SR PHYSICS 1:5 IMP QUESTIONS 2024-25

I VERY SHORT QUESTIONS:

QUESTION NO:1
1 What is dispersion? Which colour gets relatively more dispersed?
2 Define ‘power’ of a convex lens. What is its unit? (MAY-23)
3. What is myopia? How can it be corrected?
4. What is hypermetropia? How can it be corrected?
5. A small, angled prism of 4 0 deviates a ray through 2.480 . Find the refractive index of the prism.
(MAR-23) (MAY-24)
6. What are the laws of reflection through curved mirrors? (MAR-24)
QUESTION NO:2
1 Distinguish between ammeter and voltmeter? (MAY-23)
2. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into a) an ammeter and b) a volt meter? (MAY-24)
3. What is principle of moving coil galvanometer? (MAR-23) (MAR-24)
4. What is the importance of Oersted’s experiment?
5. What is the force on a conductor of length 'L' carrying current 'i' placed in a magnetic field of induction
B? When does it become maximum?
QUESTION NO:3
1. Magnetic lines of force form continuous closed loops. Why? (MAY-23)
2. What is the magnetic moment associated with a solenoid? (MAR-24)
3. Define magnetic inclination (or) angle of dip. (MAR-23) (MAR-24)
4. Define magnetic declination (MAY-23) (MAY-24)
5. What direction compass needle points at poles? Which needle to be used at poles?
QUESTION NO:4
1. What do you understand by the “magnetization” of a sample?
2. What are the units of Magnetic moment, Magnetic induction and Magnetic field?
3. State Gauss law for Magnetism?
4. What happens to compass needles at the Earths pole?
5. Classify the following materials with regard to magnetism:
i) Manganese, ii) Cobalt, iii) Nickel iv) Bismuth, v) Oxygen, vi) Copper (MAR-23) (MAY-24)
QUESTION NO:5
1. A transformer converts 200V ac into 2000V ac. Calculate the number of turns in the secondary if the
primary has 10 turns. (MAR-23)
2. Write the expression for the reactance of (i) an inductor (ii) a capacitor (MAY-24)
3. What type of transformer is used in a 6V bed lamp?
4. What is transformer ratio?
5. What is meant by wattles component of current?
6. What is the phenomenon involved in the working of a transformer? (MAR-24)
7. Define power factor. On which factors does power factor depends? (MAY-23)
QUESTION NO:6
1. If the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation is doubled what happens to the energy of photon?
(MAR-23)
2. Give two uses of infrared rays? Which animal can detect infrared waves?
3. How are Microwaves produced?
4. Microwaves are used in Radars why?
5 What are the applications of microwaves? (MAR-24)
6. What is the principle of production of electromagnetic waves? (MAY-24)
QUESTION NO:7
1. What is ‘Work function”? (MAY-23)
2. What important fact did Millikan’s experiment establish? (MAR-23)
3. What are “cathode rays”?
4. How is the De-Broglie wavelength associated with an electron accelerated through a potential difference
of 100 volts?
5 What is “Photo electric effect”? (MAY-24)
QUESTION NO:8
1 Give examples of “Photosensitive substances” why they are called so? (MAR-23)
2. Write down De Broglie’s relation and explain the terms there in. (MAR-24)
3. Write down Einstein’s photo electric equation. (MAY-23) (MAR-24)
4. State Heisenberg’s Uncertainty principle? (MAY-24)
5. An electron, an  particle and a proton have the same kinetic energy. Which of these particles has the
shortest De Broglie wavelength?
QUESTION NO:9
1. What is a p-n junction diode? Define depletion layer.
2. Which gates are called universal gates?
3. Draw the circuit symbols for p-n-p and n-p-n transistors. (MAY-23)
4. Write the truth table of NAND gate. How does it differ from AND gate? (MAR-23)
5. In which bias can a Zener diode be used as voltage regulator?
6. What are intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors? (MAR-24)
7. (a) What is an n-type semiconductors? What are the majority and minority charge carriers in them?
(b) What is a p-type semiconductors? What are the majority and minority charge carriers in them?
