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General Instructions :
Read the following instructions very carefully and follow them:
() This question paper contains 33 questions. All questions are
compulsory.
(ii) Question paper is divied into FIVE sections - Sections A, B, C, D
and E.
(iüi) In Section A :Question numbers 1 to 16 are Multiple Choice (MCQ) type
questions. Each question carries 1 mark.
(iv) In Section B: Question numbers 17 to 21 are Very Short Answer (VSA)
type questions. Each question carries 2 marks.
(v) In Section C: Question numbers 22 to 28 are Short Answer (SA) type
questions. Each question carries 3 marks.
(ui) In Section D : Question numbers 29 & 30 are Case Study-Based
questions. Each question carries 4 marks.
(vii) In Section E: Question numbers 31 to 33 are Long Answer (LA) type
questions. Each question carries 5 marks.
(vüi) There is no overall choice given in the question paper. However, an internal
choice has been provided in few questions in all the Sections except
Section A.
(ix) Kindly note that there is a separate question paper for Visually Impaired
candidates.
Use of calculators is NOT allowed.
You may use the following values of physicalconstants wherever necessary :
c=3x 108 m/s
h=6.63 × 10-34 Js
e=1.6× 10-19C
Ho = 4t X10-7 TmÁ-1
8.854 x 10-12 C2 N-l m-2
1
=9x 109 N m2 C-2

Mass of electron (m) =9.1 x 10-81 kg.

Mass of neutron = 1.675 × 10Z kg.
Mass of proton = 1.673 x 10-2 kg.
Avogadro's number = 6.023 × 1028 per gram mole
Boltzmann's constant = 1.38 × 10-28 JK-1

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 SECTION - A
charge q is brought near charge Q
1. A charge Q is fixed in position. Another
of the following graphs is the correct
and released from rest. Which
representation of the acceleration of the charge q as a function of its
1
distance r from charge Q ?
a
a
(B)
(A)

(C) (D)

r+

material have their lengths in the

2. Two conductors A and Bof the same
are connected in parallel across
ratio 1:2 and radii in the ratio 2:3. If they
UA of the drift velocities of electrons in them will be - 1
a battery, the ratio
UB
1
(A) 2 (B) 2

3 8
(C) (D) 9
2

x-axis carries current of 0.5 A along

3. A 1 cm segment of a wire lying along
+x direction. A magnetic field B = (0.4 mT)j+is
(0.6 mT) kis switched on,
1
in the region. The force acting on the segment
(A) (2f + 3k) mN (B) (-3f + 2) uN
(C) (6j +4k) mN (D) (4f +6f) uN
primary to the secondary coils in
4. The ratio of the number of turns of the
ideal transformer is 20: 1. If 240 V ac is applied from a source to the
an resistor is connected across the
primary coil of transformer and a 6.0 2 transformer from the source
output terminals, then current drawn by the 1
will be (B) 3.8 A
(A) 4.0A
(D) 0.10 A
(C) 0.97 A
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5. You are required to design an air-filled solenoid of inductance 0.016 H
having a length 0.81 m and radius 0.02 m. The number of turns in the
solenoid should be 1
(A) 2592 (B) 2866
(C) 2976 (D) 3140

+ ¢)
6. Avoltage v= V, sin ot applied to a circuit drives a current i=i, sin (ot
in the circuit. The average power consumed in the circuit over a cycle is
(A) Zero (B) , Vo cos ¢

(C) 2
(D) 2
COS

radiations
7. X-rays are more harmful to human beings than ultraviolet
because X-rays
(A) have frequency lower than that of ultraviolet radiations.
(B) have wavelength smaller than that of ultraviolet radiations.
(C) move faster than ultraviolet radiations in air.
electro-magnetic
(D) are mechanical waves but ultraviolet radiations are
Waves.

