CLASS XII(2022-23)

PHYSICS (THEORY)
ST. JOSEPH’S CONVENT SCHOOL PEERUMADARA
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70
General Instructions
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Question number 1 to 20 are very short answer questions carrying 1 mark each.
(iii) Question number 21 to 27 are short answer questions, carrying 2 marks each.
(iv) Question number 28 to 34 are short answer questions, carrying 3 marks each
(v) Question number 35 to 37 are long answer questions, carrying 5 marks each.

1. Which orientation of an electric dipole in a uniform electric field would correspond

stable equilibrium?
2. What is the electrostatic potential due to an electric dipole at an equatorial point?
3. A beam of a particles projected along +x-axis, experiences a force due to
a magnetic field along the +y-axis. What is the direction of the magnetic
field?
4. A 500 C charge is at the center of a square of side 10 cm. Find the work
done in moving a charge of 10 C between two diagonally opposite points
on the square.
5. For any charge configuration, equipotential surface through a point is normal to the electric
field. Justify.
6. Two conducting wires X and Y of same diameter but different materials are joined in series
across a battery. If the number density of electrons X is twice that in Y, find the
ratio of drift velocity of electrons in the two wires.
7. Two wires of equal length, one of copper and the other of manganin have the same
resistance. Which wire is thicker?
8. Nichrome and copper wires of same length and same radius are connected in series. Current
‘I’ is passed through them. Which wire gets heated up more? Justify your answer.
9. Show a graph, the variation of resistivity with temperature for a typical
semiconductor?
10. Depict the trajectory of a charged particle moving with velocity v as it
enters a uniform magnetic field perpendicular to the direction of its motion.
11. Why should the spring. suspension in a moving coil galvanometer have low
torsional constant?
12. The motion of copper plate is damped when it is allowed to oscillate between the
two poles of a magnet. What is the cause of this damping?
13. How does one explain increase in resistivity of a metal with increase of temperature?

14. Two identical circular wires P and Q each of radius R and carrying
current 'I' are kept in perpendicular planes such that they have a common
center as shown in the figure. Find the direction of the net magnetic field
at the common center of the two coils.

15. If χ stands for the magnetic susceptibility of given material, identify

the class of material for which
(i) −1 ≥ χ < 0
(ii) 0 < χ < ε (ε stands for a small positive number).
16. A proton and an electron travelling along parallel paths enter a region of uniform magnetic
field, acting perpendicular to their paths. Which of them will move in a circular path with higher
frequency?
17. The magnetic materials having negative magnetic susceptibility are called…… and those having positive
magnetic susceptibility are called…..

18. Two cells, each of emf E and internal resistance r, are connected in parallel across a resistance R. The
power delivered to R is maximum when:
(a) R=r/2 (b)R=r (c)R=2r (d) R=0.

19. A bar-magnet is placed in the North-South direction with its North pole towards North. In which direction
from the centre of the magnet will the points of zero magnetic field lie?
(a) North and South (b) East and West
(c) North –East and South-West (d) North-West and South-East

20. Why is electrostatic potential constant throughout the volume of the conductor and
has the same value (as inside) on its surface?

21. A thin straight infinitely long conducting wire having charge density λ is enclosed
by a cylindrical surface of radius r and length l, its axis coinciding with the length of the wire.
Find the expression for the electric flux through the surface of the cylinder.
22.Show that electric field is a conservative quantity and also show electric field is negative
gradient of scalar potential.
23 Derive an expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole of dipole
movement p⃗ In the electric field E⃗
OR
A bulb B and a capacitor C are connected in series to the a.c. mains as
shown in the given figure: The bulb glows with some brightness. How will
the glow of the bulb change when a dielectric slab is introduced between
the plates of the capacitor? Give reasons in support of your answer

24. Net capacitance of three identical capacitors in series is 𝟏 𝝁𝑭. What

will be their net capacitance if connected in parallel?
Find the ratio of energy stored in the two configurations if they are
both connected to the same source.
OR
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 potential more and why?

25.A rectangular loop of wire of size 𝟒 𝒄𝒎 × 𝟏𝟎 𝒄𝒎 carries a

steady current of 2A.A straight long wire carrying 5A current is kept
near the loop as shown. If the loop and the wire are coplanar, find(i) the torque acting on the
loop.
(ii) the magnitude and direction of the force on the loop due to current carrying wire.
26.Two identical plane metallic surfaces A and B are kept
parallel to each other in air, separated by a distance of 1 cm
as shown in the figure. A is given a positive potential of 10V
and the outer surface of B is earthed.(a)What is the
magnitude and direction of the uniform electric field
between Y and Z?(b)What is the work done in moving a
charge of 20 P C from X to Y ?
(c)Two capacitors, of capacitances 3µF and 6µF , are charged to potentials of 2V and 5V
respectively. These two charged capacitors are connected in parallel. Find the charge across
each of the two capacitors now.

27. Calculate the value of the resistance R in the Circuit shown in the figure so that the current in
the circuit is 0.2 A/ What would be the potential difference between point B and E?

