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The document contains a comprehensive list of previous years' important questions across various topics in physics, including ray optics, moving charges and magnetism, magnetism and matter, AC circuits, electromagnetic waves, dual nature of radiation, semiconductor electronics, and principles of communication systems. Each section includes definitions, derivations, and explanations of key concepts, as well as short answer questions that require detailed responses. The questions are categorized by topic, highlighting essential areas of study for students.

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Physics_SAQ and VSAQ_Sr IPE

The document contains a comprehensive list of previous years' important questions across various topics in physics, including ray optics, moving charges and magnetism, magnetism and matter, AC circuits, electromagnetic waves, dual nature of radiation, semiconductor electronics, and principles of communication systems. Each section includes definitions, derivations, and explanations of key concepts, as well as short answer questions that require detailed responses. The questions are categorized by topic, highlighting essential areas of study for students.

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LIST OF PREVIOUS YEAR AND IMPORTANT VSQS:

RAY OPTICS:
1. Define power of a convex lens. What is its unit?
2. A small angled prism of 4o deviates a ray through 2.48o. Find the refractive index of the prism.
3. What is myopia? How can be it corrected?
4. What is Hypermetropia? How can be it corrected?
5. Two lenses of power – 1.75 D and +2.25 D respectively are placed in contact. Calculate the focal length of the
combination.
6. A concave mirror produces an image of a long vertical pin, placed at 40 cm from the mirror, at the position of the
object. Find the focal length of the mirror?
7. What is dispersion? Which colour gets relatively more dispersed?

MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETSIM:


8. Distinguish between ammeter and voltmeter?
9. How do you convert moving coil galvanometer into an ammeter?
10. How do you convert moving coil galvanometer into a voltmeter?
11. What is the importance of Oersted’s experiment?
12. A circular coil of radius r having N turns carries a current i. What is its magnetic moment?
13. What is the principle of moving coil galvanometer?
14. What is the magnetic moment associated with solenoid?

MAGNETISM AND MATTER:


15. What happens to compass needles at the earth’s pole?
16. What are the units of magnetic moment, magnetic induction and magnetic field?
17. Define magnetic declination?
18. Define magnetic inclination or angle of dip?
19. Magnetic lines form continuous loops. Why?
20. Define Magnetic susceptibility of a material. Mention its units?
21. Classify the following material with regard to magnetism:
Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel, Bismuth, Oxygen and Copper

AC:
22. What type of transformer is used in a 6V BED LAMP?
23. What is the phenomenon involved in the working of a transformer?
24. What is transformer ratio?
25. Write the expression for the reactance of (i) an inductor and (ii) a capacitor?
26. What is the phase difference between AC emf and current in the following: pure resistor, pure inductor, and pure
capacitor.
27. A transformer converts 200 V ac into 2000 V ac. Calculate the number of turns in the secondary if the primary has
10 turns?
EM WAVES:
28. Micro waves are used in Radars. Why?
29. If the wave length of electromagnetic radiation is doubled what happens to the energy of photon?
30. What are the applications of microwaves?
31. Give two uses of infrared rays?

DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER:


32. What are cathode rays?
33. What is work function?
34. What is photoelectric effect?
35. Write down Einstein’s photoelectric equation?
36. Write down de Broglie’s relation and explain the terms in it?
37. State Heisenberg uncertainty principle?
38. Give examples of “photosensitive substances”. Why are they called so?
39. What is the de-Broglie wave length associated with an electron, accelerated through a potential difference of 100
volts?

SEMI CONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS:


40. Draw the circuit symbols for p-n-p and n-p-n transistor?
41. What are intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors?
42. What is a p – type semiconductor? What are the majority and minority charge carriers in it?
43. What is n- type semiconductor? What are the majority and minority charge carries in it?
44. Which gates are called universal gates?
45. What happens to the width of the depletion layer in a p-n junction diode when it is (1) forward-biased and (2)
reverse-biased?

PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS:


46. What are the basic blocks of communication?
47. What is Sky wave propagation?
48. Define modulation? Why is it necessary?
49. Mention the basic methods of modulation?
50. Which type of communication is employed in mobile phones?
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
RAY OPTICS:
1. With a neat labelled diagram, explain the formation of image in a simple microscope? (V.Imp)
2. Why does the setting sun appear red? (V.Imp)
3. Explain the formation of mirage? (V.Imp)
4. Define critical angle. Explain total internal reflection using a neat diagram? (V.Imp)
5. Explain the formation of rainbow? (Imp)

WAVE OPTICS:

6. Explain Doppler effect in light. Distinguish between red shift and blue shift? (V.Imp)
7. How to determine the resolving power of your eye? (V.Imp)
8. Derive the expression for intensity at a point where interference of light occurs. Arrive the conditions for
maximum and zero intensity? (V.Imp)

ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS:

9. Derive an expression for the intensity of the electric field at a point on the axial line of an electric dipole? (V.Imp)
10. State and explain Coulomb’s inverse square law in electricity? (V.Imp)
11. Derive the expression for couple acting on a electric dipole in a uniform electric field? (V.Imp)
12. State Gauss’s law in electrostatic? (V.Imp)

ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE:

13. Derive an expression for the electric potential due to a point charge? (Imp)
14. Explain parallel combination of capacitors. Derive the formula for equivalent capacitance in parallel combination?
(V.Imp)
15. Derive the expression for effective capacitance when ‘n’ capacitors are connected in series? (V.Imp)
16. Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor? (V.Imp)
17. Explain the behavior of dielectrics in electric field? (Imp)

MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM:

18. State and explain Biot-savarts law? (V.Imp)


19. A current of 10A passes through two very long wires held parallel to each other and separated by a distance of
1m. What is the force per unit length between them? (V.Imp)
20. Derive an expression for the magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron? (V.Imp)
21. A long solenoid of length 0.5m has a radius of 1cm and is made up of 500 turns. It carries a current of 5A. What is
the magnitude of magnetic field inside the solenoid?
22. State and explain Ampere’s law?
ELECTRO MAGNETIC INDUCTION:

23. Describe the ways in which eddy currents are used to advantage? (V.Imp)
24. A pair of adjacent coils has a mutual inductance 1.5H. If the current in one coil changes from 0 to 20A in 0.5 sec,
what is the change of flux linkage with the other coil?
25. Current in a circuit falls from 5.0 A to 0.0A in 0.1 s. If an average emf of 200V induced. Give an estimate of the
self-inductance of the circuit?
26. Obtain an expression for the mutual inductance of two long coaxial solenoids? (Imp)

ATOMS:

27. Explain the different types of spectral series in a hydrogen atom? (V.Imp)
28. Write a short note on DeBroglie’s explanation of Bohr’s second postulate of quantization? (V.Imp)
29. Give two drawbacks Rutherford atomic model. Write any two postulates of Bohr’s atomic model? (V.Imp)
30. Derive an expression for potential and kinetic energy of an electron in any orbit of a hydrogen atom according to
Bohr’s atomic model?

SEMI CONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS:

31. What is rectification? Explain the working of a full wave rectifier? (V.Imp)
32. Describe how a semiconductor diode is used as a half-wave rectifier? (V.Imp)
33. Define NAND and NOR gates. Give the truth tables? (V.Imp)
34. Distinguish between half-wave and full-wave rectifier? (V.Imp)

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