12th PHYSICS

12th PHYSICS 22 Obtain the expression for energy stored

in the parallel plate capacitor.
7 What is meant by hysteresis? 12 What do you mean by resonant
8 What is resonance condition in cyclotron? frequency?
23 Derive the expression for resultant 13 How will you define Q-factor?
9 Define ampere.
(Important Questions) capacitance, when capacitors are
connected in series and in parallel. 10 State Fleming's left hand rule. 14 What is meant by wattles current?
15 Give any one definition of power
2 Mark & 3 Mark Questions:- 24 Define Coulomb’s Law in Electrostatics 11 Explain the concept of velocity selector.
25 Define Polar Molecules? Give examples? factor.
12 Give the properties of dia / para/
UNIT - 1 26 Define Non Polar Molecules. Give examples? ferromagnetic materials 16 What are LC oscillations?
13 Discuss the conversion of galvanometer 17 Write down the condition for
1 What is meant by quantisation of UNIT -2: resonance in RLC?
charges? into an ammeter and also a voltmeter.
1 Why current is a scalar? 14 Give an account of magnetic Lorentz 18 What is meant by wattful current?
2 What are the differences between
Coulomb force and gravitional force? 2 Define current density. force.
3 Define ‘electric field’ 3 Distinguish between drift velocity and 15 Compare the properties of soft and hard
mobility.
UNIT - 5
4 What is mean by ‘electric field lines’? ferromagnetic materials.
4 State macroscopic form of Ohm’s law. 1 What is displacement current?
5 The electric field lines never intersect. 16 Define Meissner’s Effect ?
Justify. 5 What are ohmic and non ohmic 2 What are electromagnetic waves ?
devices? 17 Define Curie's Law?
6 Define ‘electric dipole’. Give the 3 Write down the integral form of
expression for the magnitiude of its 6 Define electrical resistivity. 18 Define Curie Weiss Law?
modified Ampere's circuital law.
electric dipole moment and the 7 Define temperature coefficient of 19 Define Curie Temperature?
direction. resistance. 4 Write notes on Gauss law in
20 What is Tangent Law?
7 Define ‘electrostatic potential”. 8 Write a short note on superconductors? magnetism.
21 State Right Hand Thumb Rule?
8 What is an equipotential surface? 9 What is electric power and electric 5 Give two uses each of (i) IR
energy? 22 Define Tesla? radiation,(ii) Microwaves and
9 What are the properties of an
equipotential surface? 10 Derive the expression for power 23 Limitations of Cyclotron ? (ii) UV radiation.
10 Give the relation between electric field P=VI in electrical circuit 24 Principle of moving Coil Galvanometer? 6 What are Fraunhofer lines? How
and electric potential. 11 State Kirchhoff’s current rule are they useful in the
11 Define ‘electrostatic potential energy’. 12 State Kirchhoff’s voltage rule. identification of elements present
12 Define ‘electric flux’. 13 State the principle of potentiometer.
UNIT-4 in the Sun?
13 Write a short note on ‘electrostatic 7 Write notes on Ampere-Maxwell law.
14 State Joule’s law of heating. 1 What is meant by electromagnetic
shielding’.
15 What is See beck effect? induction? 8 Why are e.m. waves non-mechanical?
14 What is polarisation?
16 What is Thomson effect? 2 State Faraday's laws of electromagnetic
15 What is dielectric strength?
17 What is Peltier effect? induction. UNIT - 6
16 Define ‘capacitance’. Give its unit.
17 What is corona discharge? 18 State the applications of See beck effect. 3 State Lenz's law.
4 State Fleming's right hand rule. 1 Derive the relation between f and
18 Derive an expression for the torque 19 What is Critical Temperature? R for a spherical mirror.
experienced by a dipole due to a 5 Mention the ways producing induced emf.
uniform electric field. UNIT-3 2 What is optical path? Obtain the
6 What do you mean by self-induction?
19 Derive an expression for electrostatic equation for optical path.
1 Define magnetic flux 7 What is meant by mutual induction?
potential due to a point charge 3 State Snell’s law/law of refraction.
