NAVODAYA VIDYALYA SAMITI

PRE-BOARD-2 Examination
Subject:PHYSICS(THEORY)Class:X
II|SESSION:2023-24
TimeAllowed:3hours Maximummarks:70
Generalinstructions:
1. Thereare33questionsinall.Allquestionsarecompulsory.
2. Thisquestionpaperhasfivesections:SectionA,SectionB,SectionC,SectionD,andSectionE.
3. Allthesectionsarecompulsory.
4. Section A contains sixteenquestions,twelve MCQ and four AssertionReasoningbasedof 1
mark each, Section B containsfivequestionsof two marks each, Section Ccontains seven
questions of three marks each, Section D contains two case study-basedquestions of four
marks each and Section E contains three long answer questions offivemarkseach.
5. There is no overall choice. However, an internalchoice has been provided in
onequestion in Section B, one question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in
SectionD and all three questionsin Section E. You have to attempt only one of the choices
insuchquestions.
6. Useofcalculatorsisnotallowed.
7. You may use the following values of physical constants where ever necessary

Q.No Questions Marks

SECTIONA
1 Two conducting spheres A and B of radii a & b respectively are at the same
potential. The ratio of surface charge densities of A and B is 1

2 An electrical dipole of dipole moment 4 × 10–5 C-m, kept in a uniform electric field
of 10–3 NC–1, experiences a torque of 2 × 10–8 Nm. The angle which the dipole 1
makes with the electric field is:
(a) 30°(b) 45°(c) 60°(d) 90°
3 A metallic plate exposed to white light emits electrons. For which of the following
colours of light, the stopping potential will be maximum? 1
(a) Blue (b) Yellow (c) Red (d) Violet
4 The Bohr’s model is applicable to which kind of atoms 1
(a). Having one electron only (b). Having two electrons
(c). Having eight electrons (d). Having more than eight electrons.
5. An electron is projected with uniform velocity along the axis of a current carrying
long solenoid. Which of the following is true?
(a) The electron will be accelerated along the axis.
(b) The electron path will be circular about the axis.
(c) The electron will experience a force at 45° to the axis and hence execute a helical 1
path.
(d) The electron will continue to move with uniform velocity along the axis of the
solenoid.
6. The magnetic susceptibility of an ideal diamagnetic substance is
(a) + 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) ∞ 1
7. The maximum current that can be measured by a galvanometer of resistance 40 Ω is
10 mA. It is converted into voltmeter that can read upto 50 V. The resistance to be 1
connected in the series with the galvanometer is
(a) 2010 Ω (b) 4050 Ω (c) 5040 Ω (d) 4960 Ω
8. For the shortest wavelength present in the Paschen series of
spectral lines
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9. In a transformer, the no. of turns of primary and secondary coil are 500 and 400
respectively. If 220 V is supplied to the primary coil, then ratio of currents in
primary and secondary coils is 1
(a) 4:5 (b) 5:4 (c) 5:9 (d) 9:5
10.
The quantity represents 1
(a) speed of sound(b) speed of light in vacuum
(c) speed of e.m.wave(d) inverse of speed of light in vacuum
11. A coil of resistance 400 Ω is placed in a magnetic field. If the magnetic flux ϕ linked
with the coil varies with times t (sec) as ϕ = 50t2 + 4, the current in the coil at t = 2 1
sec is
(a) 0.5 A (b) 0.1 A(c) 2 A (d) 1 A
12. Energy required to excite an electron in hydrogen atom to its ground state to its first 1
excited state is
(a) 6.2eV (b) 3.40eV (c) 10.2eV (d) -13.6eV
For Questions 13 to 16, two statements are given –one labelled Assertion (A) and
other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the
options as given below.
A. Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
B. Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is NOT the correct explanation of
Assertion.
C. Assertion is true but Reason is false.
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false.
13. Assertion: Photoelectric effect demonstrates the wave nature of light.
Reason. The number of photoelectrons is proportional to the frequency of light. 1
14. Assertion (A): An n type semiconductor has a large number of electrons but still it is
electrically neutral. 1
Reason (R): A ntype semiconductor is obtained by doping an intrinsicsemiconductor
with a Penta valent impurity.
15. Assertion: Work done in moving a charge around a closed path, in an electric field
is always zero. 1
Reason: Electrostatic force is a conservative force

16. Assertion (A): If the focal length of two convex lenses is the same, the lens
with the larger diameter will produce brighter images.
Reason (R): Convex lenses with larger diameters are able to focus light better.

