PRE MOCK PRACTICE PAPER-5

ISC 12
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Maximum Marks: 70
Time Allowed: Three Hours
(Candidates are allowed additional 15 minutes for only reading the paper.
They must NOT start writing during this time.)
This paper is divided into four sections – A, B, C and D.
Answer all questions.
Section A consists of one question having sub-parts of one mark each.
Section B consists of seven questions of two marks each.
Section C consists of nine questions of three marks each, and
Section D consists of three questions of five marks each.
Internal choices have been provided in two questions each in Section B,
Section C and Section D.
The intended marks for questions are given in brackets [ ].
All working, including rough work, should be done on the same sheet as and adjacent to the rest
of the answer.
Answers to sub parts of the same question must be given in one place only. A list of useful
physical constants is given at the end of this paper.
A simple scientific calculator without a programmable memory may be used for calculations.

Section A – 14 Marks

Q.1. (A) Multiple Choice Questions [7

Marks]

(i) In the figure, the equivalent capacitance between points A and B is

(a) 4 µF
(b) 2.5 µF
 (c) 2 µF
(d) 0.25 µF

(ii) An electron of charge (e) is moving parallel to uniform magnetic field B with constant
velocity v. The force acting on electron is
(a) Bev
(b) Be/v
(c) B/ev
(d) zero

(iii) Assertion When we produce charge q1 on a body by rubbing it against another body which
gets a charge q₂ in the process, then q1+q2=0.
Reason Charge on anybody is equal to integral multiple of charge on one electron
(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.

(iv) Semiconductor material behaves as an insulator at

(a) 0 K
(b) 0°C
(c) 4°C
(d) 0°F

(v) Light from a point source in air falls on spherical glass surface (n = 15 and radius of
curvature = 20 cm). The distance of the light source from the glass surface is 100 cm. Image
distance from the glass surface is
(a) 20 cm
(b) 50 cm
(c) 100 cm
(d) 75 cm

(vi) Greater the frequency of incident light,

(a) lesser is the maximum kinetic energy of emitted electrons
(b) lesser is the minimum kinetic energy of emitted electrons
(c) greater is the maximum kinetic energy of emitted electrons
(d) greater is the minimum kinetic energy of emitted electrons
 (vii) Which of the following graphs represents the variation of magnetic field B at the axis of a
selenoid with current I in it?

Q.1. (B) Answer the following questions [7 Marks]

(i) Name the AC circuit in which wattless current flows.

(ii) State any two uses of concave mirror.
(iii) A proton and an electron travelling along parallel paths enter a region of uniform magnetic
field, acting perpendicular to their paths. Which of them will move in a circular path with
higher frequency?
(iv) What is the difference between interference and diffraction?
(v) You are provided with six identical cells each of emf 2 V. How will you connect all of them
to obtain a battery of emf 2 V?
(vi) Evaluate the total electric flux passing through an encloser of electric dipole.
(vii) Why are elemental dopants for silicon or germanium usually chosen from group XIII or
group XV?

SECTION B – 14 MARKS

Question 2 [2]

The susceptibility of a magnetic material is 0.9853. Identify the type of magnetic material. Draw the
modification of the field pattern on keeping a piece of this material in an uniform magnetic field.

Question 3 [2]

For ideal diodes, find the value of current I as shown below.

Question 4 [2]

(i) Name the laws which give a quantitative expression of the statement 'time dependent
electric and magnetic fields give rise to each other.
(ii) What is an instantaneous rate of change of voltage for displacement current of 10A in space
between the parallel plate of 1μF capacitor?

Question 5 [2]

Find the binding energy per nucleon of 20Ca40 nucleus. Given, m (20Ca40) = 39.962589 u, m = 1.008665
u and mn = 1.007825u. Take, 1 amu = 931 MeV/c².

Question 6 [2]

A beam of light whose wavelength is 400 Å is diffracted by a single slit of width 0.2 mm. Give the
angular position of the second minima.

Question 7 [2]

(i) Two identical circular loops P and Q each of radius r and carrying equal currents are kept in
the parallel planes having a common axis passing through O. The direction of current in P is
clockwise and in Qis anti-clockwise as seen from O, which is equidistant from the loops P
and Q. Find the magnitude of the net magnetic field at O.

OR
(ii) Find the ratio of the magnitudes of the magnetic field of the centre and at an axial point at a
distance 2a from the centre of the circular coil of radius a.

Question 8 [2]
 (i) A ray of light suffers minimum deviation, while passing through a prism of refractive index
1.5 and refracting angle 60°. Calculate the angle of deviation and angle of incidence.
[Given, sin-¹ (0.75) = 48.6°]
OR
(i) What is the shape of the wavefront of earth for sunlight? Show it by diagram

SECTION C – 27 MARKS

Question 9 [3]

The ground state energy of hydrogen atom is -13.6 eV.

(i) What is the kinetic energy of an electron in the second excited state?
(ii) If the electron jumps to the ground state from the second excited state, calculate the
wavelength of the spectral line emitted.

