Inter 2nd Year Imp Physics

Sr.Inter_I.P.
E Important Questions Physics
BOARD MODEL TEST PAPER

II Year Intermediate
(Second Year - Year-wise Scheme)
Part III - Physical Sciences
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PHYSICS PAPER
Time : 3 Hours (English Version) Max. Marks : 75
SECTION - A
I. Very Short Answer Questions 10 × 2 = 20 M
Answer All questions. Each carries 2 marks.
01. Write the formule for the speed of sound in solids and gases.
02. What happens to the force between two charges if the distance between them is (a) halved
(b) doubled
03. Write the expression for electric intnesity due to an infinite plane sheet of charge.
04. Write the expression for the torque experienced a dipole placed in an external magnetic field.
05. On what factors does the resistance of a conductor depends ?
06. Number of turns in a coil are 100. When a current of 5A is flowing through the coil the magnetic
flux 16 Wb. Find the self induction of the coil.
07. State Amper’s law and Biot-Savart law.
08.
09. Draw the circuit symbols of P - N - P and N - P - N trnasistors.
10. Define modulation. Why is it necessary ?
SECTION - B
II. Short Answer Questions 6 × 4 = 24 M
Answer Any SIX questions. Each carries 4 marks.
11.
12. Explain polarization by refraction
13. Derive an expression for magnetic field induction on the equatorial line of a bar magnet.
14. Derive an expression for the equivalent capacity when capacitors are connecte in series.
15. The balance point in metre bridge experiment is obtained at 30 cm from the left. If the right gap
contains 3.5 , what is the resistance in the left gap ?
16. Derive the balancing conditon of a Wheatstone bridge.
17. Explain the working of a Nuclear Reactor with the help of a labelled diagram.
18. Describe how a Semi-Conductor diode is used as a half wave rectifier.
SECTION - C
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Sr.Inter_I.P.E Important Questions Physics
III. Long Answer Questions 2 × 8 = 16 M
Answer Any TWO questions. Each carries 8 marks.
19. Describe the construction and working of a compound microscope with a neat diagram.
Derive the expression for its magnificaiton.
20. Describe the construction and working of a moving coil galvanomete. Obtain the relation
between current and deflection of the coil.
The resistance of M.C.G is 5 . The maximum current it can measure is 0.015 A. How
would you convert it into voltmeter tomeasure 1.5 volts ?
21. State Bohr’s Postulates. Derive the expression for the radius of the first orbit in a hydro-
gen atom.
Radius of the first orbit of a hydrogen atom is 5.3  1011 m . What are the radii of the n 2
and n 3 orbits ?
PHYSICS

