KENDRIYA VIDAYALAYA SANGATHAN, PATNA REGION

FIRST PRE-BOARD, SESSION- 2024-25

CLASS - XII SUBJECT-PHYSICS THEORY (042)

MAXIMUM MARKS:70 TIME ALLOWED: 3 HRS

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) e = 1.6 x 10-19 C
iv) µ0 = 4π x 10-7 Tm𝑨−𝟏v) h = 6.63 x10-34Js vi) ε0 = 8.854 x10-12𝑪𝟐𝑵−𝟏𝒎−𝟐
vii) Avogadro’s number = 6.023 X 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟑 per gram mole
Section- A `
1:- Beams of electrons and protons move parallel to each other in the
same direction. They

(a) attract each other

(b) repel each other

(c) neither attract not repel

(d) force of attraction or repulsion depends upon speed of beams

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 2:- If a diamagnetic substance is brought near the N-pole or the S-pole of
a bar magnet, then it is

(a) attracted by the both poles

(b) repelled by both the poles

(c) repelled by the N-pole and attracted by the S-pole

(d) attracted by the N-pole and repelled by the S-pole

3:- An isolated point charge particle produces an electric field E at a

point 3m away from it. The distance of the point at which the field
is will be
𝟒

(a) 2 m (b) 3 m (c) 4 m (d) 6 m

4:- In an n-type silicon, which of the following statement is correct?

(a) Electrons are majority charge carriers and trivalent atoms are
the dopants.
(b) Electrons are minority charge carriers and pentavalent atoms
are the dopants.
(c) Holes are minority charge carriers and pentavalent atoms are
the dopants.
(d) Holes are majority charge carriers and trivalent atoms are the
dopants.

5:- What is the work done in moving a 5µC point charge from corner A to
corner at B of a square ABCD, when a 20µC exists at the center of square?

(a) 100 J (b) 25 J (c) 0 J (d) 5 J

6:- The radius of the innermost electron orbit of a hydrogen atom is

5.3x10-11m. The radius of the second excited orbit is
(a) 1.01x10-10 m (b) 1.59x10-10 m
(c) 2.12x10-10 m (d) 4.77x10-10 m

7:- Frequency of wave is 6x1010 Hz. The wave is

(a) Radio wave (b) Micro wave
(c) X-Ray (d) None of these

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8:- The current in the primary coil of a pair of coils changes from 7A to
3A in 0.04 s. The mutual inductance between the two coils is 0.5H.
The induced emf in the secondary coil is.
(a) 50 V (b) 75 V (c) 100 V (d) 220 V

9:- If an alternating voltage is represented as E=141 Sin 628t, then the

rms value of the voltage and the frequency are respectively
(a) 14IV, 628Hz (b) 100V, 50Hz
(c) 100V, 100Hz (d) 14IV, 100Hz

10:- A current carrying wire kept in a uniform magnetic field will

experience a maximum force, when it is
(a) Perpendicular to the magnetic field
(b) Parallel to the magnetic field
(c) At an angle of 45o to the magnetic field
(d) at an angle of 60o to the magnetic field

11:- Two convex and conclave lenses are in contact and having focal
length 12cm and 18cm, respectively. Focal length of joint lens will
be
(a) 50 cm (b) 45 cm (c)36 cm (d) 18 cm

12:- The de-Broglie wave of a moving particle does not depend on.
(a) Mass (b) Charge (c) Velocity (d) Momentum

For questions 13 to 16 , two statements are given- one labelled

Assesrtion (A) and other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answers
to these questions from the options as given below-

a) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is correct

explanation of assertion.

b) ) If both assertion and reason are true and reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.

c) If assertion is true but reason is false.

d) If both assertion and reason are false

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13:- Assertion (A):- Charge on all the condensers connected in series is
the same.
Reason (R):- Capacitance of capacitor is directly proportional to
charge on it.

14:- Assertion (A):- The pole of magnet cannot be separated by breaking

into two pieces.
Reason(R):- The magnetic moment will be reduced to half when
a magnet is broken into the equal pieces.

15:- Assertion (A):- Photoelectric current depends on the intensity of

incident light.
Reason(R):- Number of photoelectric emitted per second is
directly proportional to the intensity of incident radiation.
16:- Assertion (A):- An uncontrolled chain reaction can become highly
explosive.
Reason(R):- In uncontrolled chain reaction neutrons released in
fission reaction are again and again absorbed by the fissile
isotopes.
Section- B

17:- A plane electromagnetic wave of frequency 25MHz travels in free

space along the x- direction. At a particular point in space and
time, ⃗ =6.3 ̂ Vm-1. What is ⃗ at this point?
18:- What do you mean by process of rectification. Draw a circuit
diagram of full wave rectifier.

19:- The work function of a certain metal is 4.2eV. Will this metal give
photoelectric emission for incident radiation of wave length
330nm?
Or
Sketch the graph showing (i) variation of stopping potential with
frequency of incident radiation
(ii) Variation of photoelectric current with anode potential at
constant intensity and different frequency.

20:- Using Huygens principle show that, for a parallel beam incident on a
reflection surface, the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of
incidence.

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21:- A battery of emf E, and internal resistance r, gives a current of 0.5A
with an external resistance of 12 Ohm and a current of 0.25A with
an external resistance of 25 Ohm. Calculate (i) internal resistance
of the cell and (ii) emf of the cell.

Section- C

22:- (i) Write Biot- Savart’s law for magnetic field at a point due to a
small current element in vector form.
(ii) Two identical circular wires P and Q each of radius R and
carrying current are kept in perpendicular planes such that they
have a common centre as shown in figure.

