. When a straight conductor of length 0.2𝑚 carrying current of 1.2𝐴 is placed in a
magnetic field of strength 0.3𝑇, it experiences a force of 3.6 × 10−2 𝑁. Calculate the
inclination of the conductor with the field. Find the force, if the conductor is at
right angles to the magnetic field. (5,M09)
9. A galvanometer of resistance 50𝛺 requires a current of 2𝑚𝐴 for full scale deflection.
How do you convert it into a) ammeter of range0 − 3𝐴 b) a voltmeter of range 0 − 5𝑉?
(5,J10)
10. In an atom, an electron encircles in a path of radius 5.1 × 10−11 𝑚 producing a
magnetic field of 13.4 𝑇 at the centre of the orbit. Given the charge of electron to be
1.6 × 10−19 𝐶, calculate the frequency of electron. (4,J10)
11. A pointer galvanometer of resistance 100 𝛺 has 50 divisions on its scale. A potential
difference of 0.25𝑉 is required to produce full scale deflection in galvanometer. How
do you convert it into voltmeter of range 0 − 10𝑉? (4,M11)
12. A galvanometer of resistance 100𝛺 gives full deflection for 10 × 10−3 𝐴. Calculate the
value of high resistance to be connected in series to convert it into a voltmeter of
range 0 − 10𝑉. (2,M12)
Chapter 6 Electromagnetic Induction
1. A circular coil of radius 10cm and 25 turns is rotated about its vertical diameter
with an angular speed of 40rad/s, in a uniform horizontal magnetic field of
magnitude 5X10-2T. Calculate emf induced in the coil. Also find the current in the
coil if the resistance of the coils is 15Ω. (M2018)
2. A conductor of length 3m moving in a uniform magnetic field of strength 100 T. It covers
a distance of 70 m in 5 sec. Its plane of motion makes an angle of 30° with direction of
magnetic field. Calculate the emf induced in it. (M2019)
Chapter 7 Alternating Current
1. A resistance of 600 𝛺, an inductor of 0.4 𝐻 and a capacitor of 0.01 𝜇𝐹 are connected
in series to an AC source of variable frequency. Find the frequency of AC source for
which current in the circuit is maximum. Also calculate the band width and quality
factor for the circuit. (PU-MP)
2. A series 𝐿𝐶𝑅 circuit is connected to 220 𝑉 𝑎𝑐 source of variable frequency. The
inductance of the coil is 5 𝐻, capacitance of the capacitor is 5 𝜇𝐹 and resistance is
40 𝛺. At resonance, calculate a) The resonant frequency, b) current in the circuit
and c) the inductive reactance. (PU-MP)
3. A resistor, an inductor and a capacitor are connected in series with a
120 𝑉,100 𝐻𝑧 𝑎𝑐 source. Voltage leads the current by 35∘ in the circuit. If the
resistance of the resistor is 10 𝛺 and the sum of inductive and capacitive reactance
is 17 𝛺, calculate the self-inductance of the inductor. (PU-MP)
4. A 60 𝑉, 10 𝑊 lamp is to be run on 100 𝑉, 60 𝐻𝑧 ac mains. Calculate the inductance
of a choke coil required to be connected in series with it to work the bulb. (PU-MP)
5. A series 𝐿𝐶𝑅 circuit with 𝑅 = 20 𝛺, 𝐿 = 1.5 𝐻, 𝐶 = 35 𝜇𝐹, is connected to a variable
frequency of 200 𝑉AC supply when the frequency of the supply is equal to the
natural frequency of the circuit, what is the average power transferred to the circuit
in one complete cycle. (PU-MP)

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 6. Calculate the resonant frequency in 𝐿𝐶𝑅 circuit with inductance 2.0 𝐻, capacitance
32 𝜇𝐹 and resistance 10 𝛺. What is the 𝑄 value of this circuit? (PU-MP)
7. Calculate resonant frequency and 𝑄 −factor of a series 𝐿 − 𝐶 − 𝑅circuit containing a
pure inductor of inductance 3 𝐻, capacitor of capacitance 27 𝜇𝐹 and resistor of
resistance 7.4 𝛺. (M2014)
8. A pure inductor of 25𝑚𝐻 is connected to a source of 220𝑉 and 50𝐻𝑧. Find the
inductive reactance, 𝑟𝑚𝑠 value of current and peak current in circuit. (J2014)
