MODERN MIDDLE EAST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Academic Year 2020 - 2021

PRE – BOARD – II – EXAMINATION

PHYSICS
Set A
CLASS: XII Sub. Code:042 Time Allotted: 3 Hours
Name: ………………… Max. Marks: 70 Date: 12.01.2021

General Instructions:
(1)All questions are compulsory. There are 33 questions in all.
(2)This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and
Section E.
(3)Section A contains ten very short answer questions and four assertion reasoning MCQs of
1mark each, Section B has two case based questions of 4 marks each, Section C contains nine
short answer questions of 2 marks each, Section D contains five short answer questions of 3
marks each and Section E contains three long answer questions of 5 marks each.
(4)There is no overall choice. However internal choice is provided. You have to attempt only
one of the choices in such questions.
(5) You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary:
c = 3 × 108m/s
h = 6.63 × 10–34 Js
e = 1.6 × 10–19 C
μ0 = 4Π × 10–7 T m A–1
ε0 = 8.854 × 10–12 C2 N–1 m–2
1
4𝜋𝜋𝜀𝜀0
= 9 × 109 N m2C–2

Mass of electron = 9.1 × 10–31 kg

Mass of neutron = 1.675 × 10–27 kg
Mass of proton = 1.673 × 10–27 kg
Avogadro’s number = 6.023 × 1023 per gram mole
Boltzmann constant = 1.38 × 10–23 JK–1

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 SECTION A
Q1.Which expression shows quantization of charge?
Q2. Mention one use of part of electromagnetic spectrum to which a wavelength of 21cm(emitted
by hydrogen in interstellar space) belongs.

OR
Give the ratio of velocity of the two light waves of wavelengths 4000Å and 8000Å travelling
in vacuum.
Q3.Under what condition is the force acting on a charge moving through a uniform magnetic
field maximum?
Q4.The magnetic flux linked with a coil changes by 2×10-2Wb when the current changes by
0.01A. The self-inductance of the coil is_______.

OR
When are the voltage and current in LCR series ac circuit in phase?
Q5. A photon beam of energy 12.1eV is incident on a hydrogen atom. The orbit to which
electron of H-atom be excited is
(a) 2nd (b) 3rd (c) 4th (d) 5
Q6. Photoelectric emission from a given surface of metal can take place when the value of a
‘physical quantity’ is less than the energy of incident photon. The physical quantity is :
(a) Threshold frequency (b) Work function of surface (c) Threshold wave length
(d) Stopping Potential.
Q7.In decay of free neutron, name the elementary particle emitted along with proton and electron
in nuclear reaction.

OR
In the following nuclear reaction, Identify unknown labelled X.

How does the width of a depletion region of a pn junction vary if doping concentration is
increased?

OR
In half wave rectification, what is the output frequency if input frequency is 25 Hz.
Q8.When a voltage drop across a pn junction diode is increased from 0.70 V to 0.71V,the change
in the diode current is 10 mA .What is the dynamic resistance of diode?

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Q10. Which specially fabricated pn junction diode is used in burglar alarms?

For question numbers11, 12, 13 and 14,two statements are given-one labelled Assertion
(A)and the other labelled Reason (R).Select the correct answer to these questions from
the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A

c) A is true but R is false

d) A is false and R is also false

Q11. Assertion (A): Magnetic field interacts with a moving charge and not with a stationary
charge.
Reason(R): A moving charge produces a magnetic field.
Q12. Assertion (A): Work done in moving a charge between any two points in an electric
field is independent of the path followed by the charge, between these points.
Reason(R): Electrostatic force is a non-conservative force.
Q13. Assertion (A): The images formed by total internal reflections are much brighter than
those formed by mirrors or lenses.
Reason (R): There is no loss of intensity in total internal reflection.
Q14. Assertion (A): When a plane wave passes through a thin prism, the emerging wavefront
gets tilted.
Reason (R): Speed of light is less in glass than in air.

