Class: XII SESSION: 2022-2023

SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER (THEORY) - 1

SUBJECT: PHYSICS
Maximum Marks: 70 Time Allowed: 3 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, Section C, Section D and Section E. All the
sections are compulsory.
(3) Section A contains eighteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains seven questions of two marks
each, Section C contains five questions of three marks each, section D contains three long questions of five
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.

SECTION A
Q No. MARKS
1 Two large vertical and parallel metal plates having a separation of 1 cm are connected 1
to a dc voltage source of potential difference X. A proton is released at rest midway
between the two plates. It is found to move at 450 to the vertical just after release.
Then X is nearly
(a) 1x10-5 V
(b) 1x 10-7V
(c) 1×10-9 V
(d) 1x 10-10 V

2 The electric flux for Gaussian surface A that encloses the charged particles in free 1
space is
(Given q1=-14nC, q2=78.85 n C, q3=-56nC)

( a) 103 Nm²C-1
(b) 103 CN-1m-2
(c) 6.32 x 103 Nm² C-1
(d) 6.32 x 103 CN-1m-2

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3 Two capacitors of capacitances C1 and C2 are connected in parallel. If a charge q is 1
given to the assembly, the charge gets shared. The ratio of the charge on the capacitor
C1, to the charge that on C2, is
(a)C1/ C2
(b)C2/C1
(c) C1C2
(d) 1/C1C2

4 The length of a given cylindrical wire is increased by 100%. Due to the consequent 1
decrease in diameter, the change in the resistance of the wire will be
(a) 200%
(b) 100%
(c) 50%
(d) 300%

5 An electric current is passed through a circuit containing two wires of the same 1
material, connected in parallel. If the lengths and radii of the wires are in the ratio of
4/3 and 2/3, then the ratio of the currents passing through the wire will be
(a)3
(b)1/3
(c)8/9
(d)2
6 The magnetic field at a distance r from a long wire carrying current I is 0.4 tesla. The 1
magnetic field at a distance
(a) 0.1 tesla
(b)0.2 tesla
(c) 0.8 tesla
(d) 1.6 tesla

7 Two circular coils 1 and 2 are made from the same wire but the radius of the first coil 1
is twice that of the second coil. What ratio of the potential difference (in volt) should
be applied across them, so that the magnetic field at their centres is the same?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 6

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8 The variation of magnetic susceptibility with the temperature of a 1
ferromagnetic material can be plotted as
(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

9 A coil having n turns and resistance R Ω is connected with a galvanometer of 1

resistance 4R Ω. This combination is moved in time t seconds from a magnetic flux
ɸ1 weber to, ɸ2 weber. The induced current in the circuit is
(a) (ɸ1-ɸ2)/5 R n t
(b) -n(ɸ1-ɸ2)/5Rt
(c) -( ɸ1-ɸ2)/R n \]t
(d) -n(ɸ1-ɸ2)/Rt
10 In an LCR circuit, capacitance is changed from C to 2C. For the resonant frequency to
remain unchanged, the inductance should be changed from L to
(a)4L 1
(b)2L
(c)L/2
(d)L/4
11 An electromagnetic wave of frequency 3 MHz passes from vacuum into a dielectric 1
medium with permittivity ε= 4. Then,
(a) wavelength and frequency both remain unchanged.
(b) wavelength is doubled and the frequency remains unchanged.
(c) wavelength is doubled and the frequency becomes half.
(d) wavelength is halved and the frequency remains unchanged.

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12 If wavelength of light in air is 2400 x 10-10 m, then what will the wavelength of light 1
in glass (µ = 1.5)?
(a) 1600 Å
(b) 7200 Å
(c) 1080 Å
(d) none of these

13 The threshold frequency for photoelectric effect on sodium corresponds to a 1

wavelength of 5000 Å. Its work function is
(a) 4× 10-19 J
(b)1 J
(c) 2 × 10-19 J
(d) 3 x 10-19 J

14 The electron in a hydrogen atom makes a transition from an excited state to the 1
ground state. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Its kinetic energy increases and its potential and total energies decrease.
(b) Its kinetic energy decreases, potential energy increases and its total energy
remains the same
(c) Its kinetic and total energies decrease and its potential energy increases
(d) Its kinetic, potential and total energies decrease

15 If the binding energy per nucleon in 3Li7 and 2He4 nuclei are 5.60 MeV and 7.06 1
MeV respectively, then in reaction
1H + 3Li → 2 2He energy of proton must be
1 7 4

(a) 28.24 MeV

(b) 17.28 MeV
(c)1.46 MeV
(d) 39.2 MeV

16 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason 1
(R). Select 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 not possible to have interference between the waves produced by two
violins.
Reason: For interference of two waves the phase difference between the waves must
remain constant.
17 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason 1
(R). Select 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 1
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false and R is also false

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 Assertion: The resistivity of a semiconductor increases with temperature.
Reason: The atoms of a semiconductor vibrate with larger amplitudes at higher
temperatures thereby increasing its resistivity.

18 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason 1
(R). Select 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 1
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false and R is also false

Assertion: In photoelectron emission, the velocity of electron ejected from near the
surface is larger than that coming from interior of metal.

Reason: The velocity of ejected electron will be zero

SECTION B

19 Name the constituent radiation of electromagnetic spectrum which i 2

a. used to study crystal structure
b. suitable for radar systems used in aircraft navigation.
Write one another application of each of these radiations.

20 Two similar bars, made from two different materials P and Q, are placed one by 2
one, in a non-uniform magnetic field. It is observed that
a) bar P tends to move from the weak to the strong field region.
b) bar Q tends to move from the strong to the weak field region. Identify the
magnetic material used for making these two bars. Show with the help of
diagrams, the behaviour of the field lines, due to an external magnetic field, near
each of these two bars.
21 Find the ratio between the wavelengths of the ‘most energetic’ spectral lines in the 2
Balmer and Paschen series of the hydrogen spectrum.
OR
The Bohr radius of Hydrogen atom is 5.3 x 10-11m. Find its radius in the first
excited state. Also calculate the total energy in this state.

22 Use the mirror equation to show that an object placed between F and 2F of a 2
concave mirror produces a real image beyond 2F.
23 Two material bars A and B of equal area of cross-section are connected in series to 2
a dc supply. A is made of usual resistance wire and B of an n-type semiconductor.
In which bar is the drift speed of free electrons greater? Why?
OR
Draw the energy band diagram of an n-type semiconductor. How does the energy
gap of an intrinsic semiconductor vary with increase in temperature?

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24 Determine the angular separation between central maximum and first order 2
maximum of the diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width 0.25mm when light
of wavelength 5890A0 is incident on it normally.
25 A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance ‘C’ is charged to a potential ‘V’. It is then 2
connected to another uncharged capacitor having the same capacitance. Find out the
ratio of the energy stored in the combined system to that stored initially in the single
capacitor.

SECTION C

26 State Ampere’s circuital law. Use this law to obtain the expression for magnetic 3
field at a normal distance ‘r’ from an infinitely long current carrying straight wire.
How will the magnetic field intensity at the centre of a current carrying circular
coil change, if the current through the coil is doubled and the radius of the coil is
halved?

