STD : XII

SUBJECT: PHYSICS PUBLIC QUESTIONS YEARWISE 3 MARKS

JUNE 2024
25. State and prove De Morgan’s first and second theorem.
26. A coil of 200 turns carries a current of 4A. If the magnetic flux through the coil is 6×10–5Wb, find the
magnetic energy stored in the medium surrounding the coil. (Ex-10, CH-4)
27. List out the characteristics of photons.
28. Explain the equivalent resistance of a series resistor network.
29. The radius of the 5th orbit of hydrogen atom is 13.25 Å. Calculate the de broglie wavelength of the electron
orbiting in the 5th orbit. (Example 9.1)
30. What are the differences between Coulomb force and gravitational force?
31. Derive the relation between f and R for a spherical mirror.
32. Write down the properties of electromagnetic waves.
33. A diffraction grating consists of 4000 slits per centimeter. It is illuminated by a monochromatic
light. The second order diffraction maximum is produced at an angle of 30°. What is the wavelength of
the light used? (Example 7.12) - COMPULSORY

MARCH 2024
25. Discuss the beta decay process with examples.
26. A Copper wire of cross-sectional area 0.5𝑚𝑚2 carries a current of 0.2 𝐴. If the free electron density of
copper is 8.4×1028 𝑚−3 then compute the drift velocity of free electrons. (Example 2.3)
27. Derive the equation for effective focal length for lenses in contact.
28. Define current sensitivity. How will increase current sensitivity of a galvanometer.
29. How many photons per second emanate from a 50 mW laser of 640 nm? (Ex-1, CH-8)
30. Assuming that the length of the solenoid is large when compared to its diameter, find the equation for its
inductance of solenoid.
31. Mention the differences between interference and diffraction.
32. Obtain Gauss's law of electrostatics from Coulomb’s law.
33. Determine the wavelength of light emitted from LED which is made up of GaAsP semiconductor
whose forbidden energy gap is 1.875 eV. Mention the colour of the light emitted (Take h = 6.6 × 10-34
Js). (Example 10.4) - COMPULSORY

JUNE 2023
25. State and explain the principle of potentiometer.
26. Find the ratio of the intensities of lights with wavelengths 500 nm and 300 nm which undergo Rayleigh
scattering. (CH-6, EX-10)
27. Mention the various energy losses in a transformer.
28. State and prove Brewster’s law.
29. Calculate the electric flux through the rectangle of sides 5 cm and 10 cm kept in the region of a uniform
electric field 100 NC–1. The angle θ is 60o. If θ becomes zero, what is the electric flux? (Examp 1.17)
30. Discuss the alpha decay process with example.
31. Write down Maxwell equations in integral form.
32. List out the advantages and limitations of frequency modulation.
33. A coil of a tangent galvanometer of diameter 0.24 m has 100 turns. If the horizontal component of
Earth’s magnetic field is 25×10-6 T then, calculate the current which gives a deflection of 600. (Example
3.14)-COMPULSORY

MARCH 2023
25. Derive an expression for electro static potential due to a point charge.
26. State and explain Kirchhoff’s rules.
27. Discuss the conversion of galvanometer into an ammeter.
PREPARED BY: M.PRABAKARAN (PG TEACHER)
SRI VIVEKANANDA HR. SEC. SCHOOL,
EARVAIPATTINAM, KALLAKURICHI.
STD : XII
SUBJECT: PHYSICS PUBLIC QUESTIONS YEARWISE 3 MARKS

28. How will you induce an emf by changing the area enclosed by the coil?
29. What are Fraunhofer lines? How are they useful in the identification of elements present in the Sun?
30. The given circuit has two ideal diodes connected as shown in figure below. Calculate the current flowing
through the resistance R1. (CH-10, EX-1)

31. What is optical path? Obtain the equation for optical path and mention what each term represents.
32. List out the three laws of photoelectric effect.
33. Calculate the amount of energy released when 1 kg of 235U92 undergoes fission reaction. (Example 9.15)
–COMPULSORY

