CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL, NOIDA

PREBOARD-I 2022-23
CLASS-XII
SUBJECT-PHYSICS (042)
(SET B)
TIME: 3 HOUR M.M. 70
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This question paper consists of 6 printed pages.
2. There are a total 35 questions in this paper and all questions are to be attempted.
However, internal choice has been provided.
3. This paper is divided into five Sections:
Section A – Contains 18 questions of 1 mark each.
Section B – Contains 7 questions of 2 mark each.
Section C – Contains 5 question of 3 mark each.
Section D – Contains 2 case based study of 4 marks each.
Section E – Contains 3question of 5 marks each.
SECTION A
1. The main condition for diffraction to be observed is 1
(a) size of obstacle should be comparable to the wavelength of the wave
(b) size of obstacle should be much larger than the wavelength of the wave
(c) size of obstacle should be much smaller than the wavelength of the wave
(d) for any size of obstacle
2. A YDSE is performed in air and in water. Which of the following relationship is true 1
regarding fringe width ()
(a) air>water (b) water>air (c) air=water (d) water = 0
3. Threshold wavelength for a metal having work function Wo is λ. What is the threshold 1
wavelength for the metal having work function 2Wo?
(a) 4λ (b) 2λ (c) λ/2 (d) λ/4
4. In Bohr’s model, the atomic radius of the first orbit is r 0. Then, the radius of the third orbit is 1
(a) r0/9 (b) r0 (c) 9r0 (d) 3r0
5. Relative permeability of a magnetic material is 0.5. The material is 1
(a) diamagnetic (b) ferromagnetic (c) paramagnetic (d) not a magnetic material
6. If the back emf induced in a coil, when current changes from 1 A to zero in one millisecond, 1
is 5 volts, the self inductance of the coil is:
(a) 5 H (b) 1 H (c) 5 mH (d) 1 mH
7. An inductor and a bulb are connected in series with a dc source. A soft iron is then inserted in 1
the inductor. What will happen to intensity of the bulb?
(a) Intensity of the bulb remains the same.
(b) Intensity of the bulb decreases

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 (c) Intensity of the bulb increases
(d) None of these
8. At resonance, the impedance in series LCR circuit is 1
(a) maximum (b) zero (c) infinity (d) minimum
Question 9-11 are Assertion and Reasoning. Choose the following options
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false and R is true.
9. Assertion (A): If objective and eye lenses of a microscope are interchanged, then it can work 1
as telescope.
Reason (R): The objective lens of telescope has much smaller focal length than the eyepiece.
10. Assertion (A): The Sun looks bigger in size at sunrise and sunset than during day. 1
Reason (R): The phenomenon in which light ray bends around the corners of an obstacle is
diffraction.
11. Assertion (A): Nuclear force is same between neutron-neutron, proton-proton and neutron- 1
proton.
Reason (R): Nuclear force is charge independent. Option A
12. The electromagnetic radiations used for water purification and eye surgery is 1
(a) Infrared (b) Microwave (c) X-rays (d) Ultraviolet rays
13. The ratio of de-Broglie wavelength associated with two electrons accelerated through 25 V 1
and 36 V is
(a) 25/36 (b) 36/25 (c) 5/6 (d) 6/5
14. The output of a step-down transformer is measured to be 24 V when connected to a 12 W light 1
bulb. The value of the peak current is:
(a) 1/√2 A (b) √2 A (c) 2 A (d) 2√2 A

15. Taking the Bohr radius as r0 = 53 pm, the radius of Li++ ion in its ground state, on the basis of 1
Bohr’s model, will be about
(a) 53 pm (b) 27 pm (c) 18 pm (d) 13 pm
16. Which of the following material will be the best moderator for a nuclear power plant? 1
(a) Lighter element (b) Heavier element
(c) Both of the above (d) None of the above
17. When a forward bias is applied to a P-N junction, it 1
(a) raises the potential barrier (b) reduces the majority carrier current to zero
(c) lowers the potential barrier (d) None of the above
18. Semiconductor behaves like insulators at 1

