5. What is the amount of heat supplied in one cycle?

Star Institute
Weekly Test-04
Grade- XII F.M.- 75
Subject: - Physics P.M. -30
Group A
Multiple choice [11*1=11]
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as a) 3.2J b) -3.2c) 4.8J d) -4.8J
practicable. The figures in the margin indicates full marks. 6. What is the frequency of a photon whose energy is 66.3 eV?
1. An oil of vicosity 7 poise is used for lubrication between shaft a) 196 × 1016 Hz b) 1336 × 1016 Hz
and sleeve. The diameter of shaft is 0.6 m and it rotates is 360 c) 1.6 × 1016 Hz d) 16 × 1016 Hz
rpm. Calculate the power lost in oil for a sleeve length of 160mm. 7. A count rate meter shows a count of 240 per minute from a given
The thickness of oil film is 1.0mm radioactive source. One hour later the meter shows a count rate
a) 25.31 kW b) 50.62 kW c) 37.97 kW d) 12.65 kW of 30 per minute. The half-life of the source is:
2. A particle is undergoing SHM with amplitude 10cm. The a)20 min b) 120 min c. 80 min d)30 min
maximum speed it achieves is 1m/s. Find the time it takes to 8. What should be the phase difference between the two plane-
reach from the mean position to half the amplitude. polarized waves, vibrating at right angles to each other, to
a) π/60 s b) π/30 s c) π/15 s d) π/40 s produce circularly polarized light?
3. A source of frequency 50Hz is moving towards an observer with a) π/6 b) π/2 c) π/4 d) π/3
a deceleration of 2m/s2. If its initial speed is 20m/s, what will be 9. What is the self-inductance of the coil, if the magnetic flux of 10
the maximum frequency heard by the observer? Initial distance microwebers is linked with a coil when a current of 5 mA flows
between source and observer is 100m. Speed of sound = through it?
330m/s. a) 20 mH b) 5 mH c) 2 mH d) 250 mH
a) 47.14Hz b) 0 c) 53.22Hz d) 53.03Hz 10. A car sounding its horn at 480Hz moves towards a high wall at a
4. What kind of sources are required for Young’s Double Slit speed of 20m/s, the frequency of the reflected sound heard by
experiment? the man sitting in the car will be nearest to __________
a) Coherent b) Incoherent c) Intense d) Bright a) 480Hz b) 510Hz c) 540Hz d) 570Hz
11. What is the value of peak acceleration for a velocity of 122
cm/s?
a) 0.167 g b) 0.5 g c) 0.333 g d) g

