HALF YEARLY EXAM (2021-22)

Grade: 12 Science Max.Marks: 40

Subject: Physics Time: 90 minutes
Date of examination: 16/10/2021
General Instructions:

1. The Question Paper contains three sections.

2. Section A has 25 questions. Attempt any 20 questions.
3. Section B has 24 questions. Attempt any20 questions.
4. Section C has 6 questions. Attempt any 5 questions.
5. All questions carry equal marks.
6. There is no negative marking.

Section A

1. An electric field can deflect

a. neutrons
b. gamma rays
c. X-rays
d. α - rays
2. The plates in a parallel plate capacitor are separated by a distance d with air as the
medium between the plates. In order to increase the capacity by 66% a dielectric slab of
dielectric constant 5 is introduced between the plates. What is the thickness of the
dielectric slab?
a. d4
b. d
c. d2
d. 5d8
3. The voltage of clouds is 4 × 106 V with respect to the ground. In a lightning strike lasting
100 m sec, a charge of 4C is delivered to the ground. The power of the lightning strike is:
a. 500 MW
b. 80 MW
c. 20 MW
d. 160 MW
4. Two insulated charged copper spheres A and B have their centres separated by a distance
of 50 cm. What is the mutual force of electrostatic repulsion if the charge on each
 is 6.5×10−7C? The radii of A and B are negligible compared to the distance of
separation.
a. 3.5×10−2N
b. 4.5×10−2N
c. 1.5×10−2N
d. 2.5×10−2N
5. A sheet of aluminium foil of negligible thickness is introduced between the plates of a
capacitor. The capacitance of the capacitor:
a. increases
b. decreases
c. becomes infinite
d. remains unchanged
6. If the resistance of the wire is made four times keeping potential difference across it
constant, then the number of times heat produced in it varies by:
a. 4
b. 2
c. 14
d. 12
7. A rectangular, a square, a circular and an elliptical loop, all in the (x-y) plane, are moving
out of a uniform magnetic field with a constant velocity V→=vi^. The magnetic field is
directed along the negative z-axis direction. The induced emf, during the passage of these
loops, out of the field region, will not remain constant for:
a. any of the four loops
b. only the elliptical loop
c. the circular and the elliptical loops
d. the rectangular, circular and elliptical loops
8. The arrangement fo two magnetic poles of equal and opposite strengths separated by a
finite distance is called:
a. Magnetic dipole
b. None of these
c. Magnetic field
d. Magnetic pole
9. In a pure inductive circuit with a.c. source, the current lags behind emf by phase angle of
a. π2
b. π4
c. 2π
d. π
10. A series circuit consists of an ac source of variable frequency, a 115.0 Ω resistor, a
1.25 μF capacitor, and a 4.50-mH inductor. Impedance of this circuit when the angular
frequency of the ac source is adjusted to twice the resonant angular frequency is
a. 146 Ω
b. 176 Ω
c. 166 Ω
d. 156 Ω
11. A region has a uniform magnetic field in it. A proton enters into the region with velocity
making an angle of 45o with the direction of the magnetic field. In this region, the proton
will move on a path having the shape of a
a. helix
b. straight line
c. spiral
d. circle
12. A Wheatstone bridge is balanced for four resistors R1, R2, R3 and R4 with a Lechlanche
cell between A and C and a galvanometer between B and D. The positions of the cell and
the galvanometer are interchanged. The balance will
a. Change and can be obtained by changing R1
b. decrease by about 9%
c. Change and can be obtained by changing R4
d. Not change
13. While keeping the area of cross-section of a solenoid the same, the number of turns and
length of the solenoid are both doubled. The self-inductance of the coil will be:
a. 14 times the original value
b. halved
c. doubled
d. unaffected
14. A step-up transformer operates on a 230 V line and supplies a current of 2 A. The ratio of
primary and secondary windings is 1 : 25. The primary current is
a. 12.5 A
b. 50 A
c. 25 A
d. 8.8 A
15. When air is replaced by a dielectric medium of dielectric constant κ, the maximum force
of attraction between two charges separated by a distance:
a. remains unchanged
b. decreases κ times
c. decreases κ2 times
d. increases κ times
16. A hollow metal sphere of radius 10 cm is charged such that the potential at its surface is
80 V. The potential at the centre of the sphere is:
a. 80 V
b. 8 V
c. 800 V
d. Zero
17. A galvanometer can be changed into an ammeter by providing:
a. low resistance in series
b. high resistance in parallel
c. low resistance in parallel
d. high resistance in series
18. In the AC circuit, the current is expressed as I = 100sin⁡200πt. In this circuit the current
rises from zero to peak value in time:
a. 1300 s
 b. 1100 s
c. 1400 s
d. 1200 s
19. The magnetic needle has magnetic moment 6.7×10−2Am2 and moment of
inertia =7.5×10−6kgm2. It performs 10 complete oscillations in 6.70 s. Magnitude of the
magnetic field is
a. 0.02 T
b. 0.01 T
c. 0.015 T
d. 0.005 T
20. A parallel plate capacitor has capacitance C. If it is equally filled with parallel layers of
materials of dielectric constants κ1 and κ2, its capacity becomes C1. The ratio of C1 to C
is
a. 2κ1κ2κ1+κ2
b. κ1κ2κ1+κ2
c. κ1+κ2κ1κ2
d. κ1+κ2
21. A point charge Q is moved along a circular path around another fixed point charge. So,
the work done is
a. always zero
b. zero only if Q returns to it's starting position
c. zero only if the two charges have the same magnitude
d. zero only if the two charges have the same magnitude and opposite signs
22. The primary and secondary coils of a transformer have 50 and 1500 turns respectively. If
the magnetic flux ϕ linked with the primary coil is given by ϕ=ϕ0+4t, where ϕ is in
weber, t is time in second and ϕ0 is a constant, the output voltage across the secondary
coil is:
a. 90 V
b. 220 V
c. 120 V
d. 30 V
23. The instantaneous magnetic flux linked with a coil is given by ϕ=5t3−100t+300 Wb. The
EMF induced in the coil at time t = 2 second is
a. 140V
b. 300V
c. -40V
d. 40V
24. A closely wound solenoid of 800 turns and area of cross section 2.5×10−4m2 carries a
current of 3.0 A. It is free to turn about the vertical direction and a uniform horizontal
magnetic field of 0.25 T is applied. Magnitude of torque on the solenoid when its axis
makes an angle of 30° with the direction of applied field is
a. 0.075 J
b. 0.09 J
c. 0.065 J
d. 0.06 J
25. A magnetic needle lying parallel to a magnetic field requires W units of work to turn it,
through 600. The torque needed to maintain the needle in this position will be
a. 3W
b. 3W2
c. 2W
d. W