27 An inductor L of reactance XL is connected in series with a bulb B and an AC 3

source. How would the brightness of the bulb change when
a) The number of turns in the inductor is reduced
b) An iron rod is inserted in the inductor and
c)A capacitor of reactance Xc = XL is inserted in series in the circuit. Justify your
answer in each case.
OR
A capacitor of unknown capacitance, a resistor of 100Ω and an inductor of self-
inductance L= 4/π2 henry are connected in series to an ac source of 200V and 50Hz.
Calculate the value of the capacitance and impedance of the circuit when the current
is in phase with the voltage.

28 a) State Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction. 3

b) A metallic rod of 1m length is rotated with a frequency of 50 rev/s, with one end
hinged at the centre and the other end at the circumference of a circular metallic ring
of radius1m, about an axis passing through the centre and perpendicular to the plane
of the ring. A constant uniform magnetic field of 1T parallel to the axis is present
everywhere. What is the emf between the centre and the metallic ring?

29 Draw a graph between the frequency of incident radiation (ϒ) and the maximum 3
kinetic energy of the electrons emitted from the surface of a photo sensitive
material. State clearly how this graph can be used to find a) Planck’s constant and
b) work function of the material.
OR
The work function of Caesium metal is 2.14eV. When light of frequency 6x
1014Hz is incident on the metal surface, photoemission of electrons occurs. What is
a) maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electron
b) stopping potential and
c)maximum speed of the emitted photoelectrons
30 Draw a schematic arrangement of Geiger- Marsden experiment. Calculate the 3
distance of closest approach when a 7.7MeV α-particle approaches a gold nucleus
(Z = 79)

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SECTION D

31 a) Derive an expression for the electric field ‘E’ due to a dipole of length ‘2a’ at a point, 5
distant ‘r’, from the centre of the dipole, on the axial line.
b) Draw a graph of E varies ‘r’ for r>>a.
c) Four equal point charges each 16µC are placed on the four corners of a square of side
0.2m. Calculate the force on any one of the charges
OR
a) Using Gauss’ law, deduce the expression for the electric field due to a uniformly
charged spherical conducting shell of radius ‘R’ at a point i) outside and ii) inside the
shell.
b) Two charges of magnitude -2Q and +Q are located at point (a,o) and (4a, o)
respectively. Find the electric flux due to these charges through a sphere of radius 3a with
its centre at the origin.
32 a) Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation by a combination of two thin convex 5
lenses in contact.
b) Obtain the expression for power of the combination in terms of focal length of the
lenses.
c)You are given the following three lenses. Which two lenses will you use as an eye piece
and as an objective to construct an astronomical telescope? Give reason.

Lenses Power (D) Aperture (cm)

L1 3 8
L2 6 1
L3 10 1

OR
a) Define a wave front.
b) Use Huygen’s geometrical construction to show the propagation of plane wavefront
from a rarer medium to a denser medium.
Hence derive Snell’s law of refraction.
c)What is the effect on the interference fringes in Young’s double slit experiment, if the
separation between the two slits is decreased? Justify your answer.

33 Define relaxation time of free electrons drifting in a conductor. How is it related to the 5
drift velocity of free electrons? Use this relation to deduce the expression for electrical
resistivity of the material.
What is the effect of temperature on the relaxation time of electrons in a metal?
OR
a) State the two Kirchhoff’s rules
b) Obtain the balancing condition in a Wheatstone bridge
c)Using Kirchohoff’s rules, calculate the values of I1, I2 and I3

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SECTION E

34 Case Study: Read the following paragraph and answer the questions. 4
Two sources of light which continuously emit light waves of same frequency (or
wavelength) with a zero or constant phase difference between them, are called coherent
sources. Two independent sources of light cannot act as coherent sources, they have to
be derived from the same parent source.In Young's double slit experiment, two identical
narrow slits S1 and S2 are placed symmetrically with respect to narrow slit S
illuminated with monochromatic light. The interference pattern is obtained on an
observation screen placed at large distance D from S1 and S2.
a) Mention any 2 conditions for sustained interference.
b) In the Young's double slit experiment using a monochromatic light of wavelength λ,
what is the path difference (in terms of an integer n) corresponding to any point having
half the peak intensity?
c)Calculate the ratio of the fringe width for bright and dark fringes in YDS experiment.
OR
c)In Young's double slit experiment, while using a source of light of wavelength 4500
Å, the fringe width obtained is 0.4 cm. If the distance between the slits and the screen is
reduced to half, calculate the new fringe width.
Case Study: Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.
A p-n junction is a single crystal of Ge or Si doped in such a manner that one half
35 portion of it acts as p-type semiconductor and other half functions as n-type 4
semiconductor. As soon as junction is formed, the holes from the p-region diffuse into
the n-region and electrons from -region diffuse into p-region. This results in the
development of potential barrier VB across the junction which opposes the further
diffusion of electrons and holes through the junction. The small region in the vicinity of
the junction which is depleted of free charge carriers and has only immobile ions is
called the depletion region.
a) Why is germanium preferred over silicon for making semiconductor devices?
b) Which type of biasing results in a very high resistance of a p n junction diode. Draw
a diagram showing this bias.
c)How does the width of the depletion region of a pn junction vary, if the reverse bias
applied to it decreases.
OR
(c)Name the 2 important processes involved in the formation of a p n junction.

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 SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 2 (2022-23)
CLASS XII – PHYSICS (THEORY)
Maximum Marks: 70 Marks Time Allowed: 3 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, Section C, Section D and
Section E. All the sections are compulsory.
(3) Section A contains eighteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains seven questions
of two marks each, Section C contains five questions of three marks each, section D
contains three long questions of five 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.

Section A

Q.No Marks
1 If an object contains n1 protons and n2 electrons the net charge on the object is 1
i)(n1 + n2)e ii) (n1- n2)e iii)(n2-n1)e iv) Zero

2 When the separation between two identical charges is increased the electric potential 1
energy of the charges
i) increases ii) decreases
iii) remains same iv) may increase or may decrease
3 The current - voltage graph for a given metallic wire at two different temperatures T1 and 1
T2 as shown in figure, then

i) Temperature T2 is greater than T1

ii) Temperature T1 is greater than T2
iii) Both T1 and T2 are equal
iv) Resistance of metallic wire is independent of temperature

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4 An electron travelling west to east enters a chamber having a uniform magnetic field in 1
north to south, then the direction of deflection is
i) Upwards ii) Downwards iii) North iv)South

5 Two rings, each having equal radius R, are placed mutually perpendicular to each other 1
and each have common centre at the origin of coordinate system . If the current i is
flowing through each ring then the magnitude of the magnetic field at the common centre
is
𝜇0 𝑖 𝜇0 𝑖 𝜇0 𝑖 𝜇0 𝑖
i) ii) iii) d)
√2𝑅 2𝑅 𝑅 4𝑅

6 Needles N1,N2 and N3 are made of a ferromagnetic , paramagnetic and diamagnetic 1

substance respectively . A magnet is brought close to them will
i)Attract N1 and N2 strongly but repel N3
ii)Attract N1 strongly , but repel N2 and N3 weakly
iii)Attract N1 strongly, N2 weakly and repel N3 weakly
iv)Attract all these of them.
7 An iron cored coil is connected in series with an electric bulb with an AC source as shown 1
in figure. When iron piece is introduced into the coil, the brightness of the bulb will

i) increase ii) decrease

iii) remains unaffected iv) fluctuate
8 Which of the following rays has minimum frequency? 1
i) U V rays ii) X-rays iii) Microwaves iv) Infrared rays
9 A Current carrying wire is placed below a coil in its plane, with current flowing as shown. 1
If the current increases.