WAVES
Very Short Answer Type Questions:-
01. Distinguish between Longitudinal waves and Transverse waves.
02. What does a wave represent ?
03. What is the distance between a node and an antinode in a stationary wave ?
04. What are harmonics ?
05. A string is stretched between two rigid supports. What frequencies of vibration are
possible in such a string ?
06. The air column in a long tube, closed at one end, is set in vibration. What harmonics
are possible in the vibrating air column ?
07. If the air column in a tube, open at both ends, is set in vibration; What harmonics are
possible ?
08. What is the principle of superposition of waves ?
09. Under what conditions will a wave be reflected ?
10. What is a stationary wave or standing wave ?
11.
12. What are the parameters used to describe a progressive harmonic wave ?
13. What is the phase difference b/w the incident and reflected waves when the wave is
reflected by a rigid boundary ?
14. What are beats ? Write down an expression for beat frequency and explain the terms
in if write it uses.
Short Answer Type Questions:-
01. What is Resonance? Explain with an example.
02*.What are beats? Explain the importance of beats.(2006&2008, May 12)
03. Explain the modes of vibration of a stretched string with examples
04. Explain the modes of vibration of an air column on an open pipe ?
05. What are standing waves ? Explain how standing waves may be formed on a stretched
string ?
06. Explain using suitable diagrams, the formation of standing waves in a closed pipe. How
many this be used to determine the frequency of a source of sound ?
Long Asnwer Type Questions:-
01*. Explain the formation of stationary waves in stretched strings and hence deduce the
laws of transverse waves in stretched strings (Mar 09,05) (May 18, AP) (Mar 19 AP)
02*. Explain the formation of stationary waves in an air column enclosed in open pipe.Derive
the equations for the frequencies of the harmonics produced in an open pipe
(May 2012, Jun 2010, May 2014)(May 17 TS) (Mar 18, AP) (May 19 AP)
03*. How are stationary waves formed in a closed pipe? Explain the various modes of vibra-
tions in a closed pipe and establish the relation between their frequencies. If the
fundamental frequency in a closed pipe is 300 Hz, find the volume of third harmonic in
it. (March AP & TS- 2015, May 2009, 2014, TS-2015 )(May & Mar 17 AP)
04 & 05.
06. A steel wire 0.72m long has a mass of 5  103 kg . If the wire is under a tension of 60N,
what is the speed of transverse waves on the wire? (Mar 19 AP)
Problems:-
01. A longitudinal progressive wave is given by the equation
y  5  10 2 sin   400 t  x  . Find (i) amplitude (ii) frequency (iii) wave length and
(iv) velocity of the wave.
2. A stretched wire of length 0.6m is observed to vibrate with a frequency of 30Hz in the
fundamental mode. If the string has a linear mass of 0.05 kg/m find (a) the velcoity of
propagation of transverse waves in the string (b) the tension in the string.(May 18 AP)
3. A closed organ pipe 70 cm long is sounded. If the velcoity of sound is 331 m/s, what is
the fundamental frequency of vibration of the air column ?
(May & Mar 17, 18 AP) (May 19 AP)
4. Two organ pipes of lengths 65 cm and 70 cm respectively, are sounded simultaneously.
How many beats per second will be produced between the fundamental freuqencies of
the two pipes ? (Velocity of sound = 330 m/s).
5.
6.
7. Explain the formation of Stationary waves in an air column enclosed in open pipe.
Derive the equations for the frequencies of the harmonics produced.
A Pipe 30 cm long, is open at both the ends. Which harmonicc mode of the pipe reso-
nates a 1.1 kHz Sources ? The speed of sound in air is 330 ms-1. (May 17 TS)
Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
01.
02. Define power of convex lens. What is its unit. (May 2014)(Mar 17 AP)
03. What is dispersion. Which colour gets relativaly more dispersed.
(Mar May 2014 & 19 AP)
04. What is myopia ? How can it be corrected?(MarchTS-2015,JuneTS-2015)(May 17TS)
05. What is hypermetropia? How can it be corrected? (May 17 AP)
06. Define focal length and radius of curvature of a concave lens.
07. What do you understand the terms focus & principal focus in the context of lenses.
08. What is optical density and how is it different from mass density.
09.
10. A small angled prism of 4 0 deviates a ray through 2.480 . Find the refractive index of
the prism. (June AP-2015) (Mar 2018 AP) (Mar 19 AP)
11. The focal length of a concave lens is 30 cm. Where should an object be placed so that
its image is 1/10 of its size ?
12. Define magnetic declination. (May 17 TS)
01. A light ray passes through a prism of angle A in a position of minimum deviation obtain
an expression for (a) The angle of incidence in terms of the angle of the prism and the
angle of minimum deviation.
(b) The angle of refraction in terms of Refractive index of the prism.
02.
03. Define critical angle. Explain total internal reflection using a neat diagram.
(May 17 TS)(May 2014)
04.
05. Explain the formation of a mirage. (May 19 AP)
06. Explain the formation of a rainbow. (March AP-2015)(May 17 AP)
07. What is the position of the object for a simple microscope ? What is the maximum
magnification of a simple microscope for a realistic focal length ? (Mar 18 AP)
08. Why does the setting sun appear red. (Mar 14, June TS-2015)(Mar 17 TS)
01. (a) Derive an expression for a thin double convex lens. Can you apply the same to a
double concave lens too?
(b) An object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a thin double convex lens of focal
length 15 cm. Find the position and magnification of the image.

02. Obtain an expression for the combined focal length for two thin convex lenses kept in
contact and hence obtain an expression for the combined power of the combination of
the lenses.
03. (a) Define snell’s law. Using a neat laballed diagram derive an expression for the
refractive index of the material of an equilateral prism.
(b) A ray of light, after passing through a medium meets the surface separating the
medium from air at an angle of 450 and is just not refracted. What is the refractive
index of the medium.
04. Draw a neat labelled diagram of a compound microscope and explain its working.
Derive an expression for its magnification.
05. (a) What is the cartesion sign convention? Applying this convention and using a neat
diagram, derive an expression for finding the linear magnification and the image dis-
tance using the mirror equation
(b) An object of 5 cm height is placed at a distance of 15cm from a concave mirror of
radius of curvature 20 cm. Find the size of the image and linear magnification.
Problems:-
01. A ray of light is incident at an angle of 600 on the face of a prism of angle 300. The
emergent ray makes an angle of 300 with the incident ray. Calculate the refractive
index of the material of the prism.
02. Two lenses of power –1.75 D and +2.25 D respectively are placed in contact. Calculate
the focal length of the combination.
03. The focal length of the objective & eye piece of a compound microscope are 4 cm and
6cm respectively. If an object is placed at a distance of 6 cm from the objective. What is
the magnification produced by the microscope.
04. What is the focal length of a convex lens of focal length 30 cm in contact with a
concave lens of focal length 20 cm? Is the system a converging or a diversing lens?
Ignore the thickness of the lenses.
05. A small telescope has an objective lens of focal length 144cm and an eye piece of focal
length 6cm. What is the magnifying power of the Telescope ? What is the seperation
between the objective and the eye piece.
06. A double convex lens of focal length 15cm is used as a magnifying glass in order to
produce an ereat image which is 3 times magnified. What is the distance between the
object and the lens.
07. If the refractive index of glass is 1.5 find the velocity of light in glass. (Velocity of light
in vacuum = 3 × 108 m/s).
08. The refractive index of glass with respect to water is 9/8. If the velocity and wave-
0
length of light in glass are 2 × 108 m/s and 4000A respectively, find the velocity and
wavelength of light in water.
09. An equilateral glass prism is made of a material of refractive index 1.500. Find its
angle of minimum deviation.
10. The angle of minimum deviation produced by a 600 prism is 400. Calculate the refrac-
tive index of the material of the prism.
11. Find the critical angle of a denser medium of refractive index 1.65 for its interface
with air.
12. Find the critical angle for glass – water interface if the refractive index of glass is 1.50
and that of water is 1.33.
Wave Optics
01. What is Fresnel distance? 02. What is polarisation of light?
03. What is Malus law.(May 17 TS) 04. What is Brewster’s law. (June TS-2015)
03. Explain the justification for valdity of ray optics.