9. A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 283 𝑉 and frequency 50 𝐻𝑧 is applied to a series
L-C-R circuit in which 𝑅 = 3 𝛺, 𝐿 = 25.48 𝑚𝐻, 𝐶 = 786 𝜇𝐹. (M2015)
10. A resistance of 100 𝛺, a pure inductance of 𝐿 = 0.5 𝐻 and capacitors are in series in
a circuit containing an ac source of 200 𝑉, 50 𝐻𝑧. In the circuit, current is ahead of
voltage by 30°. Find value of the capacitance. (J2015)
11. Calculate the resonant frequency and Q-factor of a series L-C-R circuit containing
pure indicator of inductance 4 𝐻 , capacitor of capacitance 27 𝜇𝐹and resistor of
resistance 8.4 𝛺. (M2016)
12. A inductor and a bulb are connected in series to an ac source of 220 𝑉, 50 𝐻𝑧. A
current of 11 𝐴 flows in the circuit and phase angle between voltage and current is
𝜋
4
radians. Calculate the impedance and inductance of the circuit. (J2016)
13. A source of alternating emf of 220 V – 50 Hz is connected in series with a resistance
of 200 Ω an inductance of 100 mH and a capacitance of 30 µF. Does the current
lead or lag the voltage and by what angle? (M2017)
14. A sinusoidal voltage peak value 285 𝑉 is applied to a series 𝐿𝐶𝑅 circuit in which
resistor of resistance 𝑅 = 5 𝛺, pure inductor of inductance 𝐿 = 28.5 𝑚𝐻 and
capacitor of capacitance 𝐶 = 800 𝜇𝐹 are connected.
a) Find the resonant frequency of the circuit
b) Calculate Impedance, current and power dissipated at the resonance. (J2017)
15. A 20 Ω resistor, 1.5 𝐻 inductor and 35 𝜇𝐹 capacitor are connected in series with a
220 𝑉, 50 𝐻𝑧 ac supply. Calculate the impedance of the circuit and also find the
current through the circuit. (J2018)
16. A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 283 V and frequency 50 Hz is applied to a series
LCR circuit in which 𝑅 = 3Ω , 𝐿 = 25.48 𝑚𝐻 and 𝐶 = 796𝜇𝐹. Find
a) Impedance of the circuit.
b) The phase difference between the voltage across the source and the current.
(J2019)
17. A series LCR circuit contains a pure inductor of inductance 5.0H, a capacitor of
capacitance 20μF and a resistor of resistance 40Ω.
a) Find the resonant frequency of the circuit.
b) Calculate the quality (Q-factor) of the circuit.
c) What is the impedance at resonant condition? (M2020)
18. An AC source of 200 volt, 50 Hz is applied to a series LCR circuit in which R=3Ω,
L=25mH and C=20μF. Find (a) the impedance of the circuit and (b) current in the
circuit. (J2020)
Extra Questions
19. An ac source of 220 𝑉, 50 𝐻𝑧 is connected to a series combination of 20 𝛺 resistor,
5 𝜇𝐹 capacitor and 2 𝑚𝐻 inductor respectively. Calculate the current through the
combination. (5,J07)
20. An ac source of 250 𝑉, 50 𝐻𝑧 is connected to a consisting of an electric lamp rated
100 𝑊, 50 𝑉 and a capacitor in series. What should be the capacity of the capacitor
to work the lamp with rated value? (5,M08)
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 21. An inductor of self-inductance 12 𝑚𝐻 is in ac circuit. Find its inductive reactance if
an ac with frequency 50 𝐻𝑧 flows through it. (2,J08)
22. An ac source of 220 𝑉, 50 𝐻𝑧 is connected to a series with a 50 𝛺 resistor, 150 𝜇𝐹
capacitor and 0.5 𝐻 inductor in series. Calculate the current through the
combination. (5,J11)
23. A resistor of 100 𝛺, inductance of 1 𝐻 and a capacitor of capacity 10.13 𝜇𝐹 are in
series. This combination is connected to an ac source of 200 𝑉, 50 𝐻𝑧. Find current
in the circuit and potential difference across the resistor. (5,M12)
24. A circuit contains a 50 𝛺 resistor, 0.3 𝐻 inductor of resistance 2 𝛺 and a capacitor of
40 𝜇𝐹 all connected in series with a 200 𝑉, 50 𝐻𝑧 ac supply. Calculate:
i) Inductive reactance ii) capacitive reactance iii) impedance (5,J12)