i)No current will be induced in the coil.

ii) An anti clock wise current will be induced in the coil.
iii) A clockwise current will be induced in the coil.
iv) The current induced in the coil will be first anti clockwise and then clockwise.
10 The ratio of maximum to minimum intensity in the interference pattern is 25:1 . Then the 1
ratio of amplitudes of the interfering beam is
i) 3:2 ii)5:1 iii)2:3 iv)5:3
11 A metal of work function 4eV is exposed to a radiation of wavelength 1400Å then the 1
maximum energy of photoelectrons

i) 2.43eV ii) 4.86eV iii) 5.24eV iv) 6.24eV

12 The energy of electron in the ground state of Hydrogen atom is -13.6eV. The kinetic 1
energy of the electron is the 4th orbit is
i)3.4eV ii)0.85eV iii) 1.7eV iv) 0.425eV

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13 Which of the following is not correct about nuclear forces. 1
i) They are short range attractive forces
ii) They are independent of charge
iii) They change to repulsive at very close distance
iv) They obey inverse square law
14 In an LCR series circuit , the voltage across R,L and C at resonance are 40V,50V and 50V 1
respectively. The applied voltage is
i) 50V ii) 40V iii) 140V iv) 90V
15 A slab of copper of thickness y is inserted in between the plates of parallel plate capacitor. 1
The separation between the plates is d. If y =d/4 , then the ratio of capacitance of the
capacitor after and before inserting the slab is
i) 4:3 ii) 1:2 iii) 1:1 iv) 3:2

16 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). 1
Select 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: When a diode is forward biased it acts like a conductor.

Reason: Width of depletion layer increases in forward bias.
17 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). 1
Select 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: In Young’s double slit experiment interference pattern disappears when one of
the slits is closed.
Reason: Interference occurs due to superposition of light waves from two coherent
sources.

18 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). 1
Select 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: Maximum photoelectric current in a photocell depends upon intensity of

incident light if the frequency of incident light is above threshold frequency.
Reason: Greater the frequency of incident light, greater will be the maximum velocity of
emitted electrons

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Section B

19 Name the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum which is 2

(i) suitable for radar systems used in aircraft navigation.
(ii) used to kill germs in water purifier.
20 (a) The susceptibility of a magnetic materials is – 4.2×10–6. Name the type of 2
magnetic materials it represents.
(b) State any two properties of the above type of materials.
21 A difference of 2.3 eV separates two energy levels in an atom. What is the frequency 2
of radiation emitted when the atom makes transition from the upper level to the lower
level?
OR
Two nuclei have mass numbers in the ratio 1 : 8. What is the ratio of their nuclear
radii?
22 A ray of light passes through an equilateral glass prism such that the angle of 2
incidence is equal to angle of emergence and each of these angles is equal to
3
of angle of prism. What is the value of angle of deviation?
4
23 Write two characteristic features to distinguish between n-type and p-type
semiconductors.
OR
Draw energy band diagrams of an n-type and p-type semiconductor at temperature
T > 0 K.
24 How does the fringe width of interference fringes change, when the whole apparatus 2
of Young’s experiment is kept in water (refractive index 4/3) ?
25 Two concentric metallic spherical shells of radii R and 2R are given charges Q1 and 2
Q2 respectively. The surface charge densities on the outer surfaces of the shells are
equal. Determine the ratio Q1 : Q2.

Section C

26 Deduce an expression for magnetic dipole moment of an electron revolving around a 3

nucleus in a circular orbit. Indicate the direction of magnetic dipole moment. Use the
expression to derive the relation between the magnetic moment of an electron moving
in a circle and its related angular momentum.

27 A long solenoid with 15 turns per cm has a small loop of area 2.0 cm2 placed inside 3
normal to the axis of the solenoid. The current carried by the solenoid changes
steadily from 2A to 4A in 0.1s, what is the induced emf in the loop while the current
is changing?
28 A series LCR circuit with R=20 Ω, L =1.5 H and C = 35 µF is connected to a variable 3
frequency 200V ac supply. When the frequency of the supply equals the natural
frequency of the circuit, what is the average power transferred to the circuit in one
complete cycle?
OR
Obtain the resonant frequency of a series LCR circuit with L = 2.0 H, C=32 µF and R
= 10 Ω. What is the quality factor (Q) of this circuit?

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29 (a) If the potential difference used to accelerate electrons is doubled, by what 3
factor does the de-Broglie wavelength associated with the electrons change?
(b) Show on a graph the variation of the de Broglie wavelength (λ) associated
with an electron, with the square root of accelerating potential (V).
(c) An electron and a proton have the same kinetic energy. Which one of the
two has the larger de Broglie wavelength and why?
OR
(a) Draw a graph showing variation of photocurrent with anode potential for a
particular intensity of incident radiation. Mark saturation current and
stopping potential.
(b) How much would stopping potential for a given photosensitive surface go
up if the frequency of the incident radiations were to be increased from
4×1015 Hz to 8 × 1015 Hz?

30 A photon emitted during the de-excitation of electron from a state n to the first excited 3
state in a hydrogen atom, irradiates a metallic cathode of work function 2 eV, in a
photo cell, with a stopping potential of 0.55 V. Obtain the value of the quantum
number of the state n.

Section D

31 (a) A point charge of 2.0 nC is at the centre of a cubic gaussian surface 9.0 cm 5
on edge. What is the net electric flux through the surface?
(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 17.0 × 10–22 C/m2 . Calculate the electric field strength E:
(i) in the outer region of the first plate
(ii) in the outer region of the second plate
(iii) between the plates
OR
(a) A regular hexagon of side 10 cm has a charge 5 μC at each of its vertices.
Calculate the potential at the centre of the hexagon.
(b) Derive an expression for the electric potential at an axial point due to an
electric dipole of dipole length 2a.
(c) What is the electric potential at any point on the equatorial line of an electric
dipole?

32 (a) Plot a graph showing the variation of resistance of a conducting wire as a 5

function of its radius, keeping the length of the wire and its temperature as
constant.
(b) Prove that the current density of a metallic conductor is directly proportional
to the drift speed of electrons.
(c) The number density of free electrons in a copper conductor is 8.5×1028m3 .
How long does an electron take to drift from one end of a wire 3 m long, to its
another end? The area of cross section of the wire is 2.0 ×10–6 m2 and it is
carrying a current of 3.0 A.
OR

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 (a) Use Kirchhoff ’s laws to determine the value of current I1 in the given
electrical circuit.

(b) Draw a circuit diagram showing balancing of Wheatstone bridge. Use

Kirchhoff ’s laws to obtain the balance condition in terms of the resistances of
four arms of Wheatstone Bridge.

33 (a) The focal length of an equiconvex lens is equal to the radius of curvature of 5
either face. What is the value of refractive index of the material of the lens?
(b) Draw the diagrams to show the behaviour of plane wavefronts as they
(i) pass through a thin prism
(ii) pass through a thin convex lens
(iii) reflect by a concave mirror.
OR
(a) Draw the intensity distribution for
(i) the fringes produced in interference
(ii) the diffraction bands produced due to single slit.
(b) Draw a ray diagram for formation of image of a point object by a thin double
convex lens having radii of curvature R1 and R2. Hence, derive lens maker’s
formula for a double convex lens.

Section E

34 Case Study: 4
Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.
When light moves from one medium to another, part of the light gets refracted and the
remaining part of it will get reflected back into the same medium. Under certain
conditions, the whole of the light can be made to be reflected back into the same
medium. This phenomenon is called total internal reflection.

