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SUBJECT: PHYSICS CHAPTERWISE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

CHAPTER-1
2-Marks
1. Write a short note on superposition principle.
2. Define „electric field‟. (MARCH 23)
3. What is mean by „electric field lines‟?
4. Define „electric dipole‟. Give the expression for the magnitude of its electric dipole moment and the direction.
5. Define “electrostatic potential”. (AUG 21)
6. What is an equipotential surface?
7. What are the properties of an equipotential surface
8. Define electro static potential energy‟.
9. Define „electric flux‟.
10. What is meant by electro static energy density?
11. Define „capacitance‟. Give its unit. (JUNE 23)
12. What is corona discharge? (or) action of point (MAY 22, MAR 20)
13. What are the differences between Coulomb force and gravitational force? (MAR 23)
14. State Gauss Law in electrostatics. (MAR 20, JULY 22)
15. State coulomb‟s law in electrostatics. (MAR 23)
16. Why is safer to be inside a car than standing under a tree during lighting?
17. Potential in a given region is given as a function of distance 𝑥. 𝑉 = 5(𝑥2 + 𝑥) Volt. Find the electric field when 𝑥
= 1 𝑐𝑚. (SEP 20)
18. Dielectric strength of air is 3 × 106𝑉𝑚−1. Suppose the radius of a hollow sphere in the Van de Graff generator is
𝑅=0.4𝑚, calculate the maximum potential difference created by this Van de Graaff generator. (Model 1.14)
(AUG 21)
3-Marks
1. Derive an expression for the torque experienced by a dipole due to a uniform electric field.
2. Derive an expression for electro static potential due to a point charge. (MAR 23)
3. Obtain Gauss's law of electrostatics from Coulomb‟s law. (SEP 20)
4. Obtain the expression for capacitance for a parallel plate capacitor. (JULY 22)
5. Obtain the expression for energy stored in the parallel plate capacitor. (AUG 21)
6. Application and disadvantages of capacitor.
7. Properties of electric field line.
8. Derive the expression for resultant capacitance, when capacitors are connected in series and in parallel. (MAY
22, MAR 20)
9. Calculate the electric flux through the rectangle of sides 5 cm and 10 cm kept in the region of a uniform electric
field 100 NC–1. The angle θ is 60o. If θ becomes zero, what is the electric flux? (Example 1.17) (JUNE 23)
5-Marks
1. Calculate the electric field due to a dipole on its axial line. (AUG 21)
2. Calculate the electric field due to a dipole on its equatorial plane.
3. Derive an expression for electro static potential due to an electric dipole. (MAY 22)
4. Obtain the expression for electric field due to an infinitely long charged wire. (MAR 20)
5. Obtain the expression for electric field due to an charged infinite plan sheet.
6. Explain in detail the effect of introducing a dielectric medium between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor,
when the capacitor is disconnected from the battery. (SEP 20)
7. Explain in detail the effect of introducing a dielectric medium between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor,
when the capacitor is connected from the battery.
8. Explain in detail the principle, construction and working of a Van de Graaff generator. (JULY 22, JUNE 23)

CHAPTER-2
2-Marks
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1. Define current density. Give its units.

2. Distinguish between drift velocity and mobility.
3. Define electrical resistivity. (MAY 22)
4. Define temperature coefficient of resistivity.
5. State the principle of potentiometer.
6. State Joule‟s law of heating
7. What is See beck effect?
8. What is Thomson effect?
9. What is Peltier effect? (AUG 21)
10. Why nichrome is used as heating elements in electrical appliances?
11. Determine the number of electrons flowing per second through a conductor, when a current of 32 A flows
through it. (Example 2.4) (JUNE 23)
12. A Copper wire of cross-sectional area 0.5 𝑚𝑚2 carries a current of 0.2 𝐴. If the free electron density of copper is
8.4×1028 𝑚−3 then compute the drift velocity of free electrons. (Example 2.3)
13. If the resistance of coil is 3 Ω at 200 C and α = 0.004/0C then determine its resistance at 1000C. (Example 2.14)
(MARCH 23)
14. If an electric field of magnitude 570𝑁𝐶−1, is applied in the copper wire, find the acceleration experienced by the
electron. (Example 2.2) (SEP 20)
15. Calculate the equivalent resistance for the circuit which is connected to 12 V battery and also find the potential
difference across 2Ω and 4Ω resistors in the circuit.(Exam 2.17(A(a)) (JULY 22)
16. The resistance of a nichrome wire at 200𝐶 is 10 𝛺. If its temperature coefficient of resistivity of nichrome is
0.004/0 𝐶,find the resistance of the wire at boiling point of water. Comment on the result.(Ex-4, CH-2) (MAR 20)

