Blueprint - Physics, XII

(for March 2024 board exams)

Section A Section B Section C Section D Section E

Total Marks
(1 mark) (2 marks) (3 marks) (4 marks) (5 marks)

MCQ 12Q – – – – 12 marks

Assertion/
4Q – – – – 4 marks
Reason

Short Answer 5Q
– – – – 10 marks
Type-1 (1 internal choice)

Short Answer 7Q
– – – – 21 marks
Type-2 (1 internal choice)

2Q
Case/ Data-based – – – (1 internal choice) – 8 marks
per case-study

3Q
Long Answer – – – – 15 marks
(3 internal choices)

TOTAL 16Q 5Q 7Q 2Q 3Q 70 marks

Note:- 2023-24 Physics sample paper contains competency-based questions in the form of Standalone, Diagram, Statement, Assertion/ Reason,

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Table-based and Case-based questions.
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General Instructions:
(i) There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(ii) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C,
Section D and Section E.
(iii) All the sections are compulsory.
(iv) Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion
Reasoning based of 1 mark each, Section B contains five questions of
two marks each, Section C contains seven questions of three marks each,
Section D contains two case study based questions of four marks each and
Section E contains three long answer questions of five marks each.
(v) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in
one question in Section B, one question in Section C, one question in each
CBQ in Section D and all three questions in Section E. You have to attempt
only one of the choices in such questions.
(vi) Use of calculators is not allowed.
(vii) You may use the following values of physical constants where ever necessary
i. c = 3 × 108 m/s
ii. me = 9.1 ×10-31 kg
iii. e = 1.6 × 10-19 C
iv. µ0 = 4π × 10-7 TmA−1
v. h = 6.63 × 10-34 Js
vi. ε0 = 8.854 × 10-12 C2N-1m-2
vii. Avogadro’s number = 6.023 × 1023 per gram mole

SECTION - A
1. If Ea be the electric field strength due to a short dipole on the axial line and
Ee that on the equatorial line at the same distance from the centre of dipole,
then,
(a) Ea = 2Ee (b) 2Ea = Ee
(c) Ea = Ee (d) None of these 1
2. An electric dipole is placed at an angle of 30° to a non uniform electric field.
The dipole will experience:
(a) a torque only
(b) a translational force only in the direction of the field
(c) a translational force only in a direction normal to the direction of the
field
(d) a torque as well as a translational force 1

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 3. A short pulse of white light is incident from air to a glass slab at normal
incidence. After travelling through the slab, the first colour to emerge is:
(a) blue (b) green
(c) violet (d) red 1
4. The Bohr model for the spectra of a H-atom:
(a) will not be applicable to hydrogen in the molecular form.
(b) will not be applicable as it is for a He-atom.
(c) is valid only at room temperature.
(d) predicts continuous as well as discrete spectral lines. 1
5. The ratio of the radii of the nuclei 13Al27 and 52Te125 is approximately:
(a) 6 : 10 (b) 13 : 52
(c) 40 : 177 (d) 14 : 73 1
6. Which of the following law was modified by Maxwell by introducing the
displacement current?
(a) Gauss’s law
(b) Ampere’s circuital law
(c) Biot-Savart’s law
(d) None of the above 1

7. A constant voltage is applied between the two ends of a uniform metallic

wire, heat 'H' is developed in it. If another wire of the same material, double
the radius and twice the length as compared to original wire is used then
the heat developed in it will be:

(a) H (b) H
2
(c) 2H (d) 4H 1
8. A nucleus with mass number 220 initially at rest emits an α-particle. If
the Q value of the reaction is 5.5 MeV, calculate the kinetic energy of the
α-particle.
(a) 4.4 MeV (b) 5.4 MeV
(c) 5.6 MeV (d) 6.5 MeV 1
9. A charge q moves in a region, where electric field E and magnetic field B
both exist. Then the force on it is:
→ → → → →
(a) q( v × B ) (b) q E + q( v × B )
→ → → → → →
(c) q E + q( B × v ) (d) q B + q( E × B )  1

