Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan – Middle East

Half Yearly Examination - 2023-‘24

Sub: Physics
Class:XII Marks:70
Date: /09/2023 Time :3hr
General Instructions:

(i) There are 33 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.
(iii) All the sections are compulsory.
(iv) 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 D contains two case study-based questions of four marks each
and Section E contains three long answer questions of five marks each.
(v) 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.
(vi) Use of calculators is not allowed.
(vii) You may use the following values of physical constants wherever
necessary.

I. c = 3 x 108m/s
II. me = 9.1 x 10 -31kg
III. e = 1.6 x 10-19C
IV. μ0 = 4 π x 10-7 TmA-1
V. h = 6.63 x 10-34Js
VI. ε 0 = 8.854 x 10-12C2N-1m-2
VII. Avogadro’s number = 6.023 x 1023 per gram mole

Section- A
1. Dimensional formula of electric field is: 1
(a) [ML2T-3A-2]
(b) [ML2T-3A-1]
(c) [ML1 T-3A-1]
(d) [ML1 T-3A-2]

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2. The angle between the dipole moment and electric field at any 1
point on the equatorial plane is:
(a)1800
(b)00
(c)450
(d) 900

3. Five point charges, each of charge +q are placed on five vertices 1

of a regular hexagon of side ‘l’. Find the magnitude of the
resultant force on a charge –q placed at the centre of the
hexagon.
2
1 6q
(a)
4 π ε0 l2
2
1 3q
(b)
4 π ε0 l2
2
1 q
(c)
4 π ε0 l2
2
1 2q
(d)
4 π ε0 l2

4. A hollow conducting sphere is placed in an electric field produced 1

by a point charge placed at P as shown in figure. Let V A, VB and VC
be the potentials at points A, B and C respectively. Then:

(a)Vc>VB
(b)VB>VC
(c)VA>VB
(d) VA = VC

5. Two positive point charges of 12 μC and 8 μC are 10 cm apart. The 1

work done in bringing them 4 cm closer is:
(a)0
(b)3.8J
(c)4.8J
(d) 5.8J

6. The relaxation time in conductors: 1

(a) increases with the increases of temperature
(b) decreases with the increases of temperature
(c) it does not depend on temperature
(d) all of a sudden changes at 400 K

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7. A wire of length 5 m and radius 1 mm has a resistance of 1 Ω . 1
What length of the wire of the same material at the same
temperature and of radius 2 mm will also have a resistance of 1 Ω ?
(a) 1.25 m
(b) 2.5 m
(c) 10 m
(d) 20 m

8. The internal resistance of a 2.1V cell which gives a current of 0.2A 1

through a resistance of 10 Ω is
(a) 0.2Ω
(b) 0.5Ω
(c) 0.8Ω
(d) 1Ω

9. If an electron describes half a revolution in a circle of radius r in a 1

magnetic field B, the energy acquired by it is:
(a) π r x Bev
1
(b) mv2
4
1
(c) mv2
2
(d) Zero

10. The resistance of an ammeter is 13 Ω and its scale is graduated 1

for a current upto 100 A. After an additional shunt has been
connected to this ammeter it becomes possible to measure
currents upto 750A by this meter. The value of shunt-resistance
is:
(a) 0.2 Ω
(b) 2 Ω
(c) 20 Ω
(d) 2 kΩ

11. The strength of the magnetic field at a point r near along straight 1
current carrying wire is B. The field at a distance r/2 will be:
(a) 2B
(b) 4B
(c) B/2
(d) B/4

12. A current of 10 A is passing through a long wire which has 1

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 semicircular loop of the radius 20 cm as shown in the figure.
Magnetic field produced at the centre of the loop is:

(a)4 πμT
(b) 2 πμT
(c) 10 πμT
(d) 5 πμT
For Questions 13 to 16, two statements are given –one labelled
Assertion (A) and other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct
answer to these questions from the options as given below.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct
explanation of Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the
correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(d) If both Assertion and Reason are false.
13. Assertion : The poles of magnet cannot be separated by breaking 1
into two pieces.
Reason : The magnetic moment will be reduced to half when a
magnet is broken into two equal pieces.
14. Assertion : Ferro-magnetic substances become paramagnetic 1
above Curie temp.
Reason : Domains are destroyed at high temperature.
15. Assertion: It is more difficult to push a magnet into a coil with 1
more loops.
Reason: Emf induced in the current loop resists the motion of the
magnet.