04. When does a monochromatic beam of light incident on a reflective surface get com-
pletely transmitted.
05.
01. What is total internal reflection. Explain the phenomenon using Huygen’s principle.
02. Explain Doppler effect in light. Distinguish between red shift and blue shift.
(May 19 AP)
03. Derive the expression for the intensity at a point where interference of ligh occurs.
Arrive at the conditions for maximum and zero intensity.
04. Does the principle of conservation of energy hold for interference and diffraction phe-
nomena ? Explain briefly. (May 17 AP) (Mar 2014)
05.
06. Discuss the intensity of transmitted light when a polaroid sheet is rotated between
two crossed polaroids. (Mar 17 TS)
01. Desribe Young’s experiment for observing interference and hence derive the expres-
sion for fringe width.
02. Distinguish between coherent & incoherent addition of waves. Develop the theory of
consmeetive and destructive interferences.
03. What is diffraction ? Discuss diffraction pattern obtainable from a single slit.
04.
Problems:-
01. What speed should a galaxy move with respect to us so that the sodium line at 589.0
nm is observed as 589.6 nm.
02. Assume that light of wave length 6000 A0 is coming from a star. What is the limit of
resolution of a telescope whose objective has a diameter of 100 inc.
03. Estimate the distance for which ray optics is good approximation for an aperture of
4 mm & wavelength 400 nm.
04. In double - slit experiment using light of wavelength 600 nm, the angular width of fring
formed on a distance screen is 0.1. What is the spacing between the two slits.
Electric Charges and Fields
01. What is meant by the statement charge is quantized?
02. Repulsion is the sure test of charging than attraction. Why?
03. How many electrons constitute 1C of charge?
04. What happens to the weight of a body when it is charged positively?
05. What happens to the force between two charges if the distance between them is
(a) halved (b) doubled?
06. The electric lines of force do not intersect. Why?
07. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics. (June TS-2015)

08. When is the electric flux negative and when is it positive?
09. Write the expression for electric intensity due to an infinite long charged wire at a
distance radial distance r from the wire.
10. Write the expression for electric intensity due to an infinite plane sheet of charge.
11.
01. State and explain Coulomb’s inverse square law in electricity.(May 17 AP)(Mar 17 TS)
02. Derive the equation for the couple acting on a electric dipole in a uniform electric
field. (May 2014)
03. Derive an expression for the intensity of the elctric field at a point on the axial line of
an electric dipole. (Mar 17 & 19AP) (May 19 AP)
04. Derive ab expression for the intensity of the electric field at a point on the equatorial
plane of an electric dipole. (March AP-2015)
05. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics and explain its importance.
(March TS-15, June AP-15)(May 17 TS)
06. Define intensity of electric field at a point. Derive an expression for the intensity due
to a point charge. (May 2014)
07. Drive the expression for the intensity at a point where interference of light occurs.
Arrive the conditions for maximum and zero intensity.
01.
02. State Gauss’s law an electrostatics. Applying Gauss’s law derive the expression for
electric intensity due to an infinite plane sheet of charge.
Problems:-
01. Consider a uniform electric field E = 3 × 103 N/C. (a) What is the flux of this filed
through a square of 10cm on a side whose plane is parallel to the yz plane? (b) What is
the flux through the same square if the normal to its plane makes a 600 andgle with
the x-axis?
02. What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 × 10–7C and
3 × 10–7C placed 30cm apart in air?
03. A point charge of 2.0C is at the centre of a cubic Gaussian surface 9.0 cm on edge.
What is the net electric flux through the surface?
Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
01. Can there be electric potential at a point with zero electric intensity? Give an example
02. Can there be electric intensity at a point with zero electric potential? Give an example
03. What are meant by equipotential surfaces?
04. Why is the electric filed always at right angles to the equipotential surface ? Explain?
05. Three capacitors of capacitances 1F,2F & 3F are connected in parallel.
(a) What is the ratio of charges? (b) What is the ratio of potential diffeences?
06. Three capacitors of capacitances 1F,2F & 3F are connected in series
(a) What is the ratio of charges? (b) What is the ratio of potential differences?
07. What happens to the capacitance of a parallel plate capcitor if the area of its plates is
doubled?

