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Sample Paper 4
Class XII 2023-24
Physics
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70
General Instructions:
1. There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
2. This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D and Section
E.
3. All the sections are compulsory.
4. Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four assertion reasoning based of
1 mark each, Section B contains five questions of 2 marks each, Section C contains seven
questions of 3 marks each, Section D contains two case study based questions of 4 marks each
and Section E contains three long questions of 5 marks each.
5. 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
6. Use of calculators is not allowed.
7. You may use the following values of physical constants where ever necessary
i. c = 3 # 108 m/s v. h = 6.63 # 10−34 Js
ii. me = 9.1 # 10−31 kg vi. ε 0 = 8.854 # 10−12 C2 N−1 m−2
iii. e = 1.6 # 10−19 C vii. Avogadro’s number = 6.023 # 1023 per
iv. µ 0 = 4π # 10 TmA gram mole
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SECTION-A
1. Faraday’s laws are the consequence of the conservation of
(a) charge (b) energy
(c) magnetic field (d) both (b) and (c)
8. Three capacitors each of capacity C are connected in series. The resultant capacity will be
(a) 3C (b) 3/C
(c) C/3 (d) 1/3C
9. The state of energy of the valence electrons, when the temperature is raised or when electric
field is applied, is called
(a) valence band (b) conduction band
(c) forbidden band (d) none of these
10. An increase in the conduction band increases conductivity of the metal. A proton moving with
a velocity 2.5 # 107 ms-1 , enters a magnetic field of intensity 2.5 T at an angle 30c with the
magnetic field. The force on the proton is
(a) 3 # 10-12 N (b) 5 # 10-12 N
(c) 6 # 10-12 N (d) 9 # 10-12 N
13. Assertion (A) : If optical density of a substance is more than that of water, then the mass
density of substance can be less than water.
Reason (R) : Optical density and mass density are not related.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
14. Assertion : In electric circuits, wires carrying currents in opposite directions are often twisted
together.
Reason : If the wires are not twisted together, the combination of the wires forms a current
loop, the magnetic field generated by the loop might affect adjacent circuits or components.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
SECTION-B
17. Draw the magnetic field lines due to a current carrying loop.
18. If the horizontal and Vertical components of the earth’s magnetic field are equal at a certain
place, what would be the angle of dip at the place?
19. Explain briefly how electromagnetic waves are produced by an oscillating charge. How is the
frequency of electromagnetic waves produced related to that of the oscillating charge?
20. For the same value of angle of incidence, the angles of refraction in three media A, B and C
are 15c, 25c and 35c respectively. In which medium, would the velocity of light be minimum?
SECTION-C
22. What is the ratio of radii of the orbits corresponding to first excited state and ground state, in
a hydrogen atom?
23. Give two advantages of LED’s over the conventional incandescent lamps.
24. Two copper spheres of radii r1 and r2 having charges q1 and q2 are connected by means of a wire.
What is the electric conditions that no charge flows between them?
25. Conduction and displacement currents are individually discontinuous, but their sum is
continuous.
26. How does the surface of the earth appear to a fish or a person sitting inside clear water?
27. Explain, with the help of a circuit diagram, the working of a p - n junction diode as a half-wave
rectifier.
SECTION-D
Case Study Based Questions.
Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
29. If double slit apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index, µ the wavelength of light
β
reduces to λl’ and fringe width also reduces to βl = µ .The given figure shows a double-slit
experiment in which coherent monochromatic light of wavelength λ from a distant source is
incident upon the two slits, each of width w ^w >> λh and the interference pattern is viewed on a
distant screen. A thin piece of glass of thickness t and refractive index n is placed between one
of the slit and the screen, perpendicular to the light path.
(iv) In Young’s double slit experiment, a third slit is made in between the double slits. Then
(a) fringes of unequal width are formed
(b) contrast between bright and dark fringes is reduced
(c) intensity of fringes totally disappears
(d) only bright light is observed on the screen.
(v) In Young’s double slit experiment, if one of the slits is covered with a microscope cover
slip, then
(a) fringe pattern disappears
(b) the screen just gets illuminated
(c) in the fringe pattern, the brightness of the bright fringes will decreases and the dark
fringes will become more dark
(d) bright fringes will be more bright and dark fringes will become more dark.
30. The potential barrier in the p-n junction diode is the barrier in which the charge requires
additional force for crossing the region. In other words, the barrier in which the charge carrier
stopped by the obstructive force is known as the potential barrier.
When a p-type semiconductor is brought into a close contact with n-type semiconductor, we get
a p-n junction with a barrier potential 0.4 V and width of depletion region is 4.0 # 10-7 m . This
p-n junction is forward biased with a battery of voltage 3 V and negligible internal resistance,
in series with a resistor of resistance R, ideal millimeter and key K as shown in figure. When
key is pressed, a current of 20 mA passes through the diode.
(i) The intensity of the electric field in the depletion region when p-n junction is unbiased is
(a) 0.5 # 106 Vm-1 (b) 1.0 # 106 Vm-1
(c) 2.0 # 106 Vm-1 (d) 1.5 # 106 Vm-1
(ii) The resistance of resistor R is
(a) 150 Ω (b) 300 Ω
(c) 130 Ω (d) 180 Ω
(iii) In a p-n junction, the potential barrier is due to the charges on either side of the junction,
these charges are
(a) majority carriers
(b) minority carriers
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) fixed donor and acceptor ions
(iv) If the voltage of the potential barrier is V0 . A voltage V is applied to the input, at what
moment will the barrier disappear?
(a) V < V0 (b) V = V0
(c) V > V0 (d) V << V0
(v) If an electron with speed 4.0 # 105 ms-1 approaches the p-n junction from the n-side, the
speed with which it will enter the p-side is
(a) 1.39 # 105 ms-1 (b) 2.78 # 105 ms-1
(c) 1.39 # 106 ms-1 (d) 2.78 # 106 ms-1
SECTION-E
31. 1. State and explain Superposition Principle.
2. Find an expression for the total force acting on a given charge due to a number of other
charges, when the source charges are point charges.
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Q
A thin metallic spherical shell of radium R carries a charge Q on its surface. A point charge
2
is placed at the centres C and other charge + 2Q is placed outside the shell at A at a distance
X from the centre as shown in the figure.
32. Sketch the magnetic lines of force of straight current carrying conductor. State the rules used
to find the direction of this magnetic field.
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Derive an expression for the force per unit length between two long straight parallel current
carrying conductors. Hence define SI unit of current (ampere).
33. What is the energy level diagram for an atom? Calculate the energies of the various energy
levels of a hydrogen atom and draw and energy level diagram for it.
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In the ground state of hydrogen atom, its Bohr radius is given as 5.3 # 10-11 m . The atom is
excited such that the radius becomes 21.2 # 10-11 m . Find:
1. The value of the principal quantum number.
2. Total energy of the atom in this excited state.
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