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 10. Which of the following statement is NOT true about the properties of
electromagnetic waves?
(a) These waves do not require any material medium for their propagation
(b) Both electric and magnetic field vectors attain the maxima and minima
at the same time
(c) The energy in electromagnetic wave is divided equally between electric
and magnetic fields
(d) Both electric and magnetic field vectors are parallel to each other  1
11. A magnetic dipole moment of a bar magnet is a vector quantity directed:
(a) upward at perpendicular bisector to the line joining to north pole and
south pole
(b) from North pole to South pole
(c) downward at perpendicular bisector to the line joining to north pole and
south pole
(d) from South pole to North pole 1
12. The radius of the innermost electron orbit of a hydrogen atom is 5.3 × 10–11
m. The radius of the n = 3 orbit is:
(a) 1.01 × 10–10m (b) 1.59 × 10–10m
(c) 2.12 × 10–10m (d) 4.77 × 10–10m 1
13. Assertion (A): A
 ll photoelectrons do not come out with energy if incident
radiation is monochromatic.
Reason (R):  he energy required to eject electrons is not same and
T
electrons emit with range of energy. 1
14. Assertion (A): Gallium arsenide phosphide is used for making LEDs.
Reason (R): V
 alence and conduction bands overlap in case of
semiconductors. 1
15. Assertion (A): Faraday's laws are consequence of conservation of energy.
Reason (R):  I n a purely resistive ac circuit, the current lags behind
the emf in phase.1
16. Assertion (A): The resultant amplitude of all the secondary wavelets at
any point on the backward wavefront is zero.
Reason (R): A backward wavefront cannot exist. 1

SECTION - B
17. Calculate potential on the axis of a disc of radius R due to a charge Q
uniformly distributed on its surface. 2

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18. Plot a graph showing the variation of coulomb force (F) versus , where r
r2
is the distance between the two charge of each pair of each of the charge:
(1 µC, 2 µC) and (2 µC, - 3 µC). lnterpret the graphs obtained.  2
19. A ray PQ incident normally on the refracting face BA is refracted in the
prism BAC made of material of refractive index 1.5. Complete the path of
ray through the prism. From which face will the ray emerge? Justify your
answer.
A

P
Q

2
60°
 B C

20. What happens to the drift velocity (vd) of electrons and to the resistance (R) ,
if length of a conductor is doubled (keeping potential difference unchanged)?
 2
21. A thin glass having refractive index 1.5 has a power of −5 D in air. What
will be its optical power in a liquid medium having refractive index 1.6? 2

SECTION - C
22. How is the stability of hydrogen atom in Bohr model explained by de-
Broglie’s hypothesis?
OR
In accordance with the Bohr’s model, find the quantum number that
characterises the earth’s revolution around the sun in an orbit of radius 1.5
× 1011 m with orbital speed 3 × 104 m/s. (Mass of earth = 6.0 × 1024 kg) 3
23. A circular coil of 'N' turns and diameter 'd' carries a current 'I'. It is unwound
and rewound to make another coil of diameter '2d', current 'I' remaining the
same. Calculate the ratio of the magnetic moments of the new coil and the
original coil. 3
24. n small drops of same size are charged to V volt each. lf they coalesce to
form a single large drop, what will be the potential of large drop? 3
25. Use (A) the Ampere’s law for H and (B) contin­uity of lines of B, to conclude
that inside a bar magnet, (i) lines of H run from the N pole to S pole, while
(ii) lines of B must run from the S pole to N pole. 3
26. Show, on a plot, variation of resistivity of:
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 (ii) a typical semiconductor as a function of temperature.
Using the expression for the resistivity in terms of number density and
relaxation time between the collisions, explain how resistivity in the case of
a conductor increases while it decreases in a semiconductor, with the rise of
temperature. 3
27. (A) W
 rite the following radiations in a descending order of frequencies: red
light, x-rays, microwaves, radio waves
(B) What is the nature of waves used in radar?
(C) What is the role of ozone layer in the atmosphere? 3
28. Two charges 5 × 10–8 C and –3 × 10–8 C are located 16 cm apart. At what
point P (p lies somewhere in in between the charges) on the line joining the
two charges is the electric potential zero? Take the potential at infinity to
be zero.  3

