DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL VARANASI

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PREBOARD I EXAMINATION
SUBJECT - PHYSICS
CLASS- XII

Date:14.12.2022
NAME: SEC ROLL N0

Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 70

General Instructions:

General Instructions:
(1) There are 35 questions in all. All questions are compulsory
(2) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D
and Section E. All the sections are compulsory.
(3) Section A contains one cased based question of 4 mark, Section B contains seven questions of two marks each, Section C
contains five questions of three marks cach, section D contains three long questions of five marks each and Section E
contains one case study based questions of 4 marks each.
4) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been providcd in scction B, C, D and E. You have to attempt
only one of the choices in such questions.
(5). Use of calculators is not allowed

Section A

Case Study/Passage Based Questions

1. The phenomenon of bending of light around the sharp corners and the spreading of light within the
geometrical shadow of the opaque obstacles is called the diffraction of light. The light thus deviates from its
linear path. The deviation becomes much more pronounced, when the dimensions of the aperture or the
obstacle is comparable to the wavelength of light.

Incident Diffracted
wave Wave

Sereen

1. Write two points of differences between the interference and diffraction 2

2. If screen is moved away in single slit experiments what changes will observe in
(a) angular width, (b) linear width of fringes.
Justify your answer 2

Section B
2. Which one of the following is the unit of electric charge? [1
 a) Newton b) Coulomb

c) Coulomb d) Volt
Volt

3. In nature, the electric charge of any system is always equal to: [1

a) square of the least amount of charge b) half integral multiple of the least amount of
charge

c) integral multiple of the least amount of charge d) zero

. If a point charge moves round in a circle about a charge q, then work done by the charge, is 1
a)
x 2
b) 1
4T€o
x L

c) x d) Zero

5. Two charges +3.2 x 101 C and-3.2 x 10"1 C kept 2.4 A apart forms a dipole. Ifit is kept in uniform electric field
of intensity 4 x 10 volt/m then what will be its electrical energy in equilibrium?

a)-2 x 1023J b)-6x 1023J

c)-3 x 1023 J d) 43 x 102J
6. The plot represents the flow of current through a wire at three different times. The ratio of charges flowing through the [1]
wire at different times is:

1
2 34 5 67
Time in seconds

a) 1:1:11 b) 1:3 3
c) 2:1:2 d) 2:3:4
7. An electron enters electric field of 10* V/m perpendicular to the field with a velocity of 10 'ms. The vertical [1
displacement of the electron after one millisecond will be:

x10 m b)x 100 m

x1 10 m
c) d)
9x 10°m
The magnetic field can be produced by: [1
a) both a changing electric field and a moving b) a changing electric field
charge

c) a charge at rest d) a moving charge

9. Curie law xT= constant, relating magnetic susceptibility (x) and absolute temperature (T) of magnetic substances, is [1]
obeyed by:

a) paramagnetic substances b) none of these

c) diamagnetic substances d) all magnetic substances

10. A 10 ohm resistance coil has 1000 turns. It is placed in a magnetie field of magnetic induction 5 x 10* tesla in 0.1
sec. If the area of cross-section is one square metre, then the induced emf is:

a) 0.05 volt b) 0.005 volt

c) 0.5 volt d) 5 volt

11. The north pole of a mnagnet is falling on a metallic ring as shown in the figure. The direction of induced current, if
looked from the upside in the ring will be:

i. clockwise or anticlockwise depending on metal of the ring

ii. no induced current
i. anticlockwise
iv. clockwise

a) i and ii b) only iii

c) ii and iii d) iv andi

12. Out of the following options which one can be used to produce a propagating electromagnetic wave? 1
i. A charge moving at a constant velocity
ii. A stationary charge
ii. A chargeless particle
iv. An accelerating charge

a) ii and iv b) only i

c) ii and ii d) an

13. In a double-slit experiment, at a certain point on the screen the path difference between the two interfering waves is
th of a wavelength. The ratio of the intensity of light at that point to that at the centre of a bright fringe is:

a) 0.568 b) 0.853

c)0.672 d) 0.760

14. The maximum velocity of the photoelectrons emitted from the surface is v when the light of frequency n falls on a [1
metal surface. If the incident frequency is increased to 3n, the maximum velocity of the ejected photoelectrons will
be:

a) v b) equal to V3v

c) less than y3v d) more than 3v

15. A proton and an a-particle are accelerated through the same potential differences. The ratio of their de Broglie 1
wavelengthsis:

a) 1
 c) V8 d) 2

16. Rutherford's model of an atom is based on: [1

a) study of spectral lines in hydrogen atom b) Newton's law of gravitation

c) radioactivity d) study of a-particles scattering by a thin gold

foil
17. The volume of a nucleus is directly proportional to: (1
a) VA b) A3

c)A d) Al/3

Section C
18. Assertion (A): For best contrast between maxima and minima in the interference pattern of Young's double-slit 1
experiment, the intensity of light emerging out of the two slits should be equal.
Reason (R): The intensity of the interference patterm is proportional to the square of the amplitude.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
explanation of A. explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

19 Assertion (A): A pure semiconductor has a negative temperature coefficient of resistance.

Reason (R): On raising the temperature, more charge carriers are released, conductance increases and resistance
decreases.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct
explanation of A. explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

Section D
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20. A cylinder is placed in a uniform electric field E with its axis parallel to the field. Show that the total electric flux
through the cylinder is zero.