01. Derive an expression for the electric potential due to a point charge. (May 19 AP)
02. Derive an expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole placed in a uniform
electric field
03. Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor
(May & Mar 14)(May 17 AP)
04. Explain the behaviour of dielectrics in an external field. (Mar 19 AP)
01. Explain series and parallel combination of capacitors. Derive the formula for equiva-
lent capacitance in each combination. (June AP-2015)
02. Derive an expression for the energy stored in a capacitor. What is the energy stored
when the space between the plates is filled with a dielectric
a) With charging battery disconnected ?
b) With charging battery connected in the circuit ?
03. Define electric potential. Derive an expression for the electric potential due to an
electric dipole and hence the electric potential at a point (a) the axial line of electric
dipole (b) on the equatorial lineof electric dipole.
04. Derive the formula for equivalent capacitance when capacitance are connected in
series. (March TS-2015)
Problems:-
01. In a hydrogen atom the electron and proton are at a distance of 0.5A 0 , The dipole
moment of the system is
02. An electric dipole of moment P is placed in a uniform electric field E, with P parallel to
E. It is then rotated by an angle q. The work done is
03. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 8 pF
1pF  10 F . What will be the capacitance if the distance between the plates is
12
reduced by half, and the space between them is filled with a substance of dielectric
constant 6?
04. Three capacitors each of capacitance 9pF are connected in series
a) What is the total capacitance of the combination ?
b) What is the potential difference across each capacitor if the combination is con-
nected to a 120 V supply ? (May 2014)
05. Three capacitors of capacitances 2 pF, 3 pF, and 4 pF are connected in parallel.
a) What is the total capacitance of the combination ?
b) Determine the charge on each capacitor if the combination is connected to a 200 V
supply. (Mar 17 AP)(May 17 TS)
06. A 12pF capacitor is connected to a 50V battery. How much electrostatic energy is
stored in the capacitor.
07. A 600 pF capacitor is charged by a 200V supply.It is then disconnected from the supply
and is connected to another uncharged 600 pF capacitor. How much electrostatic
energy is lost in the process ?
CURRENT ELECTRICITY
01. The sequence of bands marked on a carbon resistor are Red, Red, Red, Silver. What is
its resistance and tolerance ?
02.
03. Define mean free path of electron in a conductor.
04. State resistivity or specific resistance
05*. Define specific resistance. Write its S.I unit (Mar 09) (Jun 15 TS)
06. Two wires of equal length, of copper and manganin have the same resistance. Which
wire is thicker ?
07. Why are house hold appliances connected in parallel ?
08. Define temperature coefficient of resistance.
09. Under what conditions is the current through the mixed grouping of cells maximum ?
10. If a wire is stretched to double its original length without loss of mass, how will the
resistivity of the wire be influenced ?
11. Two wires of equal length, of copper and manganin, have the same resistance. Which
wire is thicker ?
12.
01*.
02. Draw a circuit diagram showing how a potentiometer may be used to find internal
resistance of a cell and establish a formula for it ?
03. State Kirchoff is laws for an electrical network. Uisng these laws deduce the condition
for balance on a Wheatstone Bridge ? (May 2014) (Jun 15 TS) (Mar 19 AP)
04. The balance point in metre bridge experiment is obtained at 30 cm from the left. If the
right gap contains 3.5 . What is the resistance in the left gap ?
05. State the working principle of potentiometer explain with the help of circuit diagram
how the emf of two primary cells are compared by using the potentiometer
(Mar Jun 15 AP, TS)(Mar & May 17 AP)
06. State the working principle of potentiometer explain with the help of circuit diagram
how the potentiometer is used to determine the internal resistance of the given pri-
mary cell. (May & Mar 17 TS) (May 19 AP)
07. Define electric resistance and write SI unit. How does the resistance of conductor
vary if a) if stretched to 4 times b) temperature of conductor is increased.
08. Explain series combination of capacitors. Derive the forms for equivalent capacitance
(Mar 15 AP)
09. If the balancing point in a meter bridge from the left is 60 cm compare the resistances
in left and right gaps of meter-bridge ? (Jun 15 TS)
Long Answer Type Questions:-
01*.
02. Two lamps, one rated 100 W at 220 V and the other 60 W at 220 V are connected in
parallel to a 220 volt supply. What current is drawn from the supply line ?
03. Estimate the average drift speed of conduction electrons in a copper wire of cross -
sectional area 3.0  10  7m 2 carrying a current of 5 A. Assume that each copper atom
contributes roughly one conduction electron. The density of copper is 9.0  103kg / m3
and its atomic mass is 63.5 u.
04. A wire of resistance 4R is bent in the form of a circle. What is the effective resistance
between the ends of the diameter. (Mar 19 AP)
05. Two bulbs, whose resistances are in the ratio of 1 : 2 are connected in parallel to a
surface of constant voltage. What will be the ratio of power dissipation in these?
(May 19 AP)
Problems:-
01*. A potentiometer wire is 5m long and a potential difference of 6V is maintained be-
tween its ends. Find the emf or a cell which balances against a length of 180 cm of
the potnetiometre wire. (Jun 15 TS)(Mar 17 AP)

