Date : 28/01/2025 URMI ABHYAAS Chapter : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,

11, 12, 13 & 14

Time : 3 hours Std 12 : Physics Total Marks : 50

PREBOARD - 3

Section A
Write the answer of the following questions : (Each carries 1 Mark) [50]

1. A cube of side b has a charge ‘q’ at each of its vertices. Find the electric field due to this charge array at the centre of the cube _______ NC–1.
(A) (B) infinite (C) (D) zero

2. Two positive ions, each carrying a charge ‘q’, are separated by a distance ‘d’. If F is force of repulsion between the ions, then the number of
electrons missing from each ion will be _______. (e being the charge on an electron).
(A) (B) (C) (D)

3. Consider a region inside which there are various types of charges but the total charge is zero. At points outside the region
(A) the electric field is necessarily zero.
(B) the electric field is due to the dipole moment of the charge distribution only.

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(C) the dominant electric field is ∝ , for large r where r is the distance from a origin in this region.
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(D) the work done to move a charged particle along a closed path, away from the region, will be zero.
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4. An electric dipole is placed as show in the figure.
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The electric potential (in 102 V) at points P due to the dipole is _______ (ε0 = permittivity of free space and = k)
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(A) qk (B) qk (C) qk (D) qk

A parallel plate capacitor is first charged and then isolated and a dielectric slab is introduced between the plates. The quantity that remains
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unchanged is _______.
(A) charge Q (B) potential V (C) capacitance C (D) energy U
6. If the potential between the two plates of a capacitor is increased by 20% the energy stored in it increase ________.
(A) 4.4 % (B) 44 % (C) 8.8 % (D) 40 %
7. The total power dissipated in watts in the circuit shown here is _______.

(A) 40 (B) 54 (C) 4 (D) 16

8. The colour code of a resistance is given bolow :

The values of resistance and tolerence, respectively are _________.

(A) 470 k , 5% (B) 47 k , 10% (C) 4.7 k , 5% (D) 470 , 5%
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9. A wire of resistance 4 Ω is stretched to double its original length. The resistance of the stretched wire would be _______.
(A) 2 Ω (B) 4 Ω (C) 8 Ω (D) 16 Ω
10. Two long and parallel straight wires A and B carrying currents of 10 A and 4 A in the same direction are separated by a distance of 2 cm.
Estimate the force on a 4 cm section of wire A. (µ0 = 4π × 10–7 SI).
(A) 1.6 × 10–4 N (B) 1.6 × 10–5 N (C) 1.6 × 10–6 N (D) 1.6 × 10–3 N
11. A galvanometer having a coil resistance of 60 Ω shows a full scale deflection when a current of 1.0 amp passes through it. It can be converted
into an ammeter to read current upto 5.0 Amp by ______.
(A) putting in series a resistance of 15 Ω (B) putting in series a resistance of 240 Ω
(C) putting in parallel a resistance of 15 Ω (D) putting in parallel a resistance of 240 Ω
12. A particle of mass ‘m’, charge. Q and kinetic energy T enters a transverse uniform magnetic field of B. After 3 sec., the kinetic energy of the
particle will be ______.
(A) 4T (B) 3T (C) 2T (D) T
13. At a place on Earth, the vertical component of Earth’s magnetic field is times its horizontal component. The angle of dip at this place is
_________.
(A) 30° (B) 60° (C) 45° (D) 0°
14. In India, declination at Delhi is _________.
(A) 0°, 58’ W (B) 0° 41’ W (C) 0° 58’ E (D) 0° 41’ E
15. A long solenoid has 1000 turns per metre and carries a current of 1 A. It has a soft iron core of µr = 1000 The core is heated beyond the Curie
temperature, Tc.

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(A) The field in the solenoid is (nearly) unchanged but the field decreases drastically.
(B) The and fields in the solenoid are nearly unchanged.
(C) The magnetisation in the core reverses direction.
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(D) The magnetisation in the core diminishes by a factor of about 108.
A square shaped coil of area 70 cm2 having 600 turns rotates in a magnetic field of 0.4 Wb m–2, about an axis which is parallel to one of the
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side of the coil and perpendiclar to the direction of field. If the coil completes 500 revolution in a minute, the instantaneous emf when the plane
of the coil is inclined at 60° with the field, will be _________ V. (Take π = )
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(A) 44 (B) 22 (C) 60 (D) 7