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Group B d. While converting a galvanometer of resistance 10 Ω into an
Short answer questions [8*5=40] ammeter of the range 1A, a very small resistance 0.1 Ω in
parallel and a resistor 89.9 Ω in series are required with the
12. What is meant by simple harmonic motion, state two practical galvanometer. What is full scale reading in galvanometer? [2]
examples of simple harmonic motion [2] OR
An alternating emf is applied across a capacitor.
a. The piston in the cylinder head of a locomotive has a stroke
a. Justify that current in the capacitor leads the potential
(twice the amplitude) of 1.0 m. If the piston moves with simple difference by phase angle of π/2. [3]
harmonic motion with an angular frequency of 200 rev/min, what b. Write the equation of house-hold AC supply in Nepal
(i.e. 200V and 50 Hz) [2]
its maximum speed?
13. For the streamline flow of an ideal fluid (non-viscous and 16. Adjacent figure shows a square loop having 100 turns, an area of
incompressible), the sum of pressure energy, kinetic energy and 2. 5 × 10−3 𝑚2 and a resistance of 100 Ω. The magnetic field has
potential energy per unit mass is always constant. a magnitude B = 0.40 T. The loop is slowly and uniformly pulled
a. Define the term Streamline flow and how it differs from out of the field in 1.0s.
turbulent flow? [2] a. What is the e.m.f. induced in the left arm of the loop? Why is
b. Derive the relation between above mentioned energies. [2] this e.m.f. induced? [1+1=2]
c. What happens to the result obtained in (b) if the fluid is b. What current flows through the loop?[1]
flowing in a horizontal pipe? [1] c. How much force does the magnetic field exert on the left arm
14. A fan with blades takes a longer time to come to rest than of the loop?[1]
without blades. Why? [1] d. How much work has been done to pull the loop out of the
a. Define the radius of gyration and derive the relation between magnetic field?[1]
torque and moment of inertia of a rigid body. [3]
b. Calculate the moment of inertia and radius of gyration of a rod
in the given case. [2]
15. A shunt is used to convert a galvanometer of resistance ‘G’ into
an ammeter.
a. A shunt must have very low resistance, why?[1] 17. When x-ray wave travels through a very small aperture, it bends
b. To increase the range of ammeter ‘n’ times, what value of from its original path, this phenomenon is called diffraction of x-
shunt is required? [1] ray. Bragg studied and established a mathematical relation
c. If the galvanometer shows deflection out of range in an between lattice spacing and the wavelength of x-ray.
experiment, what conclusion can be drawn? [1] a. What is the basic phenomenon of X-ray production? [1]
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 b. Derive Bragg’s law and explain how is this law used to b. How would you say that the energy of electron in the
determine the crystal plane spacing. [2] hydrogen atom is quantized? Explain. [2]
c. An X-ray tube operates at 18 kV. Calculate the maximum c. What is the quantum number of the state to which the
speed of the electron striking the target. (𝑚𝑒 = 9 × ground state electron of hydrogen atom would excite
10−31 𝑘𝑔, 𝑒 = 1.6 × 10−19 𝐶. ) [2] by absorbing the photon of energy 2.04 x 10-18 J? [2]
18. A certain atom has energy levels 1, 2 and 3 corresponding to the Group C
increasing values of energy E3 > E2 > E1. If 𝝀𝟏, 𝝀𝟐, and 𝝀𝟑 are
wavelengths of radiation as shown in the figure, then calculate
Long answer questions: [3*8=24]
the following. 20. Answer the following questions.
a. The longest possible wavelength of the energy emission. [2] a. What is Doppler’s effect? Explain. [2]
b. The shortest possible wavelength of the energy emission. [2] b. A source of sound is kept on moving swing. The frequency of
c. Derive the relation of 𝜆3 in terms of 𝜆1 and 𝜆2. [1] sound heard by a man standing in front of the swing is always
different from the frequency of sound herd by a man standing
behind the swing. Prove this statement. [3]
c. A source of sound generates sound waves which travel with s
speed of 340 m/s. The frequency of the source is 500 Hz. Find
the frequency of sound heard if:
i. The source is moving towards the stationary observer
with a speed of 30 m/s. [1]
ii. The observer is moving towards the stationary source
19. The following figure is of PN junction diode in real practice. with the speed of 30 m/s. [1]
Answer the following questions on the basis of the figure. iii. Both the source and observer move with a speed of 30
a. How do you identify P and N side of the PN junction diode in m/s and approach each other. [1]
the figure above? [0.5] Or,
b. Describe shortly the formation of depletion layer in the PN
junction diode by making an appropriate diagram. [3] The diagram shows two waves; ‘wave A’ and ‘wave B’ are
c. State any one application of PN junction diode. [0.5] propagating through the medium. Study the figure and answer the
d. Draw a circuit diagram to show forward bias characteristics of following questions.
PN junction diode. [1] a. Name the point X, Y, Z and Q [1]
OR b. Identify wave A and wave B and differentiate them. [2]
a. State Bohr’s frequency condition. [1]

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 c. What is polarization of light? State and prove Brewster’s e. Find the number of atoms present in the sample after 4 years
law.[3] have elapsed. [2]
d. Calculate the polarizing angle for the light travelling from
water of refractive index 1.33 to glass of refractive index
1.53. [2]

21. Write one major difference between Ampere’s circuital law over
the Biot-Savart’s law in the calculations of magnetic fields [1]
a. Using this law, find the expression of the magnetic field (B) at ~Best Of Luck~
a point ‘r’ distance away from the straight wire carrying
current. [2]
b. Plot a graph to show how ‘B’ varies with ‘r’. [2]
c. Two parallel wires carry 12A and 8A currents in the same
direction. If the wires are 10 cm apart, find where a third
parallel wire also carrying current must be placed so that the
force experienced by it shall be zero. [3]
22. The following graph shows the decay of radioactive cesium
55𝐶𝑠134 . Study the following graph and answer the questions.
a. Heavy, unstable nuclei usually decay by emitting an α or β
particle. Why don’t they usually emit a single proton or
neutron? [2]
b. Find the half-life period of Cs. [1]
c. Write an equation which represents the given graph. [1]
d. What is initial number of atoms present in the sample? [2]