8 A point source is placed at the bottom of a tank containing a transparent

liquid (refractive index n) to a depth H. The area of the surface of the 1
liquid through which light fromn the source can emerge out is
TH? TH?
(A) (B) (n2- 1)
(r-1)
TH2
TH'
(C) (D) (n2+ 1)
Vn?-1
work function 2.1 eV, the
9. In a photoelectric experiment with a material of kinetic energy of
stopping potential is found to be 2.5 V. The maximum 1
ejected photoelectrons is
(A) 0.4 eV (B) 2.1l eV
(C) 2.5 eV (D) 4.6 eV

biased 1
10. When a p-n junction diode is forward width both increase.
(A) the barrier height and the depletion layer layer width decreases.
(B) the barrier height increases and the depletion both decrease.
width
(C) the barrier height and the depletion layer layer width increases.
(D) the barrier height decreases and the depletion
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11. Let os , and be the wavelengths associated with an electron, a proton
and a deuteron, all moving with the same speed. Then the correct relation
between them is
(B) A, >A, >d
(C) Ap
12. Which of the following figures correctly represent the shape of curve of
binding energy per nucleon as a function of mass number ? 1

B.E. B.E.
A A
(A) (B)
A ’A
56 56

B.E. B.E.
A A
(C) (D)
A A
80 80
Note : Question numbers 13 to 16 are Assertion (A) and Reason (R) type
questions. Two statements are given - one labelled Assertion (A) and the other
labelled Reason R). Select the correct answer from the codes (A), (B), (C) and
(D) as given below.
(A) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(C) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(D) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is also false.
13. Assertion (A) : We cannot form a p-n junction diode by taking
a slab of
a p-type semiconductor and physically joining it to 1
another slab of a n-type semiconductor.
Reason (R) : In a p-type semiconductor n, >> n while in a n-type
semiconductor , >> ne
revolving in any
14. Assertion (A) : The potential energy of an electron positive.
stationary orbit in a hydrogen atom is
Reason (R) : The total energy of a charged particle is always
positive.
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15. Assertion (A) : It is difficult to move a magnet into a coil of large
number of turns when the circuit of the coil is closed. 1
Reason (R) : The direction of induced current in a coil with its circuit
closed, due to motion of a magnet, is such that it
opposes the cause.
16. Assertion (A) : The deflection in galvanometer directly
proportional to the current passing through it. 1
Reason (R) The coil of a galvanometer is suspended iD a uniform
radial magnetic field.
SECTION - B
17. n identical cells, each of e.m.f. E and internal resistance r, are connected
in series. Later on it was found out that two cells Xand Y are connected
in reverse polarities. Calculate the potential difference acroBs the cellx.
18. (a) In a difraction experiment, the slit is illuminated by light of
wavelength 600 nm. The first minimum of the pattern falls at
0= 30°. Calculate the width of the slit. 2
OR
(b) In a Young's double-slit experiment, two light waves, each of
intensity I,, interfere at a point, having a path difference 8on the
screen. Find the intensity at this point.
19. A double convex lens of glass has both faces of the same radius of
curvature 17 cm. Find its focal length if it is immnersed in water. The
refractive indices of glass and water are 1.5 and 1.33 respectively.
20. An electron in Bohr model of hydrogen atom makes a transition from
energy level-1.51 eV to -3.40 eV. Calculate the change in the radius of its
orbit. The radius of orbit of electron in its ground state is 0.53 A. 2
21. A p-type Si semiconductor is made by doping an average of one
dopant
atom per 5 x 107 silicon atoms. If the number density of silicon atoms in
the specimen is 5 x 1028 atoms ms, find the number of holes created per
cubic centimetre in the specimen due to doping., Also give one example of
such dopants. 2
SECTION -C
22. (a) Two batteries of emfs 3V & 6V and internal resistances 0.2 2 & 0.4 Q
are connected in parallel. This combination is connected to a 4 Q
resistor. Find: 3
(1) the equivalent emf of the combination
(ii) theequivalent internal resistance of the combination
(iü) the current drawn from the combination
OR
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 (b) (1) A conductor of length l is connected across an ideal cell of emf
E. Keeping the cell connected, the length of the
conductor is
increased to 2l by grádually stretching it. IfR and R are initial
and final values of resistance and v, and v, are
initial and final
values of drift velocity, find the relation between (i) R and R
and (ii) VË and v-
(ii) When electrons drift in a conductor from
lower to
potential, does it mean that all the free electrons' higher
of the
conductor are moving in the same direction ?
28. A particle of charge q is moving with a velocity v at a
long straight wire carrying a current T as shown distance 'd from a
in figure. At this
instant, it is subjected to a uniform electric field É such that the particle
keeps moving undeviated. In terms of unit vectors î, j and k, find 3

