Assignment 2( Numericals) Sheet 1

Q1. The focal length of an equiconvex lens is equal to the radius of curvature of either face.
What is the refractive index of the material of the lens?
Q2. Given the ground state energy E0=−13.6eV and Bohr radius a0=0.53 Å . Find out how
the de Broglie wavelength associated with the electron orbiting in the ground state
would change when it jumps into the first excited state.
Q3. You are given three circuit elements X, Y and Z. When the element X is connected
across an a.c. source of a given voltage, the current and the voltage are in the same
phase. When the element Y is connected in series with X across the source, voltage is
ahead of the current in phase by π/4 . But the current is ahead of the voltage in phase
by π/4 when Z is connected in series with X across the source. Identify the circuit Q9. What should be the width of each slit to obtain 10 maxima of the double slit pattern
elements X, Y and Z. within the central maximum of the single slit pattern, for green light of
When all the three elements are connected in series across the same source, determine wavelength 500 nm, if the separation between two slits is 1 mm?
the impedance of the circuit. Q10. Two thin convex lenses L1 and L2 of focal lengths f1 and f2, respectively, are placed
Draw a plot of the current versus the frequency of applied source and mention the coaxially in contact. An object is placed at a point beyond the focus of lens L1. Draw a
significance of this plot. ray diagram to show the image formation by the combination and hence derive the
Q4. A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 'C' is charged to 'V' volt by a battery . After expression for the focal length of the combined system.
some time the battery is disconnected and the distance between the plates is doubled . Q11. A ray PQ incident on the face AB of a prism ABC, as shown in the figure, emerges from
Now a slab of dielectric constant 1<k<2 is introduced to fill the space between the the face AC such that AQ = AR.
plates .
How will the following be affected ?
(i) The electric field between the plates of the capacitor .
(ii) The energy stored in the capacitor .
Justify your answer in each case.
Q5. Write symbolically the nuclear β+ decay process of 𝐶 . Is the decayed product X an
isotope or isobar of ( 𝐶 )? Given the mass values m ( 𝐶 ) = 11.011434 u and m (X) =
11.009305 u. Estimate the Q-value in this process.
Q6. An object is placed 15 cm in front of a convex lens of focal length 10 cm. Find the
nature and
position of the image formed. Where should a concave mirror of radius of curvature 20
cm be placed so that the final image is formed at the position of the object itself?
Q7. Three point charges, + Q + 2Q and – 3Q are placed at the vertices of an equilateral
triangle ABC of side l. If these charges are displaced to the mid-point A1, B1 and C1, Draw the ray diagram showing the passage of the ray through the prism. If the angle of
respectively, find the amount of the work done in shifting the charges to the new the prism is 60 degree and refractive index of the material of the prism is √3
locations. , determine the values of angle of incidence and angle of deviation.
Q12. A uniform electric field E of 300 NC- is directed along negative X-axis. A, B and C are
three points in the field, having x and y coordinates (in metre), as shown in Fig. Find
the potential differences between the points (i) A and B and (ii) B and C

Q8. A square loop MNOP of side 20 cm is placed horizontally in a uniform magnetic field
acting vertically downwards as shown in the figure. The loop is pulled with a constant
velocity of 20 cms–1 till it goes out of the field.
(i) Depict the direction of the induced current in the loop as it goes out of the
field. For how long would the current in the loop persist? Q13. Calculate the binding energy of an alpha-particle. Given mass of proton
(ii) (ii) Plot a graph showing the variation of magnetic flux and induced emf as =1.0073 a.m.u., mass of neutron =1.0087 a.m.u., mass of α-particle= 4.0015a.m.u.
a function of time.
Q14. A heavy nucleus P of mass number 240 and binding energy per nucleon 7.6MeV is split
into two fragments Q and R of mass numbers 110 and 130 and the binding energy per
nucleon 8.5 MeV and 8.4 MeV .Calculate the energy Q released in the fission.
Q15. The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope in normal adjustment is 2.9and
the objective and the eyepiece are separated by a distance of 150 cm . Find the focal
length of the two lenses.
