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Sample Paper 2012 Class XII Subject Physics Q. 1. An electrostatic field line cannot be discontinuous. Why? (1)mark Q. 2. Two wires of equal len ths are bent in the form of two loo!s. "ne of the loo!s is square sha!ed whereas the other loo! is circular. These are sus!ended in a uniform ma netic field and the same current is !assed throu h them. Which loo! will e#!erience reater torque? $i%e reasons. (1)mark Q. &. A bulb and a ca!acitor are connected in series to an a.c. source of %ariable frequency. 'ow will the bri htness of the bulb chan e on increasin the frequency of the a.c. source? $i%e reason.( 1 )mark Q. (. )ltra%iolet li ht is incident on two !hotosensiti%e materials ha%in work functions W1 and W2 ( W1 * W2)+ ,n which case will the kinetic ener y of the emitted electrons be reater? Why? (1)mark Q. -... the !ower factor of an a.c circuit is .- what will be the !hase difference between %olta e and current in this circuit. (1) mark Q. /. 0efine electric field intensity. Write its 1. l . unit. Write the ma nitude and direction of electric field intensity due to an electric di!ole of len th 2a at the mid. !oint of the tine 2oinin the two char es. (2) marks Q. 3. Q4... a

al%anometer of resistance of 1-5 i%es full scale

deflection for a current of 2mA . calculate the shunt resistance needed to con%ert it to an ammeter of ran e 67-A. (2) marks "8
A ca!acitor is char ed by a 266 9 su!!ly.

The su!!ly is then disconnec. ted and the char ed ca!acitor is connected to another unchar ed 2 c a!acitor. 'ow much electrostatic ener y of the first ca!acitor is lost in the !rocess of attainin the steady situation?
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Q. :. 'ow does the resisti%ity of (i) a conductor and (ii) a semiconductor %ary with tem!erature? $i%e reason for each case. (2)marks Q. 4. Write two characteristic !ro!erties to distin uish between diama netic and !arama netic materials.( 2)marks Q. 16. A circular coil of radius : cm and 26 turns rotates about its %ertical diameter with an an ular s!eed of -6 s.1 in a uniform hori;ontal ma netic field of ma nitude & # 16.2 T. <ind the ma#imum and a%era e %alue of the emf induced in the coil.( 2)marks Q. 11. 1tate the condition under which the !henomenon of resonance occurs in a series =>8 circuit. ?lot a ra!h showin %ariation of current with frequency of a.c. source in a series =>8 circuit.( 2)marks Q. 12. A ri ht.an led crown lass !rism with critical an le (1 6 is !laced before an ob2ect ?Q+ in two !ositions as shown in the fi ures (i) and (ii). Trace the !aths of the rays from ? and Q the !risms in the two cases. ( 2)marks

Q. 1&. 1tate $auss@ theorem. A!!ly this theorem to obtain the e#!ression for the electric field intensity at a !oint due to an infinitely lon + thin+ uniformly char ed strai ht wire.(&)marks Q. 1(. Two cells of emf 1.- 9 and 2 9 and internal resistance 1 ohm and 2 ohm res!ecti%ely are connected in !arallel to !ass a current in the same direction throu h an e#ternal resistance of - ohm. (i) 0raw the circuit dia ram.

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(ii) )sin Airchhoff@s laws+ calculate the current throu h each branch of the circuit and !otential difference across the - ohm resistor. & Q. 1-. What is 1eebeck effect? ?lot a ra!h showin the %ariation of thermo emf with tem!erature of the hot 2unction (kee!in the cold 2unction at 6 o >) of a thermocou!le. 'ow will the (a) neutral tem!erature and (b) in%ersion tem!erature of the thermocou!le chan e when the tem!erature of the cold 2unction is increased ? & "r write the e#!ression for biot sa%artBs law for the ma netic field due

to a small current carryin element . usin this theorem calculate ma netic field at the centre of current carryin circular coil of radius 8 ha%in CnB number of turns. (&) marks

Q. 1/. 0efine self.inductance and i%e its 1. , . unit. 0eri%e an e#!ression for self. inductance of a lon + air.cored solenoid of len th l+ radius r+ and ha%in D number of turns.(&)marks Q. 13. Dame the constituent radiation of electroma netic s!ectrum which (a) is used in satellite communication. (b) is used for studyin crystal structure. (c) is similar to the radiations emitted durin decay of radioacti%e nuclei. (d) has its wa%elen th ran e between &46 nm and 336 nm. (e) is absorbed from sunli ht by o;one layer. (f) !roduces intense heatin effect. (&)marks Q. 1:. (a) 0raw a labelled ray dia ram to show the formation of an ima e by a com!ound microsco!e. Write the e#!ression for its ma nifyin !ower.

