Summer Vacation Home Work {Physics} 2024-25
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Dear Students
Complete the home work as described below and submit it positively on date 24.06.2024
H.W.
1. Write at least 8 Experiments [with 4 from each section]
2. Record of at least 6 Activities [with 3 each from section A and section B
3. Prepare any one investigatory project from the topics suggested below.
SECTION–A (Experiments)
1. To determine resistivity of two / three wires by plotting a graph for potential difference versus
current.
2. To find resistance of a given wire / standard resistor using metre bridge.
3. To verify the laws of combination (series) of resistances using a metre bridge. OR To verify the laws
of combination (parallel) of resistances using a metre bridge.
4. To determine resistance of a galvanometer by half-deflection method and to find its figure of merit.
SECTION-B Experiments
1. To find the value of v for different values of u in case of a concave mirror and to find the
focal length.
2. To find the focal length of a convex lens by plotting graphs between u and v or between 1/u
and 1/v .
3. To determine angle of minimum deviation for a given prism by plotting a graph
between angle of incidence and angle of deviation.
4. To draw the I-V characteristic curve for a p-n junction diode in forward and
reverse bias.
Activities (Section-A)
{write any 3 activities from this section}
1. To measure the resistance and impedance of an inductor with or without iron core.
2. To measure resistance, voltage (AC/DC), current (AC) and check continuity of a given circuit using
multimeter.
3. To assemble a household circuit comprising three bulbs, three (on/off) switches, a fuse and a power
source.
4. To assemble the components of a given electrical circuit.
5. To study the variation in potential drop with length of a wire for a steady current.
6. To draw the diagram of a given open circuit comprising at least a battery,
resistor/rheostat, key, ammeter and voltmeter. Mark the components that are not
connected in proper order and correct the circuit and also the circuit diagram.
Activities (Section-B)
{write any 3 activities from this section}
1. To identify a diode, an LED, a resistor and a capacitor from a mixed collection
of such items.
2. Use of multimeter to see the unidirectional flow of current in case of a diode
and an LED and check whether a given electronic component (e.g., diode) is in
working order.
3. To study effect of intensity of light (by varying distance of the source) on an LDR.
4. To observe refraction and lateral deviation of a beam of light incident obliquely
on a glass slab.
5. To observe diffraction of light due to a thin slit.
6. To study the nature and size of the image formed by a (i) convex lens, or
(ii) concave mirror, on a screen by using a candle and a screen (for different
distances of the candle from the lens/mirror).
7. To obtain a lens combination with the specified focal length by using two
lenses from the given set of lenses.
List of Investigatory Projects
Prepare one project on any topic as suggested below:-
1. To study various factors on which the internal resistance/EMF of a cell depends.
2. To study the variations in current flowing in a circuit containing an LDR because of a variation in (a)
the power of the incandescent lamp, used to 'illuminate' the LDR (keeping all the lamps at a fixed
distance).
b) the distance of a incandescent lamp (of fixed power) used to 'illuminate' the LDR.
3. To find the refractive indices of (a) water (b) oil (transparent) using a plane
mirror, an equiconvex lens (made from a glass of known refractive index) and an
adjustable object needle.
4. To investigate the relation between the ratio of (i) output and input voltage
and (ii) number of turns in the secondary coil and primary coil of a self-designed
transformer.
5. To investigate the dependence of the angle of deviation on the angle of
incidence using a hollow prism filled one by one, with different transparent fluids.
6. To estimate the charge induced on each one of the two identical Styrofoam (or
pith) balls suspended in a vertical plane by making use of Coulomb's law.
7. To study the factor on which the self-inductance of a coil depends by
observing the effect of this coil, when put in series with a resistor/(bulb) in a
circuit fed up by an A.C. source of adjustable frequency.
8. To study the earth's magnetic field using a compass needle -bar magnet by plotting magnetic field
lines and tangent galvanometer.
