DARUL FALAH ENGLISH SCHOOL – BIT EXAM I

Subject: PHYSICS
Max. Marks: 70 Class: XII Time: 3 hrs.

General Instructions:
(i) All questions are compulsory.
(ii) The question paper has five sections and 33 questions. All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Section–A has 16 questions of 1 mark each; Section–B has 5 questions of 2 marks each; Section– C has 7
questions of 3 marks each; Section– D has 2 case-based questions of 4 marks each; and Section–E has 3
questions of 5 marks each.
(iv) There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in some questions. A student has
to attempt only one of the alternatives in such questions.
(v) Wherever necessary, neat and properly labeled diagrams should be drawn.

Q.NO. QUESTION MARKS

SECTION A
(The following questions are multiple -choice questions with one correct answer. Each question carries 1 mark. There is no
internal choice in this section.)
The magnitude of the electric field due to appoint charge object at a distance of 4 m is 9
1 N/C from the same charged object the electric field of magnitude 16 N/C will be at a 1
distance of
A regular hexagonal of side 10cm has a charge 5mC at each of its vertices. What is the
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potential at the centre of the hexagon.
A storage battery of a car has an e.m.f. of 12V. If the internal resistance of the battery is
3 1
0.4W, what is the maximum current that can be drawn from the battery?
A Circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns, each of radius 8.0cm carries a current of
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0.40A. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field B at the centre of the coil?
A closely wound solenoid of 800 turns and area of cross-section 2.5 × 10-4 m2 carries a
5 current of 3.0A. Explain the sense in which the solenoid acts like a bar magnet. What is its 1
associated magnetic moment?
A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery is then disconnected
and the plates of the charged capacitor are then moved farther apart. In the
process
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a. the charge on the capacitor increases.
b. the potential difference across the plates decreases.
c. the capacitance of the capacitor increases.
d. the electrostatic energy stored in the capacitor increases.
The effective resistance in the series compilation of resisters is minimum.
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a. True
b. False
The process in which a region is made free from any electric field is known as
_____________.

a. Electrostatic forcing
8 b. Electrostatic binding 1
c. Electrostatic shielding
d. None of the options

Dielectrics are _____________

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a. Conducting substances
 b. Non-conducting substances
c. Semi-conducting substances
d. None of the option

If the sizes of charged bodies are very small compared to the distances between them, we
treat them as ____________.

a. Zero charges
10 b. Point charges 1
c. Single charge
d. No charges

SI unit of the magnetic field is _________.

a. Dyne
11 b. Ohm 1
c. Tesla
d. Volt

A 10 cm long wire lies along y-axis. It carries a current of 1.0 A in positive y-direction. A
magnetic field B = (5 mT)j - (8 mT)k exists in the region. The force on the wire is

a. (0.8mN)î
12 b. - (0.8mN)î 1
c. (80mN)î
d. - (80mN)î

Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
Assertion (A): Potential difference across the terminals of a battery is always less than
the emf of the battery.
Reason During charging of a battery, potential difference across to terminals of a
battery is VE-ir.
13 . Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below: 1
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
Assertion (A): Work done in moving a charge around a closed path in an electric field
is always zero.
Reason Electrostatic force is a conservative force.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
14 (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 1
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
Assertion (A): . With the help of Gauss's theorem, we can find electric field at any
15 point. 1
Reason (R): Gauss's theorem cannot be applied for any type of charge distribution..
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
 (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
Assertion (A): When three electric bulbs of power 200 W, 100 W and 50 W are
connected in series to a source, the power consumed by the 50 W bulb is maximum.
Reason (R) In a series circuit, current is the same through each bulb, but the potential
difference across each bulb is different.
16 (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A 1
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
SECTION B
(The following questions are very short answer type and carry 2 marks each.)
What is the force between two small charged spheres having charges of 2 × 10-7C and 3 ×
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10-7 C placed 30cm apart in air?
A heating element is marked 210 V, 630 W. What is the value of the current drawn by the
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element when connected to a 210 V DC source?
19 What are the differences between emf of a cell and it's terminal potential difference 2
A short bar magnet placed with its axis at 30° with a uniform external magnetic field of 0.25
20 T experiences a torque of magnitude equal to 4.5 × 10–2 J. What is the magnitude of 2
magnetic moment of the magnet?
(a) Explain the meaning of the statement ‘electric charge of a body is quantised’.
21 (b) Why can one ignore quantisation of electric charge when dealing with macroscopic i.e., 2
large scale charges?
SECTION C
(The following questions are short answer type and carry 3 marks each.)
A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 8 pF (1pF = 10–
22 12 F). What will be the capacitance if the distance between the plates is reduced by half, and 3
the space between them is filled with a substance of dielectric constant 6?
Two long straight parallel conductors carrying currents, exert a force on each other. Why ?
Derive an expression for the force per unit length between two long straight parallel
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conductors carrying currents in opposite directions. Explain the nature of the force between
these conductors.
An infinite line charge produces a field of 9 x 104 N/C at a distance of 2 m , calculate
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the linear charge density
A uniformly charged conducting spheres of 2.4m diameter has a surface change density of
80.0m cm-2.
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1. Find the charge on the sphere.
2. What is the total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere?
A capacitor of capacity 10 µF is subjected to charge by a battery of 10 V. Calculate the
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energy stored in the capacitor
Write three points of differences between para-, dia - and ferro- magnetic materials, give
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one example for each.
A closely wound solenoid of 2000 turns and area of cross-section 1.6 × 10 –4 m2 , carrying
a current of 4.0 A, is suspended through its centre allowing it to turn in a horizontal plane.
28 (a) What is the magnetic moment associated with the solenoid? (b) What is the force and 3
torque on the solenoid if a uniform horizontal magnetic field of 7.5 × 10–2 T is set up at an
angle of 30° with the axis of the solenoid?
SECTION D
(Each question has an internal choice and carries 4 (1+1+2) marks each. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions
that follow.)
(i) State Kirchhoff's rules.
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 (ii) A battery of 10 V and negligible internal resistance is connected across the diagonally
opposite corners of a cubical network consisting of 12 resistors each of 12 resistance.
Write the expression for the force F, acting on a charged particle of charge a moving with a
30 velocity v in the presence of both electric field E and magnetic field B. Obtain the condition 4
under which the particle moves undeflected through the fields
SECTION E
(The following questions are long answer type and carry 5 marks each. All questions have an internal choice.)
a) Define an ideal dipole .give an example
b) Derive an expression for the torque experienced by an electric dipole in a uniform
31 electric field. What is the net force acting on the dipole 5
c) An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed with its axis making an angle of 60”
with espect to uniform electric field of 105 N/C
a) State Gauss’ theorem
b) Using this prove that the electric field at a point due to uniformly charged infinite
32 plane sheet is independent of the distance from it 5
c) Find the electric dipole moment electron and a proton which is a distance of 4.3
mm apart
1. What is meant by relaxation time of free electrons in a conductor ?
Show that the resistance of a conductor can be expressed by

R=ml/(ne²τA)

33 where symbols have their usual meanings. 5

2. Draw the circuit diagram of a Wheatstone bridge. Obtain the
condition when no current flows through the galvanometer in it.