Shayona vidhyavihar higher secondary school

std 12 physics Date : 14/02/25

Assignment
//X Section A
• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 2 Marks] [48]
1. Explain the electric field lines and the magnitude of electric field.
2. What is parallel plate capacitor ? Obtain the formula for the capacitance of such a parallel plate
capacitor and on which factors does the value of capacitance depend ?
3. A battery of emf 10 V and internal resistance 3 ú is connected to a resistor. If the current in the
circuit is 0.5 A, what is the resistance of the resistor ? What is the terminal voltage of the battery when
the circuit is closed ?
4. Obtain equation for force between two parallel currents carrying wire.
5. A closely wound solenoid of 2000 turns and area of cross-section 1.6 f 10–4 m2, carrying a current
of 4.0 A, is suspended through its centre allowing it to turn in a horizontal plane.
(a) What is the magnetic moment associated with the solenoid ?
(b) What is the force and torque on the solenoid if a uniform horizontal magnetic field of
7.5 f 10–2 T is set up at an angle of 30° with the axis of the solenoid ?
6. Consider a metal ring kept on top of a fixed solenoid (say on a cardboard) as per figure. The centre
of the ring coincides with the axis of the solenoid. If the current is suddenly switched on, the metal
ring jumps up. Explain.

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7. Using the equation of power for an ideal transformer, prove = = .
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8. Write characteristics of photoelectric effect.
9. Explain particle-wave (dual) nature of matter.
10. An object is placed at (i) 10 cm, (ii) 5 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 15 cm.
Find the position, nature, and magnification of the image in each case.
11. Explain the quantization of angular momentum to behave an electron as wave in a atom.
12. Sn, C, and Si, Ge are all group XIV elements. Yet, Sn is a conductor, C is an insulator while Si and
Ge are semiconductors. Why ?
13. Obtain the expression of torque acting on electric dipole in uniform external electric field.
14. A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.4 m diameter has a surface charge density of 80.0 mC/m2.
(a) Find the charge on the sphere.
(b) What is the total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere ?
15. What is Wheatstone bridge ? Explain its principle.
16. A short bar magnet placed with its axis at 30° with a uniform external magnetic field of 0.25 T
experiences a torque of magnitude equal to 4.5 ´ 10–2 J. What is the magnitude of magnetic moment
of the magnet ?
17. Derive equation of induced emf in the rod which is sliding on two sides of U shaped frame placed
perpendicular to magnetic field.
18. A charged 30 mF capacitor is connected to a 27 mH inductor. What is the angular frequency of free
oscillations of the circuit ?

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19. Obtain d = i + e – A for equilateral prism.
20. In a Young’s double-slit experiment, the slits are separated by 0.28 mm and the screen is placed 1.4 m
away. The distance between the central bright fringe and the fourth bright fringe is measured to be
1.2 cm. Determine the wavelength of light used in the experiment.
21. Monochromatic light of frequency 6.0 ´ 1014 Hz is produced by a laser. The power emitted is
2.0 ´ 10–3 W. (a) What is the energy of a photon in the light beam ? (b) How many photons per second,
on an average, are emitted by the source ?
22. Explain the limitations of Bohr atomic model.
23. Explain the process of thermonuclear fusion as a source of energy in the Sun and stars.
24. Write four points in distinguishing between p-type semiconductor and n-type semiconductor.

//X Section B
• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 3 Marks] [54]
25. Consider three charges q1, q2, q3 each equal to q at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side l.
What is the force on a charge Q (with the same sign as q) placed at the centroid of the triangle, as
shown in figure ?
A
q1 = q
r̂

l F3 Q F2 l
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F1

B C
q2 = q D l q3 = q
26. How does a capacitor store energy ? And obtain the formula for the energy stored in the capacitor ?
27. A long solenoid with 15 turns per cm has a small loop of area 2.0 cm 2 placed inside the solenoid
normal to its axis. If the current carried by the solenoid changes steadily from 2.0 A to 4.0 A in 0.1 s,
what is the induced emf in the loop while the current is changing ?
28. A horizontal straight wire 10 m long extending from east to west is falling with a speed of
5.0 m s –1 , at right angles to the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field, 0.30 f
10 –4 W b m – 2 .
(a) What is the instantaneous value of the emf induced in the wire ?
(b) What is the direction of the emf ?
(c) Which end of the wire is at the higher electrical potential ?
29. What is transformer ? Write its principle and write its construction.
30. Explain the polarization by a thin plastic like sheet.
31. A given coin has a mass of 3.0 g. Calculate the nuclear energy that would be required to separate
all the neutrons and protons from each other. For simplicity assume that the coin is entirely made
of 63
29 Cu atoms (of mass 62.92960 u).
32. Answer the following questions :
(a) Are the equations of nuclear reactions (such as those given in Section 13.7) ‘balanced’ in the sense
a chemical equation (e.g., 2H 2 + O2 ® 2 H2O) is ? If not, in what sense are they balanced on both
sides ?
(b) If both the number of protons and the number of neutrons are conserved in each nuclear
reaction, in what way is mass converted into energy (or vice-versa) in a nuclear reaction ?
33. Explain the crystalline structure by writing the electronic configuration of elementary
semiconductors.
34. A spherical conductor of radius 12 cm has a charge of 1.6 ´ 10–7 C distributed uniformly on its surface.
What is the electric field
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(b) just outside the sphere.
 A spherical conductor of radius 12 cm has a charge of 1.6 ´ 10–7 C distributed uniformly on its surface.
What is the electric field
(a) inside the sphere.
(b) just outside the sphere.
(c) at a point 18 cm from the centre of the sphere ?
35. What is parallel connection of cell ? Obtain equation of equivalent emf of two cells connected in
parallel.
36. Apply Biot-Savart law to find the magnetic field due to a circular current carrying loop at a point on
the axis of the loop.
37. (a) Obtain the expression for the magnetic energy stored in a solenoid in terms of magnetic field
B, area A and length l of the solenoid. (b) How does this magnetic energy compare with the
electrostatic energy stored in a capacitor ?
38. Figure shows a series LCR circuit connected to a variable frequency 230 V source. L = 5.0 H,
C = 80 mF, R = 40 W