(MAY-24)
QUESTION NO:10
1. What are the basic blocks of communication system?
2. Define modulation. Why is it necessary? Mention the basic methods of modulation.(MAY-23)(MAY-24)
3. Which type of communication is employed in Mobile Phones?
4. What is sky wave propagation? (MAR-23) (MAR-24)
5. Mention the frequency range of speech signals.
II. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
QUESTION NO:11
1. Explain the formation of a rainbow?
2. Explain the formation of mirage?
3. With a neat, labelled diagram explain the formation of image in a simple microscope? (MAY-23)
4. Define critical angle. Explain total internal reflection using a neat diagram? (MAR 23,24)&MAY-24)
5. Why does the setting sun appear red?
QUESTION NO:12
1. Derive the expression for the intensity at a point where interference of light occurs. Arrive at conditions
for maximum and zero intensity.
2. Explain Doppler effect in light. Distinguish between red shift and blue shift? (MAR &MAY-23 & 24)
3. How do you determine the resolving power of your eye? (MAR-24)
4. Does the principle of conservation of energy hold for interference and diffraction phenomena? Explain
briefly?
5 Discuss the intensity of transmitted light when a polaroid sheet is rotated between two crossed polaroids’?
QUESTION NO:13
1. Derive an expression for the intensity of electric field at a point on the axial line / equatorial line of a dipole
2. State and explain Coulomb’s inverse square law in electricity. (MAY-23)
3. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics and its importance. (MAR-23)
4 Define intensity of electric field at a point. Derive an expression for the intensity due to a point charge.
(MAY-24)
5. Derive an equation for the couple acting on a electric dipole in a uniform electric field. (MAR-24)
QUESTION NO:14
1. Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor (MAR & MAY-23)
2. Derive an expression for the electric potential due to point charge.
3. Explain behaviour of dielectrics in an external field. (MAR-24)
4. Explain series and parallel combination of capacitors. Derive the formula for equivalent capacitance in
each combination. (MAY-24)
5. Derive expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole placed in a uniform electric field.
QUESTION NO:15
1. State and explain Ampere’s law.
2. Derive an expression for the magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron?
(MAY-23 & MAR-23 & 24)
3 State and explain Biot-Savart law. (MAY-24)
4 A current of 10A passes through two very long wires held parallel to each other and separated by a
distance of 1m. What is the force per unit length between them?
5. Derive an expression for the magnetic induction at the centre of a current carrying circular coil using
Biot-Savart law?
QUESTION NO:16
1. Describe the ways in which Eddy currents are used to advantage. (MAR-23) (MAR-24)
2. Obtain an expression for the emf induced across a conductor which is moved in a uniform magnetic field
which is perpendicular to the plane of motion. (MAY-23) (MAY-24)
3. Obtain an expression for the magnetic energy stored in a solenoid in terms of the magnetic field, area, and
length of the solenoid.
4. Obtain an expression for the mutual inductance of two long co-axial solenoids.
5. The current in a circuit falls from 5A to 0A in 0.1s. If an average emf of 200V is induced, give an
estimate of the self-inductance of the circuit
QUESTION NO:17
1 Write a short note on deBroglie’s explanation of Bohr’s second postulate of quantization (MAR-23)
2. Explain the different types of spectral series.
3. What are the limitations of Bohr’s theory of hydrogen atom? (MAY-23) (MAY-24)
4. State the basic postulates of Bohr’s theory of atomic spectra.
5. Describe Rutherford atom model. What are the drawbacks of this model? (MAR-24)
QUESTION NO:18
1. Distinguish between half-wave and full-wave rectifiers. (MAR-23) (MAR-24)
2. Describe how a semiconductor diode is used as a Half wave rectifier.
3. What is rectification? Explain the working of a full-wave rectifier. (MAY-24)
4. Define NAND and NOR gates. Give their truth tables. or Write truth tables of Universal Logic gates.
Which gates are called universal gates? (MAY -23)
5. What are n-type and p-type semiconductors? How is a semiconductor junction formed?
III. LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:
QUESTION NO:19
1. (a) Explain the formation of stationary wave in an air column enclosed in open pipe. Derive the equations
for the frequencies of the harmonics produced. (MAY-23)
(b) A Pipe30cm long is open at both ends. Find the fundamental frequency. Velocity of sound in air is
330m/s
2. (a) How are stationary waves formed in closed pipes? Explain the various modes of vibrations and obtain
relations for their frequencies
(b) A closed organ pipe 70cm long is sounded. If the velocity of sound is 331m/sS, what is the fundamental
frequency of vibration of the air column? (MAR-23 & 24)
3. What is Doppler effect? Obtain an expression for the apparent frequency of sound heard when the source
is in motion with respect to an observer at rest?