Section–B
Questions 15 and 16 are Case Study based questions and are compulsory. Attempt any 4
sub parts from each question. Each question carries 1 mark.
Q15. The electric field lines for a single charge q are radial lines starting from or ending at
the charge, depending on whether q is positive or negative. Clearly, the electric field at every
point is normal to the equipotential surface passing through that point. This is true in general
for any charge configuration, equipotential surface through a point is normal to the electric
field at that point .
1. Dimensional formula of electric field is:
a) [MLT-3A-1]
b) [ML2TA-1]
c) [MLT2A-1]

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d) [MLTA2]

2. Electric field lines originate from:

a) positive charge
b) negative charge
c) neither negative nor positive
d) maybe positive or negative

3. The net charge on electric dipole is:

a) q
b) 2q
c) Zero
d) q/2

4. Work done in moving a test charge in equipotential surface is:

a) always zero
b) never zero
c) q/𝜀𝜀𝑜𝑜
d) q𝜙𝜙

5. Two point charges qA=3µC and qB= -3 µC are located 20 cm apart in vacuum. The
electric field at the midpoint of the line joining these two charges is:
a) zero
b) 2.7 x 106 NC-1
c) 5.4 x 106 NC-1
d) 3.7 x 106 NC-1

Q16. Lenses:
The Lens maker’s formula relates the focal length of a lens to the refractive index of the lens
material and the radii of curvature of its two surfaces. This formula is so called because it is
used by the manufacturers to design lenses of required focal length from a glass of given
refractive index.

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1. A glass of refractive index is placed in a trough of liquid. What must be the refractive
index of the liquid in order to make the lens disappear?
a) refractive index must be equal to 1.5 i.e equal to that of glass lens.
b) refractive index must be greater than 1.5 i.e greater than that of glass lens
.c) refractive index must be less than 1.5 i.e less than that of glass lens.
d) refractive index must be equal to its critical angle

2. How does the power of a convex lens vary, if the incident red light is replaced by violet
light?
a) power of lens will be decreased
b) power of lens will be increased
c) power of lens will remain same
d) none of the above

3. Two thin lenses of power +4D and -2D are in contact. What is the focal length of the
combination?
a) 40cm
b) 25cm
c) 50cm
d) 35cm

4. The radii of curvature of the faces of a double convex lens are 10 cm and 15 cm. If focal
length is 12cm, what is the refractive index of glass.
a) 1.6
b) 1.33
c) 1.7
d) 1.5

5. 1 Dioptre is equal to:

a) 1 m
b) 1 m-1
c) 1 cm
d) 1
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 Section –C
All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt anyone.
Q17. a) Derive an expression for the force per unit length between two infinitely long straight
current carrying wires when the currents in the two wires are in the same direction.
OR
a) State the factors on which the force acting on a charge moving in a magnetic field
depends. Write the expression for this force.
Q18. Draw the well labelled graph showing intensity distribution of fringes with phase angle
due to Young’s double slit experiment.
Q19. A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery. After sometime the battery is
disconnected and a dielectric slab of dielectric constant k is inserted between the plates. How
would (i) the capacitance, (ii) the electric field between the plates, (iii) the energy stored in
the capacitor be affected? Justify your answer using formulas.
OR
a) Establish the relation between electric field and electric potential at a point. Draw the
equipotential surface for an electric field pointing in +Z direction with its magnitude
increasing at constant rate along–Z direction
Q20. Explain with help of circuit diagram, the action of a forward biased p-n junction diode
which emits spontaneous radiation. State the least band gap energy of this diode to have
emission in visible region.
Q21. A jet plane is travelling west at the speed of 1800 kmh-1. What is the voltage difference
developed between the ends of the wing 25m long, if the earth’s magnetic field at the location
has a magnitude of 5.0 x 10-4 T and the dip angle is 30o.
Q22. In YDSE , the ratio of intensity at the maxima and minima in the interference
experiment is 25:9. What will be the ratio of widths of two slits?
Q23. Draw the energy band diagram when intrinsic semiconductor (Ge) is doped with
impurity atoms of Antimony (Sb). Name the extrinsic semiconductor so obtained and
majority charge carriers in it.
Q24. Define the terms magnetic inclination and horizontal component of earth’s magnetic
field at a place. Establish the relationship between the two with help of a diagram.
OR
If the horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field at a place where the angle of dip is 60o
is 0.4 x 10-4 T, calculate the vertical component and the resultant magnetic field at that place.