Find the magnitude and direction of net magnetic field at the

common centre of two coils.
23:- (i) Draw a graph to show the variation of the angle of deviation with
that of the angle of incidence for a prism.
(ii) A ray of light passes through an equilateral glass prism, such
that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of emergence. If
the angle of emergence us ¾ times the angle of the prism,
calculate the refractive index of the glass prism. Also find speed of
light in prism.

24:- State Gauss’s theorem in electrostatics. Using this theorem, derive

an expression for the electric field intensity due to an infinitely
long, straight wire of linear charge density

25:- Define the term drift velocity and relaxation time.Derive an

expression for drift velocity of free electrons in a conductor in
terms of relaxation time.

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26:- The energy levels of an atom of element X are shown in figure.
A B C
O
D E
-Iev

-3ev

Ground State
-10ev

Which one the level transmissions with result in the emission of photons
of wavelength 620 nm?
Support your answer with mathematical calculations.

27:- Calculate the binding energy per nucleon of Cl nucleus. Given that

Mass of Cl = 34.980000 u
Mass of proton= 1.007825 u
Mass of neutron= 1.008665 u
1 u = 931mev.

Or

(i) Define Binding energy of a nucleus.

(ii) Draw a plot showing the variation of Binding energy per nucleon
with mass number.

28:- State (i) Faraday’s law (ii) Lenz’s law, of electromagnetic induction.

The electric current flowing in a wire in the direction B to A is

decreasing, what is the direction of the magnetic field in the
metallic loop kept above the wire shown is figure.

A Ι B

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 Section- D
(Case Study Based Questions)

Read the following paragraph and answer the question follows:

29:- 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 x 10-7 m. This p-n junction is forward biased with a battery of voltage
3V and negligible internal resistance, in series with a resistor of
resistance R, ideal milliammetre 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 x 106 V m-1 (b) 1.0 x 106 V m-1 (c) 2.0 x 106 V m-1 d) 1.5 x 106 V m-1

(ii) The resistance of resistor R is-

(a) 150 Ω (b) 300 Ω (c) l30Ω (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.

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(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

30:- Astronomical telescope

An astronomical telescope is an optical instrument which is used for

observing distinct images of heavenly bodies like stars, planets etc. It
consists of two lenses. The lens having large aperture and greater focal
length is used as objective lens and the lens having smaller aperture and
smaller focal length is used as eye piece. In normal adjustment of
telescope, the final image is formed at infinity. Magnifying power of
astronomical telescope in normal adjustment is defined as the ratio of
the visual angle subtended by final image to the visual angle subtended
by the object at least distance of distinct vision, and it is given by

formula: m = .

i) An astronomical telescope of magnifying power 7 consists of two thin

lenses 40cm apart, in normal

adjustment The focal length of the lenses are-

(a) 5cm,35cm (b) 7cm,35cm (c)17cm, 35cm (d) 5cm, 30cm

ii) An astronomical telescope has a angular magnification 10. In normal

adjustment, distance between the objective and eye piece is 22cm. the
focal length of the objective lens is –

(a)25cm (b)10cm (c)15cm (d)20cm.

iii) For large magnifying power of astronomical telescope-

(a) f0<<fe (b) f0=fe (c) f0>>fe (d)none of these

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iv) How does the magnifying power of a telescope change on increasing
the diameter of its objective?
a) Independent b) Doubled c) Halved d) Becomes zero

OR

How much intensity of the image is increased if the diameter of the

objective of a telescope is doubled?
a) Two times b) Four times c) Eight times d) Sixteen times

Section- E
31:- (i) In a young’s double slit experiment, find the condition for
constructive and destructive interference. Hence, write the expression
for the distance between two consecutive bright or dark fringe.

(ii) The fringe width in a Young’s double slit interference pattern is

2.4x10-4m, when red light of wavelength 4000 Ao is used.

Or

(i) What is meant by diffraction of light? What are the conditions for the
angular width of secondary? Maxima and secondary minima obtained in
diffraction pattern.

(ii) Determine the angular separation between central maximum and first
order maximum of the diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width
0.25 mm when light of wavelength 5890 A0 is incident on it normally.

32:- (i) Obtain an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate (air)
capacitor.

(ii) A network of four capacitors each of 12 µF capacitance is

connected to 500V supply as shown in the figure.
Determine (a) Equivalent capacitance of the network.
(b) Charge on each capacitor.

C2

C2

C1 C3

C4

500 V
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 Or

(i) what in equipotential surface?

(ii) Sketch equipotential surface for
(a) a positive point charge
(b) Two equal and opposite charges separated by a small
distance.

(iii) An infinite plane sheet of charge density 10-8 Cm-2 is held in air. In
this situation how far apart are two equivalent surfaces, whose potential
difference is 5V.

33:- (i) A device X is connected across an a.c source of voltage

E= Eo Sin The current through X is given as I= Io sin ( + π/2). Identify
the device X. Write the expression for its reactance. Draw graph
showing variation of voltage and current with time over one cycle of a.c
for X.
(ii) A series LCR circuit consists of a resistance of 10 Ω, a
capacitor of reactance 60 Ω and an inductor coil. The circuit is found to
resonate when put across 300V, 100 Hz supply. Calculate (i) the
inductance of the coil (ii) current in the circuit at resonance.

Or

With the help of a labeled diagram, explain the function, principle,

Construction and working of an a.c generator. Derive expression for
induced emf.
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