02. State the working principle of potentiometer. Explain with the help of a circuit dia-
gram, how the potentiometer used to determine the internal resistance of the given
primary cell.
A battery of emf 2.5V and internal resistance ‘r’ is connected in series with a resis-
tance of 45 Ohm through an ammeter of resistance 1 Ohm. The ammeter reads a
current of 50 mA. Calculate the internal resistance r. (Mar 17 TS)
MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM
01. What is the importance of Oersted’s experiment ? (May 2014)(Mar 17 TS)
02. State Ampere’s law and Biot-Savart law
03. Write the expression for the magnetic induction at any point on the axis of a circular
current-carrying coil. Hence, obtain an expression for the magnetic induction at the
centre of the circular coil.
04. A circular coil of radius ‘r’ having N turns carries a current “i”. What is its magnetic
moment ?
05. What is the force on a conductor of length L carrying a current “i” placed in a magnetic
field of induction B ? When does it become maximum ?
06. What is the force on a charged particle of charge “q” moving with a velocity “v” in a
uniform magnetic field of induction B ? When does it become maximum ?
07*. Distinguish between ammeter and voltmeter.(May14)(Mar15 AP)(Jun15TS)(May & Mar 17 AP)
08. What is the principle of a moving coil galvanometer ?
09. What is the smallest value of current that can be measured with a moving coil galva-
nometer ?
10. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into an ammeter ?
(Mar 14 & 19 AP)(Jun 15 AP)
11. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into a voltmeter ?
(Mar 15 TS) (May 19 AP)
12. A current carrying circular loop lies on a smooth horizontal plane. Can a uniform
magnetic field be set up in such a manner that the loop turns about the vertical axis ?
13. A current carrying circular loop is placed in a uniform external magnetic field. if the
loop is free to turn, what is its orientation when it is achieves stable equilibrium ?
14. A wire loop of irregular shape carrying current is placed in an external magnetic field.
If the wire is flexible, what shape will the loop change to ? Why ?
01*. State and explain Biot-Savart law. (Mar & May 14)(May & Mar 17 AP & TS)
02*. State and explain Ampere’s law.
03. Find the magnetic induction due to a long current carrying conductor.
04. Derive an expression for the magnetic induction at the centre of a current carrying
circular coil using Biot-Savart law.
05. Derive an expression for the magnetic induction at a point on the axis of a current
carrying circular coil using Biot-Savart law.
06. Obtain an expression for the magnetic dipole moment of a current loop.
07. Derive an expression for the magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron.
(May 19 AP)
08. Explain how crossed E and B fields serve as a velcoity selector.
09.
10. A 100 turn closely wound circular coil of radius 10cm carries a current of 3.2A.
a) What is the field at the centre of the coil?
b) What is the magnetic moment of this coil? (Mar 19 AP)

Long Answer Type Question:-
01*. Deduce an expression for the force on a current carrying conductor placed in a mag-
netic field. Derive an expression for the force per unit length between two parallel
current carrying conductors.
02*. Obtain an expression for the torque on a current carrying loop placed in a uniform
magnetic field. Describe the construction and working of a moving coil galvanometer.
03. How can a galvanometer be converted to an ammeter ? Why is the parallel resistance
smaller that the galvanometer resistance ?
04. How can a galvanometer be converted to a voltmeter ? Why is the series resistance
greater that the galvanometer resistance ?
05. Derive an expression for the force acting between two very long parallel current carry-
ing conductors and hence define the Ampere.
Problems:-
01*. A circular wire loop of radius 30 cm carries a current of 3.5 A. Find the magnetic field
at a point on its axis 40 cm away from the centre.
02*. A long straight wire carries a current of 35 A. What is the magnitude of the field B at a
point 20 cm from the wire ?
03*. Two long and parallel straight wires A and B carrying currents of 8.0 A and 5.0 A in the
same direction are separated by a distance of 4.0 cm. Estimate the force on a 10 cm
section of wire A.
04. A current of 10A passes through two very long wires held parallel to each other and
separated by a distance of 1m. What is the force per unit length betwen them ?
05. A mvoing coil galvanometer can measure a current of 10 6 A . What is the resistance of
the shunt requried if it is to measure 1A ?
MAGNETISM AND MATTER
01. What happens to compass needles at the Earth’s poles ?(Mar 17 TS)
02. What do you understand by the ‘magnetization’ of a sample ?
03. What are the units of magne tic moment, magnetic induction and magne tic
field?(May17AP)
04. Magnetic lines form continuous closed loops. Why ? (Mar 17 TS & 19 AP) (May 19 AP)
05. Define magnetic declination. (May 17 AP & TS) (Mar 14)(May 2014)
06. Define magnetic inclination or angle of dip. (Mar 15 AP, TS)(Mar 17 AP)
07. Classify the following materials with regard to magnetism : Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel,
Bismuth, Oxygen, Copper (Mar 15 TS & 19 AP)(Mar 17 AP)
08.
09.
10. Give two uses of infrared rays. (Mar 17 TS)
11. The earth’s magnetic fiel at the equator is approximately 0.4G. Estimate the earth’s
dipole moment. (Radius of earth R = 6.4  106m) (May 19 AP)
01.
02. The force between two magnet poles separated by a distance ‘d’ in air is ‘F’. At what
distance between them does the force become doubled ?
03.
04. Explain the elements of the Earth’s magnetic field and draw a sketch showing the
relationship between the vertical component, horizontal component and angle of dip.

