EVERWIN MATRICULATION HIGHER SEC SCHOOL

PHYSICS
STD XII ( AS PER REDUCED SYLLABUS)

CHAPTER 1: ELECTROSTATICS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS –

1) Quantization of charges
2) Coulombs law in vector form and mention what each term represents
3) Differences between coulombs force and gravitational force
4) What is Superposition principle?
5) Define electric field
6) Define electric dipole. Give the expression for the magnitude of
its electric dipole moment and the direction
7) Define electrostatic potential
8) Define electrostatic potential energy
9) Define electric flux.
10) Define capacitance. Give its unit

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS -
1. State the law of conservation of electric charges
2. Explain the working of microwave oven.
3. State Gauss law
4. What are the applications of capacitor?

THREE MARK QUESTIIONS –

1. Expression for electrostatic potential due to a point charge.

2. Obtain gauss law from coulombs law.
3. Expression for energy stored in the parallel plate capacitor.
4. Effect of a dielectric placed in a parallel plate capacitor.
5. Explain in detail Coulomb’s law and its various aspects.
6. Torque experienced by a dipole due to a uniform electric field
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. Calculate the electric field due to a dipole on its axial line and
equatorial plane
2. Expression for electric field due to an infinitely long charged wire.
3. Effect of a dielectric placed in a parallel plate capacitor.
4. Derive the expression for resultant capacitance, when capacitors are
connected in series and in parallel.
5. Explain in detail the construction and working of a van de gaff
generator.
6. Expression for electric potential due to electric dipole

CHAPTER 2: CURRENT ELECTRICITY

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS –

1) Define current density.

2) Distinguish between drift velocity and mobility.
3) Define electrical resistivity.
4) Define temperature coefficient of resistance.
5) Write a short note on superconductor and superconductivity
6) What is electric power and electric energy?
7) State Kirchhoff’s current rule.
8) State Kirchhoff’s voltage rule.
9) What do you mean by internal resistance of a cell?
10) What is Seebeck effect?
11) What is Thomson effect?
12) What is Peltier effect?

THREE MARK QUESTIONS –

1. Equivalent resistance of a series and parallel resistor network.

2. The determination of the internal resistance of a cell using
voltmeter and potentiometer

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS -

1. Explain Thomson effect

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1) Microscopic model of current and obtain general form of Ohm’s law.

2) Macroscopic form of Ohm’s law from its microscopic form and
discuss its
limitation.
3) State and explain Kirchhoff’s rules.
4) Obtain the condition for bridge balance in Wheatstone’s bridge.
5) Explain the determination of unknown resistance using meter bridge

CHAPTER 3: MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF

ELECTRIC CURRENT
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) Define magnetic flux.

2) Define magnetic dipole moment.
3) State Coulomb’s inverse law.
4) State Biot-Savart’s law.
5) Difference between biot savart law and coulombs law (A.Q)
6) State Ampere’s circuital law?
7) Define one ampere
8) State Fleming's left hand rule.
9) How is a galvanometer converted into i) an ammeter and (ii) a
voltmeter?

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS -
1. State END rule.
2. Define one Tesla.
3. How will you increase current and voltage sensitivity of a
galvanometer
4. Write the salient features of Lorentz force
5. Principle involved in moving coil galvanometer
6. Define magnetic flux density
7. Define current sensitivity and voltage sensitivity

THREE MARK QUESTIONS -

1. Expression for the force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic

field
 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS –

1. Properties of magnet and magnetic lines of force

2. Write the difference and similarities between electric field and
magnetic field

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS –

1) Magnetic field at a point due to an infinitely long straight

conductor carrying current.
2) Magnetic field at a point along the axis of a circular coil carrying
current.
3) Magnetic field inside and outside of the long solenoid using
Ampere’s
circuital law.
4) Expression for the force between two parallel, current-carrying
conductors.
5) Explain the motion of charged particle in a uniform magnetic field

CHAPTER 4: ELECTROMAGNETIC
INDUCTION AND ALTERNATING
CURRENT
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) What is meant by electromagnetic induction?

