Physics

BOARD QUESTION PAPER : MARCH 2016

PHYSICS
Tim e: 3 Hour s
Tot al Mark s: 70

Not e:
i. All ques tio n s are comp uls o ry.
ii. Neat diag r a m s must be dra w n whe r e v e r nec e s s a r y.
iii. Figur e s to the right indic a t e full m arks.
iv. Use of only logarit h m i c table is allowe d.
v. All symbols have their usual mea ni n g unle ss othe r wi s e sta t e d .
vi. Answer s to both section s must be writt e n in the sam e ans w e r b o o k.
vii. Answer to every ques tio n mus t be writt e n on a new pag e.

SECTION – I
Q.1. Atte m p t any SIX :

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i. In U.C.M. (Unifor m Circula r Motion), prove the relation v =wﾮ r ,
whe r e symbols have their usual mea ni n g s .
ii. Derive an expr es sio n for critical velocity of a satellite revolving
arou n d the eart h in a circula r orbit.
iii. Obtain an expr e s sio n for total kinetic ene r gy of a rolling body in
1 ﾮ K2 
the form MV 2 ﾮ1 + 2  .
2 ﾮ R 
iv. Define ‘emissive powe r’ and ‘coefficie nt of emission of a body’.
v. A coin kept at a dista n c e of 5 cm from the cent r e of a tur nt a b l e of
radius 1.5 m just begins to slip when the tur n a bl e rota t e s at a spee d of 90
r.p.m. Calcula t e the coefficie nt of static friction bet w e e n the coin and the
tur nt a b l e. [g = 9.8 m/s 2 ].
vi. The funda m e n t a l frequ e n c y of an air colum n in a pipe close d at one
end is in unison with the third overto n e of an ope n pipe. Calcula t e the
ratio of lengt h s of their air colum n s .
vii. A particle perfor mi n g linea r S.H.M. has a period of 6.28 secon d s
and a path lengt h of 20 cm. What is the velocity whe n its displa c e m e n t is
6 cm from mea n position?
viii. The ener gy of the free surfa c e of a liquid drop is 5  time s the
surfac e tension of the liquid. Find the diam e t e r of the drop in C.G.S.
syste m .
Q.2. Sel e c t and writ e th e mo s t appr o p r i a t e an s w e r fro m th e give n
alt er n a t i v e s for ea c h sub- que s t i o n :

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i. A particle rotat e s in U.C.M. with tang e n t i al velocity ‘v’ along a
horizon t al circle of diam e t e r ‘D’. Total angul a r displa c e m e n t of the
particl e in time ‘t’ is _______.
(A) vt
ﾮvﾮ
(B) ﾮ ﾮ - t
ﾮDﾮ
vt
(C)
2D
2vt
(D)
D
ii. Two sprin g s of force cons t a n t s K 1 and K2 (K 1 > K2 ) are stre t c h e d by
sam e force. If W 1 and W 2 be the work done str e t c hi n g the spring s the n
_______.
(A) W1 = W2

(B) W1 < W2
(C) W1 > W2

(D) W 1 = W 2 = 0
iii. A and B are two steel wire s and the radius of A is twice that of B. If
they are stre t c h e d by the sam e load, the n the str e s s on B is _______.
(A) four times that of A
(B) two times that of A
(C) thr e e time s tha t of A
(D) sam e as that of A
iv. If soun d waves are reflec t e d from surfa c e of dens e r mediu m , the r e is
phas e chan g e of _______.
(A) 0 rad


(B) rad
4

(C) rad
2

(D)  rad
v. A sono m e t e r wire vibra t e s with frequ e n c y n 1 in air und e r suita bl e
load of specific gravity ‘’. When the load is imm e r s e d in wat e r, the
frequ e n c y of vibr atio n of wire n 2 will be _______.
 +1
(A) n1


-1
(B) n1


(C) n1
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
(D) n1
-1

vi. For polyato mic molec ul e s having ‘f’ vibra tio n al mode s, the ratio of
CP
two specific heat s, is _______.
CV
1 +f
(A)
2 +f

