KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, CHENNAI REGION FIRST PRE BOARD EXAMINATION 2018-19 CLASS-XII_- PHYSICS Time Allowed: 3 Hours. Maximum Marks: 70 General instructions: 1. All questions are compulsory. There are 27 questions in all 2. This question paper has four sections: Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D. 3. Section A contains five questions of one mark each, Section B contains seven questions of two marks each, Section C contains twelve questions of three marks each, Section D contains three questions of five marks each. 4. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question cof two marks, one question of three marks and all the three questions of five marks. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions. 5, You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary. ©=3 10% m/s h = 6.63 X 1074s e=1.6x10%C Ho= 41 X 107 Tm At £9 = 8.854 x 10% C7 N*M? gd = 9 x 107 N m?c? me = 9.1 X 107? ke, mass of neutron = 1.675 X 1077 ke mass of proton = 1.673 X 1077 kg Avogadro’s number = 6.023 X 107? per gram mole 1.38 x 1077 1K? Boltzmann constant ‘SECTION -A What does a voltmeter connected to the two terminals of a cell read- emf or terminal voltage of the cell? 2 | The power factor of an a.c. circuit is 0.5, What is the phase difference between voltage and current in the circuit? 3 _| Identify the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is suitable for radar system used in aircraft navigation. Define the power of a lens. Write its S.1 unit. 12th Physics _SETA_Page 1of 4———— 5 [An electron is accelerated through a potential difference V. ‘Write the expression for its | speed, if it was initially at rest at ‘Section =B |6 | Derive an expression for the work done in rotating a dipole from the | | electric field E. ° speeds inthe presence angle @o to @; in a uniform 7 _| Find the condition under which charged particles moving with different sf 2 | electric and magnetic fields vectors can be used to select charged particles of a particular speed. ‘A 200 mH(pure) inductor, and a 5 uF (pure) capacitor, are connected, one by one, across @ sinusoidal ac voltage source E \V = 70.7 sin(1000t) voltage. Obtain the expression for the current in each case. —/ 9 | Abiconvex lens made of transparent material of refractive ind sd in water of 5 | refractive index 1.33. Will the lens behave as a converging or a diverging lens? What happens to the focal length? 70 | A ray of light passing from air through an equilateral glass prism undergoes minimum deviation When the angle of incidence is 24" of the angle of prism. Calculate the speed of light in the prism. | 2 Or For the same value of angle of incidence, the angles of refraction in three media A, B and C are 15° , 25° and 35° respectively. In which medium would the velocity of light be minimum ? Justify jour answer. 7i_| Draw a circuit diagram of a p-n junction diode under forward bias and explain its working. 2 12 | For an amplitude modulated wave, the maximum amplitude is found to be 10V while the minimum |_* | amplitude is 2 V. Determine the value of modulation index _ Section -C 13 | Use Gauss's law to find the electtic field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet. What is | 3 the direction of field for positive and negative charge densities? _ [44 [A parallel plate capacitor has its two plates kept 0.02 m apart. A dielectric slab of thickness 0.01 | 3 m, is introduced between the plates with its faces parallel to them. The distance between the plates is readjusted to make the capacity of the capacitor (2/3)rd of its original value. Given that the dielectric constant of the slab equals 5, find the new distance between the plates. 75 | What do you mean by drift velocity? Derive an expression for drift velocity of free electrons. 3 16 Vv ‘g ee gv 20 ‘ | 40 « ‘A battery of emf 12V and internal resistance 2 Mis connected toa 4 Qresistor as shown in the figure. (a) Show that a voltmeter when placed across the cell and across the resistor, in turn, gives the same reading. (b) To record the voltage and the current in the circuit, why is voltmeter placed in parallel and ammeter in series in the circuit ? ‘12th Physics _ SETA _Page 2 of 4Mention three differences between di para and ferro magnetic subslances State Biot Savart law and express Using Biot-Savart law, in the vector form, elt Obtain the expression for the magnetic field due to a circular coil of radius Lt. carrying a current | at a point on its axis distant x from the centre of the coil [ What s displacement current? Prove tha = Explain the giv @ following, giving reasons ‘When monochromatic light ia incident on a surface separating two modi, tthe reflected and refracted light both have the same frequency as the incident frequency. | @)_ When light travels from a rarer to a denser medium, the speed decreases. Does this decrease in spood imply « reduction in the eneray cartied by the wave ? Gii)_In the wave picture of light, intensity of light is determined by the square of the amplitude of the wave. What determines the intensity in the photon picture of light ? Write the Einstein's photoelectric equation. Explain how the (i) photoelectric current and (i) kinetic energy of the photoelectrons emitted in a photocell vary with frequency, but keeping the intensity same? Show the graphical variation in the above two cases. a) Derive the mathematical expression for law of radioactive decay for a sample of a radioactive nucleus. b) How is the mean life of a given radioactive nucleus related to the decay constant? ‘State Bohr's postulates and derive the expression for the radius of the n™ orbit. Or Draw the plot of binding energy per nucleon (BE/A) as a function of mass number A. Write two important conclusions that can be drawn regarding the nature of nuclear force. Describe briefly three factors which justify the need for modulation of audio frequency signals over long distances in communication. ‘Section -D ‘A) Draw graphs showing the variations of inductive reactance and capacitive reactance with frequency of the applied ac source. B) Draw the phasor diagram for a series RC circuit connected to an ac source. c) An alternating voltage of 220 Vis applied across a device X, a current of 0.25 A flows, which lag behind the applied voltage in phase by 7/2 radian. If the same voltage is applied across ‘another device Y, the same current flows but now it is in phase with the applied voltage. Name the devices X and Y Calculate the current flowing in the circuit when the same voltage is applied across the series combination of X and Y or a) State the principle of working of a transformer. b) Define efficiency of a transformer. c) State any two factors that reduce the efficiency of a transformer. d) Calculate the current drawn by the primary of a 90 % efficient transformer which steps. down 220 V to 22 V, if the output resistance is 440 ohm. 112th Physics _ SET A_Page 3 of 4