INTERNATIONAL INDIAN SCHOOL DAMMAM

MID TERM EXAMINATION 2023 -24

SET A

CLASS: XII SUB: PHYSICS

TIME: 3 HRS MAX. MARKS: 70

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

(1) There are 33 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.

(2) This question paper has five sections: Section A, Section B, Section C, Section D, and
Section E.
(3) All the sections are compulsory.
(4) Section A contains sixteen questions, twelve MCQ and four Assertion Reasoning based
of 1 mark each, Section B contains five questions of two marks each, Section C
contains seven questions of three marks each, Section D contains two case study-based
questions of four marks each and Section E contains three long answer questions of
five marks each.
(5) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in one
question in Section B, one question in Section C, one question in each CBQ in Section
D and all three questions in Section E. You have to attempt only one of the choices in
such questions.
(6) Use of calculators is not allowed.

[Link] Questions Marks

SECTION A
1 Unit of electric dipole moment is 1
(i) Voltmeter
(ii) Joule/ Coulomb
(iii) Coulumb metre
(iv) Volt – Meter

2 The dielectric constant of a metal is 1

(i) Infinity
(ii) Zero
(iii) 1
(iv) None of these
3 Two long parallel wires separated by a distance r, carries equal current ‘I’ 1
exert a force ‘F’ per unit length. The distance ‘r’ is reduced to r/2 and the
current in each wire is I/4. Now the force between them is
(i) F/8
(ii) 8F
(iii) 4F
(iv) F
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4 A circular current carrying coil produces a magnetic field B 0 at its centre. 1
The coil is rewound so as to have three turns and the same current is passed
through it. The new magnetic field at the center is
(i) 3B0
(ii) B0/3
(iii) B0/9
(iv) 9B0
5 A capacitor of capacitance 5 μF is connected as shown in the figure. The 1
internal resistance of the cell is 0.5 Ω. The amount of charge on the capacitor
plate is
(i) 0 μC
(ii) 5 μC
(iii) 10 μC
(iv)25 μC

6 The work done in rotating a dipole from the parallel to the perpendicular 1
direction with the electric field is
(i) 2PE
(ii) -PE
(iii) PE
(iv) Zero
7 The angle between electric field and equipotential surface is 1
(i) 900
(ii) 00
(iii) 600
(iv) Between 00 and 900
8 A wire of resistance 4 Ω is stretched to twice its original length .The resistance 1
of stretched wire would be
(i) 2 Ω
(ii) 4 Ω
(iii) 8 Ω
(iv) 16 Ω

9 In the hysteresis curve the value of H needed to make the intensity of 1

magnetization zero is called
(i) Susceptibility
(ii) Coercivity
(iii) Retentivity
(iv) Permeability

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10 In an AC circuit, the applied voltage and resultant current are V = V 0 sin ωt 1
and I = I0 sin (ωt + π/2) respectively. The average power consumed in the
circuit is
(i) E0I0
(ii) E0I0 /2
(iii) E0I0 /4
(iv) Zero
11 Lenz’s law is a consequence of the law of conservation of 1
(i) energy
(ii) charge
(iii) current
(iv) momentum

12 Two coils P and Q are lying a little distance apart coaxially. If an 1

anticlockwise current i is suddenly set up in the coil P, then the direction of
current induced in coil Q will be
(i) Clockwise
(ii) Towards north
(iii) Towards south
(iv) Anticlockwise
For questions 13 to 16, two statements are given - one labelled Assertion
(A) and the other labelled Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these
questions from the options as given below.
a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true, and R is NOT the correct explanation of A
c) A is true but R is false
d) Both A and R are false.

13 ASSERTION: In a simple electrical circuit, the point of the lowest potential 1

is the positive terminal of the battery.
REASON: For the same potential, the current is more in series combination
than parallel combination.

14 ASSERTION: In a moving coil galvanometer, the magnetic field is made 1

radial

REASON: Due to radial magnetic field, the plane of the coil always remains
perpendicular to the magnetic field.

