CLASS XII

Practice Paper 1

PHYSICS

Time allowed: 3 hr Maximum Marks: 70

General instructions:
● Read the following instructions very carefully and strictly follow them:
● This question paper contains 33 questions. All questions are compulsory.
● This question paper is divided into five sections – A, B, C, D and E.
● In section A – question no. 1 to 16 are Multiple Choice (MCQ) type questions, carrying 1 mark each.
● In section B – question no. 17 to 21 are very short answer (VSA) type questions, carrying 2 marks each.
● In section C – question no. 22 to 28 are short answer (SA) type questions, carrying 3 marks each.
● In section D – question no 29 and 30 are case-based questions carrying 4 marks each.
● In section E – question no 31 to 33 are long answer (LA) type questions, carrying 5 marks each.

SECTION- A

1. Calculate the electric field intensity due to an electric dipole of length 5 cm and consisting of two charges
± 1 μC at a distance of 100 cm from each charge.
(a) Zero (b) 463.7 N/C (c) 44.64 N/C (d) 568.9 N/C

2. A charged oil drop remains stationary when situated between two parallel plates 20 mm apart and an
electric field of strength 0.025 N/C is applied to the plates. Find the charge on the drop if it has a mass of
2 × 10-4 kg. Take g = 10 m/s2.
(a) 0.08 C (b) 0.8 C (c) 0.06 C (d) 1 C

3. Two coils have a mutual inductance 0.005 H. The current changes in the first coil according to equation
I = I0 sin wt, where I0 = 10 A and w = 100π rad/s. The maximum value of emf in the second coil is—
(a) 2π (b) 5 π (c) 6 π (d) 12 π

4. An electron and a proton are moving in the same direction with same kinetic energy. The ratio of the
de-Broglie wavelength associated with these particles is –
𝑚𝑝
(a) me/mp (b) mp/me (c) √( 𝑚𝑒 ) (d) mp me

5. The ratio of the kinetic energy to the total energy of an electron in Bohr orbit is:
(a) 1 : -1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 2:1 (d) 1 : -2

6. An electron and a proton with equal momentum enter perpendicular into a uniform magnetic field
(a) the path of proton will be more curved than that of electron
(b) the path of proton will be less curved than that of electron
(c) both are equally curved
(d) path of both will be straight line.

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7. What is the magnetic field at the centre of the circular loop shown in the figure?
[The radius of the loop is R]

(a) (μ0/4π) 2πi/R (b) ½ (μ0/4π) 2πi/R (c) (μ0/4π) πi/R (d) zero

8. A uniform electric field E exists between two charged plates as shown in the figure, the work done in
moving a charge q along the closed rectangular path ABCDA is--

(a) infinite (b) finite more than zero (c) qE (d) zero

9. A bar magnet is allowed to fall vertically through a copper coil placed in a horizontal plane. The magnet
falls with a net acceleration—

(a) = g (b) zero (c) < g (d) > g

10. A step up transformer operates on a 230V line and a load current of 2A. The ratio of the primary and
secondary windings is 1 : 25. The current in the primary is—
(a) 25 A (b) 50 A (c) 15 A (d) 12.5 A

11. In the circuit shown assume the diode to be ideal. When Vi increases from 2 V to 6 V, the change in the
current (in mA) is—

(a) zero (b) 20 (c) 80/3 (d) 40

12. Magnetic field intensity at the centre of a coil of 50 turns, radius 0.05 m and carrying a current of 2 A
is—
(a) 0.5 × 10-5 T (b) 1.26 × 10-4 T (c) 3 × 10-5 T (d) 4 × 10-5 T

13. Assertion: A very intensive beam of light having frequency less than the threshold frequency does not
cause photoelectric emission.
Reason: Photoelectric emission is possible only if the frequency of the incident radiation is greater than the
threshold frequency even if intensity of incident light is very large.
a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion.
b) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.

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d) If Reason is true but assertion is false.

14. Assertion: In series LCR circuit, resonance occurs at a frequency called resonant frequency.
Reason: At resonant frequency, inductive reactance is equal to the capacitive reactance.
a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion.
b) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d) If Reason is true but assertion is false.

15. Assertion: Radiowaves can be polarised.

Reason: Sound wave in air are longitudinal in nature.
a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion.
b) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d) If Reason is true but assertion is false.

16. Assertion: A charged capacitor is disconnected from a battery. Now if its plates are separated farther,
the potential falls.
Reason: Energy stored in a capacitor is equal to the work done in charging it.
(a)If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion.
b) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
d) If Reason is true but assertion is false.

