NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI

MID-TERM EXAMINATION 2020-21

CLASS :XII SUB :PHYSICS (THEORY)
MAXIMUM MARKS :70 TIME :3HR

GENERAL INSTRUCTION: 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 20 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 three
questions of five marks weightage. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such
questions.
5. You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary.
6.Symbols used in question paper, have their usual meanings.

SECTION-A
1. If E.ds = 0 , inside a surface, that means :-

(a) there is no net charge present inside the surface

(b) Uniform electric field inside the surface

(c) Discontinues field lines inside the surface

(d) Charge present inside the surface

2. Four charges + 8Q, - 3Q +5Q and -10Q are kept inside a closed surface.
What will be the outgoing flux through the surface.

(a) 26 V-m (b) 0 V-m (c) 10 V-m (d) 8 V-m

3. Electric field intensity due to a short dipole remains directly proportional to

(r → distance of a point from centre of dipole )

(a) r 2 (b) r3

(c) r 1//2 (d) r 1/3

4. Kirchhoff’s II law for the electric network is based on:

(a) Law of conservation of charge
(b) Law of conservation of energy
(c) Law of conservation of angular momentum
 (d) Law of conservation of mass
5. Wheat Stone Bridge experiment is most sensitive, when:
(a) All four resistances are approximately equal

(b) One of the resistances is very high as compare to others

(c) One of the resistances is very low as compare to others

(d) Any two resistances are equal to infinity.
6. How much work is required to carry a 6 micro-coulomb charge from the
negative to the positive terminal of a 9V battery?
(a) 54 × 10-3 J (b) 54 × 10-6 J
(c) 54 × 10-9 J (d) 54 × 10-12 J
7. The coil of a moving coil galvanometer is wound over a metal frame in order to
(a) reduce hysteresis
(b) increase sensitivity

(c) increase moment of inertia

(d) provide electromagnetic damping

8. If distance between two current- carrying wires is doubled, then force
between them is
(a) halved (b) doubled
(b) tripled (d) quadrupled
9. In Faraday’s experiment on electromagnetic induction, more deflection will be
shown by galvanometer, when
(a) Magnet is in uniform motion towards the coil
(b) Magnet is in uniform motion away from the coil
(c) Magnet is in accelerated motion towards the coil
(d) Magnet is at rest near the coil
10. The direction of induced current is such that it opposes the very cause that
has produced it. This is the law of
(a) Lenz (b) Faraday
(c ) Kirchhoff (d) Fleming
11. Self- inductance of a long solenoid (A,N,l) with core material of magnetic
relative Permeability µr is........... ………….
(where A= Area of each turn, N= No of turns , L= Length)
12. We can reduce the eddy current losses in transformer by using
…………………….
13. Two capacitors each of capacitance 2µF are connected in series. Equivalent
capacitance will be ………………………...
14. Equipotential surface due to a point charge will be ....... ……….in shape.
15. A cell of emf E and resistance r is connected across an external resistance R.
the potential difference across the terminals of a cell for r =R is .
16. The alloys which are used for making resistances have very low Temperature
coefficient of resistance and high………………………… .
17. An electron passes undeflected when passes through a region with electric
and magnetic fields. When electric field is switched off its path will change
to……………………………..
18. The ratio of angular momentum (L) to magnetic moment (M) of an electron
revolving in a circular orbit is …………………….
19. The magnetic field lines of a magnet form....................... loops unlike electric
field lines.
20. You can determine the sense of magnetic field lines surrounding a
straight current carrying conductor by applying…………………………….rule.
SECTION-B

21. Write ‘True’ and ‘False’. ½+½+½+½=2

(a) Two identical metallic spheres of exactly equal masses are taken.
One is given a positive charge Q Coulombs and the other an equal
negative charge. Their masses after charging are different.
(b) Quantisation of charge can be neglected at macroscopic level.
(c) Electric field is always perpendicular to equi-potential surface.
(d) capacitors with unequal capacitances are joined in parallel and
connected across a battery then charge on each capacitor will be
same.
22. Match the following:- 1+1=2
For the path of a moving charged particle, which enters perpendicularly inside
(a) In uniform electric field is (p) Elipticle
(b) In uniform magnetic field (q) parabola
(r) circle

23. A wire of resistivity ρ is stretched to double its length. What will effect on its new
resistance and resistivity ? 1+1=2
24. (a) what is the phase difference between alternating current and alternating voltage,
when only a pure capacitor is connected with ac source. 1
 (b) write the expression root mean square value of alternating current. 1
25. How much reactance offered by (a) capacitor (b) inductor with direct current.

