IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
1. State Coulomb’s law in electrostatics
.2. Define one coulomb (1 C).
3. Give the vector form of Coulomb’s law.
4. Two electric field lines never intersect each other. Why?
5. What is called electric dipole? Give an example.
6. Define electric dipole moment. Give its unit.
7. Define electrostatic potential. Give its unit.
8. Define equi-potential surface.
9. Define electrostatic potential energy.
10. Define electric flux. Give its unit.
11. State Gauss law.
12. Define electrostatic shielding.
13. During lightning, it is safer to sit inside bus than in an open ground or under [Link]?
14. What are called non-polar molecules? Give examples.
15. What are called polar molecules? Give examples.
16. Define action of point or corona discharge.
3 Marks Questions
1. Discuss the basic properties of electric charge.
2. List the properties of electric field lines.
3. Derive an expression for torque experienced by an electric dipole placed in theuniform
electric field.
4. Obtain an expression electric potential at a point due to a point charge.
5. Derive an expression for capacitance of parallel plate capacitor.
6. Derive an expression for energy stored in capacitor.
7. Give the applications and disadvantage of capacitors
8. Obtain Gauss law from Coulomb’s law.
5 Marks Questions
1. Calculate the electric field due to a dipole on its axial line.
2. Calculate the electric field due to a dipole on its equatorial line.
3. Derive an expression for electro static potential due to electric dipole
.4. Obtain an expression for electric field due to an infinitely long charged wire
.5. Explain in detail the effect of dielectric placed in a parallel plate capacitor whenthe capacitor
is disconnected from the battery
.6. Derive the expression for resultant capacitance, when capacitors are connected inseries and
in parallel.
7. Explain in detail the construction and working of Van de Graff generator.
UNIT : 2, CURRENT ELECTRICITY. 2 marksQuestions
1. Define drift velocity.
2. Define mobility.
3. Define current density. Give its unit
.4. Current is a scalar quantity. Why?
5. What are the factors that the resistances depend on?
6. Define resistivity of the material. Give its unit.
7. Distinguish electric energy and electric power.
8. Prove that the expression for power in an electrical circuit is P = VI.
9. State Kirchhoff’s first law (current rule or junction rule).
10. State Kirchhoff’s second law (voltage rule or loop rule).
11. State Joule’s law of heating.
12. What are the properties of the substance used as heating element?
3 Marks Questions
1. Derive the relation between the drift velocity and the current.
2. Write a note on electric cells in series.
3. Write a note on electric cells in Parallel
.4. Explain the principle of Potentiometer.
.6. Explain Thomson effect.
5 Marks Questions
1. Describe the microscopic model of current and obtain general form of Ohm’s law
.2. Obtain the macroscopic form of ohm’s law from its microscopic form and discuss its
limitation.
3. Explain the equivalent resistance of a series and parallel resistance network
.4. Explain the determination of the internal resistance of a cell using voltmeter
.5. Obtain the condition for bridge balance in Wheatstone’s bridge.
6. Explain the determination of unknown resistance using Meter Bridge
UNIT : 3, MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
2 Marks Questions
1. Define pole strength of the magnet
.2. Define magnetic dipole moment.
3. Define magnetic flux. Give its unit
.4. State Coulomb’s inverse square law of magnetism.
5. State tangent law
.6. Define magnetic induction or total magnetic field.
7. Define magnetic susceptibility
.8. Define Curie’s law.
9. What is Hysteresis?
10. State Right Hand Thumb Rule.
11. Define Bohr Magnetron.
12. State Ampere’s circuital law.
13. What are the limitations of cyclotron?
14. State Fleming’s Left Hand Rule (FLHR).
15. How the current sensitivity of galvanometer can be increased?
16. Why Phosphor - bronze is used as suspension wire?
17. Define current sensitivity of a galvanometer.
3 Marks Questions
1. What are the properties of bar magnet?
2. Give the properties of magnetic field lines
.3. Calculate the torque acting on a bar magnet in uniform magnetic field.⃗ ⃗ + M⃗⃗ ) , show that 𝜒𝑚
= 𝜇𝑟 − 14. Using the relation B = μ0 (H
5. List the properties of Dia, Para and Ferromagnetic materials
.6. State and explain Biot - Savart law.
7. Define Lorentz force. Give the properties of Lorentz magnetic force.
8. How Galvanometer can be converted in to Ammeter.
9. How Galvanometer can be converted in to voltmeter?
5 Marks Questions
1. Calculate the magnetic induction at a point on the axial line of a bar magnet
.2. Obtain the magnetic induction at a point on the equatorial line of a bar magnet.
3. Deduce the relation for magnetic induction at a point due to an infinitely long straight
conductor carrying current.
4. Obtain a relation for the magnetic induction at a point along the axis of a circularcoil carrying
current.
5. Obtain an expression for magnetic field due to long current carrying solenoid.
7. Obtain an expression for the force on a current carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field.
8. Obtain a force between two long parallel current carrying conductors. Hence define ampere.
UNIT : 4, ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION AND ALTERNATING CURRENT2 Marks
Questions1. State Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction.
2. State Lenz’s law.
3. State Fleming’s right hand rule.
4. Define self-inductance or coefficient of self-induction.
5. Define the unit of self-inductance (one Henry)
6. Define mutual inductance or coefficient of mutual induction.
7. What the methods of producing induced emf?
8. Define the efficiency of the transformer
.9. Define RMS value of AC.
11. A capacitor blocks DC but it allows AC. Why?
12. What are the applications of series RLC resonant circuit?
13. Define Q - factor or quality factor.
14. Define power factor.
15. Define wattles current
.3 Marks Questions
1. State and explain Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction.
2. Obtain an expression for motional emf from Lorentz force.
3. What are the drawbacks of Eddy currents? How it is minimized?
4. How will you induce an emf by changing the area enclosed by the coil.
5. Explain various energy losses in a transformer.
6. Obtain the expression for average value of alternating current.
7. What are the advantages and disadvantages of AC over DC?
5 Marks Questions
1. Explain the applications of eddy currents (or) Foucault currents.
2. Show mathematically that the rotation of a coil in a magnetic field over one rotation induces
an alternating emf of one cycle
.4. Explain the principle, construction and working of transformer.
5. Derive an expression for phase angle between the applied voltage and current in a series
RLC circuit.
6. Show that the mutual inductance between a pair of coils is same (M12 = M21).