Vector Class

STD-12 Physics Date :

Total marks: 100 Paper 1
Section A
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• Choose correct answer from the given options. [Each carries 1 Mark] [50]

1. ...... is the dimensional formula for electric dipole moment.

(A) [M 0 L1 T1 A1] (B) [M0 L1 T–1 A1] (C) [M0 L1 T–1 A–1] (D) [M0 L–1 T1 A1 ]
2. The number of electric field lines coming out of charge ...... kept in a vacuum is 1.13 ´ 1011
[e0 = 8.85 ´ 10–12 C2N–1m–2]
(A) 1C (B) 1 mC (C) 2C (D) 2 mC
3. An electric dipole with dipole moment 4 ´ 10–9 cm is aligned at 30° with the direction of a uniform
electric field of magnitude 5 ´ 104 NC–1. The magnitude of the torque on the dipole is ...... J.
(A) 10–2 (B) 102 (C) 104 (D) 10–4
4. Electric field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet at a distance r ......
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(A) is proportional to 2 (B) is proportional to r
r
(C) is proportional to r2
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5. Which one of the following property is not true for electric field lines ?
(A) Two field lines can never cross each other
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(B) Electric field lines can be taken to be continuous curves without any breaks
(C) Electric field lines form closed loops
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(D) The tangent drawn at any point of the field lines represents direction of E
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6. For any charge configuration equipotential surface through a point is ...... to the electric field at that
point.
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(A) normal (B) Parallel

(C) In a direction making an angle of 45° (D) In a direction making an angle of 60°
7. A particle having charge ‘q’ is accelerated by a potential difference DV, it would gain energy of ......
(A) q2 DV (B) q DV (C) q DV2 (D) q2 DV2
8. The electric potentials at two points (0, 3) mm and (0, 4) mm in the region in which electric field
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E = 20iˆ NC -1 are VA and VB respectively then,
(A) VA > VB (B) VA < VB
(C) VA = VB (D) none of the given choices

9. Two capacitors when connected in series, their equivalent capacitance is 3 mF and when they are
connected in parallel their equivalent capacitance is 16 mF. Their values are respectively ...... mF and
...... mF.
(A) 4, 12 (B) 8, 16 (C) 8, 8 (D) 16, 1
10. The work done to move unit test charge on an equipotential surface is ......
(A) negative (B) positive (C) zero (D) infinite
11. When n capacitors, each of equal value C, are connected in series, the equivalent capacitance of the
combination = ......
C C
(A) 2 (B) n2C (C) (D) nC
n n
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12. ) According to Ohm’s law ç R = ÷ , as current flowing through a conductor increases, resistance of
è Iø
conductor ......
(A) decreases (B) increases
(C) remains constant (D) nothing cab be said
13. ) Two resistors when connected in series net resistance is 5 W and when they are connected in
parallel, net resistance is 1.2 W. What are these resistors ?
(A) 2 W, 3 W (B) 1 W, 4 W (C) 0.6 W, 0.6 W (D) 1 W, 0.2 W
14. ) Resistance of conducting wire is ‘R’, it is divided into 10 equal parts. Now, all these parts are
connected in parallel. Effective resistance of the connection is ...... .
R R
(A) (B) 10 R (C) 100 R (D)
10 100
15. ) ...... is used to measure electromotive force (emf) of a cell.
(A) Ammeter (B) Potentiometer (C) Voltmeter (D) Wheatstone bridge

16. ) Which of the following physical quantity has unit m2V–1s–1 ?

(A) drift velocity (B) mobility (C) electric field (D) resistivity
17. ) The value of the temperature co-efficient of resistivity (a) is ...... for metals.
(A) negative (B) zero (C) positive (D) negative
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A solenoid of length 0.5 m has a radius of 1 cm and is made up of 500 turns. It carries a current of
6 A. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field inside the solenoid ?
(A) zero (B) 24p ´ 10–4 T (C) 20p ´ 10–4 T (D) 24p ´ 10–4 G
19. What is the frequency of an electron (mass 9 ´ 10–31 kg and charge 1.6 ´ 10–19 C) moving at a speed of 3 ´
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107 m/s in a magnetic field of 4 ´ 10–4 T perpendicular to it ?
(A) 17 MHz (B) 11.32 MHz (C) 1.7 MHz (D) 1.132 MHz
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20. There is a coil of 100 turns having radius 10 cm and carrying a current of 1 A. The magnitude of
magnetic field at the centre of a coil is ...... T.
p
(A) ´ 10-4 (B) p ´ 10–4 (C) 2p ´ 10–4 (D) 4p ´ 10–4
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21. Parallel currents ...... and antiparallel currents ...... .