20 Derive an expression for electrostatic 2 Define magnetic dipole moment. 8 Give the principle of AC generator.
4 What is principle of reversibility?
potential energy of the dipole in a 3 State Coulomb's inverse law. 9 How will you define RMS value of an
uniform electric field. 5 What is relative refractive index?
4 State Biot-Savart's law. alternating current?
21 Obtain the expression for capacitance 6 Obtain the equation for apparent
5 State Ampere's circuital law. 10 What are phasors?
for a parallel plate capacitor. depth.
6 Compare dia, para and ferro-magnetism. 11 Define electric resonance.

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7 Why do stars twinkle? 13 Mention the differences between 6 Write the expression for the de Broglie 10 What is mass defect?
8 What are critical angle and total interference and diffraction. wavelength associated with a charged 11 What is binding energy of a nucleus?
internal reflection? 14 What is a diffraction grating? particle of charge q and mass m, when Give its expression.
15 What is resolution? it is accelerated through a potential V.
9 Explain the reason for the glittering 12 Calculate the energy equivalent of 1
of diamond. 16 What is Rayleigh’s criterion? 7 State de Broglie hypothesis. atomic mass unit.
10 What are mirage and looming? 17 What is the difference between 8 Why we do not see the wave properties 13 What is meant by radioactivity?
11 What is Snell’s window? resolution and magnification? of a baseball?
14 Discuss the alpha decay process with
12 How does an endoscope work? 18 What is polarisation? 9 A proton and an electron have same example.
13 What is power of a lens? 19 Differentiate between polarised and kinetic energy. Which one has greater
15 Discuss the beta decay process with
unpolarised light de Broglie wavelength? Justify.
14 What is dispersion? examples.
15 How are rainbows formed? 20 What are polariser and analyser? 10 Write the relationship of de Broglie
16 Discuss the gamma emission process
21 State and obtain Malus’ law. wavelength λ associated with a
16 What is Rayleigh’s scattering? with example.
particle of mass m in terms of its
17 Why does sky appear blue? 22 List the uses of polaroids. 17 Discuss the spectral series of
kinetic energy K.
18 What is the reason for reddish 23 State Brewster’s law. hydrogen atom.
11 An electron and an alpha particle have
appearance of sky during sunset and 24 Discuss about pile of plates same kinetic energy. How are the de 18 Discuss the alpha decay process with
sunrise? 25 Discuss about Nicol prism. Broglie wavelengths associated with example.
19 Why do clouds appear white? 26 Why is oil immersed objective them related?
preferred in a microscope? 19 Discuss the beta decay process with
12 Define stopping potential.
examples.
UNIT - 7 27 What are the uses of spectrometer? 13 What is surface barrier?
28 What is myopia? What is its remedy ?
1 Define wavefront? 14 What is Bremsstralung?
29 What is hypermetropia? What is its UNIT - 10
2 What are the shapes of wavefront for 15 Give the applications photocell.
remedy?
(a) source at infinite, (b) point source 16 List out the laws of photoelectric effect. 1 Define forbidden energy gap.
30 What is astigmatism? What is its
and (c) line source? 2 What do you mean by doping?
remedy? 17 Derive an expression for de Broglie
3 State Huygens’ principle wavelength of electrons. 3 Distinguish between intrinsic and
31 What is presbyopia?
4 What is interference of light? extrinsic semiconductors.
32 Write down the conditions for
5 Obtain the relation between phase obtaining clear and broad interference 4 A diode is called as a unidirectional
difference and path difference. UNIT - 9 device. Explain.
fringes.
6 What are coherent sources? 1 What are cathode rays?. 5 Draw the input and output
7 How does wavefront division provide 2 Write the properties of cathode rays. waveforms of a full wave rectifier.
coherent sources?
UNIT - 8
6 Distinguish between avalanche
3 Write down the postulates of Bohr
8 What is intensity (or) amplitude 1 Why do metals have a large number of breakdown and Zener breakdown.
atom model.
division? free electrons? 7 Give the Barkhausen conditions for
4 Write down the draw backs of Bohr
9 How do source and images behave as 2 Define work function of a metal. Give sustained oscillations
atom model.
coherent sources? its unit. 8 What are logic gates?