JULY 2022
25. Obtain the expression for capacitance for a parallel plate capacitor.
26. An electron moving perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field 0.500 T undergoes circular
motion of radius 2.50 mm. What is the speed of electron? (Exam- 3.19)
27. Give the construction and working of photo emissive cell.
28. Mention the differences between interference and diffraction.
29. What is Zener diode? Mention any two uses of Zener diode.
30. What is Seebeck effect? State the applications of Seebeck effect.
31. What are the properties of cathode rays?
32. AC is advantages than DC. Explain.
33. Light travels from air into a glass slab of thickness 50 cm and refractive index 1.5. What is
the speed of light in the glass slab and What is the time taken by the light to travel through the
glass slab? (Exam- 6.6) - COMPULSORY

MAY 2022
25. Derive the relation between f and R for a spherical mirror.
26. Obtain a relation between current and drift velocity.
27. List out the laws of photoelectric effect.
28. Draw the circuit diagram of NPN transistor in common emitter configuration.
29. Give the uses of Polaroid’s.
30. Derive the expression for resultant capacitance, when capacitors are connected in series and in parallel.
31. Find the (i) angular momentum (ii) velocity of the electron revolving in the 5𝑡ℎ orbit of hydrogen atom.
(ℎ = 6.6 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠, 𝑚 = 9.1 × 10−31 𝑘𝑔) (Exam- 9.2)
32. List out the salient features of magnetic Lorentz force.
33. Find the impedance of a series RLC circuit if the inductive reactance, capacitive reactance and resistance
are 184 Ω, 144 Ω and 30 Ω respectively. Also calculate the phase angle between voltage and current. (Exam-
4.22) - COMPULSORY

AUGUST 2021
25. State Kirchhoff’s current rule and voltage rule.
26. What are critical angle and total internal reflection?
27. List out the characteristics of photons.
28. Obtain the expression for energy stored in the parallel plate capacitor.
29. Mention the differences between interference and diffraction.

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30. The repulsive force between two magnetic poles in air is 9 × 10−3 𝑁. If the two poles are equal in strength
and are separated by a distance of 10 𝑐𝑚, calculate the pole strength of each pole. (Exam- 3.5)
31. Draw the circuit diagram of a full wave rectifier and draw its input and output waveforms.
32. Mention the various energy losses in a transformer.
33. 238𝑈92 nucleus emits 2α particles, 3β particles and 2γ particles. What is the resulting atomic number and
mass number? - COMPULSORY

SEPTEMBER 2020
25. Half-lives of two radioactive elements A and B are 20 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. Initially, the
samples have equal number of nuclei. Calculate the ratio of decayed numbers of A and B nuclei after 80
minutes. (Ex-6, CH-9)
26. State Kirchhoff’s current rule and voltage laws.
27. A 500 𝜇𝐻 inductor, 80𝑝𝐹 capacitor and a 628 𝛺 resistor are connected to form a series RLC circuit.
Calculate the resonant frequency and Q-factor of this circuit at resonance. (Exam- 4.23)
28. Obtain Gauss's law of electrostatics from Coulomb’s law.
29. Fibre optic communication is gaining popularity among the various transmission media -justify.
30. What are the characteristics of photons?
31. What is the output (Y) Boolean expression for the following circuit with inputs A, B and C.

32. What is total internal reflection? Give the condition for the total internal reflection takes place. -
COMPULSORY

MARCH 2020
25. Explain the conversion of galvanometer into voltmeter.
26. The resistance of a nichrome wire at 200𝐶 is 10 𝛺. If its temperature coefficient of resistivity of nichrome
is 0.004/0 𝐶, find the resistance of the wire at boiling point of water. Comment on the result. (Ex-4, CH-2)
27. What are the important inferences from the average binding energy curve?
28. In the circuit shown in the figure, the input voltage 𝑉𝑖 is 20 𝑉, 𝑉𝐵𝐸 = 0 𝑉 and 𝑉𝐶𝐸 = 0 𝑉. What are the
values of 𝐼𝐵, 𝐼𝐶, β? (Exam- 10.6)

29. Derive the expression for equivalent capacitance, when capacitors are connected in parallel.
30. What are the advantages and disadvantages of AC over DC?
31. Two light sources of equal amplitudes interfere with each other. Calculate the ratio of maximum and
minimum intensities. (Exam- 7.3)
32. Derive an expression for de-Broglie wavelength of electrons.
33. Modulation helps to reduce the antenna size in wireless communication – Explain. – COMPULSORY

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