(i) Define critical angle for a pair of media.

(ii) Write the relation between the refractive index and critical angle for a given
pair of optical media.
(iii) What are the two essential conditions required for total internal reflection
to take place?
OR
(iii) Write any two advantages of totally reflecting prisms over plane mirrors.

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35 Case Study: 4
Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.
A P-N junction is an interface or a boundary between two semiconductor material
types, namely the p-type and the n-type, inside a semiconductor. In a semiconductor,
the P-N junction is created by the method of doping. p–n junctions are elementary
"building blocks" of semiconductor electronic devices such as diodes, transistors,
solar cells, LEDs, and integrated circuits; they are the active sites where the electronic
action of the device takes place.

(i) For the same order of doping, why does n-type semiconductor exhibit larger
conductivity than p-type semiconductor?
(ii) Give one application of P-N junction diodes.
(iii) Why does a potential barrier set up across the P-N junction?
OR
(iii) What are the two types of biasing in P-N junction diode? Draw the
respective diagrams.

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 Class: XII
SESSION: 2022-2023
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 3 (THEORY)
SUBJECT: PHYSIS

Maximum Marks: 70 Marks Time Allowed: 3 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, Section C, Section D and Section
E. All the sections are compulsory
3. Section A contains eighteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains seven questions of two
marks each, Section C contains five questions of three marks each, section D contains three
long question of five 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

SECTION A

Q Question Marks
No.
1. Figure shows electric field lines in which an electric dipole P is placed as shown. Which
of the following statements is correct?

a. The dipole will not experience any force.

b. The dipole will experience a force towards right.
c. The dipole will experience a force towards left
d. The dipole will experience a force upwards.
2. Two equal and opposite charges (+q and -q) are situated at a distance x from each other.
The value of potential at very far point will depend upon
a. Only on q
1
b. Only on x
c. On q.x
𝑞
d. On
𝑥

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3. The temperature coefficient of resistance of an alloy used for making resistors is
a. Small and positive
b. Small and negative 1
c. Large and positive
d. Large and negative
4. A current l flows through a long straight conductor which is bent into a circular loop of
radius R in the middle as shown in the figure

The magnitude of the net magnetic field at point 0 will be

a. Zero
𝜇0𝐼
b. (1+𝜋)
2𝑅
𝜇˳𝐼
c.
4𝜋𝑅
𝜇˳𝐼 1
d. (1- )
2𝑅 𝜋

5. Two long conductors, separated by a distance d carry currents l1 and l2 in the same
direction. They exert a force F on each other. Now, the current in one of them is
increased to two times and its direction is reversed. The distance is also increase to 3d.
The new value of the force between them is
𝐹
a. - 1
3
𝐹
b.
3
2𝐹
c.
3
−2𝐹
d.
3
In a compound microscope, the intermediate image is
a. Virtual, erect and magnified
6. b. Real, erect and magnified 1
c. Real, inverted and magnified
d. Virtual erect and reduced
7. An indictor ‘L’ of reactance XL, is connected in series with a bulb ‘B’ to an a.c.

When the number of turns of the inductor is reduced, the brightness of the bulb will
a. decrease
b. increase
c. remain unaffected
d. fluctuate

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8. The magnetic field in a travelling electro-magnetic wave has a peak value of 20 nT. The
peak value of electric field strength is
a. 3 V/m
1
b. 6 V/m
c. 9 V/m
d. 12 V/m

9. A square loop of wire, side length 10 cm is placed at angel of 45° with a magnetic field
that changes uniformly form 0.1 T to zero in 0.7s. The induced current in the loop (its
resistance is 1Ω is
a. 1.0 mA 1
b. 2.5 mA
c. 3.5 mA
d. 4.0 mA

10. In an AC circuit the emf (e) and the current (i) at any instant are given respectively by,
e= Eo sin ωt and i = lo sin (ωt -ɸ) The average power in the circuit over one cycle of AC
is
𝐸ₒ𝑙ₒ
a. 1
2
𝐸ₒ𝑙ₒ
b. sin ɸ
2
𝐸ₒ𝑙ₒ
c. cos ɸ
2
d. Eₒlₒ

11. A parallel plate capacitor with oil between the plates (dielectric constant of oil, K=2) has
a capacitance C. If the oil is removed, then capacitance of the capacitor becomes
a. 4C
1
b. 2C
c. C/2
d. Zero

12. Which of the following statements is not correct?

a. Photographic plates are sensitive to infrared rays
b. Infra-red rays are invisible but can cast shadows like visible light 1
c. Photographic plates are sensitive to ultraviolet rays
d. Infrared photons have more energy than photons of visible light.

13. If the electron in the hydrogen atom jumps from third orbit to second orbit to second
orbit, the wavelength of the emitted radiation in terms of Rydberg constant is
6
a.
5𝑅
36 1
b.
5𝑅
64
c.
7𝑅
d. None of the above

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14. Mp denotes the mass of a proton and Mn that of a neutron. A given nucleus of binding
energy B, contains Z protons and N neutrons. The mass M(N, Z) of the nucleus is by
(where c is the velocity of light)
a. M (N, Z) = NMn + ZMp – Bc2 1
b. M (N, Z) = NMn + ZMp + Bc2
c. M (N, Z) = NMn + ZMp – B/c2
d. M (N, Z) = NMn + ZMp + B/c2
15. The wave front of distant source of unknown shape is approximately
a. Spherical
b. Cylindrical 1
c. Elliptical
d. Plane
16. Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the 1 other labelled Reason
(R). Select 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
1
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false and R is also false
Assertion: Photoelectric effect demonstrates the wave nature of light.
Reason: The number of photoelectrons is proportional to the frequency of light.
17. Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the 1 other labelled Reason
(R). Select 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 1
d) A is false and R is also false
Assertion: The resistivity of a semiconductor increases with temperature
Reason: The atoms of a semiconductor vibrate with larger amplitudes at higher
temperature thereby increasing its resistivity.
18. Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the 1 other labelled Reason
(R). Select 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
1
d) A is false and R is also false
Assertion: it is not possible to have interference between the waves produced by two
violins
Reason: For interference of two waves the phase difference between the waves must
remain constant.

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SECTION B
Name the Constituent radiation of electromagnetic spectrum which
a. Is used in satellite communication
19 b. Is used for studying crystal structure
c. Is similar to the radiations emitted during decay of radioactive nuclei 2
d. Has a wavelength range between 390 nm and 770 n.
Draw magnetic field lines when a (i) diamagnetic (ii) paramagnetic substance is placed
in an external magnetic field.

20 OR 2

The susceptibility of a magnetic material is -2.6 x10-5. Identify the type of magnetic
material and state its two properties.
What changes in the focal length of a (i) concave mirror and (ii) convex lens occur,
21 when the incident violet light on them is replaced with red light? 2

The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV. What are the kinetic and
22 2
potential energies of the electron in his state?
In the following diagrams, indicate which of the diodes are forward biased and which
are reverse biased.

23

OR

A p-n photodiode is fabricated from a semiconductor with a band gap of 2.8 eV. Can it
detect a wavelength of 6000 nm?
In Young’s experiment, the width of the fringes obtained with light of wavelength 6000
24 Å is 2.0 mm. Calculate the fringe width if the entire apparatus is immersed in a liquid 2
medium of refractive index 1.33.
A uniformly charged conducting sphere of diameter 2.5 m has a surface charge density
100 µC/m2 calculate
25 2
1. Charge on the sphere and
2. Total electric flux passing through the sphere

SECTION C
26
Draw labeled diagram of a moving coil galvanometer and explain its working. What is 3
the function of radial magnetic field inside the coil?