Section B

26. Two parallel beams of positrons moving in the same direction will:
a. be deflected normal to the plane containing two beams
b. will not interact with each other
c. repel each other
d. attract each other
27. A parallel plate condenser is immersed in an oil of dielectric constant 2. The field
between the plates is
a. decreased proportional to 12
b. decreased proportional to 12
c. increased proportional to 2
d. increased proportional to 2
28. A point charge +q, is placed at a distance d from an isolated conducting plane. The field
at a point P on the other side of the plane is
a. Directed radially away from the point charge.
b. Directed perpendicular to the plane but towards the plane.
c. Directed perpendicular to the plane and away from the plane.
d. Directed radially towards the point charge.
29. Angular resonant frequency and Q-factor of a series LCR circuit with L = 3.0 H, C =
27 μF, and R = 7.4 Ω are respectively
a. 100 rad/s, 45
b. 100 rad/s, 35
c. 111 rad/s, 35
d. 111 rad/s, 45
30. A circular ring of diameter 20 cm has a resistance of 0.01 Ω. The charge that will flow
through the ring if it is turned from a position perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field
of 2.0 T to a position parallel to the field is about:
a. 0.063 C
b. 63 C
c. 0.63 C
d. 6.3 C
31. A short bar magnet has a magnetic moment of 0.48 J/T. Magnetic field produced by the
magnet at a distance of 10 cm from the centre of the magnet on the equatorial lines
(normal bisector) of the magnet has a direction and magnitude of
a. 0.43 G along N-S direction
b. 0.38 G along N-S direction
c. 0.55 G along N-S direction
d. 0.48 G along N-S direction
32. An inductor may store energy in
a. its magnetic field
b. its electric field
c. both in electric and magnetic fields
d. its coils
33. A current passes through a wire of non-uniform cross section. Which of the following
quantities are independent of the cross section?
a. Current density
b. Drift speed
c. Free electron density
d. The charge crossing in a given time interval
34. A capacitor of 2 μF is charged as shown in the diagram. When the switch S is turned to
position 2, the percentage of its stored energy dissipated is

