Roll No SIz.03.

DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL's,MP 20NE

FIRST PREBOARD EXAMINATION 2022-23
Class XII Subject Physics
Time Allowed 3Hrs MM:70

General Instructions:
There are 35 questions in all. All questions are compulsory

ii. This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section E. All

the sections are compulsory.

ii. Section A contains eighteen MCQ of mark each, Section B contains seven questions of two marks
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each, Section C contains five questions of three marks each, section D contains three long questions

of five marks each and Section E contains two case study based questions of4 marks each.

iv. There is no overall choice. However, an intermal choice has been provided in section B, C, D and E.

.
vi.
You have

Use of calculators

You may
to attempt only one of the choices

is not allowed.
in

use the following values of physical constants wherever necessary

such questions.

c 3x 108 m/s
h 6.63 x 10-34 Js
e= 1.6x 10-19 C

Ho 47x 10-7 TmA-1

E8.854x 10-12 C2 N-I m2

9x
41tE0
10° N m2 C-?
Mass of electron (m) =9.1 x 10-I kg

Mass of neutron =1.675 x 1027 kg

Mass of proton = 1.673 x 10-27 kg
Avogadro's number 6.023 x 10 = per gram mole
Boltzmann constant = 1.38 x 10-23 JK-1

Section A

1. Two large
vertical and parallel metal plates having a separation of cm are connected to a dc 1
1
voltage source of potential difference X. A proton is released at rest midway between the two

plates.
It is found to move at 450 to the vertical just after release. Then X is nearly equal to

(a)1x105V (b) Ix 107V (c) 1x10° V (d) Ix 10-10 Vv

2. The electric flux for Gaussian Surface A that encloses the charged particles
in free space is

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 (Given qi-l4nC, q 78.85 nC, qy-56nC)
Gausslan
urface A

Gausedan
surface D

(d) 6.32 x 10' CN'm2

(a)10 Nmc'b) 10' CNm (0)6.32 x 10' Nm C
and Ca are connected in parallel. Ifa charge q is given to
Two capacitors of capacitances Ci the

assembly, the charge gets shared. The ratio of the charge on the capacitor Ci, to the
charge that

on Ca, is

(a) C/Cab)c/C (©)CI C (d) 1/Ci C

A forward biased diode is

(a) (d

5. The power factor of a series LCR circuit at resonance will be

a)1 (b)0 (c) 1/2 (d) 1/ V2

5. The magnetic ficld at a distance r from a long wire carrying current I is 0.4 tesla. The magnetic1

field at a distance 2r will be

0.1 tesla (b) 0.2 tesla 0.8 tesla (d) 1.6 tesla
(a) (c)

Two circularcoils and 2 are made from the same wire but the radius of the first coil is twice 1

that of the second coil. What ratio of the potential difference (in volt) should be applied across

the magnetic field at their centres is the same?

them, so that

(a) 2 (b) 3 c) 4 6
(d
The of with the temperature of a 1
8. variation magnetic susceptibility

can be as
ferromagnetic material plotted

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A R connected with 4R
9. coil having n turns and resistance is a galvanometer of resistance n
This combination moved time seconds from a magnetic flux weber weber. The
is in t Oi to,
O
induced current in the circuit is

(a) (O1-01)/S Rnt (b)-n(01-0:/5Rt (c) -(Ø1-0:/Rn \Jt (d)-n(01-0:/Rt

1
10. In an LCR circuit, capacitance is changed from C to 2C. For the resonant frequency to remain

should be changed from L to

unchanged, the inductance

(a) 4L (b) 2L () L/2 (d) L4

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11. An electromagnetic wave of frequency 3 MlHz passes from vacuum into a dielectrie medium with

pemittivity e 4. Then,

(a) wavelength and frequency both remain unchanged

b) wavelength is doubled and the frequency remains unchanged

is doubled and the frequeney becomes half.

(c)wavelength
is halved and the frequency remains unchanged.
(d) wavelength

12. If wavelength of light

in air is 2400 x 10- m, then what will the wavelength of light in gdass

(Ga 1.5)

(a) 1600A (b) 7200 A (c) 1080 A (d) 3200 A

13. Which of the following statements is incorrect for the depletion region of a diode?

(a) There the mobile charges exist.

(b) Equal number of holes and electrons exist, making the region neutral.

(c)Recombination of holes and electrons has taken place.

(d) None
the ground state. 1
14. The electron in a hydrogen atom makes a transition from an excited state to

Which of the following statements is true?

(a) Its kinetic energy increases and its potential and total energies decrease.

(b) Its kinetic energy decreases, potential energy increases and its total energy remains the same

energies decrease and its increases.

(c) Its kinetic and total potential energy

(d) Its kinetic, potential

and total energies decrease.

