SAMPLE PAPER SET-III

PRE- BOARD EXAMINATION (2019-20)

SUBJECT- PHYSICS
Time allowed: - 3 Hrs. CLASS – XII Maximum marks: 80

General Instructions

1. All questions are compulsory. There are 37 questions in all.

2. This question paper has four sections: Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D.
3. Section A contains twenty questions of one mark each, Section B contains seven
questions of two marks each, Section C contains seven questions of three marks each,
and Section D contains three questions of five marks each.
4. There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in two questions
of one mark each, two questions of two marks, one question of three marks and three
questions of five marks weightage. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such
questions.

Section – A
Directions (Q1-Q10) Select the most appropriate option from those given below each question
1. Two charges of equal magnitude kept at a distance r exerts a force F on each other. If the charges is halved and
the distance between them is doubled, then the new force between them is
(a) F (b) 2F (c) (d)
2. The electric potential of earth is taken to be zero because earth is a good
(a) Insulator (b) conductor (c) semiconductor (d) dielectric
3. An external resistance ‘R’ is connected to a cell of internal resistance ‘r’ , the maximum current flows when
(a) R=r (b) R>r (c) R<r (d) None of these
4. Combine three resistor 5 ohm, 4.5 ohm and 3 ohm such that the total resistance of this combination is maximum
(a) 10 ohm (b) 12.5 ohm (c) 15.5 ohm (d) 10.5 ohm
5. Time period of moving charged particle doesn’t depends upon
(a) charge (b) mass of particle (c) speed of particle (d) magnetic field
6. The final image formed in an astronomical refracting telescope with respect to the object is
(a) real inverted (b) real erect (b) virtual erect (d) virtual inverted
7. The shape of the fringes in the young’s double slit experiment is
(a) parabolic (b) straight line (c) circular (d) None of these
8. The wave front due to a source located at infinity is
(a) spherical (b) planer (c) cylindrical (c) circular
9. The photo electric cut off voltage in a certain experiment is 1.5 volts. What is the maximum kinetic energy of the
photoelectrons emitted is
(a) 2x10-19 J (b) 3x10-19 J (c) 2.4x10-19 J (d)1.6x10-19 J
10. If 13.6 eV is the energy required to ionize the hydrogen atom, then energy required to remove electron from n=2 is
(a) 10.2 eV (b) 0 eV (c) 𝜋 eV (d) 3.4 eV

*Directions(Q.11 to 15) Fill in the blanks with appropriate answer .

11. A free floating magnetic needle at equator is __________to the surface of earth.
12. Electric field lines are always travels from _________ to ____________ charge.
13. ____________ is the phenomena of inducing emf in the coil itself due to change in flux linked to itself
14. An electron is accelerated through a potential difference of 100 V , then de-Broglie
wavelength associated with it is approximately ____________Ao
15. The TIR occurs when angle of incidence is greater than ____________

*Directions(Q.16 to 20) Answer the following

16. Which physical quantity in a nuclear reaction is considered equivalent to the Q value
of the reaction?.
17. What happens to the depletion layer when PN junction diode is reversed biased.

18. The initial concentration of a radioactive substance is No and its half life is 12
 hours. What will be its concentration after 36 hours?
Threshold Frequency’ in relation to the photoelectric effect?
19. Define the term ‘Threshold
20. Doping of silicon with Indium leads to formation of which semiconductor?
or
How does the resistivity of the semiconductors vary with rise in temperature

Section – B
*Question number 21 to 27 carry 2 marks each.

21. Derive the expression for drift velocity of free electrons in terms of relaxation time and electric field applied across the
conductor.
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22. An ∝ particle and a proton are accelerated through same potential difference. Find the ratio of velocities acquired by
two particles.
23. Differentiate between Interference and Diffraction of light?
24. Two identical parallel plate capacitors A and B are connected to a battery of V volts with the
switch S closed. The switch is now opened and the free space between the plates of the capacitors is filled with a dielectric
of dielectric constant K. Find the ratio of the total electrostatic energy stored in both capacitors before and after the
introduction of the dielectric.