a. 80%
b. 20%
c. 0%
d. 75%
35. In producing chlorine by electrolysis 100 kW power at 125 V is being consumed. How
much chlorine per minute is liberated? (E.C.E. of chlorine is 0.367 × 10-6 kg)
a. 17.61 × 10-3 kg
b. 9.67 × 10-3 kg
c. 3.67 × 10-3 kg
d. 1.76 × 10-3 kg
36. If the speed of rotation of a dynamo is doubled, then the induced emf will
a. remain unchanged
b. become double
c. become four times
d. become half
37. The magnetic flux linked with a coil (in Wb) is given by the equation:
ϕ=5 t2+3 t+16
The induced e.m.f. in the coil in the fourth second will be
a. 10 V
b. 145 V
c. 210 V
d. 108 V
38. Correct unit of Bohr magneton is
a. T/J
b. T
c. J
d. J/T
39. The correct equation for a series LCR circuit excited by AC is
a. Ld2qdt2+Rdqdt+qC=vmsinωt
b. Ld2qdt2+Rdqdt+2qC=vmsinωt
c. Ld2qdt2+2Rdqdt+qC=0
d. Ld2qdt2+Rdqdt+qC=0
40. A wire of resistance 4 Ω is stretched to twice its original length. The resistance of
stretched wire would be:
a. 8 Ω
b. 16 Ω
c. 4 Ω
d. 2 Ω
41. The resistivity of the potentiometer wire is 10-7 Ωm. Its area of cross-section is 10-6 m2.
When a current I = 0.1. A flows through the wire, its potential gradient is:
a. 10-4 Vm-1
b. 10 Vm-1
c. 10-2 Vm-1
d. 0.1 Vm-1
42. A force of repulsion between two point charges is F, when these are at a distance 0.1 m
apart. Now the point charges are replaced by conducting spheres of radii 5 cm each
having the same charge as that of the respective point charges. The distance between their
centres is again kept 0.1 m, then the force of repulsion will:
a. remain F
b. decrease
c. increase
d. becomes 10F9
43. When a charged particle enters in a uniform magnetic field, its kinetic energy.
a. decreases
b. becomes zero
c. remains constant
d. increases
44. A magnet with moment Pm is given. If it is bent into a semicircular form, its new
magnetic moment will be:
a. Pm
b. Pmπ
c. Pm2
d. 2Pmπ
45. Assertion (A): Positive charge always moves from a higher potential point to a lower
potential point.
Reason (R): Electric potential is a vector quantity.
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 but R is true.
46. Assertion (A): Electromagnetic are made of soft iron.
Reason (R): Coercivity of soft iron is small.
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 but R is true.
47. Assertion (A): An emf E is induced in a closed loop where magnetic flux is varied. The
induced E is not a conservative field.
Reason (R): The line integral of E→⋅dl→ around the closed-loop is non-zero.
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 but R is true.
48. Assertion (A): Faraday’s laws are consequences of the conservation of energy.
Reason (R): In a purely resistive AC circuit, the current lags behind the emf in phase.
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 but R is true.
49. Assertion (A): An applied electric field will polarize the polar dielectric material.
Reason (R): In polar dielectrics, each molecule has a permanent dipole moment but these
are randomly oriented in the absence of an externally applied electric field.
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 but R is true.

Section C

50. A series combination of n1 capacitors, each of value C1 is charged by a source of potential

difference 4V. When another parallel combination of n2 capacitors, each of value C2, is
charged by a source of potential difference V, it has the same (total) energy stored in it,
as the first combination has. The value of C2, in terms of C1, is then:
a. 2C1n1n2
b. 2n2n1C1
c. 16n2n1C1
d. 16C1n1n2
51. A half ring of radius R has a charge per unit length equal to λ. The field at the center is
a. zero
b. 2λ4πε0R
c. λ4πε0R
d. None of these
Question No. 52 to 55 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the
questions:Emf of a cell is the maximum potential difference between two electrodes of the cell
when no current is drawn from the cell. Internal resistance is the resistance offered by the
electrolyte of a cell when the electric current flows through it. The internal resistance of a cell
depends upon the following factors; (i) distance between the electrodes (ii) nature and
temperature of the electrolyte (iii) nature of electrodes (iv) area of electrodes.

For a freshly prepared cell, the value of internal resistance is generally low and goes on
increasing as the cell is put to more and more use. The potential difference between the two
electrodes of a cell in a closed circuit is called terminal potential difference and its value is
always less than the emf of the cell in a closed circuit. It can be written as V = ε−Ir

52. The terminal potential difference of two electrodes of a cell is equal to emf of the cell
when
a. neither I ≠ 0 and I = 0
b. I ≠ 0
c. I = 0
d. both I ≠ 0 and I = 0
53. A cell of emf ε and internal resistance r gives a current of 0.5 A with an external
resistance of 12Ω and a current of 0.25 A with an external resistance of 25Ω. What is
the value of internal resistance of the cell?
a. 7 Ω
b. 3 Ω
c. 1 Ω
d. 5 Ω
54. Choose the wrong statement.
a. Terminal potential difference of the cell when it is being charged is given as V
= ε + Ir.
b. Internal resistance of a cell decrease with the decrease in temperature of the
electrolyte.
c. Potential difference across the terminals of a cell in a closed circuit is always
less than its emf.
d. Potential difference versus current graph for a cell is a straight line with a -ve
slope.
55. An external resistance R is connected to a cell of internal resistance r, the maximum
current flows in the external resistance, when
a. R = r
b. R > r
c. R < r
d. R = 1/r