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27 A 0.5m long metal rod PQ completes the circuit as shown in fig: The area of the circuit is 3
perpendicular to the magnetic field of flux density 0. 15T.If the resistance of the total
circuit is 3ᾩ, calculate the force needed to move the rod in the direction as indicated
with a constant sped of 2ms-1.

28 An a.c. source generating a voltage ε = ε0 sin ωt is applied to a series LCR circuit. Derive 3
the expression for the average power dissipated over a cycle. Under what condition is
(i ) no power dissipated even though the current flows through the circuit
(ii)maximum power dissipated in the circuit .
OR
An ac voltage V = V0 sin ωt is applied across a series LCR circuit. Obtain an expression
for the impedance of the circuit. Obtain an expression for the resonant frequency.
29 The graphs show the variation of the stopping potential V0 with the frequency (υ) of the 3
incident radiation for two different photosensitive materials M1and M2..(i) What are the
values of work functions for M1 and M2..(ii) The values of stopping potential for M1and
M2 for a frequency of incident radiations are V1 and V2 respectively. Show that the
𝑉1−𝑉2
slope of the lines =
𝜐01−𝜐02

OR
(a)Find the ratio of De-Broglie wavelength associated with (i) protons through the
potential difference of 128V (ii) alpha particles accelerated through a potential difference
of 64V
(b) What is the rest mass of a photon?
30 The energy levels of an atom are as shown in figure. (a) Which one of these transitions 3
will result in the emission of photon of wave length 275nm? (b) Which transition
corresponds to emission of radiation of maximum wave length?

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 SECTION D
31 a) What work must be done in carrying an alpha particle across a 5

potential difference of 1volit?

(b) A uniform field E exists between two charged plates as shown in fig. What would be
the work done in moving a charge q along the closed rectangular path ABCDA?

(c) A parallel plate capacitor is charged to a potential difference V by a d.c source. The
battery remains connected and a dielectric slab of thickness d and dielectric constant K is
introduced between the plates of the capacitor. How the following will change: (i)
Electric field between the plates (ii) capacitance and(iii) charge on the plates of the
capacitor
OR
(a) S1 and S2 are two parallel concentric spheres enclosing charges Q and 2Q as shown
in fig.

(i) What is the ratio of the electric flux through S1 and S2?

(ii) How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change, if a medium of dielectric
constant 5 is introduced in the space inside S1 in place of air?

(b) Obtain the expression for the electric field intensity due to a uniformly charged
infinite plane sheet

32 (a) Define drift speed? 5

(b) The electron drift speed is estimated to be very low. How there is current established
almost instant a circuit is closed?

(c) Four identical cells each of emf 2V are joined in parallel providing supply of
current to external circuit consisting of two 15-ohm resistors joined in parallel. The
terminal voltage of the cells as read by an ideal voltmeter is 1.6v. Calculate the
internal resistance id each cell

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 OR
(a)Draw the circuit diagram showing a Wheatstone’s bridge
Use Kirchhoff’s laws to obtain the balanced condition in
terms of the values of the four resistors
(c) In the network shown P=2Ω, Q=2Ω, R=3Ω, S=7Ω C=3µF and E=6V.
(i) Find the charge and energy stored in the capacitor.
(ii) For what value of Q, the charge on the capacitor will be zero?

33 (a)What is the effect on the interference fringes in a Youngs doble slit experiment due 5
to each of the following conditions? (i) screen is moved away from the plane of the slits
(ii) The monochromatic source is replaced by another monochromatic source of shorter
wavelength
(b)A ray of light is incident normally on one of the faces of a prism of apex angle 30°
and refractive index √2. Find the angle of deviation for the ray of light.

OR
1. In a single slit diffraction pattern, how is the width of the central bright maximum
changed when,
a) the slit width is decreased?
b) the distance between the slit and the screen is increased

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 2. AB and CD are two slabs. The medium between the slabs has refractive index 2. Find
the minimum angle of incidence at Q, so that the ray is totally reflected by both the slabs
a)

SECTION E
34 Case Study:1 4

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.

If light travels from an optically denser medium to a rarer medium, then at the interface,
the light is reflected back into the denser medium and partly refracted to the rarer
medium. This reflection is called internal reflection. As the angle of incidence i
increases, the angle of refraction r also increases. At a certain value of I, the angle of
refraction becomes 90°.This angle of incidence is known as critical angle. If the angle of
incidence exceeds critical angle, the incident ray is totally reflected to the denser
medium. This phenomenon is called total internal reflection. Brilliance of diamond,
totally reflecting prisms and mirage are some of the applications of total internal
reflection.
(i) What are the conditions for producing total internal reflection?
(ii) What is the maximum possible angle of refraction?
(iii Light takes t1 sec to travel a distance x in vacuum and the same light takes t2 sec to

travel 10x cm in a medium. Critical angle for corresponding medium will be

−1  10t 2  −1  t2 
(a) sin   (b) sin  
 t1   10t 1 

−1  10t 1  −1  t1 
(c) sin   (d) sin  
 t2   10t 2 

OR
(iii) A fish looking through the water sees the outside world contained in a circular
horizon. If the refractive index of water is 4/3 and fish is 12 cm below the
surface, then the radius of the circle in cm is

(a) 12 × 3 × 5 (b) 4  5

(c) 12  3  7 (d) 12 3 / 7

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35 Case study: 2 4

Read the following paragraph and answer the questions

A P-N junction is the key to all semiconductor devices. When such a junction diode is
made, a depletion layer is formed consisting of immobile ions devoid of their electrons
or holes. This is responsible for a junction potential barrier. By changing the external
applied voltage, junction barrier can be changed. In forward bias, the barrier is
decreased while the barrier increases in reverse bias. Hence, forward bias current is
more while it is very small in reverse biased junction diode.

(i). How the reverse current is formed in a PN junction diode?

(ii) Name the two processes, by which PN junction is formed?

(iii) The diodes in the circuit have a forward resistance of 50 Ohm and infinite
backward resistance. Find the current through the 100ohm resistance?

OR
(iii) What will happen to the intrinsic semiconductor, when placed at absolute zero?

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 Class: XII
SESSION : 2022-2023
CBSE SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER-4 (THEORY)
SUBJECT: PHYSICS

Maximum Marks: 70 Marks Time Allowed: 3 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, Section C, Section D and
Section E. All the sections are compulsory.
(3) Section A contains eighteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains seven questions
of two marks each, Section C contains five questions of three marks each, section D
contains three long questions of five 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.

SECTION A

1. A solid spherical conductor has charge +Q and radius R. It is surrounded by a solid spherical shell
with charge -Q, inner radius 2R, and outer radius 3R. Which of the following statements is true?

(i)The electric potential has a maximum magnitude at C and the electric field
has a maximum magnitude at A
(ii) The electric potential has a maximum magnitude at D and the electric field
has a maximum magnitude at B.
(iii) The electric potential at A is zero and the electric field has a maximum
magnitude at D.
(iv). Both the electric potential and electric field achieve a maximum
magnitude at B.