X
Wire
i

(a) the magnetic field B,

(b) the magnetic force Fm, and
(c) the electric field E, acting on the charge.
24. An ac source of voltage v = v,m sin ot is connected to a series
of LCR circuit. Draw the phasor
combination
diagram. Using it obtain
for the impedance of the circuit and the phase difference an expression
between applied
voltage and the current. 3

25. (a) A parallel plate capacitor is charged by an ac source. Show that the
sum of conduction current L) and the displacement current (I,) has
the same value at allpoints of the circuit. 3
(b) In case (a) above, is Kirchhoffs first rule (junction rule) valid at each
plate of the capacitor ? Explain.
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26. (a) Mention any three features of results of experiment on photoelectric
effect which cannot be explained using the wave theory of light.
found
(b) In his experiment on photoelectric effect, Robert A. Millikan
the slope of the cut-off voltage versus frequency of incident light
plot to be 4.12 x 10-15 Vs. Calculate the value of Planck's constant
from it.

27. (a) Draw circuit arrangement for studying V-I characteristics of a p-n
junction diode.
(b) Show the shape of the characteristics of a diode.
(c) Mention two information that you can get from these characteristics.

28. (a) Define Mass defect and Binding energy' of a nucleus. Describe 3
Fission process' on the basis of binding energy per nucleon.
a mass of
(b) A deuteron contains a proton and a neutron and has
2.013553 u. Calculate the mass defect for it in u and its energy
equivalence in MeV. (mn, = 1.007277 u, m, = 1.008665 u, lu = 931.5
MeV/c)
SECTION D

questions. Read the

Question numbers 29 and 30 are case study based
follow.
following paragraphs and answer the questions that
two surfaces, at
29. A thin lens is a transparent optical medium bounded by for image
least one of which should be spherical. Applying the formnula surfaces of
formation by a single spherical surface successively at the two
formula' and then the lens
a lens, one can obtain the lens mnaker 'second focal
formula'. A lens has two foci - called first focal point' and 4 x 1= 4
point of the lerns, one on each side.
Screen
Convex
Lens

Plate on Hidden
Side of Box

Light Box
with Plate

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 Consider the arrangement shown in figure. A black vertical arrow
and a horizontal thick line with a ball are painted on a glass plate. It
serves as the object. When the plate is illuminated, its real image is
formed on the screen.
Which of the following correctly represents the image formed on the
screen?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(i1) Which of the following statements is incorrect ?
(A) Foraconvex mirror magnification is always negative.
(B) For all virtual images formed by a mirror magnification is
positive.
(C) Foraconcave lens magnification is always positive.
D) For real and inverted images, magnification is always negative.
(ii) A convex lens of focal length ' is cut into two equal parts
perpendicular to the principal axis. The focal length of each part will
be:
(A) f (B) 2f
f f
(D) 4
(C)
OR
(ii) If an object in case (i) above is 20 cm from the lens and the screen is
50 cm away from the object, the focal length of the lens used is
(A) 10 cm (B) 12 cm
(C) 16 cm (D) 20 cm
(iv) The distance of an object from first focal point of a biconvex lens is X
and distance of the image from second focal point is X,. The focal
length of the lens is

(A) XX, (B) VX, + X

(D)

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a Acircuit consisting ofa capacitor C, a resistor of resistance R and an ideal
battery of emf V, as shown in figure is known as RC series circuit. 4 x 1= 4

