ISC MOST LIKEY PAPER 3

ISC 12
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Maximum Marks: 70
Time Allowed: Three Hours
(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during this time.)

This paper is divided into four sections – A, B, C and D.

Answer all questions.
Section A consists of one question having sub-parts of one mark each.
Section B consists of seven questions of two marks each.
Section C consists of nine questions of three marks each, and
Section D consists of three questions of five marks each.
Internal choices have been provided in two questions each in Section B,
Section C and Section D.
The intended marks for questions are given in brackets [ ].
All working, including rough work, should be done on the same sheet as and adjacent to the rest
of the answer.
Answers to sub parts of the same question must be given in one place only. A list of useful
physical constants is given at the end of this paper.
A simple scientific calculator without a programmable memory may be used for calculations.

Section A – 14 Marks

Q.1. (A) Multiple Choice Questions

(i) If 10 A of current is flowing through a circular coil of 200 turns and radius 7 cm. then the
magnitude of the magnetic moment of the current loop
(a) 25.5 J/T (c) 30.8 J/T
(b) 30 J/T (d) 32 J/T

(ii) The ratio of output frequency of half-wave rectifier and a full wave rectifier when an input
frequency of 50 Hz is fed at input?
(a) 1:2
(b) 2:1
(c) 4:1
(d) 1:4
 (iii) Assertion Charge on all the capacitors connected in series is the same.
Reason Potential difference across each capacitor connected in series is
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
(iv) Which of the following graph correctly represents the variation of angle of deviation (δ) with angle
of incidence (i) for light incident on a prism?

(v) A metal rod of length 10 cm and a rectangular cross-section of 1 cm × ½ cm is connected to a

battery across opposite faces. The resistance will be
(a) maximum when the battery is connected across 1 cm × ½ cm
(b) maximum when the battery is connected across 10 cm × 1 cm
(c) maximum when the battery is connected across 10 cm × ½ cm
(d) same irrespective of the three faces
(vi) Phase difference between alternating current and voltage for series L-C-R circuit at resonance is
(a) 0° (c) 45°
(b) 90° (d) 180°

Q.1. (B) Answer the following questions [7 Marks]

(i) In what way, the behaviour of a diamagnetic material is different from that of a
paramagnetic when kept in an external magnetic field?
(ii) What is the shape of the wavefront generated by a point source?
(iii) The following graph shows the variation of charge Q with voltage V, for two capacitors K
and L. In which capacitor, more electrostatic energy is stored?
 (iv) In a potentiometer experiment, balancing length is found to be 120 cm for cell E1 of emf 2
V. What will be the balancing length for another cell E₂ of emf 1.5 V? (No other changes
are made in experiment)
(v) What is the value of magnetic field around a long straight current-carrying conductor?
(vi) Two coils of wires A and B are placed mutually perpendicular. When a current is changed
in any one coil, will the current induced in another coil?
(vii) (a) Can a semiconductor behaves like an insulator?
(b) Specify the condition at which the semiconductor acts like insulator.

SECTION B – 14 MARKS

Question 2 [2]
A coil Q is connected to low voltage bulb B and placed near another coil P as shown in the figure.
Give reasons to explain the following observations
(i) The bulb B lights.
(ii) Bulb gets dimmer, if the coil Qis moved towards left.

Question 3 [2]

Explain why the reactance offered by an inductor increases with increasing frequency of an alternating
voltage? Also, sketch a graph between inductive reactance and frequency.

OR

(i) What are eddy currents?

(ii) Write two applications of eddy currents.

Question 4 [2]

When an ideal capacitor is charged by a DC battery, no current flows. However, when an AC source is
used, the current flows continuously. How does one explain this, based on the concept of displacement
current? Add or
Question 5 [2]

(i) A long horizontal wire P carries a current of 50 A. It is rigidly fixed. Another wire Q is
placed directly above and parallel to P as shown in figure below. The weight/length of wire
Q is 0.025 Nm-1 and it carries a current of 25 A. Find the distance of wire Q from P, so that
the wire Q remains at rest.

Question 6 [2]

(i) A rectangular coil having 50 turns and an area of 0.4 m² is held at 30° to a uniform
magnetic field of intensity 5 × 10-5 T Calculate the magnetic flux passing through it.
(ii) In which position, will the flux be maximum?

Question 7 [2]

Draw a graph showing the variation of intensity versus the position on the screen in Young's double
slit experiment when
(i) both the slits are opened and
(ii) one of the slit is closed

Question 8 [2]

A part of an electric circuit is shown below.

Using Kirchhoff's law, find the current I through 4 Ω resistor.