5 What is distance of closest approach?
10 What is diffraction? 3 What is photoelectric effect? 9 Explain the need for a feedback
6 Define impact parameter. circuit in a transistor oscillator.
11 Differentiate between Fresnel and 4 How will you define threshold
Fraunhofer diffraction. frequency? 7 What is isotope? Give an example. 10 What is meant by biasing?
12 What is Fresnel’s distance? Obtain the 5 What is a photo cell? Mention the 8 What is isotone? Give an example. Mention its types.
equation for Fresnel’s distance. different types of photocells. 9 What is isobar? Give an example.

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11 Why are NOR and NAND gates 3 Give any two examples for “Nano” in UNIT - 3 energy is stored while establishing
called universal gates? nature. the current in it?
12 Define barrier potential. 4 Mention any two advantages and 1 Deduce the relation for the magnetic 5 Show that the mutual inductance
disadvantages of Robotics. field at a point due to an infinitely between a pair of
13 What is rectification?
long straight conductor carrying
14 List the applications of light emitting 5 Why steel is preferred in making coils is same (M12 = M21).
current using Biot-Savart law
diode. Robots? 6 How will you induce an emf by
2 Obtain a relation for the magnetic
15 Give the principle of solar cells. 6 What are black holes? changing the area enclosed by the
field at a point along the axis of a
7 What are sub atomic particles? coil?
16 What is an integrated circuit? circular coil carrying current using
Biot-Savart law. 7 Show mathematically that the
17 What is modulation?
rotation of a coil in a magnetic field
18 What do you mean by skip distance? 3 Compute the torque experienced by a
19 Give applications of RADAR.
5 Mark Questions magnetic needle in a uniform
over one rotation induces an
alternating emf of one cycle.
magnetic field.
20 Explain centre frequency or resting UNIT - 1 8 Explain the construction and working
frequency in frequency modulation. 4 Find the magnetic field due to a long
of transformer.
1 Calculate the electric field due to a straight conductor using Ampere's
21 What does RADAR stand for? 9 Mention the various energy losses in a
dipole on its axial line and equatorial circuital law.
22 List out the advantages and transformer.
plane. 5 Discuss the working of cyclotron in
limitations of frequency detail. 10 Find out the phase relationship
2 Derive an expression for electrostatic
modulation. between voltage and current in a
potential due to an electric dipole. 6 Derive the expression for the torque
23 What is meant by satellite pure inductive circuit.
3 Obtain the expression for electric field on a current-carrying coil in a
communication? Give its applications. magnetic field 11 Derive an expression for phase angle
due to an infinitely long charged wire.
24 Application of Zener diode ? between the applied voltage and
4 Obtain the expression for electric field 7 Calculate the magnetic field inside
current in a series RLC circuit.
25 Write the application of LED ? due to an uniformly charged spherical and outside of the long solenoid using
26 Application of Photo diode ? Ampere's circuital law. 12 Prove that the total energy is
shell.
conserved during LC oscillations.
27 Application of Solar Cells ? 5 Explain in detail the construction and 8 Derive the expression for the force
28 Application of Oscillators ? working of a Van de Graaff generator. between two parallel, current-
29 Advantages of AM and Limitations
carrying conductors. UNIT - 5
UNIT - 2
of AM ? 9 Derive the expression for the force on
1 Write down Maxwell equations in
1 Describe the microscopic model of a current-carrying conductor in a
30 Advantages and Limitation of FM ? integral form.
current and obtain general form of magnetic field.
31 What is Skip Zone ? 2 Write down the properties of
Ohm’s law.
32 What is called Centre Frequency ? electromagnetic waves.
33 Draw the Schematic Circuit Diagram
2 Explain the equivalent resistance of a UNIT - 4 3 Explain the types of emission
series and parallel resistor network. spectrum.
of CB,CE,CC Configuration ? 1 Obtain an expression for motional
34 What is an LED? Give the principle 3 Explain the determination of the emf from Lorentz force 4 Explain the types of absorption
of its operation with a diagram. internal resistance of a cell using 2 Give the uses of Foucault current. spectrum.