15 ASSERTION: Net electric field inside a conductor is zero 1

REASON: Total positive charge equals the total negative charge in a charged
conductor

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16 ASSERTION: The flux of magnetic field through any closed surface is 1
always zero.

REASON: Magnetic monopoles do not exist.

SECTION B
17 Distinguish between the emf and potential difference across a cell. 2
OR

State the two kirchoff ‘s rules used in the analysis of electric circuits and
explain them.
18 a) Define rms value of ac? 2
b) A hot wire ammeter reads 10 A in an AC circuit. What is the peak value
of current?
19 A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 2.4 m diameter has a surface 2
charge density of 80 mC m-2. (a) Find the charge on the sphere (b) What is the
total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere?
20 Define the term Magnetic Susceptibility and write its relation in terms of 2
magnetic permeability.
A steady current of 2A flows through a circular coil having 5 turns of radius 2
21 7cm. The coil lies in X-Y plane with its center at the origin. Find the magnitude
and direction of the magnetic dipole moment of the coil.
SECTION C
22 Draw a plot showing the variation of resistivity of a (i) conductor and (ii) 3
semiconductor with the increase in temperature.
How does one explain this behavior in terms of number density of charge
carriers and the relaxation time?
23 Explain the term drift velocity of electrons in a conductor. Hence obtain the 3
expression for the current through a conductor in terms of drift velocity.
24 Explain how will you convert a galvanometer into an ammeter to read a 3
maximum current of ‘I’ ampere. An ammeter is always connected in series with
a circuit. Why?
25 Two long straight parallel conductors carrying current I1 and I2 are separated 3
by a distance d. If the currents are flowing in the same direction, show how the
magnetic field produced by one exerts an attractive force on the other. Obtain
the expression for this force and hence define 1 ampere.
26 A device X is connected across an ac source of voltage V = V0 sin ωt. The 3
current through X is given as I = I0 sin (ωt + π/2).
a) Identify the device X and write the expression for its reactance.
b) Draw graph showing variation of voltage and current with over one cycle
of ac for X
c) Draw the phasor diagram for device X

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27 a) Use Gauss’s law to derive the expression for electric field due to a straight 3
uniformly charged long wire of charge density λ C/m.
b) An infinite line charge produces a field of 9 X 10 4NC-1 at a distance of 2
cm. Calculate the linear charge density.

OR

a) Obtain an expression for the electric field due to an electric dipole on its
axial line.
b) An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed at an angle of 30 0 with an
electric field 2 x 105 N/C. If the dipole experiences a torque of 8 x 10 -3
Nm, find the magnitude of either charge of the dipole.
28 Define self-inductance of a coil. Obtain an expression for the energy stored in 3
a solenoid of self-inductance ‘L’ when the current through it grows from zero
to ‘I’.
SECTION D
29 Read the following paragraph and answer the questions.
According to the theory of magnetism, the magnetic property of a substance is
due to circulating electrons in the atoms. Each electron has a magnetic moment
in a direction perpendicular to the plane of circulation. In magnetic materials,
all these magnetic moments due to the orbital and spin motion of all the
electrons in any atom, add up vectorially to produce a resultant magnetic
moment. The magnitude and direction of the resultant magnetic moment are
responsible for the behavior of the materials. For diamagnetic substances,
susceptibility is small and negative; for paramagnetic substances, susceptibility
is small and positive; and for ferromagnetic substances, susceptibility is
positive and large.