17. Two concentric and coplanar circular coils have radii a and b (>> a) as shown in figure. Resistance of the inner coil is R. Current
in the outer coil is increased from 0 to I, then find the total charge circulating the inner coil.
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(A) (B) (C) (D)

18. A metallic rod of length ‘l’ is tied to a string of length ‘2l’ and made to rotate with angular speed w on a horizontal table with one
end of the string fixed. If there is a vertical magnetic field B in the region, the emf induced across the ends of the rod is

(A) (B) (C) (D)

19. An emf of 20 V is applied at time t = 0 to a circuit containing in series 10 mH inductor and 5 Ω resistor. The ratio of the currents at time t = ∞
and at t = 40 s is close to _________. (Take e2 = 7.389.)
(A) 1.06 (B) 1.46 (C) 1.15 (D) 0.84

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20. Consider the LR circuit shown in the figure. If the switch S is closed at t = 0 then the amount of charge that passes through the battery between
t = 0 and t = is.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

21. An alternating voltage is connected in series with a resistance R and an inductance L. The applied voltage is 250 V. If the potential drop across
the resistance is 200 V, then the potential drop across the inductor is _______.
(A) 150 V (B) 300 V (C) 100 V (D) 50 V
22. The wave length of the short radio waves, ultra violet waves are λ1, λ2 and λ3 respectively. Arrange them in decreasing order _________.
(A) λ1, λ3, λ2 (B) λ1, λ2, λ3 (C) λ3, λ2, λ1 (D) λ2, λ1, λ3
23. A plane EM waves travels in a medium of relative permeability 1.61 and relative permittivity 6.44. If magnitude of magnetic intensity is 4.5 ×
10–2 Am–1 at a point, what will be the approximate magnitude of electric field intensity at that point ? (µ0 = 4π × 10–7 NA–2, c = 3 × 108 ms–
1)
(A) 16.96 Vm–1 (B) 2.25 × 10–2 Vm–1 (C) 8.48 Vm–1 (D) 6.75 × 106 Vm–1
In electromagnetic waves, electric and magnetic fields are...

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(A) in opposite phase and perpendicular to each other.
(B) in opposite phase and parallel to each other
(C) in phase and perpendicular to each other
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(D) in phase and parallel to each other
Use the mirror equation to deduce that, A convex mirror always produces a virtual image independent of the location of the object.
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26. A point object O is placed at 15 cm in front of a glass rod having spherical end of radius of curvature 30 cm. The image would be formed at
________.
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(A) 30 cm left (B) infinity (C) 1 cm to the right (D) 18 cm to the left
27. The eye can be regarded as a single refracting surface. The radius of curvature of this surface is equal to that of cornea 7.8 mm. This surface
separates two media of refractive indices 1 and 1.34. Calculate the distance from the refracting surface at which a parallel beam of light will
come to focus.
(A) 2 cm (B) 1 cm (C) 3.1 cm (D) 4.0 cm
28. In a Young double slit experiment two slits are separated by 2 mm and the screen is placed 1 m away. When a light of wavelength 500 nm is
used, the fringe separation will be ________.
(A) 0.75 mm (B) 0.50 mm (C) 1 mm (D) 0.25 mm
29. Which of the following graphs shows the relation between fringe width (β) and distance between two slits (d).
(A) (B) (C) (D)

30. In YDSE, the intensity of central maximum is I0. If one slit is covered, the intensity of the central maximum becomes __________.
(A) (B) 2 I0 (C) (D) I0

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31. Momentum of a photon of wavelength λ is :
(A) (B) (C) (D) zero
32. The stopping potential in the context of the photoelectric effect depends on the following property of incident electromagnetic radiation
_______.
(A) phase (B) intensity (C) frequency (D) intensity
33. A photocell is illuminated by a small bright source placed 1 m away. When the same source of light is placed (1/2) m away, the
number of electrons emitted by photocathode would :
(A) decrease by a factor of 2 (B) increase by a factor of 2
(C) decrease by a factor of 4 (D) increase by a factor of 4
34. If elements with principal quantum number n > 4 were not allowed in nature, the number of possible elements would have been
________.
(A) 4 (B) 32 (C) 60 (D) 64
35. In Geiger and Marsden’s experiment, which of the following is a graph of the number of α - particle scattered at different angles in a given
interval of time ?
(A) (B) (C) (D)

When an α - particle of mass ‘m’ moving with velocity ‘υ’ bombards on a heavy nucleus of Ze, its distance of closest approach from the

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nucleus depends on ‘m’ as _______.
(A) (B) (C) m aa (D)
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37. A given nucleon affects only the nucleon near it. What is the property of nuclear force called ?
(A) threshold property (B) stopping property
(C) saturation property (D) cut off property
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38. The radius of the nucleus of Al is ______.