16. Assertion: When two coils are wound on each other the mutual 1
induction between the coils is maximum.
Reason: Mutual induction does not depend on the orientation of
the coils.

Section - B
17. Three points A, B and C lie in a uniform electric field (E) of 2
5×103NC-1 as shown in the figure. Find the potential difference
between A and C.

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18. At room temperature (27.0°C), the resistance of a heating 2
element is 100 Ω. At what temperature does the resistance of the
element change to 117 Ω? Given that the temperature coefficient
of the material of the resistor is 1.70 × 10-4 °C-1.

19. Draw magnetic field lines when a 2

a) diamagnetic,
b) paramagnetic substance is placed in an external magnetic
field.

20. State Gauss’s law in magnetism. How is it different from Gauss’s 2

law in electrostatics and why?

21. A long straight current carrying wire passes normally through the 2
centre of a circular loop. If the current through the wire increases,
will there be an induced emf in the loop? Justify.

OR

A. Two identical loops, one of copper and the other of aluminium, are
rotated with the same angular speed in the same magnetic field.
Compare the current produced in the two coils.

B. A conducting loop is held above a current carrying figure.

Depict the direction of the current induced in the loop when the
current in the wire PQ is constantly increasing.

Section - C
22. A. Depict the orientation of the electric dipole in (a) stable, (b) 3
unstable equilibrium in a uniform electric field.
B. Two identical conducting balls A and B have charges –Q and +3Q
respectively. They are brought in contact with each other and

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 then separated by a distance d apart. Find the nature of the
Coulomb force between them.

23. A. Show that the potential energy of a dipole making angle θ with 3
the direction of the field is given by U = – ⃗
P.⃗
E . Hence find out the
amount of work done in rotating it from the position of unstable
equilibrium to the stable equilibrium.
B. Plot a graph comparing the variation of potential ‘V’ and electric
field ‘E’ due to a point charge ‘Q’ as a function of distance ‘R’
from the point charge.

24. A circular coil of ‘N’ turns, and diameter ‘d’ carries a current ‘I’. It 3
is unwound and rewound to make another coil of diameter ‘2d’,
current ‘I’ remaining the same. Calculate the ratio of the magnetic
moments of the new coil and the original coil.

25. The susceptibility of a magnetic material is –2.6 × 10 -5 .Identify 3

the type of magnetic material and state its two properties.

26. A small flat search coil of area 5 cm2 with 140 closely wound turns 3
is placed between the poles of a powerful magnet producing
magnetic field 0.09 T and then quickly removed out of the field
region in 0.63s. Calculate
(a) change of magnetic flux through the coil, and
(b) emf induced in the coil.

27. Two circular loops, one of small radius r and other of larger radius 3
R, such that R >> r, are placed coaxially with centres coinciding.
Obtain the mutual inductance of the arrangement.

28. A. State the underlying principle of a transformer. 3

B. A 60 W load is connected to the secondary of a transformer whose
primary draws line voltage. If a current of 0.54 A flows in the load,
what is the current in the primary coil? Comment on the type of
transformer being used.

OR
A. An electric lamp connected in series with a capacitor and an ac
source is glowing with certain brightness. How does the
brightness of the lamp change on reducing the frequency?

B. The power factor of an ac circuit is 0.5. What is the phase

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 difference between voltage and current in this circuit?

Section – D
Case Study Based Questions
29. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions 4
that follow.
A dielectric slab is a substance which does not allow the flow of
charges through it but permits them to exert electrostatic forces
on one another.
When a dielectric slab is placed between the plates, the field
Eo polarises the dielectric. This induces charge -Q p on the upper
surface and + Qp on the lower surface of the dielectric. These
induced charges set up a field Ep inside the dielectric in the
opposite direction of ⃗ E o as shown in the figure.