i) When a bar placed near a strong magnetic field is repelled by it, the substance
is
(a) diamagnetic (b) ferromagnetic (c) paramagnetic (d) anti- ferromagnetic
ii) Magnetic susceptibility of a diamagnetic substance
(a) decreases with temperature
(b) is not affected by temperature
(c) increases with temperature
(d) first increases and then decreases with temperature
iii) Above curie temperature, ferromagnetic substance become
(a) Paramagnetic (b) diamagnetic (c) super conductor (d) no change
iv) A substance has susceptibility of – 0.025. The substance is
(a) Diamagnetic (b) paramagnetic (c) ferromagnetic (d) superconductor
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iv) Relative permeability of a material is 500. Identify the nature of magnetic

material
(a) Diamagnetic (b) paramagnetic (c) ferromagnetic (d) superconductor

30 Case study
Read the following paragraph and answer the questions
Any source of emf has some internal resistance itself, called internal or source
resistance. When we connect the terminals of a cell, a current flow in the wire 4
from positive terminal of the cell towards the negative terminal. But inside the
electrolyte of the cell, the positive ions flow from the lower to the higher
potential against the background of other ions and neutral atoms of the
electrolyte. So, the electrolyte offers some resistance to the flow of current
inside the cell. The resistance offered by the electrolyte to the flow of current
between its electrodes is called the internal resistance of the cell. It depends on
the nature and concentration of electrolyte, separation and common area of the
electrodes dipped in the electrolyte. Internal resistance causes energy loss
which occurs inside a battery when a current is driven round an external circuit.

i) The emf of a cell is always greater than its terminal voltage. Why ? Give
reason.

ii) A cell of emf ‘E ‘and internal resistance’ r’ is connected across an external

resistance R. Draw the plots of terminal voltage V versus (i) R and (ii) the
current I.
iii) The potential difference across a cell in an open circuit is 8 V. It falls to a
4 V when a current of 4 A is drawn from it. Find the internal resistance of
the cell.
OR
iii) A battery of emf 10V and internal resistance 3 Ω is connected to a resistor.
The current in the circuit is 0.5A. Find the terminal voltage of the battery
when the circuit is closed
SECTION E
31 a) State Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction. 5
b) Derive and expression for the emf induced across the ends of a straight
conductor of length l moving at right angles to a uniform magnetic field B
with a uniform speed v.
c) In a ceiling fan, each blade rotates in a circle of radius 0.5m. If the fan
makes 2 rotations per second and the vertical component of the earth’s
magnetic field is 8 x 10-5 T, calculate the emf induced between the inner

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 and outer ends of each blade.
OR

a) Define mutual inductance of a coil.

b) Deduce an expression for the mutual inductance of two long coaxial
solenoids but having different radii and different number of turns.
c) A 1m long metallic rod is rotated with an angular frequency 400 rad /sec
about an axis normal to the rod passing through its one end. The other end
of the rod is in contact with a circular metallic ring. A constant and uniform
magnetic field of 0.5 T parallel to the axis exists everywhere. Calculate the
emf developed between the center and the ring.
32 a) Explain with the help of a labelled diagram the underlying principle, 5
construction and working of a moving coil galvanometer.
b) A galvanometer has a resistance of 30 Ω. It gives full scale deflection with
a current of 2 mA. Calculate the value of the resistance needed to convert
it into an ammeter of range 0-0.3A.
OR

c) State Biot – Savart’s law for the magnetic field due to a current carrying
element. Use this law to obtain an expression for the magnetic field at the
centre of a circular loop of radius ‘a’ and carrying a current ‘I’. Draw the
magnetic field lines for a current loop indicating the direction of magnetic
field.
d) Two long and parallel straight wires A and B carrying currents of 8A and
7A in the same direction are separated by 4 cm. Estimate the force on a 10
cm section of wire A.
33 a) Obtain the expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor. 5
b) Draw equipotential surface for (i) electric dipole (ii) two identical charges.
c) In a parallel plate capacitor with air between, each plate has an area of 6
x10-3 m2 and the separation between the plates is 3mm. Calculate the
capacitance of the capacitor.
OR

a) Define potential energy of a system of charges.

b) Derive expression for (i) torque and (ii) potential energy stored in an
electric dipole, when it is placed in a region of uniform electric field.
c) Two charges 5 X 10 -8 C and -3 X 10-8 C are located 16 cm part. At what
points on the line joining the two charges is the electrical potential zero?
Take the potential at infinity to be zero.

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