Question 10 [3]

Force on a charge due to electric field is given by FE = qE and force due magnetic field is given by FB
= q (v × B). In a certain region of space, both electric and magnetic fields exist mutually perpendicular
to each other. If an electron enters this region perpendicular to both E and B and passes out
undeflected, find the velocity of the electron.

Question 11 [3]

(i) A wire of resistivity ρ₁ is plated with a material of resistivity ρ₂, so that its radius changes from r to
ρ1 ρ2 l
2r. If l is the length of wire, prove that the new wire has a resistance R = 2
π r ( 3 ρ1 + ρ2 )

OR

(ii) Two conducting wires of the same material having radii in the ratio 2: 3 and lengths in the ratio 1: 2
are connected in series with an accumulator. Find the ratio of potential difference across the two
conducting wires.

Question 12 [3]

Sketch the graphs showing variation of stopping potential with frequencies of incident radiations for
two photosensitive materials A and B having threshold frequencies vA > vB.
Question 13 [3]

Using Gauss's law prove that the electric field at a point due to a uniformly charged infinite plane sheet
is independent of the distance from it.

Question 14 [3]

(i) For the same angle of incidence, the angles of refraction in three different media P, Q and R
are 17°, 27° and 37° respectively. In which medium will the velocity of light be minimum?
(ii) Calculate the speed of light in a medium, whose critical angle is 45°.

OR

Find the ratio of the intensity at the centre of a bright fringe to the intensity at a point one quarter of the
distance between two fringes from the centre.

Question 15 [3]

(i) Why does a nuclear chain reaction die out sometimes?

(ii) Mention any two differences between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion reaction.

Question 16 [3]

Mention the important considerations required while fabricating a p-n junction diode to be used as a
Light Emitting Diode (LED). What should be the order of band gap of an LED, if it is required to emit
light in the visible range?

Question 17 [3]

A student is finding the focal length of a concave lens, using a convex lens. The examiner gives the
following instructions to the student. State whether the responses of the student in each case are correct
or incorrect. Give a reason for your answer.
(i) EXAMINER It does not have point image. Form a point image.
STUDENT Uses the convex lens of small aperture to form a point image.
(ii) EXAMINER The focal length of convex lens is large. Decrease its focal length.
STUDENT Uses the convex lens of high power.
(iii) EXAMINER Image is blurred and indistinct. Improve the quality of image.
STUDENT Move the convex lens closer to the concave lens.

SECTION D – 15 MARKS
Question 18 [5]

(i) Two convex lenses of powers P1 and P₂ are kept in contact with each other. When this
combination is used for image formation of an object, find the combined power of
combination.
(ii) If both combined lenses are concave and convex of same power, then find the nature of
combination.
(iii) Two thin lenses are in contact and the focal length of the combination is 80cm. If the focal
length of one lens is 20 cm, then what would be the power of another lens?

OR

(i) (a)Two independent monochromatic sources of light cannot produce a sustained

interference pattern. Give reason.
(b) Light waves each of amplitude a and frequency ω, emanating from two coherent light
sources superpose at a point. If the displacements due to these waves is given by y₁ = a cos
ωt and y₂ = a cos (ωt + φ), where o is the phase difference between the two, obtain the
expression for the resultant intensity at the point.
(ii) In Young's double slit experiment, the distance between two slits is 0.1 mm and these are
illuminated with light of wavelength 5460 Å. Find the angular position of the first dark
fringe on the screen which is at a distance of 20 cm from the slits

Question 19 [5]

(i) A metallic rod of length l is moved perpendicular to its length with velocity v in a magnetic
field B acting perpendicular to the plane in which rod moves. Derive the expression for the
induced emf.
(ii) A wire of length 0.3 m moves with a speed of 20 m/s perpendicular to the magnetic field of
induction 1 Wb/m². Calculate the induced emf.

OR

A circuit containing 80 mH inductor and a 60 µF capacitor in series is connected to a 230 V, 50 Hz

supply. The resistance in the circuit is negligible.
(i) Obtain the current amplitude and rms value.
(ii) Obtain the rms value of potential drop across each element.
(iii) What is the average power transferred to inductor?
(iv) What is the average power transferred to capacitor?
(v) What is the total average power absorbed by the circuit?

Question 20 [5]
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

Proton in an Electric Field

Potential difference (∆V) between two points A and B separated by a distance x, in a uniform electric
field E is given by ∆V = - Ex, where x is measured parallel to the field lines. If a charge q 0 moves from
A to B, the change in potential energy (∆U) is given as ∆U = q 0∆V. A proton is released from rest in
uniform electric field of magnitude 8.0 × 104 V/m directed along the positive X-axis.

Mass of a proton = 1.66 × 10-27 kg

and charge on a proton = 1.6 × 10-19 C
(i) What effect occurs on the potential energy of proton when it moves from point B to A?
(ii) (a) Find the charge in electric potential of the proton between point A and B.
(b) If in place of charged plates, two similar point charges of 1 µC have kept in air at a
distance of 1 m from each other, then find the potential energy of the system.
(iii) If proton starts moving from rest, then find its
(a) kinetic energy and
(b) velocity after moving a distance 0.50 m.