3-Marks
1. What is Seebeck effect? State the applications of Seebeck effect. (JULY 22)
2. Obtain the macroscopic form of Ohm‟s law from its microscopic form and discuss its limitation.
3. State and explain Kirchhoff‟s rules. (MAR 23, AUG 21, SEP 20)
4. State and explain the principle of potentiometer. (JUNE 23)
5. Relation between current and drift velocity. (MAY 22)
6. Derive the expression for power P=VI in electrical circuit.
5-Marks

1. Describe the microscopic model of current and obtain general form of Ohm‟s law. (MAR 23)
2. Explain the equivalent resistance of a series and parallel resistor network. (AUG 21)
3. Explain the determination of the internal resistance of a cell using voltmeter. (MAY 22)
4. Obtain the condition for bridge balance in Wheatstone‟s bridge. (JUNE 23, JULY 22, SEP 20)
5. Explain the determination of unknown resistance using Meter Bridge.
6. How the emf of two cells are compared using potentiometer? (MAR 20)
7. Explain cells in series and parallel.

CHAPTER-3
2-Marks
1. Define magnetic flux.
2. Define magnetic dipole moment.
3. State Coulomb‟s inverse law.
4. State Ampere‟s circuital law. (AUG 21, MAR 23, JUN 23, SEP 20)
5. Define ampere (or) Define Ampere of force. (JULY 22)
6. State Fleming's left hand rule. (JUNE 23)
7. How will increase current sensitivity of a galvanometer. (MAY 22)
8. Is an ammeter connected in series or parallel in a circuit? Why?
9. What is meant by hysteresis?
10. Two materials X and Y are magnetised whose values of intensity of magnetisation are 500 𝐴𝑚−1 and 2000 𝐴𝑚−1
respectively. If the magnetizing field is 1000 𝐴𝑚−1. What is the ratio between the susceptibilities of the two
materials? (OR) which one among these materials can be easily magnetized? (Example 3.10) (MAR 20)
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3-Marks
1. State Biot -Savart‟s law.
2. Compare a dia, para and ferro -magnetism.
3. Give the properties of dia /para/ ferro magnetic materials.
4. Discuss the conversion of galvanometer into an ammeter. (MAR 23)
5. Discuss the conversion of galvanometer into a voltmeter. (MAR 20)
6. Give an account of magnetic Lorentz force. (MAY 22)
7. Compare the properties of soft and hard ferromagnetic materials.
8. A coil of a tangent galvanometer of diameter 0.24 m has 100 turns. If the horizontal component of Earth‟s
magnetic field is 25×10-6 T then, calculate the current which gives a deflection of 600. (Exam 3.14) (JUNE 23)
9. An electron moving perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field 0.500 T undergoes circular motion of
radius 2.50 mm. What is the speed of electron? (Exam 3.19) (JULY 22)
10. The repulsive force between two magnetic poles in air is 9 × 10−3 𝑁. If the two poles are equal in strength and are
separated by a distance of 10 𝑐𝑚, calculate the pole strength of each pole. (Exam- 3.5) (AUG 21)
5-Marks
1. Deduce there infinitely long straight conductor carrying current using Biot-Savart law. (AUG 21, MAY 22)
2. Obtain a relation for the magnetic field at a point along the axis of a circular coil carrying current using Biot-
Savart law.
3. Calculate the magnetic field at a point on the axial line of a bar magnet.
4. Obtain the magnetic field at a point on the equatorial line of a bar magnet.
5. Find the magnetic field due to a long straight conductor using Ampere‟s circuital law. (SEP 20, JUNE 23)
6. Discuss the working of cyclotron in detail. (MAR 23)
7. Derive the expression for the force between two parallel, current-carrying conductors. (MAR 20)
8. Derive the expression for the force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field. (JULY 22)
9. Explain the principle and working of a moving coil galvanometer.
CHAPTER-4
2-Marks
1. State Faraday‟s laws of electromagnetic induction.
2. State Lenz‟s law. (SEP 20, JUNE 23)
3. State Fleming‟s right hand rule. (MAY 22)
4. Mention the ways of producing induced emf. (AUG 21,JULY 22)
5. What do you mean by self-induction?
6. What is meant by mutual induction?
7. What are step-up and step-down transformers?
8. Define average value of an alternating current.
9. How will you define RMS value of an alternating current?
10. Define electric resonance.
11. How will you define Q-factor? (MAR 23)
12. What is meant by wattles current?
13. Give any one definition of power factor.
14. An ideal transformer has 460 and 40,000 turns in the primary and secondary coils respectively. Find the voltage
developed per turn of the secondary if the transformer is connected to 230 V AC mains. (Example 4.16) (MAR
20)
15. A straight metal wire crosses a magnetic field of flux 4 mWb in a time 0.4 s. Find the magnitude of the emf
induced in the wire. (Ex:2, CH-4)
16. Calculate the instantaneous value at 60o, average value and RMS value of an alternating current whose peak
value is 20 A. (Ex: 20, CH-4)
3 Marks
1. Obtain an expression for motional e m f from Lorentz force.
2. Assuming that the length of the solenoid is large when compared to its diameter, find the equation for its
inductance.
3. An inductor of inductance L carries an electric current i. How much energy is stored while establishing the
current in it?
4. How will you induce an emf by changing the area enclosed by the coil? (MAR 23)
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5. Explain the construction and working of transformer.

