D.A.

V SCHOOL, PALLIKARANAI

PHYSICS WORKSHEET

CLASS : XII

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1. A wire AB of length L has linear charge density λ = kx, where x is measured from the end A of the wire. This wire is
enclosed by a Gaussian hollow surface. Find the expression for the electric flux through this surface.
2. A spherical conducting shell of inner radius r1 and outer radius r2 has a charge ‘Q’. A charge ‘q’ is placed at the
centre of the shell.
What is the surface charge density on the
(i) inner surface,
(ii) outer surface of the shell?
3. (a) Define electric flux. Write its SI units.
(b) The electric field components due to a charge inside the cube of side 0.1 m are as shown :Ex = ax, where α = 500
N/C-m

Calculate
(i) the flux through the cube, and
(ii) the charge inside the cube.
4. Two point charges 4 µC and 1 µC are separated by a distance of 2 m in air. Find the point on the line-joining charges
at which the net electric field of the system is zero.
5.The given graph shows the variation of charge ‘q’ versus potential difference ‘V for two capacitors C1 and C2. Both
the capacitors have the same plate separation but the plate area of C2 is greater than that of C1 Which line (A or B)
corresponds to C1 and C2 why?

6. A test charge ‘q’ is moved without acceleration from A to C along the path from A to B and then from B to C in
electric field E as shown in the figure,
(i) Calculate the potential difference between A and C
(ii) At which point (of the two) is the electric potential more and why?

7. Two-point charges 2 μC and —2 μC are placed at points A and B 6 cm apart.

(a) Draw the equipotential surfaces of the system.
(b) Why do the equipotential surfaces get closer to each other near the point charges? (
8. A network of four capacitors, each of capacitance 15 µF, is connected across a battery of 100 V, as shown in the
figure. Find the net capacitance and the charge on the capacitor C4.

9. An isolated air capacitor of capacitance C0 is charged to a potential V0. Now if a dielectric slab of dielectric constant
K is inserted between its plates, completely filling the space between the plates, then how to do the following change,
when the battery is disconnected
(i) charge
(ii) potential difference and electric field between the plates,
(iii) capacitance
(iv) energy stored by the capacitor
10. (a) Derive the expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor having plate area A and plate separation
d.
(b) Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor when the space between the plates is partially
filled with a dielectric medium of dielectric constant ‘K’.
11. A capacitor of unknown capacitance is connected across a battery of V volts. The charge stored in it is 360 μC.
When the potential across the capacitor is reduced by 120 V, the charge stored in it becomes 120 μC. Calculate:
(i) The potential V and the unknown capacitance C.
(ii) What will be the charge stored in the capacitor, if the voltage applied had increased by 120 V?
12. Derive an expression for the resistivity of a good conductor, in terms of the relaxation time of electrons.
13. A wire of 15 Ω resistance is gradually stretched to double its original length. It is then cut into two equal parts.
These parts are then connected in parallel across a 3.0 volt battery. Find the current drawn from the battery.
14.The plot of the variation of potential difference across a combination of three identical cells in series, versus
current is as shown in the figure. What is the emf of each cell?
15. A battery of emf 6 V and internal resistance 2Ω is connected to a resistor. If the current in the circuit is 0.25 A, find
(i) the resistance of the resistors;
(ii) the terminal voltage of the battery.
16. The figure shows a plot of terminal voltage ‘V’ versus the current ‘i’ of a given cell. Calculate from the graph
(a) emf of the cell and
(b) internal resistance of the cell.

17. Write any two factors on which internal resistance of a cell depends. The reading on a high resistance voltmeter,
when a cell is connected across it, is 2.2 V. When the terminals of the cell are also connected to a resistance of 5 Ω as
shown in the circuit, the voltmeter reading drops to 1.8 V. Find the internal resistance of the cell.

18. A cell of emf ‘E’ and internal resistance V is connected across a variable load resistor R. Draw the plots of the
terminal voltage V versus
(i) R and
(ii) the current I.
It is found that when R = 4 Ω, the current is 1 A and when R is increased to 9 Ω, the current reduces to 0.5 A. Find the
values of the emf E and internal resistance r.
19. Calculate the current drawn from the battery in the given network.

20. Use Kirchhoff’s rules to determine the value of the current I1 flowing in the circuit shown in the figure.
21. Calculate the current drawn from the battery by the network of resistors shown in the figure.

22. A rectangular loop of wire of size 2 cm × 5 cm carries a steady current of 1 A. A straight long wire carrying 4 A
current is kept near the loop as shown in the figure.
If the loop and the wire are coplanar, find
(i) the torque acting on the loop and
(ii) the magnitude and direction of the force on the loop due to the current carrying wire.