26. Write the SI unit of (i) potential gradient and (ii) electric dipole moment? 1+1=2
27. Under what condition is the force acting on a charge moving through a uniform
magnetic field (a) minimum (b) maximum ? 1+1=2
SECTION-C

28. An inductor and a resistor connected in parallel to a battery through a switch. The
resistance is same as that of coil that makes . Two identical bulbs are put in each arm
of the circuit. (i) Which of the bulbs lights up earlier when S is closed ? (ii) Will the two
bulbs be equally bright after some time ? Give reason for your answer.

29. Two charges of magnitudes – 2Q and + Q are located at points (a, 0) and (4a, 0)
respectively. What is the electric flux due to these charges through a sphere of radius
‘3a’ with its centre at the origin?
30. A circular coil of 500 turns has a radius of 2 m, and carries a current of 2 A. What is the
magnetic field at a point on the axis of the coil at a distance equal to radius of the coil
from the center?
31. A 100 Ω resister is connected to 220V, 50 cycles per seconds. What is (i) peak potential
difference (ii) average potential difference and (iii) rms current?
32. Deduce the relation between current flowing through a conductor and drift velocity of
free electrons.
33. Derive an expression for the electric field intensity at a point on the equatorial line of an
electric dipole of dipole moment p and length 2l . What is the direction of this electric field ?
34. A proton and an alpha particle move perpendicular to a magnetic field. Find the ratio of radii
 of the circular paths described by them when both (i) have equal momenta, and (ii) were
accelerated through the same potential difference.
SECTION-D

35. Draw a schematic diagram of a step up/step down transformer. Write its principle.
Write the expression for the secondary to primary voltage in terms of the number of
turns in the two coils. how is this ratio related to the currents in the two coils ? What
is the efficiency of an ideal transformer?
OR
In a series LCR circuit connected to an a.c. source of variable frequency and voltage
V=V0Sin wt , draw a plot showing the variation of amplitude of circuit current with
angular frequency of applied voltage for two different values of resistance R1 and R2
(R1 >R2) . Write the condition under which the phenomenon of resonance occurs.
Answer the following using this graph
(a) In which case the resonance is sharper and why ?
(b) In which case the power dissipation is more and why ?
(c) Which one would be better suited for fine tuning in a receiver set ?

36. (i) Define potential gradient. Write its S.I. unit. Obtain an expression for potential
gradient in terms of the resistivity of the potentiometer wire.
(ii) In a potentiometer experiment, if the area of cross section of the wire increases
uniformly from one end to another, draw a graph showing how potential gradient
would vary as the length of the wire increases from one end ?
OR
(i)With the help of a circuit diagram, explain how a potentiometer is used to compare
the emf’s of two primary cells. obtain the required expression used for comparing the
emfs.
(ii) Write two possible causes for one sided deflection in a potentiometer experiment.
37. (i) An electric dipole is held in a uniform electric field. Using suitable diagram show
that it does not undergo any translatory motion. Derive the expression for the torque
acting on it.
(ii) What would happen if the field in non-uniform ?
(iii) What would happen if the external electric field is increasing
(a) parallel to direction of dipole moment and (b) anti-parallel to direction of dipole
moment ?
 OR
State Gauss’s theorem. Using Gauss’s law, deduce the expression for the electric field
due to uniformly charged spherical conducting shell of radius at a point (i) outside and
(ii) inside the shell. Plot a graph showing variation of electric field as a function of
r > R and r< R.