MS JUNIOR COLLEGE 5. Why does the setting sun appear red?

Hyderabad 6. With a neat labelled daigram explain the formation

of image in a simple microscope?
Important Questions for Mid Term Exam- (Sep-2024)
PHYSICS - II YEAR Electric charges and Fields
7. State and explain Coulomb’s inverse squarelaw in
LAQ’s ( 8 Marks) electricity.
8. Define intensity of electric field at a point. Derive an
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expression for the intensity due to a point charge.
1. Explain the formation of stationary waves in 9. Derive the equation for the couple acting on a
electric dipole in a uniform electric field.
stretched strings and hence deduce the laws of
10. Derive an expression for the electric intensity of the
transverse waves in stretched strings. electric field at a point on the axial line of an electric dipole.
2. Explain the formation of stationary waves in an air 11. Derive an expression for the electric intensity of the
column enclosed in open pipe. Derive the equations electric field at a point on the equatorial plane of an
for the frequencies of the harmonics produced. electric dipole.
3. How are stationery waves formed in closed pipes? 12. State Gauss’s law in Electrostatics and explain its
explain the various modes of vibrations and obtain importance?
relations for their frequencies?
Electric Potential and Capacitance
4. What is Doppler effect ? Obtain an expression for
the apparent frequency of sound heard when the 13. Derive an expression for the electric potential due
source is in motion with respect to an observer at to a point charge.
rest. 14. Derive an expression for the potential energy of an
5. What is doppler shift ? Obtain an expression for electric dipole placed in a uniform electric field.
the apparent frequency of sound heard when the 15. Derive an expression for the capacitance of a
observer is in motion with respect to a source at parallel plate capacitor.
rest? 16. Explain series and parallel combination of
Current Electricity capacitors. Derive the formula for equivalent
capacitance in each combination.
6. State Kirchhoff’s law for an electrical net work. using 17. Derive an expression for the energy stored in a
these laws deduce the condition for balance in a capacitor. What is the energy stored when the
wheatstone bridge. space between the plates is filled with a dielectric
7. State the working principle of potentiometer explain (a) With charging battery disconnected?
with the help of a circuit diagram how the emf of (b) With charging battery connected in the circuit?
two primary cells are compared by using the
potentiometer. VSAQ’s (2 Marks)
8. State the working principle of potentiometer explain Ray Optics and Optical instruments
with the help of a circuit diagram how the
1. Define focal length and radius of curvature of a
potentiometer is used to determine the internal
concave lens.
resistance of the given primary cell.
2. What do you understand by the terms ‘Focus’ and
‘principal’ focus’ in the context of lenses?
SAQ’s (4 Marks) 3. What is optical density and how is it different from
Ray Optics mass density?
4. What are the laws of reflection through curved
1. Define focal length of a concave mirror. Prove that mirrors?
the radius of curvature of concave mirror is double 5. Define ‘power’ of a convex lens. what is its unit?
its focal length? 6. A concave mirror of focal length 10 cm is placed at
2. Define critical angle. Explain total internal reflection a distance 35 cm from a wall. how far from the wall
using a neat diagram? should an object be placed so that its real image is
3. Explain the formation of mirage? formed on the wall?
4. Explain the formation of a rainbow? 7. A concave mirror produces an image of a long
vertical pin. placed 40 cm from the mirror,
8. A small angled prism of 40 deviates a ray through Current Electricity
2.480. Find the refractive index of the prism.
9. What is ‘dispersion’? which colour gets relatively 6. A battery of emf 10V and internal resistance 3 is
more dispersed? connected to a resistor R .
10. The focal length of a concave lens is 30 cm. where i) If the current in the circuit is 0.5 A, calculate the
should an object be placed so that its image is value of R.
1/10 of its size? ii) What is the terminal voltage of the battery when
11. What is myopia? How can it be corrected? the circuit is closed.
12. What is hypermetropia? How can it be corrected? 7. Three identical resistors are connected in parallel
and total resistance of the circuit is R/3. Find the
Dual Nature and Radiation Matter value of each resistance.
8. Three resistors 2 , 4 and 5 are combined
13. What are “cathode rays”? in parallel. What is the total resistance of the
14. What importent fact did millikan’s experiment combination ? [AP 18 b) If the combination is
establish? connected to a battery ofemf 20V and negligible
15. What is “work function”? internal resistance, determine the current through
16. What is “photoelectric effect”? each resistor, and the total current drawn from the
17. Give examples of “photosensitive substances”. battery.
why are they called so?
9. A 10  thick wire is stretched so that its length
18. Write down Einstein’s photoelectric equation.
19. Write down the De - Broglie’s relation and explain becomes there is no change in its density on
the terms there in. streching, calculate the resistance of the stretched
20. State Heisenberg’s Uncertainty principle. wire.
10. A wire of resistance 4  is bent in the form of a
circle. What is the effective resistance between
PROBLEMS: the ends of the diameter?
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current of density of 2.5 x 106 A when an electric
1. A stretched wire of length 0.6 m is observed to filed of 15 V m-1 is applied across it.
vibrate with a frequency of 30 Hz in the fundamental 12. What is the colour code for a resistor of resistance
mode. If the string has a linear mass of 0.05 kg/m, 350 m  with 5% tolerance ?
find (a) the velocity of propagation of transverse
13. A cylindrical metallic wire is streched to increse its
waves in the string (b) the tension in the string.
2. A closed organ pipe 70cm long is sounded. If the length by 5% . Calculate the percentage change in
velocity of sound is 331 m/s, what is the resistance.
fundamental frequency of vibration of the air 14. A potentiometer wire is 5 m long and a potential
column ? difference of 6 V is maintained between its ends.
3. A open organ pipe 85 cm long is sounded. If the Find the emf of a cell which balances against a
velocity of sound is 340 m/s, what is the length of 180 cm of the potentiometer wire.
fundamental frequency of vibration of the air 15. A battery of emf 2.5 V and internal resistance r is
column ? connected in series with a resistor of 45 ohm
4. A steel wire 0.72 m long has a mass of 5.0 x 10-3 through an ammeter of resistance 1 ohm. The
kg. If the wire is under a tension of 60 N, what is ammeter reads a current of 50 mA. Draw the circuit
the speed of transverse waves on the wire ? diagram and calculate the value of r.
5. A string of mass 2.50kg is under a tension of 200N 16. In a potentiometer arrangement, a cell of emf 1.25V
. The lengths of the stretched string is 20.0m. If gives a balance point at 35.0cm length of the wire.
the transverse jerk is caused at one end of the If the cell is replaced by another cell and the balance
string, how long does the disturbance take to reach point shifts to 63.0cm, what is the emf of the second
the other end ? cell ?
17. The four resistors 20  , 40  , (20 + x)  , 80 
respectively form a wheatstone bridge. Find the
value of ‘x’ .

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