SAMPLE PAPER NO:1

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The magnetic field lines form closed curves. Why?

A charged particle enters a magnetic field region in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the
magnetic field. Will there be any change in the particles
(i) kinetic energy(ii) momentum
An electron beam passes through a region of crossed electric and magnetic fields of strength E and
B respectively .For what value of electron speed the beam will remain undeflected?
What is the work done in taking a charge 2 C between two diametrically opposite points on a
spherical shell charged with + 4 mC ? Justify your answer
A point charge (+Q) is kept in the vicinity of an uncharged conducting plate. Sketch the electric
field lines between the charge and the plate.

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Why no electric lines of force can intersect each other?

What is a voltmeter? How is a galvanometer is converted into a voltmeter ? Why is a voltmeter
connected in parallel in a circuit ?
What is the potential at a point 6 10-15 m away from a proton? What will be the potential energy
of a system, if another proton is brought to a distance 210-15 m from it?

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The given figure shows a two wire concentric

semi-circular loop carrying current I of inner
radius r1 and outer radius r2 . O is the common
centre of the semi-circles. What is the direction
of the magnetic field at the centre O? Give
reason?

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The following figure shows the variation of

intensity of magnetization I versus the applied
magnetic field intensity H, for two magnetic
materials A and B:

a) Identify the type of material A and B.

b) Specimens of these materials are placed in a
uniform magnetic field. Draw the modified
field patterns.
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(i) Identify the two specimens X and Y.
A uniform magnetic field gets modified as (ii) State the reason for the behaviour of the
shown below, when two specimens X and Y are field lines in X and Y.
placed in it.

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A cell of emf 'E' and internal resistance 'r' is connected across a variable resistor 'R'. Plot a graph
showing variation of terminal voltage 'V' of the cell versus the current 'I'. Using the plot, show
how the emf of the cell and its internal resistance can be determined.
Define resistivity of a material.

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A brass wire is stretched so that the percentage change in its resistance is 0.2 %. What is the
percentage change in the length of the wire?
What is drift velocity ? Establish a relation between drift velocity and electric field?

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A) An electron and a proton are placed between two parallel plates of uniform electric field E.
Will the particles experience equal or unequal force? Justify your answer.

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B)The electric field and electric potential at a point due to a point charge are 50 N/C and 30 J/C
respectively. What is the magnitude of the charge?
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A short bar magnet has a magnetic moment of 0.48 J T1. Give the direction and magnitude of the
magnetic field produced by the magnet at a distance of 10 cm from the centre of the magnet on (a)
the axis, (b) the equatorial lines (normal bisector) of the magnet.

a) Write the principle of a potentiometer?

How would these changes affect the

position of null point in each case and why?
b)Three students X , Y and Z perform an
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experiment on potentiometer separately using
the circuit diagram shown here. Keeping other (b). Use Kirchoff's rules to determine the
things unchanged
value of the current I1,I2, I3 in the electric
circuit given below.

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X increases the value of resistance R

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(ii) Y decreases the value of resistance S in

the set up.
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Two point charges qA = 3 C and qB = 3 C are located 20 cm apart in vacuum.

(a) What is the electric field at the midpoint O of the line AB joining the two charges?
(b) If a negative test charge of magnitude 1.5 109 C is placed at this point, what is the force
experienced by the test charge?
Two very small identical circular loops, (1) and
(2), carrying equal currents I are placed
vertically (with respect to the plane of the
paper) with their geometrical axes
perpendicular to each other as shown in the
figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the
net magnetic field produced at the point O.

State Amperes circuital law? Apply this theorem to find the magnetic field intensity at the centre

of a long solenoid carrying current I of length l and total number of turns N?

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A magnetized needle of magnetic moment 4.6 102 JT1 is placed at 30 with the direction of a
uniform magnetic field of strength 4 102 T.
a. What is the torque acting on it?b. How much work is required for it to make a 120 angle with
the magnetic field?
State the principle of a moving coil galvanometer? Prove that current flowing in the coil is directly
proportional to its deflection?

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Answer the following:

(a) Why are the connections between the resistors in a meter bridge made of thick copper strips?
(b) Why is it generally preferred to obtain the balance point in the middle of the meter bridge
wire?
(c) Which material is used for the meter bridge wire and why?
Supraja was doing an experiment (Comparison of emfs ) using potentiometer in Physics lab. She
could not take the readings because the galvanometer showed same side deflection. She checked
the circuit and the connections were correct. Her friend Manasa who was doing her experiment
nearby came to help Supraja. Manasa increased the voltage of the eliminator (by turning the knob)
supplying current to the potentiometer. Supraja tried the experiment again and got the readings.
She thanked Manasa for her help.
(a) What are the values displayed by both Supraja and Manasa?

(b) State one reason why the galvanometer showed same side deflection.
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(c) Distinguish between emf and terminal pd.

a) Explain, with the help of a labeled diagram, the principle and working of a cyclotron
b) Deduce an expression for the cyclotron frequency and show that it does not depend on the
speed of the charged particle.
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a) Derive an expression for the force per unit

length between two long straight parallel
current carrying conductors? Hence define
ampere?
b) A long straight wire AB carries a current of
4A. A proton travels at 4 x106 m/s parallel
to the wire,0.2 m from it and in a direction
opposite to the current as shown in the
figure .Calculate the force which the
magnetic field of current exerts on the
proton. Also specify the direction of the
force.
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(a) Derive the expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor having plate area A and
plate separation d.
(b) Two charged spherical conductors of radii R1 and R2 when connected by a conducting wire
acquire charges q1 and q2 respectively. Find the ratio of their surface charge densities in terms
of their radii OR

Obtain the expression for the energy stored per unit volume in a charged parallel
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4x106ism/s
plate capacitor.(b) The electric field inside a parallel
plate capacitor
E. Find the
amount of work done in moving a charge q over a closed loop a b c d a.

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(a)
State Gausss law. Applying Gausss law, derive an expression for the electric field
intensity at any point due to a thin, infinitely long wire of charge density C/m.
(b)
A point charge causes an electric flux of -1 x 10 3 Nm2/C to pass through a spherical
Gaussian surface of 10cm radius centered on the charge. If the radius of the
Gaussian surface were doubled, how does the flux change ? Justify your answer.
Or
(a) Deduce the expression for the torque acting on a dipole of dipole moment p in the presence of
a uniform electric field E .
(b) Consider two hollow concentric spheres, S 1 and S2, enclosing charges 2Q and 4Q respectively
as shown in the figure. (i) Find out the ratio of the electric flux through them.
(ii) How will the electric flux through the sphere S1 change if a medium of dielectric constant ' r
is introduced in the space inside S1 in place of air ? Deduce the necessary expression.

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