29. In a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance increases from 4 μF

1 to 80 μF on introducing a dielectric medium between the plates.
The dielectric constant of the medium is
(a)10
(b)20
(c)50
(d)100

29. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a
2 capacitance of 8 pF. The separation between the plates is now
reduced half and the space between them is filled with a medium
of dielectric constant 5. The capacitance of the capacitor is
(a)8pF
(b)10pF
(c)80pF
(d)100pF

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 29. A parallel plate capacitor having area A and separated by distance
3 d is filled by copper plate of thickness b. The new capacity is:
(Hint dielectric constant of copper = ∞ )
ϵo A
(a) b
d+
2
ϵo A
(b)
2d
ϵo A
(c)
d−b
2 ϵo A
(d) b
d+
2

29. A dielectric introduced between the plates of a parallel plate

4 capacitor
(a) decreases the electric field between the plates
(b) decreases the capacity of the capacitor
(c) increases the charge stored in the capacitor
(d) increases the capacity of the capacitor
OR
A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 1 pF has separation
between the plates is d. When the distance of separation
becomes 2d and wax of dielectric constant x is inserted in it the
capacitance becomes 2 pF. What is the value of x?
(a)2
(b)4
(c)6
(d)8

30. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions 4

that follow.
When the frequency of ac supply is such that the inductive
reactance and capacitive reactance become equal, the
impedance of the series LCR circuit is equal to the ohmic
resistance in the circuit. Such a series LCR circuit is known as
resonant series LCR circuit, and the frequency of the ac supply is
known as resonant frequency
Resonance phenomenon is exhibited by a circuit only if both Land
C are present in the circuit. We cannot have resonance in a RL or
RC circuit

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 30. In a RLC circuit capacitance is changed from C to 2C. For the
1 resonant frequency to remain unchanged, the inductance should
be changed from L to
(a) 4L
(b) 2L
(c) L/2
(d) L/4

30. In a LCR series a.c. circuit, the voltage across the component L,C
2 and R is 50V. The voltage across the LC combination will be
(a)50V
(b) 50√ 2 V
(c)100V
(d)0V

30. Capacitor offer zero resistance to

3 (a) D.C. only
(b)A.C. and D.C.
(c)A.C only
(d) neither A.C. nor D.C.

30. The instantaneous current and voltage of an a.c. circuit are given
4 by I = 10 sin 300t A and V = 200 sin 300t V. The power
dissipation in the circuit is
(a)1000W
(b)200W
(c)900W
(d)2000W
OR
An alternating voltage given by V = 140 sin 314t is connected
across a pure resistor of 50 Ω. The rms current through the
resistor.
(a)0.78A
(b)3.2A
(c)1.98A
(d)4.6A

Section - E
31. A. Using Gauss theorem show mathematically that for any point 5
outside the shell, the field due to a uniformly charged spherical
shell is same as the entire charge on the shell, is concentrated at
the centre.

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 B.
A hollow cylindrical box of length 1 m and area of cross-section
25cm2 is placed in a three-dimensional coordinate system as
shown in the figure. The electric field in the region is given by
E=50x i^ , where E is in NC-1 and x is in metres. Find net flux
through the cylinder and charge enclosed in it.

A.
B. OR

Define electric flux. Write its SI unit.

C. Using Gauss’s law, prove that the electric field at a point due to a
uniformly charged infinite plane sheet is independent of the
distance from it.
How is the field directed if (i) the sheet is positively charged,
(ii) negatively charged?

32. A. On the basis of electron drift, derive an expression for resistivity 5

of a conductor in terms of number density of free electrons and
relaxation time. On what factors does resistivity of a conductor
depend?

B. Why alloys like constantan and manganin are used for making
standard resistors?

OR

A. Draw a circuit diagram showing balancing of Wheatstone bridge.

Use Kirchhoff’s rules to obtain the balance condition in terms of
the resistances of four arms of Wheatstone Bridge.

B. Calculate the potential difference across the 4Ω resistor in the

given electrical circuit, using Kirchhoff ’s rules.

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33. A. Two long straight parallel conductors carry steady current I 1 and I2 5
separated by a distance d. If the currents are flowing in the same
direction, show how the magnetic field set up in one produces an
attractive force on the other. Obtain the expression for this force.
Hence define one ampere.

B. A long straight wire AB carries a current I. A proton P travels with

a speed v, parallel to the wire at a distance d from it in a direction
to the current as shown in the figure. What is the force
experienced by the proton and what
is its direction?

OR

A. A straight thick long wire of uniform circular cross-section of

radius ‘a’ is carrying a steady current I. The current is uniformly
distributed across the cross-section. Use Ampere’s circuital law to
obtain a relation showing the variation of the magnetic field (Br)
inside and outside the wire with distance r, (r ≤ a) and (r > a) of
the field point from the centre of its cross-section. What is the
magnetic field at the surface of this wire?

B. a
Calculate the ratio of magnetic field at a point above the
2
a
surface of the wire to that at a point below its surface. What is
2

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the maximum value of the field of this wire?

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