35 Write a note on photodiode. voltmeter.
3 Assuming that the length of solenoid
UNIT - 11 4 Obtain the condition for bridge is large when comparea to its UNIT - 6
balance in Wheatstone’s bridge. diameter, find the equation for its
1 Distinguish between Nanoscience and inductance. 1 Derive the mirror equation and the
Nanotechnology. 5 How the emf of two cells are compared equation for lateral magnification.
4 An inductor of inductance L carries
2 What is the difference between Nano using potentiometer? 2 Describe the Fizeau’s method to
an electric current i. How much
materials and Bulk materials? determine the speed of light.

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3 Obtain the equation for lateral UNIT - 9 NUMERICAL PROBLEMS:
displacement of light passing through
PROBLEMS:
a glass slab. 1 Explain the J.J. Thomson experiment
to determine the specific charge of Unit -1 Unit - 2 3,4,8
4 Derive the equation for refraction at 1.1,1.11,1.13,1.16,1.17,1.20,
single spherical surface. electron.
1.21,1.23,1.24.
5 Obtain lens maker’s formula and 2 Derive the energy expression for an
mention its significance. eletron is the hydrogen atom using
Unit -2 Unit - 4 1,2,3,6,9,11,12,18
Bohr atom model.
2.1,2.2,2.3,2.4,2.5,2.6,2.8,2.9,
2.10,2.11,2.13,2.14,2.16,2.17,
UNIT - 7 3 Obtain the law of radioactivity.
2.20,2.23,2.25,2.26,2.27. Unit - 5 3,5
1 Obtain the equation for resultant 4 Describe the working of nuclear
intensity due to interference of light. reactor with a block diagram Unit -3 3.1,3.2,3.3,3.4,3.5,3.6,3.9,3.10,
2 Obtain the equation for bandwidth in
UNIT - 10
3.14,3.15,3.19,3.23,3.26. Unit - 9 4,6,8,9,10,11
Young’s double slit experiment.
3 Obtain the equation for resolving 1 Draw the circuit diagram of a half Unit -4 4.1,4.2,4.4,4.7,4.10,4.11,4.12,
power of optical instruments. wave rectifier and explain its working. Unit - 10
4.14,4.16,4.18,4.19,4.20,4.22, 6,7,8
4 Discuss about the simple microscope 2 Explain the construction and working
and obtain the equations for 4.23,4.24.
of a full wave rectifier.
magnification for near point focusing Unit -5 5.2,5.3
and normal focusing. 3 Transistor functions as a switch.
Explain.
5 Explain about compound microscope
and obtain the equation for the 4 State and prove De Morgan’s first Unit -6 6.5,6.6,6.7,6.9,6.11,6.15,
magnification. and second theorem. 6.16,6.19,6.21,6.22.
6 Obtain the equation for resolving
5 Explain the basic elements of
power of microscope.
communication system with the Unit -7 7.2,7.3,7.4,7.5,7.11,7.12,
necessary block diagram. 7.13,7.14,7.15,7.17,7.18,7.20,
UNIT - 8 7.22,7.23.
6 Explain the ground wave propagation
1 What do you mean by electron and space wave propagation of Unit -8 8.2,8.3,8.6,8.7,8.8,8.9.
emission? Explain briefly various electromagnetic waves through space
methods of electron emission.
UNIT - 11
2 Obtain Einstein’s photoelectric Unit -9 9.1,9.2,9.7,9.8,9.9,9.10,9.12.
equation with necessary explanation. 1 Discuss the functions of key
3 Give the construction and working of components in Robots?
photo emissive cell.
2 Comment on the recent advancement Unit -10 10.2,10.4,10.5,10.6,10.8,
4 Briefly explain the principle and in medical diagnosis and therapy.
working of electron microscope.
10.11,10.12.
5 Describe briefly Davisson – Germer
experiment which demonstrated the
wave nature of electrons. Prepared By,
6 How do we obtain characteristic x-ray
spectra? K.ARULKUMAR M.Sc., B.Ed., M.Phil.

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