VIJAYAGIRI PUBLICSCHOOL

FIRST TERMINAL EXAMINATION

PHYSICS

Class XII(2024-25)
Maximum marks: 70 Time Allowed:3hours

SECTION A (1 mark each)

1. Anelectric dipole having a dipole moment of 4x 10 Cm is placed in a uniform electric

fieldsuch that the dipole is in stable equilibrium. If themagnitude of the electric field is 3 x
10 N/C, what is the work done in rotating the dipole to aposition of unstable equilibrium?
A. zero B. 1.2 x 105J
C. 2.4 x 10-5 J D. -1.2 x 10 J
2. Two charges +5 nC and +10 uCare placed 20 cm apart. The electric field at the mid-point
between the two charges will be
A. 4.5 x 10 N/C towards +5 u
B. 4.5 x 10 NIC towards +10 uC
C. 13.5 x 10 N/Ctowards +5 uC
D. 13.5 x 10 N/C towards +10 uC

3. Two parallel plate capacitors Xand Y, have the same area of plates and same separation
between plates. X has air and Yhas a dielectric of dielectric constant 2 between its plates.
They are connected in series to a battery of12 V. The ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X
and Y is

A. 4:1 B. 1:4 C. 2:1 D. 1:2

4. An electricbulb of 500Watt at 100 V is used in a circuit having a 200 V supply. The

resistance R to be connected in series with the bulb so that the power delivered by the bulb is
500W willbe
A. 52 B. 10 C. 20 2 D. 30 2

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A. material A is copper and material B is germanium
B. material A is germanium and material B is copper
C. material A is nichrome and material B is germanium

D. material A iscopper and material B is nichrome

6. A pure resistor is connected to an AC power source as shown below.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE?

1: The average current flowing through the circuit during one fullcycle is zero.
II: The current in the resistor leads the voltage by /2.

I: The average power dissipated by the resistor is zero.

A. only I
B. only Iand II
C. only Iland III
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7. At what rate does the electric field change
between the plates of a square capacitor of side
5 cm, if the plates are spaced 1.2 mm apart and the
voltage across them is changing at a rate
of 60 V/s?

A. 7.2x 10: Vm's-!

B. 30 x 10: Vm!s!
C. 12 x 10² Vm' s-!
D. 5x 1 Vm' s!

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8. The resistance of an ideal
voltmeter is
A. 100 s2 B. S00 S) C.0 D. infinity
9. A soBenoid of length 1.5 m and 4 cm diameter possesses 10turns
per cm. A Current OI A
is flowing through it. The magnetic field at the axis inside the
solenoid is
A. 2n x 10-T B. 2 x 10-5 T C. 2n x 10-2 G D. 2n x 10- G

10. Among the following properties deseribing diamagnetism, identify the property that is
wrongly stated
A. Diamagnetic material do not have permanent magnetic moment.

B. Perfect diamagnetism in conductors is called superconductivity.

C. Diamagnetic materials have a small positive susceptibility.
D. The magnetic moments of individual electrons neutralize each other.
|1. In a coil, when current changes from 10 Ato 2 A in time 0.1 sec, induced e.m.f. is 3.20
volt. The self-inductance of coilis
A. 4 H B. 0.4 H C.0.04 H D. 5 H

12. A square loop of wire of eachside 50 cm is so kept that its plane makes an angle with a
uniform magnetic field of induction 1T. The magnetic field is withdrawn in 0.l s. It is found
that the induced emf across the loop is 125 mV. The angle is
A. 300 B. 45 0 C. 600 D. 900

For Questions 13 to 16, two statements are given - one labelled Assertion (A) and other
labelled Reason (R).Select the correct answer to these questions from the options as given
below.

A. Assertion and Reasorn are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
B. Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion.
C. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false.

13. Assertion (A): The direction of the electric field is always perpendicular to the
equipotential surface.
Reason (R): Work is done by the electric force in moving a charge between any two points
on an equipotential surface is zero.
14. Assertion (A): Above Curie temperature, a ferromagnetic material becomes
paramagnetic.
Reason: When a magnetic material is heated to very high temperature, it loses its magnetic
properties.
I5. Assertion (A): Acharge. whether stationary or inmotion produces a magnetic field
around it.

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Reason: Movingcharges produce only electric field in the
16. Assertion (A): In series LCR circuit, resonance occurs at ony one frequency.
Reason: Al resonance, the inductive reactance is equal and opposite to the capacitive
rcactance.

SECTION B (2 marks each)

17. What is the electric potential at the centre of asquare of side 1mif point charges 1x 10
C,-2x 10°* C, 3 x 10*C and 2 x 10Care placed at the corners of the square?
I8. Draw the magnetie field lines for a (i) diamagnetic and (ii) paramagnetic substance.
19. The graph showing the variation of current versus voltage for a material GaAs is shown
inthe figure. ldentify the region of
(i) negative resistance
(ii) where Ohm's law is obeyed.

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Voltage V

20. Write any two factors on which the internal resistance of a cell depends.
21. Figure shows planar loops of different shapes moving out of or into a region of magnetic
icld which is directed normal to the plane of loops downwards. Determine the direction of
induced current in each loop using Lenz's law.

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