25. In a series LCR circuit with an ac source effective voltage 50 V, frequency 𝜐 = Hz. R=300 𝛺, C=20 𝜇𝐹 and L=1.0 H.
Find the rms current in the circuit?
OR
Define the term self inductance of a solenoid. Obtain the expression for the magnetic energy stored in an inductor of sel
sel-
inductance L to build up a current I through it
26. Energy of electron in first excited state in Hydrogen atom is -3.4eV. Find KE and PE of electron in the ground state.

27. Draw energy band diagram of p & n type semiconductors. Also write two differences between p and n type semiconductors.
OR
n junction diodes to convert alternating current into direct current. Draw the labelled
A student wants to use two p-n
circuit diagram she would use and explain how it works.

Section – C
*Question number 28 to 34 carry 3 marks each.
28. In a meter bridge with R and S in the gaps,
ps, the null point is found at 660
0 cm from the point A. If a resistance of 5 𝝮 is
connected in series with S, the null point occurs at 50 cm from a. Determine the values of R and S.
29. Using Biot-Savart’s law, derive an expression for magnetic field at any point on axial line of a current carrying circular
loop. Hence, find magnitude of magnetic field intensity at the centre of circular coil.
30. Derive the lens equation for a convex lens when image formed is equal to the size of object

OR
Write the basic assumptions used in the derivation of lens – maker’s formula and
hence derive this expression.

31. In a series LCR circuit with L = 10H, C = 60𝛍F, R = 20Ω connected to an ac source 220 of variable frequency. Calculate
(i) The angular frequency of the source which drives the circuit at resonance.
(ii) The current at the resonance frequency.
(iii) the rms potential drop across the capacitor at resonance.
32. .(a) Draw a plot showing the variation of potential energy of a pair of nucleons as a
function of their separation. Mark the regions where the nuclear force is
(i) attractive and (ii) repulsive.

(b) In the nuclear reaction

n+ 𝑈→ 𝑋𝑒 + 𝑆𝑟 + 2n

determine the values of a and b..

33. Define total internal reflection. Refractive indices of the given prism material is 1.414 . Trace the path of rays through the
prism. so that the TIR occurs in the prism
34. Suggest an idea to use a diode as a LED . Draw the diagram and explain your answer how it converts AC into DC.

Section – D
*Question number 35 to 37 carry 5 marks each.

35. (a) Use Gauss’s theorem to find the electric field due to a uniformly charged infinitely large plane thin sheet with surface
charge density .
(b) An infinitely large thin plane sheet has a uniform surface charge density +𝜎. 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.
OR
(a) Draw the equipotential surfaces due to
(i) An electric dipole (ii) two identical negative charges separated by a small distance

(b) Define electrostatic potential at a point. Write its SI unit.

Three charges q1, q2 and q3 are kept respectively at points A, B and C at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side r.
Write the expression for electrostatic potential energy of the system.

36. (a) Derive the expression for the condition of refraction at convex surface for real image when object is placed in rare
medium
(b) Using the above relation derive the expression for lens maker formula
 OR
(a) In young’s double slit experiment, describe briefly how bright and dark fringes are obtained on the screen kept in front
of double slit. Hence obtain expression for the fringe width.
(b) The ratio of the intensities at minima to the maxima in the Young’s double slit experiment is 9:25. Find the ratio of the
widths of the slits

37. (a) What is Resonance condition in a series LCR circuit

(b) a series LCR circuit is connected to an ac source having voltage V=V0 sin𝜔𝑡. Derive the expression for the impedance,
instantaneous current and its phase relationship to the applied voltage. Find the expression for the resonant frequency
OR
(a)Write working principle of a transformer and with a suitable diagram explain its working.
(b) Give any two energy loss in working efficiency of transformer.
(c)A step up transformer converts a low voltage into high voltage. Does it violates the principle of conservation of
energy?