CBSE Physics Class 12 Sample Paper 20 Page 1

CBSE Sample Paper 20

Class XII Exam 2023-24
Physics
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70
General Instructions:
1. There are 35 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
2. This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section
E. All the sections are compulsory.
3. Section A contains eighteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains seven questions of two
marks each, Section C contains five questions of three marks each, section D contains three
long questions of five marks each and Section E contains two case study based questions of 4
marks each.
4. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in section B, C, D
and E. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
5. Use of calculators is not allowed.

SECTION-A
1. Permittivity of free space is.
(a) 9 # 109 mF-1 (b) 1.6 # 10-19 C (c) 8.85 # 10-12 Fm-1 (d) 8.85 # 10-9 Fm-1

2. A spherical drop of capacitance 1 µF is broken into eight drops of equal radius. The capacitance
of each small drop is
(a) 1 µF (b) 1 µF (c) 1 µF (d) 1 µF
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3. Potential difference between two electrodes of a galvanic cell in an open circuit, is known as
(a) current (b) impedance (c) voltage (d) electromotive force

4. A uniform electric field and a uniform magnetic field are acting along the same direction in a certain
region. If an electron is projected along the direction of the fields with a certain velocity, then
(a) its velocity will increase (b) its velocity will decrease
(c) it will turn towards left (d) it will turn towards right

5. A 2 m long solenoid with radius 2 cm and 2000 turns has a another solenoid of 1000 turns
wound closely near its mid-point. The mutual inductance of solenoids is
(a) 0.8 mH (b) 1.6 mH (c) 3.2 mH (d) 6.4 mH

6. Quality factor of LCR-circuit having resistance R and inductance L at resonance angular

frequency ω is given by
(a) ωL (b) R (c) b ωL l (d) b ωL l
1/2 2

R ωL R R

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7. If a diamagnetic substance is brought near north or south pole of a bar magnet, then it is
(a) attracted by the poles
(b) repelled by the poles
(c) attracted by the north pole and repelled by the south pole
(d) repelled by the north pole and attracted by the south pole

8. Which of the following rays are not electromagnetic waves ?

(a) γ -rays (b) β -rays (c) X-rays (d) heat rays

9. The angle of a prism is 60c. If green light of refractive index 1.5 passes through it, the angle of
deviation will be
(a) 30c (b) 40c (c) 50c (d) 60c

10. Interference takes place due to change in

(a) velocity (b) intensity (c) amplitude (d) phase difference

11. In photoelectric effect the maximum kinetic energy of emitted electron depends on
(a) wavelength (b) frequency (c) intensity (d) work function

12. The total energy of an electron in the first excited state of hydrogen atom is about - 3.4 eV .
Its kinetic energy in this state is
(a) - 3.4 eV (b) 3.4 eV (c) - 6.8 eV (d) 6.8 eV

13. Which among the following rays is not deflected by electric field?
(a) X-ray (b) γ -ray (c) α -ray (d) Cathode ray

14. Two point charge A and B of charge + 4 µC and − 1 µC are placed in air at a distance 1 m
apart. The distance of the point from the charge B on the line joining the charges, where the
resultant electric field is zero, is
(a) 0.5 m (b) 1 m (c) 1.5 m (d) 2 m

15. Which element is used in electric heater?

(a) Copper (b) Platinum (c) Tungsten (d) Nichrome

16. Assertion : Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a useful diagnostic tool for producing images
of various parts of human body.
Reason : Protons of various tissues of the human body play a role in MRI.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

17. Assertion : A concave mirror and convex lens both have the same focal length in air. When they

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are submerged in water, they will have same focal length.

Reason : The refractive index of water is smaller than the refractive index of air.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

18. Assertion : A famous painting was painted by not using brush strokes in the usual manner, but
rather a myriad of small colour dots. In this painting the colour you see at any given place on
the painting changes as you move away.
Reason : The angular separation of adjacent dots changes with the distance from the painting.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

SECTION-B
19. What is the amount of work done in moving a point charge Q around a circular arc of radius
r at the centre of which another point charge q is located?

20. Why alloys like constantan or manganin are used for making standard resistors?

21. Why does a paramagnetic sample displays greater magnetism when cooled?

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State Gauss’s law of magnetism.

22. What is transformer? What do you mean by its efficiency?

23. What is total internal reflection? What are the conditions for it?


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A concave mirror and a convex lens are held in water. What change, if any, do you expect to
find in the focal length of either?

