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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, BHOPAL REGION

SECOND PREBOARD EXAM 2023-24
CLASS XII SUBJECT: PHYSICS(THEORY)
ROLL NO
Max. Time: 3 hours. Max. Marks 70

General Instructions:
1. There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
Z. This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D, and Sectíon E.
3. Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based of 1 mark
each, Section B contains five questions of two marks each, Section C contains seven questions of
three marks each, Section Dcontains two case study based questions of four marks each and
Section Econtains three long answer questions of five marks each.
4. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question in Section
questions in
B, one question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in Section D and all three
Section E. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
5. Use of calculators is not allowed
6. You may use the following values of the physical constants wherever necessary:
c=3x 1o m/s h=6.63 x 10 -34 Js
e=1.6 x 10 -19 C u0= 4 X107TmA1
[0=8.854 x 10 12 c2N1 m2 K= 9x 10 Nm 2 c2
Mass of electron = 9.1 x 10 -31 kg
Mass of proton=1.673x 10 27 kg Mass of neutron = 1.675 x 10 27 kg
Avogadro's number =6.023 x 10 25 per gram mole
Boltzmann constant = 1.38 x 10 -23 JK 1
SECTION-A

1. In some substances, charge can flow at ordinary temperature, but not at very low
temperatures.
These substances are called
(a) conductors (b) insulators
(c) dielectrics (d) semiconductors

2. Two coils are placed close to each other. The mutual inductance of the pair of coils depends
upon
(a) currents in the coils
(b) materials of the wires of the coils
(c) relative position and orientation of the coils
(d) rates at which the currents are changing in the coils

3. If amagnetic substance is kept in a magnetic field , then which of the following substances is
thrown out?
(a) Diamagnetic (b) Paramagnetic
(c) ferromagnetic (d) nonmagnetic
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4.
If the length of a conductor is halved, then its conductance will be Reaso

(a) halved (b) doubled (c) quadrupled (d) unchanged

5.
Which of the following electromagnetic waves have the smallest wavelength?
(a) rays (b) X-rays (c) UV waves (d) infra-red rays

6.
Aproton is moving in a space with constant velocity in an electric field Eand magnetic field
B. The angle between electric field and magnetic field should be
(a) 00 (b) 30° (c) 450 (d) 900

7. The ratio of number of turns of primary coil to secondary coil in a transformer is 2:3. If a cell of
6V is connected across the primary coil, then voltage across the secondary coil will be
(a) 3 V (b) 6 V (c) 9 V (d) 12 V
8. The electrostatic energy stored in a capacitor is
(a) (1/2) Qv (b) 1/QV (c) 2/QV (d) Qv

9. Reactance of acapacitor of capacitance C for an alternating current of frequency 400/T Hz is

25 Q.The value of C is
(a) 25 uF (b) 50uF (c) 75 uF (d) 100 uF
10. Mass of a photon of frequency v is given by
(a) m= h/A (b) m= hv/c (c) m = h/cv (d) m= hv/c?
11. Two charged spheres separated by a distance d exert some force F on each other. If they
are immersed in a liquid of dielectric constant 4, then what is the force exerted, if all other
conditions are same?
(a) 2F (b) 4F (c) F/2 (d) F/4
12. When two converging lenses of same focal fare placed in contact, the focal length of the
combination is

(a) (b) 2f (c) f/2 (d) 3f

For Q.13 to Q.16 Two statements are given-one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R).
Select 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 explanation of A
b) Both A and Rare true and Ris NOT the correct explanation of A
c) Ais true but Ris false
d) A is false and Ris also false
13. Assertion (A):The whole charge of aconductor cannot be transferred to
anotherisolated conductor.
Reason (R) : The total transfer of charge from one to another is not possible.
14. Assertion : The magnetic field at the centre of the circular coil in the following
figure due tothe currents I1 and l2 is zero.
Reason : h= h implies that the fields due to the current /h and I2 will be balanced.
 Assertion : Long distance power transmission is done at high voltage.
Reason :At high voltage supply power losses are less.

A6. Assertion :The ferromagnetic substance do not obey Curie's law.

Reason : AtCurie point a ferromagnetic substance start behaving as a paramagnetic substance.

SECTION-B
17.
Write the expression, in a vector form, for the Lorentz magnetic force Fdue to a charge moving
with velocity vin a magnetic field B.What is the direction of the magnetic force ?
18.
Why cannot two magnetic lines of forces due to a bar magnet cross each other?
19.
Findthe wavelength of electromagnetic waves of frequency 6 X1012 Hz in free space. Give its
two applications.
20. The focal length of a equi- convex lens is equal to the radius of curvature of either face.
What is the value of refractive index of the material of the lens ?
21. Light from two coherent sourcs is reaching the screen. If the path difference at a point on the

screen for the yellow light be, then what will be the colour of the fringe at that point?
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(0) What will be the effect of interference fringes if red light is replaced by blue light ?
(ii) What will be the effect of interference fringes if whole apparatus is immersed in water of
refractive index 4/3?