4. (a) Explain the formation of stationary waves in stretched strings and hence deduce the laws of transverse
waves in stretched string.
(b) A steel wire0.72m long has a mass of 5.0 103 kg .If the wire is under a tension of 60N, What is the
speed of transverse waves on the wire? (MAY-24)
QUESTION NO:20
1. (a) State Kirchhoff’s laws for electrical network. Using these laws deduce the condition for balancing in a
Wheatstone bridge. (MAY-23 & MAR-23 & 24)
(b) The four resistors 20 , 40 , (20  x) ,80 , S respectively from a wheat stone bridge, find the
value of ‘ x ’ if bridge is balanced.
2. (a) State the working principle of potentiometer explain with the help of circuit diagram. How the emf of
two primary cells are compared by using the potentiometer. (MAY-24)
(b) In a potentiometer arrangement a cell of emf 1.25V gives a balance point at 35.0cm length of the wire.
 If the cell is replaced by another cell and the balance point shifts to 63.0 cm what is the emf of the second
cell?
(c) A wire of resistance 4R is bent in the form of a circle. What is the effective resistance between the
ends of the diameter?
3. (a) State the working principle of potentiometer explain with the help of circuit diagram how the
potentiometer is used to determine the internal resistance of the given primary cell.
(b) A battery of emf 2.5 V and internal resistance r is connected in series with a resistor of 45 ohm
through an ammeter of resistance 1 ohm. The ammeter reads a current of 50mA. Draw the circuit diagram
and calculate the value of r.
QUESTION NO:21
1. (a) Explain the principle and working of a nuclear reactor with the help of a labelled diagram. Find the
energy equivalent of one atomic mass unit in joules. (MAY-23) (MAR&MAY-24)
(b) Calculate the energy equivalent of 1g of substance.
2. (a) What is radioactivity? State the law of radioactive decay. Show that radioactive decay is exponential
in nature.
(b). The half-life of radium is 1600 years. How much time does 1 g of radium take to reduce to 0.125g?
(MAR-23)
3. (a) Explain the source of stellar energy. Explain the carbon-nitrogen cycle, proton-proton cycle occurring
in stars.
(b). If one microgram of 23592U is completely destroyed in an atom bomb, how much energy will be

released?
 SR PHYSICS IMP VSAQ’S 2024-25
RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS(Pg.No: 41,42,43)
1. Define ‘power’ of a convex lens. What is its unit? (Q.NO:5) (TS May &Aug 22, June 23)
2. What is myopia? How can it be corrected? (Q.NO: 11) (TS May &Aug 22)
3. What is hypermetropia? How can it be corrected? (Q.NO:12) (AP May-22, Aug-22)
4. What is dispersion? Which color gets relatively more dispersed? (Q.NO:09)
(TS May&Aug-22) (AP May 24)(AP Mar 24)
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5. A small, angled prism of 4 deviates a ray through 2.480. Find the refractive index of the prism?
(Q.NO:08) (AP Mar-19 & TS Mar 23) (TS May 24)
6. What are the laws of reflection through curved mirrors? (Q.NO:4) (TS Mar 24)
7. Two lenses of power 1.75D and 2.25D respectively, are placed in contact. Calculate the focal length of
the combination. (Q.NO: 3, Pg.NO: 66) (Mar-20 AP, AP Mar-23)
8. What focal length should the reading spectacles have a person for whom the least distance of distinct vision
is 50 cm. (Q.NO 10, Pg.NO 64) (TS Mar-19)
9. What is optical density and how is it different from mass density? (Q.NO: 3)
10. Define focal length and radius of curvature of a concave lens. (Q.NO:1)
11. A concave mirror produces an image of a long vertical pin, placed 40cm from the mirror, at the position of
the object. Find the focal length of the mirror. (Q.NO:7).
MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM (PAGE NO:219, 220)
1. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into an ammeter? (Q.NO:10) (TS MAR - 19, AP May-22)
2. What is the importance of Oersted’s experiment? (Q.NO:1) (AP Mar-20)
3. What is the force on a conductor of length 'L' carrying current 'i' placed in a magnetic field of induction B?
When does it become maximum? (Q.NO:5) (AP Aug-22)
4. Distinguish between ammeter and voltmeter? (Q.NO:7)
(TS Mar-20, AP May-21, AP & TS May-22) (AP May 24)
5. What is the principle of a moving coil galvanometer? (Q.NO:8)
(TS Aug-22, AP & TS Mar-23) (TS Mar 24)
6. State Ampere's law and Biot-savart's law. (Q.NO:2) (TS Mar-19) (AP Mar 24)
7. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into a voltmeter? (Q.NO:11) (TS May 24)
8. A circular coil of radius ‘r’ having ‘N’ turns carries a current 'i'. What is its magnetic moment? (Q.NO:4)
9. What is the force on a charged particle of charge 'q' moving with a velocity 'V' in a uniform magnetic field
of induction B? When does it become maximum? (Q.NO:6)
MAGNETISM AND MATTER
1. What do you understand by the “magnetization” of a sample? (Q.NO:3) (TS Aug-22-)
2. What direction compass needle points at poles? Which needle to be used at poles? (Q.NO:2) (TS Mar 19)
3. Magnetic lines of force form continuous closed loops. Why? (Q.NO:6)
(AP&TS May & Aug22, AP Mar-23, TS Jun-23)
4. What are the units of Magnetic moment, Magnetic induction and Magnetic field? (Q.NO:5) (AP May-22)
5. State Gauss law for Magnetisum? (Q.NO:6, Pg.NO 272) (TS Mar-19)
6. The earth’s magnetic field at the equator is approximately 0.4G .Estimate the earth’s dipole moment
(Q.NO 8, Pg.NO 279) (AP May-21)
7. Classify the following materials with regard to magnetism: (Q.NO:9)
(TS MAR-19, AP Mar-20, AP Mar-23, TS May-24)
i) Manganese, ii) Cobalt, iii) Nickel iv) Bismuth v) Oxygen, vi) Copper
8. Define magnetic inclination (or) angle of dip. (Q.NO:8)
(AP Mar-20, AP May-21 & 22, AP Aug-22, TS Mar-23 & 24)
9. Define magnetic declination. (Q.NO:7)(TS Mar-20, TS May-22, AP Mar-23) (TS May-24) (AP May-24)
10. What is the magnetic moment associated with a solenoid? (Q.NO: 4) (TS Mar-20) (TS Mar-24)
11 In the magnetic meridian of a certain place , the horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field is 0.26G
and the dip angle is 0 60 .What is the magnetic field of the earth at this location?
(Q.NO 9, Pg.NO.279) (AP Mar-24)
12. A bar magnet of length 0.1m and with a magnetic moment of 5 Am2 is placed in a uniform magnetic field
of intensity 0.4T with its axis making an angle of 600 with the field. What is the torque on the magnet?
(Q.NO 5, Pg.NO 282) (AP May-24)
13. Define Magnetic susceptibility? Mention its unit. (Q.NO:5, Pg.NO 272)
14. What happens to compass needles at the Earth’s poles? (Q.NO:2)
ALTERNATING CURRENT(PAGE .NO 326)
1. A transformer converts 200V ac into 2000V ac. Calculate the number of turns in the secondary if the primary
has 10 turns. (Q.NO:1) (TS May-19, AP May-22, TS Aug-22, AP Mar-23)
2. Define power factor. On which factors does the power factor depends? (Q.NO:7) (TS JUN-23)
3. What is the phase difference between AC emf and current in the following: Pure resistor, pure inductor and
pure capacitor (Q.NO 6) (AP JUN-23)
4. What is transformer ratio? (Q.NO: 4) (AP Mar-20, AP May-22, AP Mar-23, AP May-24)
5. Write the expression for the reactance of (Q.NO:5) (TS May-24)
(i) an inductor (ii) a capacitor
6. What is the phenomenon involved in the working of a transformer? (Q.NO: 3)
(TS Mar-19, TS May-21, AP Aug-22) (TS Mar 24)
7. A power transmission line feeds input power at 2300V to a stepdown transformer with its primary windings
having 4000 turns. What should be the number of turns in the secondary in order to get output power at
230V? (Q.NO:23, Pg.NO 347) (TS Mar-20)
8. What type of transformer is used in a 6V bed lamp? (Q.NO: 2)
9. What is meant by wattless component of current? (Q.NO:8)
ELECTRO MAGNETIC WAVES (Pg.No:349)
