Model Question Set A

Candidates are required to give answers in their own words as far as

practicable. Figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Time: 3hrs Full Marks: 75
Attempt all the questions.
Group – 'A'
I. Rewrite the correct options of each question in your answer sheet.
(11x1=11)
1. The product of moment of inertia and angular velocity gives
(a) force (b) torque
(c) linear momentum (d) angular momentum

2. The bob of a simple pendulum has a mass of 0.40 kg. The pendulum
oscillates with a period of 2.0 s and an amplitude of 0.15m. At an
extreme point in its cycle, it has a potential energy of 0.044J. What is
the kinetic energy of the pendulum bob at its mean point?
(a) 0.022 J (b) 0.044 J (c) 0.011 J (d) 0.033 J

3. What causes earthquakes?

(a) The flow of magma (b) The expansion of the earth’s crust
(c) The rubbing together of earth’s plates (d) Tsunami

4. What percentage of original radioactive atoms is left after 4 half-lives?

(a) 1% (b) 6% (c) 10% (d) 20%

5. Two wave pulses travel toward each other as shown in the diagram
below.

Which of the following diagrams represents the superposition of the

pulses when they meet?

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6. Which one of the following properties of sound is affected by the
change in air temperature?
(a) amplitude (b) frequency (c) wavelength (d) intensity

7. Internal energy of an ideal gas depends on

(a) volume only (b) pressure only
(c) temperature only (d) both pressure and volume

8. In which of the following processes of the gas, work done is the

maximum?
(a) Isothermal (b) Isobaric (c) adiabatic (d) Isochoric

9. The neutral temperature of a thermocouple is equal to 500°c when the

temperature of cold junction is 0°C. Percentage change in the
temperature of inversion when temperature of cold junction is equal to
20°c is
a) 2% b) 3% c) 4% d) 5%

10. In which of the following circuits the maximum power dissipation is

observed?
(a) a circuit having inductor and resistor in series
(b) pure resistive circuit
(c) pure inductive circuit
(d) pure capacitive circuit

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 11. Why laminated cores are placed in transformers?
(a) to reduce hysteresis loss (b) to reduce eddy current
(c) to reduce the magnetic effect (d) to increase coercivity

Group – 'B'
II. Attempt ALL questions. (8x5 = 40)
12. (i) Define simple harmonic motion. [1]
(ii) Derive an expression for the time period of oscillation for a mass m
attached to a vertical spring of force constant k. [3]
(iii) What will be the time period of this system if it is taken inside the
satellite? [1]
13. (a) State Bernoulli’s principle. [1]
(b) Figure below shows a liquid of density 1200kgm -3 flowing steadily in
a tube of varying cross-sections. The cross-section at point A is 1.0
cm2 and that at B is 20 mm2, points A and B are in the same horizontal
plane. The speed of the liquid at A is 10 cm/s. Calculate
(i) the speed at B. [2]
(ii) the difference in pressure at A
and B. [2]

14. (a) Draw a PV diagram of a petrol engine and explain its working based
on its PV diagram. [3]
(b) Compare the efficiency of petrol engine with that of diesel engine
based on their compression ratios. [2]

15. (a) When the wire of a sonometer is 75 cm long, it is in resonance with

a tuning fork. On shortening the wire by 0.5 cm it makes 3 beats with
the same fork. The beat is the difference in frequencies. Calculate the
frequency of the tuning fork. [ 3]
(b) The diagram below shows an experiment to measure the speed of a
sound in a string. The frequency of the vibrator is adjusted until the
standing wave shown in the diagram is formed.

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 (i) The frequency of the vibrator is 120Hz. Calculate the speed at which
a progressive wave would travel along the string. [2]
16. (a) State Lenz law in electromagnetism. Justify this law is in favor of
the principle of conservation of energy. [1+2 =3]
(b) A magnet is quickly moved in the
direction indicated by an arrow
between two coils C1 and C2 as shown
in the figure. What will be the direction
of induced current in each coil as
indicated by the movement of magnet?
Explain. [2]
17. (a) State the principle of the Potentiometer. A potentiometer is also
called a voltmeter of infinite resistance,
why? [1+1=2]
(b) In the meter bridge experiment, the
balance point was observed at J with l=20cm.
(i) The values of R and X were doubled and
then interchanged. What would be the new position of balance point? [2]
(ii) If the galvanometer and battery are interchanged at the balance
position, how will the balance point get affected? [1]
OR
(a) State the two Kirchhoff’s laws for electrical circuits. [2]

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(b) In Meter Bridge shown below, the null point is found at a distance of
60.0 cm from A. If now a resistance of 5 ohm is connected in series with
S, the null point occurs at 50 cm. Determine the values of R and S. [3]

Fig. Meter Bridge

18. The graph below shows the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted
photoelectrons as the frequency of the incident radiation on a sodium
plate is varied.