28. Two point charges q1 and q2 are located at r1and r2 respectively in an external
electric field E.
Obtain the expression for the total work done in assembling this configuration
29. A particle of mass 1×10-26 kg and charge +1.6 ×10-19 C travelling with a velocity 1.28×106
m/s in +X direction enters a region in which a uniform electric field E and a uniform magnetic
field B are present such that Ex=EY=O; Ez= 102.4 kV/m and BX = BZ=O; BY=8×10-2Wb/m2 . The
particle enters the region at the origin at time t=0. Find the location (x, y, and z) of the particle at
t=5×10-6S. Also explain, what happen when the three vectors V, E, and B are collinear and when
the V, E, and B are mutually perpendicular.
OR
Draw a schematic sketch of a cyclotron. Explain clearly the role of crossed electric and magnetic
field in accelerating the charge. Hence derive the expression for the kinetic energy acquired by
the particles.
30.In a series LCR circuit connected to an AC source of variable frequency and voltage V= Vm
sinѠt , draw a plot showing the variation of current with angular frequency for two different
values of resistance R1 and R2 ( R1>R2) . Write the condition under which the phenomenon of
resonance occurs. For which value of the resistance out of the two curves a sharper resonance is
produced? Define quality- factor of the circuit and give its significance.
31. A thin conducting spherical shell of radius R has charge Q spread uniformly over
its surface. Using Gauss's law, derive an expression for an electric field at a point

for 𝟎 < 𝒓 < ∞.

outside the shell. Draw a graph of electric field E(r) with distance r from the centre of the shell

OR
The following table gives the length of three copper wires, their
diameters, and the applied potential difference across their ends.
Arrange the wires in increasing order according to the
following:(a) The magnitude of the electric field within them,(b)
The drift speed of electrons through them, and(c) The current
density within them.
32.A multirange voltmeter can be constructed by using a galvanometer
circuit as shown in the figure. We want to construct a voltmeter that
can measure 2V, 20V and 200V using a galvanometer of resistance
10Ω and that produces maximum deflection for current of 1 mA. Find
the value of R1, R2 and R3 that have to be used.

33An aero plane is flying horizontally from west to east with a

velocity of 900km/hour. Calculate the potential difference developed between the ends of its
winds having a space of 20 m. The horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field is 5
×10−4T and the angle of dip is 300.

34.Electromagnetic waves with wavelength

(i)λ1 are used to treat muscular strain.(ii) λ2 are used by a FM radio station for broadcasting.(iii)
λ3 are used to detect fracture in bones.(iv) λ4 are absorbed by the ozone layer of the
atmosphere.Identify and name the part of electromagnetic spectrum to which these radiations
belong.Arrange these wavelengths in decreasing order of magnitude.
OR
A device 'X' is connected to an ac source V = V0 sin
wt. The variation of voltage,current and power in one
cycle is shown in the following graph:(a) Identify the
device 'X'.(b) Which of the curves A, B and C
represent the voltage, current and the power
consumed in the circuit? Justify your answer.(c) How
does its impedance vary with frequency of the ac
source? Show graphically.(d) Obtain an expression
for the current in the circuit and its phase relation
with ac voltage.
35. (a) A particle of charge q is moving with velocity v in the presence of
crossed Electric field E and Magnetic field B as shown. Write the condition
under which the particle will continue moving along x- axis. How would the
trajectory of the particle be affected if the electric field is switched off?

(b) A horizontal wire AB of length ‘l’ and mass ‘m’ carries a steady current I1,
free to move in vertical plane is in equilibrium at a height of ‘h’ over another
parallel long wire CD carrying a steady current I2, which is fixed in a horizontal
plane as shown. Derive the expression for the force acting per unit length on the
wire AB and write the condition for which wire AB is in equilibrium.

OR
(a) An electron in the ground state of Hydrogen atom is revolving in a
circular orbit of radius R. Obtain the expression for the orbital magnetic
moment of the electron in terms of fundamental constants.(b) Draw the
magnetic field lines for a current carrying solenoid when a rod made of (i) copper, (ii)
aluminium and (iii) iron are inserted within the solenoid as shown.

36. How will a dia–, para – and a ferromagnetic material behave when kept in a non-uniform
external magnetic field? Give two examples of each of these materials. Name two main
characteristics of a ferromagnetic material which help us to decide its suitability for making
(i) a permanent magnet (ii) an electromagnet. Which of these two characteristics should have
high or low values for each these two types of magnets?
OR
(a)With the help of a diagram, explain the principle and working of a moving coil
galvanometer.(b) What is the importance of a radial magnetic field and how is it produced?
(c) Why is it that while using a moving coil galvanometer as a voltmeter a high
resistance series is.
37. Obtain an expression for the energy stored in a parallel plate
capacitor.In the following figure, the energy stored in C4 is 27J.
Calculate the total energy stored in the system.

OR
(a)What is potentiometer. Write its principle and two applications.
(b)A resistance of R draws current from a potentiometer. The
potentiometer wire, AB, has a total resistance of Ro. A voltage V is
supplied to the potentiometer. Derive an expression for the voltage
across R when the sliding contact is in the middle of potentiometer
wire.