Kedar Takalkar Group
Set – I Marks : 70
Std. – 12th HSC TAKALKAR IMP TEST SERIES Time : 3 Hrs.
Subject – Physics
General Instructions:
1.The question paper is divided into four sections:
(1) Sections A: Q. No. 1 contains 10 multiple choice questions carrying one mark each
Q. No. 2 contains 8 very short answer type questions carrying one mark
each
(2) Section B: Q. No. 3 to Q. No. 14 are 12 short answer-I type questions carrying two
marks. Attempt any eight questions.
(3) Section C: Q. No. 15 to Q. No. 26 are 12 short answer-II type questions carrying three
marks each. Attempt any eight questions.
(4) Section D: Q. No 27 to Q. No. 31 are 5 long answer type questions carrying four mark
each. Attempt any three questions.
2. Use of logarithm Tables is allowed. Use of calculator is not allowed.
3. Figures to write indicate full marks.
4. For each MCQ the correct answer must be written along with alphabet:
e.g., (a)……. / (b) ……. / (c)……. / (d)……. .
Physical constants: (1) π = 3.142 (2) g = 9.8 m/s2 (3) σ = 5.67 × 10 W. /
(4) = 8.85 × 10 F/m (5) h = 6.63 × 10 J.s
Section – A
Q.1 Select and write the correct answer : [10]
i) Two capillary tubes of different diameters are dipped in water. The rise of water is (1)
a) greater in tube of smaller diameter. b) greater in tube of larger diameter.
c) same in both. d) zero in both.
ii) The motion of gas molecule is mainly (1)
a) circular b) whirlpool type c) rotational d) translational
iii) The forward voltage drop of an LED is (1)
a) much larger than the ordinary diode. b) much less than that of the ordinary diode.
c) almost 1.5 to 3.5 volts. d) Both (a) and (c)
iv) What is the relation between the potential energy and total energy of a particle performing a (1)
S.H.M. when it is half way between the mean and extreme positions?
. . . .
a) P.E. = T.E. b) P.E. = c) P.E. = d) P.E. = T.E.
v) The coefficient of mutual induction between two circuits is equal to the e.m.f. produced in one (1)
circuit when the current in the second circuit is
a) kept steady at 1 ampere. b) cut off of 1 amp level.
c) changed at the rate of 1 A/s. d) changed from 1A/s to 2 A/s.
vi) A parallel plate capacitor has circular plates of radius 8 cm and plate separation 1 mm. What (1)
will be the charge on the plates if a potential difference of 100 V is applied?
a) 1.78 × 10-8 C b) 1.78 × 10-5 C c) 4.3 × 104 C d) 2 × 10-9 C
vii) If wavelengths of maximum intensity of radiations emitted by the Sun and the moon are 0.5 × (1)
10-6 m and 10-4 m respectively, the ratio of their temperature is
a) 1/100 b) 1/200 c) 100 d) 200
viii) The series limit wavelength of the Lyman series for the hydrogen atom is given by (1)
a) b) c) d)
ix) One beat means that the intensity of sound should be __________. (1)
a) once maximum b) once minimum
c) once maximum and once minimum d) twice maximum and twice minimum
x) If the rms current in a 50 Hz AC circuit is 5 A, the value of the current 1/300 seconds after its (1)
value becomes zero is
a) 5√2 A b) 5 A c) A d) A
√
Q.2 Answer the following: [8]
i) State formula for work done against electrostatic force while displacing charge +q at distance (1)
r towards charge +Q at distance r .
ii) What is an incompressible fluid? (1)
iii) How do refrigerators and heat pumps work? (1)
iv) What is ripple? (1)
v) A circular coil of conducting wire has 500 turns and an area 1.26 × 10-4 m2 is enclosed by the (1)
coil. A current 100 A is passed through the coil. Calculate the magnetic moment of the coil.
vi) A uniform magnetic field B(t), pointing upward fills a circular region of radius, s in horizontal (1)
plane. If B is changing with time, find the induced electric field.
vii) What is the difference between revolution and rotation of an object? (1)
viii) A body of mass 1 kg is made to oscillate on a spring of force constant 16 N/m. Calculate (1)
angular frequency.
Section – B
Attempt any eight : [16]
Q.3 What do you mean by frequency and wave number associated with a wave? (2)
Q.4 What are the conditions for system to be in: (2)
i. Mechanical equilibrium ii. Chemical equilibrium
Q.5 The common-base DC current gain of a transistor is 0.967. If the emitter current is 10 mA, (2)
what is the value of base current?