(a) From the graph determine the maximum frequency of incident

radiation that can cause a photoelectric effect? [1]
(b) Calculate the work function for sodium. [2]
(c) Use the graph to calculate the value of the Planck constant in Js. [2]

19. (a) Figure below shows the experimental setup of Millikan’s oil drop
experiment. Find the expression for a charge of an oil drop of radius r

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 moving with constant velocity v in a downward direction using a free
body diagram. [2]

(b)What will be the expression for the charge of an oil drop if the
electric force is greater than its weight?
[1]
(c) Determine the electric field supplied when the electric force
applied between the two horizontal plates just balances an oil drop
with 4 electrons attached to it and of mass 1.3x10-14 kg. [2]

OR
(a) A diode can be used as a rectifier. What characteristic of a diode is
used in rectification? [1]
(b) Draw a circuit diagram of full wave rectifier. [1]
(c) A NOR gate ‘opens’ and gives an output only if both inputs are ‘low’,
but an OR gate ‘closes’. An AND gate ‘opens’ only if both inputs are
‘high’, but a NAND gate ‘closes’.
Construct a truth table for the circuit shown below including the states at
E, F and G.

[3]

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 Group – 'C'
III. Attempt All questions. (3x8 = 24)
20. What is the significance of the negative energy of the electron in an
orbit? [1]
(b) The energy levels of an atom are shown in Fig. below. Which one of
these transitions will result in the emission of a photon of wavelength 275
nm? Explain with calculation. ( h= 6.64 x10-34Js, C= 3.0x108 ms-1) [3]

(c) Find the expression for the wavelength of radiation emitted from a
hydrogen atom when an electron jumps from higher energy level n 2 to the
lower energy level n 1. [2]
(d) Calculate the magnitude of the wavelength of the second Balmer
series? (R =1.09x107 m-1) [2]
21. (a) A student is trying to make an accurate measurement of the
wavelength of green light from a mercury lamp (λ = 546 nm). Using a
double slit of separation of 0.50 mm, he finds he can see ten clear fringes
on a screen at a distance of 0.80 m from the slits. He then tries an
alternative experiment using a diffraction grating that has 3000 lines/cm.
(i) What will be the width of the ten fringes that he can measure in the
first experiment? [2]
(ii) What will be the angle of the second-order maximum in the second
experiment? [2]
(iii) Suggest which experiment you think will give the more accurate
measurement of wavelength (). [1]
(b) A physics student went to buy polaroid sunglasses. The shopkeeper gave
him two similar-looking sunglasses. In what way he can differentiate
between polaroid sunglasses and non-polaroid sunglasses? [1]

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(c) At what angle of incidence will the light reflected from water ( = 1.3)
be completely polarized? [2]
OR
a) In what way does the intensity of sound heard by an observer change if
the distance with the source changes by four times? [1]
b) A train is traveling at 30m/s in still air. The frequency of the note emitted
by the train whistle is 262Hz. What frequency is heard by a passenger
on the other train moving in the opposite direction to the first at 18m/s
(i) when approaches the first and (ii) when receding from the first?(
velocity of sound= 340 m/s) [2+2]
c) In a sinusoidal sound wave of moderate loudness, the maximum
pressure variations are of the order of 3.0x10-2 Pa above and below the
atmospheric pressure. Find the corresponding maximum displacement
if the frequency is 1000 Hz. In air at normal atmospheric pressure and
density, the speed of sound is 344m/s and the bulk modulus of the
medium is 1.42x105 Pa. [3]

22. (a) What is choke coil? [1]

(b) Why is it preferred over a resistor in ac circuit? [2]
(c) In figures (a), (b) and (c) three ac circuits with equal currents have
been shown.

(i) If the frequency of e.m.f.be increased, then what will be effect on the
currents flowing in them? Explain. [3]

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(ii) What difference do you expect in the opposition provided by circuits
for the current flow in figure (a) and (b) if given a.c. e.m.f. is replaced by
its equivalent d.c. e.m.f. ? [2]

OR
(a) Define 1 Ampere of current in terms of force between two parallel
current-carrying conductors. [1]
(b) How do you explain the contraction of the solenoidal coil while the
current is passed through it? [2]
(c) A conductor of linear mass density
0.2 g m-1 suspended by two flexible
wires as shown in the figure. Suppose
the tension in the supporting wires is
zero when it is kept inside the
magnetic field of 1T whose direction
is into the page.
(i) Compute the current inside the conductor. [3]
(ii) If the current determined in part (i) is passed through a 100-turn coil
of 100 cm2 area with its axis held perpendicular to the magnetic field of
flux density 10 T and plane of coil parallel to the field, how much torque
is produced? [2]

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MCQ
Cognitive levels as indicated in test matrix.

Group B: Short Answer Question

Question Allocated Actual distribution
Number cognitive level in K level U level A level HA level
the text matrix score score score score
12 K 4 1
13 A 1 4
14 U 3 2
15 HA 5
16 K 3 2
17 HA 2 3
18 A 3 2
19 HA 2 3

Group C: Long Answer Question

Question Allocated cognitive Actual distribution
Number level in the text K level U level A level HA
matrix score score score level
score
20 U 6 2
21 A 7 1
22 HA 1 2 5

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