3Li and 2He4 are 5.60 MeV and 7.06 MeV 1

binding energy per nucleon in nuclei
15. If the

respectively,
then in reaction

must be
IH+3Li7-2 (aHet )energy of proton

MeV MeV MeV (d) 39.2 MeV

(a) 28.24 (b) 17.28 (c)1.46

labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select
16. Two statements are given-one

the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.

A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(a) Both
and R NOT the correct of A.
(b) Both A and R are true is explanation

(c) A is true but R is false.

(d) A is false and R is also

false.
but it is distributed
emf in a loop is not confined to any particular point
Assertion: Total induced
to the resistances of its parts.
around the loop in direct proportion

no change in flux, no induced emf is produced

Reason In general when there is magnetic
Reason Select 1

labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled (R).

17. Two statements are given-one
below.
from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given
to these questions
the correct answer
of A.
R are true and R is the correct explanation
(a) Both A and
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 b) Both A and R are trae and R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

()A is true but R is false

(d) A is false and R is also false.

Assertion: The resistivity of a semiconductor inereases with

temperature
Reason: The atoms of a semiconductor with
vibrate larger amplitudes at higher temperatures
there by its
increasing resistivity.

18 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A)and the other labelled Reason (R). Select 1

the correct answer to these

questions from the codes (a), (b), (c)and (d) as given below

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanationof A.

b)Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

(c) A is true but R is false.

(d) A is false and R is also false.

Assertion: Convexmirrors cannot form real images.

Reason: Convex mirror converges the parallel rays that are incident on it.

Section B

19. Why are infrared radiations also referred to as heat waves? Write the narmes of radiations which 2
lie next to infrared radiations in the electromagnetic spectrum on

(a) shorter wavelength side, and

wavelength side.
b)longer
20. Two similar bars, made from two different materials P and Q, are placed one by one, in a non 2
uniform magnetic field. It is observed that bar P tends to move from the weak to the strong field

region. Bar Q tends to move from the strong to the weak field region. Identify the magnetic

material used for making these two bars. Show with the help of diagrams, the behaviour of

the field lines, due to an external magnetic field, near each of these two bars.

21. How did de Broglie hypothesis provide an explanation for bohr's second postulate for 2
quantisation of orbital angular momentum of the orbiting electron in hydrogen atom? Discuss.

OR
Identify the transition
ofelectron in Bohr model which gives rise to (i) the maximum,and (i) the
minimum wavelength in Balmer series of hydrogen spectrum..

The angle of minimum found to be angle of prism A. Show

2
22. deviation for a Prism is equal to the

that refractive index ofthe material

ofthe prism cos

23. Lights of wavelengths 430 nm, 450 nm and 660 nm are incident on a metal surface whose 2
threshold wavelength is 600 nm. In which case/cases will photoemission take place and why?
Calculate the threshold frequency of the metal surface.

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4 In a step-up voltage transformer,explain giving reasons, the following
facts:

current is than the input

(a) The output
less current.

core is laminated.
(b) The
iron

can be converted voltmeter to measure up to (a) V volt by connecting a

25. A
into a
galvanometer

of 2 kQ in series with the galvanometer and (b) 2V volt

by connecting a resistance
resistance

kQ in series with the galvanometer.

resistance that should be connected in series with the galvanometer to convert it into
Calculate the
V/2
a voltmeter to measure up
to
volt

Section C

the expression for magnetic field at a normal

26, State

distance

intensity
'
Ampere's circuital

from an
law. Use

infinitely
this law

long current carrying

at the centre of a current carrying circular

to obtain

coil
straight

change,
wire.How

if
will the magnetic

the current through the coil is

field

doubled and the radius of the coil is halved?

L of reactance XL is connected in series with a bulb B and an AC source. How 3

27. (a) An inductor

when The number of turns in the inductor is reduced?

would the brightnessof the bulb change

the inductor and A Xc = XL is insertedin

b) An rod reactance
iron is inserted in capacitor of

series in the circuit. Justify your answer in each case.

OR
A of unknown capacitance, a resistor of l000 and an inductor of self- inductance
capacitor

L4/ henry are connected in series to an ac source of 200V and 50Hz.Calculate the value of the

capacitance and impedance of the circuit when the currentis in phase with the voltage.

28. State Faraday's laws of electromagneticinduction

A metallic rod of Im is rotated with a frequency of 50 rev/s, with one end hinged at the
length

metallic of radius Im, about an axis

centre and the other end at the circumference of acircular ring

to the planeof the A constant uniform magnetic

passingthrough the centre and perpendicular ring.

What is the emf between the centre and the

field of IT parallel to the axis is present everywhere. Jo

metallic ring?

