QUESTION PAPER
2024 BOARD EXAM
CBSE CLASS 12-PCB PHYSICS Board Paper 2024 — Set 1
2024
PHYSICS
CLASS 12-PCB
CBSE EXAMINATION PAPER-2024
PHYSICS
(Solved)
General Instructions :
Read the following instructions carefully and follow them :
- This question paper contains 21 questions. All questions are compulsory.
- This question paper is divided into 4 sections.
- Section A – questions number 1 to 11 are multiple choice questions
- Section B – questions number 12 to 15 are very short answer
- Section C – questions number 16 to 19 are short answer
- Section D – questions number 20 to 21 are long answer
- There is no overall choice given in the question paper. However, an internal choice has been provided in few questions.
- Use of calculator is NOT allowed.
Section A
A thin plastic rod is bent into a circular ring of radius R. It is uniformly charged with charge density . The magnitude of the electric field at its centre is:
A loop carrying a current I clockwise is placed in x-y plane, in a uniform magnetic field directed along z-axis. The tendency of the loop will be to:
A galvanometer of resistance G ohm is converted into an ammeter of range 0 to I A. If the current through the galvanometer is 0.1% of I A, the resistance of the ammeter is :
The reactance of a capacitor of capacitance C connected to an ac source of frequency ω is 'X'. If the capacitance of the capacitor is doubled and the frequency of the source is tripled, the reactance will become :
Ge is doped with As. Due to doping,
Two beams, A and B whose photon energies are 3·3 eV and 11·3 eV respectively, illuminate a metallic surface (work function 2·3 eV) successively. The ratio of maximum speed of electrons emitted due to beam A to that due to beam B is :
The waves associated with a moving electron and a moving proton have the same wavelength . It implies that they have the same
Assertion (A) : In photoelectric effect, the kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons increases with increase in the intensity of the incident light.
Reason (R) : Photoelectric current depends on the wavelength of the incident light.
Assertion (A) : The mutual inductance between two coils is maximum when the coils are wound on each other.
Reason (R) : The flux linkage between two coils is maximum when they are wound on each other.
Assertion (A) : Two long parallel wires, freely suspended and connected in series to a battery, move apart.
Reason (R) : Two wires carrying current in opposite directions repel each other.
Assertion (A) : Plane and convex mirrors cannot produce real images under any circumstance.
Reason (R) : A virtual image cannot serve as an object to produce a real image.
Section B
Monochromatic light of frequency 5.0 × 10¹⁴ Hz passes from air into a medium of refractive index 1.5. Find the wavelength of the light (i)reflected and (ii) reflected at the interface of the two media.
An object is placed 30 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 40 cm. Find the
(i) position of the image formed and
(ii) magnification of the image.
Plot a graph showing the variation of current with voltage for the material GaAs. On the graph, mark the region where :
a) resistance is negative, and
b) Ohm's law is obeyed.
A plano-convex lens of focal length 16 cm is made of a material of refractive index 1.4. Calculate the radius of the curved surface of the lens.
Section C
a) The wavelength of the electromagnetic wave is often correlated with the characteristic size of the system that radiates. Give two examples to justify this statement.
b) (i) Long distance radio broadcasts use short-wave bands. Why ?
(ii) Optical and radio telescopes are built on the ground, but X-ray astronomy is possible only from satellites orbiting the Earth. Why ?
Write the drawbacks of Rutherford's atomic model. How did Bohr remove them? Show that different orbits in Bohr's atom are not equally spaced.
(a) State any two properties of a nucleus.
(b) Why is the density of a nucleus much more than that of an atom ?
(c) Show that the density of the nuclear matter is the same for all nuclei.
What is a Wheatstone bridge ? Obtain the necessary conditions under which the Wheatstone bridge is balanced.
Section D
(i) Draw a labelled diagram of a step-up transformer and describe its working principle. Explain any three causes for energy losses in a real transformer.
(ii) A step-up transformer converts a low voltage into high voltage. Does it violate the principle of conservation of energy ? Explain.
(iii) A step-up transformer has 200 and 3000 turns in its primary and secondary coils respectively. The input voltage given to the primary coil is 90 V. Calculate :
The output voltage across the secondary coil
The current in the primary coil if the current in the secondary coil is 2·0 A.
(i) State Huygens' principle. A plane wave is incident at an angle i on a reflecting surface. Construct the corresponding reflected wavefront. Using this diagram, prove that the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence.
(ii) What are the coherent sources of light ? Can two independent sodium lamps act like coherent sources ? Explain.
(iii) A beam of light consisting of a known wavelength 520 nm and an unknown wavelength λ, used in Young's double slit experiment produces two interference patterns such that the fourth bright fringe of unknown wavelength coincides with the fifth bright fringe of known wavelength. Find the value of λ.
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