(A) attract, repel (B) attract, attract (C) repel, attract (D) repel, repel
22. ) The force acting between two straight parallel conductors of negligible cross-section and placed one
meter apart in vacuum carrying equal current of 1 mA is ...... N.
(A) 2 ´ 10–10 (B) 2 ´ 10–7 (C) 2 ´ 10–13 (D) 2 ´ 107
23. Select incorrect unit of self inductance
Weber Volt - second
(A) Mho-second (B) (C) (D) Ohm-second
Amp Ampere
24. If R and L denote resistance and inductance respectively which of the following has dimensions of
time ?
L R R L
(A) (B) (C) (D)
R L L R
25. The coil having 1000 turns and area of 0.10 m2 rotates at half a revolution per second and it is
placed in a uniform magnetic field of 0.01 T perpendicular to the axis of rotation of coil. Then
max. emf voltage generated in coil is ...... V.
(A) 0.5 (B) 5.0 (C) 3.14 (D) 0.314
26. Tm2A–1 is unit of ...... physical quantity.
(A) inductance (B) magnetic field
(C) magnetic flux (D) magnetic dipole moment
 Tm2A–1 is unit of ...... physical quantity.
(A) inductance (B) magnetic field
(C) magnetic flux (D) magnetic dipole moment
27. A square of length L meters lies in the xy-plane in a region, where the magnetic field is given by
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B = B0(2iˆ + 3 jˆ + 4kˆ )T , where B0 is constant. The magnitude of flux passing through the square is
...... Wb.
(A) 2 B0L2 (B) 4 B0L2 (C) 3 B0 L2 (D) 29 B0 L2
28. Current in a circuit falls from 5 A to 0 A in 0.1 s. If an average emf of 200 V induced, the self-
inductance of the circuit would be ...... H.
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1
29. For ideal step down transformer,
(A) VS > VP and IS > IP (B) VS > VP and IS < IP (C) VS < VP and IS < IP (D) VS < VP and IS > IP
30. The power factor at the time of resonance is ...... .
(A) 0.5 (B) 1 (C) ฀ (D) 0
31. A pure inductor of 25 mH is connected to a source of 220 V. If the frequency of the source is 50 Hz,
the inductive reactance would be ...... W.
(A) 8.75 (B) 5.75 (C) 7.85 (D) 9.85
32. In an AC circuit having only capacitor, an electric current I ...... the voltage V in phase by ...... .
p p
(A) leads, (B) leads, p (C) lags behind, p (D) lags behind,
2 SIR
33. ) To serve which one of the following purpose, a laminated core is used in the construction of
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transistor ?
(A) To decrease the resistance of the windings (B) To minimize flux leakage
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(C) To minimize effect of eddy currents (D) To decrease hysteresis
34. ...... waves are sometimes referred to as heat waves.
(A) Infrared (B) Gamma (C) Ultraviolet (D) Radio
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35. The amplitude of the magnetic field of electromagnetic wave is 510 nT, then amplitude of the electric
field of this wave is ...... Vm–1.
(A) 153 (B) 1.7 ´ 10–6 (C) 1.53 ´ 10–7 (D) 170
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36. ...... current is obtained due to change in the electric field.

(A) Conduction (B) Eddy (C) Displacement (D) Unidirectional
37. Which one of the following electromagnetic wave is of minimum wavelength ?
(A) Gamma rays (B) Ultraviolet rays (C) X-rays (D) Infrared
38. Which one of the following is the frequency range for AM (Amplitude Modulated) band ?
(A) 530 Hz to 1710 Hz (B) 530 kHz to 1710 kHz
(C) 2300 kHz to 2700 kHz (D) 23 MHz to 27 MHz
39. ) What is the shortest wavelength present in the Paschen series of spectral lines ?
(A) 6563 Å (B) 820 nm (C) 911 nm (D) 656 mm
40. ) In case of head on collision, when the impact parameter is minimum, q = ...... rad (where
q = scattering angle for a-particle)
p p
(A) (B) 0 (C) (D) p
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41. ) Lyman series of spectra for hydrogen atom is found ...... region of spectra.
(A) infrared (B) ultraviolet (C) visible (D) microwaves
42. ) The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is –13.6 eV. What are the kinetic and potential energy of
the electron in this state ?
(A) 13.6 eV, – 27.2 eV (B) 13.6 eV, 27.2 eV (C) –13.6 eV, – 27.2 eV (D) 27.2 eV, –13.6 eV
43. ) Ionisation energy of an electron in third excited state for hydrogen atom is ...... eV.
(A) 1.51 (B) 0.85 (C) 13.6 (D) 3.4
44. ) Which one of the following spectral line lies in Ultraviolet region ?
(A) Lyman series (B) Paschen series (C) Balmer series (D) Pfund series
45. ) The binding energy per nucleon is almost constant for the nuclei having atomic mass number ......
(A) 30 < A < 170 (B) 30 < A < 240 (C) 170 < A < 230 (D) 156 < A < 192
46. ) A radioactive isotope has a half-life time of 2.2 years. How long years will it take the activity to reduce
to 3.125 % ?
(A) 8.8 (B) 6.8 (C) 11 (D) 13.2
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47. 197
80Hg and 79Au are examples of ......
(A) Isobars (B) Isotopes (C) Isomers (D) Isotones
48. ) 1 mCi = ...... Bq.
1
(A) ´ 10 -10 (B) 3.7 ´ 1010 (C) 3.7 ´ 104 (D) 3.7 ´ 107
3.7
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49. ) The radius of the nucleus of 13 Al is ...... .
1
(A) R03 (B) R 3 (C) 3R0 (D) R0
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50. ) Tritium has a half-life of 12.5 y undergoing beta decay. The fraction of a sample remain undecayed
after 25 y is ...... .

