ODISHA ADARSHA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN

VERY SIMILAR TEST (VST), 2022-23

PHYSICS (042)
Roll No. Class: XII
Maximum marks: 70 Time Allowed: 03 Hours

General Instructions:
(1) There are 35 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
(2) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B and Section C, Section D and Section E. All Sections are
compulsory.
(3) Section A contains eighteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains seven questions of 2 marks each, Section C
contains five questions of 3 marks each, Section D contains three long questions of 5 marks each and Section E
contains two case study-based questions of 4 marks each.
(4) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in section B, C, D and E. You have to
attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
(5) Use of calculators is not allowed.

Q.N. SECTION A Marks

1 Which physical quantity has its S.I. unit N/C 1
(a) Electrostatic force (b)Electric potential (c) Electric flux (d) Electric field
2 The distance between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is d. A metal plate of thickness d/2 1
is placed between the plates. What will be the effect on the capacitance?
(a) Becomes half (b) becomes double (c) remains same (d) becomes infinity
3 Three capacitors each of capacitance 9 pF are connected in series. What is the potential 1
difference across each capacitor if the combination is connected to a 120 V supply?
(a) 40pV (b) 40 V (c) 1.33 V (d) 3 pV
4 What happens to the resistance R of the wire when keeping the volume constant its length is 1
increased to twice its original length?
(a) 2R (b) R/2 (c) 4R (d) R/4
5 What will be the path of a charged particle moving along the direction of a uniform magnetic 1
field?
(a) Circular (b) Parabolic (c) Straight line (d) Helical
6 A circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns, each of radius 8.0 cm carries a current of 0.40A. 1
What is the magnitude of the magnetic field B at the centre of the coil?
(a) π/104 T (b) π/102 T (c) 2π/102 T (d) 3π/104 T
7 If the magnetizing field on a ferromagnetic material is increased, its permeability 1
(a) decreases (b) increases
(c) remains unchanged (d) first decreases and then increases
8 Power factor of an AC circuit is 0.5. what will be the phase difference between voltage and 1
current?
(a) π/2 (b) π/3 (c) π/4 (d) π
9 What is the phase difference between electric and magnetic fields in an electromagnetic wave? 1
(a) 0 (b) π (c) π/2 (d) π/4
10 When green light is incident on the surface of metal, it emits photo-electrons but there is no 1
such emission with yellow colour light. Which one of the following colour can produce emission
of photo- electrons from the same metal?
(a) Orange (b) Red (c) Indigo (d) None of these

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11 Light of wavelength 4000 Å is incident on a sodium surface for which the threshold wavelength 1
of photo-electrons is 5420 Å. The work function of sodium
(a) 5 eV (b) 3 eV (c) 2.29 eV (d) 0.57 eV
12 The shortest wavelength of Balmer series line is 1
(a) 364.6 nm (b) 274.2 nm (c) 820.4 nm (d) 655.8 nm
13 Express 16mg mass into equivalent energy in electron volt. 1
(a) 9 x 1030 eV (b) 16 x 1020 eV (c) 1.6 x 10-19 eV (d) 9 x 10-20 eV
14 What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 X 10-7 C and 1
3 X 10-7 C placed 30cm apart in air?
(a) 6 x 10-3 N (b) 9 x 10-3 N (c) 6 x 10-5 N (d) 9 x 10-5 N
15 The electric potential inside a conducting sphere 1
(a) is zero
(b) increases from centre to the surface
(c) decreases from centre to the surface
(d) remains constant from centre to the surface
16 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select 1
the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false and R is also false
Assertion : Silicon is preferred over germanium for making semiconductor devices.
Reason : The energy gap in germanium is more than the energy gap in silicon.
17 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select 1
the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false and R is also false
Assertion: It is necessary to have two waves of equal intensity to study interference pattern.
Reason : There will be an effect on clarity if the waves are of unequal intensity.

18 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select 1
the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false and R is also false
Assertion : The photon behaves like a particle.
Reason : If E and P are the energy and momentum of the photon, then p = E / c .

SECTION B
19 In a plane electromagnetic wave, the electric field oscillates sinusoidally with a frequency of 2
2×1016 Hz and amplitude 48V/m.
(a) What is the wavelength of the emf wave?
(b)Calculate the amplitude of the oscillating magnetic field.
20 Differentiate between dia, para and ferro magnetic substances in the basis of permeability and 2
susceptibility.
21 Show that nuclear density is independent of mass number A of a nucleus. 2

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 Or
A hydrogen atom initially in the ground level absorbs a photon, which excites it to the n = 4 level.
Determine the energy of the photon.
22 An equiconvex lens of radius of curvature R is cut into two equal parts by a vertical plane, so it 2
becomes a plano-convex lens. If f is the focal length of equiconvex lens, then what will be focal
length of the planoconvex lens?
23 Diode used in the figure has constant voltages drop at 0.5V at all currents and a maximum power 2
rating of 100mW. What should be the value of the resistance R, connected in series for maximum
current?

