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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

One mark questions

1. What is the nature of force between two parallel conductors carrying current in
the same directions?
2. State Ampere’s circuital law.
3. A charged particle enters an electric field in the direction of electric field. What
is the nature of the path traced by it?
4. What is cyclotron?
5. When will the magnetic force on a moving charge be maximum in a magnetic
field?
6. What is Lorentz force?
7. What is the purpose of using magnetic field in the cyclotron?
8. State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
9. Mention the significance of Len’z law.
10. Define critical angle.
11. What is wave front of light waves?
12. How can the resolving power of telescope be increased?
13. Explain ‘Malus law’ for Polaroid ‘s
14. Give the representation of plane polarized light.
15. What is Brewster’s angle?
16. What is thermionic emission?
17. What is the conclusion of Davisson and Germer experiment on the nature of
electron?
18. What is stopping potential?
19. Define specific binding energy.
20. Write the SI unit of radioactivity.
21. In the following nuclear reaction, identify the particle X.
𝑛 = 𝑝 + 𝑒 −1 + 𝑋
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22. Define Beequerel.

23. Inputs of NAND gates are A = 1, B = 0. What is the output?
24. Draw the circuit symbol of p – n – p transistor.
25. What is attenuation in communication system?
26. What is modulation in the communication system?
27. Two point charges 𝑞𝐴 and 𝑞𝑛 are such that 𝑞𝐴 𝑞𝑛 < 0. What is the nature of
the force between the charges?
28. How many electrons are lost by a body to have a charge of 1nC of it?
29. Define SI unit of charge.
30. What is an electric field?
31. Write the SI unit of electric field.
32. What is the shape of the equipotential surface for an isolated point charge?
33. How does the electrostatic force between two point charged change, when a
dielectric medium in introduced between them.
34. Define ampere.
35. What is ohmic device?
36. A resistor is marked which colours red, orange and gold. Write the value of its
resistance.

Two marks questions:

1. Write any two uses of Cyclotron.

2. State Ampere’s circuital law and represent in mathematically
3. What is a toroid? Mention an expression for magnetic field at a point inside a
toroid.
4. State and explain Gauss law in magnetism.
5. What are eddy currents? Give the use of eddy currents.
6. What is meant by self – inductance and mutual inductance?
7. What is transformer? On which principle it works
8. Give any two uses of microwaves.
9. Mention two application of infrared radiation.
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10. What is displacement current? Write the expression for displacement current.
11. What are electromagnetic waves?
12. Write the expression for the velocity of electromagnetic waves in terms of
permittivity and magnetic permeability of free space.
13. Write Maxwell’s equation for the speed of electromagnetic waves and explain
the terms.
14. Give any two application of X – rays.
15. State laws of refraction.
16. Write the two conditions for total internal reflection to takes place.
17. What is myopia? How to correct / rectify it?
18. What is Hypermetropia? How to correct / rectify it?
19. What is interference? Write the condition for path difference in case
constructive and destructive interference.
20. What are the coherent sources? Give on expmple.
21. Mention any two types of electron emission
22. Define (i) Photoelectric work function (ii) Electric volt (ev)
23. What is mass defect? Mention the expression for it and explain the symbols.
24. What is nuclear binding energy?
25. What is photo diode? Mention its one use.
26. Write the circuit symbol and truth table of OR gate.
27. Write the circuit symbol and truth table of AND gate.
28. Write the logic symbol and truth table of NOR gate.
29. Write the logic symbol and truth table of NAND gate.
30. What is modulation and demodulation in the communication system?
31. Draw the block diagram of AM (amplitude modulation) transmitter.
32. Draw the block diagram of AM receiver.
33. State and explain Coulomb’s law in electrostatic.
34. Write Coulomb’s law in electrostatics in vector form and explain symbols.
35. Write the pictorial representations of the force of repulsion and attraction,
between two point charges.
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36. Define linear density of charge and mention its SI unit.

37. Define surface density and mention its SI unit.
38. What is an electric flux? Write the expression for the electric flux through a
surface.
39. Sketch the electric lines of force due to a point charge q. if (i) q < 0 and (ii) q >
0
40. State the properties of equipotential surfaces.
41. What are polar molecules? Give two examples.
42. What are non – polar molecules? Give two examples.
43. Define the term current density. Mention its SI units.
44. Mention the factors on which the resistance of a conductor depends.
45. Define mobility. Mention its SI unit.
46. State Kirchhoff’s rules.

Three marks questions :

1. Mention the Lenard’s observations on photoelectric effect.

2. Mention the Wallach’s observations on photoelectric effect.
3. Give three characteristics of photon.
4. What are matter waves? Write the expression for de – Broglie wavelength of a
particle and explain the terms.
5. State Bohr’s postulates.
6. Mention two limitations of Bohr model.
7. Obtain the expression for the radian of nth stationary orbit of hydrogen atom.
8. Give any three differences between nuclear fission and fusion.
9. Give any three differences between n – type and p – type semi – conductors.
10. Define input resistance, output resistance and current amplification factor of a
transistor.
11. Explain the use of Zener diode as a voltage regulator.
12. Write three application of LED (i) Traffic signals (ii) JU remotes (iii) optical
communications (iv) burfare alarms
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13. Mention the three properties of electric charges.

