Test Paper

Chapter 1, 2 & 3

CLASS : XII
PHYSICS (042) DATE : 30/01/2023

MAXIMUM MARKS : 50 TIME : 1 1/2 Hrs

SECTION A
1. Two charges of magnitudes –2Q and +Q are located at points (a, 0) and (4a, 0) respectively. What 1
is the electric flux due to these charges through a sphere of radius ‘3a’ with its centre at the
origin?

2. Two equal balls having equal positive charge ‘q’ coulombs are suspended by two insulating 1
strings of equal length. What would be the effect on the force when a plastic sheet is inserted
between the two?

3. A and B are two conducting spheres of the same radius A being solid and B hollow. Both are 1
charged to the same potential. What will be the relation between the charges on the two spheres?

4. What will happen to the capacity of a parallel plate capacitor if area of each plate is doubled and 1
distance between the plates becomes halved?

5. If the length of a wire conductor is doubled by stretching it, keeping the p.d. across it constant, by 1
what factor does the drift speed of electrons change?

6. What is the working principle of Meter Bridge? 1

SECTION B

7. A spherical Gaussian surface encloses a charge of 8.85 x 10-8C i) calculate the electric flux 2
passing through the surface ii) if the radius of the Gaussian surface is doubled, how would the
flux change?

8. An electric dipole is free to move in a uniform electric field. Explain its motion when it is placed 2
i) parallel to the field and perpendicular to the field.

9. A point charge is placed at O as shown in the fig 2

Is VA– VBis positive when i) Q>0 ii) Q<0? Justify your answer.
10. Find the ratio of the potential difference. that must be applied across the i) parallel ii) series 2
combination of two identical capacitors so that the energy stored in the two cases becomes the
same.

11. A cylindrical metallic wire is stretched to increase its length by 10%.Calculate the percentage 2
change in its resistance.

12. In a metre bridge, the balance point is found to be at 39.5 cm from the end A, when the resistor Y 2
is of 12.5 ohm. Determine the resistance of X. Why are the connections between resistors in a
metre bridge made of thick copper strips? What happens if the galvanometer and cell are
interchanged at the balance point of the bridge? Would the galvanometer show any current?

13. An electric dipole of length 10 cm having charges ± 6x 10-3C placed at 30o with respect to a 2

uniform electric field, experiences a torque of magnitude 6 3 Nm. Calculate the magnitude of
the electric field

14. A test charge q is moved without acceleration from A to C along the path from A to B and then B 2
to C in electric field E as shown in the figure. i) Calculate
the potential difference between A and C
ii) At which point of the two is the electric potential
more and why?

15. In the meterbridge experimental set up, shown 2

in the figure, the null point ‘D’ is obtained at a
distance of 40cm from end A of the meterbridge wire. If a
resistance of10  is connected in series with R1, null
point is obtained at AD = 60 cm. Calculate the values of
R1and R2

16. Two capacitors of capacitances 6 µF and 12µF are connected in series with a battery. The voltage 2
across the 6 µF capacitor is 2 V. Calculate the total battery voltage.

SECTION C

17. Using Gauss’ theorem, deduce an expression for electric intensity due to thin infinitely long wire 3
of charge/ length l C/m.
18. Two point charges qA = 3 mC and qB = –3 mC are located 20 cm apart in vacuum. 3
i) What is the electric field at the midpoint O of the line AB joining the two charges?
ii) If a negative test charge of magnitude 1.5 × 10–9 C is placed at this point, what is the
force experienced by the test charge?
19. Define the term electrostatic potential. Derive an expression for potential due to dipole at an 3
angle
and at a distance r. Hence express its equation at axial and equatorial point.

20. A 10 m F capacitor is charged by a 30 V supply. It is then disconnected from the supply, and is 3
connected to another uncharged 50 m F capacitor. Calculate the final potential difference across
the combination ii) the initial and final charges and iii) the initial and final energies.
How much electrostatic energy of the first capacitor is lost in the form of heat and
electromagnetic radiation?

21. For the circuit shown here, calculate the potential difference 3
between points B and D.

22. Draw a circuit diagram using a metre bridge and write the 3
necessary mathematical relation used to determine the value of an unknown resistances? Why
cannot such an arrangement be used for measuring very low resistances?

23. What is the potential energy of a dipole placed in an external field? Also give an expression for 3
it.

23. When two cells are connected in parallel with internal resistance r1 and r2, derive expression for 3
net emf, net resistance and current passing through the circuit.
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