SECTION-C

22. Atomic radius of first orbit of hydrogen atom is 0.53 Å. What is the radius of its fifth orbit?
23. The V- Icharacteristic of a silicon diode is as shown in the figure. Calculate the resistance of
the diode at (i) I= 15 mA (ii) V=- 10 V.

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24. Derive an expression for Capacitance of a parallel plate Capacitor with partially filled di
electric?
25. 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 ?
26. How doesa combination of lenses affect the size, position and nature of the image?
27. Draw the circuit diagram of a full-wave rectifier using p -n junction diode. Explain its working
and show the output input waveforms.
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State 3 important properties of Nuclear forces.

OR
Answer the following:
1 Why is the binding energyper nucleon found to be constant for nuclei in the range of mass
number A lying between 30 and 170?
2 When a heavy nucleus with mass number A = 240 breaks into two nuclei, A = 120,
energy is released in the process.

SECTION-D

29. A narrow tube is bent in the form of acircle of radius R, as shown in

figure. Two small holes S and D are made in the tube at the positions at
right angle to each other. ASource placed at S generates a wave of
R
intensity lo which is equally divided into two parts: one part travels
along the longer path, while the other travels along the shorter path.
Both the waves meet at point D where a detector is placed.

() If a maxima is formed at a detector, then the magnitude of D

wavelength Aof thewave produced is given by
(a) rR (b) TR/2 (c) R/4 (d) Allof these

(ii) if the intensity ratio of two coherent sources used in Young's double slit experiment is
49: 1, then the ratio between the maximum and minimum intensities in the interference
pattern is
(a) 1:9 (b) 9: 16
(c) 25-: 16 (d) 16 :9
(ii) The maximum intensity produced at D is given by
(a)4/o (b) 2l0

(c) lo (d) 3/o

(iv) In a Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at a point where the path difference
is V6 (^- wavelength of the light) is I. If lo denotes the maximum intensity, then /lo is
equal to
(a) 1/2 (b) v3/2 (c) 1/v2 (d) 3/4

OR

Two identical light waves, propagating in the same direction, have a phase difference d.
After they superpose the intensity of the resulting wave willbe proportional to
(a) cos 6 (b) cos(6/2) (c) cos² (6/2) (d) cos?5
 Electric field strength is proportional to the density of lines of force i.e.,
at a point is proportional to the number of lines of
electric field strength
force cutting a unit area element placed
of
mas normal to the field at that point. As illustrated in the given
stronger that at Q.
figure, the electric field at P is

Reigon ot weak field

Reigon of strongficld
(i) Electric lines of force about apositive point charge are
(a) radiallyoutwards (b) circular clockwise
(c) radially inwards (d) parallel straight lines.
(ii) Which of the following is false for electric lines of force?
(a) They always start from positive charges and terminate on
negative charges.
(b) They are always perpendicular to the surface of a charged
conductor.
(c) They always form closed loops.
(d) They are parallel and equally spaced in a region of uniform electric field.
(iii) Which one of the following pattern of electric line of force in not possible in
filed due
tostationary charges ?

(a) (b)

(d)

(iv) Electric lines of force are curved

(a) in the field ofa single positive or negative charge
(b) in the field of two equal and opposite charges
(c) in the field of two like charges
(d) both (b) and (c)
OR

The figure below shows the electric field lines due to two
positive charges. The magnitudes EA, Eg and Ec of the electric
fields at points A, B and C respectively are related as
(e) EA > Eg > Ec (b) Eg > EA > Ec
(c) EA = Es > Ec (d) EA> Eg = Ec
 SECTION-E

31. 1. State Gauss theorem.

2. Apply this to obtain the expression for the electric field intensity at apoint due to
an infinitely long, thin, uniformly charged straight wire.
OR
1. Using Gauss theorem show
mathematically that for any point outside the shell, the field due to
a uniformly charged spherical shell is same as the
the centre.
entire charge on the shell, is concentrated at
2. Two spherical conductors of radii 4cm and 5 cm are
ando; be the respective values of the surface densitycharged
of
to the same potential. If o1
charge on both the conductors,
What is the ratio of oi/ o)?

32. Two long straight parallel conductors carrying steady

currents h and h are separated by a
distance r. Explain briefly, with the help of a suitable diagram, how the
to one conductor acts on the other. Hence deduce magnetic field due
the expression for the force acting between
the two conductors. Mention the nature of the
force.
OR

1. Explain principle and working of a moving coil galvanometer. Derive an

expression for
current sensitivity and voltage sensitivity.
2 Explain the role of Radial Magneticfield, how it is produced?

33. 1. State Bohr's quantization condition for defining stationary orbits. How does the Broglie
hypothesis, explain the stationary orbits?
Find the relation between the three wavelengths 1, 12 and A3 from the energy level
diagram shown below.

OR

1 The radius of the innermost electron orbit of a hydrogen atom is 5.3 # 10m. Calculate
itsradius in n = 3 orbit.
2. The total energy of an electron in the first excited state of the hydrogen atom, is-3.4
eV. Findout its (a) kinetic energy and (b) potential energy in this state