05. Define retentivity and coercivity. Draw the hysteresis curve for soft iron and steel.
What do you infer from these curves ?
06. If B is the magnetic field produced at the centre of a circular coil of one turn of length
L carying current I then what is the magnetic field at the centre of the same coil
which is made into 10 turns ?
07.
01. Derive an expression for the magnetic field at a point on the axis of a current carrying
circular loop.
02. A small magnetic needle is set into oscillations in a magnetic field B. Obtain an
expression for the time period of oscillation.
03. Obtain Gauss’ Law for magnetism and explain it.
04 What do you understand by “hysterisis”? How does this property influence the choice
of materials used in different appliances where electromagnets are used ?
Problems:-
01. A coil of 20 turns has an area of 800mm2 and carries a current of 0.5A. If it is placed in
a magnetic field of intensity 0.3 T with its plane parallel to the field, what is the torque
that it experiences ?
02. A bar magnet of length 0.1m and with a magnetic moment of 5Am 2 is placed in a
uniform magnetic field of intensity 0.4 T, with its axis making an angle of 600 with the
field. What is the torque on the magnet ? (Mar 14)
03.
04.
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
01. What did the experiments of Faraday and Henry show ?
02. Define magnetic flux.
03. State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
04. State Lenz’s law (Jun 15 TS)
05. What happens to the mechanical energy (of motion) when a conductor is moved in a
uniform magnetic field ?
06. What are Eddy currents ? (Jun 15 AP)
07. Define ‘inductance’
08. What do you understand by ‘self inductance’ ? (Jun 15 AP)
09. State Heisenberg’s Uncertainty principle. (Mar 17 TS)
01. Obtain an expression for the mutual inductance of two long co-axial solenoids
(May 19 AP)
02. Obtain an expression for the magnetic energy stored in a solenoid in terms of the
magnetic field, area and length of the solenoid. (May 2014)
03. Describe the ways in which Eddy currents are used to advantage.
(Mar 15 AP, TS)(May 17 AP & TS)(Mar 17 AP) (Mar 19 AP)
04. Find the magnetic induction due to a long current carrying conductor ?(Jun 15 AP)
01. Describe the working of a AC generator with the aid of a simple diagram and neces-
sary expressions.

ALTERNATING CURRENT
01. A transformer converts 200 V ac into 2000 V ac. Calculate the number of turns in the
secondary if the primary has 10 turns. (May 2014) (Mar 19 AP)
02. What type of transformer is used in a 6V bed lamp ? (May 2014)(Mar 17 AP)
03. What is the phenomenon involved in the working of a transformer ?
(Mar 2014)(Jun 15 AP)(May 17 AP)
04. What is tranformer ratio ?
05. Write the expression for the reactance of (i) an inductor and (ii) a capacitor
06. What is the phase difference between AC emf and current in the following : Pure
resisot pure inductor and pure capacitor. (Mar 15 TS) (May 19 AP)
07.
08.
09. When does a LCR series circuit have minimum impedance ?
10. What is the phase diference between voltage and current when the power factor in
LCR series circuit is unity ?
11. What is step up transformer ? How it differes from step-down transformer(Jun 15 TS)
12. In a transformer the primary to secondary turns ratio is 1 : 2.If an A.C Current of 4
Ampere is flowing through the primary coil, what is the current in secondary?(May17TS)
01. Obtain an expression for the current through an inductor when an AC emf is applied.
02. Obtain an expression for the current in a capacitor when an AC emf is applied
03. State the principle on which a tranformer works. Describe the working of a trans-
former with necessary theory.
01. Obtain an expression for impedance and current in series LCR circuit. Deduce an
expression for the resonating frequency of an LCR series resonating circuit.
Problems:-
01. An ideal inductor (no internal resistance for the coil) of 20 mH is connected in series
with an AC ammeter to an AC source whose emf is given by e  20 2 sin  200t   / 3 V ,
where t is in seconds. Find the reading of the ammeter ?
02. The instantaneous current and instantaneous voltage across a series circuit contain-
ing resistance and inductance are given by i  2 sin 100t   / 4 A and
  40sin 100t  V . Calculate the resistance ?

03. A 100 resistor is connected to a 220 V, 50Hz ac supply.
(a) What is the rms value of current in the circuit ?
(b) What is the net power consumed over a full cycle ?
04. a) The peak voltage of an ac supply is 300 V. What is the rms voltage ?
b) The rms value of current in an ac circuit is 10A. What is the peak current ?
05. A 44 mH inductor is connected to 220 V, 50 Hz ac supply. Determine the rms value of
the current in the circuit.
06. Obtain the resonant frequency  r of a series LCR circuit with L  2.0H,C  32F and
R  10  . What is the Q-value of this circuit ?
07. A charged 30 F capacitor is connected to a 27 mH inductor. What is the angular
frequency of free oscillations of the circuit ?

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
1. What is the average wavelength of X-rays ?
2. Give any one use of infrared rays (Mar 14 & 19)
3. If the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation is doubled, what happens to the energy
of photon ?
4. What is the principle of production of electromagnetic waves ?
5. What is the ratio of speed of infrared rays and ultraviolet rays in vacuum ?
6. What is the relation between the amplitudes of the electric and magnetic fields in free
space for an electromagnetic wave ?
7. What are the applications of microwaves ?
(Jun15 AP)(Mar15 TS)(Mar17AP & 19 AP) )(May17TS)
8. Microwaves are used in Radars, why ? (Mar 2014)(Mar 15 AP)
9. Give two uses of infrared rays. (May 2014)(Mar 17 TS)(May 17 AP)
10. The charging current for a capacitor is 0.6 A. What is the displacement current across
its plates ?
1. What is Greenhouse effect and its contribution towards the surface temperature of
earth ?
01. State six characteristics of electromagnetic waves. What is Greenhouse effect ?
DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER
1. What important fact did Millikan’s experiment establish?
2. What is “work function”? (Mar 15 TS)(Mar 17 TS)(May 19)
3. What is “photoelectric effect”? (Mar 2014)(Mar 17 AP)(May 17 TS0
4. Write down Einstein’s photoelectric equation. (May 2014)(Mar 15 AP)(May 17 AP)
5. Write down deBroglie’s relation and explain the terms there in. (May 17 TS)
6. State Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle. (Mar & May 2014)(Mar 17 TS & 19 AP)
7. Give examples of photosensitive substances. Why are they called so?
8. What are “Cathode rays” ? (May 2014)(Mar 17 AP)
9. What is the de-Broglie wavelength associated with an electron, accelerated through a

potential difference of 100 volts (May 19 AP)