S2

As soon as the circuit is completed by closing key S, (keeping S, open)

charges begin to flow between the capacitor plates and the battery
terminals. The charge on the capacitor increases and consequenty
the potential difference V, (= q/C) across the capacitor also increases
with timne. When this potential difference equals the potential difference
across the battery, the capacitor is fully charged (Q = VC). During this
process of charging, the charge q on the capacitor changes with time as
q= Q[1-e-tRC]
The charging current can be obtained by differentiating it and using
d (en=mem
Consider the case when R=20 k), C= 500 uF and V= 10 V.
(i) The final charge on the capacitor, when key S, is closed and S, is
open, is
(A) 5 C 5 mC
25 mC 0.1 C
(ii) For sufficient time the key S, is closed and S, is open. Now key S, is
closed and S, is open.What is the final charge on the capacitor ?
5 mC
(A) Zero
(C) 2.5 mC D) 5 pC
(iii) The dimensional formula for RC is
(A) ML2T- A-2) (B) M° LOT-1 A9
(C) M L-2 T4 A D) MOLO TA
The value of current in the
(iv) The key S, is closed and S, is open.
resistor after 5 seconds, is 1 1 mÁ
1 Ve mA (C) mA
(A) mA (B) 2e
2ye OR
key S, is closed and S, is open. The initial value of charging
(iv) The
current in the resistor, is (D) 1mA
(B) 0.5 mA (C) 2mA
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SECTION -E
31. (a) (i) (1) What are coherent sources ? Why are they necessary for
observing a sustained interference pattern ? 5
(2) Lights from two independent sources are not coherent. Explain.
(1) Two slits0.1 mm apart are arranged 1.20 mfrom a screen. Light of
wavelength 600 nm from aistant source is incident on the slits.
(1) How far apart will adjacent bright interference fringes be
On the screen?
(2) Find the angular width (in degree) of the first bright fringe.
OR
(b) ) Define a wavefront. An incident plane wave falls on a convex
lens and gets refracted through it. Draw a diagram to show the
incident and refracted wavefront.
() A beam of light coming from a distant source is refracted by a
spherical glass ball (refractive index 1.5) of radius 15 cm. Draw
the ray diagram and obtain the position of the final image formed.
32. (a) (1) Two point charges 5 uC and -l uCare placed at points (3 cm,
0, 0) and (3 cm, 0, 0) respectively. An external electric field
f where A =3 x 105 Vm is switched on in the region.
Calculate the change in electrostatic energy of the system due 5
to the electric field.
(ii) A system of two conductors is placed in air and they have net
charge of +80uC and -80uC which causes a potential difference
of 16 V between them.
(1) Find the capacitance of the system.
(2) If the air between the capacitor is replaced by a dielectric
medium of dielectric constant 3, what will be the potential
difference between the two conductors?
uC
(3) If the charges on two conductors are changed to +160
and -160 uC, will the capacitance of the system change ?
Give reason for your answer.
OR
each of radius
(b) () Consider three metal spherical shells A, B and C,of radius R/10.
mnetal ball
R. Each shell is having a concentric
+6q, -4q, and
The spherical shells A, B and C are given charges
are also given charges
14g respectively. Their inner metal balls
-2q, +8q and -10q respectively. Compare the magnitude of thé
at a distance 3R from
electric fields due to shells A, B and C
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 (ii) A charge -6 uC is placed at the centre B of a
semicircle of
radius 5 cm, as shown the figure. An equal and opposite
in
charge is placed at point D at a distance of 10 cm from B. A
charge +5 uC is moved from point C' to point A along the
circumference. Calculate the work done on the charge.

-6q
D
B A

33. (a) () A proton moving with

velocity in a non-uniform magnetic
field traces a path as shown in the figure. 5
R

P
The path followed by the proton is
paper. What is the direction of the always in the plane of the
near points P, Q and R? What can magnetic field in the region
you say about relative
magnitude of magnetic fields at these
(ii) A current carrying points ?
field B at its centre. circular loop of area A
Show that the magneticproduces
a magnetic
2 BA moment of the loop
is

OR
(b) (1) Derive an expression for the torque acting on a
current loop suspended in a uniform magnetic field. rectangular
(ü) A charged particle is moving in a
circular path with velocity V in a
uniform magnetic field B. It is made to pass through a
lead and as a consequence, it looses one half of its kineticsheet of
without change in its direction. How will (1) the radius of itsenergy
(2) its time period of revolution change? path

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