6. Mention the various energy losses in a transformer. (JUNE 23, AUG 21)
7. Prove that the total energy is conserved during LC oscillations.
8. Explain AC containing pure resistor.
9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of AC over DC? (JULY 22, MAR 20)
10. Obtain an expression for average power of AC over a cycle.
11. Find the impedance of a series RLC circuit if the inductive reactance, capacitive reactance and resistance are 184
Ω, 144 Ω and 30 Ω respectively. Also calculate the phase angle between voltage and current. (Exam- 4.22)
(MAY 22)
12. A 500 𝜇𝐻 inductor, 80 𝑝𝐹 capacitor and a 628 𝛺 resistor are connected to form a series RLC circuit. Calculate
the resonant frequency and Q-factor of this circuit at resonance. (Exam- 4.23) (SEP 20)
5-Marks
1. Show that the mutual inductance between a pair of coils is same (M12=M21). (JULY 22)
2. Show mathematically that the rotation of a coil in a magnetic field over one rotation induces an alternating emf
of one cycle. (MAR 20)
3. Explain the working of a single-phase AC generator with necessary diagram. (JUNE 23)
4. Explain the construction and workings of transformer and define its efficiency. (SEP 20, MAY 22)
5. Find out the phase relationship between voltage and current in a pure inductive circuit. (MAR 20)
6. Derive an expression for phase angle between the applied voltage and current in a series RLC circuit.(AUG 21,
MAR 23)
7. Find out the phase relationship between voltage and current in a pure capacitor.

CHAPTER-5
2-Marks
1. What is displacement current? (MAY 22)
2. What are electromagnetic waves?
3. Write down the integral form of modified Ampere‟s circuital law.
4. Write notes on Gauss' law in magnetism.
5. Give two uses each of (i) IR radiation, (AUG 21) (ii) Microwaves and (iii) UV radiation (JULY 22)
6. Write notes on Ampere-Maxwell law.
7. Why are e.m. waves non-mechanical?
3-Marks
1. What are Fraunhofer lines? How are they useful in the identification of elements present in the Sun? (MAR 23)
2. Write short notes on (a) microwave (b) X-ray (c) radio waves (d) visible spectrum
3. Discuss the Hertz experiment.
4. Discuss the source of electromagnetic waves.
5. Compute the speed of the electromagnetic wave in a medium if the amplitude of electric and magnetic fields are
3×104 NC–1 and 2×10–4 T, respectively. (Example 5.4) (SEP 20, MAR 23)
6. The relative magnetic permeability of the medium is 2.5 and the relative electrical permittivity of the medium is
2.25. Compute the refractive index of the medium. (Exam 5.2) (JULY 22)
5-Marks
1. Write down Maxwell equations in integral form. (MAR 20, AUG 21, JUNE 23)
2. Write down the properties of electromagnetic waves. (SEP 20, JULY 22, MAR 23)
3. What is spectrum? What is emission spectrum? Explains its types. (MAY 22)
4. What is absorption spectrum? Explains its types. (JUNE 23)