1. Describe an experiment to study the effect of frequency of incident radiation on ‘stop-
ping potential’.
2. Summarise the photon picture of electromagnetic radiation.
3. What is the effect of (i) Intensity of light (ii) Potential on photoelectric current ?
1. How did Einstein’s photoelectric equation explain the effect of intensity and potential
on photoelectric current? How did this equation account for the effect of frequency of
incident light on stopping potential?
2.

Exercises:-
1. The work function of caesium metal is 2.14 eV. When light of frequency 6  1014 Hz is
incident on the metal surface, photoemission of electrons occurs. What is the
a) maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons.
b) Stopping potential, and
c) maximum speed of the emitted photoelectrons?
2. In an experiment on photoelectric effect, the slope of the cut-off voltage versus fre-
quency of incident light is found to be 4.12  10 15 Vs. Calculate the value of Planck’s
constant.
3. Calculate the a) momentum, and
b) de Broglie wavelength of the electrons accelerated through a potential difference of
56 V. (Mar 15 AP)(May 17 AP)
4. What is the
a) momentum b) speed, and
c) de Broglie wavelength of an electron with kinetic energy of 120 eV.
5. An electron and a photon each have a wavelength of 1.00 nm. Find
a) their momenta b) the energy of the photon, and
c) the kinetic energy of electron.
6. Show that the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation is equal to the de- Broglie
wavelength of its quantum (photon).
ATOMS
1. What is the physical meaning of ‘negative energy of an electron’ ?
2. Sharp lines are present in the spectrum of a gas. What does this indicate ?
3. Name a Physical quantity whose dimensions are the same as those of angular momen-
tum.
4. What is the difference between  -particle and helium atom?
5. How is impact parameter related to angle of scattering ?
6. Among alpha, beta and gamma radiations, which get affected by the electric field ?
7. What do you understand by the phrase ‘ground state atom’ ?
8. Why does the mass of the nucleus not have any significance in scattering in Rutherford’s
experiment?
9. The Lyman series of hydrogen spectrum lies in the ultraviolet region. Why ?
10. The wavelengths of some of the spectral lines obtained in hydrogen spectrum are
o 0 0
1216 A 6463A and 9546 A . Which one of these wavelengths belongs to the Paschen
series ?
11. Give two drawbacks of Rutherford’s atomic model.
1. What is impact parameter and angle of scattering? How are they related to each
other?
2. Derive an expression for potential and kinetic energy of an electron in any orbit of a
hydrogen atom according to Bohr’s atomic model. How does, P.E change with increas-
ing. (Mar, Jun 15 TS)
3. What are the limitations of Bohr’s theory of hydrogen atom?(Mar&May14& 17AP)(May17TS)
4. Explain the distance of closest approach and impact parameter.
5. Distinguish between excitation potential and ionization potential.
6. Explain the different types of spectral series of hydrogen atom
(Mar, Jun 15 AP) (Mar 19 AP) (May 19 AP)
7. Write a short note on Debroglie’s explanation of Bohr’s second postulate of
quantization.(Mar 17 TS)
1. Discuss Bohr’s theory of the spectrum of hydrogen atom.
2. State the basic postulates of Bohr’s theory of atomic spectra. Hence obtain an expres-
sion for the radius of orbit and the energy of orbital electron in a hydrogen atom.
(Board Model Paper)
Exercises:-
1. The radius of the first electron orbit of a hydrogen atom is 5.3  1011 m. What is the radii
of the second orbit and third orbits? (Board Model Paper)
2. Determine the radius of the first orbit of the hydrogen atom. What would be the
velocity and frequency of the electron in the first orbit ? Given :
h  6.62  1034 Js, m  9.1  1031 kg, e  1.6  1019 C, k  9  109 m 2 C .
3. The total energy of an electron in the first excited state of the hydrogen atom is -3.4
eV. What is the potential energy of the electron in this state?
4. The total energy of an electron in the first excited state of the hydrogen atom is -
3.4eV. What is the kinetic energy of the electron in this state?
5. Find the radius of the hydrogen atom in its ground state. Also calculate the velocity of
the electron in n = 1 orbit. Given
h  6.63  1034 J s, m  9.1  1031 kg, e  1.6  1019 C, k  9  109 Nm 2 C2 .
6. Prove that the ionization energy of hydrogen atom is 13.6 eV. Calculate the ionization
energy for a lithium atom.
o
7. The wavelength of the first member of Lyman series is 1216 A . Calculate the wave-
length of second member of Balmer series.
8. Using the Rydberg formula, calculate the wavelength of the first four spectral lines in
the Balmer series of the hydrogen spectrum.
NUCLEI
1. What are isotopes and isobars ?
2. What are isotones and isomers?
3. What is a.m.u ? What is the equivalent energy?
4. Natural radioactive nuclei are mostly nuclei of high mass number why?
5. Does the ratio of neutrons to protons in a nucleus increase, decrease or remain the
same after the emission of an   particle?
6. A nucleus contains no electrons but can emit them. How?
7. What are the units and dimensions of the disintegration constant?
8. Neutrons cannot produce ionization. Why?
9. What are delayed neutrons?
10. What is the role of controlling rods in a nuclear reactor ?
11.
12. What is a chain reaction?
13. What is the energy released in the fusion of four protons to form a helium nucleus?
14. What are thermal neutrons? What is their importance?
15. What is the function of moderator in a nuclear reactor.
1. Write a short note on the discovery of neutron.
2. What are the properties of a neutron ?
3. 4. 5.
6. Distinguish between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.
7. Explain the terms ‘chain reaction’ and ‘multiplication factor’. How is a chain reaction
sustained?
1. Define mass defect and binding energy. How does binding energy per nucleon vary
with mass number? What is its significance ?
2.
3. Explain the principle and working of a nuclear reactor with the help of a labeled
diagram.(May & Mar 17 AP & TS) (May 19 AP) (Mar 19 AP)
(May14, Mar 11, 10, 09,14 & Board Model Paper)(Mar, Jun 15 AP)(Mar 15 TS)
4. Explain the source of stellar energy. Explain the carbon-nitrogen cycle. Proton-proton
cycle occurring in stars. (Mar 15 AP, TS)
5. What are the difference between nuclear fission and fussion (Jun 15 TS)
Problems:-
1. Show that the density of a nucleus does not depend upon its mass number (density is
independent of mass)
2. Compare the radii of the nuclei of mass numbers 27 and 64
3. The radius of the oxygen nucleus 16

