BANGALORE SAHODAYA SCHOOLS COMPLEX

PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION (2019-20)

PHYSICS THEORY (042)
CLASS: XII
SET 1
Time Allowed: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 70

General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory. There are 37 questions in all.
2. This question paper has four sections: Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D.
3. Section A contains twenty questions of one mark each, Section B contains seven questions of
two marks each, Section C contains seven questions of three marks each, and Section D
contains three questions of five marks each.
4. There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in two questions of
one mark each, two questions of two marks, one question of three marks and three questions
of five marks weightage. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
5. You may use the following values of physical constants where ever necessary.

SECTION A

Directions(Q 1-Q 5) Select the most appropriate option from those given below each question

1. According to Gauss Law, electric field produced due to an infinitely long and charged straight 1
wire is proportional to
1 1 1
a)r b) 2 c) 3 d)
r r r

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2. What is the flux through a cube of side ‘a’ if a point charge ‘q’ is placed at one of its corners? 1
2q q q q
a) b) c) d) 6a2
0 8 0 0 0

3. What is the angle between electric field and an equipotential surface? 1

a)90° always b) 0° always c) 0° to 90° d) 0° to 180°

4. A potentiometer wire has length 4 m and resistance 8 Ω. An accumulator of emf 2 volts is 1

connected to the wire. What should be the resistance of the resistor connected in series to the
potentiometer wire so as to have a potential gradient of 1 m V per cm
a)40 Ω b) 44 Ω c)48 Ω d)32 Ω

5. A conducting wire is marked with coloured strips red, red and orange. The value of its resistance 1
is

a) 22 Ω b)2200 Ω c) 22000 Ω d)220 Ω

Directions ( Q 6-Q 10) Assertion reason type questions:

In each of the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is given followed by a

corresponding statement of reason (R) given just below it. Mark the correct answer as

a) If both the assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of the
assertion.
b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
d) If both assertion and reason are false.

6. Assertion: In a simple battery circuit the point of lowest potential is the positive terminal of the 1
battery.

Reason: The current flows towards the higher potential as it flows in such a circuit from the
negative to the positive terminal.

7 Assertion: In series L C R circuit, the resonance occurs at one specific frequency. 1

Reason: At resonance inductive reactance is equal to capacitive reactance.

8. Assertion: Sound waves cannot travel in vacuum but light waves can travel in vacuum. 1

Reason: Sound waves are longitudinal waves and they cannot be polarised but electromagnetic
waves are transverse and they can be polarised.

9. Assertion: Photoelectric effect demonstrates the wave nature of light. 1

Reason: The number of photoelectrons is proportional to the frequency of light.

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10. Assertion: The binding energy per nucleon for nuclei with atomic mass A>100, decreases 1
with A
Reason: The nuclear forces are weak for heavier masses.

Directions :(Q 11 –Q 15) Answer the following:

11. Write the ratio of number of holes to the number of electrons present in intrinsic semiconductor. 1

12. At what temperature will an intrinsic semiconductor behave like a perfect insulator? 1

13. Write the relationship between size of the nucleus and its mass number. 1

14. In a photoelectric effect, yellow light is just able to emit electrons when radiated over a surface. 1
Will green light emit photoelectrons when made incident on the same surface? Justify.

15. What is the ratio of the radii of the orbits corresponding to first excited state and ground state of 1
hydrogen atom?

Directions:(Q 16-Q 20) Fill in the blanks with appropriate answer

16. _________________ is the shape of the wave front observed by an observer for sun’s rays 1
reaching on the earth’s surface.
OR

If the amplitudes of light waves have a ratio of √2 : 1 ,then the ratio of their slit widths is
__________

17. If the intensity of light at a point is changing with time in an interference pattern, it implies that 1
the sources of light used are _____________________.

18. Angle of minimum deviation ____________ as the violet light is replaced by red light. 1

OR

A ray incident at 15° on one refracting surface of a prism of angle 60°. Suffers a deviation of
55°. The angle of emergence is __________ .

19. For the same angle of incidence, the angle of refraction in medium A and B are 25° and 1
35° respectively, speed of light is lesser in medium __________.

20. Focal length of a lens _______________ when red light is replaced by violet light. 1

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 SECTION B
21. Four metallic plates each of area A are placed parallel to each other with equal separation ‘d’, as 2
shown in the figure. Find the equivalent capacitance of the arrangement between P and Q

P
d Q
d

OR

A small sphere of radius r 1 and charge q 1 is enclosed by a spherical shell of radius r 2 and
charge q 2. Show that if q 1 is positive, charge will necessarily flow from the sphere to the shell
(When the two are connected by a wire) no matter what the charge q 2 on the shell is.

22. In a meter bridge experiment the balancing length AC corresponding to null deflection of 2
galvanometer is X. If the radius of the wire AB is doubled, how will the balancing length
change? Explain

R
S

A C
X B

23. Name the constituent radiation of electromagnetic spectrum 2

i) which is similar to the radiation emitted during decay of radioactive nuclei.
ii) is used for satellite communication.

