St.

Thomas School (Half Yearly Exam)

Class- XII PHYSICS (042)
Time allowed: 3 hours Max. marks= 70
General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory. There are 37 questions in total.
2. This question paper has four sections: Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D.
3. Section A contains twenty questions of one mark each, Section B contains seven questions
of two marks each, Section C contains seven questions of three marks each, and
Section D contains three questions of five marks each.
4. Use of calculator is not allowed.
5. You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary.
c = 3 x 10⁸ m/s h = 6.63 x 10¯³⁴ Js
e = 1.6 x 10¯¹⁹ C μₒ = 4𝝅 x 10¯⁷ TmA¯¹
Ɛₒ = 8.854 x 10¯¹² C²N¯¹m¯² 1/4𝝅Ɛₒ= 9 x 10⁹ Nm²C¯²
Mₑ = 9.1 x 10¯³¹ kg Mn = 1.675 x 10¯²⁷ kg
Mp = 1.673 x 10¯²⁷ kg
Avogadro’s number = 6.023 x 10²³ per gram mole
Boltzmann constant = 1.38 x 10¯²³ JK¯¹
Section -A
Directions (Q1-Q15) (Multiple Choice Questions):-
Q1. Which of the following statement is not true about Gauss’s law?
(a) Gauss’s law is true for any closed surface.
(b) The term ‘Q’ on the right side of Gauss’s law includes the sum of all charges enclosed by the
surface.
(c) Gauss’s law is not much useful in calculating electrostatic field when the system has some
symmetry.
(d) Gauss’s law is based on the inverse square dependence on distance contained in the
coulomb’s law
Q2. Each of the two point charges are doubled and their distance is halved. Force of interaction
between them becomes
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 1/16 (d) 16
Q3. The capacitance of a capacitor will decrease if we introduce a slab of:
(a) copper (b) aluminium (c) zinc (d) None of these
Q4. An electron initially at rest is accelerated through a potential difference of one volt. The
energy gained by electron is:
(a) 1 J (b) 1.6 × 10-19 J (c) 10-19 J (d) None of these
Q5. How much electric energy is consumed by a 100 W lamp used for 6 hours everyday for 30
days?
(a) 18 kJ (b) 18 kWh (c) 1.8 J (d) None of these
Q6. Kirchhoff’s first and second laws for electrical circuits are consequences of:
(a) conservation of energy
(b) conservation of electrical charge and energy respectively
(c) conservation of electric charge
(d) neither conservation of energy nor electric charge
Q7. What is the angle of dip at the magnetic poles ?
(a) 30° (b) 0° (c) 45°
(d) None of these
Q8. What happens to the magnetic field at the centre of a circular current carrying coil if we
double the radius of the coil keeping the current unchanged?
(a) halved (b) doubled (c) quadrupled (d) remains unchanged
Q9. A current carrying power line carries current from west to east. What will be direction of
magnetic field 1 meter above it?
(a) N to S (b) S to N (c) E to W (d) W to E
Q10. Which of the following has higher magnetic susceptibility?
(a) diamagnetic (b) paramagnetic (c) ferromagnetic (d) None of these
Q11. In the expression e = –d∅/dt, the -ve sign signifies:
(a) The induced emf is produced only when magnetic flux decreases
(b) The induced emf opposes the change in the magnetic flux
(c) The induced emf is opposite to the direction of the flux
(d) None of these
Q12. The role of inductance is equivalent to:
(a) inertia (b) force (c) energy (d) momentum
Q13. Energy dissipates in LCR circuit in :
(a) L only (b) C only (c) R only (d) All of the above
Q14. In pure inductive circuit, current
(a) lags behind emf by π/2 (b) leads the emf by π/2
(c) lags behind emf by π (d) leads the emf by π
Q15. EMW are produced by:
(a) charge in uniform motion only (b) charge at rest only
(c) accelerated or decelerated charge only (d) all of the above
Directions (Q16-Q20)(Objective Type Questions):-
Q16. What is the basic cause of charging?
Q17. Define mobility?
Q18. Define temperature coefficient of resistivity?
Q19. Which physical quantity has unit V/m?
Q20. Define transverse nature of electromagnetic wave?
Section-B
Q21. Derive an expression for the torque acting on an electric dipole placed in uniform electric
field?
Q22. Derive an expression between electric field intensity & electric potential?
Q23. State & prove Ampere Circuital law?
Q24. A solenoid of length 50cm, having 100 turns carries a current of 2.5 A. Find the magnetic
field (a) in the interior of the solenoid (b) at one end of the solenoid?
Q25. State Lenz law. How can you justify that lenz law is a consequence of law of conservation
of energy?
Q26. Write 2 differences between paramagnetic, diamagnetic & ferromagnetic substances
with one example of each?
Q27. A 220V, 50Hz ac is connected across a capacitor of 5μF. Calculate the effective current?
Section-C
Q28. Two cells of emfs 1.5 V & 2 V internal resistances 1Ω & 2Ω are connected in parallel so as
to send current in the same direction through an external resistance of 5Ω.
(i) Draw the circuit diagram.
 (ii) Using Kirchoff’s rules, calculate,
(a) current through each branch of the circuit
(b) potential difference across the 5Ω resistance.
Q29. (i) State Ohm’s law?
(ii) Define drift velocity?
(iii) Write the expression for the relation between current & drift velocity?
Q30. (i) Define current sensitivity in case of galvanometer?
(ii) How can you convert galvanometer into (a) ammeter (b) voltmeter ?
Q31. Derive an expression for the magnetic field strength at a point on the axis of a current
carrying circular loop using Biot- Savart law?
Q32. (i) State laws of electromagnetic induction?
(ii) Define Self inductance? Write its unit?
Q33. (i) Write principle of AC generator?
(ii) Also discuss the construction of AC generator with labelled diagram?
Q34. Write one use of (i) X- ray (ii) Gamma rays (iii) Radio waves
Section-D
Q35. (i) State Gauss law in electrostatics?
(ii) Derive an expression for electric field intensity due to uniformly charged spherical shell
(a) inside (b) outside
(iii) Why does two electric field lines never intersect each other?
Q36. (i) Why does electric field inside a conductor under electrostatic condition is zero?
(ii) Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with dielectric
slab?
(iii) Three capacitors of capacitances 2pF, 3pf & 4pF are connected in parallel. What is the
total capacitance of the combination?
Direction (Q. 37)(Case Study Question):-
Q37. A transformer is essentially an a.c. device. It cannot work on d.c. It changes alternating
voltages or currents. It does not affect the frequency of a.c. It is based on the phenomenon of
mutual induction. A transformer essentially consists of two coils of insulated copper wire having
different number of turns and wound on the same soft iron core.
The number of turns in the primary and secondary coils of an ideal transformer are 2000 and
50 respectively. The primary coil is connected to a main supply of 120 V and secondary coil is
connected to a bulb of resistance 0.6Ω.
(i) The value of voltage across the secondary coil is
(a) 5V (b) 2V (c) 3 V (d) 10 V
(ii) The value of current in the bulb is
(a) 7 A (b) 15 A (c) 3 A (d) 5 A
(iii) The value of current in primary coil is
(a) 0.125 A (b) 2.52 A (c) 1.51 A (d) 3.52 A
(iv) Power in primary coil is
(a) 20W (b) 5W (c) 10 W (d) 15W
v) Power in secondary coil is
(a) 15W (b) 20 W (c) 7W (d) 8 W