Chapter 9 Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
1. A small bulb is placed at the bottom of a tank containing water to a depth of 1 𝑚 .
Find the critical angle for water air interface; also calculate the diameter of the
4
circular bright patch of light formed on the surface of water? [R.I of water= 3]. (PU-
MP)
2. A convex lens of focal length 0.24 𝑚 and of refractive index 1.5 is completely
immersed in water of refractive index 1.33 . Find the change in the focal length of
the lens. (PU-MP)
3. An object of size 3 𝑐𝑚 is placed 14 𝑐𝑚 in front of a concave lens of focal length 21 𝑐𝑚.
Calculate position and size of the image. (PU-MP)
4. Two lenses of focal lengths 0.20 𝑚 and 0.30 𝑚 are kept in contact. Find the focal
length of the combination. Calculate powers of two lenses and combination.
(M2014)
5. A prism of angle 60∘ produces angle of minimum deviation of 40∘ . What is its
refractive index? Calculate the angle of incidence. (J2014)
6. The radii of curvature of two surfaces of a convex lens is 0.2 𝑚 and 0.22 𝑚. Find the
focal length of the lens if refractive index of the material of lens is 1.5. Also find the
change in focal length, if it is immersed in water of refractive index 1.33. (J2018)
7. An object of 3cm is placed 14cm in front of a concave lens of focal length 21cm.
Find the position, nature and size of the image formed. (J2019)
8. At what angle should a ray of light be incident on the face of a prism of equilateral
prism, so that it just suffers total internal reflection at the other face? The refractive
index of the material of the prism is 1.5. (M2020)
9. The refractive index of an equilateral prism is 1.532. Calculate the angle of
minimum deviation when it is immersed in water of index 1.33. (J2020)
10. A ray of light passes through an equilateral glass prism such that the refracted ray
inside the prism is parallel to its base. Calculate the
a) Angle of deviation of the ray and
b) Speed of light ray inside the prism.
3
Given: the refractive index of glass = 2 and the speed of light in vacuum 𝑐 =
3 × 108 𝑚𝑠 −1 . (M2022)
Extra Questions
11. A small air bubble is found 0.04 𝑚 inside the glass sphere of refractive index 1.5.
When viewed normally from outside it is seen at a depth of 0.03 𝑚. Calculate the
radius of curvature of glass sphere. (5,M06)
12. A transparent glass cube, of side 20 𝑐𝑚 contains a small air bubble. When it is
viewed directly from the nearest face it appears to be to be at 0.05 𝑐𝑚 from that face
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 from that face. Calculate the position of the bubble from the nearest face and also
the refractive index of glass. (5,J06)
13. A glass sphere of radius 15 𝑐𝑚 contains a small bubble at a distance of 6 𝑐𝑚 from its
centre. When viewed along its diameter from the nearest side, the bubble appears
to be at 7.5 𝑐𝑚. Calculate the refractive index of glass and apparent distance of the
bubble from the farthest side. (5,M07)
14. An equiconvex lens has a focal length of 0.10 𝑚 and the radius of one curved
surface is 0.12 𝑚. Find the refractive index of the material of the convex lens.