2) State Fleming’s right hand rule
3) What is meant by mutual induction
4) What are step-up and step-down transformers?
5) Define average value of an alternating current.
6) How will you define RMS value of an alternating current?
7) Define Q-factor?
8) What is meant by wattless current?
9) Define power factor.

THREE MARK QUESTIONS -

1. Energy stored in an inductor
2. How will you induce an emf by changing the area enclosed by the
coil?
3. Mention the various energy losses in a transformer.
4. An inductor blocks AC but it allows DC. Why? And how?
5. Give the advantages of AC over DC.
 LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) Expression for motional emf from Lorentz force.

2) Show that the mutual inductance between a pair of coils is same (M12
= M21).
3) Construction and working of transformer.
4) Expression for phase angle between the applied voltage and current
in a series RLC circuit.
5) Prove that the total energy is conserved during LC oscillations

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS -

1) Inducing emf by changing orientation of the coil

2) AC Circuit containing only a capacitor
3) AC Circuit containing only an inductor

CHAPTER 5: ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) What is displacement current?

2) What are electromagnetic waves?
3) Uses of (i) IR radiation, (ii) Microwaves and (iii) UV radiation.

THREE MARK QUESTIONS

1. Discuss the Hertz experiment.

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS –

1) Write down Maxwell equations in integral form.

2) Explain the Maxwell’s modification of Ampere’s circuital law.
3) Write down the properties of electromagnetic waves.
4) Explain the types of emission spectrum.
5) Explain the types of absorption spectrum?
 CHAPTER 6: RAY OPTICS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) What is principle of reversibility?

2) Why do stars twinkle?
3) What are critical angle and total internal reflection?
4) What is Rayleigh’s scattering?
5) Why does sky appear blue?
6) What is the reason for reddish appearance of sky during sunset and
sunrise?
7) Why do clouds appear white?

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS -

1. Laws of reflection and refraction

2. Characteristics of image formed by plane mirror
3. Prove that when a reflecting surface tilted by the reflected light
will be tilted by 2 .
4. What is principal axis and principal focus?
5. What is paraxial and marginal rays
6. Dispersive power of the prism
7. Define angular dispersion

THREE MARK QUESTIONS -

1. Derive the equations for thin lens and for magnification.

2. Derive the relation between f and R for a spherical mirror.

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) Derive the mirror equation and the equation for lateral magnification.
2) Describe the Fizeau’s method to determine the speed of light.
3) Derive the equation for refraction at single spherical surface.
4) Obtain lens maker’s formula and mention its significance.
5) Derive the equation for angle of deviation produced by a prism and
thus obtain the equation for refractive index of material of the prism?
6) What is dispersion? Obtain the equation for dispersive power of a
medium
 CHAPTER 7: WAVE OPTICS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS-
1) State Huygens’ principle.
2) What is interference of light?
3) What are coherent sources?
4) What is bandwidth of interference pattern?
5) What is diffraction?
6) What is Fresnel’s distance? Obtain the equation for Fresnel’s
distance.
7) Mention the differences between interference and diffraction.
8) What is a diffraction grating?
9) What is resolution?
10) What is the difference between resolution and magnification?
11) What are polariser and analyser?
12) State Brewster’s law.
13) Angle of polarisation and obtain the equation for angle of
polarisation.
14) What are near point and normal focusing?

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS -

1. What is constructive and destructive interference

THREE MARK QUESTIONS -

1. List the uses of polaroids.

2. Explain pile of plates.
3. Explain near point and normal focusing
4. Compound microscope
5. Obtain the equation for resolving power of microscope.

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) Obtain the equation for resultant intensity due to interference of light.
2) Young’s double slit experimental setup – equation for path
difference and equation for bandwidth.
3) Simple microscope and the equations for near point focusing
and normal focusing.
 CHAPTER 8: DUAL NATURE OF RADIATION AND
MATTER
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS-
1) Define work function of a metal. