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JUNIOR COLLEGE (TOWN), KURNOOL

MODEL ANNUAL EXAMINATION – II
PHYSICS PAPER – II
Time : 3 hr. Max. Marks : 60
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Section – A
Answer all questions 10 x 2 = 20
1. A small angled prism of 40 deviates a ray through 2.480. Find the refractive index of the
prism.
2. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into voltmeter ?
3. What do you understand by ‘Self-inductance’ ?
4. Define magnetic inclination or angle of dip.
5. Two slits are made 1mm apart and the screen is placed 1m away. What is the fringe
separation when blue-green light of wave length 500nm is used?
6. What are eddy currents ?
7. What is transformer ratio ?
8. Give any two uses of infrared rays.
9. What are intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors.
10.What is sky wave propagation.
Section – B
Answer any Six questions 6 x 4 = 24
11. With a neat labelled diagram explain the formation of image in a simple microscope.
12. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics and explain its importance.
13. Explain series combination of capacitors. Derive the formula for equivalent capacitance
in series combination.
14. Find the magnetic induction due to a long current carrying conductor.
15. The force between two magnetic poles separated by a distance ‘d’ in air is ‘F’. At what
distance between them does the force become doubled?
( P.T.O )
16. What is the de Broglie wavelength of a ball of mass 0.12 kg moving with a speed of 20
ms-1? What can we infer from this result ?
17. Explain the different types of spectral series of Hydrogen atom ?
18. Explain the operation of a NOT gate and give its truth table.
Section – C
Answer any Two Questions 2 x 8 = 16
19. Explain the formation of stationary waves in an air column enclosed in open pipe. Derive
the equations for the frequencies of the harmonics produced.
A steel wire 0.72 m long has a mass of 5.0 x 10-3 kg. If the wire is under a tension of 60 N,
what is the speed of transverse waves on the wire ?
20. State the working principle of potentiometer. Explain with the help of circuit diagram
how the emf of 2 primary cells are compared by using the potentiometer.
A potentiometer wire is 5m long and a potential difference of 6 V is maintained between its
ends. Find the emf of a cell which balances against length of 180 cm of the potentiometer.
21. Explain the principle and working of a nuclear reactor with the help of a labelled diagram.
The radius of the oxygen nucleus 8O16 is 2.8 x 10-15 m. Find the radius of 82Pb205.