(5,J07)
15. What is the deviation produced by a thin prism of angle 8° and of refractive index
1.5? (1,M08)
16. Focal length of a convex lens is 0.1 𝑚. a liquid is formed between a plane surface
and one face of this lens of radius of curvature 0.12 𝑚. The converging combination
formed is found to have a focal length 0.18 𝑚. Calculate the refractive index of
liquid.(5,M08)
17. A luminous point object is placed at a depth of 0.5 𝑚 inside a liquid; a circular
patch of light of radius 0.5675 𝑚 is formed on the surface. Find the critical angle
and refractive index for the liquid. (5,M09)
18. A convex lens of focal length 0.2 𝑚 of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in water of
refractive index 1.33. Calculate the focal length of the lens in water. (5,J09)
19. Find the real position of an air bubble in a glass-cube of side 0.3 𝑚 if the bubble
appears to be at a distance of 0.05 𝑚 from one face and at 0.15 𝑚 from the opposite
face. (5,M10)
20. A concave lens when placed in air has a focal length of 0.4 𝑚 and has a refractive
3
index of 2. What will be its focal length when immersed in water of refractive index
4
? (5,M11)
3
21. A glass sphere of refractive index 1.5 has a diameter of 0.2𝑚. A parallel beam is
incident on the sphere, where is it brought to focus by the sphere? (5,J11)
22. Radius of curvature of an equi-convex lens is 0.2 𝑚. Its refractive index 1.5.
Calculate its focal length. If two such lenses are kept separated with common
principle axis by distance 0.2 𝑚. What will be focal length of combination? (5,M12)
23. A glass sphere of refractive index 1.5 and radius 0.1 𝑚 has a small bubble inside at
a distance of 0.01 𝑚 from the centre. Where will the mark appear to the observer
when viewed along a diameter containing the bubble? (5,J12)
24. A concave lens of focal length of 0.5 𝑚 in air has a refractive index of 1.5. What will
be its focal length when immersed in water of refractive index 1.33? (5,M13)
25. A plano-convex lens of radius of curvature 0.1 𝑚 is kept over a plane glass plate
with curved surface of the lens touching it. The gap between the glass plate and the
curved surface of the lens is filled with a liquid. If the combined focal length of the
combination is 0.4 𝑚 , calculate the refractive index of the material of the liquid.
Given R.I of the material of the lens is 1.5. (5,J13)
26. What is the deviation produced by a thin prism of angle 10∘ and of refractive index
1.5? (1,M14)
Chapter 10 Wave Optics
1. A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths 500𝑛𝑚 and 400𝑛𝑚 is used to obtain
interference fringes in Young’s double slit experiment. The distance between the
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 the least distance of the point from the central maximum, where the bright fringes
due to both the wavelengths coincide. (PU-MP)
2. Monochromatic light of wavelength 5000𝐴𝑂 from a narrow slit is incident on the
double slit. If the separation of 10 fringes on the screen 1𝑚 away is 2𝑐𝑚. Find the
slit separation.
3. In a Young’s double slit experiment between the slits is 1𝑚𝑚 . The fringe width is
found to be 0.6𝑚𝑚. When the screen is moved through a distance of 0.75𝑚𝑚. Find
the wavelength used. (M2015)
4. A rigid beam of light considering of two wavelengths 4200𝐴∘ and 5600𝐴∘ is used to
obtain interference fringes in Young’s double slit experiment. The distance between
the slits is 0.3𝑚𝑚 and the distance between the slits and the screen is 1.5𝑚.
Compute the least distance of the point from the central maximum, where the
bright fringes due to both the wavelengths coincide. (J2015)
5. In a Young’s double slit experiment, fringes of certain width are produced on a
screen kept sat a distance from the slits. When the screen is moved away from the
slits by 0.1𝑚, fringes width increases by 6 × 10−5 𝑚. The separation between the slits
is 1𝑚𝑚. Calculate the wavelength of the light used. (M2016)
6. In Young’s double slit experiment while using a source of light wavelength 4500𝐴∘
the fringe width is 5𝑚𝑚. If the distance between the screen and plane of the slits is
reduced to half, what should be the wavelength of light to get fringe width 4𝑚𝑚?