Q16. In a compound microscop an object is placed at a distance of 1.5 cm from the objective
of focal length 1.25 cm. If the eye plece has a focal length of 5 cm and final image is
formed at the near point, find the magnifying power of microscope (a) 40 mA (b) 20 mA (c) 35 mA (d) 30 mA
Q17. Two slabs of dielectric constants 2K and K fill the space between the plates of a parallel Q24. Assertion (A) : The deflecting torque acting on a current carrying loop is zero when its
plate capacitor of plate area A and plate separation d as shown in figure. Find an plane is perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field
expression for capacitance of the system. Reason (R) : The deflecting torque acting on a loop of magnetic moment m in a
magnetic field 𝐵⃗ is given by the dot product of 𝑚⃗ and 𝐵⃗
Q25. Assertion (A) : The given figure does not show a balanced wheatstone bridge .

Q18. A capacitor A of capacitance C, having charge Q is connected acorss another uncharged
capacitor B of capacitance 2C. Find an expression for (a) the potential difference across
the combination and (b) the charge lost by capacitor A.
Q19. Find the equivalent capacitance between points A and B in the given diagram
Reason (R) : for a balanced bridge small current should flow thorugh the galvanometer
.
Q26. Assertion (A) : The resistance of an intrinsic semiconductor decreases with increase in
its temperature.
Reason (R) : The number of conduction electrons as well as hole increase in an
intrinsic semiconductor with rise in its temperature.
Q27. The diagram shows four energy level of an electron in Bohr Model of hydrogen atom .
Identify the transition in which the emitted photon will have the highest energy.

Q20. Two thin lenses are kept coaxially in contact with each other and the focal length of
the combination is 80 cm. If the focal length of one lens is 20 cm, the focal length of
the other would be
(a) -26.7cm (b) 60cm (c) 80cm (d) 30cm
(a) I (b) II (c) III (d) IV
Q21. A spherical air bubble is embedded in a piece of glass. For a ray of light passing
Q28. A square shaped coil of side 10 cm, having 100 turns is placed perpendicular to a
through the bubble, it behaves like a
magnetic field which is increasing at 1 T/s. The induced emf in the coil is
(a) converging lens (b) diverging lens (c) mirror (d) thin plane sheet of glass
(A) 0.1 V (B) 0.5 V (C) 0.75 V (D) 1.0 V
Q22. In which of the following figures, the pn diode is reverse biased?
Q29. Which of the following cannot modify an external magnetic field as shown in the figure
?

Q23. In the given figure, a diode D is connected to an external resistance R = 100 Ω and (a) Nickel (b) Silicon (c) Sodium chloride (d) Copper
an emf of 3.5 V. If the barrier potential developed across the diode is 0.5 V, the Q30. Which of the following electromagnetic radiation has the least wavelength
current in the circuit will be: (a) Gamma Rays (b) Microwaves (c) Visible Rays (d) X- rays
Q31. A plane wavefront is incident on a conave mirror of radius of curvature R. The radius
of the refracted wavefront will be
(a) 2R (b) R (c) R/2 (d) R/4
Q32. In a double slit experiment with monochromatic light, fringes are obtained on a screen
placed at some distance from the plane of slits. If the screen is moved by 5 x 10–2 m
towards the slits, the change in fringe width is 3 x 10–3 cm. If the distance between the
slits is 1 mm, calculate the wavelength of light used .
Q33. The wavelength λ of a photon and the de-Broglie wavelength of an electron have the
same value. Show that energy of photon 2λmc/h times the kinetic energy of electron
where mass m, speed of light c and planck constant h.
Q34. Figure a, b and c shows three alternating circuits with equal currents.If frequency of
alternating emf be increased, what will be the effect on currents in the three cases.
Explain.
Q35. In the diagram below is shown a circular loop carrying current I . Show the direction
of the magnetic field with the help of lines of force .
Q36. Two concentric circular coils of radii r and R are placed coaxially with centres coinciding. If R
>> r then calculate the mutual inductance between the coils.