24. In the Rutherford scattering experiment, the distance of closest approach for an α -particles is
d 0 . If α -particles is replaced by a proton, then how much kinetic energy in comparison to α
-particle will be required to have the same distance of closest approach d 0 ?

25. The V - I characteristic of a silicon diode is as shown in the figure. Calculate the resistance of
the diode at
1. I = 15 mA , 2. V =− 10 V .

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SECTION-C
26. What is a continuous charge distribution? How can we calculate the force on a point charge q
due to a continuous charge distribution?
27. State the rules to find the direction of force on a charge moving in a perpendicular magnetic field.
28. Figure shows a ray of light passing through a prism. If the refracted ray QR is parallel to the
base BC , show that
(i) r1 = r2 = A and, (ii) Angle of minimum deviation, Dm = 2i - A
2

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A convex lens of focal length 20 cm is placed coaxially with a convex mirror of radius of
curvature 20 cm. The two are kept 15 cm apart. A point object is placed 40 cm in front of the
convex lens. Find the position of the image formed by this combination. Draw the ray diagram
showing the image formation.
29. In Young’s double slit experiment, the separation of slits is doubled and the distance of the slits
and screen is halved. How will it affect the fringe width?


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A slit or an aperture diffracts light. Even then we say light travels in a straight line and ray
optic is valid. Comment.
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30. The radionuclide 11 C decays according to 11 C $ 11 B + e− + v + Q, T1/2 = 20.3 min

6 6 5 positron

The maximum energy of the emitted positron is 0.960 MeV. Given the mass values.
m b 11 Cl = 11.0114344 u and
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m b 11 Bl = 11.009305 u
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Calculate Q and compare it with maximum energy of the positron emitted.

SECTION-D
31. What is self-induction? Define self-inductance. Give its units and dimensions.


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A helicopter rises vertically with a velocity of 10 m -s-1 . If helicopter has length of 10 m and
horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field is 2 # 10-3 T . What is the E.M.F. induced
between tip of nose and tail of the helicopter?
32. Obtain expression for the energy density of an electromagnetic wave. In an electromagnetic
wave, show that the average energy density of the E field equals the average energy density of
the B field.


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Considering the case of a parallel plate capacitor being charged, show how one is required to
generalise Ampere’s circuital law to include the term due to displacement current.
33. With the help of a circuit diagram, explain the working of a junction diode as a full wave
rectifier. Draw its input and output waveforms. Which characteristic property makes the
junction diode suitable for rectification?


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Calculate the value of the resistance R in the circuit shown in the figure so that the current in
the circuit is 0.2 A. What would be the potential difference between points A and B ?

SECTION-E
34. In practice, we deal with charges much greater in magnitude than the charge on an electron, so
we can ignore the quantum nature of charges and imagine that the charge is spread in a region
in a continuous manner. Such a charge distribution is known as continuous charge distribution.

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There are three types of continuous charge distribution : (i) Line charge distribution (ii) Surface
charge distribution (iii) Volume charge distribution as shown in figure.

(i) What is the importance of Gauss law?

(ii) An electric charge of 8.85 # 10-13 C is placed at the centre of a sphere of radius 1 m.
calculate the electric flux through the sphere.
(iii) What charge would be required to electrifr a sphere of radius 25 cm so as to get a surface
charge density of 3 C m-2 ?
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(iv) What is the SI unit of linear charge density?

35. Ampere’,s law gives a method to calculate the magnetic field due to given current distribution.
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According to it, the circulation Bv $ dlv of the resultant magnetic field along a closed plane
curve is equal to µ 0 times the total current crossing the area bounded by the closed curve
provided the electric field inside the loop remains constant. Ampere’s law is more useful under
certain symmetrical conditions. Consider one such case of a long Straight wire with circular
cross-section (radius R) carrying current I uniformly distributed across this cross-section.

(i) Find the magnetic field at a radial distance r from the centre of the wire in the region
r > R.
(ii) The magnetic field at a distance r in the region r > R .
(iii) A long straight wire of a circular cross section (radius a ) carries a steady current I and
the current I is uniformly distributed across this cross-section. Draw a graph which
represents the variation of magnitude of magnetic field B with distance r from the centre
of the wire?


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(iv) A long straight wire of radius R carries a steady current I . The current is uniformly
distributed across its cross-section. Find the ratio of magnetic field at R/2 and 2R .


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