Chandrabhan Sharma Junior College of Science and Commerce

Powai - Vihar Complex , Powai , Mumbai -400076

PRELIMINARY EXAM 2020-21
th
Std:12 ( Science) Subject- Physics Duration :3hrs
Date :24/3/2021 Marks – 70 Marks
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Instructions: (i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) Figures to right indicate full marks.
(iii) Draw neat diagrams wherever necessary.
(iv) Use of log tables is allowed

SECTION A
Q.1. SELECT AND WRITE THE CORRECT ANSWER. [10 MKS]
1) The bulging of earth at the equator and flattening at the poles is due to
a) Centripetal force b) Centrifugal force
c) gravitational force d) Electrostatic force
2) Eddy current are produced in a conductor when magnetic field is subjected to
a) varying magnetic field b) constant magnetic field
c) no magnetic field d) specific value of magnetic field
3) Absorption of water by filter paper is due to
a) cohesion b) capillarity c) adhesion d) elasticity
4) A body which absorbs all the radiation incident over it is called a
a) black body b) perfectly black body
c) good absorber d) good emitter
5) Kirchhoff ‘s junction law is equivalent to
a) conservation of energy b) conservation of charge
c) conservation of electric potential d) conservation of electric field
6) Ampere’s law is similar to
a) Faraday’s law b) Gauss’s theorem in electrostatics
c) Joule’s law d) Kirchhoff’s law
7) Linear momentum of an electron in Bohr orbit of H- atom(principal quantum number n)
Is proportional to
a) 1/ n2 b) 1/ n c) n d) n2
8) An electron is an atom revolves around the nucleus in an orbit of radius 0.7 Å. Calculate the
equivalent magnetic moment if the frequency of revolution of electron is 2 x 1010 M Hz.
a) 4.92 x 10 -23 Am2 b) 4.92x 10-24 Am2 c) 5.21 x 10 -23 Am2 d) 5.21 x 10 -24Am2
9) The electric field intensity at a point 2m from an isolated point charge is 500 N/C. The electric
potential at the point is
a) 0V b) 2.5 V c) 250 V d) 1000V
10) Two long parallel wires are at a distance of 1m . If both of them carry one ampere of current
Then the force of attraction per unit length between the two wires is
a) 2 x 10 -7 N/m b)2 x 10 -8 N/m c)5 x 10 -8 N/m d) 5 x 10 -7 N/m

Q.2 . ANSWER THE FOLLOWING. [8MKS]

1) What is the reactance of LC circuit at natural frequency?

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2) What is gyromagnetic ration?
3) What will happen to the string if tension at the uppermost point during vertical circular motion
becomes zero?
4) Define half-life period.
5) What is a capillary tube?
6) What is Electromagnetic Induction?
7) For a perfectly blackbody at temperature of 4000k, in which region of electromagnetic
spectrum does its maximum λmax lie?
8) A particle executing S.H.M. has acceleration 12 cm/s2 at 3cm from its mean position.
Calculate time period of particle.

SECTION B
ATTEMPT ANY EIGHT [16 MKS]
Q.3. Explain why the inductance of two coils connected in parallel is less than the inductance of
either coil.
Q.4. Define: a) Coefficient of Absorption b) Coefficient of Emission.
Q.5. Draw a neat labeled diagram indicating energy levels and transitions between for hydrogen
atom.
Q.6. Distinguish between constructive and destructive interference.
Q.7. What is meant by mass tied to a rod? How is it different from mass tied to a string?
Q.8. Derive the relation for magnetic force acting on a straight wire carrying current.
Q.9. Define: a) Impedance b) Admittance.
Q.10. An X-ray tube produces a continuous spectrum of radiation with it’s short wavelength end
at 0.45Å. What is the maximum energy of a photon in the radiation?
Q.11. Calculate the force required to take away a flat circular plate of radius 0.01 m from the
surface of water. The surface tension of water is 0.075 N/m.
Q.12. An ideal gas is taken through an isothermal process. If it does 2000J of work on its
environment, how much heat is added to it?
Q.13. The string of a guitar is 80 cm long and has a fundamental frequency of 112 Hz. If a
guitarist wishes to produce a frequency of 160 Hz, where should the person press the
string?
Q.14. When 108 electrons are transferred from one conductor to another, a potential difference of
10V appears between the conductors. Find the capacitance between the two conductors.

SECTION C
ATTEMPT ANY EIGHT [24 MKS]
Q.15. With a neat circuit diagram, explain working of P.N. junction diode as a half wave
rectifier.
Q.16. Obtain an expression for the rise or fall of liquid in a capillary tube using force method.
Q.17. Describe with the help of a neat circuit diagram how you will determine the internal
resistance of a cell by using a potentiometer. Derive the necessary formula.
Q.18. Establish the relation between permeability and susceptibility of a substance. Also express
permeability in terms of relative permeability.
Q. 19. Determine the expression for the work done and heat transferred for an isothermal
process.

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Q.20. Derive an expression for electric potential due to a point charge .What can you infer from
the expression?
Q.21. The destiny of a gas at S.T.P. is 0.16 g/L, Calculate its r.m.s. velocity at 127˚C
Q.22. In Young’s experiment, the ratio of intensity at the maxima and minima in an interference
pattern is 36:9. What will be the ratio of the intensities of two interfering waves?
Q.23. A capacitors of 100μF, a coil of resistance 50 Ω and an inductance 0.5H are connected in
series with a 110V – 50Hz source. Calculate the r.m.s. value of current in the circuit.
Q.24. What will be the duration of the day, if the earth suddenly shrinks to 1/64 of it’s original
volume, mass remaining unchanged?
Q.25. Explain de-Broglie hypothesis in brief.
Q.26. The primary of a transformer has 40 turns and works on 100 volt and 100 watt. Find the
number of turns in the secondary to step up voltage to 400V. Also calculate the current in
the secondary and primary.

SECTION D
ATTEMPT ANY THREE [12MKS]
Q.27. Derive the expression for the amount of work done in changing the volume of a system.
The common base DC current gain of a transistor is 0.967. If the emitter current is 10mA,
what is the value of base current?
Q.28. Deduce analytically the expression for beat frequency of two sound waves having same
amplitude and slightly different frequencies.
Q.29. Explain the Huygens construction of spherical wave front.
When two cells of emfs E1 and E2 are connected in series so as to assist each other, their
balancing length on a potentiometer is found to be 2.7m. When the cells are connected in
series so as to oppose each other, the balancing length is found to be 0.3 m. Compare the
emfs of the two cells.
Q.30. Discuss analytically, the composition of two S.H.M.s of same period and parallel to each
other. Find the resultant amplitude when phase difference is a) 0 rad b) ꙥ/2 rad c) ꙥ rad.
Q.31. Explain working of moving coil Galvanometer (M.C.G.) with a neat labeled diagram.
The wavelength of the spectral line emitted is 4861 Å, when the electron jumps from the
nth orbit to the second orbit. Calculate n if R=1.097 x 107m-1

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