14. Write any three properties of electric field lines.
15. Obtain an expression for torque acting on an electric dipole in a uniform
electric field.
16. Obtain an expression for electric field due to uniformly charged infinite plane
sheet by using Gauss’s law.
17. Derive an expression for electric potential at a point due to an isolated point
charge.
18. Derive the expression for potential energy of a system of two charges in the
absence of the external electric field.
19. Derive the relation between electric field and electric potential on Derive 𝐸 =
𝑑𝑣
− .
𝑑𝑥

20. Derive an expression for equivalent capacitance when two capacitors in series
21. Derive an expression for energy stored in a charged capacitors.
22. Derive an expression for drift velocity of free electrons in a conductor.
23. Derive the relation 𝐽⃗ = 𝜎𝐸⃗⃗ with terms have usual meaning.
24. Assuming the expression for drift velocity, derive the expression for
𝑚𝑒 2 𝑟
conductivity of a material = 𝜎 = . Where symbols have usual meaning.
𝑚

25. Derive an expression of equivalent resistance of two resistors are in series.

26. What are a) Magnetic declination b) Magnetic dip c) Horizontal component of
earth’s magnetic field at a place.
27. Write three differences between diamagnetic and paramagnetic substances.
28. Write any three properties of ferromagnetic materials.
29. What is hysteresis? Define the terms ‘correctively’ and ‘retentively’ of a
ferromagnetic material.
30. Derive the expression for motional e.m.f induced in a conductor moving in a
uniform magnetic field.
31. Derive the expression for energy stored in a current carrying coil.
32. Mention any three applications of eddy currents.
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33. Explain the construction of transformer. Mention two sources of energy loss in
a transformer.
34. Mention three application of total internal reflection of light.
35. What is total internal reflection? Write the conditions for total internal
reflection.
36. Write the expression for limit of resolution of (a) microscope and (b) telescope.
Write on method of increasing the resolving power of microscope.
37. Distinguish between interference and diffraction.

FIVE MARKS QUESTIONS:

1. Write the experimental observations of photoelectric effect.

2. writer Einstein’s equation of photoelectric effect. Give Einstein’s explanation
of photoelectric effect.
3. Assuming the expression for radius of the orbit, derive an expression for total
energy of an electron in hydrogen atom.
4. Mention any five properties of nuclear forces
5. State radioactive decay law. Derive 𝑁 = 𝑁0 𝑒 −𝜆𝑡 of a radioactive element
6. Define half life period of a radioactive substance. obtain an expression for half
life period
7. explain the formation of energy bands in solids. On the basis of energy bands
distinguished between a metal, a semiconductor and an insulator
8. With a circuit diagram, explain the working of p – n junction of half wave
rectifier. Draw input and output wave forms
9. What is rectification? With circuit diagram explain the working of p – n
junction as a full wave rectifier. Draw input and output wave forms
10. With a neat circuit diagram, explain the working of an npn transistor in CE
mode as an amplifier with input and output wave form
11. Draw the block diagram of generalized communication system
12. Derive an expression for electric field due to an electric dipole of a point on the
axial line
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13. Derive an expression for electric field due electric dipole at a point on an
equatorial line
14. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics. Using the law derive an expression for
electric field due to uniformly charged in spherical shell at a point outside the
shell
15. State Gauss’s law in electrostatics. Derive an expression for electric field due
to an infinitely long straight uniformly charged wire by using Gauss’s law
16. Define electric potential. Derive an expression for electric potential at a point
due to an electric dipole
17. Derive an expression for the electric potential due to an electric dipole
18. Derive an expression for capacitance of parallel plate capacitor. Mention the
factors on which the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitors depends
19. What is a capacitor? Derive an expression for effective capacitance when two
capacitors in parallel.
20. What is equivalent resistance? Derive the expression for effective resistance of
two resistors in parallel.
21. Two cells of different emf’s and different internal resistances are connected in
series. Find the expressions for equivalent emf and internal resistance of the
combination
22. Obtain an expression for effective emf and effective internal resistance. When
two cells of different emf and different internal resistance are connected in
parallel
23. Derive the condition for balance of Whetstones Bridge using Kirchhoff’s laws
24. Derive an expression for magnetic field at any point on the axis of a circular
current loop by applying Biot – Sevart’s law.
25. Derive an expression for the force between two straight parallel current
carrying wires and hence define ampere
26. What is an ammeter? Explain how a galvanometer in converted into an
ammeter?
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27. What is voltmeter? Explain how a galvanometer in converted into an

ammeter?
28. Mention any three / four / five properties magnetic field lines
29. Mention any three / four / five properties paramagnetic material
30. Mention any three / four / five properties ferromagnetic material
31. Mention any three / four / five properties diamagnetic material
32. Explain the construction and working of transformer. Mention any three losses
in a transformer
33. Derive an expression for the refractive index of material of prism in terms of
angle of minimum derivation and angle of the prism
34. Derive lens markers formula
35. What is fringe width? Obtain an expression for interference fringe width in
young’s double slit experiment
36. Mention any five applications of Polaroid’s
37. State and prove Brewster’s law of polarisation

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