(b) 'ow does the resol%in !ower of a com!ound microsco!e chan e+ when (i) refracti%e inde# of the medium between the ob2ect and the ob2ecti%e lens increasesE and (ii) wa%elen th of the radiation used is increased? (&)marks
Q. 14. Fention the si nificance of 0a%isson.$ermer e#!eriment. An !article and a !roton are accelerated from rest throu h the same !otential difference 9. <ind the ratio of de.Gro lie wa%elen ths associated with them. (&)marks

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Q. 26. (a) 0raw the ener y le%el dia ram showin the emission of followed by by a >o nucleus. .!articles

(b) ?lot the distribution of kinetic ener y of H articles and state why the ener y s!ectrum is continuous. (&)marks Q. 21. A radioacti%e sam!le contains 2.2 in of !ure > which has half.life !eriod of 122( seconds. >alculate (i) the number of atoms !resent initially. .(ii) the acti%ity when of the sam!le will be left. (&)marks Q. 22.0raw the circuit dia ram I truth table of followin AD0 (2) DAD0 (&) D"8 (1 J1J1) FA8A1 Q. 2&. 0istin uish between analo and di ital communication. Write any two modulation techniques em!olyed for the di ital data. 0escribe briefly any one of the techniques used. (&)FA8A1 Q. 2(. A round recei%er station is recei%in a si nal at (a) - F'; and (b) 166 F';+ transmitted from a round transmitter at a hei ht of &66 m located at a distance of 166 km. ,dentify whether it is comin %ia s!ace wa%e or sky wa%e !ro!. a ation or satellite trans!onder. ($i%en the %alue of radius of the earth is /(66 km and ma#imum electron density+ Dma# K 1612 m.&)(&)FA8A1 Q. 2-. L#!lain the !rinci!le and workin of a cyclotron with the hel! of a ,abelied dia ram. A cyclotron@s oscillator frequency is 16 Fh;. What should be the o!eratin ma netic field for acceleratin !rotons? ,f the radius of its @dees@ is /6 cm+ what is the kinetic ener y of the !roton beam !roduced by the accelerator? L#!ress your answer in units of Fe 9. .(-)FA8A1 "8 (A). with the hel! of a neat labeled dia ram + e#!lain the !rinci!le lo ic ate (1)

+construction I workin

of an a.c enerator

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(G) ... a rectan ular coil of area A + ha%in number of turns D is rotated at M re%olutions Nsecond in a uniform ma netic field G +the field bein !er!endicular to the coil. ?ro%e that ma#imum emf induced in the coil is 2OMDGA. (-)marks
Q.2/ 0escribe diffraction of li ht due to a sin le slit. L#!lain formation of a !attern of frin es obtained on the screen and !lot showin %ariation of intensity with an le "r What is meant by a linearly !olarised li ht? Which ty!e of wa%es can be !olarised? Griefly e#!lain a method for !roducin !olarised li ht. Two !olaroids are !laced at 466 to each other and the intensity of transmitted li ht is ;ero. What will be the intensity of transmitted li ht when one more !olaroid is !laced between these two bisectin the an le between them? Take intensity of un!olarised li ht as ,. Q. 23. (a) With the hel! of a circuit dia ram e#!lain the workin of transistor as oscillator. (b) 0raw a circuit dia ram I e#!lain (a) half wa%e rectifier (b) full wa%e rectifier (-) marks "r (a) L#!lain briefly with the hell) of a circuit dia ram how 9 . , characteristics of a !.n 2unction diode are obtained in (i) forward bias+ and (ii) re%erse bias. (b) A !hotodiode is fabricated from a semiconductor with a band e9. >an it detect wa%elen th of /666. nm? Hustify. ?a!er 1ubmitted GyP Dame A2ay sharma Lmail aks./32Qrediffmil.com ?hone Do. 4(1(&/:641
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