SECTION C – 27 MARKS

Question 9 [3]
Define the Q-value of a nuclear process. When a nuclear process cannot proceed spontaneously? If
both the number of protons and the number of neutrons is conserved in a nuclear reaction, in what way
is mass converted into energy (or vice-versa) in a nuclear reaction?

Question 10 [3]

Use Lenz's law to determine the direction of induced current in the situations described by figure.
(i) A wire of irregular shape turning into a circular shape.
(ii) A circular loop being deformed into a narrow straight wire. Add OR

Question 11 [3]

Find expressions for force and torque on an electric dipole kept at an angle θ in a uniform electric field.

Question 12 [3]

Answer the following questions.

(i) Why is the binding energy per nucleon found to be constant for nuclei in the range of mass
number (A) lying between 30 and 170?
(ii) When a heavy nucleus with mass number A=240 breaks into two nuclei, A=120 why
energy is released in the process? ADD OR

Question 13 [3]

(i) Draw a labelled diagram of astronomical telescope when the image is formed at near point.
(ii) The focal lengths of objective lens and eyepiece of a refracting telescope are 100 cm and 4 cm
respectively, then find the angular magnification of telescope, when the final image is formed at
infinity.

Question 14 [3]

Derive Snell's law of refraction using Huygens' wave theory.

Question 15 [3]

A cube of side b has a charge q at each of its vertices. Determine the potential and electric field due to
this charge array at the centre of the cube.

Question 16 [3]

(i) In a single slit diffraction experiment, the width of the slit is made double the original
width. How does this affect the size and intensity of the central diffraction band? Explain.
(ii) When a tiny circular obstacle is placed in the path of light from a distant source, a bright
spot is seen at the centre of the obstacle. Explain why?

Question 17 [3]

An experiment on meter bridge is performed by a student. The examiner gives the following
instructions to student. State whether the responses of student are correct or not.
(i) EXAMINER The null point on the meter bridge is not clear. Increase the distance between
the null point and the ends of the bridge wire.
(i) STUDENT adjusts the position of the jockey towards the end of the meter bridge wire
(thinking that increasing the distance from the ends will make the null point clear).
(ii) EXAMINER The resistance in the given gap of the meter bridge is too high. Decrease its
value.
(iii) STUDENT uses a shorter wire or thicker wire to replace the existing wire in the gap.
(iv) EXAMINER The meter bridge wire is too thin, making it difficult to measure accurately.
Increase its thickness to improve accuracy.
(v) STUDENT replaces the existing thin wire with a thicker wire in the meter bridge setup.

SECTION D – 15 MARKS

Question 18 [5]

(i) If each diode in figure has a forward bias resistance of 25 Ω and infinite resistance in
reverse bias, what will be the values of the currents I1, I2, I3 and I4?
 (ii) Draw the circuit diagram of a full wave rectifier. Also, draw the input and output waveform
across the load RL connected in the full wave rectifier circuit.

OR

(i) What is LED? Explain its working and V-I characteristics with suitable diagram.
(ii) What are advantages of LED over incandescent low power lamps?

Question 19 [5]

(i) What is the effect on the interference fringes of a Young's double slit experiment when
(a) the width of the source slit is increased?
(b) the monochromatic source is replaced by a source of white light? Justify your answer in
each case.
(ii) The intensity at the central maxima in Young's double slit experiment set-up is I0. Show
that the intensity at a point, where the path difference is λ/3, is I0/4.

ОR

(i) A compound microscope uses an objective lens of focal length 4 cm and eyepiece lens of
focal length 10 cm. An object is placed at 6 cm from the objective lens. Calculate the
magnifying power of the compound microscope. Also, calculate the length of the
microscope.
(ii) A lens (μ = 1.5) is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 4/3. If its focal length in air is 10
cm, then find its focal length in liquid.
Question 20 [5]

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

Observation of Photoelectric Effect

The phenomenon of photoelectric emission was discovered in 1887 by Heinrich Hertz during his
electromagnetic wave experiments by means of a spark discharge across the detector loop were
enhanced.

When the emitter plate was illuminated by ultraviolet light from an arc lamp. According to this effect,
there is emission of electrons from the surface of metal when a light beam of suitable frequency is
incident on it.

(i) Light of wavelength 2500 Å falls on a metal surface of work function 3.5 eV. What is the
kinetic energy (in eV) of the fastest electrons?
(ii) If the same light falls on another surface of work function 5.5 eV, what will be the energy
of emitted electrons?
(iii) (a) What effects occur on the photoelectric current on increasing the potential difference
between the emitter and collector?
(b) Why is cut-off potential of metal surface negative?