CHAPTER-6
2-Marks
1. State Snell‟s law/ law of refraction.
2. What is principle of reversibility?
3. Why do stars twinkle?
4. Explain the reason for the glittering of diamond. (MAR 23)
5. What are mirage and looming?
6. What is Snell‟s window?
7. What is dispersion?
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8. How are rainbows formed?

9. What is Rayleigh‟s scattering?
10. Why does sky appear blue? (AUG 21)
11. What is there as on for reddish appearance of sky during sun set and sunrise? (JUNE 23)
12. Why do clouds appear white?
13. What are Paraxial Rays and Marginal Rays? (SEP 20)
14. Pure water has refractive index 1.33. What is the speed of light through it? (Example 6.5) (JULY 22)
15. The angle of minimum deviation for an equilateral prism is 40o. Find the refractive index of the material of the
prism. (Model 6.21) (MAY 22)
3-Marks
1. Derive the relation between f and R for a spherical mirror. (MAY 22)
2. What is optical path? Obtain the equation for optical path and mention what each term represents. (MAR 23)
3. What are critical angle and total internal reflection? (AUG 21)
4. Obtain the equation for critical angle.
5. What is total internal reflection? Give the condition for the total internal reflection takes place. (SEP 20)
6. Obtain the equation for lateral magnification of thin lens.
7. Obtain the expression for apparent depth.
8. List out the characteristics of imaged formed by a plane mirror.
9. Find the ratio of the intensities of lights with wavelengths 500 nm and 300 nm which undergo Rayleigh
scattering. (CH-6, EX-10) (JUNE 23)
10. Light travels from air into a glass slab of thickness 50 cm and refractive index 1.5. What is the speed
of light in the glass slab and what is the time taken by the light to travel through the glass slab?
(Exam- 6.6) (JULY 22)

5-Marks
1. Derive the mirror equation and the equation for lateral magnification. (MAR 20)
2. Describe the Fizeau‟s method to determine the speed of light. (JULY 22, MAR 23)
3. Obtain lens maker‟s formula and mention its significance. (SEP 20,AUG 21, MAY 22)
4. Derive the equation for angle of deviation produced by a prism and thus obtain the equation for refractive index
of material of the prism. (SEP 20)
5. What is dispersion? Obtain the equation for dispersive power of a medium. (JUNE 23)
6. Derive the equation for acceptance angle and numerical aperture of optical fibre.
7. Derive the equation for refraction at single spherical surface.
8. What is Snell's Window? Obtain an expression for the radius of illumination.
CHAPTER-7
2-Marks
1. Define wave front.
2. State Huygen‟s principle.
3. What is interference of light?
4. What are coherent sources?
5. What is intensity (or) amplitude division?
6. What is diffraction?
7. Differentiate between Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction. (MAR 20)
8. What is a diffraction grating?
9. What is Rayleigh‟s criterion?
10. What are polarizer and analyser?
11. What is double refraction?
12. Mention the types of optically active crystals with example.
13. What are the uses of spectrometer?
14. What is myopia? What is its remedy?
15. What is hypermetropia? What is its remedy?
16. What is astigmatism? What is its remedy?
17. What is presbyopia?
18. Differentiate between polarised and unpolarised light.
19. The ratio of maximum and minimum intensities in an interference pattern is 36:1. What is the ratio of the
amplitudes of the two interfering waves?(Ex-1) (MARCH 23)
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20. Find the polarizing angles for (i) glass of refractive index 1.5 and (ii) water of refractive index 1.33.(Example
7.17) (AUG 21, JUNE 23)