SECTION - D
29. Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow:
When a resistor is connected across the terminal of a battery, a current is
established in the circuit which has a unique direction going from positive
terminal to the negative terminal via the external resistor. Magnitude
of the current also remains practically constant. If the direction of the
current in a resistor (or any other element) changes alternately, the
current is called alternating current. The alternating being supplied in
our houses varies sinusoidally with time. Such a current repeats its value
after the finite time interval T, called the time period. So, the current is
positive for one half period and is negative for the remaining half period.
In reality it means that direction of current reverses after every half time
period.
An alternating current may be expressed as I = Im sin (ωt + φ) , where Im
is the peak value of current or the current amplitude. The mean current
for a period T is definitely zero which means of I over the same period
is not zero because I is always positive. The average of I is over a time
2
period T or a long period of time is rms = I m . The square root of
I2

mean square current is called rms current or virtual2

current and it is
I
given by Irms = m .
2
(A) A generator produced a voltage that is given by V = 240 sin(120t), where
t is in seconds. The frequency and r.m.s. voltage are:
(a) 60 Hz and 240 V

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 (b) 19 Hz and 120 V
(c) 19 Hz and 170 V
(d) 754 Hz and 70 V
π
(B) If E = 100 sin(100t) volt and I = 100 sin(100t + 3 ) mA are instantaneous
value of voltage and current, then the r.m.s. value of voltage and current
are respectively.
(a) 70.7 V and 70.7 mA
(b) 70.7 V and 70.7 A
(c) 141.4 V and 141.4 mA
(d) 141.4 V and 141.4 A
(C) 220 V, 50 Hz, AC is applied to a resistor. The instantaneous value of
voltage is:
(a) 220 2 sin (100 πt)
(b) 220 sin(100 πt)
(c) 220 2 sin(50 πt)
(d) 220 sin(50 πt)
(D) The instantaneous voltage through a device of impedance 20 Ω is e = 80 sin
100 πt. The effective value of the current is:
(a) 3 A (b) 2.828 A
(c) 1.732 A (d) 4 A
(E) The peak value of an altermating emf, ε is given by ε = ε0 cos ωt is 10
1
volts and its frequency is 50 Hz. At time t = sec, the instantaneous
600
e.m.f. is:

(a) 10 V (b) 5 3 V
(c) 5 V (d) 1 V
30. Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow:
A ray of light travels from a denser to a rarer medium. After refraction,
it bends away from the normal. When we keep increasing the angle of
incidence, the angle of refraction also increases till the refracted ray
grazes along the interface of two media. The angle of incidence for which
it happens is called critical angle. If the angle of incidence is increased
further the ray will not emerge and it will be reflected back in the denser
medium. This phenomenon is called total internal reflection of light.
(A) A ray of light travels from a medium into water at an angle of incidence
of 18º. The refractive index of the medium is more than that of water
and the critical angle for the interface between the two media is 20º.

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 Which one of the following figures best represents the correct path of the
ray of light?

(a) WATER (b) WATER

18º 18º

(c) WATER (d) WATER

18º 18º

(B) A point source of light is placed at the bottom of a tank filled with water,
of refractive index, µ, to a depth d. The area of the surface of water
through which light from the source can emerge is:
pd2 pd2
(a) (b)
2(m2 -1) (m2 -1)