(J2016)
7. Light of wave length 6000A0 is used to obtain interference fringes of width 6mm in
a Young’s double slit experiment. Calculate the wave length of light required to
obtain fringe of width 4mm when the distance between the screen and slits is
reduced to half of its initial value. (M2017)
8. In a Young’s double slit experiment distance between the slits is0.5𝑚𝑚. When the
screen is kept at a distance 100𝑐𝑚 of from the slits, the distance of ninth bright
fringe from the centre of the fringe system is 8.835𝑚𝑚. Find the wave length of light
used. (J2017)
9. In YDSE the slits are separated by 0.28mm and the screen is placed at a distance
of 1.4m away from the slits. The distance between the central bright fringe and the
fifth dark fringe is measured to be 1.35cm. Calculate the wavelength of the light
used. Also find the fringe width if the screen is moved 0.4m towards the slits, for
the same experimental setup. (M2018)
10. In a Young’s double slit experiment wave length of light used is 5000 Aͦ and
distance between the slits in 2 mm, distance of screen from the slits is 1 m. find
fringe width and also calculate the distance of 7th dark fringe from central bright
fringe. (M2019)
11. Two slits separated by 1 𝑚𝑚 in Young’s double slit experiment are illuminated by
the violet light of the wavelength 400 𝑛𝑚. The interference fringes are obtained on
the screen placed at 1 𝑚 from the slits. Find the fringe width. If the violet light is
replaced by the red light of the wavelength 700 𝑛𝑚, find the percentage change in
fringe width. (M2022)
Extra Questions
12. The diameter of telescope of the objective of a telescope is 546𝑛𝑚, calculate the limit
of resolution of telescope. (2,M06)
13. In Young’s double slit experiment using a source of light wavelength 5000°𝐴, the
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 to half, what should be the wavelength of the source to get fringes 0.003𝑚 wide?
(4,J06)
14. In Young’s double slit experiment the two slits 0.18𝑚𝑚 apart are illuminated by
light of wavelength 589.3𝑛𝑚. Calculate the distance of (i) 5𝑡ℎ bright fringe and (ii) 3𝑟𝑑
dark fringe from the midpoint of the interference pattern obtained on a screen kept
0.6m away from the slits. (4,M07)
15. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the width of 10 fringes observed is 0.002m and
the slits are separated by a distance of 0.002m. Find the distance between slits and
screen when a light of wavelength 6000A0 is used. (4,J07)
16. In a Young’s double slit experiment distance between the slits is 1mm. The fringe
width is found to be 0.6mm. When the screen is moved through a distance of
0.25m the fringe width becomes 0.75mm. Find the wavelength of the light used.
(4,M08)
17. Calculate the distance between the centres of 4th and 7th bright fringes in an
interference pattern produced in Young’s double slit experiment. Given: separation
between the slits= 1.1 × 10−3 𝑚, wavelength of light used= 589.3𝑛𝑚, distance of the
screen from the slits= 1.3𝑚 (5,J08)
18. Light of wavelength 6000𝐴° is used to obtain interference fringe of width 6𝑚𝑚 in a
Young’s double slit experiment. Calculate the wavelength of light required to obtain
fringe of width 4𝑚𝑚 if the distance between the screen and the slits is reduced to
half of its initial value. (4,M10)
19. Calculate the fringe width of the interference pattern from the following data:
wavelength of the light 𝜆 = 678𝑛𝑚, distance between the slits 𝑑 = 0.35𝑚𝑚, distance
between the slits and the screen 𝐷 = 1𝑚. (1,J10)
20. In an experiment with a microscope, light of wavelength 4240𝐴° is used. The limit of
resolution if found to be 3 × 10−7 𝑚. What is the semivertical angle? (5,J10)