3-Marks
1. Obtain the relation between phase difference and path difference.
2. What is Fresnel‟s distance? Obtain the equation for Fresnel‟s distance.
3. Mention the differences between interference and diffraction. (JULY 22, AUG 21)
4. State and obtain Malu‟s law.
5. List the uses of Polaroids. (MAY 22)
6. State and prove Brewster‟s law. (JUNE 23)
7. Discuss about pile of plates.
8. Discuss about Nicol prism.
9. Two light sources of equal amplitudes interfere with each other. Calculate the ratio of maximum and minimum
intensities. (Exam- 7.3) (MAR 20)
5-Marks
1. Obtain the equation for resultant intensity due to interference of light.
2. Explain the Young‟s double slit experimental setup and obtain the equation for path difference.
3. Obtain the equation for bandwidth in Young‟s double slit experiment. (MAY 22, JUNE 23)
4. Discuss the diffraction at single slit and obtain the condition for nth minimum. (MAR 23)
5. Discuss the diffraction at a grating and obtain the condition for the mth maximum.
6. Obtain the equation for resolving power of optical instruments.
7. Discuss about the simple microscope and obtain the equations for magnification for near point focusing and
normal focusing.
8. Explain about compound microscope and obtain the equation for the magnification. (JULY 22)
9. Obtain the equation for resolving power of microscope.
10. Explain about Astronomical telescope and obtain the equation for the magnification. (AUG 21)
11. Prove law of reflection using Huygens‟ Principle.
12. Prove law of refraction using Huygens‟ Principle.

CHAPTER-8
2-Marks
1. Define work function of a metal. Give its unit. (MAY 22, MAR 23)
2. What is photoelectric effect? (JUNE 23)
3. Give the definition of intensity of light according to quantum concept and its unit.
4. How will you define threshold frequency? (AUG 21)
5. State deBroglie hypothesis.
6. Define stopping potential. (JULY 22)
7. What is surface barrier?
8. Why we do not see the wave properties of a baseball?
9. What is Bremsstralung? (or) Braking radiation.
10. What is Photo voltaic cell? (SEP 20)
11. What are the uses of X-rays? (MAR 20, SEP 20)
12. Why electron is preferred over X-ray in microscope? (MAR 20)
13. Calculate the cut-off wavelength and cut-off frequency of x-rays from an x –ray tube of accelerating potential
20,000 V. (Example 8.9) (SEP 20, MAY 22)
14. What will happen to the stopping potential in the following cases when;
(A)Work function of the metal is increased. (B) Intensity of incident ray is increased.

3-Marks
1. What is a photocell? Mention the different types of photocells.
2. A proton and an electron have same de Broglie wavelength. Which of them moves faster and which possesses
more Kinetic energy?
3. List out the laws of photoelectric effect. (MAR 23, MAY 22)
4. Give the construction and working of photo emissive cell. (JULY 22)
5. Derive an expression for deBroglie wavelength of electrons. (MAR 20,AUG 21)
6. List out the characteristics of photons. (AUG 21, SEP 20, JULY 22, JUN 23)
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7. Give the applications photocell.

8. How do we obtain characteristic x-ray spectra? (MAY 22)
9. Calculate the momentum of an electron with kinetic energy 2 𝑒𝑉. (Example 8.6(i)) (AUG 21, JUN 23)
10. A radiation of wavelength 300 nm is incident on a silver surface. will photoelectrons be observed? (work function
of silver = 4.7eV) (Exam 8.2)
5-Marks
1. What do you mean by electron emission? Explain briefly various methods of electron emission.
2. Obtain Einstein‟s photo electric equation with necessary explanation. (SEP 20, JULY 22)
3. Briefly explain the principle and working of electron microscope.
4. Describe briefly Davisson Germer experiment which demonstrated the wave nature of electrons. (MAR 20,
MAR 23)