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 (a) 0° C (b) 0 K (c) 273 K (d) None of these
SECTION B
19. An optical instrument uses a lens of 100 D for the objective lens and 50 D for its eyepiece. 2
When the tube length is kept at 20 cm, the final image is formed at infinity.
(i) Identify the optical instrument.
(ii) Calculate the magnification produced by the instrument.
20. The wires which connect the battery of an automobile to its starting motor carry a current of 2
300 A (for a short while). What is the force per unit length between the wires if they are 70
cm long and 1.5 cm apart? Is the force attractive or repulsive?
21. Two identical coils P and Q each of radius R are lying in perpendicular planes such that they 2
have a common centre. Find the magnitude and direction of magnetic field at the common
centre of the two coils, if they carry currents equal to I and √3 I respectively.

22. Draw the energy band diagrams for p-type and n-type semiconductors. Depict the 2
donor/acceptor energy levels in these diagrams and write their significance.
OR
Give two difference between N-type and P-type semiconductor.
23. Three points A, B and C lie in a uniform electric field (E) of 5× 10 3 N/C as shown in the 2
figure. Find the potential difference between A and C.

24. Two charges q and -3q are placed fixed on x-axis separated by a distance‘d’. Where a third 2
charge 2q should be placed such that it will not experience any force?
OR
Derive the expression of torque for a dipole placed in an external uniform electric field.
25. A 2µF capacitor, 100  resistor and 8 H inductor are connected in series with an ac source. 2
What should be the frequency of the source such that current drawn in the circuit is
maximum? What is this frequency called?
SECTION C
26. (i) Draw a graph showing the variation of photoelectric current with collector plate potentials 3
for two different frequencies (1>2) of the incident radiation.
(ii) Write Einstein’s photoelectric equation. Explain two features of photoelectric effects
which cannot be explained by wave theory of light.
27. Hydrogen atoms are excited with an electron beam of energy 12.5 eV. Find 3
(i) the highest energy level upto which the hydrogen atoms will be excited.
(ii) the longest wavelength in the (a) Lyman series (b) Balmer series of the spectrum of these

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 hydrogen atoms.
28. The thickness of a conductor continuously decreases from its one end (A) to another end (B). 3
It is connected across the terminals of a battery. What will be the effect on the value of
(i) electric field, (ii) current density, and (iii) mobility of the electron at a point on the
conductor as one moves from end A to end B?
OR
(i) Define the terms ‘drift velocity’ and ‘relaxation time’ giving their physical significance.
(ii) A conductor of length L is connected across a dc source of emf E. If the conductor is
replaced by another of the same material and area of cross section but of length 5L, by what
factor will the drift velocity change?
29. A point object is kept on the principal axis of a convex spherical surface of radius of curvature 3
R, separating a medium of refractive index n2 from a medium f refractive index n1 (in which
object is kept). A real image of the object is formed by this surface. Draw the ray diagram to
show the image formation and derive the relation between the object distance and image
distance in terms of n1, n2 and R.
30. What is a rectifier? Explain full wave rectifier. Give its input and output waveforms. 3
OR
Explain the formation of PN junction diode.
SECTION D
Case Based Study:
31. OPTICAL FIBRE: An optical fibre is a device based on total internal reflection by which a
light signal may be transmitted from one place to another with a negligible loss of energy.
Optical fibers are now used to carry telephone, television and computer signals as pulses of
light. Fiber optics is used in long distance and high performance data network. Optical fiber
can be divided broadly into two types according to the way in which they transmit optical
signals. One type, known as single mode fiber, has a thin core with a diameter of about 10 µm
allows light pulses to propagate in only one mode. The other type, multimode fibre, has thick
core of about 50 µm in diameter, and permits the propagation of multiple light pulses of
differing angles of reflection. Most optical fibre in are today is single mode fiber that enables
high speed, high capacity transmission.
(i) In structure of optical fibre, the light is guided through the core due to: 1
a. dispersion b. diffraction c. total internal reflection d. refraction
(ii) An optical fibre (µ=√3) is surrounded by a glass coating (µ=3/2), the critical angle for total 1

internal reflection at the fibre-glass interface is:

