Paper Set 1

Maharishi Vidya Mandir

Standard: 12 Subject: Physics Date: 09/08/2021
Marks:50 Unit test -2 Time: 01H:15M

 
PHYSICS


1. Three capacitors of capacitance 3 µ F, 10 µ F and 15 µ F are connected in series to a voltage source of 100 V . The charge on 15 µ F is.
(A) 50 (B) 100 (C) 200 (D) 280
2. The capacity of a condenser is 4×10 −6
farad and its potential is 100 volts. The energy released on discharging it fully will be.......Joule
(A) 0.02 (B) 0.04 (C) 0.025 (D) 0.05
3. What is the area of the plates of a 3 F parallel plate capacitor, if the separation between the plates is 5 mm
(A) 1.694 × 109 m2 (B) 4.529 × 109 m2 (C) 9.281 × 109 m2 (D) 12.981 × 109 m2
4. If the potential of a capacitor having capacity of 6 µ F is increased from 10 V to 20 V , then increase in its energy will be
(A) 12 × 10−6 J (B) 9 × 10−4 J (C) 4 × 10−6 J (D) 4 × 10−9 J
5. Three condensers each of capacitance 2F are put in series. The resultant capacitance is.........F
(A) 6 (B) 1.5 (C) 0.67 (D) 5
6. Two insulated charged spheres of radii 20 cm and 25 cm respectively and having an equal charge Q are connected by a copper wire,
then they are separated
(A) Both the spheres will have the same charge Q
(B) Charge on the 20 cm sphere will be greater than that on the 25 cm sphere
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(C) Charge on the 25 cm sphere will be greater than that on the 20 cm sphere
(D) Charge on each of the sphere will be 2Q
7. An electric bulb marked 40 W and 200 V , is used in a circuit of supply voltage 100 V . Now its power is
(A) 100 (B) 40 (C) 20 (D) 10
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8. Two electric lamps of 40 watt each are connected in parallel. The power consumed by the combination will be ........... watt
(A) 20 (B) 60 (C) 80 (D) 100
9. The equivalent resistance between A and B for the mesh shown in the fiqure is ......... Ω

(A) 4.8 (B) 7.2

(C) 16 (D) 30
10. After switch is closed, current drawn from the battery is (in A)

(A) 6 (B) 1.5

(C) 3 (D) 4
11. A 2 volt battery, a 15 Ω resistor and a potentiometer of 100 cm length, all are connected in series. If the resistance of potentiometer
wire is 5 Ω, then the potential gradient of the potentiometer wire is ............... V /cm
(A) 0.005 (B) 0.05 (C) 0.02 (D) 0.2
12. In the given figure, the equivalent resistance between the points A and B is ............ Ω

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 (A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 2
13. A wire 100 cm long and 2.0 mm diameter has a resistance of 0.7 ohm, the electrical resistivity of the material is
(A) 4.4 × 10−6 ohm × m (B) 2.2 × 10−6 ohm × m (C) 1.1 × 10−6 ohm × m (D) 0.22 × 10−6 ohm × m
14. There is a current of 20 amperes in a copper wire of 10−6 square metre area of cross-section. If the number of free electrons per cubic
metre is 1029 , then the drift velocity is
(A) 125 × 10−3 m/sec (B) 12.5 × 10−3 m/sec (C) 1.25 × 10−3 m/sec (D) 1.25 × 10−4 m/sec
15. A solenoid is at potential difference 60 V and current flows through it is 15 ampere, then the resistance of coil will be ............ Ω
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 0.25 (D) 2
16. A potentiometer wire P Q of 1 m length is connected to a standard cell E1 . Another cell E2 of emf 1.02 V is connected with a resis-
tance ′ r′ and switch S (as shown in figure). With switch S open, the null position is obtained at a distance of 49 cm from Q. The poten-
tial gradient in the potentiometer wire is.......V /cm

(A) 0.02 (B) 0.04

(C) 0.01 (D) .0.03
17. A metal wire has a resistance of 35 Ω. If its length is increased to double by drawing it, then its new resistance will be (in Ω)
(A) 70 (B) 140
(C) 105 (D) 35
18. What is the current (i) in the circuit as shown in figure ........... A
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(A) 2 (B) 1.2 (C) 1 (D) 0.5