2 +f
(B)
3 +f
4 +f
(C)
3 +f

5 +f
(D)
4 +f
vii. A body of mom e n t of inerti a 5 kgm 2 rota ti n g with an ang ul a r velocity
6 rad/s has the sam e kinetic ene r gy as a mas s of 20 kg moving with a
velocity of _______.
(A) 5 m/s

(B) 4 m/s
(C) 3 m/s

(D) 2 m/s
Q.3. A. Define linear S.H.M. Show tha t S.H.M. is a projec tio n of U.C.M. on
any diam e t e r .
B. A met al sphe r e cools at the rat e of 4 C/min. whe n its tem p e r a t u r e
is 50 C. Find its rat e of cooling at 45 C if the tem p e r a t u r e of
surr o u n d i n g s is 25 C
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A. Explain analytically how the sta tion a r y waves are form e d. Henc e
l
show that the dista n c e betw e e n node and adja c e n t antinod e is .
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B. A set of 48 tuning forks is arr a n g e d in a serie s of desc e n di n g
frequ e n ci e s such that each fork gives 4 bea t s per secon d with pre c e di n g
one. The frequ e n cy of first fork is 1.5 time s the frequ e n c y of the last fork,
find the frequ e n cy of the first and 42 nd tuning fork.
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Q.4. Atte m p t any THREE

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i. What is the decr e a s e in weigh t of a body of mas s 600 kg whe n it is

take n in a mine of dept h 5000 m?
[Radius of ear t h = 6400 km, g = 9.8 m/s 2 ]
ii. Stat e and prove theo r e m of par allel axes abou t mom e n t of
iner ti a.
iii. Derive Laplac e’s law for sphe ri c a l me m b r a n e of bubble due
to surfac e tension.
iv. A steel wire having cross section al are a 1.5 mm 2 whe n stre t c h e d by
a load prod u c e s a later al str ai n 1.5  10 -5 . Calcula t e the mas s atta c h e d to
the wire.
(Ysteel = 2  10 11 N/m 2 , Poisso n’s ratio  = 0.291, g = 9.8 m/s 2 )
SECTION – II
Q. 5 . Atte m p t any SIX :

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i. What is ‘diffraction of light’? Explain its two type s.
ii. Draw a neat labelled diagr a m for the const r u c t io n of ‘cyclotro n’.
iii. Disting ui s h betw e e n ‘par a m a g n e t i c’ and ‘ferro m a g n e t i c’ subs t a n c e s .
iv. Write a shor t note on surfa c e wave prop a g a t i o n of elect r o m a g n e t i c
waves.
v. The combi n e d resis t a n c e of a galva no m e t e r of resist a n c e 500  and
its shunt is 21 . Calculat e the value of shun t.
vi. The susce p ti bility of mag n e s i u m at 200 K is 1.8  10 –5 . At wha t
tem p e r a t u r e will the susce p ti bility decr e a s e by 6  10 –6 ?
vii. The co- efficient of mut u al induc tion betw e e n prim a r y and secon d a r y
coil is 2H. Calculat e induc e d e.m.f. if curr e n t of 4A is cut off in 2.5  10 –4
secon d s .
viii. The decay const a n t of radioa c tive subs t a n c e is 4.33  10 –4 per yea r.
Calcula t e its half life period.
Q.6. Sel e c t and writ e th e mo s t appr o p r i a t e an s w e r fro m th e give n
alt er n a t i v e s for ea c h su b- que s t i o n :

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i. If the polarisin g angle for a given mediu m is 60 , the n the refr a c tive
index of the mediu m is _______

(A)
1
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(B)
3
2

(C)
1

(D)
3
ii. The resolving powe r of a tele sc o p e depe n d s upon the _______

(A)
lengt h of the teles co p e

(B)
focal lengt h of an objec tive

(C)
diam e t e r of an objective

(D)
focal lengt h of an eyepie c e
iii. Elect ric intensity due to a cha r g e d sphe r e at a point outsid e the
sphe r e decr e a s e s with _______

(A)
incr e a s e in char g e on sphe r e .

