SET B

PHYSICS (042)
CLASS: XII DURATION: 1 ½ Hour
DATE: 17-04-25 MAX. MARKS: 35
General Instructions:
(1) There are 17 questions in all. All questions are compulsory
(2) This question paper has five sections: Section A contains Eight MCQ of one mark each, Section B
contains three questions of two marks each, Section C contains four questions of three marks each, section
D contains one long questions of five marks each and Section E contains one case study-based questions of
4 marks each.
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SECTION A
1. Two point charges Q and -3Q are placed some distance apart. If the electric field at the location of Q is
E, the field at the location of -3Q is
(a) E (b) -E (c) E/3 (d) -E/3
2. An electric dipole when placed in a uniform electric field will have minimum potential energy, if the
angle between dipole moment and electric field is
(a) Zero (b) π/ 2 (c) π/3 (d) π
3. In a certain region of 0.1 cubic metre of space, electric potential is found to be 5V throughout. What is
the electric field in this region?
(a)0.5 v/m (b)2 V/m (c)0v/m (d)0.02 V/m
4. A +3.0 nC charge Q is initially at a distance of r1 = 10 cm from a + 5.0 nC charge q fixed at the origin.
The charge Q is moved away from q to a new position at r2 = 15 cm in this process work done by the field
is
(a) 1.29 x 10-5 J (b) 3.6 x 105 J (c) -4.5 x 10-7 J (d) 4.5 x 10-7 J
5. A parallel plate capacitor is charged. If the plates are pulled apart
(a) The capacitance increases (b) The potential differences increase
(c) The total charge increases (d) The charge & potential difference remain the same
6. Figure shows some equipotential lines
distributed in space. A charged object is
moved from point A to point B.
a) The work done in Fig. (iii) is greater than
Fig. (ii) but equal to that in Fig. (i).
b) The work done in Fig. (ii) is least.
c) The work done in Fig. (i) is the greatest.
d) The work done is the same in Fig. (i), Fig.
(ii) and Fig. (iii).
7. Equipotential surfaces associated with an electric field, which is increasing in magnitude along the X -
direction, are
a) planes parallel to YZ - plane b) planes parallel to XY - plane
c) coaxial cylinders of increasing radii around the X - axis d) planes parallel to XZ - plane
8. Assertion: Two equipotential surfaces cannot intersect each other.
Reason: Two equipotential surfaces are parallel to each other.
(a) Assertion and Reason both are correct statements and Reason is correct explanation for Assertion.
(b) Assertion and Reason both are correct statements but Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct statement but Reason is wrong statement.
(d) Assertion is wrong statement but Reason is correct statement
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9. Establish the relation between electric field and electric potential.
10. Sketch the equi potential surfaces for two equal and positive charges separated by a small distance.
11. A slab of material of dielectric constant K has the same area as the plates of a parallel - plate capacitor
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but has a thickness (4)d, where d is the separation of the plates. How is the capacitance changed when the
slab is inserted between the plates?
SECTION C

12. Derive an expression for the electric field at a point on the axial position of an electric dipole.
13. Consider two hollow concentric spheres, S1 & S2, enclosing charges 2Q &
4Q respectively as shown.

(i) Find out the ratio of the electric flux through them.
(ii)How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change, if a medium of
dielectric constant is introduced in the space inside S1 in place of air?
14. The electric field components in fig. are E𝑥 = 𝛼 x 1/2 , E 𝑦 = E 𝑧 = 0, in which 𝛼 = 800 N/C m 1/2 .
Calculate

1. the flux through the cube, and

15. Two large, thin metal plates are parallel and close to each other.
On their inner faces, the plates have surface charge densities of
opposite signs and of magnitude 17.0× 10 −22 C/m 2 . What is E:
1. in the outer region of the first plate,
2. in the outer region of the second plate, and between the plates?
SECTION D
16. Derive relation for the electric potential at any point due to an electric dipole and discuss the potential
at (i) a point on the axial line (ii) equatorial line
SECTION E
17. Case study: An electric field E = 200 i N/C for +ve x-axis and E = –200 i N/C for -ve x-axis A right
circular cylinder of length 20 cm and radius 5 cm has its center at the origin and its axis along the x - axis so
that one face is at x = +10 cm and the other is at x = - 10 cm (as shown in Fig).

1. What is the net outward flux through each flat face?

2. What is the flux through the side of the cylinder?

3. What is the net outward flux through the cylinder?

4. What is the net charge inside the cylinder?