Q37. Find the wavelength of electromagnetic waves of frequency 5 x 1019 Hz in free space. Give its
two application.
Q38. A compound microscope with an objective of 1.0 cm focal length and an eye piece of 2 cm focal
length has a tube length of 20 cm . calculate the magnifying power of the microscope , if the
final image is formed at the near point of the eye .
Q39. The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope in the normal adjustment is 100. The
distance between the objective and the eyepiece is 101 cm . Calculate the focal length of the
objective and of the eyepiece.
Q40. Find the total energy stored in the capacitors in the given network .
Q41. The diagram shown a piece of pure semiconductor S in series with a variable resistor
R, and a source of constant voltage V. Would you increase or decrease the value of R to
keep the reading of ammeter constant, when semi-conductor S is heated?
Q42. In Young's double slit experiment, using light of wavelength 400 mm
interference fringes of width 'X' are obtained. The wavelength of light is increased to
600 mm and the separation between the slits is halved. If one wants the observed
fringe width on the screen to be the same in the two cases, find the ratio of the
distance between the screen and the plane of the interfering sources in the two
arrangements.
Q43. A circular coil of N turns of radius r is kept normal in a magnetic field by 𝐵 =
𝐵 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜔𝑡 .Find the expression for emf induced in coil .State the rule which helps to
detect the direction of induced current.
Q45. In a series RC circuit, R = 30 ohm, C=0.25μF, V=100V, ω=10000rad/s. Find the current
in the circuit and calculate the voltage across the resistor and capacitor. Is the
algebraic sum of these voltages more than the source voltage ? If yes, resolve the
paradox.
Q46. The threshold frequency of metal is f0. When the light of frequency 2f0 is incident on
the metal plate, the maximum velocity of photoelectron is v1. When the frequency of
incident radiation is increased to 5f0. the maximum velocity of photoelectrons emitted
is v2. Find the of ratio of v1 to v2.
Q47. An electric dipole of dipole moment 20 × 10 𝐶𝑚 is enclosed by closed surface.
What is the net electric flux coming out of this surface?
Q48. An electron beam , projected along + X axis , experience a force due to a magnetic field
along the + Y axis . What is the direction of the magnetic field ?
Q49. The power factor of an AC circuit is 0.5 . What will be the phase difference between
volatge and current in this circuit ?
Q50. Electrons are emitted from a photosensitive surface when it is illuminated by green
light but electron emission does not take place by yellow light. Will the electrons be
emitted when the surface is illuminated by (i) red light, and (ii) blue light?
Q51. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 8 pF. What
will be the capacitance if the distance between the plates is reduced by half, and the
space between them is filled with a substance of dielectric constant 6?
Q52. Three point charges of + 2 µC, – 3 µC and – 3 µC are kept at the vertices A, B and C
respectively of an equilateral triangle of side 20 cm as shown in figure. What should
be the sign and magnitude of charge to be placed at the midpoint M of side BC so that
charge at A remains in equilibrium?
Q53. In the figure given below, a bar magnet moving towards the right or left induces an
emf in the coils (1) and (2). Find, giving reason, the directions of the induced currents
through the resistors AB and CD when the magnet is moving (a) towards the right,
and (b) towards the left.
Q54. The image of a candle is formed by a convex lens on a screen. The lower half of the Q63. Why are photodiodes used preferably in reverse bias condition? A photodiode is
lens is painted black to make it completely opaque. Draw the ray diagram to show the fabricated from a semiconductor with band gap of 2.8 eV. Can it detect wavelength of
image formation. How will this image be different from the one obtained when the 6000 nm? Justify.
lens is not painted black ? Q64. A semiconductor has equal electron and hole concentration of 6 x 108 /m3.
Q55. A galvanometer with a coil of resistance 120 ohm shows full scale deflection for a On doping with certain impurity, electron concentration increases to 9 x 1012 /m3.
current of 2.5 mA.How will you convert the galvanometer into an ammeter of range 0 (i) Identify the new semiconductor obtained after doping.
to 7.5 A ? (ii) Calculate the new hole concentration.