CHAPTER-9
2-Marks

1. What are cathode rays?

2. What is meant by excitation energy?
3. Define the ionization energy and ionization potential.
4. What is distance of closest approach?
5. Define impact parameter.
6. What is isotope? Give an example.
7. What is isotone? Give an example.
8. What is isobar? Give an example.
9. Define atomic mass unit u. (JULY 22)
10. What is mass defect?
11. What is meant by radioactivity?
12. What is mean-life of a radioactive nucleus? Give the expression. (JULY 22)
13. What is half-life of a radioactive nucleus? Give the expression. (JULY 22)
14. What is meant by activity or decay rate? Give its unit. (MAR 23)
15. Define curie.
16. What are the constituent particles of neutron and proton? (SEP 20)
17. The radius of the 5th orbit of hydrogen atom is 13.25 Å. Calculate the de broglie wavelength of the electron
orbiting in the 5th orbit. (Example 9.1) (JUNE 23)
18. Calculate the radius of 79Au197 nucleus. (Example 9.7) (MAY 22)
19. Calculate the number of nuclei of 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛−14 undecayed after 22,920 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 if the initial number of 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛 −
14 atoms is 10,000. The half-life of 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛 − 14 is 5730 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠. (Exam 9.12) (JULY 22)
20. An electron in Bohr‟s hydrogen atom has energy of −3.4 𝑒𝑉. What is the angular momentum of the electron?
3-Marks
1. Write the properties of cathode rays. (JULY 22)
2. Write down the postulates of Bohr atom model.
3. Write down the drawbacks of Bohr atom model.
4. Discuss the alpha decay process with example. (JUNE 23)
5. Discuss the beta decay process with examples.
6. Discuss the gamma emission process with example.
7. Explain the idea of carbon dating.
8. What are the properties of neutrino? (MAR 20)
9. What are the important inferences from the average binding energy curve? (MAR 20)
10. What are properties of nuclear force?
11. Calculate the amount of energy released when 1 kg of 235U92 undergoes fission reaction. (Exam 9.15) (MAR 23)
12. Find the (i) angular momentum (ii) velocity of the electron revolving in the 5𝑡ℎ orbit of hydrogen atom.
(ℎ = 6.6 × 10−34 𝐽𝑠, 𝑚 = 9.1 × 10−31 𝑘𝑔) (Exam- 9.2) (MAY 22)
13. 238𝑈92 nucleus emits 2α particles, 3β particles and 2γ particles. What is the resulting atomic number and mass
number? (AUG-21)
14. Half-lives of two radioactive elements A and B are 20 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. Initially, the samples
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have equal number of nuclei. Calculate the ratio of decayed numbers of A and B nuclei after 80 minutes. (Ex-
6,CH-9) (SEP 20)
15. Calculate the electrostatic force between the proton and the electron in a hydrogen atom. They are separated by a
distance of 5.3 x 10-11 m. The Magnitude of charges on the electron and proton are 1.6 × 10-19.
5-Marks
1. Explain the J.J.Thomson experiment to determine the specific charge of electron.
2. Discuss the Millikan‟s oil drop experiment to determine the charge of an electron.
3. Derive the energy expression for an electron is the hydrogen atom using Bohr atom model. (MAR 20)
4. Discuss the spectral series of hydrogen atom. (MAY 22)
5. Obtain the law of radioactivity. (AUG 21, JUNE 23)
6. Describe the working of nuclear reactor with a block diagram.
7. Derive an expression for the radius and velocity of the orbit of electron in the n th orbit an atom using Bohr atom
model. (SEP 20, MAR 23)