21 Distinguish between diamagnetic and ferromagnetic materials in tems of

i. susceptibility and
2
ii. their behaviour in a non-uniform magnetic field

22. Identify the electromagnetic waves whose wavelengths lie in the range. 21
i. 10 mA< 1014 m
ii. 10 m<< 10m
Write one use of each.

23. A convex mirror always produces a virtual image independent of the location of the object. Use mirror equation to 21
prove it.

24. The refractive index of glass with respect to water is 1.125. If the speed of light in water is 2.25 x 10 ms then 21
calculate the speed of light in glass.

25. From the relation R = RoA where Ro is a constant andA is the mass number of a nucleus, show that the nuclear 21
matter density nearly constant (i.e. independent of A).
is

26. Distinguish between a metal and an insulator on the basis of energy band diagram. (2
27. Two long straight parallel conductors carry steady current I| and l2 separated by a distance d. If the currents are 3
flowing in the same direction, show how the magnetic ficld set up in one produces an attractive force on the other.
Obtain the expression for this force. Hence define one ampere.

28. Define the term mutual inductance between the two coils. Obtain the expression for mutual inductance of a pair of 13
long co-axial solenoids each of length I and radii r1 and r2 (r2 >>r|). The total number of turns in the two solenoids
are N1 and N2 respectively.

29. Write the name and cause of currents in p-n junction. How does the the biasing affects the width of depletion layer. 13
Use suitable diagram to support your answer

30. In Young's double slit experiment, the two slits 0.15 mn apart are illuminated by monochromatic light of wavelength 31
450 nm. The screen is 1.0 m away from the slits.
i. Find the distance of the second
a. bright fringe
b. dark fringe from the central maximum.
ii. How will the fringe pattern change if the screen is moved away from the slits?

31. Figure shows the variation of stopping potential Vo with the frequency v of the incident radiation for two 31
photosensitive metals P and Q.
i. Explain which metal has a smaller threshold wavelengths.

0.1 1.0 (x10s

i. Explain, giving reason, which metals emits photo electrons having smaller kinetic energy, for the same wavelength
of incident radiation.
ii. If the distance between the light source and metal P is doubled, how will the stopping potential change?

32. i. State Kirchhoffs rules.

ii. A battery of 10 V and negligible internal resistance is connected across the diagonally opposite corners of a
cubical network consisting of 12 resistors each of I2 resistance.
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Use Kirchhoffs rules to determine

a. the total current in the network.
b. the equivalent resistance of the network

33. i. Draw the labelled ray diagram for the formation of image by an astronomical telescope. 5
ii. Derive the expression for its magnifying power in normal adjustment. Write two basic features which can
distinguish between a telescope and a compound microscope.

34. What is Transformer? using suitable diagram, write principle, construction and working of step up transformer. Does 51
it violet law of conservation of energy. State any two cause of energy loss in transformer.

Section E
35. Read the source given below and answer any four out of the following questions: 4
Gauss's law and Coulomb's law, although expressed in different forms, are equivalent ways of describing the relation
,
between charge and electric field in static conditions. Gauss's law is Eod = gend when qend is the net charge inside an
imaginary closed surface called Gaussian surface. o = fE dA gives the electric flux through the Gaussian surface.
The two equations hold only when the net charge is in vacuum or air.

Gaussian
spherical surfaces

i. If there is only one type of charge in the universe, then (E Electric field, ds > Area vector)
a.fE d #0 on any surface
b. fE ds could not be defined

c. fE ds = oo if charge is inside

d. fE ds = 0 if charge is outside, fE. ds =

if charge is inside
ii. What is the nature of Gaussian surface involved in Gauss law of electrostatic?
a. Magnetic
b. Scalar
c. Vector
d. Electrical
ii. A charge 10 C is placed at the centre of a hemisphere of radius R = 10 cm as shown The electric flux through the
hemisphere (in MKS units) is
+10 uC

a. 20 x 10
b. 10 x 10

C. 6 x 10
d.2x 10
iv. The electric flux through a closed surface area S enclosing charge Q is o. If the surface area is doubled, then the
fux i
. 20
b.

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