(A)
1
(B)
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(C)
1
(D)
1
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Section B
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 2 Marks] [16]

1. Obtain the expression of torque acting on electric dipole in uniform external electric field.
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1. Explain linear charge density, surface charge density and volume charge density for uniform charge
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distribution.
2. A slab of material of dielectrical constant K has the same area as the plates of a parallel-plate
æ 3ö
capacitor but has a thickness ç ÷ d , where d is the separation of the plates. How is the capacitance
è 4ø
changed when the slab is inserted between the plates ?
3. Write only statements of Kirchhoff’s junction rule and loop rule.
4. Explain the difficulties occurred by using galvanometer directly as ammeter.
5. Derive the equation E = – Blv of a motional emf with the help of a suitable example.
6. Give definition and formula of root mean square plot graph of current versus wt.
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6. (a) The peak voltage of an ac supply is 300 V. What is the rms voltage ?
(b) The rms value of current in an ac circuit is 10 A. What is the peak current ?
7. Explain the Rutherford atomic model and its limitation.
8. Write and derive the law of radioactivity decay.

Section C
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 3 Marks] [18]

9. An early model for an atom considered it to have a positively charged point nucleus of charge Ze,
surrounded by a uniform density of negative charge up to a radius R. The atom as a whole is neutral.
For this model, what is the electric field at a distance r from the nucleus ?
 An early model for an atom considered it to have a positively charged point nucleus of charge Ze,
surrounded by a uniform density of negative charge up to a radius R. The atom as a whole is neutral.
For this model, what is the electric field at a distance r from the nucleus ?
10. Two charges 3 ´ 10–8 C and – 2 ´ 10–8 C are located 15 cm apart. At what point on the line joining the
two charges is the electric potential zero ? Take the potential at infinity to be zero.

11. What is the radius of the path of an electron (mass 9 ´ 10–31 kg and charge 1.6 ´ 10–19 C) moving
at a speed of 3 ´ 107 m/s in a magnetic field of 6 ´ 10–4 T perpendicular to it ? What is its frequency
? Calculate its energy in keV. (1 eV = 1.6 ´ 10–19 J)
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11. Apply Biot-Savart law to find the magnetic field due to a circular current carrying loop at a point on
the axis of the loop.
12. A horizontal straight wire 10 m long extending from east to west is falling with a speed of 5.0 m s1,
at right angles to the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field, 0.30 ´ 104 Wb m–2.
(a) What is the instantaneous value of the emf induced in the wire ?
(b) What is the direction of the emf ?
(c) Which end of the wire is at the higher electrical potential ?
13. Explain Bohr’s atomic model.
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14. Obtain the binding energy of the nuclei 26 Fe
and 83 Bi in units of MeV from the following data :

m ( 5626 Fe) = 55.934939 u , m ( 209

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83 Bi ) = 208.980388 u

Section D
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• Write the answer of the following questions. [Each carries 4 Marks] [16]
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15. Derive the formula for the electric potential due to an electric dipole at a point from it.
16. Determine the current in each branch of the network shown in figure.
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4W
2W I3
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I2
I2 + I3
I1 10V I1
A C
1W 5V

I1 – I2 I
I2 + I3 – I1 2W 3
4W

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17. A sinusoidal voltage of peak value 283 V and frequency 50 Hz is applied to a series LCR circuit in
which R = 3 W, L = 25.48 mH and C = 796 mF. Find
(a) the impedance of the circuit;
(b) the phase difference between the voltage across the source and the current;
(c) the power dissipated in the circuit; and
(d) the power factor.
18.1. Using Bohr’s atomic model, derive an equation of the radius of the nth orbit of an electron.

n 2h 2 e 0
18.2. Using the formula for the radius of nth orbit rn = derive an expression for the total energy
pm Z e 2
of electron in nth Bohr’s orbit.