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TULI PUBLIC SCHOOL

HALF YEARLY EXAM (2023-24)
CLASS –XII
SUBJECT-PHYSICS

TIME- 3Hrs MARKS 70

General Instruction:
i) Section – A consists of Questions from 1 to 20 : 1 Mark each.
ii) Section – B consists of Questions from 21 to 26 : 2 Mark each.
iii) Section – C consists of Questions from 27 to 32 : 3 Marks each.
iv) Section – D consists of Question from 33 to 36: 5 Marks each.
SECTION A
Multiple Choice Questions: (20M)

1. The surface considered for Gauss’s law is called

a) Closed surface
b) Spherical surface
c) Gaussian surface
d) Plane surface

2. Which of the following statements is not true about Gauss’s law?

a) Gauss’s law is true for any closed surface.
b) The term q on the right side of Gauss’s law includes the sum of all charges
enclosed by the surface.
c) Gauss’s law is not much useful in calculating electrostatic Field when the
system has some symmetry.
d) Gauss’s law is based on the inverse square dependence on distance contained
in the coulomb’s law.
3. The force per unit charge is known as:
a) Electric flux
b) Electric field
c) Electric potential
d) Electric current

4. Which of the following statement is true?

(a) Electrostatic force is a conservative force.
(b) Potential at a point is the work done per unit charge in bringing a charge from any
point to infinity.
(c) Electrostatic force is non-conservative
(d) Potential is the product of charge and work.

5. A test charge is moved from lower potential point to a higher potential point. The
potential energy of test charge will
 (a) remain the same
(b) increase
(c) decrease
(d) become zero

6. Dielectric constant for a metal is

(a) zero
(b) infinite
(c) 1
(d) 10
7. A charged particle is moving in a cyclotron, what effect on the radius of path of this
charged particle will occur when the frequency of the ratio frequency field is doubled?
(a) It will also be doubled.
(b) It will be halved.
(c) It will be increased by four times.
(d) It will remain unchanged.
8. A current carrying loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field. The torque acting on it does
not depend upon
(a) area of loop
(b) value of current
(c) magnetic field
(d) None of these
9. Two a-particles have the ratio of their velocities as 3 : 2 on entering the field. If they move
in different circular paths, then the ratio of the radii of their paths is
(a) 2:3
(b) 3:2
(c) 9:4
(d) 4:9
10. Faraday’s laws are consequence of the conservation of
(a) charge
(b) energy
(c) magnetic field
(d) both (b) and (c)
11. Lenz’s law is a consequence of the law of conservation of
(a) charge
(b) energy
(c) induced emf
(d) induced current
12. Which of the following does not use the application of eddy current?
(a) Electric power meters
(b) Induction furnace
(c) LED lights
(d) Magnetic brakes in trains
13. In the case of an inductor
π
(a) voltage lags the current by
2
π
(b) voltage leads the current by
2
π
(c) voltage leads the current by
3
π
(d) voltage leads the current by
4

14. In which of the following circuits the maximum power dissipation is observed?
(a) Pure capacitive circuit
(b) Pure inductive circuit
(c) Pure resistive circuit
(d) None of these

15. At resonance frequency the impedance in series LCR circuit is

(a) maximum
(b) minimum
(c) zero
(d) infinity

16. Quality factor and power factor both have the dimensions of
(a) time
(b) frequency
(c) work
(d) angle

17. For an ideal-step-down transformer, the quantity which is constant for both the coils
is
(a) current in the coils
(b) voltage across the coils
(c) resistance of coils
(d) power in the coils

18. The unit of electric dipole moment is

(a) newton
(b) coulomb
(c) farad
(d) Debye
 19. Two identical coaxial coils P and Q carrying equal amount of current in the same
direction are brought nearer. The current in
(a) P increases while in Q decreases
(b) Q increases while in P decreases
(c) both P and Q increases
(d) both P and Q decreases

20. Two inductors of inductance L each are connected in series with opposite? Magnetic
fluxes. The resultant inductance is
(a) zero
(b) L
(c) 2L
(d) 3L

SECTION B
Short Answer :- (12M)
21) Write two properties of an electrostatic force?

22) Define the dielectric constant of a medium. What is its unit?

23) The storage battery of a car has an emf of 12 V. If the internal resistance of the battery is 0.4 Ω
, what is the maximum current that can be drawn from the battery?

24) Define the term 'electrical conductivity' of a metallic wire. Write its SI unit.

25) What is the advantage of using radial magnetic field in a moving coil galvanometer?

26) How can we increase the sensitivity of a potentiometer?

SECTION C
Short Answer :- (18M)
-7 -7
27) What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 x 10 C and 3 x 10
C placed 30 cm apart in air?
28) Two point charges q1 and q2 are located at r1 and r2, respectively in an external electric field E.
Obtain the expression for the total work done in assembling this configuration.
29) State Gauss's theorem in electrostatics, Prove that no electric field exists inside a hollow
charged sphere.
30) What is Wheatstone bridge? Deduce the condition for which Wheatstone bridge is balanced.
31) Explain the term ‘drift velocity' of electrons in a conductor. Hence obtain the expression for the
current through a conductor in terms of 'drift velocity'.
 OR
State the two Kirchhoff's rules used in electric networks. How are these rules justified?
32) How is a moving coil galvanometer converted into a voltmeter? Explain. giving the necessary
circuit diagram and the required mathematical relation used?
OR
How does the mutual inductance of a pair of coils change when (i) distance between the coils is
increased and (ii) number of turns in the coils is increased?

SECTION D
Long Answer :- (20M)

π
33) Show that the current leads the voltage in phase by in an ac circuit containing an ideal
2
capacitor.
34) Draw two arrangements of primary and secondary windings in a transformer which
arrangement will have higher efficiency and why?
OR
Define relaxation time of the free electrons drifting in a conductor. How is it related to the drift
velocity of free electrons? Use this relation to deduce the expression for the electrical resistivity of
the material.
35) Two heating elements of resistance R1 and R2when operated at a Constant supply of voltage V.
consume powers P1 and P2 respectively. Deduce the expressions for the power of their
combination when they are, in turn, connected in (i) series and (ii) parallel across the same voltage
supply.
OR
Give two points to distinguish between a paramagnetic and diamagnetic substance.
36) Define self-inductance of a coil. Obtain the expression for the energy stored in an inductor L
Connected across a Source of emf.