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 would it take to transverse the straight fibre of length 1 km?
32. Case Based Study:
ELECTROSTATIC SHIELDING: The phenomenon of making a region free from any
electric field is called electrostatic shielding or electrostatic screening. It is based on the fact
that electric field becomes zero inside the cavity of hollow conductor. In the hollow conductor
charges are distributed on the surface of conductor. Such a field free region is also called a
Faraday cage. Such a cage can block the effects of an external field on its internal contents, or
the effects of an internal field on the outside environment. Inside the Faraday cage, electric
field is always zero. Even if the conductor is charged or charges are induced on a neutral
conductor by an external field, all charges reside only on the outer surface of the conductor.
Hence, any cavity of any shape and size is always shielded from outer electric field region.
(i) In a region of constant potential 1
a. the electric field is uniform b. the electric field is zero
c. there can be no charge inside the region d. both (b) and (c)
(ii) The work done in carrying a charge Q once round a circle of radius r with charge q at the 1
centre of the circle is
a. kQ/r b. KQq/r c. Qq/2r d. zero
(iii) A a point A, there is an electric field of 500 V/m and potential difference of 3000 V. Calculate 2
the distance between the point charge and A.
SECTION E 5
(i) Define electric flux. Is it a scalar or a vector quantity?
33.
A point charge q is at a distance of d/2 directly above the centre of a square of side d. Use
Gauss’ law to obtain the expression for the electric flux through the square.
(ii) If the point charge is now moved to a distance‘d’ from the centre of the square and the
side of the square is doubled, explain how the electric flux will be affected.
OR
(i) Use Gauss’ law to derive the expression for the electric field due to a straight uniformly
charged infinite line of charge density λ C/m.
(ii) Draw a graph to show the variation of E with perpendicular distance r from the line of
charge.
(iii) Find the work done in bringing a charge q from perpendicular distance r 1 to r2 (r2>r1).
34. (i) Draw a schematic diagram of an ac generator. Explain its working and obtain the 5
expression for the instantaneous value of the emf in terms of the magnetic field B, number of
turns N of the coil of area A rotating with angular frequency .
(ii) A circular coil of radius 10 cm and 20 turns is rotated about its vertical diameter with
angular speed of 50 rad/s in a uniform horizontal magnetic field of 3×10 -2 T.
(a) Calculate the maximum and average emf induced in the coil.

(b) If the coil forms a closed loop of resistance 10 , calculate the maximum current in the

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 coil and the average power loss due to joule heating.
OR
(i) In a series LCR circuit connected across an ac source of variable frequency, obtain the
expression for its impedance and draw a plot showing its variation with frequency of the ac
source.
(ii) What is the phase difference between the voltages across inductor and the capacitor at
resonance in the LCR circuit?
(iii) When an inductor is connected to a 200 V dc voltage, a current of 1 A flows through it.
When the same inductor is connected to a 200 V, 50 Hz ac source, only 0.5 A current flows.
Explain, why? Also, calculate the self inductance of the inductor.
35. (i) Draw the ray diagram to show use of total internal reflection in a prism that bends the ray 5
by 90° and 180°.
(ii) Derive the expression for thin prism.
(iii) A composite prism ABC is made up of two identical right-angled prisms ABD and ADC
made up of different materials of refractive index √3 and n respectively. A ray of light is
incident on face AB of this prism at 60° as shown in the figure. It is observed that the final
emergent ray grazes along face AC. Find the value of n.

OR
(i) State Huygen’s Principle. Using this principle explain the laws of refraction.
(ii) Can two independent monochromatic light source be used to obtain a steady interference
pattern? Justify your answer.
(iii) In an interference experiment using monochromatic light of wavelength λ, the intensity of
light of a point, where the path difference is λ, on the screen is K units. Find out the intensity
of light at a point when path difference is λ/4.

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