21. Calculate resolving power of a microscope. Whose limit of resolution is 2.4 × 10−4 𝑚.
(2,J11)
22. Calculate the distance between 5th and 15th bright fringes in an interference pattern
obtained by experiment due to narrow slits separated by 0.2𝑚𝑚 and illuminated by
light of wavelength 560𝑛𝑚. The distance between the slit and screen is 1𝑚. (4,J11)
23. In Young’s double slit experiment, fringes of certain width are produced on the
screen kept at a certain distance from the slits. When the screen is moved away
from the slits by 0.1𝑚, fringe width increases by 6 × 10−5 𝑚. The separation between
the slits is 1 × 10−3 𝑚. Calculate the wavelength of light used. (4,M12)
24. Calculate the limit of resolution of a telescope given that the diameter of the
objective is 1.5𝑚 and wavelength of light used is 555𝑛𝑚. (2,J12)
25. In Young’s double slit experiment light of wavelength 4000A is used to obtain
fringes of width 6mm. What should be the wavelength of light to obtain fringes of
width 3mm if the distance between the slits and screen is reduced to 1/3rd of its
initial value? (4,M14)
Chapter 11 Dual Nature of Radiation And Matter
1. Ultraviolet light of wavelength 2271 𝐴∘ from a 100 𝑊 mercury source irradiates a
photocell made of molybdenum metal. If the stopping potential is 1.3 𝑉, estimate the
work function of the metal. How would the photocell respond to a high intensity red
light of wavelength 6328 𝐴∘ produced by a 𝐻𝑒 − 𝑁𝑒laser? (PU-MP)
2. The threshold wavelength of a photosensitive metal is 662.5 𝑛𝑚. If this metal is
irradiated with a radiation of wavelength 331.3 𝑛𝑚, find the maximum kinetic energy
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 calculate the change in maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons. (Planck’s
constant ℎ = 6.63 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠 and speed of light in vacuum= 3 × 108 𝑚/𝑠 ) (PU-MP)
3. The work function of Caesium metal is 2.14 𝑒𝑉. When light of frequency 6 × 1014 𝐻𝑧
is incident on the metal surface, photoemission of electrons occurs:
Find: a) Energy of incident photons b) Maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons.
Given Plank’s constant ℎ = 6.63 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠, 1𝑒𝑉 = 1.6 × 10−19 𝐽. (J2014)
4. Light of frequency 8.41 × 1014 𝐻𝑧 is incident on a metal surface. Electrons with their
maximum speed of 7.5 × 105 𝑚/𝑠 are ejected from the surface. Calculate the
threshold frequency for photo emission of electrons. Also find the work function of
the metal in electron volt (eV). Given Planck’s constant ℎ = 6.625 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠, mass of
the electron 𝑚𝑒 = 9.1 × 10−31 𝑘𝑔 (M2018)
Extra Questions
5. Calculate the photoelectric work function for a metal of threshold wavelength
5400 𝐴°. Given: Plank’s constant= 6.625 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠, speed of light in vaccum=
3 × 108 𝑚/𝑠 (2,J08)
6. For a metal the maximum wavelength required for photoelectron emission is
210 𝑛𝑚. Find the work function. If radiation of wave length 150 𝑛𝑚 falls on the
surface of the given metal, find the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted
photoelectrons. Given: Plank’s constant= 6.625 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠, speed of light in vaccum=
3 × 108 𝑚/𝑠 (5,M09)
7. Calculate the velocity of photoelectron emitted when light of frequency 3 × 1012 𝐻𝑧 is
incident on a metal surface of threshold frequency 2 × 1012 𝐻𝑧.Given: ℎ =
6.625 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠, 𝑚𝑒 = 9.1 × 10−31 𝑘𝑔 (5,J09)
8. A photon of frequency 1.5 × 1015 𝐻𝑧 is incident on a metal surface of work function
1.672 𝑒𝑉. Calculate the stopping potential. ℎ = 6.625 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠 (5,M10)
9. When frequency of the incident light on a photo sensitive metal is changed from
7.6 × 1014 𝐻𝑧 to 6 × 1014 𝐻𝑧 the values of stopping potential changes by 0.66 𝑉.