19. Masses of three wires of copper are in the ratio of 1 : 3 : 5 and their lengths are in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 1. The ratio of their electrical
resistances are
(A) 1 : 3 : 5 (B) 5 : 3 : 1 (C) 1 : 15 : 125 (D) 125 : 15 : 1
20. A nichrome wire 50 cm long and one square millimetre cross-section carries a current of 4 A when connected to a 2 V battery. The
resistivity of nichrome wire in ohm-metre is
(A) 1 × 10−6 (B) 4 × 10−7 (C) 3 × 10−7 (D) 2 × 10−7
21. The electric field E, current density J and conductivity σ of a conductor are related as
(A) σ = E/J (B) σ = J/E (C) σ = JE (D) σ = 1/JE
2
22. Three resistances of one ohm each are connected in parallel. Such connection is again connected with Ω resistor in series. The re-
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sultant resistance will be ........... Ω
5 (B) 1.5 (C) 1 2
(A) (D)
3 3
23. The reading of the ammeter as per figure shown is

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 1 3 1 (D) 2 A
(A) A (B) A (C) A
8 4 2
24. Equivalent resistance between A and B will be ............ ohm

(A) 2 (B) 18 (C) 6 (D) 3.6

25. The effective resistance between the points A and B in the figure is ............. Ω

(A) 5 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

26. A current of 2 A flows in a system of conductors as shown. The potential difference (VA − VB ) will be ............ V
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(A) +2 (B) +1 (C) −1 (D) −2

27. A cell of negligible resistance and e.m.f. 2 volts is connected to series combination of 2, 3 and 5 ohm. The potential difference in volts
between the terminals of 3 ohm resistance will be
(A) 0.6 (B) 2/3 (C) 3 (D) 6
28. The current from the battery in circuit diagram shown is .............. A

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 1.5 (D) 3

29. In a potentiometer experiment, the galvanometer shows no deflection when a cell is connected across 60 cm of the potentiometer
wire. If the cell is shunted by a resistance of 6 Ω, the balance is obtained across 50 cm of the wire. The internal resistance of the cell
is .............. Ω
(A) 0.5 (B) 0.6 (C) 1.2 (D) 1.5
30. In the circuit shown, a meter bridge is in its balanced state. The meter bridge wire has a resistance 0.1 ohm/cm. The value of unknown
resistance X and the current drawn from the battery of negligible resistance is

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 (A) 6 Ω, 5 amp (B) 10 Ω, 0.1 amp (C) 4 Ω, 1.0 amp (D) 12 Ω, 0.5 amp
31. In a metre bridge experiment null point is obtained at 20 cm from one end of the wire when resistance X is balanced against another
resistance Y . If X < Y , then where will be the new position of the null point from the same end, if one decides to balance a resistance
of 4X against Y ........... cm
(A) 50 (B) 80 (C) 40 (D) 70
32. In the circuit shown in the figure, the current through

(A) The 3 Ω resistor is 0.50 A (B) The 3 Ω resistor is 0.25 A

(C) The 4 Ω resistor is 0.50 A (D) The 4 Ω resistor is 0.25 A
33. In the circuit shown, the value of each resistance is r, then equivalent resistance of circuit between points A and B will be

(A) (4/3)r (B) 3r/2 (C) r/3 (D) 8r/7

34. The effective resistance between points P and Q of the electrical circuit shown in the figure is
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(A) 2Rr/(R + r) (B) 8R (R + r)/(3R + r) (C) 2r + 4R (D) 5R/2 + 2r

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35. The equivalent resistance between the points P and Q in the network given here is equal to ................ Ω (given r = Ω)
2

1 (B) 1 3 (D) 2
(A) (C)
2 2
36. The voltage V and current I graph for a conductor at two different temperatures T1 and T2 are shown in the figure. The relation be-
tween T1 and T2 is