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(A) R0 (B) 3R0 (C) (D) R03

39. According to mass-energy equivalence relation 9 × 1013 J of energy can be converted into _______ maximum mass. [speed of light c = 3 × 108
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ms–1]
(A) 81 g (B) 9 g (C) 3 g (D) 1 g
40. Value of output DC in a half wave rectifier with voltage regulator is ________ .
(A) equal to rms value of input AC. (B) less than the rms of the input AC.
(C) greater than rms value of the input AC. (D) Zero
41. An LED has a voltage drop of 2 V across it and passes a current of 10 mA. When it operates with a 6 V battery throught a limiting resistor R,
the value of R is ________ .
(A) 40 kΩ (B) 4 kΩ (C) 200 Ω (D) 400 Ω
42. When the conductivity of a semiconductor is only due to breaking of covalent bonds, the semiconductor is called _______.
(A) donor (B) acceptor (C) intrinsic (D) extrinsic
43. For pn junction, the width of spare charge region is approximately _________ µm.
(A) 0.5 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 0.05
44. In a Zener diode, the reverse bias voltage is 3 V and the width of the depletion region is 300 , the electric field intensity will be _______
.
(A) 104 (B) 106 (C) 108 (D) 10–2
45. Which of the following bonds produces a solid that reflects light in the visible region and whose electrical conductivity decreases with
temperature and has high melting point.
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 (A) covalent bonding (B) metallic bonding
(C) Van der Waals bonding (D) ionic bonding
46. If the ratio of the concentration of electrons to that of holes in a semi conductor is and ratio of current is then the ratio of their drift
velocities is ________ .
(A) (B) (C) (D)

47. Take the breakdown voltage of the zener diode used in the given circuit as 6 V. For the input voltage shown in the figure below, the time
variation of the output voltage is _______ (Graphs drawn are schematic and not to scale)

(A) (B) (C) (D)

48. The manifestion of bond structure in solid is due to ________.

(A) Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle (B) Pauli’s exclusion principle
(C) Bohr’s correspondence principle (D) Boltzmann’s law

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49. A piece of semiconductor is connected in series in an electric circuit. On increasing the temperature, the resistance in circuit will _______.
(A) decrease
(C) increase
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(B) remain unchanged
(D) current will stop flowing
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50. The difference in the variation of resistance with temperature in a metal and a semi conductor arises essentially due to the difference in the
________.
(A) Crystal structure
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(B) Variation of the number of charge carriers with temperature.

(C) Type of bonding
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(D) Variation of scattering mechanism with temperature.

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 URMI ABHYAAS
chapter: 1 to 14 Std 12 : Physics
TOTAL MARKS : 50 Part - B Time : 2 hr
Section A
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• Write the answer of any 8 questions from given questions. [Each carries 2 Marks] [16]
1. How does a capacitor store energy ? And obtain the formula for the energy stored in the capacitor ?
2. Obtain equation for force between two parallel currents carrying wire.
3. Obtain the conditions for constructive interference and destructive interference.
4. Obtain the expression of electric field by a straight wire of infinite length and with linear charge
density ‘l’.
5. Derive relation between drift velocity and current density and Obtain the equation of resistivity of
metal.
1 2
6. Define an inductor. Derive equation of energy U = LI stored in inductor..
2
7. Define the power for AC circuit. Obtain an equation of average power for L-C-R series AC circuit and
what is power factor ? Write its equation.
8. Obtain the equivalent focal length of combination of thin lenses placed in contact.
A B

