Paramount school of science

Mauzamnagar faramana sonipat

ASSIGNMENT
Class 12 - Physics

Section A
1. Predict the direction of induced current in the situations described by the following Figure. [5]

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

2. Use Lenz's law to determine the direction of induced current in the situation described by figure: [2]

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 a. A wire of irregular shape turning into a circular shape.

b. A circular loop being deformed into a narrow straight wire.

3. A long solenoid with 15 turns per cm has a small loop of area 2.0 cm2 placed inside the solenoid normal to its [2]
axis. If the current carried by the solenoid changes steadily from 2.0 A to 4.0 A in 0.1 s, what is the induced emf
in the loop while the current is changing?
4. A rectangular loop of sides 8 cm and 2 cm with a small cut is moving out of a region of uniform magnetic field [3]
of magnitude 0.3 tesla directed normal to the loop. What is the voltage developed across the cut if velocity of
loop is 1 cms −1
in a direction normal to the (i) longer side (ii) shorter side of the loop? For how long does the
induced voltage last in each case?

5. A 1.0 m long conducting rod rotates with an angular frequency of 400 rad s-1 about an axis normal to the rod [2]
passing through its one end. The other end of the rod is in contact with a circular metallic ring. A constant
magnetic field of 0.5 T parallel to the axis exists everywhere. Calculate the emf developed between the centre
and the ring.
6. A horizontal straight wire 10 m long extending from east to west is falling with a speed of 5.0 ms-1, at right [3]

angles to the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field, 0.30 × 10-4 Wb m-2.
a. What is the instantaneous value of the emf induced in the wire?
b. What is the direction of the emf?

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 c. Which end of the wire is at the higher electrical potential?
7. Current in a circuit falls from 5.0 A to 0.0 A in 0.1 s. If an average emf of 200 V induced, give an estimate of the [1]
self inductance of the circuit?
8. A pair of adjacent coils has a mutual inductance of 1.5 H. If the current in one coil changes from 0 to 20 A in 0.5 [2]
s, what is the change of flux linkage with the other coil?
Section B
9. A 100Ω resistor is connected to a 220 V, 50 Hz ac supply. [2]
a. What is the rms value of current in the circuit?
b. What is the net power consumed over a full cycle?

10. a. The peak voltage of an ac supply is 300 V. What is the rms voltage? [2]
b. The rms value of current in an ac circuit is 10 A. What is the peak current?
11. A 44 mH inductor is connected to 220 V, 50 Hz ac supply. Determine the rms value of the current in the circuit. [1]
12. A 60μF capacitor is connected to a 110 V, 60 Hz ac supply. Determine the rms value of the current in the [1]
circuit.
13. In Exercises 7.3 and 7.4, what is the net power absorbed by each circuit over a complete cycle? Explain your [2]
answer.
14. A charged 30 μF capacitor is connected to a 27 mH inductor. What is the angular frequency of free oscillations [2]
of the circuit?
15. A series LCR circuit with R = 20Ω L = 1.5 H and C = 35μF is connected to a variable frequency 200 V ac [2]
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?
16. A series of LCR circuit is connected to a variable frequency 230 V source, L = 5.0 H, C = 80μF ,R= 40Ω [5]

i. Determine the source frequency which drives the circuit in resonance.

ii. Obtain the impedance of the circuit and the amplitude of current at the resonating frequency.
iii. Determine the rms potential drops across the three elements of the circuit. Show that the potential drop
across the LC combination is zero at the resonating frequency.
Section C
17. Figure shows a capacitor made of two circular plates each of radius 12 cm, and separated by 5.0 cm. The [3]
capacitor is being charged by an external source. The charging current is constant and equal to 0.15 A.

a. Calculate the capacitance and the rate of charge of the potential difference between the plates.
b. Obtain the displacement current across the plates.
c. Is Kirchoff's first rule (junction rule) valid at each plate of the capacitor? Explain.

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18. A parallel plate capacitor made of circular plates each of radius R = 6.0 cm has a capacitance C = 100 pF. The [3]

capacitor is connected to a 230 V ac supply with an angular frequency of 300 rad s-1.

a. What is the rms value of the conduction current?

b. Is the conduction current equal to the displacement current?
c. Determine the amplitude of B at a point 3.0 cm from the axis between the plates.
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19. What physical quantity is the same for X-rays of wavelength 10-10 m, red light of wavelength 6800 A and radio [1]

waves of wavelength 500m?

20. A plane electromagnetic wave travels in vacuum along z-direction. What can you say about the directions of its [1]
electric and magnetic field vectors? If the frequency of the wave is 30 MHz, what is its wavelength?
21. A radio can tune in to any station in the 7.5 MHz to 12 MHz band. What is the corresponding wavelength band? [1]
22. A charged particle oscillates about its mean equilibrium position with a frequency of 109 Hz. What is the [1]

frequency of the electromagnetic waves produced by the oscillator?

23. The amplitude of the magnetic field part of a harmonic electromagnetic wave in vacuum is, B0 = 510 nT. What [1]
is the amplitude of the electric field part of the wave?

24. Suppose that the electric field amplitude of an electromagnetic wave E0 = 120 NC-1 and that its frequency is ν = [3]

50.0 MHz.
i. Determine, B0, ω, k, and λ .
ii. Find expressions for E and B.
25. The terminology of different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum is given in the text. Use the formula E = hν [3]
(for the energy of a quantum of radiation: photon) and obtain the photon energy in units of eV for different parts
of the electromagnetic spectrum. In what way are the different scales of photon energies that you obtain related
to the sources of electromagnetic radiation?

26. In a plane electromagnetic wave, the electric field oscillates sinusoidally at a frequency of 2.0 × 1010 Hz and [3]

amplitude 48 V m-1.
a. What is the wavelength of the wave?
b. What is the amplitude of the oscillating magnetic field?
c. Show that the average energy density of the E field equals the average energy density of the B field. [c = 3 ×
108 ms-1]
Section D
27. In an n-type silicon, which of the following statement is true: [1]

a) Holes are minority carriers and pentavalent b) Electrons are minority carriers and
atoms are the dopants. pentavalent atoms are the dopants.

c) Electrons are majority carriers and trivalent d) Holes are majority carriers and trivalent
atoms are the dopants. atoms are the dopants.
28. Which of the statements is true for p-type semiconductors? [1]

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 a) Electrons are minority carriers and b) Electrons are majority carriers and trivalent
pentavalent atoms are the dopants. atoms are the dopants.

c) Holes are majority carriers and trivalent d) Holes are minority carriers and pentavalent
atoms are the dopants. atoms are the dopants.
29. Carbon, silicon and germanium have four valence electrons each. These are characterized by valence and [1]
conduction bands separated by energy band gap respectively equal to (Eg)C, (Eg)Si and (Eg)Ge. Which of the
following statements is true?

a) (Eg)C = (Eg)Si = (Eg)Ge b) (Eg)C < (Eg)Ge < (Eg)Si

c) (Eg)Si < (Eg)Ge < (Eg)C d) (Eg)C > (Eg)Si > (Eg)Ge

30. In an unbiased p-n junction, holes diffuse from the p-region to n-region because: [1]

a) all of these b) they move across the junction by the

potential difference

c) hole concentration in p-region is more as d) free electrons in the n-region attract them
compared to n-region
31. When a forward bias is applied to a p-n junction, it [1]

a) reduces the majority carrier current to zero b) lowers the potential barrier

c) free electrons and holes move away from d) raises the potential barrier
the juction
32. In half wave rectification, what is the output frequency if the input frequency is 50 Hz. What is the output [2]
frequency of a full wave rectifier for the same input frequency.

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