St.

John The Baptist High School Junior College, Thane &

Ist SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2024 - 2025
STD: XII Marks: 50
Subject : PHYSICS
Date : 12-09-2024 Time :1.30 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.
SECTION A

Q.1 Select and write the correct answers for the following MCQ type questions. ()
Conical Pendulum performs a - motion.

circular b) Horizontal circular

a) Vertical

c) Rotational d) Rectilinear

The liquid forms a concave meniscus when angle of contact is

a) acute b) 0°
Obtuse
c)
Distance
900

between consecutive
d)

node and an antinode of a stationary wave is --

a) /2 b) /4
c) 3 /4 d) 2
iv) Kirchhoff's voltage law is in accordance with the conservation of
a) Charge b) Momentum
c) energy d) mass
When a magnet is kept in an external magnetic field then energy stored is --

a) Electrostatic potential energy b) magnetic potential energy

c) Electrostatic kinetic energy d) magnetic kinetic energy

vi) A Solenoid of length 50 cm, radius lcm with 3000 turns and current of 2A, then the
magnetic field at the centre of the solenoid is ---

a) 15 x 102 T b) 2 x 10² T
c) 2x 103 T d) 1.5 x 10² T
vii) What would be the frequency of a particle in free oscillation having length lm ?
(Take g = 10 m/s')
a) 1Hz b) 0.08 Hz
c) 0.8 Hz d) 0.05 Hz

Q.2 Answer the following questions. (7)

i) State the formula for end-correction in a resonance tube experiment.
Define Curie temperature.
iii) What is meant by damped oscillator ?
What happens when a non-polar dielectric is placed in an external electric field ?
V) State mathematical expression for parallel axes theorem.
vi) When a cell of emf 1.5V connected
is to potentiometer wvire balancing 650cm.
length
When unknown emf is connected to potentiometer the balancing length of the wire is 468 cm.
Find unknown emf.

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 vii) Find the workdone in blowing a soap bubble to a radius of lcm. The surface Tension

2.5 x 10² N/m

of soap solution is

SECTION B

(10)
Attempt ANY EIGHT of the following.

due plane sheet.

IQ3 Derive an expression for electric field to charged infinite

1 Q4 State Kirchhoff's current and voltage

laws.

Q.5 Derive cyclotron equation

of angular of bar magnet in external field.
Q.6 Obtain expression for the time period oscillation

Q.7State and prove principle of conservation of angular momentum.

Q8 What is meant by seconds pendulum. Obtain an expression for its length.

Q.9 Explain absolute pressure and gauge pressure.

320 Hz and 340 Hz are sounded together to produce
Q10 Two tuning forks having frequencies
The velocity of sound in air is 326.4 m/s. Find the difference in wavelength
sound waves.
of these waves.

A11 A violine string vibrates with fundamental frequency of 440Hz. What are the frequencies

of first and second overtones ?

Q.12 Calculate the magnetic field at distance of 4cm from a long straight wire carrying current of
5A. (u0 = 4Tt x 107 Wb/Am)
213 A body of mass 0.2 kg perform linear SHM. It experience a restoring force of 0.2N when
its displacement from the mean position is 4cm. Determine force constant and period of SHM.
Find the ratio ofpotential difference that must be applied across parallel and series combination
of capacitor C, and C, which are in ratio C, :C,= 1:2. so that energy stored is same.

SECTION C

Attempt ANY FOUR questions of the following. (12)

Q.15 Obtain an expression for capacitance of parallel plate capacitor with dielectric

Q.16Obtain an expression for orbital magnetic moment of an electron revolving about nucleus.
Q Define surface Tension. Obtain the relation between surface tension and surface energy.

Q.18 A set of 12 turning forks is arranged in a series of increasing order of frequencies. Each fork

gives 8 beats per second with the next one. The frequency of last fork is twice of first.

Calculate the frequencies of first and last forks.

Q.19 A circular coil of wire is made up of 100 turns and 8.0cm radius. A current of 0.40 A
passes through it. What is the magnetic field at the centre of the coil.

Q.20 The radius of gyration of a uniform disc about its central and transverse axis is V2.5 cm
Then find the radius of gyration about an axis tanget in its plane.

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 SECTION D

Attempt ANY TW0 questions of the following. (8)

Q21 Obtain an expression for magnetie field due to semi infinite straight wire carrying current

Q.22 Obtain expression for total energy of particle in linear SHM. Hence show the graphical

representation of PE., K.E. and Total energy variations with respect to displacement.

Q.23 w Derive an expression for linear velocity for a particle at lowest position and top position

for a particle tied to a string in vertical circular motion.

b) A steel ball of radius 0.3mm is falling with velocity of 2 mls at a time t, through a tube
filled with glycerine having coefficient of viscosity O0.833 NSJm'.

Determine viscous force acting on the steel ball at that time.

Q.24 a) Derive an expression for potential energy of dipole in an external field.

maximum current of 25.mA. How it can be

b) A galvanometer has a capacity to carry

of 0.1A, the galvanometer coil has resistance of 120

used as an ammeter to read current

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