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2, A series LCR circuit containing 5.0 H inductor, 80 μF capacitor and 40𝛺 resistor is connected to 230
V variable frequency ac source. The angular frequencies of the source at which power transferred to
the circuit is half the power at the resonant angular frequency are likely to be:
(1) 25 rad/s and 75 rad/s (2) 50 rad/s and 25 rad/s
(3) 46 rad/s and 54 rad/s (4) 42 rad/s and 58 rad/s

3. Drift velocity of the free electrons in a conducting wire carrying a current i is v. If in a wire of the
same metal, but of double the radius, the current be 2i then the drift velocity of the
electrons will be
(a) v/4 (b) v/2 (c) v (d) 4v

4. An electromagnetic wave of frequency = 3 MHz passes from vacuum into dielectric medium with
permittivity Er =4 then:
(a) Wavelength is doubled and the frequency remains unchanged
(b) Wavelength is doubled and the frequency become half
(c) Wavelength is halved and the frequency remains unchanged
(d) Wavelength and frequency both remain unchanged
5. Velocity of light in a liquid is 1.5 X 108 m and in air, it is 3 X 108 m/s. If a ray of light passes from
liquid into the air, the value of critical angle is
A) 450 B) 350 C)300 D) 250
6. The power factor of a series LCR circuit at resonance will be
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1/2 (d) 1/ √2

7. In the  particle scattering experiment, the shape of the trajectory of the −particles depend upon :−
(a) only on impact parameter
(b) only on the source of −particles.
(c) both impact parameter and source of −particles
(d) impact parameter and the screen material of the detector.

8. Which of the following statements is incorrect for the depletion region of a diode?
(a) There the mobile charges exist.
(b) Equal number of holes and electrons exist, making the region neutral.
(c) Recombination of holes and electrons has taken place.
(d) None of these
9. Find the ratio of maximum wavelength of minimum wavelength for the lines of Balmer series in hydrogen
spectrum.
A) 5/9 B) 9/5 C) 5/36 D) ¼

10. In figure given, assuming the diodes to be ideal.

(a) D1 is forward biased and D2 is reverse biased and hence current flows from A to B.
(b) D2 is forward biased and D1 is reverse biased and hence no current flows from B to A and vice
versa.
(c)D1 and D2 are both forward biased and hence current flows from A toB.
(d) D1 and D2 are both reverse biased and hence no current flows from A to B and vice versa.

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11. A charge q is accelerated through a potential difference V. It is then passed normally through a uniform
magnetic field, where it moves in a circle of radius r. The potential difference required to move it in a circle
of radius 2r is?
A) 1V B) 4V C) 3V D) 2V

12. A convex lens is made of a material having refractive index 1.2 Both the surfaces of the lens are
convex. If it is dipped into water (μ = 1.33), it will behave like
(a) a convergent lens (b) a divergent lens
(c) a rectangular slab (d) a prism.
13. A parallel plate capacitor is connected to a battery as shown in figure. Consider two situations
(i) key K is kept closed and plates of capacitors are moved apart using insulating handle
(ii) key k is opened and plates of capacitors are moved apart using insulating handle.
Which of the following statement is correct?

A) In (i) Q remains same but C changes

B) In (ii) V remain same but C changes
C) In (i) V remain same but Q changes
D) In (ii) both Q and V changes
14. A rectangular loop carrying a current i is situated near a long straight wire such that the
wire is parallel to the one of the sides of the loop and is in the plane of the loop. If a steady current I
is established in wire as shown in figure, the loop will

(a) Rotate about an axis parallel to the wire.

(b) Move away from the wire or towards right.
(c) Move towards the wire or towards Left.
(d) Remain stationary.
15. A square surface of side L meter in the plane of the paper is placed in a uniform electric field E(volt/m)
acting along the same plane at an angle with the horizontal side of the square as shown in figure. The electric
flux linked to the surface,in units of volt−m, is

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 A) EL2
B) ZERO
C) EL2COSθ
D) EL2SINθ

ASSERTION REASON
16. Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select
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 (A): Total induced emf in a loop is not confined to any particular point but it is distributed
around the loop in direct proportion to the resistances of its parts.
Reason (R): In general when there is no change in magnetic flux, no induced emf is produced.

17. Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select
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 (A): When a pure semiconductor is doped with a pentavalent impurity, the number of
conduction electrons is increased while the number of holes is decreased.
Reason (R): Some of the holes get recombined with the conduction electrons as the concentration of
the conduction electrons is increased

18. Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select
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 (A): The voltage sensitivity may not necessarily increase on increasing the current
sensitivity.
Reason (R): Current sensitivity increases on increasing the number of turns of the coil

SECTION B

19. A square loop of side 20 cm carrying current of 1A is kept near an infinite long straight wire
carrying a current of 2A in the same plane as shown in the figure.
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 Calculate the magnitude and direction of the net force exerted on the loop due to the current
carrying conductor.
20. A lamp is connected in series with a capacitor. Predict your observations for dc and ac connections.
What happens in each case if the capacitance of the capacitor is reduced?

21. Write down the expression for the displacement current. The charging current of a capacitor in a
circuit is 0.25 mA, find the displacement current n the circuit?

22. Define wave front of a travelling wave. Which type of wave front is there for a source at infinity?

OR

Find the intensity at a point on a screen in Young’s double slit experiment where the interfering
waves of equal intensity have a path difference of (i) /4, and (ii) 3.

23. Write two main observations of photoelectric effect experiment which could only be explained by
Einstein’s photoelectric equation.

24. A hydrogen atom is in its third excited state. How many spectral lines can be emitted by it before
coming to the ground state ? Show these transitions in the energy level diagram.

25. Define the' distance of closest approach. An a-particle of kinetic energy 'K' is bombarded on a thin
gold foil. The distance of the closest approach is 'r'. What will be the distance of closest approach for an a-
particle of double the kinetic energy ?

OR

Write two important limitations of Rutherford nuclear model of the atom.

SECTION C

26. Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of plates and same separation between
them. X has air between the plates while Y contains a dielectric medium of ɛr = 4.

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 (i) Calculate capacitance of each capacitor if equivalent capacitance of the combination is 4 μF.
(ii) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of X and Y.
(iii) Estimate the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y.

27. Derive the expression for the magnetic energy stored in a solenoid in terms of magnetic field B, area
A and length l of the solenoid carrying a steady current I. How does this magnetic energy per unit volume
compare with the electrostatic energy density stored in a parallel plate capacitor?

OR

Figure shows planar loops of different shapes moving out of or into a region of a magnetic field
which is directed normal to the plane of the loop away from the reader. Determine the direction of
induced current in each loop using Lenz’s law.

28. Define the term ‘critical angle’ for a pair of media. A point source of monochromatic light ‘S’ is kept
at the centre of the bottom of a cylinder of radius 15.0 cm. The cylinder contains water (refractive
index 4/3) to a height of 7.0 cm. Draw the ray diagram and calculate the area of water surface
through which the light emerges in air.

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29. Derive an expression for the fringe width of interference pattern obtained in Young’s double slit
experiment.

30. Draw a graph showing the variation of de Broglie wavelength of a particle of charge q and mass m
with the accelerating potential. Proton and deuteron have the same de Broglie wavelengths. Explain which
has more kinetic energy.
OR
The work function of caesium is 2.14 eV. Find
(a) the threshold frequency for caesium,
(b) the wavelength of the incident light if the photocurrent is brought to zero by a stopping potential
of 0.60 V.