Or
A semiconductor has equal electron and hole concentration of 6 x 108 m-3. On doping with
certain impurity, electron concentration increases to 8 x 1012 m-3.
i. Identify the new semiconductor
ii. Calculate the new hole concentration.
24 Consider interference between two sources of intensities I and 4I. What will be the intensity at
points where phase difference is π/2?
25 A point charge of 2.0 μC is kept at the centre of a cubic Gaussian surface of edge length 9cm. 2
What is the net electric flux through the surface?
SECTION C
26 Derive an expression for the force acting on a current carrying conductor placed in a uniform 3
magnetic field. Name the rule which gives the direction of the force. Write the condition for
which this force will have (1) maximum (2) minimum value.
27 A square coil of side 10cm consists of 20 turns and carries a current of 12A. The coil is suspended 3
vertically and the normal to the plane of the coil makes an angle of 300 with the direction of a
uniform horizontal magnetic field of magnitude 0.80T. What is the magnitude of torque
experienced by the coil?
28 Calculate the current drawn by the primary coil of a transformer which steps down 200V to 20V 3
to operate a device of resistance 20Ω. Assume the efficiency of the transformer to be 80%.
Or
Derive an expression for the average power consumed in a.c. series LCR circuit. Hence define
power factor.
29 Derive an expression for de-Broglie wavelength of an electron accelerating through a potential 3
difference V.
Or
An α particle and proton are accelerated from rest through same potential. Find the ratio of their
de-Broglie wavelength.
30 Draw the following graphs 3
(a) Variation of photocurrent with anode potential.
(b) Variation of saturation current with intensity of radiation.
(c) Variation of stopping potential with frequency of radiation.

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 SECTION D
31 (a) State Gauss’s Theorem in electrostatics? Using this theorem derive an expression for the 5
field intensity due to an infinite plane sheet of charge density σ C/m2 .
(b) Two large, thin metal plates are parallel and close to each other. On their inner faces, the
plates have surface charge densities of opposite signs and of magnitude 17 X 10-22 C/m2 .
What is E in the outer region of the first plate? What is E in the outer region of the second
plate? What is E between the plates?
OR
(a) Find out the expression for potential energy stored per unit volume in a capacitor.
(b) A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 8pF. 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?

32 (a) State kirchoff’s voltage and current rules. 5

(b) In the network shown, find the values of current I1 ,I2 ,I3 .

OR
(a) What is the relation between emf and terminal potential difference of a cell? What is the
equivalent emf and internal resistance of if 2 cells are connected in parallel?
(b) A storage battery of emf 8.0 V and internal resistance 0.5 Ω is being charged by a 120 V dc
supply using a series resistor of 15.5 Ω. What is the terminal voltage of the battery during
charging? What is the purpose of having a series resistor in the charging circuit?
33 (a) A ray of light is incident normally on one face of the prism of apex angle 300 and refractive 5
index √2. Find the angle of deviation for the ray of light.
(b) Using Huygens’s principle, deduce the laws of refraction.
OR
(a) Draw a ray diagram of an astronomical telescope for the final image formed at least distance
of distinct vision?
(b) An astronomical telescope has an angular magnification of magnitude 5 for distant objects.
The separation between the objective and an eye piece is 36 cm and the final image is
formed at infinity. Calculate the focal length of the objective and the focal length of the eye
piece?

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 SECTION E
34 Case Study : Lens Maker Formula 4
The lens makers formula relates the focal length of a lens to the refractive index of its material
and the radii of curvature of its two surfaces. This formula is used to manufacture a lens of
particular focal length from the glass of a given refractive index. For this reason, it is called the
lens makers formula.

(i) An unsymmetrical double convex thin lens forms the image of a point object on its axis.
Will the position of the image change if the lens is reversed?
(ii) Will the focal length of a lens for red light be more, same or less than that for blue light?
(iii) Find out the power of a combined lens with two lenses of focal length 0.4m and 25cm.
OR
A convex lens made of a material of refractive index n1 is kept in a medium of refractive
index n2. Parallel rays of light are incident on the lens. Complete the path of rays of light
emerging from the convex lens if: (i) n1 > n2 (ii) n1 < n2.
35 CASE STUDY : ENERGY BAND GAP 4
From Bohr’s atomic model, we know that the electrons have well defined energy levels in an
isolated atom. But due to interatomic interactions in a crystal, the electrons of the outer shells
are forced to have energies different from those in isolated atoms. Each energy level splits into
a number of energy levels forming a continuous band. The gap between top of valence band and
bottom of the conduction band in which no allowed energy levels for electrons can exist is called
energy gap.
(i) Give the ratio of the number of holes and number of conduction electrons in an intrinsic
semiconductor.
(ii) Differentiate between intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductor.
(iii) Give reason, why, a p-type semiconductor crystal is electrically neutral?
OR
How does the energy gap of an intrinsic semiconductor vary, when doped with a
pentavalent impurity? Name such type of semiconductor and draw energy band diagram
for it.

*All the Best*

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