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(a) Determine the source frequency which drives the circuit in resonance.
(b) Obtain the impedance of the circuit and the amplitude of current at the resonating frequency.
(c) Determine the rms potential drops across the three elements of the circuit. Show that the
potential drop across the LC combination is zero at the resonating frequency.
39. (i) If f = 0.5 m for a glass lens, what is the power of the lens ? (ii) The radii of curvature of the faces
of a double convex lens are 10 cm and 15 cm. Its focal length is 12 cm. What is the refractive index
of glass ? (iii) A convex lens has 20 cm focal length in air. What is focal length in water ? (Refractive
index of air-water = 1.33, refractive index for air-glass = 1.5.)
40. Explain refraction of plane wave from rarer to denser medium by using Huygen’s principle.
41. Explain effect of potential on photoelectric current in experiment of photoelectric effect.
42. In a Geiger-Marsden experiment, what is the distance of closest approach to the nucleus of a 7.7 MeV
a-particle before it comes momentarily to rest and reverses its direction ?

//X Section C
• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 4 Marks] [48]
43. (a) Estimate the average drift speed of conduction electrons in a copper wire of cross-sectional
area 1.0 f 10–7 m 2 carrying a current of 1.5 A. Assume that each copper atom contributes
roughly one conduction electron. The density of copper is 9.0 f 103 kg/m3 and its atomic mass
is 63.5 u.
(b) Compare the drift speed obtained above with, (i) thermal speeds of copper atoms at ordinary
temperatures, (ii) speed of propagation of electric field along the conductor which causes the
drift motion.
44. Give characteristics of electric field lines.
45. A 100 ú resistor is connected to a 220 V, 50 Hz ac supply.
(a) What is the rms value of current in the circuit ?
(b) What is the net power consumed over a full cycle ?
(c) The peak voltage of an ac supply is 300 V. What is the rms voltage ?
(d) The rms value of current in an ac circuit is 10 A. What is the peak current ?
46. (a) A small bulb is placed at the bottom of a tank containing water to a depth of 80cm. What is the
area of the surface of water through which light from the bulb can emerge out? Refractive index of
water is 1.33. (Consider the bulbWish
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source.)
(b) A 4.5 cm needle is placed 12 cm away from a convex mirror of focal length 15 cm. Give the
location of the image and the magnification. Describe what happens as the needle is moved
 (a) A small bulb is placed at the bottom of a tank containing water to a depth of 80cm. What is the
area of the surface of water through which light from the bulb can emerge out? Refractive index of
water is 1.33. (Consider the bulb to be a point source.)
(b) A 4.5 cm needle is placed 12 cm away from a convex mirror of focal length 15 cm. Give the
location of the image and the magnification. Describe what happens as the needle is moved
farther from the mirror.
47. Use the mirror equation to deduce that:
(a) an object placed between f and 2f of a concave mirror produces a real image beyond 2f.
(b) a convex mirror always produces a virtual image independent of the location of the object.
(c) the virtual image produced by a convex mirror is always diminished in size and is located
between the focus and the pole.
(d) an object placed between the pole and focus of a concave mirror produces a virtual and enlarged
image.
[Note : This exercise helps you deduce algebraically properties of images that one obtains from
explicit ray diagrams.]
48. Explain the process of thermonuclear fusion as a source of energy in the Sun and stars.
49. Obtain the equation of capacitance of parallel plate capacitor. Why is a 1F unit so big in practice ?
50. The four arms of a Wheatstone bridge figure have the following resistances :
AB = 100 W, BC = 10 W, CD = 5 W and DA = 60 W
B
I4 – Ig
100 10
Ig
I1
A I 15 C
2

60 I2 5
I I2 + Ig I
D
10V

A galvanometer of 15 W resistance is connected across BD. Calculate the current through the
galvanometer when a potential difference of 10 V is maintained across AC.
51. Obtain the expression for average power of L-C-R AC series circuit and discuss its different cases.
52. A person with a normal near point (25 cm) using a compound microscope with objective of focal
length 8.0 mm and an eyepiece of focal length 2.5 cm can bring an object placed at 9.0 mm from
the objective in sharp focus. What is the separation between the two lenses ? Calculate the
magnifying power of the microscope,
53. 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 ® 32He + n + 3.27 MeV
54. Explain the use of the junction diode as a half wave rectifier by drawing a circuit and draw input and
output waves.

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