SECTION D

31 (a) Two thin lenses are placed coaxially in contact. Obtain the expression for the focal length of this
combination in terms of the focal lengths of the two lenses.
(b) . A glass convex lens has a power of + 10 D +10D . When this lens is totally immersed in a
liquid, it acts as a concave lens of focal length 50 c m 50cm. Calculate the refractive index of the
liquid. Given . a n g = 1.5

OR
(i) Plot a graph to show variation of the angle of deviation as a function of angle of incidence for
light passing through a prism. Derive an expression for refractive index of the prism in terms of
angle of minimum deviation and angle of prism.
(ii) A ray of light incident normally on one face of a right isosceles prism is totally reflected as
shown in fig. What must be the minimum value of refractive index of glass ? Give relevant
calculations.

32. (i) Define the term drift velocity.

(ii) On the basis of electron drift, derive an expression for resistivity of a conductor in terms of
number density of free electrons and relaxation time. On what factors does resistivity of a conductor
depend ?
(iii) Why alloys like constantan and manganin are used for making standard resistors ?

OR

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 (i) State kirchhoff’s loop rule. (2)
(ii) Determine the current in each branch of the network shown in figure: (3)

33. (a) Define torque acting on a dipole of dipole moment P placed in a uniform electric field Express it
in the vector form and point out the direction along which torque acts.
(b) What happens if the field is non-uniform ?
(c) What would happen if the external field E is increasing (i) parallel to P and (ii) anti-parallel to P
?
(d) An electric dipole is placed at an angle of 30° with an electric field of intensity 3 × 104 N ⁄
C. It experiences a torque of 5 Nm. Calculate the charge on the dipole if the dipole length is
5 cm
OR
Find the electric field intensity due to an infinetly thin uniformly charged plane sheet of
surface charge density σ using Gauss’s theorem. A charge +Q is located somewhere inside a vertical
cone such that the depth of the charge from the free surface of the cone is H. It is formed that the flux
associated with the cone with thw curved surface is 3Q/5ϵ0

If the charge is raised vertically through a height 2H then what is the flux through the curved surface.

SECTION E
CASE STUDY QUESTIONS

34. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions

P-N junction diode : P-N junction is a semiconductor diode. It is obtained by bringing p-

type semiconductor in close contact with n- type semiconductor. A thin layer is developed at the p- n
junction which is devoid of any charge carrier but has immobile ions. It is called depletion layer. At
the junction a potential barrier appears, which does not allow the movement of majority charge

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 carriers across the junction in the absence of any biasing of the junction. p-n junction offers low
resistance when forward biased and high resistance when reverse biased.

(i) Can we take one slab of p-type semiconductor and physically join it to
another n-type semiconductor to get p-n junction? 1 mark
(ii) Is p-type semiconductor a charged material? 1mark
(iii) Draw the energy level diagram shows the variation of Barrier potential
under forward bias and reverse bias.
OR
Draw circuit diagram of p-n junction diode under forward bias and reverse bias.
2marks
35. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions

Magnetic materials: All substances exhibit some type of magnetism. Magnetic materials are
classified according to their bulk susceptibility. Ferromagnetism is responsible for most of the effects
of magnetism encountered in everyday life, but there are actually several types of
magnetism. Paramagnetic substances, such as aluminum and oxygen, are weakly attracted to an
applied magnetic field; diamagnetic substances, such as copper and carbon, are weakly repelled;
while antiferromagnetic materials, such as chromium and spin glasses, have a more complex
relationship with a magnetic field.
(i) The susceptibility of a magnetic material is −0.085. Identify the type of magnetic material .
1mark
(ii) From the figure, identify the material suitable for making permanent magnet.

1 mark

(iii) Why soft iron is preferred for making the core of electromagnet?
OR
Suggest a method to move a device in Physics Lab without affecting magnetic field.
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 SAMPLE PAPER -5
SUBJECT: PHYSICS
MAX. MARKS:70 TIME:3HRS
General Instructions:

1) There are 35 questions in all.All questions are compulsory.

2) There are five sections Section A, Section B, Section C,Section D and Section E.
3) Section A contains eighteen MCQ of 1mark each, Section B contains 7 questions of 2marks each,
Section C contains five questions of 3marks each, Section D contains three long answer type
questions of 5marks each and Section E contains two case study questions of 4marks each.

SECTION A
1. If a charge ‘q ‘is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges Q such that the 1
system is in equilibrium,the the value of ‘q ‘ is
i) Q/2 ii) -Q/2 iii) Q/4 iv) -Q/4
2. A cube of metal is given a positive charge Q. For the above system, which of the 1
following statement is true?
i)Electric potential at the surface of the cube is zero ii) electric potential within the cube is
zero iii) Electric field is normal to the surface of the cube iv) Electric field varies within
the cube
3. A piece of copper and another of Germanium are cooled from room temperature 77K.The 1
resistance of
i)copper decreases and Ge increases ii) copper increases and Ge decreases iii) each of
them increases iv) each of them decreases
4. Two identical circular wires P and Q each of radius Rand carrying current I are kept in 1
perpendicular planes such that they have a common centre. The magnitude of the net
magnetic field at the common centre of the two coils is

𝜇𝑜 𝐼 𝜇𝑜 𝐼
i) ii) 𝜇𝑜 𝐼𝑅 iii) zero iv)
2𝑅 √2𝑅

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5. A conducting circular loop of radius r carries a constant current i.It is placed in a uniform 1
magnetic field Bo such that Bo is perpendicular to the plane of the loop.The magnetic
force on the loop is
i) Ir Bo ii) 2πirBo iii) πirBo iv) zero
6. The magnetic susceptibility of a material of a rod is 499,permeability of vacuum is 4π x 1
10-7 H/m.Absolute permeability of the material of the rod in H/m is
i) π x 10-4 ii) 2π x 10-4 iii) 3π x 10-4 iv) 4π x 10-4
7. 1

In the circuit diagram shown ,voltage across the capacitor is

i)in phase with the source voltage ii) leads the source voltage by 90o iii) leads the source
voltage by an angle between 0o and 90o iv) lags behind the source voltage by an angle
between 0o and 90o
8. Pick out the statement which is not true 1
i) Sun is a natural source of UV radiations
ii) UV radiations have wavelength extending from 200nm to 400nm
iii) Shortest wavelength UV radiations are beneficial to living tissues while longer
wavelength UV rays are harmful.
iv) UV radiations are used for sterilisation of water.
9. The flux linked with a coil at any instant ‘t’ is given by 1
φ=10t2-50t+250
The induced emf at t=3s is
i) 10V ii) 190V iii) -190V iv) -10V
10. Two coherent sorces of different intensities send waves which interfere.The ratio of 1
maximum intensity to minimum intensity is 25.The intensities of the sources are in the
ratio
i) 25:1 ii) 5:1 iii) 9:4 iv) 625:1
11. Light of wavelength 200Ao falls on a metallic surfaceof work function4.21eV.The 1
stopping potential is
i) 2V ii) 4V iii) 9V iv) 0V

12. In the Bohr model of Hydrogen atom,the lowest orbit corresponds to 1

i) Infinite energy ii) the maximum energy
iii) the minimum energy iv) zero energy

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13. Which of the following statement is correct? 1
i) The current in a photo cell increases with increasing frequency of light ii) The photo
current is proportional to applied voltage iii)The stopping potential increases
with increasing intensity of incident light
iv) The photo current increases with increasing intensity of incident light
14. In the circuit the phase difference between the p.d across C and L is 1

i) π/2 ii) zero iii) π/4 iv) π

15. A hollow metal sphere of radius 5cm is charged such that potential on its surface is 1
10V.The potential at a distance of2cm from the centre of the sphere is :
i) zero ii) 10 V iii) 4V iv) 10/3 V
For Q16 to 18 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select 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
16. ASSERTION(A): Convex mirrors cannot form real images 1
REASON(R): Convex mirror converges the parallel rays that are incident on it.
17. ASSERTION(A): When the Temperature of a semiconductor is increased, the its 1
resistance decreases
REASON(R): The energy gap between valence band and conduction band is very small
for semiconductors
18. ASSERTION(A): Photo electric effect demonstrates the wave nature of light 1
REASON(R): The number of photoelectron s is proportional to the frequency of incident
light
SECTION B
19. a. Write the following radiations in ascending order in respect of their frequencies. 2
X-ray, microwaves, UV Rays, radio waves, Gama rays
b. Name the em wave used in radar.
20. The susceptibility of a magnetic material is 2.6x10 -5 . Identify the type of magnetic 2
material and state its two properties.

