WEST CHENNAI SAHODAYA CLUSTER EXAMIN ATION-2023-2024 CLASS: XII PHYSICS-042 (SET?) ‘ :70 TIME: 3hrs Maximum Marks: General Instructions: 1. 2. There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory. c This question paper has 5 sections: Section A, Section B, Section + Section E. All the sections are compulsory. Si i Section A contains Sixteen aaceee| twelve MCQ and four Assertion vereiiea based of I mark each, Section B contains five questions of two marks at i C contains seven questions of three marks each, Section D contains three long answer questions of five marks each and Section E contains two case base questions of four marks each ar ‘There is no overall choice, However, an internal choice has been provided in one question in Section B, one question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in Section D and all three questions in Section E. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions. Use of calculators is not allowed. You may use the following values of physical constants where ever necessary i) c=3 «108 m/s 9.1 x 105 kg 1.6 x 10-7 C (iv) nO = 4 x 10-7 Tm-1 (v) h= 6.63 x 10 Js (vi) e0 = 8.854 « 107? C? NA mm? |Avogadro’s number = 6.023 x 10% per gram mole Section D, and SECTION - A “X straight current carrying conductor is placed inside a uniform magnetic field. The | 1 force per unit length acting on the conductor is (a) Maximum when the conductor is perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field. (0) Maximum when the conductor is along the direction of magnetic field (©) Minimum when the conductor is perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field (@ Minimum when the conductor makes an angle of 45° with the direction of magnetic field. If'a magnetic substance is kept in a magnetic field, then which of the following | 1 substance is thrown out ? (a) Paramagnetic (b) Ferromagnetic (©) Dia magnetic (d) Antiferromagnetic Displacement current exist only when an ement " . 1 (a) Electric field is changing (b) magnetic field is changing (c) electric field i not changing (d) magnetic field is not changing ie field is Page 1 of 7f the electron in nth Sse" _ $= on of 4. ] In Bohr's model of hydrogen atom, the total energy orbit is proportional to > }——| @n bin Or @ ean nace 1 1 5. | The binding energies per nucleon of deuteron( H) 20° ner io form a helium MeV and 7 MeV respectively. If two deuterons nucleus, then energy produced is : Mev (@ 5.9MeV (b)23.6MeV (c) 26.9 MeV (d) 32.4 eerie 1 cal she - 6. | A charge Qis uniformly distributed over the surface of @ as ‘3 The work done in bringing a test charge Qo from its centre (@) zero (@) WAnea(QQo/R) (b) V/4rre(QQ/2R) (€) Veo(QQuR) Hi - ‘thi e 7. | A circular loop of radius r, carrying a current [Ties in y= plane with its centre 2 origin. The net magnetic flux through the loop is (a) directly proportional to r (b) zero . I (c) inversely proportional to r (d) directly proportional to rhe Ti 8. | The electric field due to a uniformly charged sphere of radius R as a function of distance from its centre is represented graphically by E i fe (a) iw () a tl t © : @ ~ 7s = 9. | A circular current loop of magnetic moment M is in an arbitrary orientation in an | 1 external magnetic field B. The work done to rotate the loop by 30° about an axis perpendicular to its plane is (a) MB (b)V3MB/2 (c)MB/2 (d) zero 10.| An electron and a proton are moving along the same direction with the same kinetic | 1 energy. They enter a uniform magnetic field acting perpendicular to their velocities. The dependence of radius of their paths on their masses is @ram (b)ravm (¢)ral/m (d)ra 1m T1.] An area A = 0.5 m? shown in the figure is situated in a uniform magnetic field B= | 1 4.0 Wb/m? and its normal makes an angle of 60° with the field. The magnetic flux passing through the area A would be equal to , Page 2 of 7The work funcion j= —z—— | INctioy tale ap = ——————— ee from the surface of thi fora metal is3 eV. To emita photoelectron of energy oe metal, the wavel aaa ight should be (@) 6187 Ae > the wavelength of the incident light sl _| : ) 6187 A’ ans A® (c) 12375 A® (d) 2486 A° _——re| i Auestion numbers 13, 14, 15 and 16, two statements are & ject the elled Assertion (A) and the other labelled Reason (R). S*0C 4) ag Correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b) (©) ™ given below. A. Both A and Rare true and Ris the correct explanation ofA B. Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation 0 C. Ais true but R is false D. A is false and R is also false 5 jos “A 1S Base and NES also tse tivity | 1 13.| Assertion (A) : Ata fixed temperature, silicon will have a mini um conductivity when it has a smaller acceptor dopings 1 a igher Reason(R) — : The conductivity of an intrinsic semiconductor 1s slightly hig! than that of a lightly doped p-type. ‘i i flight. 1 14, | Assertion (A) : Photoelectric effect demonstrates the wave nature 0 a Reason (R) _ : The number of photoelectrons is proportional to the frequency light. i rf 1 15] Assertion(A) : The conductivity of an electrolyte is very low as compared to a meta at room temperature. | Reason (R) : The number density of free ions in electrolyte is much smaller as compared to number density of free electrons in metals. Further, ions drift much more slowly, being heavier. T6:] Assertion (A) 2A ray of light is incident from outside on a glass sphere surrounded | 1 bair. This ray may suffer total internal reflection at second interface.“ Reason (R): Ifa ray of light goes from denser to rarer medium, it bends away from the normal. SECTION -B 17. @The refractive index of glass is 1.5. What is the speed of light in glass? (Speed of light in vacuum is 3 x 10's") (6) Is the speed of light in glass independent of the colour of light? If not, which of the two colours red and violet travels slower in a glass prism? OR Find the intensity at a point on a screen in Young’s double slit experiment where the interfering waves of equal intensity have a path difference of (i) W4 and (ii) W/3 18.| With the help of a ray diagram, show the formation of image of a point object due | 2 | to refraction of light at a spherical surface separating two media of refractive indices ny and na (na > ni) respectively. Using this diagram, derive the relation v m/v -ni/u =n —m/R igure shows variation of stopping potential (Vo) with the frequency photosensitive materials Mi and Mz meeeMy Mz v ines? Why is the slope same for both lines? _ a For which material will he emited electrons have greater a energy for the incident radiation of the same frequency? Justify your answer. yan exposut aigeases | 20. Draw energy band diagrams of an n-type and a p-type semiconductor at temperature TOK. Mark the donor and acceptor energy levels with their energies. 21, Explain the term drift velocity of electrons in a conductor. Hence obtain the expression for the current through a conductor in terms of drift velocity. SECTION -C 22. a State Biot-Savart’s law and express in the vector form. b. Two identical circular coils, P and Q each of radius R, carrying currents 1 A and N3A respectively, are placed concentrically and perpendicular to each other lying in the XY and YZ planes. Find the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field at the centre of the coils. 23. (@ State the Kirchoff's law. Gi) A battery of 10 V and negligible intemal resistance is connected across the diagonally opposite comers of a cubical network consisting of 12 resistors each of resistance 3 1 in figure. Determine the equivalent resistance of the network and the current along each edge of the cube. Dor 24. below. Ifa battery of emf 10 V is connected between the points A and B, calculate the total charge in the circuit es C= 10 pF Cy = 20)F I } Il A “T | i ll ous y= 10 0F - se Page 4017 Calculate the equivalent capacitance between the points A and B of the circuit given |aes | (@) Deduce the expression for the toraue the presence of a uniform electric field E (b) Consider two hollow concentric spheres, A eat the ratio of 4Q respectively as shown in figure. (i) Find 0! het 3 the spl A f through them. (ii) How will the electric flux through ace inside St in place © medium of dielectric constant k is introduced in the SP* air? Deduce the necessary expressions. 4g S: ‘plain the following: (i) Why do magnetic field lines form continuous closed loops? ee, (ii) Why are the field lines repelled (expelled) when a diamagnetic material is p! in an external uniform magnetic field? 