HALF YEARLY REVISION WORKSHEET

PHYSICS
GRADE : XII
Section A ( one mark each)
1 Let B be the midpoint of AC. Two point charges Q each are placed at A and C. What should
be the value of charge placed at B so that the system remains at equilibrium?
a) –Q/2
b) –Q/4
c) +Q/2
d) +Q/4
2 Two coils are placed closed to each other. The mutual inductance of the pair of coils depends
upon
a) the rate at which currents are changing in the two coils.
b) relative position and orientation of two coils.
c) the material of the wires of the coils.
d) the currents in the two coils.
3. An electric charge q is placed at one of the corner points of a cube of side a. What will be the
net outwards flux coming out of the cube due to the point charge?
a) q/εo
b) q/2εo
c) q/4εo
d) q/8εo
4 If A and B are two equipotential surfaces around a positive point charge q, what will happen
if we place another point charge +Q between A and B?

a) It will remain stationary

b) It will move from B to A
c) It will move from A to B

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 d) It will rotate in a circular path
5 What is the dielectric constant of the medium if the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor
increases from 4µF to 8µF on introducing a dielectric medium between the plates?
a) 20
b) 0.5
c) 2
d) 5
6 Three capacitors each of the capacity C are given. The resultant capacity of 2/3 C can be
obtained by using them,
a)All in series
b) All in parallel
c)Two in parallel and third in the series with this combination
d)Two in series and third in parallel across this combination
7 Two equal and opposite charges Q1 = 2 C and Q2 = -2C are placed at a distance of 6m from
each other. What is the potential at the midpoint between the two charges?
a) 2 V
b) 0 V
c) 1 V
d) 3 V
8 What is the effect of temperature of the conductor on the drift velocity of electrons?
a) Drift velocity increases non linearly with temperature
b) Drift velocity does not depend on the temperature
c) Drift velocity increases with increasing temperature
d) Drift velocity decreases with increasing temperature
9 The temperature coefficient of resistivity of a material ‘X ‘is negative. Identify X.
a) Silver
b) Silicon
c) Copper
d) Nichrome
10 A battery of emf 10V has an internal resistance of 1 ohms and is charged by a 150V dc
supply using a series resistance of 19 ohms. What is the terminal voltage of the battery?
a) 15V
b) 20V
c) 17V
d) 25V
11 An ammeter of resistance 0.81 ohm reads up to 1 A. The value of the required shunt to
increase the range to 10 A is
a)0.9 ohm
b)0.09 ohm
c) 0.03 ohm
d) 0.3 ohm

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12. In a step-down transformer, the number of turns in the secondary coil is 20 and the number
of turns in the primary coil is 100. If the voltage applied to the primary coil is 120 V, then
what is the voltage output from the secondary coil?
a) 24 V
b) 12 V
c) 6 V
d) 18 V
13. Two point charge Q and -2Q are placed at some distance apart. If the electric field at the
location of Q is E, then the electric field at the location of -2Q will be
(a) -E/2 (b) -3E/2 (c) -E (d) -2E
14. The electric potential due to a small electric dipole at a large distance r from the center of the
dipole is proportional to
(a) r (b) 1/r (c) 1/ r 2 (d) 1/r 3
15. 64 identical drops each of capacity of 5 µ F combine to form a big drop. What is the capacity
of big drop?
(a) 25 µ F (b) 4 µ F (c) 164 µ F (d) 20 µF
16. The parameter of light wave which remains unaffected on refraction of light is
(a) speed (b) frequency (c) wavelength (d) none of these

Assertion Reason Question

Choose the correct option from the following:
a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of
Assertion.
b) If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d) If both Assertion and Reason are false.
17. Assertion : Acceleration of a magnet falling through a long solenoid decreases.
Reason : The induced current produced in a circuit always flow in such direction that it
opposes the change to the cause that produced it.
18. Assertion : A charge, whether stationary or in motion produces a magnetic field around it.
Reason : Moving charges produce only electric field in the surrounding space.
19. Assertion : In a purely inductive or capacitive circuit, the current is referred to as wattless
current.
Reason: No power is dissipated in a purely inductive or capacitive circuit even though a
current is flowing in the circuit.
20. Assertion (A): Charging is due to transfer of electrons.
Reason (R): Mass of a body decreases slightly when it is negatively charged.

21. Assertion : In series LCR circuit resonance can take place.

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 Reason : Resonance takes place if inductance and capacitive resistances are equal and
opposite.

Section B ( Two marks each)

22. Arrange the following electromagnetic radiations in ascending order of their frequencies:
(i) Microwave
(ii) Radio wave
(iii) X-rays
(iv) Gamma rays
Write two uses of microwaves.
23. Calculate the work done to dissociate the system of three charges placed on the vertices of a
triangle as shown.( q=1.6×10−10)C

Show diagrammatically the behaviour of magnetic field lines in the presence of:
24.
(a) (i) Paramagnetic and (ii) Diamagnetic substance
(b) How is the magnetic susceptibility of Paramagnetic substance different from that of
diamagnetic substance?

25. Derive an expression for the resistivity of a conductor, in terms of the relaxation time of
electrons
26.. A small metal sphere carrying a charge +Q is located at the centre of a spherical cavity is a
large uncharged metallic spherical shell. Write the charges on the inner and outer surfaces of
the shell. Write the expression for the electric field at the point P1.

