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Public Exam Model Question Paper 2019 - 2020

12th Standard

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Physics

Time : 02:45:00 Hrs
Total Marks : 70

    Part I      

    Answer all the questions.

    Choose the most suitable answer from the given four alternatives and write the option code with the corresponding answer.

    15 x 1 = 15
  1. The force between like charges is _________.

    (a)

    attraction

    (b)

    repulsion

    (c)

    no force

    (d)

    none

  2. In a large building, there are 15 bulbs of 40 W, 5 bulbs of 100 W, 5 fans of 80 W and 1 heater of 1 kW are connected. The voltage of electric mains is 220 V. The maximum capacity of the main fuse of the building will be ______.

    (a)

    14 A

    (b)

    8 A

    (c)

    10 A

    (d)

    12 A

  3. Three wires of equal lengths are bent in the form of loops. One of the loops is circle, another is a semi-circle and the third one is a square. They are placed in a uniform magnetic field and same electric current is passed through them. Which of the following loop configuration will experience greater torque?

    (a)

    Circle

    (b)

    Semi-circle

    (c)

    Square

    (d)

    All of them

  4. Above the neutral temperature the thermo emf ____________________.

    (a)

    changes sign

    (b)

    is constant

    (c)

    increases with the rise in temperature

    (d)

    decrease with the rise in temperature

  5. In a transformer, eddy current loss is minimized by using ____________.

    (a)

    laminated core made of muemetal

    (b)

    laminated core made of stelloy

    (c)

    shell type core

    (d)

    thick copper wire

  6. The electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave are _____.

    (a)

    in phase and perpendicular to each other

    (b)

    out of phase and not perpendicular to each other

    (c)

    in phase and not perpendicular to each other

    (d)

    out of phase and perpendicular to each other

  7. When light is incident on a soap film of thickness 5 x 10–5 cm, the wavelength of light reflected maximum in the visible region is 5320 Å. Refractive index of the film will be, _____.

    (a)

    1.22

    (b)

    1.33

    (c)

    1.51

    (d)

    1.83

  8. Two plane mirrors are at right angles to each other. A man stands between them and combs hair with his right hand. In how many of the images will he be seen using his right-hand __________.

    (a)

    None

    (b)

    1

    (c)

    2

    (d)

    3

  9. Two radiations with photon energies 0.9 eV and 3.3 eV respectively are falling on a metallic surface successively. If the work function of the metal is 0.6 eV, then the ratio of maximum speeds of emitted electrons in the two cases will be _____.

    (a)

    1:4

    (b)

    1:3

    (c)

    1:1

    (d)

    1:9

  10. Wavelength of X-rays is ______ the wavelength of visible light

    (a)

    smaller than

    (b)

    greater than

    (c)

    negligible when compared to

    (d)

    equal to

  11. In J.J. Thomson e/m experiment, electrons are accelerated through 2.6 kV enter the region of crossed electric field and magnetic field of strength 3.0 x 104 Vm-1 and 1.0 x 10-3 T, respectively, and pass through it and undeflected, then the specific charge is _____.

    (a)

    1.6 × 1010 C kg–1

    (b)

    1.7 × 1011 Ckg–1

    (c)

    1.5 × 1011 Ckg–1

    (d)

    1.8 × 1011 Ckg–1

  12. A common - emitter amplifier has a voltage gain of 100, an input impendence of 100Ω and an output impedence of 200 Ω. The product of voltage gain and current gain is _________

    (a)

    1000

    (b)

    3000

    (c)

    5000

    (d)

    500

  13. The frequency range of 3 MHz to 30 MHz is used for ______.

    (a)

    Ground wave propagation

    (b)

    Space wave propagation

    (c)

    Sky wave propagation

    (d)

    Satellite communication

  14. The device which is a combination of a receiver and a transmitter is ___________________.

    (a)

    Amplifier

    (b)

    Repeater

    (c)

    Transducer

    (d)

    Modulator

  15. The gravitational waves were theoretically proposed by _____.

    (a)

    Conrad Rontgen

    (b)

    Marie Curie

    (c)

    Albert Einstein

    (d)

    Edward Purcell

  16. Part II

    Answer any 6 questions. Question no. 24 is compulsory.

    6 x 2 = 12
  17. (i) Electric field lines donot have sudden breaks why is it so?
    (ii) Explain why two field lines never cross each other at any point.

  18. Give any one definition of power factor.

  19. Which part of Electromagnetic is absorbed from sunlight by ozone layer?
    (i) Write its source and
    (ii) mention its uses.

  20. Write the expression for angular resolution.

  21. An electron and an alpha particle have same kinetic energy. How are the de Broglie wavelengths associated with them related?

  22. What is the reason for using lighter nuclei as moderators?

  23. Explain the need for a feedback circuit in a transistor oscillator.

  24. What do you mean by noise in communication?

  25. How does the manipulation of colours obtain in nanoscale structure?

  26. Part III

    Answer any 6 questions. Question no. 33 is compulsory.

    6 x 3 = 18
  27. Explain the Lightning arrester or lightning conductor.

  28. Explain the determination of unknown resistance using meter bridge.

  29. Discuss the conversion of galvanometer into an ammeter and also a voltmeter.

  30. What is the magnetic field at point O due to current carrying wires shown in the figure?

  31. Show that Lenz’s law is in accordance with the law of conservation of energy.

  32. The charge on a parallel plate capacitor varies as q = qo cos 2\(\pi \gamma \)t. The plates are very large and close together. (area - A. separation - d) find the displacement current through the capacitor?

  33. What is the focal length of the combination if the lenses of focal lengths –70 cm and 150 cm are in contact? What is the power of the combination?

  34. The graph shows the variation of stopping potential with frequency of incident radiation for two photosensitive metals A and B. Which one of the two has higher value of workfunction? Justify your answer.

  35. What are radioactive elements? What are the factors that affect radio activity?

  36. Part IV

    Answer all the questions.

    5 x 5 = 25
    1. What is meant by satellite communication? Give its applications.

    2. Write the advantages and disadvantages of robotic.

    1. For a radioactive material, half-life period is 600s. If initially there are 600 number of molecules, find the time taken for disintegration of 450 molecules and the rate of disintegration.

    2. In the combination of the following gates, write the Boolean equation for output Y in terms of inputs A and B.

    1. A wheel with 10 metallic spokes each 0.5m long is rotated with a speed of 120 rev/min in a plane normal to the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field HE at a place if H= 0.4 G at the place what is the induced emf between the a x k and the rim of the wheel? Take 1 gauss (G) = 10-4T.

    2. Calculate the cut-off wavelength and cutoff frequency of x-rays from an x-ray tube of accelerating potential 20,000 V.

    1. A plane Electromagnetic wave travels in vacuum along z - direction. What can you say about the directions of electric and magnetic field vectors? If the frequency of the wave is 30 MHz. What is its wavelength?

    2. A compound microscope has a magnifying power of 100 when the image is formed at infinity. The objective has a focal length of 0.5 cm and the tube length is 6.5 cm. What is the focal length of the eyepiece.

    1. In a potentiometer arrangement, a cell of emf 1.25 V gives a balance point at 35 cm length of the wire. If the cell is replaced by another cell and the balance point shifts to 63 cm, what is the emf of the second cell?

    2. Calculate the force per unit length on a long straight wire carrying current of 4A due to a parallel wire carrying 6A current if the distance between the wires is 3cm.

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