PHYSICS CBSE+2 KCET QUESTION PAPER

1. An alternating emf given by V =V0 sint has peak value 10 volt and frequency 50 Hz. The
instantaneous emf at t = 1 sec is
600
1) 10 V 2) 5 3V 3) 5 V 4) 1 V

2. The average emf during the positive half cycle of an ac supply of peak value E0 is

1)
E0 2)
E0 3)
E0 4)
2E0
 2 2 
3. The rms value of the emf given by E =8sint +6sint
1) 5 2V 2) 7 2V 3) 10 V 4) 10 2V
4. An alternating current is given by i =i1 cost +i2 sint the rms current is given by
i1 +i2 i1 +i2 i12 +i22 i12 +i22
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 2 2
5. A resistor R and a capacitor C are connected in series across an ac source of rms voltage 5 V. If the rms
voltage across C is 3 V then that across R is
1) 1 V 2) 2 V 3) 3 V 4) 4 V

6. An ideal inductor of (1/)His connected in series with a 300 resistor. If a 20 V, 200 Hz ac source is
connected across the combination, the phase difference between the voltage and the current is

1) tan−1 5 2) tan−1 4 3) tan−1 3 4) tan−1 4

4 5 4 3
7. When an ac source of emf e = E0 sin(100t) is connected across a circuit, the phase difference between
the emf e and the current i in the circuit is observed to be  /4. If the circuit consists possibly only of
RC or LC in series. Find the relationship between the two elements
1) R=1k,C=10F 2) R=1k,C=1F
3) R=1k, L=10H 4) R=1k, L=1H
8. An LCR series circuit contains L=8H,C=0.5F and R=100. The resonant frequency of the
circuit is

1)
1000Hz 2)
500Hz 3)
250Hz 4)
125 Hz
   
9. In an LCR series circuit, the capacitance is changed from C to 4 C. For the same resonant frequency, the
inductance should be changed from L to

1)
L 2)
L 3)
L 4)
L
3 2 4 8
10. Power dissipated in an LCR series circuit connected to an ac source of emf E is
  
2
2 2 1
E R +L− 
1)
E2R 2)
 C
 2  1 
2
 R
R + L− C 
   
 2  1 
2

E R +L−  
2

  C  E2R
3) 4)
2  
R 1 2
R + L− 
 C
11. A coil of inductive reactance 31 has a resistance of 8. It is placed in series with a condenser of
capacitive reactance 25. The combination is connected to an ac source of 110 volt. The power factor
of the circuit is
1) 0.80 2) 0.33 3) 0.56 4) 0.64
12. Power delivered by an ac source of angular frequency 0 to an LCR series circuit is maximum when

1) L =C 2) L= 1 3) L= R− 1 4) C = R− 1

C C C
13. Electromagnetic waves are produced by
1) a static charge 2) a moving charge
3) an accelerating charge 4) charge less particle
14. An electromagnetic wave going through vacuum is described by
( )
E=E0 sin kx−t ;B=B0 sin kx−t . Then( )
1) E0k = B0 2) E0 = B0k 3) E0 = Bk
0 4) None of these

15. The electric and the magnetic field, associated with an e.m. wave propagating along the +z-axis, can be
represented by

1) (E=E ˆj,B=Bkˆ)
0 0 2) (E=E ˆj,B=B ˆj)
0 0

3) (E = Ekˆ, B= Biˆ)
0 0 4) (E = E ˆj, B = Biˆ)
0 0

16. The frequencies of X-rays,  -rays and ultraviolet rays are respectively a,b and c. Then
1) abb
, c 2) abb
, c 3) abb
, c 4) abb
, c
17. The magnetic field amplitude of an electromagnetic wave is 210−7T. It’s electric field amplitude if the
wave is travelling in free space is

1) 6Vm−1 2) 60Vm−1 3) 10/6Vm−1 4) None of these

18. The energy stored in 60 cm length of a large beam operating at 4 mW

1) 810−12J 2) 0.810−12 J 3) 0.00810−12 J 4) 8010−12 J

19. An object is placed at 20 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 20 cm. The distance of the image
from the pole of the mirror is
1) infinity 2) 10 cm 3) 15 cm 4) 40 cm
20. A ray reflected successively from two plane mirrors incline at a certain angle undergoes a deviation of
2400 . Then the number of images observable is
1) 3 2) 5 3) 7 4) 9
21. A room (cubical) is made of mirrors. An insect is moving along the diagonal on the floor such that the
velocity of image of insect on two adjacent wall mirrors is 10 cm/sec. The velocity of image of insect in
ceiling mirror is
10 cm/sec 4) 10
1) 10 cm/sec 2) 20 cm/sec 3) 2 cm/sec
2
21. Find the speed of light of wavelength  =600nm (in air) in a medium of refractive index 5/3 and also
wavelength of this light in medium
22. Light of wavelength 500 nm in medium A enters into medium B through a plane surface. If frequency
of light is 41014Hz . And vA / vB = 4/5, find absolute refractive indices of medium A and B.

23. Light enters from vaccum to a medium of refractive index  . If angle of incidence is double of angle of
refraction, find angle of refraction.
24. Monochromatic light falls at an angle of incidence i on a slab of a transparent material (refractive index
 ). If reflected and refracted rays are mutually perpendicular, find relation between  and i
25. Absolute refractive indices of glass and water are 3/2 and 4/3. The ratio of velocity of light in glass and
water will be
1) 4 : 3 2) 8 : 7 3) 8 : 9 4) 3 : 4
26. A point source of light at the surface of a sphere causes a parallel beam of light to emerge from the
opposite surface of the sphere. The refractive index of the material of the sphere is
1) 1.5 2) 1.67 3) 2 4) 2.5

28. The focal length of a glass lens in air is 10 cm. Its focal length in water will be ( =1.5, =1.33)
g w

1) 2.5 cm 2) 5 cm 3) 20 cm 4) 40 cm
29. A convex lens is dipped in a liquid whose refractive index is equal to the refractive index of the lens.
Then its focal length will
1) become infinite 2) become small, but non-zero
3) remain unchanged 4) become zero
30. The focal length for violet, green and red light rays are fV , fG and fR respectively. Which of the
following is the true relationship?
1) fR  fG  fV 2) fV  fG  fR 3) fG  fR  fV 4) fG  fV  fR