SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER – 3 (PHYSICS)

Class: 12 Total 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, Section D
and Section E
3. All the sections are compulsory
4. Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQs and four Assertion Reasoning based of
1 mark each.
Section B contains five questions of two marks each,
Section C contains sever questions of three marks each.
Section D contains two case study based questions of four marks each
Section E contains three long answer questions of five marks each
5. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one question
in Section B, two questions 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

SECTION – A

1. The electric field at a point is

(a) Always continuous (b) continuous if there is no charge at that point
(c) discontinuous if there is a charge at that point
(d) both (b) and (c) are correct
2. Two waves having intensities in the ratio 9 : 1 produce interference. The ratio of maximum
to the minimum intensity is

3. A current of 10 A is flowing in a wire of length 1.5 m. A force of 15 N acts on it when it is placed

in a uniform magnetic field of 2 T. The angle between the magnetic field and the direction of
the current is

4. An object approaches a convergent lens from the left of the lens with a uniform speed 5 m s-
1 and stops at the focus. The image

5. The maximum value of photoelectric is called

6. When air is replaced by a dielectric medium of constant 𝐾, the maximum force of attraction
between two charges separated by a distance

7. A sinusoidal voltage of rms value 120 V is applied to a diode and a resistor R in the circuit
shown in figure, so that half wave rectification occurs. If the diode is ideal, what is the rms
voltage across 𝑅 ?

8. If magnetic lines of force are drawn by keeping magnet vertical, then number of neutral
points will be
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four
9. In a double slit experiment the distance between slits is increased ten times whereas their
distance from screen in halved then the fringe width is

10. Which of the following 𝐼-𝑉 graph represents for ohmic conductors?

11. Which of the following statements is incorrect for the depletion region of a diode?
(a) There are mobile charge exist
(b) Equal number of holes and electrons exist, making the region neutral
(c) Recombination of holes and electrons has taken place
(d) None of these
12. If 𝑛 cells each of emf 𝜀 and internal resistance 𝑟 are connected in parallel, then the total emf
and internal resistances will be

For Question numbers 13 to 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 correct, R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are correct, R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is correct, R is incorrect
(d) A and R both are incorrect

13. Assertion (A): The crystalline solids have a sharp melting point
 Reason (R): All the bonds between the atoms or molecules of a crystalline solids are equally
strong, that they get broken at the same temperature
14. Assertion (A): The light travelling from air to glass can not suffer total internal reflection
Reason (R): Air is rarer than glass
15. Assertion (A): If the accelerating potential in an X-ray tube is increased, the wavelength of
the characteristic X-rays do not change.
Reason (R): When an electron beam strikes the target in an X-ray tube, part of the kinetic
energy is converted into X-ray energy.
16. Assertion (A): During reverse biasing a diode doesn’t conduct current
Reason (R): It narrows the depletion layer

SECTION – B

17. What are electromagnetic waves? How they are produced?

18. A section of a sphere has a radius of curvature of 0.80 m. Both, inside and outside surface
have a mirror like polish. What are the focal lengths of the inside and outside surfaces?
19. The wavelength of the second line of Balmer series in the hydrogen spectrum is 4861 Å. What
is the wavelength of first line?
20. The difference in the number of waves when yellow light propagates through air and vacuum
columns of the same thickness is one. Find the thickness of the air column.
[Refractive index of air = 1.0003, wavelength of yellow light in vacuum = 6000 Å]
21. Obtain approximately the ratio of nuclear radii of the gold isotope 79Au197 and the silver
isotope 47Ag107. What is the approximately ratio of their nuclear densities?
OR
Define packing fraction.