Determine the net resistance of the ammeter. When an ammeter is put in a circuit, Q65. An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed at an angle of 30° with an electric field 2 x
does it read slightly less or more then the actual current in the original circuit? Justify 105 N/C. If the dipole experiences a torque of 8 × 103 Nm. the magnitude of either
your answer. charge of the dipole, is
Q56. A 12 pF capacitor is connected to a 50 V battery . How much electrostatic energy is (A) 4 μC (B) 7μC (C) 8 mC (D) 2 mC
stored in the capacitor ? Q66. Two horizontal thin long parallel wires, separated by a distance r carry current I each
Q57. A figure divided into squares, each of size 1 mm2, is being viewed at a distance of 9 in the opposite directions. The net magnetic field at a point midway between them
cm through a magnifying lens of focal length 10 cm, held close to the eye. will be
(a) Draw a ray diagram showing the formation of the image. (a) zero (b) 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 (c) 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑
(b) what is the magnification produced by the lens ? How much is the area of each
square in the virtual image? (d) 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑝𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑
(c) What is the angular magnification of the lens ? Q67. In Young's double-slit experiment, the screen is moved away from the plane of the
Q58. Ultraviolet light of wavelength 2271 Å from a 100 W mercury source radiates a photo slits. What will be its effect on the following?
cell made of molybdenum metal. If the stopping potential is 1.3 V, estimate the work i. The angular separation of the fringes.
function of the metal. How would the photo cell respond to high intensity (105 Wm-2) ii. Fringe-width.
red light of wavelength 6328 Å produced by a He-Ne laser? (a) Both (i) and (ii) remain constant. (b) remains constant, but (ii) decreases.
Plot a graph showing the variation of photoelectric current with anode potential for (c) (i) remains constant, but (ii) increases (d) Both (i) and (ii) increase.
two light beams of same wavelength but different intensity. Q68. The ratio of the nuclear densities of two nuclei having mass number 64 and 125 is
Q59. Draw a graph showing the variation of potential energy of a pair of nucleons as a (a) 64/125 (b) 1: 1 (c) 5/4 (d) 4/5
function of their separation .Indicate the regions in which nuclear force is (i) Q69. E, c and v represent the energy, velocity and frequency of a photon. Which of the
attractive and (ii) repulsive. following represents its wavelength ?
Q60. In the following circuits which one of the two diodes is forward biased and which is (a) (b) ℎ𝜈 (c) (d)
reverse biased ? Q70. Assertion (A) : Putting p type semiconductor slab directly in physical contact with n
type semiconductor slab cannot form the pn junction.
Reason (R) : The roughness at contact will be much more than inter atomic crystal
spacing and continuous flow of charge carriers is not possible.
Q71. Assertion (A): For the radiation of a frequency greater than the threshold frequency,
photoelectric current is proportional to the intensity of the radiation. Reason (R) :
Greater the number of energy quanta available, greater is the number of electrons
absorbing the energy quanta and greater is number of electrons coming out of the
Q61. Two parallel coaxial circular coils of equal radius R and equal number of turns ‘N,
metal.
carry equal currents I in the same direction and are separated by a distance ‘2R’. Find
the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field produced at the mid-point of the Q72. Assertion (A) : Propagation of light through an optical fibre is due to total internal
line joining their centres. reflection taking place at the core-cladding interface. Reason (R): Refractive index of
the material of the cladding of the optical fibre is greater than that of the core.
Q62. Two small identical circular loops, marked (1) and (2), carrying equal currents, are
placed with the geometrical axes perpendicular to each other as shown in the figure. Q73. Assertion (A): An electron has a high potential energy when it is at a location
Find the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field produced at the point O. associated with a more negative value of potential, and a low potential energy when at
a location associated with a more positive potential. Reason (R): Electrons move from
a region of higher potential to region of lower potential.
Q74. In a coil of resistance 100Ω a current is induced by changing the magnetic flux through
it as shown in the figure. The magnitude of change in flux through the coil is

(a) 200 Wb (b) 275 Wb (c) 225 Wb (d) 250 Wb