SECTION – B

17) What is the effect of rise in temperature on the conductivity of copper and silicon?

18) What is the nuclear radius of 125Fe if that of 27Al is 3.6 fermi?

19) Explain how does the width of a p-n junction diode decrease by applying forward bias?

20) A galvanometer has 25 divisions and resistance of 50 Ω. A current of 4 × 10-4 A gives a deflection of one
division. Find the resistance that should be connected to convert this galvanometer into a voltmeter having
a range of 25 V.
21) A convex lens of focal length 30 cm and concave lens of focal length 60 cm are placed in combination. If
the object is placed 40 cm away from the combination, find the position of the image.

SECTION –C

22) Calculate the binding energy (in MeV) of a helium nucleus (24𝐻𝑒). Given mass of 24𝐻𝑒 = 4.0026
a.m.u., mass of a proton = 1.0073 a.m.u. and mass of a neutron = 1.0087 a.m.u.

23) Infinite number of identical charges each carrying charge q are placed along the x-axis at a distance a,
2a, 3a, 4a,...from the origin. Calculate the magnitude of the electric field at the origin due to this
distribution of charges.

24) Prove the laws of refraction with the help of Huygens’ principle.

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25) Photoelectric work function of a metal is 1 eV. Light of wavelength 3000 Å falls on it. What is the
velocity of the ejected photo electron?

26) The figure shows energy level diagram of hydrogen atom.

(i) Find out the transition which results in the emission of a photon
of wavelength 496 nm. (ii) Which transition corresponds to the
emission radiation of maximum wavelength? Justify your answer.

27)
a) Write two characteristics of electromagnetic waves.
b) Find wavelength of electromagnetic waves of frequency 6 × 1012 Hz in free space. Give one of its
applications. [1+2]

28) A 40 Ω resistor, 3 mH inductor and 2 μF capacitor are connected in series to a 110 V, 5000 Hz A.C.
source. Calculate the value of the current in the circuit.

SECTION-D

29) Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow:
A prism is a portion of a transparent medium bounded by two planes face inclined to each other at a
suitable angle. A ray of light suffers two refractions on passing through a prism and hence deviates through
a certain angle from its original path. The angle of deviation of a prism is δ = (μ-1)A, through which a ray
deviates on passing through a thin prism of small refracting angle A. If μ is the refractive index of the
material of the prism, then the prism formula is
μ = sin (A+δm/2) / sin (A/2)
i) For which colour, the angle of deviation is minimum?
ii) What is the angle of incidence if the deviation through a prism is maximum?
iii) A thin prism of 2° angle gives a deviation of 1°. What is the value of refractive index of the
material of the prism? [1+1+2]

30) Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow:
When a current I flows through a coil, flux linked with it is φ = LI, where L is a constant known as self
inductance of the coil. Any change in current sets up an induced emf in the coil. Thus, self inductance of a
coil is the induced emf set up in it when the current passing through it changes at the unit rate. It is a
measure of the opposition to the growth or the decay of current flowing through the coil. Also, value of self
inductance depends on the number of turns in the solenoid, its area of cross-section and the permeability
of its core material.

(i) A current of 2.5 A flows through a coil of inductance 5 H. The magnetic flux linked with the coil is
a) 0.5 Wb b) 12.5 Wb c) zero d) 2 Wb
(ii) The inductance L of a solenoid depends upon its radius R as--
a) L ∝ R b) L ∝ 1/R c) L ∝ R2 d) L ∝ R3
(iii) The induced emf in a coil of 10 H inductance in which current varies from 9 A to 4 A in 0.2 second is
a) 200 V b) 250 V c) 300 d) 350 V [1+1+2]

SECTION – E

31) a) If the two slits in Young’s experiment have widths in the ratio 4:9, then find the ratio of intensity at
the maximum to the intensity at the minimum in the interference pattern

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b) State two conditions to obtain sustained interferences. What happens to the interference pattern when
one of the slits is closed? [2+2+1]

32) a) The plates of a parallel plate capacitor have an area of 90 cm2 each and are separated by 2.5 mm.
The capacitor is charged by connecting it to a 400 V supply. How much electrostatic energy is stored by the
capacitor?
b) Derive an expression for energy density of a capacitor. [3+2]

33) a) Determine the current drawn from a 12 V supply with internal resistance 0.5 Ω by the infinite
network shown in figure. Each resistor has 1 Ω resistance.
b) Find an expression for drift velocity. [2.5+2.5]

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