KLE’S PRERANA RESIDENTIAL PU SCIENCE COLLEGE, HUBBALLI

II PUC PREPARATORY EXAM-1

PHYSICS (33)
TIME: 3 hours 15 minutes Max. Marks: 70

General instructions:
a) All parts are compulsory
b) Answer without relevant diagram/ figure/ circuit wherever necessary will not carry
any marks.
c) Direct answers to the numerical problems without detailed solutions will not carry
any marks.
PART - A

I. Answer all the following questions. 10 x 1 = 10

1. What is quantisation of charge?
2. Name the charge carriers in metallic conductors.
3. State Gauss law in magnetism.
4. What is declination?
5. What are coherent sources?
6. Define conductivity.
7. Mention the expression for magnetic field due to a toroid.
8. What is a cyclotron?
9. What is the resistance of a resistor with colour code Green-Blue-Black-Gold.
10. What is the resistance of an ideal ammeter?

PART - B

II. Answer any FIVE of the following questions. 5 x 2 = 10

11. State and explain Coulomb’s law.
12. Mention two limitations of Ohm’s law.
13. Write two properties of magnetic lines of force.
14. What is Vande graff generator? Mention its use.
15. Define the terms drift velocity and mobility.
16. Write any two differences between p-type and n-type semiconductors.
17. What is a light emitting diode? Mention its one use.
18. Draw the logic symbol of NOR gate and write its truth table.

PART - C
III. Answer any FIVE of the following questions. 5 x 3 = 15
19. Derive the expression for equivalent capacitance of two capacitors in parallel.
20. Explain with circuit diagram how to convert galvanometer into a voltmeter.
21. Write three differences between ferromagnetic and paramagnetic substances.
22. Derive the expression for equivalent emf and internal resistance of two cells in series.
23. Obtain the expression for electrical conductivity.
24. What is interference? Write the condition for path difference in case of constructive and
 destructive interference.

25. Obtain the expression for energy stored in a capacitor.

26. Explain about the construction and working of half wave rectifier.

PART - D

IV. Answer any TWO of the following questions: 2 x 5 = 10

27. Derive an expression for electric field due to an electric dipole at a point on the axial line.
28. What is equivalent resistance? Derive the expression for effective resistance of three resistors
connected in parallel.
29. Derive an expression for magnetic field strength at any point on the axis of a circular current
loop using Biot-Savart’s law.

PART - E
V. Answer any TWO of the following questions: 2 x 5 = 10

30. Derive an expression for fringe width in interference of light waves.

31. Derive the expression for balancing condition of Wheatstone’s bridge
32. Explain the working of semiconductor diode when it is forward biased. Draw the
I-V characteristics for both forward bias and reverse bias of semiconductor diode.

VI. Answer any THREE of the following questions: 3 x 5 = 15

33. A 600 pF capacitor is charged by a 200 V supply. Calculate the electrostatic energy stored in
it. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected in parallel to another uncharged
600 pF capacitor. What is the energy stored in the combination?
34. Two cells of emf 2V and 4V and internal resistance 1  and 2  respectively are connected
in parallel so as to send the current in the same direction through an external resistance of
10  , Find the potential difference across 10  resistor.
35. A resistor, an inductor and a capacitor are connected in series with a 120V, 100Hz ac source.
Voltage leads the current by 350 in the circuit. If the resistance of the resistor is 10  and the
sum of inductive and capacitive reactance is 17  , calculate the self- inductance of the
inductor.
36. In Young’s double slit experiment, the two slits 0.18 mm apart are illuminated by light of
wavelength 589.3 nm. Calculate the distance of i) 5th bright fringe and ii) 3rd dark fringe
from the midpoint of the interference pattern obtained on a screen kept 0.6 m away from
the slits.
37. Calculate the Mass defect and binding energy per nucleon (in MeV) of nitrogen 147𝑁
nucleus from the following data :
Mass of proton = 1. 00783 u
Mass of neutron = 1. 00867 u
Mass of nitrogen nucleus = 14.00307 u.

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