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 (A) T1 > T2 (B) T1 ≈ T2 (C) T1 = T2 (D) T1 < T2
37. Electron of mass m and charge q is travelling with a speed along a circular path of radius r at right angles to a uniform magnetic field of
intensity B. If the speed of the electron is doubled and the magnetic field is halved the resulting path would have a radius
r r
(A) 2 r (B) 4 r (C) (D)
4 2
−
→ −
→ −
→
38. A proton is projected with velocity V = 2î in a region where magnetic field B = (î + 3ĵ + 4k̂) µT and electric field E = 10î µV /m.
Then find out the net acceleration of proton (in m/s2 )
(A) 1400 (B) 700
(C) 1000 (D) 800
39. A proton moving with a velocity, 2.5 × 107 m/s, enters a magnetic field of intensity 2.5 T making an angle 30o with the magnetic field.
The force on the proton is
(A) 3 × 10−12 N (B) 5 × 10−12 N (C) 6 × 10−12 N (D) 9 × 10−12 N
40. The cyclotron frequency of an electron grating in a magnetic field of 1 T is approximately
(A) 28 M Hz (B) 280 M Hz (C) 2.8 GHz (D) 28 GHz
41. Two particles X and Y having equal charges, after being accelerated through the same potential difference, enter a region of uniform
magnetic field and describes circular path of radius R1 and R2 respectively. The ratio of mass of X to that of Y is
( )1/2 R2 ( )2 R1
R1 (B) R1 (D)
(A) R (C) R2
R 2
1 R2
42. An α particle and a proton travel with same velocity in a magnetic field perpendicular to the direction of their velocities, find the ratio of
the radii of their circular path
(A) 4 : 1 (B) 1 : 4 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 2
43. If cathode rays are projected at right angles to a magnetic field, their trajectory is
(A) Ellipse (B) Circle (C) Parabola (D) None of these
44. At what distance for a long straight wire carrying a current of 12 A will the magnetic field be equal to 3 × 10−5 W b/m2 ?
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(A) 8 × 10−2 m (B) 12 × 10−2 m
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(C) 18 × 10 m (D) 24 × 10−2 m
45. A circular coil ’A’ has a radius R and the current flowing through it is I. Another circular coil ’B’ has a radius 2R and if 2I is the current
flowing through it, then the magnetic fields at the centre of the circular coil are in the ratio of (i.e.BA to BB )
(A) 4 : 1 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 1 : 1
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−
→ −
→
46. The magnetic field d B due to a small current element d l at a distance − →r and element carrying current i is, or Vector form of Biot-
savart’s law is
( −→ →) ( − → →)
−
→ µ0 dl ×− r −
→ µ0 2 d l × − r
(A) d B = i (B) d B = i
4π r 4π r
( −→ − ) ( − → − )
−
→ µ0 2 d l × r → −
→ µ0 dl ×→ r
(C) d B = i (D) d B = i
4π r2 4π r3
47. An infinitely long straight conductor is bent into the shape as shown in the figure. It carries a current of i ampere and the radius of the
circular loop is r metre. Then the magnetic induction at its centre will be

(A)
µ0 2i
(π + 1) (B)
µ0 2i
(π − 1) (C) Zero (D) Infinite
4π r 4π r
48. A current i ampere flows in a circular arc of wire whose radius is R, which subtend an angle 3π/2 radian at its centre. The magnetic
induction at the centre is

µ0 i µ0 i 2µ0 i 3µ0 i
(A) (B) (C) (D)
R 2R R 8R
49. A current of 0.1 A circulates around a coil of 100 turns and having a radius equal to 5 cm. The magnetic field set up at the centre of
the coil is (µ0 = 4π × 10−7 weber/ampere − metre)

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 (A) 4π × 10−5 tesla (B) 8π × 10−5 tesla (C) 4 × 10−5 tesla (D) 2 × 10−5 tesla
50. A and B are two concentric circular conductors of centre O and carrying currents i1 and i2 as shown in the adjacent figure. If ratio of
their radii is 1 : 2 and ratio of the flux densities at O due to A and B is 1 : 3, then the value of i1 /i2 is

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 3 2

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