(B)
incr e a s e in dielect ric const a n t .

(C)
decr e a s e in the dista n c e from the cent r e of sphe r e .

(D)
Decr e a s e in squa r e of dista n c e from the cent r e of sphe r e .
iv. In poten tio m e t e r expe ri m e n t , if l 1 is the bala n ci n g lengt h for e.m.f. of
cell of inter n al resis t a n c e r and l 2 is the bala n ci n g lengt h for its ter mi n al
poten ti al differe n c e when shunt e d with resist a n c e R then:

(A)

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ﾮ R +r ﾮ
l1 = l2 ﾮ ﾮ
ﾮ R ﾮ

(B)
ﾮ R ﾮ
ﾮ ﾮ
l 1 = l 2 ﾮ R +r ﾮ

(C)
ﾮ R ﾮ
ﾮ ﾮ
l1 = l2 ﾮ R - r ﾮ

(D)
ﾮR- rﾮ
l1 = l2 ﾮ ﾮ
ﾮ R ﾮ

v. The ene r gy of photo n of wavele n g t h l is _______.

[h = Planck’s const a n t , c = spe e d of light in vacuu m ]

(A)
hc l

(B)
hl
c

(C)
l
hc

(D)
hc
l
vi. Which logic gate corr e s p o n d s to the trut h table given below?

A B Y
0 0 1
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 0

(A)
AND

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(B)
NOR

(C)
OR

(D)
NAND
vii. The proc es s of supe ri m p o s i n g a low frequ e n c y signal on a high
frequ e n c y wave is _______.

(A)
dete c tio n

(B)
mixing

(C)
modul a tion

(D)
att en u a t i o n
Q.7. A. Stat e the principl e on which tra n sfo r m e r works. Explain its
working with const r u c t i o n. Derive an expr e s sio n for ratio of e.m.f.s and
cur r e n t s in ter m s of num b e r of tur ns in prim a r y and secon d a r y coil.
B. A cond u c t o r of any sha p e , having are a 40 cm 2 plac e d in air is
unifor mly char g e d with a cha r g e 0.2 C. Dete r mi n e the elect ric inte n sity
at a point just outside its surfa c e . Also, find the mec h a ni c al forc e per unit
are a of the char g e d condu c t o r .
[0 = 8.85  10 –12 S . I. units]

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A. With the help of a nea t labelle d diagr a m , desc ri b e the Geige r-
Mars d e n expe ri m e n t . What is mas s defec t?
B. The photo el ec t ri c work function for a met al surfa c e is 2.3 eV. If the
light of wavelen g t h 6800 Å is incide n t on the surfa c e of met al,
find thre s h ol d frequ e n c y and incide n t frequ e n c y. Will ther e be an
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[Velocity of light c = 3  10 8 m/s, Planck’s const a n t , h = 6.63  10 –

34 Js] [7]

Q.8. Atte m p t any THREE:

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i. Deter m i n e the chan g e in wavele n g t h of light durin g its pass a g e
from air to glas s. If the refr a c tive index of glass with resp e c t to air is 1.5
and the frequ e n c y of light is 3.5  10 14 Hz, find the wave num b e r of light
in glass. [Velocity of light in air (c = 3  10 8 m/s)]
ii. In bipris m experi m e n t , 10 th dark band is obse rv e d at 2.09 mm from
the cent r al bright point on the scre e n with red light of wavele n g t h 6400
Å. By how much will fringe width cha n g e if blue light of wavele n g t h 4800
Å is used with the sam e settin g ?
iii. Descri b e Kelvin’s met ho d to dete r m i n e the resist a n c e of
galvano m e t e r by using met r e bridg e .
iv. Explain the elem e n t a r y idea of an oscillator with the help of block
diagr a m .

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