Army Public School &College (Boys) Saddar Karachi

XII Physics Important Topics

SHORT QUESTIONS
1Volumetric expansion is three times of linear expansion ‘or’   3
2Show that the absolute temperature of an ideal gas is directly proportional to the average translational
kinetic energy of the molecules
3Flux also discuss its conditions
4Define potential difference and electromotive force. Both are measured in volts. What is the difference
between these two concepts?
5State & explain Lenz’s law of electromagnetic induction.
What is mutual induction ? derive an expression for mutual inductance.
6.Derive an expression for the force on a Current carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field.
7Prove that the radius of circular path for a charge moving in a magnetic field is given as r= mv sin θ/ q B
8.Describe with a diagram how a galvanometer is converted into an ammeter and into a voltmeter.
9.What is semi conductor diode? How is it used for half / fullwave wave rectification
10.Define Radioactivity. Explain the Law of Radioactive decay. Write the equation showing the change in
the nuclei by α, β and γ decay.
11.The postulates of the Special Theory of Relativity? Explain any three results of Einstein’s Theory of
Relative.
13.Describe the principle, construction and working of the Wilson cloud chamber.
14.Describe the construction & working of Geiger count

NUMERICALS
1.A Carnot engine whose low temperature reservoir is 200K has an efficiency of 50%. It is desired to
increase this to 75%. By how many degrees must the temperature of flow temperature reservoir be decreased
if the temperature of the higher reservoir remains constant?
2.Find the root mean square velocity of a hydrogen molecule at 100 o C. Take the mass of the hydrogen
molecule 3.32x10-27 kg and k= 1.38x10-23 J/k
3.A proton of mass 1.67×10 -27 kg and charge 1.6×10-19 C is to be held motionless between two parallel
horizontal plates. Find the distance between the plates when the potential difference of 6×10 -9 volt is applied
across the plates
4.A capacitor of 12 micro Farad is charged to a potential difference of 100 V. Its plates are then
disconnected from the source and are connected parallel to another capacitor. The potential difference in this
combination falls down to 60 V. What is the capacitance of the second capacitor?
5.A small sphere of weight 5 x 10-3 N is suspended by a silk thread which is attached to a point on a large
charged insulating plane. When a charge of 6 x108 C is placed on the ball the thread makes an angle of 30 o
with the vertical. Find the charge density on the plane.
6. A rectangular bar of iron is 2 cm × 2 cm is cross section and 20 cm long. What is the resistance of the bar
at 500o C if ρ=11×10-8 Ω-m and α= 0.0052 K-1 ?
7. A platinum wire of diameter 0.2 mm is wound to make a resistor of 4 ohm. How long a wire is needed
for this purpose
8. You have given three resistors each of 2 ohms. How would you arrange these to obtain equivalent
resistance of: (a) 1.33 ohm (b) 3 ohm (c) 6 ohm?

Department of Physics Compiled By M. Awais (MS Physics ,MSc Physics)

9. A 500 turn coil in an A.C generator having an area of 1000 cm2 rotates in a magnetic field of value 50
Tesla . In order to generate 220 V Max. , how fast is the coil to be rotated? Express your answer in terms of
the number of revolutions per seconds.
10. A pair of adjacent coils has a mutual inductance of 850 mH. If the current in primary coil changes from 0
to 20 A in 0.1 sec; what is the change in the magnetic flux in the secondary coil of 800 turns.
11. A galvanometer has a resistance of 100 Ohms. A difference of potential of 50 mV gives the full scale
deflection. Calculate the shunt resistance to read from 0 – 5 A . What is the value of the series resistance if
the galvanometer is to be converted into voltmeter to read unto 250

12. A 300 Volts voltmeter has a total resistance of 20 kilo Ohms. What additional series resistance is
required to convert it into a voltmeter ranging up to a maximum of 600
13. A sodium surface is shined with the light of with the light of wave length 3 x10 -7 m. If the work function
of the sodium metal is 2.46eV, find K.E of the photo electrons and also cut off wave length.
14. In Compton’s scattering process, the fractional change in wavelength of X-ray photon is 1 % at an angle
of 120o (Ө=120o ); find the wavelength of X-rays used in this experiment.
15. Find the speed and momentum of a particle whose rest mass energy is twice of its kinetic energy.
16. Find the value of the shortest and the longest wavelength of emitted photons in hydrogen spectra in
Balmar series, where R∞ = 1.097 × 10 7m-1
17. A photon of 12.1eV absorbed by a hydrogen atom originally in the ground state raises the atom to an
excited state. What is the quantum number of this state?
18. Find the binding energy and Packing Fraction in Mev of 52Te126 , given that mp=1.0078U,
mn=1.0086U, .
mT = 125.9033U.
19.The half period of 104Po210 is 140 days, by what percent does its radioactivity decrease per week.

LONG QUESTIONS
1..Define Molar specific heat at constant pressure and at constant volume .Show that C p -Cv = R
2.what is Carnot Engine , Describe construction , working and efficiency .

3..Gauss’s law and application of Gauss’s law (1st and 2nd )

4.Capacitor the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor when:
a) Air is the medium between the plates b) An insulating medium is b/w the plates
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5.State Ampere‘s law and application of Ampere’s law (solenoid
6.Give the construction and working of a moving coil Galvanometer.Prove that the deflection is directly
proportional to the current in radial magnetic field.
7.What is photoelectric effect? Discuss the result with the help of graph and derive Einstein's photoelectric
equation on the basis of Quantum theory .
8.What is Compton’s Effect? Explain it on the basis of Quantum theory. Derive a relation of the Compton’s
shift
9.State the basic postulates of Bohr’s Theory of Atomic Structure and derive the expression for the radius of
nth orbit of a hydrogen atom..Using Bohr’s atomic theory .a) Derive the expression for the total energy of
the electron in the nth orbit of hydrogen atom

Department of Physics Compiled By M. Awais (MS Physics ,MSc Physics)