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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, HYDERABAD REGION

MODEL QUESTION PAPER – 18 (2024-25)
CLASS: XII-PHYSICS (THEORY)

Maximum Marks: 70 Time Allowed: 3 hours.

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 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.
(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 x 108 m/s ii) me = 9.1 x10-31 kg iii) mp = 1.7 x10-27 kg iv) e = 1.6 x 10-19 C
-7 −𝟏 -34
v) µ0 = 4π x 10 T m 𝑨 vi) h = 6.63 x10 Js vii) ε0 = 8.854 x10-12𝑪𝟐𝑵−𝟏𝒎−𝟐
viii) Avogadro’s number = 6.023 X 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟑 per gram mole

SECTION-A
1. Why Silicon is more widely used for semiconductor devices?
(a) It can be used at much higher temperatures than germanium.
(b) It is cheaper than germanium.
(c) It has higher conductivity than germanium.
(d) None of the above.

2 The work function for a metal surface is 4.14 eV. The threshold wavelength for this metal surface is:
(a) 4125 Å (b) 2062.5 Å (c) 3000 Å (d) 6000 Å

3. Which Quantity is vector Quantity among the following -

(a) Electric flux (b) Electric charge (c) Electric field (d) Electric potential

4. A dipole is placed parallel to electric field. If W is the work done in rotating the dipole from 0° to
60°, then work done in rotating it from 0° to 180° is
(a) 2 W (b) 3 W (c) 4 W (d)6W

5. A magnetic needle is kept in a non-uniform magnetic field. It experiences

(a) a torque but not a force. (b) neither a force nor a torque.

(c) a force and a torque. (d) a force but not a torque.

6. Current sensitivity of a galvanometer can be increased by decreasing

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(a) Magnetic field B (b) number of turns N

(c) torsional constant K (d) Area A

7. In Faraday’s experiment on electromagnetic induction, more deflection will be shown

by galvanometer, when
(a) Magnet is in uniform motion towards the coil
(b) Magnet is in uniform motion away from the coil
(c) Magnet is in accelerated motion towards the coil
(d) Magnet is at rest near the coil

8. EM waves can be produced by a charge:

(a) An accelerated charged particles (b) A charged particles moving with constant speed
(c) at rest. (d) either at rest or moving with constant velocity.

9. In EM spectrum minimum wavelength is of:

(a) gamma rays (b) radio waves (c) visible rays (d) microwave.

10. Which of the following transport by EM waves:

(a)charge & momentum (b) frequency & wavelength
(c) energy& momentum (d) wavelength & energy

11. Ratio of intensities of two waves are given by 4:1. Then ratio of the amplitudes of the two waves is
(a) 2:1 (b) 1:2 (c) 4:1 (d) 1:4

12. The maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons emitted from a surface when photons of
energy 6 eV fall on it is 4 eV. The stopping potential, in volt is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 10

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 true and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) A is false and R is also false

13. Assertion (A): In balanced condition, if the galvanometer and the voltage source is interchanged, the
balanced condition remains same.
Reason (R): The balanced condition of Wheatstone bridge does not depend on the value of the
resistances.
14. Assertion (A): A photon has no rest mass, yet it carries definite momentum.
Reason (R): Momentum of photon is due to its energy and hence its equivalent mass
15. Assertion (A): According to Rutherford, atomic model, the path of an electron is parabolic.
Reason (R): Rutherford could not explain the stability of the atom.
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16. Assertion: The alternating current lags behind the emf by a phase angle of, π/2 when AC flows
through an inductor.
Reason : The inductive reactance increases as the frequency of AC source increases
SECTION-B
17. Two electric bulbs P and Q have their resistances in the ratio of 1: 2. They are connected in series
across a battery. Find the ratio of the power dissipation in these bulbs.

18. Write two points of differences between para, dia and ferromagnetic materials, giving one example
for each.

19. Define the terms depletion layer and potential barrier.

20. The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV. If an electron makes a transition from an
energy level-1.51 eV to -3.4 eV, calculate the wavelength of the spectral line emitted and the series
of hydrogen spectrum to which it belongs.
OR
The short wavelength limit for the Lyman series of the hydrogen spectrum is 913.4 A 0. Calculate the
short wavelength limit for the Balmer series of the hydrogen spectrum.

21. A biconvex lens made of a transparent material of refractive index 1.25 is immersed in water of
refractive index 1.33. Will the lens behave as a converging or a diverging lens? Justify your answer.
SECTION-C

22. A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery. After sometime, the battery is disconnected and a
dielectric slab with its thickness equal to the plate separation is inserted between the plates. How
will
(i) the capacitances of the capacitor,
(ii) potential difference between the plates and
(iii) the energy stored in the capacitors be affected?
Justify your answer in each case.

23. A proton and an alpha particle are accelerated with the same accelerating potential. Find the ratio
between their de-Broglie wavelengths.

24. Draw a plot of potential energy of a pair of nucleons as a function of their separation.
(i) Write two important conclusions that can be drawn from the graph.
(ii) What is the significance of negative potential energy in the graph drawn?
25.(a) State Huygen’s principle .
(b)Verify the law of reflection using the Huygen’s principle.
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26. (a) What is the principle of a moving coil galvanometer .

