CBSE Sample Paper Class 12 Physics Set 4

SUBJECT: PHYSICS MAX. MARKS : 70

CLASS : XII DURATION : 3 HRS

General Instruction:
(i) All questions are compulsory. There are 27 questions in all.
(ii) This question paper has four sections : Section A, Section B, Section C and Section D.
(iii) Section A contains five questions of one mark each, Section B contains seven questions of two
marks each, Section C contains twelve questions of three marks each and Section D contains three
questions of five marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question of two
marks, one question of three marks and all the three questions of five marks weightage. You have to
attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
(v) You may use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary :
c  3  108 m / s, h  6.63 10 34 Js , e  1.6  1019 C , 0  4 107 TmA1 ,
1
 0  8.854  1012 C 2 N 1m 2 , me  9.110 31 kg ,  9  109 Nm 2C 2 ,
4 0
Mass of neutron  1.675  1027 kg , Mass of proton  1.673 10 27 kg ,
Avogadro's number  6.023  1023 per gram mole, Boltzmann constant  1.38  1023 JK 1

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 5 carry 1 mark each.

1. A concave lens of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in a medium of refractive index 1.65. What is
the nature of the lens ?

2. What is the meaning of the term ‘attenuation’ used in communication system?

3. Define the term conductivity of a conductor. On what factors does it depend.

4. What is the electric flux through a cube of side 1 cm which encloses an electric dipole ?

5. What can be the cause of helical motion of charged particle?

SECTION – B
Questions 6 to 12 carry 2 marks each.
6. Show that the radius of the orbit in hydrogen atom varies as n2, where n is the principal quantum
number of the atom.

7. Distinguish between ‘intrinsic’ and ‘extrinsic’ semiconductors.

8. Use the mirror equation to show that an object placed between f and 2f of a concave mirror
produces a real image beyond 2f.
OR
Find an expression for intensity of transmitted light when a polaroid sheet is rotated between two
crossed polaroids. In which position of the polaroid sheet will the transmitted intensity be
maximum ?
9. Two wires A and B of the same material and having same length, have their cross sectional areas
in the ratio 1:6. What would be the ratio of heat produced in these wires when same voltage is
applied across each?

10. State the underlying principle of a transformer. How is the large scale transmission of electric
energy over long distance done with the use of transformers ?

11. (i) How are eddy currents reduced in a metallic core?

(ii) Give two uses of eddy currents.

12. The wavelength  of photon and the de-Broglie wavelength of an electron have the same value.
Show that energy of photon is (2  mc/h) times the kinetic energy of electron; where m, c and h
have their usual meaning.

SECTION – C
Questions 13 to 24 carry 3 marks each.
13. In the given circuit, a metre bridge is shown in the balanced state. The metre bridge wire has a
resistance of 1  cm–1. Calculate the unknown resistance X and the current drawn from the
battery of a negligible internal resistance if the magnitude of Y is 6  . If at the balancing point,
we interchange the position of galvanometer and the cell, how it will affect the position of the
galvanometer?

OR
Calculate the current drawn from the battery in the given network shown here. State Kirchhoff’s
loop law and name the law on which it is based on.

14. Two capacitors of unknown capacitances C1 and C2 are connected first in series and then in
parallel across a battery of 100 V. If the energy stored in the two combinations is 0.045 J and
0.25 J respectively, determine the value of C1 and C2. Also calculate the charge on each capacitor
in parallel combination.
15. Draw a block diagram of a detector for AM signal and show, using necessary processes and the
waveforms, how the original message signal is detected from the input AM wave.

16. State the principle of working of a galvanometer.

A galvanometer of resistance G is converted into a voltmeter to measure upto V volts by
connecting a resistance R1 in series with the coil. If a resistance R2 is connected in series with it,
then it can measure upto V/2 volts. Find the resistance, in terms of R1 and R2, required to be
connected to convert it into a voltmeter that can read upto 2 V. Also find the resistance G of the
galvanometer in terms of R1 and R2.

17. (a) Explain briefly the process of emission of light by a Light Emitting Diode (LED).
(b) Which semiconductors are preferred to make LEDs and why?
(c) Give two advantages of using LEDs over conventional incandescent lamps.