pπ 2 2pd2
(c) (d)
2 m2 -1 m2 − 2
(C) For which of the following media, with respect to air, the value of critical
angle is maximum?
(a) Crown glass (b) Flint glass
(c) Water (d) Diamond
(D) The critical angle for a pair of two media A and B of refractive indices
2.0 and 1.0 respectively is:
(a) 0º (b) 30º
(c) 45º (d) 60º
(E) The critical angle of pair of a medium and air is 30º. The speed of light
in the medium is:
(a) 1 × 108 ms–1 (b) 1.5 × 108 ms–1
(c) 2.2 × 108 ms–1 (d) 2.8 × 108 ms–1
31. The optical properties of a medium are governed by the relative
permittivity (εr) and relative permeability (µr). The refractive index is
defined as ( µr εr ) = n. For ordinary material εr > εo and µr > 0 and the
positive sign is taken for the square root. In 1964, a Russian scientist
V. Veselago postulated the existence of material with εr < 0 and
µr < 0. Since then such ‘metamaterials’ have been produced in the
laboratories and their optical properties studied. For such materials n = –
( µr εr ) . As light enters a medium of such refractive index the phases travel
away from the direction of propagation.

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 (A) According to the description above show that if rays of light enter such
a medium from air (refractive index = 1) at an angle λ in 2nd quadrant,
then the refracted beam is in the 3rd quadrant.
(B) Prove that Snell’s law holds for such a medium.

OR
(A) The interference pattern due to light shows bright and dark regions that
appear similar to the antinodes and nodes of a standing-wave pattern
on a string. While both the patterns are based on the superposition
principle, give one major point of difference between the standing waves
pattern and the interference pattern.
(B) Given two sets of slits S1 and S2.

d1 d2

S1 S2

Also given are two possible incident light wavelengths l1 and l2.
l1

l2

State with reason for what combination of the slits and wavelengths will
the interference pattern be:
(i) most spread out
(ii) least spread out?
(C) Determine the value of y at which the intensity of the fringe reduced to
half the intensity of the central maxima formed at point O.
32. We can control the speed of the fans at our homes by moving the regulator to
and fro. Here the current flowing throught the fan is controlled by regulating
the resistance through the regulator. A circular knob on the component can
be retated to achieve a variable resistance on the output terminals. For any
spcific value of the input, we can calculate the resistance, current and thus
power flowing through Ohm's Law.

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 (A) An electric heater is connected to the voltage supply, after few seconds,
current gets its steady value then its initial current will be:
(a) equal to its steady current
(b) slightly higher than its steady current
(c) slightly less than ists steady current
(d) zero
(B) The I-V characteristics shown in figure represents:
l

(a) ohmic conductors

(b) non-ohmic conductors
(c) insulators
(d) superconductors
(C) Which of the following is correct for V-I graph of a good conductor?
(a) V

(b) V

(c) V

I
(d) V

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 (D) In the equation AB = C, A is the current density, C is the electric field,
Then B is:
(a) resistivity
(b) conductivity
(c) potential difference
(d) resistance
(E) In the absence of an electric field, the mean velocity of free electrons in
a conductor at absolute temperature (T) is:
(a) zero
(b) independent of T
(c) proportional to T
(d) proportional to T2
33. (A) State Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction.
(B) Figure shows a rectangular conductor PQRS in which the conductor PQ
is free to move in a uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to the plane
of the paper. The field extends from x = 0 to x = b and is zero for x > b.
Assume that only the arm PQ possesses resistance r. When the arm PQ
pulled outward from x = 0 to x = 2b and then moved backward to x = 0
with constant speed v, obtain the expression for the flux and induced
emf. Sketch the variations of these quantities with distance 0 < x < 2b.
·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ··
·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ··
S

·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ·· ··
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R

x=0 x=b x = 2b

OR
A room has AC run for 5 hours a day at a voltage of 220 V. The wiring
of the room consists of Cu of 1 mm radius and a length of 10 m. Power
consumption per day is 10 commercial units. What fraction of it goes
in the joule heating in wires? What would happen if the wiring is
made of aluminium of the same dimensions? [ρcu = 1.7 × 10-8 Ωm,
ρAl = 2.7 × 10-8 Ωm]

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