Q25. Write two characteristics of image formed when an object is placed between the optical
centre and focus of a thin convex lens. Draw the graph showing variation of image distance v
with object distance u in this case.

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 Section –D
All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt any one.
Q26. A rectangular loop which was initially inside the region of uniform and time-
independent magnetic field, is pulled out with constant velocity 𝑣𝑣as shown in the figure.

a) Sketch the variation of magnetic flux, the induced current, and power dissipated as Joule
heat as function of time.
b) If instead of rectangular loop, circular loop is pulled out; do you expect the same value of
induced current? Justify your answer. Sketch the variation of flux in this case with time.
Q27. a) Using Kirchhoff’s law in the electrical network shown in given figure, calculate the
values of I1 ,I2, I3.

OR
a) A battery of emf 10V and internal resistance 3ohm is connected to a resistor. If the current
in the circuit is 0.5A, what is the resistance of the resistor? What is the terminal voltage of
the battery when the circuit is closed? Draw the circuit diagram.
Q28. a) Explain de-Broglie argument to propose his hypothesis. Show that de-Broglie
wavelength of photon equals electromagnetic radiation.
b) If, deuterons and alpha particle are accelerated through same potential, find the ratio of the
associated de-Broglie wavelengths of two.
OR
a) Describe an experimental arrangement to study photoelectric effect. Explain the effect
of (i) intensity of light on photoelectric current, (ii) potential on photoelectric current
and (iii) frequency of incident radiation on stopping potential.
Q29. (a) Using Bohr’s postulate, derive an expression for the radii of permitted orbits in the
hydrogen atom. Also calculate the value of Bohr’s radius.

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(b) Show that the speed of an electron in the innermost orbit of H-atom is 1/137 times the
speed of light in vacuum.
Q30. a) Give one point of difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.
b)

(Hint:Calculate Q value to check possibility of reaction to take place)

Section –E
All questions are compulsory. In case of internal choices, attempt any one.
Q31. a) Derive an expression for the electric field at any point on the axial line of an electric
dipole.
b) An electric dipole , when held at 30o with respect to a uniform electric field of 104 NC-1
experiences a torque of 9x 10-26 Nm. Calculate the dipole moment of the dipole.
c) What is the relation between the density of electric lines of force and the electric field
strength? Illustrate it in a diagram.
OR
(a) State Gauss’s law in electrostatics. Show that with help of suitable figure that outward
flux due to a point charge Q,in vacuum within gaussian surface, is independent of its size
and shape.

(b) In the figure there are three infinite long thin sheets having surface charge density +2σ,

-2σ and +σ respectively. Give the magnitude and direction of electric field at a point to the
left of sheet of charge density +2σ and to the right of sheet of charge density +σ.

Q32. A 2µF capacitor, 100ohm resistor and 8H inductor are connected in series with an AC
source.
a) What should be the frequency of the source such that current drawn in the circuit is
maximum? What is this frequency called?
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 b) If the peak value of e.m.f of the source is 200V, find the maximum current.
c) Draw a graph showing variation of amplitude of circuit current with changing
frequency of applied voltage in a series LRC circuit for two different values of resistance
R1 and R2 (R1 > R2)
d) Define the term ‘Sharpness of resonance’. Under what conditions, does a circuit
become more selective?
OR
(a) With the help of neat and labelled diagram, explain the principle and working of a
moving coil galvanometer.
(b)What is the function of uniform radial field and how is it produced?
(c) Define current sensitivity of a galvanometer. How is current sensitivity increased?
Q33. a) State the essential conditions for diffraction of light.
b) Explain diffraction of light due to a narrow single slit and the formation of pattern of
fringes on the screen.
c) Find the relation for width of central maximum in terms of wavelength ‘𝜆𝜆′ , width of
slit ‘a’ and separation between slit and screen ‘D’.
d) If the width of slit is made double the original width, how does it affect the size and
intensity of the central band?
OR
a) Draw a labelled schematic ray diagram of astronomical telescope in normal
adjustment.
b) Which two aberrations do objectives of refracting telescope suffer from? How are
these overcome in reflecting telescope?
c) How does the resolving power of a telescope change on increasing the aperture of the
objective lens? Justify your answer.

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