Calculate planks constant. (4,M12)
10. Calculate the maximum velocity of the photoelectron emitted by light of frequency
1015 𝐻𝑧 incident on a surface of work function 1.8 𝑒𝑉. Given: ℎ = 6.625 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠,
𝑚𝑒 = 9.1 × 10−31 𝑘𝑔 (5,J12)
11. Calculate the de Broglie wavelength associated with a rifle bullet of mass 2 𝑔
moving with a speed of 400 𝑚/𝑠. (2,J12)
12. For a metal the maximum wavelength required for photo electron emission is
340 𝑛𝑚. Find the work function, if the radiation of wavelength 250 𝑛𝑚 falls on the
surface of the given metal. Find the maximum kinetic energy of emitted photo
electrons on 𝑒𝑉. Given ℎ = 6.625 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠, c= 3 × 108 𝑚/𝑠 (5,M13)

Chapter 12 Atoms
1. The first member of the Balmer series of hydrogen atom has wavelength of 656.3 𝑛𝑚.
Calculate the wavelength and frequency of the second member of the same series.
Given, 𝑐 = 3 × 108 𝑚/𝑠. (PU-MP)
2. Calculate the shortest and longest wavelengths of Balmer series of hydrogen atom.
Given 𝑅 = 1.097 × 107 𝑚−1.(PU-MP) (M2016)
3. The first member of the Balmer series of hydrogen atom has wavelength of 6563 A0.
Calculate the wavelength and frequency of the second member of the same series.
Given: c = 3 × 108 ms-1. (M2017)
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 4. The first member of Balmer series of hydrogen spectrum has wavelength 6565°𝐴.
Compute the wavelength of second member. Also calculate the series limit of
Balmer series. (5,J06)
5. An electron in hydrogen atom in the ground state is exited to 𝑛 = 4 state. Calculate
the energy absorbed and the wave length of the electromagnetic radiation emitted
when atoms comes to ground state. (5,M07)
6. When certain energy is supplied to hydrogen atom, electron jumps from 𝑛 = 1 to
𝑛 = 3 state. Find: i) the energy absorbed by the electron ii) wavelength of the
radiation when the electron jump backs to its initial state. (energy of electron in 1st
orbit= −13.6 𝑒𝑉, ℎ = 6.625 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠, charge on electron= 1.6 × 10−19 𝐶, speed of
light= 3 × 108 𝑚/𝑠) (5,M08)
Chapter 13 Nuclei
1) A given coin has a mass 3.0 𝑔𝑚, Calculate the nuclear energy that would be required
to separate all the neutrons and protons from each other. Assume that the coin is
entirely made of 29𝐶 𝑢63 atoms of mass= 62.92960 𝑢. Given Avogadro number=
6.023 × 1023 , mass of proton 𝑚𝑝 = 1.00727 𝑢 and mass of neutron 𝑚𝑛 = 1.00866 𝑢.
(PU-MP)
2) The half-life of 38𝑆𝑟 90 isotope is 28 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠. What is the rate of disintegration of 15 𝑚𝑔
of this isotope? (Given Avogadro No.= 6.023 × 1023) (PU-MP)
3) Calculate the binding energy and binding energy per nucleon (in𝑀𝑒𝑉) of a nitrogen
nucleus ( 147𝑁) from following data:
Mass of proton= 1.00783 𝑢, Mass of neutron= 1.00867 𝑢,
Mass of nitrogen nucleus= 14.00307 𝑢 (M2014)
4) Determine the mass of 𝑁𝑎22 which has an activity of 5𝑚𝐶𝑖. Half life of 23𝑁𝑎22 is
2.6years. Avogadro number= 6.023 × 1023atoms. (M2015)
5) Calculate the half-life and mean life of Radium-226 of activity 1𝐶𝑖: Given the mass
of Radium-226 is 1𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 and 226𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚of Radium consists of 6.023 ×
1023 𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑠.(J2015)
6) The activity of a radioactive substance is 4700 per minute. Five minute later the
activity is 2700 per minute. Find: a) Decay constant and Half-life of the radioactive
substance. (J2016)
7) Calculate the binding energy and binding energy per nucleon (in𝑀𝑒𝑉) of an oxygen
nucleus ( 168𝑂) using the following data (MeV):
Mass of proton= 1.007825 𝑢, Mass of neutron= 1.008665 𝑢,
Mass of oxygen nucleus= 15.995 𝑢 (J2017)
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8) The half-life of a radioactive sample 𝑆𝑟38 is 28 years. Calculate the rate of
disintegration of 15 𝑚𝑔 of the isotope. Given Avogadro number = 6.023 × 1023.