CHAPTER-10
2-Marks
1. What is meant by doping? (MAR 20, MAY 22)
2. Define forbidden energy gap.
3. Why is temperature co-efficient of resistance negative for semiconductor?
4. What do you mean by leakage current in a diode?
5. Give the Barkhausen conditions for sustained oscillations.
6. Explain the need for a feedback circuit in a transistor oscillator.
7. What is meant by biasing? Mention its types.
8. Why are NOR and NAND gates called universal gates?
9. Define barrier potential.
10. What is rectification? (JULY 22)
11. What do you mean by skip distance? (SEP 20)
12. Draw the circuit diagram of full wave rectifier. (MAR 23)
13. What is skip area? (MAR 20)
14. A diode is called as a unidirectional device. Explain.
15. What is Bandwidth Communication?
16. List out the mobile communication.
3-Marks
1. Distinguish between intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. (JUNE 23)
2. Draw the input and output waveforms of a full wave rectifier. (AUG 21)
3. Distinguish between avalanche breakdown and Zener breakdown.
4. What is an LED? Explain the working principle of a LED. Mention its applications.
5. Give the principle of solar cells.
6. Give applications of RADAR.
7. Fibre optic communication is gaining popularity among the various transmission media. (SEP 20)
8. Explain the working principle of a solar cell. Mention its applications.
9. Transistor functions as a switch. Explain.
10. Explain the amplitude modulation with necessary diagrams.
11. What is Frequency Modulation? List out the advantages and limitations of frequency modulation. (AUG 21,
JUNE 23)
12. What is meant by satellite communication? Give its applications.
13. Draw the circuit diagram of NPN transistor in common base configuration.
14. Draw the circuit diagram of NPN transistor in common emitter configuration. (MAY 22)
15. What is Zener diode? Mention any two uses of Zener diode. (JULY 22)
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16. Modulation helps to reduce the antenna size in wireless communication – Explain. (MAR 20)
17. The given circuit has two ideal diodes connected as shown in figure below. Calculate the current flowing through
the resistance R1. (EX-1) (MAR 23)

18. What is the output (Y) Boolean expression for the following circuit with inputs A , B and C. (SEP 20)

19. In the circuit shown in the figure, the input voltage 𝑉𝑖 is 20 𝑉, 𝑉𝐵𝐸 = 0 𝑉 and 𝑉𝐶𝐸 = 0 𝑉. What are the values of 𝐼𝐵,
𝐼𝐶, ? (Exam- 10.6) (MAR 20)

5-Marks
1. Draw the circuit diagram of a half wave rectifier and explain its working.
2. Explain the construction and working of a full wave rectifier. (MAY 22)
3. Describe the function of a transistor as an amplifier with the neat circuit diagram. Sketch the input and output wave
forms. (SEP 20, MAR 23)
4. State and prove De Morgan‟s first and second theorem. (JULY 22, JUNE 23)
5. Explain the basic elements of communication system with the necessary block diagram.
6. Explain the ground wave propagation and space wave propagation of electromagnetic waves through space.
7. Explain the working of the transistor as an oscillator. (MAR 20)

CHAPTER-11
2-Marks
1. Distinguish between Nano science and Nanotechnology.
2. What is the difference between Nano materials and Bulk materials?
3. What are black holes?
4. Why steel preferred in making steels?
3-Marks
1 What is the difference between Nano materials and Bulk materials?
2 Mention any two advantages and disadvantages of Robotics.
5-Marks
1. Discuss the functions of key components in Robots?
2. Elaborate any two types of Robots with relevant examples.

Problems

CHAPTER 2 MARKS 3 MARKS

1 Example: 1.11, 1.13, 1.24 Example: 1.17, 1.20, 1.21

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2 Example:2.2,2.3,2.4,2.8,2.13,2.14,2.23,2.24,2.25,2.2 Example:2.6, Ex:4,8

6,2.27, Ex:3,7
3 Example: 3.15, 3.10, 3.1 Example: 3.6,3.8, 3.19,3.14,3.5
4 Example:4.20,4.16,4.17,4.11,4.1 Example:4.12,4.26,4.24,4.25,4.23,4.22,
4.21,4.20,4.19 Illustration: (P.No:231),
Ex:9,14
5 Example:5.2,5.3
6 Example:6.22, 6.21, 6.15,6.7,6.5,6.19, Ex:4 Example:6.6,6.16,6.9,6.11, Ex:10
7 Example:7.17,7.18,7.15,7.5,7.14,7.15, 7.13,7.11,7.4, Example:7.2,7.3,7.12, Ex:2,9
7.5 Ex:1
8 Example:8.9,8.7,8.6(i) Example:8.2,8.8,8.4
9 Example:9.1,9.7,9.9,9.12 Example:9.15,9.2 Ex:6,9,7,10
10 Example:10.6,10.5,10.4,10.2,10.1 Ex:1,7

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