29. Draw a graph between the frequency of incident radiation (v and the maximum kinetic energy

of the electrons emitted from the surface of a photo sensitive material. State clearly how this graph

and b) work function of the material.

can be used to find a) Planck's constant

OR
of Caesium metal is 2.14eV. When light
of frequency 6 x 10 Hz is incident
The work function
find maximum kinetic energy of the
photoemission of electrons occurs.
on the metal surface,

emitted electron ,stoppingpotential and maximum speed of the emitted photoelectrons.

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 S0. Calculte

dass prism ABC

if the ray
the angle of emergence

oflight emerges
of refractive

fhom the priam

index .
(e) of the ray

How
into a
of

will

fliquid
light
ineident normally

the angle of emergence

ofrefractive
on the

index 1.3 instead of air

face

changequa litatively,
AC

?
of a

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Section D

'E' due to a dipole of length

2a'at a point,distant
31. (a) Derive an expression for the electric field

r,from the centre of the dipole, on the axial line.

()Draw a graph of E varies for o>a.

'r
of side 0.2m.
on the four corners of a square
(c) Four equal point charges each 164uC are placed

Calculate the force on any one of the charges.

OR
Gauss' law, deduce the expression for the due to a uniformly charged
a) Using electric field

spherical conducting shell of radius 'R'at a point i) outside and i) inside the shell.

b) Two charges of magnitude -20 and +0 are located at point (a0) and (4a o)

respectively.
Find the clecetric fiux due to these charges through a sphere ofradius 3a with its

centre at the origin.

32. (a) Derive lens maker's formula for a biconvex lens.

b) A point object is placed at a distance of 12 cm on the principal axis ofa convex lens of focal

length 10 cm. A convex mirror is placed coaxially on the other side of the lens at a distance of 10
cm. Ifthe final image coincides with the object, sketch the ray diagram and find the focal length
of the convex mirror.

OR
(a)Whatis a wavefront? How does it
propagate? Using Huygens' principle, explain reflection of

a plane wavefront from a surfaceand verify the laws of reflection.

(b) A parallel beam of light of wavelength 500 nm falls on a narrow slit and the resulting

diffraction pattern is obtained on a screen m away. If the first minimum is formed at a

I
distance
of 2-5 mm from the centre of the screen, find the (i) width of the slit, and distance
(ii)
of first
secondary maximum from the centre of the screen.

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33. (a) Define relaxation time
offreeelectrons drifting ina conduetor.

) How is it related to the drift

velocity of free electrons? Use this relation to deduee the

expression for electrical

resistivity of the material

(c) What is the effect of temperature on the relaxation time of electrons in a meta??

OR
(a) State the two Kirechhoff's rules, Obtain the balancingconditionin a Wheatstone bridge

(b)A cell of emf E- 2V and internal resistance t- 10 is connected.to another cell of emf
E-8V and intermal resistance
r
20 through an extermal resistance of 40 as showninthe
figure. Find the potential diference between point A and point
C.

H
2y..

D
8v 2N
Section E

34. Case Study: Read the following

paragraph and answer the questions.
A compound microscope consists One of them, of smaller aperture and
of twoconverging lenses.

smaller focal length is called and the other of slightly

aperture and slightly
objective larger larger
focal length is called Both the are fitted in a tube with an
eye-piece. lenses
arrangement to vary
the distance between them. A tiny object is placed in front of the objective at a distance slightly

greater than its focal The

length. objective produces the image of the object which acts as an
object for the eye-piece. The eye piece, in turn produces the final
magnified image.
(a) In a compound microscope the which type of images formed by the objective and the eye-

piece.

(b) Write the factor on which the magnification of a

compound microscope does depend
(c) A compound microscope consists of an objective of 10X and an 20X. find
eye-piece of the

magnification.

OR F ve
(c) The focal lengths of objective and eye-piece of a compound microscope are 1.2 cm and 3.0 Mo yE
cm respectively. The object is placed at a distance of 1.25 cm from the If the VE
image is formed at infinity, calculate the magnifying power of the
objective. final
w
microscope.

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35. Case Stndy: Read the followingparagraph and answer
the questions.

manner that one half portion of it

A p-n junction is a single crystal of Ge or Si doped in such a

semiconductor.
As soon as
acts as p-type semicondctor functions as n-type
and other half
from n
into the n-region and electrons
Junction is formed, the holes from the pregion diffuse
barrier Vs across the
region diffiuse into p-region. This results in the development of potential
The
junction which opposes the further difmusion of electrons and holes through the junction.

of carriers and has only

small region in the vicinity of the junction which is depleted
free charge

immobile ions is called the depletion region.

)Why is germanium preferred over silicon for making semiconductor devices

b) Which type of biasing Draw adiagram

results in a very high resistance
of apnjunction diode.

showing this bias.

()How does the width of the depletion region of a pn junction vary, if the reverse bias applied

to it decreases?

OR
()Name the two important processes involved in the formation of a p n junction.

B.AN
Vo nI .A n
nl A I

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