1. If the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation is doubled what happens to the energy of photons?
(Q.NO: 03) (TS Mar-23)
2. Microwaves are used in Radars why? (Q.NO: 08) (TS May-22)
3. Give two uses of infrared rays? Which animal can detect infrared waves? (Q.NO: 09)
(A.P &T.S Mar-19, TS May & Aug-22, AP May-21 & 22, AP Mar-23, AP May-24)
4. What are the applications of microwaves? (Q.NO: 07) (TS Mar-20, AP & TS Aug-22) (TS Mar 24)
5. What is the principle of production of electromagnetic waves? (Q.NO: 04) (TS May-24) (AP Mar-24)
6. The charging current for a capacitor is 0.6A. What is the displacement current across its plates?
(Q.NO: 10) (AP Mar-20)
7. How are Microwaves produced? (Q.NO: 11)
DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER (Pg.No: 361)
1. Give examples of “Photosensitive substances” why they are called so?
(Q.NO: 05) (AP May-21, AP Aug-22, TS Mar-23)
2. What are “cathode rays”? (Q.NO: 01) (TS Mar-20, AP Mar-23)
3. What is ‘Work function”? (Q.NO: 03) (AP Mar-19, AP & TS May-22)
4. What important fact did Millikan’s experiment establish? (Q.NO: 02) (TS Mar-23)
5. Write down De Broglie’s relation and explain the terms there in. (Q.NO: 07)
(AP & TS May-22, TS Aug-22, TS Mar 24)
6. Write down Einstein’s photo electric equation. (Q.NO: 06) (AP Aug-22, TS Mar-24)
7. State Heisenberg’s Uncertainty principle? (Q.NO: 08)
(AP Mar-19, TS Mar-20, AP Mar-23, TS May-24, AP Mar-24)
8. What is “Photo electric effect”? (AP Mar-20, TS Aug-22, TS May-24, AP May-24)
9. How is the De-Broglie wavelength associated with an electron accelerated through a potential difference
of 100 volts? (Q.NO: 07) (Pg. No: 369) (AP May-21, AP May-24)
10. An electron, an  particle and a proton have the same kinetic energy. Which of these particles has the
shortest De Broglie wavelength? (Q.NO: 05) (Pg. No: 368)
SEMI CONDUCTOR ELECTRONICS (Pg.No:451,452)
1. Draw the circuit symbols for p-n-p and n-p-n transistors. (Q.NO: 10)
(AP Mar-19, AP&T.S May-21 & 22, TS May &Aug 22, AP Mar-23, AP May-24)
2. What is an n-type semiconductor? What are the majority and minority charge carriers in it? (Q.NO: 1)
(TS May-22)
3. Which gates are called universal gates? (Q.NO: 13) (TS Mar-20)
4. What is a p-n junction diode? Define depletion layer. (Q.NO: 4) (TS Mar-19 )
5. What happens to the width of the depletion layer in a p-n junction diode when it is in (Q.NO: 9)
(i) forward biased and (ii) reverse biased?
6. In which bias can a Zener diode be used as voltage regulator? (Q.NO: 12) (AP Mar-20)
7. What are intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors? (AP Aug-22, TS Mar-24)
8. Write the truth table of NAND gate. How does it differ from AND gate? (Q.NO: 14) (AP Mar-24)
9. What is a p-type semi-conductor? What are the majority and minority charge carriers in it? (Q.NO: 3)
(TS May-24)
10. How is a battery connected to a junction diode in (i) forward and (ii) reverse bias? (Q.NO: 5)
COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (Pg.No: 486)
1 Mention the basic methods of modulation (Q.NO: 07) (AP Mar-19 & 23, AP May-21 & 22, TS June-23)
2. What are the basic blocks of the communication system? (Q.NO: 01) (TS May & Aug-22, AP Aug-22)
3. Define modulation. Why is it necessary? (Q.NO: 06) (TS May & Aug -22, Mar-19)
4. Which type of communication is employed in Mobile Phones? (Q.NO: 08) (TS Mar-20)
5. Define modulation. Why is it necessary? (Q.NO: 06)
(TS May & Aug-22, Mar-19, TS May-24, AP Mar-24)
6. What is sky wave propagation? (Q.NO: 04) (TS MQP-21, TS Mar-23, TS Mar-24)
7. Mention the frequency range of speech signals. (Q.NO: 03) (AP Mar-20, AP May-24)
8. What is “World Wide Web” (WWW)? (Q.NO: 02)
9. Mention the various parts of the ionosphere? (Q.NO: 05)