SECTION – C

22. In a Wheatstone bridge arrangement the ratio of arms P and Q are nearly equal. The bridge
is balanced when 𝑅 = 500 Ω. One interchanging P and Q, the value of R for balancing is 505
Ω. Find the value of S.
OR
A battery of emf E and internal resistance 𝑟 when connected across an external resistance of
12 Ω, produces a current of 0.5 A, when connected across a resistance of 25 Ω. It produces a
current of 0.25 A. Determine (i) the emf and (ii) the internal resistance of the cell.
23. A 0.5 H inductor, 50 𝜇𝐹 capacitor and a 50 Ω resistor are connected in series with a 120 V
50 Hz supply. Calculate impedance and current following in the circuit.
24. Distinguish between intrinsic semiconductor and 𝑝-type semiconductor. Does 𝑝-type
semiconductor is electrically neutral, although 𝑛 > 𝑛 ?
25. Find the energy equivalent of one atomic mass unit, first in Joules and then in MeV. Using
this, express the mass defect of 𝑂 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑉/𝑐 .
OR
 On disintegration of one atom of 𝑈 , the amount of energy obtained is 200 MeV. The power
obtained in a reactor is 1000 kWh. Find atoms disintegrated per second in the reactor and
decay in mass per hour.
26. A laser beam has intensity 3 × 10 𝑊/𝑚 . Find the amplitudes of electric and magnetic
fields in the beam.
27. Two coils are wound on the same iron rod so that the flux generated by one also passes
through the other. The primary coil has 100 turns and secondary coil has 200 turns. When a
current of 2 A flows through the primary coil the flux in it is 2.5 x 10-4 Wb. Find the value of
mutual inductance between the coils.
28. In a Geiger-Marsden experiment, what is the distance of closest approach to the nucleus of
a 7,7 MeV 𝛼-particle before it comes momentarily to rest and reverse its direction?

SECTION – D

29. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow.
Coulomb’s law states that the electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion acting between
two stationary point charges is given by

Where 𝐹 denotes the force between two charges 𝑞 and 𝑞 separately by a distance 𝑟 in free
space, 𝜀 is a constant known as permittivity of free space. Free space in vacuum and may
be taken to be air practically. If free space is replaced by a medium, then 𝜀 is replaced by
where 𝑘 is known as dielectric constant or relative permittivity.

(i) In coulomb’s law, then on which of the following factors does the
proportionality constant 𝑘 depends?

(ii) Dimensional formula for the permittivity constant 𝜀 of free space is

(iii) The force of repulsion between two charges of 1 C each, kept 1 m apart in vacuum is

OR
Two identical charges repel each other with a force equal to 10 mgwt when they are
6.0 m apart in air. (g = 10 m s-2). The value of each charge is
(a) 2 mC (b) 2 × 10 𝑚𝐶 (c) 2 𝑛𝐶 (d) 2 𝜇𝐶
 (iv) Coulomb’s law for the force between electric charges most closely resembles with
(a) Law of conservation of energy (b) Newton’s law of gravitation
(c) Newton’s 2nd law of motion (d) law of conservation of charge
30. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follows.
AC voltage Applied to a Capacitor
Let a source of alternating e.m.f. 𝐸 = 𝐸 sin 𝜔𝑡 be connected to a capacitor of capacitance 𝐶.
If ′𝐼′ is the instantaneous value of current in the circuit at instant 𝑡, then

The capacitive reactance limits the amplitude of current in a purely

capacitative circuit and it is given by

OR

SECTION – E

31. Three point charges +1 𝜇𝐶, −1𝜇𝐶 and +2𝜇𝐶 are initially infinite distance apart. Calculate
the work done in assembling these charges at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10
cm.
OR
Show that the electric field due to a infinitely long sheet of charge is
32. (i) Can we have magnetic hysteresis in paramagnetic or diamagnetic substances?
(ii) State curie law in magnetism
OR
State Ampere’s Circuital law. Prove it for a regular as well as irregular coil.
33. (i) The sum (diameter d) subtends an angle 𝜃 radian at the pole of a concave mirror of focal
length 𝑓. What is the diameter of the image of the sun formed by the mirror?
(ii) An object of height ℎ is held before a spherical mirror of focal length |𝑓| = 40 𝑐𝑚. The
image of the object produced by the mirror has same orientation as the object and has height
= 0.2 ℎ. Is the image real or virtual? Is the image on the same side of the mirror as the object?
Is the mirror convex or concave? What is focal length of mirror with proper sign?
OR
(a) A parallel beam of light of wavelength 500 nm falls on a narrow slit and the resulting
diffraction pattern is obtained on a screen, find the (i) width of the slit, and (ii) distance of
first secondary maximum from the centre of the screen.
(b) (i) In a single slit diffraction experiment, the width of the slit is made double the original
width. How does this affect the size and intensity of the central diffraction band? Explain.
(ii) When a tiny circular obstacle is placed in the path of light from a distance source, a
bright spot in seen at the centre of the obstacle. Explain why.