The Hindu Senior Secondary School, Triplicane, Chennai.

UNIT TEST 1
Subject: Physics Class: XII
Marks: 40 Time:1.5 hrs
Name: Roll No:

General Instructions:
(i) There are 25 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper has 3 sections: Section A, Section B, Section C
(iii) Section A contains 10 questions of one mark each, Section B contains 10 questions of two
and three marks, Section C contains one case study-based question of five marks.
(iv) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question
of two marks and one question of three marks in section B. You must try only one of the
choices in such questions.
Section A

1. The work done in carrying a charge Q on a round of circle of radius ‘r’ with charge q at
the centre of the circle is
1 𝑞 𝑄 𝑞 𝑄𝑞
(a) 4𝜋𝜀 𝑟 (b) 4𝜋𝜀 𝑟 (c) zero (d) 2𝑟
0 0
2. In the capacitor of capacitance ‘C’, charge Q and Energy W is stored. If charge is
increased upto 2Q, the energy stored will be
W W
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 2W (d) 4W
3. Electric potential of Earth is taken to be zero, because Earth is a good
(a) Insulator (b) Conductor (c) Semiconductor (d) Dielectric
4. Which of the following relations is called as current density?
I A I^2 I^3
(a) A (b) I (c) A (d) A^2
5. The internal resistance of a cell of emf 2V is 0.1 Ω. It is connected to a resistance of 3.9
Ω. The Voltage across the cell will be
(a) 0.5 V (b) 1.9 V (c) 1.95 V (d) 2 V
6. Transmission lines transmit a voltage of ‘V’ volts to our houses from power stations
then the power ‘P’ supplied by them is proportional to
(a) 1/V (b) V (c) V2 (d) 1/V2
7. One kilowatt hour is equal to
(a) 36 x105 J (b) 36 x 103J (c) 36 x10-5 J (d) 36 x 10-3 J
8. If in a circular coil A of radius R, current I is flowing and in another coil B of radius
2R, a current 2I is flowing, then the ratio of the magnetic fields BA and BB produced
by them will be
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) ½ (d) 4
9. The sensitivity of MCG can be increased by decreasing
(a) Number of turns of the coil (b) magnetic field
(c) area of the coil (d) restoring couple per unit twist of suspension.
10. An electric field of 1500 V/m and a magnetic field of 0.40 Wb/m 2 act on a moving
electron. The minimum uniform speed along a straight line, the electron could have is
(a) 1.6 x 1015 m/s (b) 6 x 10-16 m/s (c) 3.75 x 103 m/s (d) 3.75 x 102 m/s
 Section B
11. Define current sensitivity and voltage sensitivity of a galvanometer. Increasing the
current sensitivity may not necessarily increase the voltage sensitivity of a galvanometer.
Justify. (2)
12. A long straight wire carries a current of 35 A. What is the magnitude of the field ⃗B at a
point 20m from the wire. (2)
13. (a) State Biot-Savart’s law in vector form. How will you find the direction of the
magnetic field? (2)
(or)
(b) State Ampere’s circuital law and prove this law for a circular path around a long
current carrying conductor. (2)
14. Under what conditions is the heat produced in an electric circuit,
(i) Directly proportional
(ii) Inversely proportional to the resistance of the circuit. (2)
15. Define electric potential. Derive an expression for the electric potential at a point at
distance ‘r’ from a charge q. (2)
16. Positive charges of 6, 12 and 24 nC are placed at the three vertices of a square. What
charge must be placed at the fourth vertex so that total potential at the centre of the
square is zero? (3)
17. The equivalent capacitance of the combination between A and B is 4µF.

(i) Calculate Capacitance of the capacitor ‘C’.

(ii) Calculate charge on each capacitor if a 12V battery is connected across terminals
A and B.
(iii) What will be the potential drop across each capacitor. (3)
18. (a) What is meant by drift velocity of free electrons? Derive ohm’s law on the basis of
the theory of electron drift? (3)
(or)
(b) (i) What is internal resistance of a cell? On what factors does it depend.
(iii) When a motor car is started, the car lights become slightly dim, why? (3)
19. Derive a formula for the force between two parallel straight conductors carrying current
in opposite directions and write the nature of the force. Hence, define an ampere. (3)
20. Which one of the two, an ammeter or a milliammeter, has a higher resistance and why?
A galvanometer of resistance 16Ω shows full scale deflection for a current of 4 mA. How
will you convert it into a voltmeter to measure a voltage up to 3 V? (3)

Section C
Case Study question:
An arrangement of two conductors separated by an insulating medium can be used to store
electric charge and electric energy. Such a system is called a capacitor. The more charge a
capacitor can store, the greater is its capacitance. Usually, a capacitor consists of two
conductors having equal and opposite charge +Q and -Q. Hence, there is a potential difference
V between them. By the capacitance of a capacitor, we mean the ratio of the charge Q to the
potential difference V. By the charge on the capacitor, we mean only the charge Q on the
positive plate. Total charge of the capacitor is zero. The capacitance of a capacitor is a
constant and depends on geometric factors, such as the shapes, sizes and relative positions of
 the two conductors, and the nature of the medium between them. The unit of capacitance farad
(F), but the more convenient units are µF and pF. A commonly used capacitor consists of two
long strips or metal foils, separated by two long strips of dielectrics, rolled up into a small
cylinder. Common dielectric materials are plastics (such as polyesters and polycarbonates)
and aluminium oxide. Capacitors are widely used in television, computer, and other electric
circuits.

Answer the following:

21. A parallel plate capacitor C has a charge Q. The actual charges on its plates are
(a) Q, Q (b) Q/2, Q/2 (c) Q, -Q (d) Q/2, -Q/2
22. A parallel plate capacitor is charged. If the plates are pulled apart,
(a) The capacitance increases
(b) The potential difference increases
(c) The total charge increases
(d) The charge and potential difference remain the same.
23. If n capacitors, each of capacitance C, are connected in series, then the equivalent
capacitance of the combination will be
(a) nC (b) n2C (c) C/n (d) C/n2
24. Three capacitors of 2.0, 3.0 and 6.0 µF are connected in series to a 10 V source. The
charge on the 3.0 µF capacitor is
(a) 5 µC (b) 10 µC (c) 12 µC (d) 15 µC
25. What is the potential difference across 2 µF capacitor in the circuit shown?

(a) 12 V (b) 4 V (c) 6 V (d) 18 V

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