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21. The radius of the first electron of the hydrogen atom is 5.3x10 -11 m. What is the radius 2
of the second orbit.
(OR)
The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is -13.6eV. What are the kinetic energy and
potential energy of the electron in this state.
22. 22. Double convex lenses are to be manufactured from a glass of refractive index 1.55, 2
with both faces of the same radius of curvature. What is the radius of curvature required if
the focal length is to be 20cm.
23. In a single slit detraction experiment, first minimum of red light (660nm) coincides with 2
the first maximum of some other wavelength λ. Calculate λ.
24. A spherical conducting shell of inner radius r1 and outer radius r2 has charge Q. 2
a) A charge q is placed at the centre of the shell. What is the surface charge density on the
inner and outer surfaces of the shell?
25. a) Two plane sheets of charge having charge densities σ and - σ are parallel to each other. 2
What will be the magnitude of electric field at a point between the plates? b) State Gauss’s
law in electrostatics.
SECTION C
26. A circular coil of radius ‘R’ carries a current ‘I’ .Obtain the expression for the magnetic 3
field due to this coil at a point on the axis of the loop using Biot-Savart’s law.
27. Define mutual inductance between a pair of coils. Derive an expression for the mutual 3
inductance of two long coaxial solenoids of same length wound one over the other.
28. 3

The above fig. shows how the reactance of an inductor varies with frequency
1. Calculate the value of the inductance of the inductor using the information given in
the graph
2. If this inductor is connected in series to a resistor of 8Ω, find what would be the
impedance at 300Hz

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 OR
An a.c. source generating a voltage ε = ε0 sin ωt is connected to a capacitor of
capacitance C. Find the expression for the current I flowing through it. Plot a
graph of ε and I versus t to show that the current is ahead of the voltage by π/2.
29. The graph shown in fig 1 and 2 are for the phenomenon of photoelectric effect 3
1)

2)

i) Identify which of the characteristics of(intensity/frequency) incident light, is

being kept constant in each case.
ii) A metal has a work function of2eV and is illuminated by monochromatic light
of wavelength500nm (a) calculate the threshold wavelength (b) the stopping
potential
OR
(1) Sketch the graph showing the variation of stopping potential with frequency of
incident radiation for two photo sensitive materials A and B having threshold
frequencies νA >νB.
(2) In which case is the stopping potential more and why?
(3) Does the slope of the graph depend on the nature of the material? Explain.

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30. 3
A hydrogen atom initially in the ground state absorbs a photon which excites it to the n=4
level. Determine the wavelength and frequency of photon.

SECTION D

31. (a) What is electrostatic shielding? Write its two applications 5

(b) An electric field E0=3x104V/m is established between the plates,0.05m apart, of a

parallel plate capacitor. After removing the charging battery, an uncharged metal plate of
thickness t=0.01mm is inserted between the plates. Find the p.d

(i) before and (ii) after the introduction of the metal plate (iii) what would be the p.d if a
dielectric slab(K=2) were introduced in place of metal plate?

OR

(a) Two point charges 20x10-6 C and -4x10-6 C are separated by a distance of 50cm in
air (i) Find the point on the line joining the charges, where the electric potential is
zero (ii) Find the electrostatic potential energy of the system.
(b) Obtain the expression for electric field at a point near a thin infinite plane sheet of
charge density σ Cm-2

32. 5
(a) Define relaxation time of the free electrons drifting in a conductor. Write the relation
between drift velocity of free electrons and relaxation time.
(b) Derive the condition for balance in a Wheatstone bridge.
OR
(a) (i)What is internal resistance of a cell. Write two factors on which it depends.
(ii) A battery of emf E and internal resistance r is connected to a resistance R,a
current I flows through it.Derive the relation between E,I, r and R
(b) Two cells of e.m.fs and internal resistances E1,r1 and E2,r2 are connected in series.
Obtain expressions for the equivalent emf and resistance of the combination.

33. 5
(a) State Huygens principle.
(b) Define the term wavefront.
(c) Draw a ray diagram to show the working of a compound microscope. Derive an
expression for its magnifying power.
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 (a) Write two points of difference between interference pattern and diffraction pattern.
(b) Draw the ray diagram to show the working of a refracting telescope. Derive an
expression for its magnifying power (normal adjustment).
SECTION E
34. 4
Case study
Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.
The total internal reflection of the light is used in polishing diamonds to create a sparkling
brilliance by polishing the diamond with specific cuts, it is adjusted so that most of the
light rays approaching the surface are incident with an angle of incidence greater than
critical angle. Hence, they suffer multiple reflections and this gives the diamond a
sparkling brilliance.

(i) Light cannot easily escape a diamond without multiple internal reflections. What is the
reason?

(ii) The critical angle for diamond is 24.4o. What is its refractive index?

(iii) Write two conditions for total internal reflection

OR

Name a device used in communication which is based on the principle of total internal
reflection.Write one more application of it.

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35 Case study 4
Semiconductors may exist as elemental semiconductors and also compound
semiconductors. Si and Ge are elemental semiconductor and CdS, GaAs, CdSe,
anthracene, poly pyrrole etc. are the compound semiconductors. Each electron in an atom
has different energy level and such different energy levels continuing forms the band of
energy called as energy bands. Those energy band which has energy levels of Valence
electrons is called as Valence band. And the energy band which is present above the
Valence band is conduction band. On the basis of energy bands materials are also defined
as metals, semiconductors and insulators. In case of metals, conduction band and Valence
band overlaps with each other due to which electrons are easily available for conduction.
In case of insulators, there is some energy gap between conduction band and Valence
band due to which no free electrons are easily available for conduction. In
semiconductors, there is a small energy gap between conduction band and Valence band
and if we give some external energy then electron from Valence band goes to conduction
band due to which conduction will be possible. These semiconductors are classified as
intrinsic semiconductors and extrinsic semiconductors also. Intrinsic semiconductors are
those semiconductors which exist in pure form. The semiconductors doped with some
impurity in order to increase its conductivity are called extrinsic semiconductors.

(i) What is the energy gap between valence band and conduction band for a pure
germanium semiconductor?
(ii) Draw the energy band diagram of a metal.
(iii) Carbon, silicon and germanium have the same lattice structure. Why is carbon
insulator while silicon and germanium intrinsic semiconductor.
Or
Name dopants used to make i) n-type semiconductor ii) p-type semiconductor

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