Sifal Secondary School

Candidates Are required to give their answer in their own words as far as practicable. The figures in the
margin indicate full marks.

Group A: Multiple Choice Questions (11 * 1 = 11)

Choose the correct answer.

1. Planck’s constant has the same dimension as

a) Forced * Time b) Force * Distance c) Force * Speed d) Force * Distance * Time
2. What will be the height of a capillary on the surface of the moon if it is ‘h’ on Earth?
a) h b) h/6 c) 6h d) zero
3. When petrol drops from a vehicle fall over the rain-water on the road, colors are seen because of
a) Dispersion of light b) Scattering of light
c) Interference of light d) Absorption of light
4. Change in entropy depends on
a) Transfer of mass b) Only the transfer of heat
c) Only the change in temperature d) Only thermodynamic state
5. Area of hysteresis curve indicates
a) Retentivity b) Coercivity c) Loss of energy per cycle d) All of the above
6. How far does sound travel in the air when a tuning fork of frequency 256 Hz completes 64 vibrations?
(Velocity of sound in air is 320 m/s)
a) 20 m b) 40 m c) 60 m d) 80 m
7. A parallel beam of light of wavelength 450 nm passes through a long slit of width 0.2 mm. The angular
divergence in which most of the light is diffracted is
a) 0.290 b) 0.1460 c) 0.2570 d) 0.2920
8. A device that converts AC into DC is,
a) An oscillator b) A rectifier c) An amplifier d) A Zener diode
9. Curie temperature is the temperature above which
a) A ferromagnetic substance becomes paramagnetic
b) A paramagnetic substance becomes ferromagnetic
c) A paramagnetic substance becomes diamagnetic
d) A diamagnetic substance becomes ferromagnetic
10. Bragg’s law for x-ray diffraction is 2d sin θ = mλ, where the quantity d is
a) the height of a unit cell b) the smallest interatomic distance
c) the distance from the detector to sample d) the distance between planes of atoms
11. The impurity atom with which pure Si is doped to make a p-type semiconductor is
a) Indium b) Phosphorus c) Antimony d) Arsenic

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Attempt all the questions:

Group B: Short Answer Questions (8 * 5 = 40)

1. a) Define a rigid body. Name two kinds of motion that a body can execute? [1]
b) A body is in rotational motion. Is it necessary that a torque be acting on it? [1]
c) Calculate the rotational KE of the earth about its own axis. Mass of the earth = 6 * 1024 kg and radius
of the earth = 6400 km. [3]

2. a) Define a simple pendulum. [1]

b) If the length of a simple pendulum is increased by 4 times its original length, will its time period
change? If yes, how much longer will it be? [2]
c) A particle of mass 0.25 kg vibrates for a period of 2 sec. If its greatest displacement is 0.4 m. What
is its maximum kinetic energy? [2]

OR,
2. a) Why does deep water run slow? [2]
b) What are different forms of energy possessed by a flowing fluid? Write an expression for them. [3]
3. a) Write down the differences between progressive and stationary waves. [3]
b) A wave has the equation 𝑦 = 0.02 𝑆𝑖𝑛 (30 𝑡 − 4𝑥). Find the frequency, speed and wavelength. [2]

4. This diagram shows an electron tube. Electrons emitted from the cathode accelerate towards the anode
and then pass into a uniform electric field created by two oppositely charged horizontal metal plates.

a) Explain why the beam curves upwards between the plates. [2]
b) Explain how the pattern formed on the fluorescent screen shows that all the electrons have the
same speed as they leave the anode. [2]
c) Write down an equation relating the speed of the electrons 𝑣 to the potential difference 𝑉𝑎𝑐 between
the anode and the cathode. [1]

5. a) Why don’t we obtain 100 % efficiency in Carnot's engine? [2]

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 d) A Carnot's engine has 50 % efficiency with sink at 9 0 𝐶. By how many degrees should the
temperature of the source be increased in order to raise the efficiency to 70 %? [3]

6. a) Write down the purpose of performing Young’s Double Slits Experiment. [1]
b) Show that the bright and dark fringes are equally spaced in Young’s Double Slits Experiment. [3]
c) What will be the effect on the fringe width if the double-slit experiment is performed in water? [1]

7. Explain what you mean by Photon? [1]

a) Write Einstein’s photoelectric effect equation. [1]
b) Show that photon energy of wavelength 350 nm is 5.68 X 10-19 J [2]
𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 350 𝑛𝑚
c) Find the ratio [1]
𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 700 𝑛𝑚

8. a) State Bohr’s postulates of the atomic model. [1]

b) In a hydrogen atom we have only 1 electron but its emission spectrum shows many lines. Explain.
[1]
c) Rydberg’s constant is equal to 1.09678 ∗ 107 𝑚−1 . Calculate the minimum wavelength of
emission in the Balmer series. [3]

OR,
8 a) State Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction. [2]
b) A coil of 50 turns has dimensions 10 * 10 cm. It is rotated at the rate of 5 rev/sec in a uniform
magnetic field of flux density 0.7 Tesla. What is the maximum emf induced in it? [3]

Section C: Long Answer Questions (3 * 8 = 24)

9 a) What do you mean by the sensitivity of a potentiometer? [1]

b) Why is a potentiometer preferred over a voltmeter for measuring the emf of a cell? [2]
c) With the circuit diagram, explain how a potentiometer can be used to compare the emf of two
primary cells. [2]
d) The emf of a battery A is balanced by a length of 75 cm on a potentiometer wire. The emf of a
standard cell, 1.02 V, is balanced by a length of 50 cm. What is the emf of A? Calculate the new
balance length if A has an internal resistance of 2 ohms and a resistor of 8 ohms is joined to its
terminals. [3]

10 a) What are the basic properties of AC? Write an expression for its instantaneous value and explain
the term in it. [1 + 1]
b) Which is more dangerous to use: AC or DC? [2]
c) What is the condition for resonance? The maximum capacitance of a variable capacitor is 33 𝑝𝐹.
What should be the self-inductance to be connected to this capacitor for the natural frequency of

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 the LC circuit to be 810 kHz. Corresponding to the AM broadcast band of Radio Nepal? [1 + 3]

OR,
10 a) This diagram shows a rectangular metal frame PQRS placed in a uniform magnetic field. The
magnetic flux density is 4.5 × 10−3 T and the current in the metal frame is 2.5 A.

a) Calculate the force experienced by side PQ of the frame. [3]

b) Suggest why side QR does not experience a force. [1]
c) Describe the motion of the frame immediately after the current in the frame is switched on. [2]
d) Calculate the maximum torque (moment) exerted about an axis parallel to the side PQ. [2]

11 a) What is a P-N Junction Diode? [1]

b) What are the characteristics of the Zener diodes? [2]
c) Draw a circuit diagram and show how the Zener diode acts as a voltage regulator. [3]
d) What is the necessity of reverse biasing in Zener diodes? [2]

OR

11. a) What do you mean by i) the decay constant 𝜆 of radioactive material. [1]
ii) the half-life 𝑇1/2 [1]
b) Why is it a gamma ‘ray’ when the others are called ‘particles’? [1]
c) What change takes place in the nucleus when a 𝛽 −particle is emitted? [2]
d) A radioactive sample has a half-life of 8.3 ∗ 104 years. Calculate (i) its disintegration constant (ii)
the times taken for 25 % of its activity to disappear. [1 + 2]

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