O P I I1
v

u v1
Image formation by a combination of
two thin lenses in contact.
9. Derive the formula for binding of the nucleus by explaining the mass-defect of the nucleus and write
the formula explaining the binding energy per nucleon.
10. Write briefly on n-type semiconductor.
11. Derive the equation of torque on a magnetic needle in a uniform magnetic field.
12. What is simple microscope ? Obtain the equation of magnification for the image formed at normal
vision distance.
Section B
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• Write the answer of any 6 questions from given questions. [Each carries 3 Marks] [18]
13. Two large, thin metal plates are parallel and close to each other. On their inner faces, the plates have
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surface charge densities of opposite signs and of magnitude 17.0 ´ 10–22 C/m2. What is E :
(a) in the outer region of the first plate,
(b) in the outer region of the second plate, and
(c) between the plates ?
14. A heating element using nichrome connected to a 230 V supply draws an initial current of 3.2 A which
settles after a few seconds to a steady value of 2.8 A. What is the steady temperature of the heating element
if the room temperature is 27.0 °C ? Temperature coefficient of resistance of nichrome averaged over the
temperature range involved is 1.70 ´ 10–4 °C–1.
15. Figure shows a long straight wire of a circular cross-section (radius a) carrying steady current I. The
current I is uniformly distributed across this cross-section. Calculate the magnetic field in the region
r < a and r > a.
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 Figure shows a long straight wire of a circular cross-section (radius a) carrying steady current I. The
current I is uniformly distributed across this cross-section. Calculate the magnetic field in the region
r < a and r > a.
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16. A bar magnet of magnetic moment 1.5 J T–1 lies aligned with the direction of a uniform magnetic
field of 0.22 T.
(a) What is the amount of work required by an external torque to turn the magnet so as to align its
magnetic moment: (i) normal to the field direction, (ii) opposite to the field direction ?
(b) What is the torque on the magnet in cases (i) and (ii) ?
17. ) A rectangular wire loop of sides 8 cm and 2 cm with a small cut is moving out of a region of uniform
magnetic field of magnitude 0.3 T directed normal to the loop. What is the emf developed across the cut
if the velocity of the loop is 1 cm s–1 in a direction normal to the shorter side of the loop ? For how long
does the induced voltage last in each case ?
18. In a plane electromagnetic wave, the electric field oscillates sinusoidally at a frequency of 2.0 ´
1010 Hz and amplitude 48 Vm –1 .
(a) What is the wavelength of the wave ?
(b) What is the amplitude of the oscillating magnetic field ?
(c) Show that the average energy density of the E field equals the average energy density of the B
field. (c = 3 ´ 108 ms–1)
19. A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths, 650 nm and 520 nm, is used to obtain interference
fringes in a Young’s double-slit experiment.

(a) Find the distance of the third bright fringe on the screen from the central maximum for
wavelength 650 nm.

(b) What is the least distance from the central maximum where the bright fringes due to both the
wavelengths coincide ?
20. 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. What is the
(a) maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons,
(b) Stopping potential, and
(c) maximum speed of the emitted photoelectrons ?
(1) c = 3 ´ 108 ms–1, me = 9.1 ´ 10–31 kg
(2) h = 6.63 ´ 10–34Js, mn = mp = 1.67 ´ 10–27 kg
(3) e = 1.6 ´ 10–19 c, kB = 1.38 ´ 10–23 JK–1
21. How long can an electric lamp of 100 W be kept glowing by fusion of 2.0 kg of deuterium ? Take the fusion
reaction as 2
1H + 12H ® 23He + n + 3.27 MeV

Section C
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• Write the answer of any 4 questions from given questions. [Each carries 4 Marks] [16]
22. Derive the formula for the electric potential due to an electric dipole at a point from it. Mention
the electric potential on the axis and on the equator for that electric dipole.
 23. Determine the current in each branch of the network shown in figure.
B

10 5

A 5 C

5 10

10 10 V
24.1. Obtain the relation of phase between instantaneous current and voltage with the help of phase
diagram for series LCR circuit.
24.2. Draw phasor diagram for XC > XL and XC < XL and give the disadvantages of this method.
25.1. Explain the forward characteristics of the p-n junction diode by drawing circuit and graph.
25.2. Explain the reverse characteristics of p-n junction diode by circuit diagram with graph.
26. (a) Determine the ‘effective focal length’ of the combination of the two lenses in Exercise 9.10, if they
are placed 8.0 cm apart with their principal axes coincident. Does the answer depend on which
side of the combination a beam of parallel light is incident ? Is the notion of effective focal length
of this system useful at all ?
(b) An object 1.5 cm in size is placed on the side of the convex lens in the arrangement (a) above.
The distance between the object and the convex lens is 40 cm. Determine the magnification
produced by the two-lens system, and the size of the image.
27. (a) Using the Bohr’s model calculate the speed of the electron in a hydrogen atom in the n = 1, 2, and 3
levels. (b) Calculate the orbital period in each of these levels.