18. Draw a circuit diagram of a transistor amplifier in CE configuration.

Define the terms : (i) Input resistance and (ii) Current amplification factor. How are these
determined using typical input and output characteristics ?

19. Answer the following questions :

(a) In a double slit experiment using light of wavelength 600 nm, the angular width of the fringe
formed on a distant screen is 0.1°. Find the spacing between the two slits.
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(b) Light of wavelength 5000 A propagating in air gets partly reflected from the surface of
water. How will the wavelengths and frequencies of the reflected and refracted light be affected?

20. An inductor L of inductance XL is connected in series with a bulb B and an ac source. How
would brightness of the bulb change when (i) number of turn in the inductor is reduced, (ii) an
iron rod is inserted in the inductor and (iii) a capacitor of reactance XC = XL is inserted in series
in the circuit. Justify your answer in each case.

21. Name the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum which is (a) suitable for radar systems used in
aircraft navigation. (b) used to treat muscular strain. (c) used as a diagnostic tool in medicine.
Write in brief, how these waves can be produced.

22. Draw a labelled ray diagram of an astronomical telescope in the normal adjustment position and
find the magnitudes of a) The length of the telescope b) The magnification of the telescope if
the focal length of the objective lens is = 15 m and the focal length of an eye lens is 5 cm.

23. Write Einstein’s photoelectric equation and mention which important features in photoelectric
effect can be explained with the help of this equation. The maximum kinetic energy of the
photoelectrons gets doubled when the wavelength of light incident on the surface changes from
1 to 2. Derive the expressions for the threshold wavelength 0 and work function for the metal
surface.

24. In the study of Geiger-Marsdon experiment on scattering of  particles by a thin foil of gold,
draw the trajectory of -particles in the coulomb field of target nucleus. Explain briefly how one
gets the information on the size of the nucleus from this study. From the relation R = R0 A1/3,
where R0 is constant and A is the mass number of the nucleus, show that nuclear matter density
is independent of A.
 SECTION – D
Questions 25 to 27 carry 5 marks each.

25. a) For same value of angle of incidence, the angles of refraction in three media are 150, 200 and
250 respectively. In which medium, the velocity of light will be minimum?
b) Derive the relationship between angle of incidence, angle of prism and angle of minimum
deviation for an equilateral prism.

OR
a) State the conditions for total internal reflection to occur.
b) A right angled prism of refractive index n has a plate of refractive index n1 so that n1 < n,
cemented to its diagonal face. The assembly is in air. A ray is incident on AB.
i). Calculate the angle of incidence at AB for which the ray strikes the diagonal face at the
critical angle.
ii). Assuming n = 1.352, calculate the angle of incidence at AB for which the refracted ray passes
through the diagonal face undeviated.

26. Find the expression for the energy stored in the capacitor. Also find the energy lost when the
charged capacitor is disconnected from the source and connected in parallel with the uncharged
capacitor. Where does this loss of energy appear?
OR
(a) An electric dipole is held in uniform electric field.
(i) Using suitable diagram, show that it does not undergo any translatory motion.
(ii) Define torque, giving its SI unit; derive an expression for the torque acting on this dipole.
(b) A capacitor is made of a flat plate of area A and second plate having a stair like structure as
shown in figure below. If width of each stair is A/3 and height is d. Find the capacitance of the
arrangement.

27. (a) State Ampere’s circuital law. Use this law to obtain the expression for the magnetic field
inside an air cored toroid of average radius ‘r’, having ‘n’ turns per unit length and carrying a
steady current I.
(b) An observer to the left of a solenoid of N turns each of cross section area ‘A’ observes that a
steady current I in it flows in the clockwise direction. Depict the magnetic field lines due to the
solenoid specifying its polarity and show that it acts as a bar magnet of magnetic moment m =
NIA.
OR
(a) Define mutual inductance and write its S.I. units.
(b) Derive an expression for the mutual inductance of two long co-axial solenoids of same length
wound one over the other.
(c) In an experiment, two coils c1 and c2 are placed close to each other. Find out the expression
for the emf induced in the coil c1 due to a change in the current through the coil c2.