Q.6 Establish the relation between permeability and susceptibility of a substance. Also express (2)
permeability in terms of relative permeability.
Q.7 With a certain cell, the balance point is obtained at 65 cm from the end of a potentiometer wire (2)
and with another cell whose e.m.f differs from that of first by 0.1 V, the balance point is
obtained at 60 cm. Find the e.m.f of each cell.
Q.8 Define Q factor of series resonant circuit and state formula. (2)
Q.9 A current 10 A in the primary of a transformer is reduced to zero at the uniform rate in 0.1 (2)
second. If the coefficient of mutual inductance be 3 H, what is the e.m.f induced in the
secondary and change in the magnetic flux per turn in the secondary if it has 50 turns?
Q.10 How much amount of work is done in forming a soap bubble of radius r? (2)
Q.11 Write a note on magnetic potential energy of a dipole. (2)
Q.12 State an expression for (i) most safe speed and (ii) banking angle for a vehicle moving on a (2)
curved banked road.
Q.13 Calculate the change in angular momentum of electron when it jumps from 3rd orbit to 1st orbit (2)
in hydrogen atom. [Take h = 6.63 × 10-34 Js]
Q.14 A wire of length 0.5 m is stretched by 2 kg wt. If mass of the wire is 0.98 × 10-3 kg, find the (2)
velocity of transverse wave along the wire and its fundamental frequency.
Section – C
Attempt any eight : [24]
Q.15 Find the temperature of a blackbody if its spectrum has a peak at (3)
i. = 700 nm (visible),
ii. = 3 cm (microwave region) and
iii. = 3 m (FM radio waves)
(Take Wien’s constant b = 2.897 × 10-3 m K).
Q.16 What is the series LCR resonant circuit? State conditions for series resonance. Obtain an (3)
expression for resonant frequency.
Q.17 What will be the work done for a process in which the system changes its state from initial to (3)
final along a path on which both pressure and volume change?
Q.18 Explain the Rutherford’s model of an atom. (3)
Q.19 The magnetic field B and the magnetic intensity H in a material are found to be 1.6 T and 1000 (3)
A/m respectively. Calculate the relative permeability ‘ ’ and the susceptibility ‘χ’ of the
material.
Q.20 Write the difference between interference and diffraction. (3)
Q.21 Explain surface tension on the basis of molecular theory. (3)
Q.22 A circular loop of radius 9.7 cm carries a current 2.3 A. Obtain the magnitude of the magnetic (3)
field
i) at the centre of the loop and
ii) at a distance of 9.7 cm from the centre of the loop but on the axis.
Q.23 Two sound notes have wavelengths m and m in the air. These notes when sounded (3)
together produce 8 beats per second. Calculate the velocity of sound in the air and frequencies
of the two notes.
Q.24 Discuss the maximum and minimum values of displacement, velocity and acceleration of a (3)
particle performing linear S.H.M.
Q.25 What do you understand by the terms wave-particle duality? Where does it apply? (3)
Q.26 A long solenoid consisting of 1.5 × 103 turns/m has an area of cross-section of 25 cm2. A coil (3)
C, consisting of 150 turns (Nc) is wound tightly around the centre of the solenoid. Calculate for
a current of 3.0 A in the solenoid
i) the magnetic flux density at the centre of the solenoid,
ii) the flux linkage in the coil C,
iii) the average emf induced in coil C if the current in the solenoid is reversed in direction in a
time of 0.5 s. ( = 4 × 10-7 Tm/A)
Section – D
Attempt any three : [12]
Q.27 a) What is thermoelectric effect? (2)
b) A galvanometer has a resistance of 40 and a current of 4 mA is needed for a full scale (2)
deflection. What is the resistance and how is it to be connected to convert the galvanometer
i) into an ammeter of 0.4 A range and
ii) into a voltmeter of 0.5 V range?
Q.28 a) What is constructive and destructive interference? (2)
b) In Young’s experiment, the separation between the slits is 3 mm and the distance between (2)
the slits and the screen is 1 m. If wavelength of light used is 6000 Ȧ , calculate the fringe width.
What will be the change in fringe width if entire apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive
index ?
Q.29 a) Explain the analogous of angular momentum in rotational motion to linear momentum in (2)
translational motion.
b) A uniform solid sphere has radius 0.2 m and density 8 × 103 kg/m3. Find the moment of (2)
inertia about the tangent of its surface.
Q.30 State and prove Kirchhoff’s law of heat radiation. (4)
Q.31 Derive an expression for potential energy of a system of two point charges. (4)