24. A beam of light converges to a point P. A lens is placed in the path of the convergent beam 2
12 cm from P. At what point will the beam converge if the lens is a convex lens of focal length
20 cm.
OR
4
The refractive index of water is .Obtain the value of the semi-vertical angle of the cone within
3
which the entire outside view would be confined for a fish under water. Also draw appropriate
ray diagram. Given sin (48.6ᵒ ) = 0.75

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25. Find a relation between the three wavelengths λ 1 , λ 2 and λ 3 from the energy level 2
diagram shown below
C

λ3
λ1 λ1

B
λ2
λ1
A

26. The half life of radium is 1600 years. After how many years will 25% of radium block remain 2
undecayed?

27. Draw V-I characteristics of photodiode with necessary labelling. 2

SECTION C
1 3
28. The two graphs drawn here, show the variation of electrostatic potential (V) with
r
(r being the distance of field point from the point charge)for two point charges q 1 and q 2.

q2
V

1
r
q1

i) State the polarity of the charges.

ii) Which charge out of the two charges q 1 and q 2 has greater magnitude of charge? Explain.

29. Four cells of identical emf, internal resistance are connected in series to a variable resistor. The 3
following graph shows the variation of terminal voltage of the combination with the current
output.

5.6
VOLTS V

2.8

1.5 2.0 I
AMPERES
i) Calculate the e m f of each cell.
ii) Calculate the internal resistance of each cell.
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30. i) Draw the hysteresis curve for a magnetic material.(with labelling ) 3
ii) What is the significance of the area of the hysteresis curve?
iii) State one practical application of hysteresis loop.

OR

Figure shows a small magnetised needle P placed at a point O. The arrow shows the direction of
its magnetic moment. The other arrows show different positions (and orientations of magnetic
moment) of another identical magnetised needle Q.
Q4

Q5 Q3
Q1 O P Q2

Q6

a) In which configuration the system is not in equilibrium?

b) In which configuration is the system in
i) stable
ii) unstable equilibrium?
c) Which configuration corresponds to the lowest potential energy among all configurations
shown?

31. In the circuit shown, the ac source gives a voltage V = 20 cos 2000 t. What are the 3
readings of ammeter and voltmeter

A
6Ω

5mH 4Ω 50 μ F
V

32. Two Polaroid P1 and P2 are placed with their pass axes perpendicular to each other. An 3
unpolarised light of intensity I 0 is incident on P 1. A third Polaroid P 3 is kept in between P1 and
P2 such that its pass axes makes an angle of 60° with that of P1. Determine the intensity of light
transmitted through P1, P 2 and P 3.

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33. A proton and an α particle have the same De-Broglie’s wavelength. Determine the ratio 3
of their
i) speeds
ii) their accelerating potential

34. i) What is a filter circuit? 3

ii) Draw circuit diagram of a filter circuit and explain its working

SECTION D

35. a) Draw a labelled ray diagram to show the formation of an image at least distance of distinct 5
vision in a compound microscope.

b) Derive an expression for magnifying power of a compound microscope when the image is
formed at least distance of distinct vision.
c) Why both objective and eye piece must be of shorter focal length in a compound
microscope?
OR

a) For a prism having angle of prism as A, show that the refractive index of angle of prism
obeys the following relation

sin( A   m ) / 2
µ =
sin A / 2

b) Trace the path of a ray of light through a glass prism ABC as shown in the figure. If
refractive index of glass is √3, find the value of angle of emergence for the prism

600
B C

36. a) Define mutual inductance and write its SI unit. 5

b) In an experiment two coils C 1 and C 2 are placed close to each other. Find out
the expression for the emf induced in the coil C 1 due to a change in the current
through the coil C 2.

60ᵒ
c) Derive an expression for the mutual inductance of long co-axial solenoids of
same length wound one over the other.
OR
a) Describe an experiment to show that the polarity of emf induced in the coil is
always such that it tends to produce an induced current which opposes the
change of magnetic flux that has produced it.
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 b) The current flowing through the inductor of self inductance L is continuously increasing.
Plot a graph showing the variation of

i) Magnetic flux versus the current

dI
ii) Induced emf versus .
dt
iii) Magnetic potential energy stored versus current.

37. a) How is galvanometer converted into voltmeter and an ammeter? Draw the relevant diagram 5
and find the resistance of the arrangement in each case? Take resistance of galvanometer as
G.
b) A galvanometer of resistance G is converted into a voltmeter to measure up to V volts by
connecting a resistance R 1 in series with the coil. If the resistance R 2 is connected in series
with it, then it can measure up to V/2 volts. Find the resistance in terms of R 1 and R 2, which
is required to be connected so as to convert it into voltmeter that can read up to 2 V.

OR

a) Derive an expression for the magnetic field at a point on the axis of a current carrying circular
loop.

b) Two co-axial circular loop L 1 and L 2 of radii 3 cm and 4 cm are placed as shown. What
should be the magnitude and direction of the current in the loop L 2 so that the net magnetic
field at the point O is zero?
3 cm

I1=1A 4 cm

4 cm 3 cm

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