SRGDS MATRIC HR.SEC.SCHOOL,TIRUVANNAMALAI.

IMPORTANT PROBLEMS

12th Standard

Physics Date : 20-10-24

Reg.No. :

Exam Time : 03:00 Hrs Total Marks : 70

I ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 15 x 2 = 30

1)
Calculate the number of electrons in one coulomb of negative charge.

2)
Consider the charge configuration as shown in the figure. Calculate the electric field at point A. If an electron is placed at points A,
what is the acceleration experienced by this electron? (mass of the electron = 9.1 x 10-31 kg and charge of electron = −1.6 x 10-19 C)

3)
A sample of HCl gas is placed in a uniform electric field of magnitude 3 x 104 NC-1. The dipole moment of each HCl molecule is 3.4 x
10-30 Cm. Calculate the maximum torque experienced by each HCl molecule.

4)
A water molecule has an electric dipole moment of 6.3 x 10-30 Cm. A sample contains 1022 water molecules, with all the dipole
moments aligned parallel to the external electric field of magnitude 3 x 105 NC-1. How much work is required to rotate all the water
molecules from θ = 0° to 90°?

5)
Dielectric strength of air is 3 x 106 V m-1. Suppose the radius of a hollow sphere in the Van de Graff generator is R = 0.5 m, calculate
the maximum potential difference created by this Van de Graaff generator.

6)
When two objects are rubbed with each other, approximately a charge of 50 nC can be produced in each object. Calculate the number
of electrons that must be transferred to produce this charge.

7)
The total number of electrons in the human body is typically in the order of 1028. Suppose, due to some reason, you and your friend
lost 1% of this number of electrons. Calculate the electrostatic force between you and your friend separated at a distance of 1m.
Compare this with your weight. Assume mass of each person is 60 kg and use point charge approximation.

8)
Compute the current in the wire if a charge of 120 C is flowing through a copper wire in 1 minute.

9)
A potential difference across 24 Ω resistor is 12 V. What is the current through the resistor?

10)
A battery has an emf of 12 V and connected to a resistor of 3 Ω. The current in the circuit is 3.93 A. Calculate
(a) terminal voltage and the internal resistance of the battery
(b) power delivered by the battery and power delivered to the resistor

11)
For the given circuit find the value of I.

12)
In a meter bridge experiment with a standard resistance of 15 Ω in the right gap, the ratio of balancing length is 3:2. Find the value
of the other resistance.

13)
Find the heat energy produced in a resistance of 10 Ω when 5 A current flows through it for 5 minutes.

14)
A copper wire of 10-6 m2 area of cross section, carries a current of 2 A. If the number of free electrons per cubic meter in the wire is
8× 1028, Calculate the current density and average drift velocity of electrons.
15) The resistance of a nichrome wire at 20oC is 10 Ω. If its temperature coefficient of resistanc is 0.004oC, find its resistance of the wire
at boiling point of water. Comment on the result.

II ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 15 x 3 = 45

16)
Calculate the electrostatic force and gravitational force between the proton and the electron in a hydrogen atom. They are separated
by a distance of 5.3 x 10–11 m. The magnitude of charges on the electron and proton are 1.6 x 10–19 C. Mass of the electron is me =
9.1 x 10–31 kg and mass of proton is mp = 1.6 x 10–27 kg.

17)
Consider four equal charges q1, q2, q3 and q4 = q = +1 μC located at four different points on a circle of radius 1m, as shown in the
figure. Calculate the total force acting on the charge q1 due to all the other charges.

18)
Find the equivalent capacitance between P and Q for the configuration shown below in the figure (a).

19)
Two conducting spheres of radius r1 = 8 cm and r2 = 2 cm are separated by a distance much larger than 8 cm and are connected by
a thin conducting wire as shown in the figure. A total charge of Q = +100 nC is placed on one of the spheres. After a fraction of a
second, the charge Q is redistributed and both the spheres attain electrostatic equilibrium.

(a) Calculate the charge and surface charge density on each sphere.
(b) Calculate the potential at the surface of each sphere.

20)
Calculate the resultant capacitances for each of the following combinations of capacitors.

21)
Calculate the equivalent resistance for the circuit which is connected to 24 V battery and also find the potential difference across
each resistors in the circuit.

22)
Calculate the equivalent resistance in the following circuit and also find the values of current I, I1 and I2 in the given circuit.

23) 56
Two resistors when connected in series and parallel, their equivalent resistances are 15 Ω and 15
Ω respectively. Find the individual
resistances.

24)
Calculate the equivalent resistance between A and B in the given circuit.
25)
Five resistors are connected in the configuration as shown in the figure. Calculate the equivalent resistance between the points a
and b.

26)
The following figure shows a complex network of conductors which can be divided into two closed loops like EACE and ABCA. Apply
Kirchoff’s voltage rule(KVR)

27)
What is the value of x when the Wheatstone’s network is balanced?
P = 500 Ω, Q = 800 Ω, R = x + 400, S = 1000 Ω

28) o
The mass of an electron in hydrogen atom is 9.1 x 10-31 Kg. It revolves around the nucleus in a circular orbit of radius 0.53 A
calculate its angular velocity [e = 1.6 x 10-19C]

29)
Determine the effective resistance of the given circuit between points A and B.

30)
Find the voltage drop across 18Ω resistor in the given network.

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