2h Obtain the binding energy of the nuclei 2Fe® and gBi™ in units of MeV from the following data mu = 1.00782Samu Ma= 1.008665 amu m(z6Fe*) = 55.934939 amu m(eBi) = 208. 980388 amu Lamu = 931.5 MeV 28. (i) State Bohr postulate of hydrogen atom frequency of emitted photon in a transition. (i)An electron jumps from fourth to first orbit in an atom. How many maximum number of special lines can be emitted by the atom? To which series these lines correspond? iat gives the relationship for the (or) The energy levels of hypothetical atom are shown alongside. Which of the shown transitions will result in the emission of a photon of wavelength 275 nm? Which of these transitions correspond to emission of radiation of ()) maximum and (ji) minimum wavelength? SECTION - D 29. (@) Find expression for the force and torque on an electric dipole kept in a uniform electric field. (b) Derive an expression for the work done in rotating a dipole fiom the angle @ and ©) in a uniform electric field E. (OR) Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor when a dielectric slab of dielectric constant K and thickness t = /2 but of same area as Page 5 of 7that of the pl the plates) 30. Describe briefly, with the B generator, State its under Ling PARE magnetic emis generated by aloop of wire Tol Ty for the instantaneous value of the emf in¢ (OR) (@) What is impedance? | ‘An ac source of voltage V = Vo sin wt. Derive © instantaneous current and its phase relationship t0 expression for resonant frequency. pression for the impedance, the applied voltage. Find the 31. denser Use Huygens’ principle to show how a plane wave front propagates from a to rarer medium. Hence, verify Snell’s law of refraction. (OR) (@ Define a wave front. Using Huygen’s principle, verify the I plane surface. . (b) Describe briefly how a diffraction pattem is obtained on a screen due to a single narrow slit illuminated by a monochromatic source of light. Obtain the conditions for maxima and minima. laws of reflection at a SECTION -E 32. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow. Snell's Window : ‘Total internal reflection is the optical phenomenon in which when the light travels from an optically denser medium to a rarer medium at the interface, it is partly reflected back into the same medium and partly refracted to the second medium. A similar effect can be observed by opening one’s eyes while swimming just belo the water surface, Ifthe water is calm, the surface outside the critical angle appears mirror-like, reflecting objects below. ‘The region above the water cannot bese y except overhead, where the hemispherical field of view is compressed into a conical field known as Snell's window, whose ungular diameter is twice the crtieal ania Snell’s window is also called Snells circle or Optical man-hole. It is a phenomeng by which an underwater viewer sees everything above the surface through a cone of light. Page 6 of 7 =o aS > gag ers a33. —— “What an ——~tion? - What are the necessar iti i [reflection’ R conditi tal interna! « 9 What is the g y ion for to a Je is 30 speed of light i i se critical ang! State Snell’s law ight in a medium whos Or s What is Snell’s window? ne 7 efractive Define Critical angle. Write the elation between critical angle and r index of the denser medium. CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS Read the following paragraph and answer the questions below. . In forward bias arrangement, the psde ofa pn junction is connected to the terminal of battery and n-side to negative terminal of battery, the current first increases very slowly till a certain threshold voltage is reached. Beyond this value, the diode current increases exponentially even for a very small increment in diode bias voltage. In reverse bias, the current suddenly increases at very high reverse bias. This is called break down voltage. le 2. 3. Draw V- I characteristic of a p-n junction diode in the forward biased condition. ‘What is the value of threshold voltage for a silicon diode? (approximately) ‘When a voltage drop across a p-n junction diode is increased from 0.7 V to 0.71 V, the change in the diode current is 10 mA. What is the dynamic resistance of diode? OR Draw a p-n junction with reverse bias. Name the type of charge carriers in p-n junction diode (i) when forward biased and (ii) when reverse biased.