PHYSICS TEST

Class – 12th
TIME: 3 hours M.M: 70
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 16 questions, 12 MCQ and 4 Assertion Reasoning based of 1 mark each, Section B
contains 5 questions of two marks each, Section C contains 7 questions of three marks each, Section D contains 3
long answer questions of five marks each and Section E contains 2 case study based questions of four marks each.
(5) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in some questions. You have to
attempt only one of the choices in such questions.
(6) 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−𝟏
v. h = 6.63 x10-34 Js
vi. ε0 = 8.854 x10-12 𝑪𝟐𝑵−𝟏𝒎−𝟐
vii. Avogadro’s number = 6.023 X 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟑 per gram mole

SECTION A

1. Binding energy per nucleon of a stable nucleus is

(a) 8 eV (b) 8 KeV (c) 8 MeV (d) 8 BeV

2. What is the de – Broglie wavelength of a ball of mass 150 g moving at a speed of 50 m/s?
a) 8.8 × 10-34 m b) 8.8 × 10-30 m
-25
c) 8.8 × 10 m d) 8.8 × 10-35 m

3. The absolute refractive indices of glass and water are 3/2 and 4/3. Determine the ratio of the wavelength
of light in glass and water.
a) 5:7 b) 9:8 c) 7:5 d) 8:9
4. What would be the resultant intensity at a point of destructive interference, if there are two identical
coherent waves of intensity I producing an interference pattern?
a) 4 I’ b) 0 c) I’ d) 2 I’
5. In photoelectric effect, the number of photoelectrons emitted is proportional to
a) intensity of incident beam. b) frequency of incident beam.
c) velocity of incident beam. d) work function of photo cathode.
6. A double slit interference experiment is carried out in air and the entire arrangement is dipped in water.
The fringe width
a) increases b) decreases c) remains unchanged. d) fringe pattern disappears.
7. Electrical conductivity of a semiconductor
(a) decreases with the rise in its temperature.
(b) increases with the rise in its temperature.
(c) does not change with the rise in its temperature.
(d) first increases and then decreases with the rise in its temperature.
8. If a convex lens of focal length 80 cm and a concave lens of focal length 50 cm are combined together,
what will be their resulting power?
a) + 6.5 D b) – 6.5 D c) + 7.5 D d) – 0.75 D
9. A convex lens of refractive index 3/2 has a power of 2.5 D in air. If it is placed in a liquid of refractive
index 2 then the new power of the lens is
(a) – 1.25 D (b) – 1.5 D (c) 1.25 D (d) 1.5 D

10. A double convex lens of refractive index μ1 is immersed in a liquid of refractive index μ2. The lens will
act as transparent plane sheet when

11. What is path difference for destructive interference?

12. A 220 V AC supply is connected between points A and B (figure). What will be the potential difference
V across the capacitor?

(a) 200 V (b) 110 V (c) 0 V (d) 220√2 V

For Question 21 to 26: Each of these questions contain two statements, Assertion and Reason. Each of
these questions also has four alternative choices, only one of which is the correct answer. You have to select
one of the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below.
(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.
(e) both Assertion & Reason are incorrect.
13. Assertion: It is necessary to have two waves of equal intensity to study interference pattern.
Reason: There will be an effect on clarity if the waves are of unequal intensity.
14. Assertion: Though light of a single frequency (monochromatic) is incident on a metal, the energies of
emitted photoelectrons are different.
Reason: The energy of electrons emitted from inside the metal surface, is lost in collision with the other
atoms in the metal.
15. Assertion: The diffusion current in a p-n junction is from the p-side to the n-side.
Reason: The diffusion current in a p-n junction is greater than the drift current when the junction is in
forward biased.
16. Assertion: Optical fibres make use of total internal reflection.
Reason: Light undergoes successive total internal reflections as it moves through an optical fibre.

SECTION B

17. Energy of an electron in the second orbit of hydrogen atom is E and the energy of electron in 3rd orbit of
He will be
18. What is doping? Why is it needed?
OR
If a small voltage is applied to a p–n junction diode how will the barrier potential be affected when it is
(i) forward biased, and (ii) reverse biased?
19. Why do the photoelectrons have variable K.E.?
20. State de Broglie hypothesis.
21. In the circuit shown in figure below, if the diode forward voltage drop is 0.3 V, the voltage difference
between A and B is

SECTION C
22. The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is –13.6 eV. If an electron makes a transition from an energy
level –0.85 eV to –3.4 eV, calculate the wavelength of the spectral line emitted. To which series of
hydrogen spectrum does this wavelength belong?

23. calculate the energy release in fusion reaction:

2 2 3
1𝐻 + 1𝐻 → 2𝐻𝑒 + 𝑛
2
Using the data: BE( 1𝐻) = 2.23MeV, BE( 32𝐻𝑒) = 7.73MeV.
−13.6
24. If the energy of an electron in H-atom is 𝑛2 eV. Then using above expression show that (a) an electron
cannot have energy of – 2V. (b) Spacing between energy levels decreases as n increases.

