REVISION PROGRAMME-1

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS

1. Mention any three properties of electric charge. (3)

2. What do you understand by the statement that ‘charge is conserved’?
3. What do you understand by the statement that ‘charge is quantized’?
4. State and explain coulomb’s inverse square law.
5. Write coulomb’s law in vector form and explain the terms.
6. Obtain an expression for force experienced by a charge due to a system of charges.(3)
7. Define unit charge or Define coulomb.
8. Define electric intensity at a point in an electric field.
9. Mention the expression for electric intensity at a point due to an isolated point charge.
10. Obtain an expression for electric field at a point due to a system of charges.
11. What is an electric dipole?
12. Define electric dipole moment..
13. Write the expression for dipole moment in vector form and explain the terms.
14. Obtain an expression for electric field intensity at a point on the dipole axis.(5)
15. Obtain an expression for electric field intensity at a point on the equatorial line of an electric dipole. (5)
16. Mention any three characteristics of electric lines of force.(3)
17. Two electric field lines never intersect each other. Why?
18. What is electric flux through a surface? Write the expression for electric flux through a surface
19. State and explain Gauss theorem in electrostatics.
20. Derive an expression for electric field due to an uniformly charged infinitely long straight charged wire.(5)
21. Derive an expression for the electric field due to an uniformly charged plane sheet.(5)
22. Obtain an expression for torque experienced by an electric dipole.(3)
23. Mention the expression for torque on electric dipole in vector form.

ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

1. Define electric potential. Derive an expression for electric potential at a point due to a point charge.(5)
2. Obtain an expression for electric field at a point due to a system of charges.(3)
3. Define potential difference between two points in an electric field.
4. What is an equipotential surface? Give an example.
5. Mention any two properties of equipotential surfaces.
6. The work done in moving a charge on an equipotential surface is zero. Why?
7. Obtain the relation between electric field and potential.(3)
8. Derive an expression for potential energy of two point charges in the absence of external electric
field.(3)
9. Derive an expression for potential energy of three point charges in the absence of external electric
field.(3)
10. Derive an expression for potential energy of two point charges in the presence of external electric field.
(3)
11. Derive the expression for potential energy of an electric dipole placed in a uniform electric field. (3)
12. What is electrostatic shielding? Mention on use of it.
13. Define capacitance of a capacitor.
14. What is a parallel plate capacitor? Derive the expression for capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor
without any dielectric medium between the plates.(5)
15. Mention the expression for capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with a dielectric medium between the
plates.
16. Define dielectric constant of a substance.
17. Derive the expression for effective capacitance of two capacitors connected in series.(3)
18. Derive the expression for effective capacitance of two capacitors connected in parallel. (3).
19. Mention the expression for energy stored in a capacitor.

CURRENT ELECTRICITY
1. State and explain Ohm’s law.
2. What are the factors on which resistance of a conductor depends?
3. Define resistivity of a conductor. Mention the SI unit of resistivity.
4. Define conductivity.
5. Define the term current density. What is the SI unit of current density?
 
6. Derive the relation j = E (equivalent form of ohms law)(3)
7. Mention the limitations of Ohm’s law.
8. Define drift velocity. Derive an expression for drift velocity(3)
9. Define relaxation time or mean free time.
10. Define electron mobility.
11. Obtain the expression for current/current density in terms of drift velocity.(5)
12. Derive the expression for resistivity/conductivity(5)
13. How does the resistivity of a conductor vary with temperature?
14. How does the resistivity of a semi conductor vary with temperature?
15. Draw temperature—resistivity graph for a semiconductor.
16. Define emf of a cell.
17. Define internal resistance of a cell.
18. Derive an expression for effective emf and internal resistance when two cells are connected in series.
(5)
19. Derive an expression for effective emf and internal resistance when two cells are connected in parallel.
(5)
20. Distinguish between terminal potential difference and emf of a cell.
21. What is a node or junction in an electrical network?
22. State and explain Kirchhoff’s junction rule.
23. What is the significance of junction rule?
24. State and explain Kirchhoff’s loop rule.
25. What is the significance of loop rule?
26. Deduce the condition for balance of Wheatstone bridge using Kirchhoff’s laws. (5)

MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM

1. What is Lorentz magnetic force? Write the expression for it.
2. What is Lorentz force? Write the expression for it.
3. Derive an expression for radius of circular path in a uniform magnetic field.(3)
4. Derive an expression for force acting on a conductor carrying current in a uniform magnetic field. (3)
5. State and explain Biot- Savart’s law. (3)
6. Express Biot -Savart’s law in vector form and explain the terms.
7. Derive an expression for magnetic field at a point on the axis of circular current loop. Give variation
of magnetic field with distance graphically. Write the expression for magnetic field at the centre.
8. State and explain Ampere’s circuital law.
9. Using ampere’s circuital law, find the magnetic field due an infinitely long straight current carrying
wire. (3)
10. Derive the expression for force between two long straight parallel conductors carrying current and
hence define ampere.(5)
11. Define magnetic dipole moment of a current loop.
12. Show that a current loop acts as a magnetic dipole. (3)
13. Write the expression for torque on a current loop in uniform magnetic field.
14. With the help of a circuit diagram explain how a galvanometer is converted into an ammeter. (3 )
15. With the help of a circuit diagram explain how a galvanometer is converted into an ammeter. (3 )
16. What is the resistance of an ideal ammeter?
17. What is the resistance of an ideal voltmeter?

MAGNETISM AND MATTER

1. Mention any three properties of magnetic field lines.(3)
2. Sketch the magnetic field lines of a bar magnet.
3. Draw the magnetic field lines of a bar magnet.
4. State and explain Gauss law in magnetism.
5. Distingush between para, dia and ferromagnetic materials.(3)
6. State and explain Curie Law.
7. Define curie temperature

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
1. What is magnetic flux? Write the expression.
2. State and explain Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
3. Name the law which gives polarity of induced emf.
4. State and explain Lenz’s law.
5. What is the significance of Lenz’s law?
6. Lenz’s law is in accordance with the law of conservation of energy. Explain. (3)
7. Obtain the expression for emf induced (motional emf) in a rod moving in a uniform magnetic field.(3)
8. Obtain an expression for energy stored in a coil carrying current (solenoid)(3)
9. What is an AC generator? On what principle does it work?
10. Derive the expression for instantaneous emf in an ac generator (5)

ALTERNATING CURRENTS
1. Derive the expression for current when AC voltage applied to a resistor. Represent it in a phasor
diagram.(3)
2. Derive the expression for current when AC voltage applied to an inductor. Represent it in a phasor
diagram.(5)
3. Derive the expression for current when AC voltage applied to a capacitor. Represent it in a phasor
diagram.(5)
4. Derive the expression for impedance, current and phase angle in a series LCR circuit using phasor
diagram.(5)
5. What is inductive reactance? Write the expression for it.
6. What is capacitive reactance? Write the expression for it
7. What is electrical resonance?
8. What is resonant frequency? Derive the expression for resonant frequency.
9. What is a transformer? Mention the principle on which it works.
10. Mention the sources of energy loss in transformer.

RAY OPTICS
1. State the laws of refraction of light
2. What is total internal reflection?
3. Mention the conditions for total internal reflection of light.
4. Define critical angle for TIR.
5. Mention any three applications of TIR.
6. Derive an expression for the relation between n, u, v and R for refraction at spherical surface which is
n2 n1 n2 − n1
convex towards a point object in the denser medium.(Show that − = when refraction
v u R
occurs from rarer to denser medium at a convex spherical refracting surface) (5)
7. Define principle focus of a lens with the help of suitable diagram.
8. Define optic centre of a lens with the help of suitable diagram.

1  1 1 
9. Arrive at lens maker’s formula (Show that = (n − 1) −  , where the symbols have their usual
f  R1 R2 
meaning) (5)
10. Define power of a lens. Mention its SI unit.
11. How the power of a lens is related to its focal length?
12. Derive an expression for focal length of two thin lenses in contact.(5)
13. Derive an expression for refractive index of a prism in terms of angle of a prism and angle of minimum
deviation. (5)
14. Draw a neat ray diagram of a simple microscope for image formed at (i) least distance of distinct vision
and (ii) infinity
15. Draw a neat ray diagram for image formation of a compound microscope.