8 O is 2.8  10 15 m . Find the radius of lead nucleus
205
82 pd
4. Calculate the binding energy of an  - particle. Given that mass of proton = 1.0073 u.
mass of neutron=1.0087 u, and mass of oxygen is 15.994915u.
5. A certain substance decays to 1/232 of its initial activity in 25 days. calculate its half-
life.
6.
7.
235
8. If one microgram of 92 U is completely destroyed in an atom bomb, how much energy
will be released ? (May 19 AP)
235
9. 200 MeV energy is released when one nucleus of U undergoes fission. Find the
number of fissions per second required for producing a power of 1 megawatt.
235
10. How much U is consumed in a day in an atomic power house operating at 400 MW,
235
provided the whole of mass U is converted into energy ?
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
01. What happens to the width ofdepletion layer in P–N diode when it is,
i) Forward bias ii) Reverse bias
02*. Draw the circuit symbols of P–N–P and N–P–N transistors.
(May 12,14, Mar 14, 11,10,09)(May 17 AP & TS) (Mar 19 AP)
03. Define amplifier and amplification factor.
04. What is a p-n junction diode ? Define Depletion layer. (Mar 10)
05*. State the majority and minority charge carriers in a P-type semiconductor.(Mar 09)
(Mar 17 AP & TS)
06. How is a battery connected to a junction diode in 1) forward and 2) reverse - bias ?
(May 12) (May 19 AP)
07*.

08. Write the truth table of NAND gate. How does it differ from AND gate ?
09. What are intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors ? (Mar, Jun 15 AP)
10. Which gates are called universal gates (Mar 15 TS)
01*. Define NAND and NOR gates. Give their truth tables.(Jun 15 AP)(Mar 17 TS)
02. Describe how a semi conductor diode is used as a half wave rectifier.
03. What is rectification ? Explain the working of a full wave rectifier.
(Mar 15 AP, TS)(May 17 AP & TS & 19 AP)
04. Distinguish b/w Half wave and full wave rectifiers. (Mar 17 AP) (Mar 19 AP)
05. Distinguish b/w zener breakdown and Avalanche break down.
06. Explain the operation of a NOT gate and give its truth table.
07. What photo diode ? Explain the working with circuit diagram and draw its I-V charac-
teristics.
08. Explain the working of LED and what are its advantages over conventional incandes-
cent low power lamps.
09. Draw the symbol of not gate explain its operation give its truth table (Jun 15 TS)
01*.
02*. Describe a transistor and explain its working in n–p–n and p–n –p transistor.
(June 10, Mar 06)
03. What is junction diode ? Explain the formation depletion region at the junction.
Explain the variation of depletion region in farward and reverse biased condition.
04. What is amplificaiton ? Explain the working of a common emitter amplifier with
necessary diagram.
05.
COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEM
01. Mention the frequency range of speech signals.
02. Define Modulation. Why it is necessary? (May & Mar 17 AP & TS)(May 17 TS)
(June 10, Mar 14, 10, 09, May 14, 12 & 09)(Mar 15 TS) (May 19 AP)
03. Metion the basic methods of Modulation. (Mar 12, May 09)(Mar 15 TS & 19 AP)
04. Which type of communication is employed in Mobile phones?(Mar 15 AP)(Mar 17 TS)
05. What are the basic blocks of the communication system? (Jun 15 TS)
06. What is “World Wide Web” (WWW) ?
07. What is SKY wave propogation ? (Jun 15 AP)
01. Draw the block diagram of a generalized communication system and explain it briefly ?
02. What is ground wave ? When is it used for communication ?
03. What are sky waves ? Explain sky wave propagation briefly.

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