27 a)Two identical circular wires P and Q each of radius R and carrying current ‘I’ are kept in
perpendicular planes such that they have a common centre as shown in the figure. Find the
magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field at the common centre of the two coils.

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 Two identical circular loops, P and Q, each of radius r and carrying equal currents are kept
in the parallel planes having a common axis passing through O. The direction of current in P
is clockwise and in Q is anti-clockwise as seen from O which is equidistant from the loops P
and Q. Find the magnitude of the net magnetic field at O.

28.

Section C ( 3 Marks each)

29. An inductor L= 100 mH, capacitor C = 2 μF and resistor R = 400 Ω connected in series with
ac voltage given by V= V0 sin(1000 t ) . Determine the value of phase difference between
current and voltage.
30. Three identical capacitors C1 C2 and C3 of capacitance 6 µF each are connected to a 12 V
battery as shown.

Find
(i) charge on each capacitor
(ii) equivalent capacitance of the network
(iii) energy stored in the network of capacitors

31. a) An electric lamp having coil of negligible inductance connecting in series with a capacitor
and an ac source is glowing with certain brightness. How does the brightness of the lamp
change on reducing the (i) capacitance and (ii) the frequency? Justify your answer.
(b) An ac voltage given by V= 70 sin100 t is connected across a pure resistor of 25 Ω. Find
the frequency of source and rms current through resistor.

32. A rectangular loop of wire of size 4 cm × 10 cm carries a steady current of 2 A. A straight

long wire carrying 5 A current is kept near the loop as shown. If the loop and the wire are
coplanar, find

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 i)the torque acting on the loop and
ii) the magnitude and direction of the force on the loop due to the current carrying wire.

33. Define self-inductance Derive an expression for the self-inductance of a long air-cored
solenoid of length l and number of turns N.

34. Define mutual inductance between two long coaxial solenoids. Find out the expression for
the mutual inductance of inner solenoid of length l having the radius r1 and the number of
turns n1 per unit length due to the second outer solenoid of same length and n2 number of
turns per unit length.
35. i)State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
ii) The current flowing through an inductor of self inductance L is continuously increasing.
Plot a graph showing the variation of
(i) Magnetic flux versus the current
(ii) Induced emf versus dI/dt
36. A hollow cylindrical box of length 1m and area of cross-section 25 cm2 is placed in a three
dimensional coordinate system as shown in the figure. The electric field in the region is
given by E=50xi^ where E is in NC-1 and x is in metres. Find the net flux through the
cylinder. And the charge enclosed by the cylinder.

37. An inductor of unknown value, a capacitor of 100 μF and a resistor of 10 Ω are connected in
series to a 200 V. 50 Hz a.c. source. It is found that the power factor of the circuit is unity.
Calculate the inductance of the inductor and the current amplitude.

Section D
38 a)Use Kirchhoff’s rules to obtain conditions for the balance condition in a Wheatstone
bridge.
b) Calculate the potential difference between the points A and D when no current flows in the
arm BE of the electric network shown in the figure.

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39. a)Derive an expression for the current density of a conductor in terms of the drift speed of
electrons.
b) Two identical cells each of emf e, internal resistance r connected in series .
i) Draw the circuit arrangement.
ii) Deduce the expressions for the equivalent e.m.f across the combination of the cells.
40 i) State Biot – Savart law in vector form expressing the magnetic field B due to an element dl
carrying current I at a distance r from the element.
ii) Write the expression for the magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of a circular
loop of radius r carrying a steady current I.

41. i)State Ampere’s circuital law. Express it mathematically.

ii) A long straight wire of a circular cross-section of radius ‘a’ carries a steady current ‘I’.
The current is uniformly distributed across the cross-section. Apply Ampere’s circuital law
to calculate the magnetic field at a point V in the region for
(a) r < a and (b) r > a.
42. a)Draw graphs showing the variations of inductive reactance and capacitive reactance with
frequency of applied ac source.
b))Draw the phasor diagram for a series LRC circuit connected to an AC source.
c) When an alternating voltage of 220V is applied across a device X, a current of 0.25A
flows which lags behind the applied voltage in phase by π/2 radian. If the same voltage is
applied across another device Y, the same current flows but now it is in phase with the
applied voltage.
(i) Name the devices X and Y.
(ii) Calculate the current flowing in the circuit when the same voltage is applied
across the series combination of X and Y.

(a) Derive the expression for the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor. Hence obtain
43.
the expression for the energy density of the electric field.
(b) A fully charged parallel plate capacitor is connected across an uncharged identical
capacitor. Show that the energy stored in the combination is less than that stored initially in
the single capacitor.

44. a) Use Gauss’s theorem to find the electronic field due to a uniformly charged infinitely
large plane thin sheet with surface charge density a.

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 (b) An infinitely large thin plane sheet has a uniform surface charge density +a. Obtain the
expression for the amount of work done in bringing a point charge q from infinity to a
point, distant r, in front of the charged plane sheet.
45.
(a) With the help of a diagram, explain the principle and working of a moving coil
galvanometer.
(b) What is the importance of a radial magnetic field and how is it produced?
(c) Why is it that while using a moving coil galvanometer as a voltmeter a high resistance
in series is required whereas in an ammeter a shunt is used?

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