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 SECTION B
17. An AC signal is fed into two circuits 'X'
and 'Y' and the corresponding output in the
two cases have the wave forms as shown. 2
(i) Identify the circuits 'X' and 'Y'.
(ii) What is the output frequency if the input frequency is 50 Hz is applied to ‘X’
What is the output frequency of ‘Y’ for the same input frequency.
18. Figure shows variation of stopping potential (V0) with the
frequency (ν) for two photosensitive materials M1 and M2.
(i) Why is the slope same for both lines?
(ii) For which material will the emitted electrons have greater 2
kinetic energy for the incident radiations of the same
frequency? Justify your answer.
19. 1.State the conditions for total internal reflection to take place.
2.A tank is filled with a transparent liquid to height H. A coin suspended by a thread
in the liquid is gradually lowered till it touches the bottom. The apparent depth is 2
determined corresponding to different positions of the coin.
(i)Plot a graph showing variation of the apparent depth with the real depth of the
coin.
(ii)What is the physical significance of the slope of the graph?
20. (a) Two copper wires, P and Q of the same area of cross-section are joined inparallel.
The combination of wires is connected across a battery of potential
difference V. If the length of the wires, P and Q are in the ratio 1:2, find the 2
ratio of drift velocities of electrons in wires P and Q.
21. The refractive index of an equilateral triangular prism kept in air is √2. Calculate:
1. the angle of minimum deviation.
2. the critical angle for the prism.
OR
A ray PQ incident normally on the refracting face BA is refracted in 2
the prism BAC made of material of refractive index 1.5. Complete
the path of ray through the prism. From which face will the ray
emerge? Justify your answer.

SECTION C
22.
(a) In a typical nuclear reaction, e.g. although
number of nucleons is conserved, yet energy is released. How? Explain.
(b) Show that nuclear density in a given nucleus is independent of mass number A.
OR
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A neutron is absorbed by a (3 Li) nucleus with the subsequent emission of an alpha 3
particle.
(i) Write the corresponding nuclear reaction.
(ii) Calculate the energy released in MeV in this reaction.
Given: mass (36Li)= 6.015126 u; mass (neutron) = 1.0086654 u; mass (alpha particle)
= 4.0026044 u and mass (tritium) = 3.0100000 u. Take 1u = 931 MeV/c2.
23. (i) Define an equipotential surface.
(ii) Draw equipotential surfaces:
(a) in the case of a single point charge and 3
(b) in a constant electric field in z-direction.
(iii) Why the equipotential surfaces about a single charge are not equidistant.
24 (i)The energy of an electron in the ground state of hydrogen atom is – 13.6eV. What
does the negative sign signify? 3
(ii)What is the angular momentum of an electron in Bohr’s hydrogen atom whose
energy is –3.4 eV?
25 State Kirchhoff ’s rules. Apply these rules to the
loops PRSP and PRQP to write the expressions
for the currents I1, I2 and I3 in the given circuit.
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26 State Biot Savart Law & using Biot Savart Law derive an expression for magnetic
field at the center of a circular coil of n-turns carrying current – I? 3
27 Name the electromagnetic waves which are produced by the following:
1. Radioactive decays of nucleus 3
2. Welding arcs
3. Hot bodies
Write one use each of these waves.
28 How is the mutual inductance of a pair of coils affected when
(i) Separation between the coils is increased.
(ii) The number of turns of each coil is increased.
(iii) A thin iron sheet is placed between two coils, other factors remaining the same.
Explain answer in each case.
OR
(i)The electric current flowing in a wire in the direction
from B to A is decreasing. Find out the direction of the
induced current in the metallic loop kept above the wire as 3
shown.
(ii) A uniform magnetic field exists normal
to the plane of the paper over a small region
of space. A rectangular loop of wire is slowly
moved with a uniform velocity across the
field as shown in figure.
Draw the graph showing the variation of
(a) magnetic flux linked with the loop and
(b) the induced emf in the loop with time.
SECTION D
29. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
A semiconductor diode is basically a pn junction with metallic contacts provided at
the ends for the application of an external voltage. It is a two-terminal device. When
an external voltage is applied across a semiconductor diode such that p-side is
connected to the positive terminal of the battery and n-side to the negative terminal,
it is said to be forward biased. When an external voltage is applied across the diode
such that n-side is positive and p-side is negative, it is said to be reverse biased. An
ideal diode is one whose resistance in forward biasing is zero and the resistance is
infinite in reverse biasing. When the diode is forward biased, it is found that beyond
forward voltage called knee voltage, the conductivity is very high. When the biasing
voltage is more than the knee voltage the potential barrier is overcome and the
current increases rapidly with increase in forward voltage. When the diode is reverse
biased, the reverse bias voltage produces a very small current about a
fewmicroamperes which almost remains constant with bias. This small current
isreverse saturation current.
 (i)The energy band diagram for three
semiconductor samples of silicon are
as shown. We can then assert that: 1
(a) sample X is undoped while Y and Z
have been doped with a 13thgroup and
15thgroup impurity respectively.
(b)sample X is undoped while both
samples Y and Z have been with a 15thgroup impurity.
(c)sample X has been doped with equal amounts of 13thand15thgroup impurity while
samples Y and Z are undoped.
(d)sample X is undoped while samples Y and Z have
been doped with a 15th group and 13thgroup impurity
respectively.
(ii) In the given figure, a diode D is connected to an
external resistance R = 100 ohm and an emf of 3.5 1
V. If the barrier potential developed across the
diode is 0.5 V, thecurrent in the circuit will be:
(a) 40 mA (b) 20 mA (c) 35 mA (d) 30 mA
OR
(ii)Current in the circuit will be