23. A proton and an alpha particle having the same kinetic energy are, in turn, passed through a region of uniform
magnetic field, acting normal to the plane of the paper and travel in circular paths. Deduce the ratio of the radii of the
circular paths described by them.
24. (a) Two small identical circular coils marked 1, 2 carry equal currents and are placed with their geometric axes
perpendicular to each other as shown in the figure. Derive an expression for the resultant magnetic field at O.

25. A circular coil, having 100 turns of wire, of radius (nearly) 20 cm each, lies in the XY plane with its centre at the
origin of co-ordinates. Find the magnetic field, at the point (0, 0, 20√3 cm), when this coil carries a current of 2/π amp.
26. A solenoid of mean radius 20 cm has 4000 turns of wire wound on a ferromagnetic core of relative permeability
800. Calculate the magnetic field in the core for a current of 3A , passing through the coil. How does the field change,
when this core is replaced by a core of Bismuth?
27. An ammeter of resistance 0.80 Ω can measure current upto 1.0 A.
(i) What must be the value of shunt resistance to enable the ammeter to measure current upto 5.0A?
(ii) What is the combined resistance of the ammeter and the shunt?
28. A uniform magnetic field gets modified as shown below when two specimens X and Y are placed in it.

(a) Identify the two specimens X and Y.

(b) State the reason for the behavior of the field lines in X and Y.
29. The figure shows the variation of intensity of magnetisation versus the applied magnetic field intensity, H, for two
magnetic materials A and B :

(a) Identify the materials A and B.

(b) Why does the material B, has a larger susceptibility than A, for a given field at constant temperature?
30. A circular coil of N turns and radius R carries a current I. It is unwound and rewound to make another coil of radius
R/2, current I remaining the same. Calculate the ratio of the magnetic moments of the new coil and the original coil.

31. State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction. Figure shows a rectangular conductor PQRS in which the
conductor PQ is free to move in a uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to the plane of the paper. The field extends
from x = 0 to x = b and is zero for x > b. Assume that only the arm PQ possesses resistance r.
When the arm PQ is pulled outward from x = 0 to x = 2b and is then moved backward to x = 0 with constant speed v,
obtain the expressions for the flux and the induced emf. Sketch the variations of these quantities with distance 0 ≤ x ≤
2b.

32. Figure shows a rectangular conducting loop PQSR in which arm RS of length ‘l’ is movable. The loop is kept in a
uniform magnetic field ‘W directed downward perpendicular to the plane of the loop. The arm RS is moved with a
uniform speed ‘v’.
Deduce an expression for
(i) the emf induced across the arm ‘RS’,
(ii) the external force required to move the arm, and
(iii) the power dissipated as heat.

33. The current through two inductors of self-inductance 15 mH and 25 mH is increasing with time at the same rate.
Draw graphs showing the variation of the
(a) emf induced with the rate of change of current
(b) energy stored in each inductor with the current flowing through it.
Compare the energy stored in the coils, if the power dissipated in the coils is the same.

34. (a) Explain the meaning of the term mutual inductance. Consider two concentric circular coils, one of radius r1 and
the other of radius r2 (r1 < r2) placed coaxially with centres coinciding with each other. Obtain the expression for the
mutual inductance of the arrangement.
(b) A rectangular coil of area A, having number of turns N is rotated at ‘f revolutions per second in a uniform magnetic
field B, the field being perpendicular to the coil. Prove that the maximum emf induced in the coil is 2πf.

35. State Lenz’s law. Use it to predict the polarity of the capacitor in the situation given below :

36. An ammeter of resistance 0.8 W can measure a current upto 1.0 A. Find the value of shunt resistance reTuired to
convert this ammeter to measure a current upto 5.0 A.

37. A long straight wire AB carries a current of 4 A. A proton P travels at 4 × 106 m s–1 parallel to the wire 0.2 m from it
and in a direction opposite to the current as shown in the figure. Calculate the force which the magnetic field due to
the current carrying wire exerts on the proton. Also specify its direction.
38. The magnetic field through a circular loop of wire, 12 cm in radius and 8.5 W resistance, changes with time as
shown in the figure. The magnetic field is perpendicular to the plane of the loop. Calculate the current induced in the
loop and plot a graph showing induced current as a function of time.

39. A rectangular loop which was initially inside the region of uniform and time - independent magnetic field, is pulled
out with constant velocity v as shown in the figure.

(a) Sketch the variation of magnetic flux, the induced current, and power dissipated as Joule heat as function of time.

(b) If instead of rectangular loop, circular loop is pulled out; do you expect the same value of induced current? Justify
your answer. Sketch the variation of flux in this case with time.

40. When a conducting loop of resistance 10 Ohm and area 10 cm2 is removed from an external magnetic field

acting normally, the variation of induced current in the loop with time is shown in the figure.

Find the

(i) total charge passed through the loop.

(ii) change in magnetic flux through the loop.

(iii) magnitude of the magnetic field applied.