NARAYANA JUNIOR COLLEGE

SR PHYSICS 1:5 IMP QUESTIONS 2024-25

I VERY SHORT QUESTIONS:

QUESTION NO:1 RAY OPTICS
1. What is dispersion? Which colour gets relatively more dispersed?
2. Define „power‟ of a convex lens. What is its unit?
3. What is myopia? How can it be corrected?
4. What is hypermetropia? How can it be corrected?
5. A small, angled prism of 40 deviates a ray through 2.480. Find the refractive
index of the prism.
6. What are the laws of reflection through curved mirrors?
QUESTION NO:2 MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM
1. Distinguish between ammeter and voltmeter?
2. How do you convert a moving coil galvanometer into a) an ammeter and b) a
volt meter?
3. What is principle of moving coil galvanometer?
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 MAGNETISM AND MATTER
1. Magnetic lines of force form continuous closed loops. Why?
2. What is the magnetic moment associated with a solenoid?
3. Define magnetic inclination (or) angle of dip.
4. Define magnetic declination
5. What direction compass needle points at poles? Which needle to be used at
poles?
QUESTION NO:4 MAGNETISM AND MATTER
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
QUESTION NO:5 ALTERNATING CURRENT
1. A transformer converts 200V ac into 2000V ac. Calculate the number of turns in
the secondary if the primary has 10 turns.
2. Write the expression for the reactance of (i) an inductor (ii) a capacitor
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?
7. Define power factor. On which factors does power factor depends?
QUESTION NO:6 ELECTRO MAGNETIC WAVES
 1. If the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation is doubled what happens to the
energy of photon?
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?
6. What is the principle of production of electromagnetic waves?
QUESTION NO:7 DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER
1. What is „Work function”?
2. What important fact did Millikan‟s experiment establish?
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”?
QUESTION NO:8 DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND MATTER
1. Give examples of “Photosensitive substances” why they are called so?
2. Write down De Broglie‟s relation and explain the terms there in.
3. Write down Einstein‟s photo electric equation.
4. State Heisenberg‟s Uncertainty principle?
5. An electron, an α particle and a proton have the same kinetic energy. Which of
these particles has the shortest De Broglie wavelength?
QUESTION NO:9 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
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.
4. Write the truth table of NAND gate. How does it differ from AND gate?
5. In which bias can a Zener diode be used as voltage regulator?
6. What are intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors?
7. (a) What is an n-type semiconductors? What are the majority and minority
charge carriers in them?
What is a p-type semiconductors? What are the majority and minority charge
carriers in them?
QUESTION NO:10 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
1. What are the basic blocks of communication system?
2. Define modulation. Why is it necessary? Mention the basic methods of
modulation.
3. Which type of communication is employed in Mobile Phones?
4. What is sky wave propagation?
5. Mention the frequency range of speech signals.
II. SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

QUESTION NO:11 RAY OPTICS

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?
4. Define critical angle. Explain total internal reflection using a neat diagram?
5. Why does the setting sun appear red?
QUESTION NO:12 WAVE OPTICS
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?
3. How do you determine the resolving power of your eye?
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 ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIEDS
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.
3. State Gauss‟s law in electrostatics and its importance.
4. Define intensity of electric field at a point. Derive an expression for the intensity
due to a point charge.
5. Derive an equation for the couple acting on a electric dipole in a uniform electric
field.
QUESTION NO:14 ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE
1. Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor
2. Derive an expression for the electric potential due to point charge.
3. Explain behaviour of dielectrics in an external field.
4. Explain series and parallel combination of capacitors. Derive the formula for
equivalent capacitance in each combination.
5. Derive expression for the potential energy of an electric dipole placed in a
uniform electric field.
QUESTION NO:15 MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM
1. State and explain Ampere‟s law.
2. Derive an expression for the magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron?
3. State and explain Biot-Savart law.
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 ELECTRO MAGNETIC INDUCTION
1. Describe the ways in which Eddy currents are used to advantage.
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.
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 ATOMS

1. Write a short note on deBroglie‟s explanation of Bohr‟s second postulate of

quantization
2. Explain the different types of spectral series.
3. What are the limitations of Bohr‟s theory of hydrogen atom?
4. State the basic postulates of Bohr‟s theory of atomic spectra.
5. Describe Rutherford atom model. What are the drawbacks of this model?
QUESTION NO:18 SEMI CONDUCTOR DEVICES
1. Distinguish between half-wave and full-wave rectifiers.
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.
4. Define NAND and NOR gates. Give their truth tables. or Write truth tables of
Universal Logic gates. Which gates are called universal gates?
5. What are n-type and p-type semiconductors? How is a semiconductor junction
 formed?
III. LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:
QUESTION NO:19 WAVES
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.
(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?
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 5.0×10-3kg. If the wire is under a tension
Of 60N, What is the speed of transverse waves on the wire?
QUESTION NO:20 CURRENT ELECTRICITY
1. (a) State Kirchhoff‟s laws for electrical network. Using these laws deduce
the condition for balancing in a Wheatstone bridge
(b) The four resistors 20 Ω, 40 Ω,(20 + x) Ω,80 Ω, 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.
(a) 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?
(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 NUCLEI
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.

(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?
3. (a) Explain the source of stellar energy. Explain the carbon-nitrogen
cycle, proton-proton cycle occurring in stars.
(b) If one microgram of 235 U is c o m
9 2 pletely destroyed in an atom bomb, how
much energy will be released?