(a) 5/40 A (b) 5/50 A

(c) 5/10 A (d) 5/20 A
(iii) When a forward bias is applied to a p-n
junction, it 1
(a) raises the potential barrier. (b) reduces the majority carrier current to zero.
(c) lowers the potential barrier. (d) None of the above.
(iv) A n-type semiconductor is
(a) negatively charged. (b) positively charged.(c) neutral. (d) none of these 1
30. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
Consider the case below. A beam of light travels from a watery medium to one of air. The
light ray will be refracted at the point where the two mediums meet. The refracted light beam
bends away from the normal as it passes from a medium with a higher refractive index to
one with a lower refractive index.
The incident beam of light is refracted in such a way that it travels over the water’s surface
at a certain angle of incidence.
The critical angle is the angle of incidence at which something happens. The refraction angle
is 90° here.
The incident ray is reflected back to the medium when the angle of incidence is larger than
the critical angle. This event is referred to as total internal reflection.
 (i)Sparkling of diamond is due to
(a) reflection.
(b) dispersion. 1
(c) total internal reflection.
(d) high refractive index of diamond.
(ii)In the diagram, calculate the speed of
light in the liquid of unknown refractive
index.
(a) 1.2 × 108 m/𝑠 (b) 1.4 × 108 m/𝑠 1
(c) 1.6 × 108 m/𝑠 (d) 1.8 × 108 m/𝑠
OR
(ii) If the critical angle for total internal reflection from a medium to vacuum is 300 .
Then the speed of light in the medium is
(a) 6 × 108 m/s (b) 3 × 108 m/s (c) 2 × 108 m/s (d) 1.5 × 108 m/s
(iii)What is refractive index of a medium (in terms of real and apparent depth).
(a) Real depth/ App depth (b) App/ Real depth 1
(c) App × Real depth (d) Real + App depth
(iv) What is the relation between refractive index and critical angle for a medium.
(a) n = 1/sinc (b) n = sinc (C) 1 = n/sinc (d) None of the above
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SECTION E
31 (i)Draw the ray diagram of an astronomical telescope when the final image is formed
at infinity. Derive the expression for the Magnifying power of the telescope.
(ii)An astronomical telescope has an objective lens of focal length 20 m and eyepiece
of focal length 1 cm.
(a) Find the Length of the tube of telescope.
(b) Write two advantages of Reflecting type of Telescope over Refracting type of
Telescope.
OR
(i)In a Young's double slit experiment using light of wavelength 600 nm, the slit
separation is 0.8 mm and the screen is kept 1.6 m from the plane of the slits.
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Calculate:
1. the fringe width
2.the distance of (a) third minimum and (b) fifth maximum, from the
centralmaximum.
(ii) What happens to interference pattern in Young Double Slit Experiment
(a) If distance between slit and screen is decreased.
(b) If entire apparatus is immersed in water.
Explain with Reasons

32. Four charges + q, + q, - q and - q are placed respectively at the corners A, B, C and D
of a square of side a arranged in the given order. Calculate the electric potential at the
centre O. lf E and F are the midpoints of sides BC and CDrespectively, what will be
the work done in carrying a charge e from O to E and from O to F?

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(a) State Gauss’s law. Use it to deduce the expression for the electric field due to a
uniformly charged thin spherical shell at points (i) inside and (ii) outside the shell.
(b)S1 and S2 are two hollow concentric spheres enclosing
charge Q and 2Q respectively as shown in figure.
(i) What is the ratio of the electric flux through S1 and S2?
(ii) How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change, if a
medium of dielectric constant 5 is introduced in the space
inside S1 in place of air?

33. (i)Box A, in the set up shown in the figure, represents an electric device often used/
needed to supply, electricity power from the (ac) mains, to a load. It is known
that Vo < Vi.
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(a) Identify the device A and draw its symbol.

(b) Draw a schematic diagram of this electric device. Explain its principle and
working. Obtain an expression for the ratio between its output and input voltages.
(ii)Given the input current 15 A and the input voltage of 100 V for a step-up
transformer having 90% efficiency, find the output voltage in the secondary if the
output current is 3 A.
OR
(a) Draw graphs showing the variations of inductive reactance and capacitive
reactance with the frequency of the applied ac source.
(b)Draw the phasor diagram for a series RC circuit connected to an ac source.
(c)An alternating voltage of 220 V is applied across a device X, a current of 0.25 A
flows, which lag behind the applied voltage in phase by π/2 radian. If the same
voltage is applied across another device Y, the same current flows but now it is in
phase with the applied voltage.
(i)Name the devices X and Y.
(ii)Calculate the current flowing in the circuit when the same voltage is applied
across the series combination of X and Y.