25. In Young’s double slit experiment, two slits are separated by 3 mm distance and illuminated by light of
wavelength 480 nm. The screen is at 2 m from the plane of the slits. Calculate the separation between
the 8th bright fringe and the 3rd dark fringe observed with respect to the central bright fringe.
OR
A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm falls normally on a narrow slit and the
resulting diffraction pattern is obtained on a screen 1 m away. It is observed that the first minimum is at
a distance of 2.5 mm from the centre of the screen. Find
(a) the width of the slit.
(b) the distance of the second maximum from the centre of the screen.
(c) the width of the central maximum.
26. Figure shows a ray of light passing through a prism. If the refracted ray QR is parallel to the base BC,
show that (i) r1 = r2 = A/2, (ii) angle of minimum deviation, ∆m = 2i – A.

OR
A convex lens, and a convex mirror, (of radius of curvature 20 cm) are placed co-axially with the convex
mirror placed at a distance of 30 cm from the lens. For a point object at a distance of 20 cm from the lens,
the final image; due to this combination, coincides with the object itself. What is the focal length of the
convex lens?

27. (i) Define SI unit of power of lens.

(ii) A plano-convex lens is made of glass of refractive index 1.5. The radius of the convex surface is
25cm.
(a) Calculate the focal length of lens
(b) if an object is placed 50cm in front of the lens, find the nature and position of imge formed.
28. Write any two distinguishing features between conductors, semiconductors and insulators on the basis of
energy band diagrams.

SECTION D
29. (i) Using Bohr’s postulates, derive an expression for the total energy of the electron in the stationary
states of the hydrogen atom.
(ii) Using Rydberg formula, calculate the wavelengths of the spectral lines of the first member of the
Lyman series and of the Balmer Series.
OR
(i) Write two important limitations of Rutherford model which could not explain the observed features
of atomic spectra. How were these explained in Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom? Use the Rydberg
formula to calculate the wavelength of the Ha line. (Take R = 1.1 × 107 m–1).
(ii) Using Bohr’s postulates, obtain the expression for the radius of the nth orbit in hydrogen atom.
30. (a) Derive all expression for the fringe width in young's double slit experiment?
 (b) If the two slits in young's double slit experiment have width ratio 4:1, deduce the ratio of intensity of
maxima and minima in the interference pattern
OR

A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths, 650 nm and 520 nm, is used to obtain interference
fringes in a Young's double-slit experiment. D=2m, d=4nm.
(a) Find the distance of the third bright fringe on the screen from the central maximum for wavelength
650 nm.
(b) What is the least distance from the central maximum where the bright fringes due to both the
wavelengths coincide?

31. A ray PQ incident on the face AB of a prism ABC, as shown in the figure, emerges from the face AC
such that AQ = AR. Draw the ray diagram showing the passage of the ray through the prism. If the angle
of the prism is 60° and refractive index of the material of the prism is √3, determine the values of angle
of incidence and angle of deviation.

OR
Draw a ray diagram for the formation of image by a compound microscope. Define its magnifying
power. Deduce the expression for the magnifying power of the microscope.

SECTION E
32. Refraction of light is the change in the path of light as it passes obliquely from one transparent medium
sin 𝑖
to another medium. According to law of refraction = 𝜇21 where 𝜇21 is called refractive index of
sin 𝑟
second medium with respect to first medium. From refraction at a convex spherical surface, we have
𝜇2 𝜇 𝜇 −𝜇
𝑣
− 𝑢1 = 2 𝑅 1 . Similarly from refraction at a concave spherical surface when object lies in the rarer
𝜇2 𝜇 𝜇2 −𝜇1
medium, we have 𝑣
− 𝑢1 = 𝑅
and when object lies in the denser medium,
𝜇2 𝜇1 𝜇 −𝜇
we have − = 2 1
𝑣 𝑢 𝑅

(i) Refractive index of a medium depends upon

(a) nature of the medium (b) wavelength of the light used
(c) temperature (d) all the these

(ii) A ray of light of frequency 5 x 1014 Hz is passed through a liquid. The wavelength of light
measured inside the liquid is found to be 450 x 10-9 m. The refractive index of the liquid is
(a) 1.33 (b) 2.52 (c) 2.22 (d) 0.75

(iii) A ray of light is incident at an angle of 60° on one face of a rectangular glass slab of refractive
index 1.5. The angle of refraction is
(a) sin-1(0.95) (b) sin-1(0.58) (c) sin-1(0.79) (d) sin-1(0.86)

(iv) A point object is placed at the centre of a glass sphere of radius 6 cm and refractive index 1.5.
The distance of the virtual image from the surface of sphere is
(a) 2 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 12 cm
33. Rectifier is a device which is used for converting alternating current or voltage into direct current or
voltage. Its working is based on the fact that the resistance of p-n junction becomes low when forward
biased and becomes high when reverse biased. A half-wave rectifier uses only a single diode while a full
wave rectifier uses two diodes as shown in figures (a) and (b)

𝑽
(I) If the rms value of sinusoidal input to a full wave rectifier is 𝟎 then the rms value of
√𝟐
the rectifier's output is
𝑉0 𝑉0 2 𝑉0 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) √2𝑉0 2
√2 √2 2

(II) In the-diagram, the input ac is actoss the terminals A and C. The output across Band D
is

(a) Same as the input (b) Half wave rectified

(c) Zero (d) Full wave rectified

(III) A bridge rectifier is shown in figure. Alternating input is given across A and C. If
output is taken across BD, then it is

(a) Same as the input (b) Half wave rectified

(c) Zero (d) Full wave rectified

(IV) A p-n junction (D) shown in the figure can act as a rectifier. An alternating current
source (V) is connected in the circuit. The current (I) in the resistor(R) can be shown by