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CBSE Sample Paper 11

Class XII Exam 2023-24
Physics
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70
General Instructions:
1. There are 35 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. All the sections are compulsory.
3. Section A contains eighteen MCQ of 1 mark each, Section B contains seven questions of two
marks each, Section C contains five questions of three marks each, section D contains three
long questions of five marks each and Section E contains two case study based questions of 4
marks each.
4. There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in section B, C, D
and E. You have to attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
5. Use of calculators is not allowed.

SECTION-A
1. The specific charge of electron is
View Solution (a) 1.8 # 10-11 C/kg (b) 1.8 # 10-19 C/kg
(c) 1.9 # 10-19 C/kg (d) none of these

2. Three capacitors each of capacity C are connected in series. The resultant capacity will be
View Solution (a) 3C (b) 3/C
(c) C/3 (d) 1/3C

3. Absorbed electrical energy is

View Solution (a) Proportional to the potential difference
(b) Inversely proportional to the potential difference
(c) Proportional to the square of the potential difference
(d) None of these

4. A proton moving with a velocity 2.5 # 107 ms-1 , enters a magnetic field of intensity 2.5 T at
View Solution 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

5. A bar magnet is equivalent to a current-carrying

View Solution (a) torroid (b) solenoid
(c) circular oil (d) straight conductor

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6. Faraday’s laws are the consequence of the conservation of

View Solution (a) charge (b) energy
(c) magnetic field (d) both (b) and (c)

7. The AC voltage across a resistance can be measured using a

View Solution (a) potentiometer
(b) hot-wire voltmeter
(c) moving-coil galvanometer
(d) moving-magnet galvanometer

8. Which of the following is/are not electromagnetic waves?

View Solution (a) β -rays (b) X-rays
(c) cosmic rays (d) both a and b

9. Which of the following electromagnetic waves have the smallest wavelength?

View Solution (a) γ -rays (b) X-rays
(c) UV waves (d) infra-red rays

10. The best material for the core of a transformer is

View Solution(a) soft iron (b) mild steel
(c) hard steel (d) stainless steel

11. The value of 1 MeV is

View Solution (a) 1.6 # 10-19 J (b) 1.6 # 10-16 J
(c) 1.6 # 10-13 J (d) 1.6 # 10-11 J

12. The state of energy of the valence electrons, when the temperature is raised or when electric
View Solutionfield is applied, is called
(a) valence band (b) conduction band
(c) forbidden band (d) none of these

13. If M is the atomic mass and A is the mass number, then the packing fraction is given by
View Solution
(a) M (b) M - A
M-A A
(c) A (d) A - M
M-A A

14. When germanium atoms is doped with equal no. of antimony atoms, we get a/an
View Solution(a) superconductor (b) p-type semiconductor
(c) n -type semiconductor (d) intrinsic semiconductor

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15. Two cells of emf ε 1 and ε 2 , internal resistance r1 and r2 , connected in parallel. The equivalent
View Solutionemf of the combination is
(a) e 1 r1 + e 2 r2 (b) e 1 r2 + e 2 r1
r1 + r2 r1 + r2
(c) e1 # e 2 (d) e 1 + e 2
2

16. Assertion : In electric circuits, wires carrying currents in opposite directions are often twisted
View Solutiontogether.
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.

17. Assertion : Diamagnetic materials can exhibit magnetism.

View SolutionReason : Diamagnetic materials have permanent magnetic dipole moment.
(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.

18. Assertion : In series LCR circuit resonance can take place.

View SolutionReason : Resonance takes place if inductance and capacitive resistances are equal and opposite.
(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
19. Draw the magnetic field lines due to a current carrying loop.
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20. If the horizontal and Vertical components of the earth’s magnetic field are equal at a certain
View Solutionplace, what would be the angle of dip at the place?

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21. Explain briefly how electromagnetic waves are produced by an oscillating charge. How is the
View Solutionfrequency of electromagnetic waves produced related to that of the oscillating charge?


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What is displacement current? Why was this concept introduced?

22. For the same value of angle of incidence, the angles of refraction in three media A, B and C
View Solution are 15c, 25c and 35c respectively. In which medium, would the velocity of light be minimum?

23. State the principle of superposition of waves.

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What happens to fringe width, when the separation between the slits as well as distance of the
screen from the slit are halved?

24. What is the ratio of radii of the orbits corresponding to first excited state and ground state, in
View Solutiona hydrogen atom?

25. Give two advantages of LED’s over the conventional incandescent lamps.
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SECTION-C
26. Two copper spheres of radii r1 and r2 having charges q1 and q2 are connected by means of a wire.
View SolutionWhat is the electric conditions that no charge flows between them?

27. Conduction and displacement currents are individually discontinuous, but their sum is
View Solution continuous.

28. How does the surface of the earth appear to a fish or a person sitting inside clear water?
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A concave mirror and a convex lens are held separately in water. What changes, if any, do you
expect in the focal length of either?

29. Briefly describe proton-neutron hypothesis of nuclear composition.

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Explain how is fission an enormous source of energy per nuclear fission is about 200 MeV.

30. Explain, with the help of a circuit diagram, the working of a p - n junction diode as a half-wave
View Solution rectifier.

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SECTION-D
31. 1. State and explain Superposition Principle.
View Solution2. 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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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.

(i) Find the electric flux through the shell.

(ii) State the law used.
(iii) Find the force on the charges at the centre C of the shell and at the point A.

32. Sketch the magnetic lines of force of straight current carrying conductor. State the rules used
View Solutionto 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
View Solutionlevels 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.

SECTION-E
34. Coulomb’s law states that the electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion acting between two
qq
stationary point charges is given by F = 1 1 2 2
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4πε 0 r

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where F denotes the force between two charges q1 and q2 , separated by a distance r in free
space, ε 0 is a constant known as permittivity of free space. Free space is vacuum and may be
taken to be air practically.
If free space is replaced by a medium, then ε 0 is replaced by (ε 0 k) or (e 0 e r ) where k is known
as dielectric constant or relative permittivity.
qq
(i) In coulomb’s law, F = k 1 2 2 , then on what factors does the proportionality constant k
r
depends?
(ii) Find the force of repulsion between two charges of 1 C each, kept 1 m apart in vaccuum.
(iii) What is the dimensional formula for the permittivity constant ε 0 of free space?


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(iv) Two identical charges repel each other with a force equal to 10 mgwt when they are 0.6
m apart in air. (g = 10 m s−2). Find the value of each charge.

35. Let a source of alternating e.m.f. E = E 0 sin ωt be connected to a capacitor of capacitance C . If

View Solution
I is the instantaneous value of current in the circuit at instant t , then I = E 0 sin a ωt + π k
1/ωC 2
The capacitive reactance limits the amplitude of current in a purely capacitive circuit and it is
given by XC = 1 .
ωC

(i) What is the unit of capacitive reactance?

(ii) In a capacitive circuit, by what value of phase angle does alternating current leads the
e.m.f ?
(iii) Find the capacitive reactance of a 5 µF capacitor for a frequency of 106 Hz ?


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(iv) A capacitor has a reactance of 120 Ω at 50 Hz. What will be its reactance at 150 Hz?

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