SANSKRITI SCHOOL

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Marg,

New Delhi

Academic Session: 2022 - 2023

Sample Paper: Summer Vacation
Subject: Physics
Class: 12
TIME : 2 Hrs. M.M. 35
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
• All questions are compulsory.
• Question numbers 1 to 10 are very short answer questions, carrying one mark each.
• Question numbers 11 to 13 are short answer questions, carrying two marks each.
• Question numbers 14 to 16 are short answer questions, carrying three marks each.
• Question numbers 17 and 18 are long answer questions, carrying five marks each.
• Use of calculator is not permitted. However, you may use log tables.
• This paper has 3 printed pages.

SECTION A

1 The potentials of two plates of a condenser are +10V and –10V. The charge on one of the 1
plates is 40 C. Find the capacitance of capacitor.
a. 0
b. 2 F
c. 4F
d. None of these
2 Name the physical quantity measured as V-m
a. Electric potential 1
b. Electric field
c. Electric flux
d. Capacitance

3 A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery. Once it is charged battery is removed 1

Now a dielectric material is inserted between the plates of the capacitor, which of the
following does not change?
a. electric field between the plates
b. potential difference across the plates
c. charge on the plates
d. energy stored in the capacitor.
4 Two conducting spheres A and B of radii a & b respectively are at the same potential. 1
The ratio of surface charge densities of A and B is
a. a/b
b. b/a
c. a2/b2
d. b2/a2

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5 A glass rod when rubbed with silk acquires a charge +1.6 × 10–12C. The charge on the silk 1
would be
a. Zero
b. +1.6 × 10–12C
c. -1.6 × 10–12C
d. +3.2 × 10–12C

6 What orientation of an electric dipole in a uniform electric field would correspond to stable 1
equilibrium?

7 The introduction of a dielectric slab between plates of capacitor increases its capacitance. 1
Why?

8 Draw the graph showing the variation of potential V with distance r for a point charge 1
q>0 and q<0.

9 The dipole moment of a dipole is 3.6 × 10–10 C-m. What is the flux through a Gaussian 1
surface of radius 10 cm enclosing the dipole?

10 Electric dipole moment of CuSO4 molecule is 3.2 × 10–32 Cm. Find the separation between 1
copper and sulphate ions.

SECTION B
11 An electric dipole of length 4cm having charges ± 2.5mC, placed at an angle 600 with 2
respect to a uniform electric field experiences a torque of 8√3 N-m. Calculate the potential
energy of dipole?

12 Determine the potential difference across the plates of the capacitor C1 of the network 2
shown in the figure (Assume E2>E1)

13 Draw schematically an equipotential surface in a uniform electrostatic field directed along 2

Z axis.
What is the amount of work done in moving a 56nC charge between two points 1 cm apart
on an equipotential surface?
Two point charges repel each other with a force F when placed in a medium of dielectric
constant 81. What will the force between them when placed the same distance apart in air?

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 SECTION C
14 ABCD is a square of side 0.2 m. Charges of 2n C, 4n C and 8n C are placed at the corners 3
A, B and C respectively. Calculate the work required to transfer a charge of 2 n C from D
to the center of the square.

15 Three hollow concentric spheres A, B and C having radii a, b, and c (a<b<c) have uniform 3
surface charge densities + σ , -σ , and +σ respectively. Compute the electric potential at
the surface of each sphere.
OR
Derive an electric potential at a point at a distance r from the center of electric dipole. Line
joining the point to the center of dipole makes an angle θ with the dipole moment.

16 Two capacitors with capacity C1 and C2 are charged to potential V1 and V2 respectively 3
and then connected in parallel. Calculate the common potential across the combination
and change in the electrostatic energy from its initial value.
OR
In the given network two identical parallel plate capacitors are connected to a battery with
the switch S closed. The total energy stored in both capacitors is E1. The switch is now
opened and the free space between the plates of the capacitors is filled with a medium of
dielectric constant 3. Total energy stored in both capacitors is now E2. . Find the ratio of
E1 / E2

SECTION E

17 State Gauss’s theorem. Using this derive an expression for electric field intensity due to 5
uniformly charged infinite thin sheet.
A uniformly charged conducting sphere of radius 1.2m has a surface charge density of
16μCm-2. Find the total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere.

18 Derive an expression for energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor and discuss how the 5
energy of a parallel plate capacitor changes when dielectric slab is introduced between the
plates with (i) battery remains connected (ii) battery disconnected.

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