(J2018)
9) Half-life of U-238 undergoing 𝛼 – decay is 4.5 × 109 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠. What is the activity of one
gram of U-238 sample? (M2019)
10) Calculate the binding energy of an alpha (𝛼) particle in MeV from the following
data.
Mass of Helium nucleus = 4.00260 𝑢
Mass of neutron = 1.008662 𝑢
Mass of proton = 1.007825 𝑢 (J2019)
11) A given coin has a mass of 63.0 g. Calculate the nuclear energy that would be
required to separate all the neutrons and protons from each other. The coin is
entirely made of 6329𝐶𝑢 atoms (M2020)
63
Mass of 29𝐶𝑢 atom = 62.92960 u
Mass of proton =1.00727u

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 Mass of neutron=1.00866u
Avogadro’s number=6.022 × 1023
12) Calculate the binding energy and binding energy per nucleon of an alpha (𝛼)
particle in MeV from the following data. (J2020)
Mass of 𝛼-particle = 4.00260 𝑢
Mass of neutron = 1.008662 𝑢
Mass of proton = 1.007825 𝑢
13) The normal activity of living carbon (C-14) containing matter is found to be about
15 decays per minute per gram of carbon. A specimen found in an archaeological
excavation has an activity of 1.5 decays per minute per gram of carbon matter.
Estimate the age of the specimen.
Given: the half-life of carbon (C-14) is 5730 years. (M2022)
Extra Questions
14) Calculate the binding energy of an alpha particle from the following data and
express it in 𝑀𝑒𝑉.
Mass of helium= 4.00260 𝑢, Mass of neutron= 1.008665 𝑢, Mass of proton=
1.007825 𝑢. (5, M06)
15) The activity of a sample of polonium ( 210 84𝑃𝑜) of half-life 138 days is 5 𝑚𝐶𝑖. Find the
210
mass of the 84𝑃𝑜. (5, J07)
16) Activity of radium-226 is 3.7 × 1010 dis-integrations. Calculate the half-life of
radium-226 in seconds. (5, J08)
17) Calculate the energy released in kilowatt-hour (𝑘𝑊ℎ) when 0.2 𝑘𝑔 of 235 92𝑈 undergoes
fission completely. Assume that the average energy released per fission of 235 92𝑈
nucleus is 200 𝑀𝑒𝑉.(5, J10)
18) Find the activity 1 𝑔 of Radon-222 in curie, whose half-life is 3.825 days. (5, M11)
19) Calculate the energy released in following reaction and hence calculate the energy
released when 235 𝑔 of 𝑈92 235 235
undergoes fission 𝑈92 + 𝑛10 → 𝐾𝑟36
92
+ 𝐵𝑎141 1
56 + 3𝑛0 . Rest
masses of 𝑈92235 92
, 𝐾𝑟36 , 𝐵𝑎141
56 and neutron are 235.04390 𝑢, 91.89730 𝑢, 140.91390 𝑢, and
1.00867 𝑢 respectively. (5,M12)
235
20) A thermal neutron strikes nucleus 𝑈92 to produce fission. The nuclear reaction is
141
as given below. 𝑛0 + 𝑈92 → 𝐾𝑟36 + 𝐵𝑎56 + 3𝑛10 + 𝐸 Calculate the energy released in
1 235 92
235
𝑀𝑒𝑉. Hence calculate total energy released in the fission of 1 𝑘𝑔 of 𝑈92 .
235 92 141
Given mass of 𝑈92 = 235.043933 𝑢, 𝐾𝑟36 = 140.917700 𝑢, 𝐵𝑎56 = 140.917700 𝑢, and
neutron 𝑛10 = 1.008665 𝑢. (5,J13)

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