(b) Give two reasons to explain why a galvanometer cannot as such be used to measure the
value of the current in a given circuit.
(c) Define the terms: (i) voltage sensitivity and (ii) current sensitivity of a galvanometer.
27. Use Kirchhoff's rules to obtain conditions for the balance condition in a Wheatstone bridge.
28. (a) A capacitor is connected with a voltage source V= V0 sin wt. Obtain the expression for electric
current through the circuit. Draw the phasor diagram showing current and voltage.
OR
(b) An inductor is connected with a voltage source V= V0 sin ωt. Find the expression for inductive
reactance. Plot a graph showing the variation of inductive reactance with frequency.

SECTION-D
(Case study based questions)
29.Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.

Total internal reflection is the phenomenon of reflection of light into denser medium at the interface of
denser medium with a rarer medium. For this phenomenon to occur necessary condition is that light
must travel from denser to rarer and angle of incidence in denser medium must be greater than critical
angle (C) for the pair of media in contact. Critical angle depends on nature of medium and wavelength
of light. We can show that μ=1/sinC.
(i) Critical angle for glass air interface, where μ of glass is 3/2 is
(a) 41.8° (b) 60° (c) 30° (d) 15°
(ii) Critical angle for water air interface is 48.6°. What is the refractive index of water?

(a) 1 (b) 3/2 (c) 4/3 (d) 3/4

(iii) Critical angle for air water interface for violet colour is 49°. Its value for red colour would be

(a) 49° (b) 50° (c) 48° (d) can’t say

(iv) Which of the following is not due to total internal reflection?

(a) Working of optical fibre.

(b) Difference between apparent and real depth of a pond.
(c) Mirage on hot summer days.
(d) Brilliance of diamond
OR
(v) Critical angle of glass is θ1 and that of water is θ2. The critical angle for water and glass surface would
be (μg=3/2,μw=4/3)

(a) less than θ2 (b) between θ1 and θ2 (c) greater than θ2 (d) less than θ1
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30.Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.

The Device used for conversion of AC to DC is called rectifier. Usually crystal diode is used in
rectifier. The output of the rectifier is not 100% DC but consists of pulsating voltage. To reduce it again it
will fed to filter circuit.
(i) The property of crystal diode which makes it suitable for rectification is
(a) made of semiconductor (b) Unidirectional flow of current
(c) Less current in reverse bias (d) after knee voltage it exceptionally increases
(ii) Capacitor is used in filter circuit because
(a) It allow DC (b) It connect series with load resistor
(c) The pulsating AC can easily passed through capacitor (d) None of above
(iii) The efficiency of rectifier is more when
(a) one diode is used (b) two diode used in series
(c) two diode used in parallel (d) one diode and a capacitor connected in parallel.
(iv) Which of the following is used in a rectifier?
(a) Inductor (b) Capacitor (c) Resistor (d) Diode

OR
(V) In a full wave rectifier, if the input frequency is 50 Hz, then output frequency will be
(a) 50 Hz (b) 75 Hz (c) 100 Hz (d) 200 Hz
SECTION-E
31. (a) Use Gauss' theorem to find the electric field due to a uniformly charged infinitely large plane thin
sheet with surface charge density σ.
(b) An infinitely large thin plane sheet has a uniform surface charge density +σ. Obtain the
expression for the amount of work done in bringing a point charge q from infinity to a point,
distant r, in front of the charged plane sheet.
OR
Capacitor of capacitance C1 is charged to a potential V1, while another capacitor of capacitance C2, is
charged to a potential V2. The capacitors are now disconnected from their respective charging
batteries and connected in parallel to each other.
(i) Find the total energy stored in the two capacitors before they are connected.
(ii) Find the total energy stored in the parallel combination of the two capacitors.
(iii) Explain the reason for the difference of energy in parallel combination in comparison to the
total energy before they are connected.
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32. i) Draw a labelled ray diagram for the formation of image by a compound microscope in normal
adjustment.
(ii) Define magnifying power of a compound microscope in normal adjustment and derive an
expression for it.
(iii) Compound microscope uses an objective lens of focal length 4 cm and eyepiece lens of focal
length 10 cm. An object is placed at 6 cm from the objective lens. Calculate the magnifying power
of the compound microscope if final image is formed at infinity. Also calculate the tube length of
the microscope.
OR
(a) Draw a labelled ray diagram to obtain the real image formed by an astronomical telescope in
normal adjustment position. Define its magnifying power.
(b) You are given three lenses of power 0.5 D, 4D and 10 D to design a telescope.
(i) Which lenses should be used as objective and eyepiece? Justify your answer.
(ii) Why is the aperture of the objective preferred to be large?

33. (a) Draw a labelled diagram of a transformer. Obtain the ratio of secondary to primary voltage in
terms of number of turns and currents in the two coils.
(b) A power transmission line feeds input power at 2200 V to a step-down transformer with its
primary windings having 3000 turns. Find the number of turns in the secondary to get the power
output at 220 V.
OR
(a) A circular coil of radius 8.0 cm and 20 turns is rotated about its vertical diameter with an angular
speed of 50 rad s-1 in a uniform horizontal magnetic field of magnitude 3.0 × 10 -2 T. Obtain the
maximum and average emf induced in the coil. If the coil forms a closed loop of resistance 10 Ω,
calculate the maximum value of current in the coil. Calculate the average power loss due to Joule
heating.
(c) Current in a circuit falls from 5.0 A to 0. 0 A in 0.1 s. If an average emf of 200 V induced, give an
estimate of the self-inductance of the circuit.
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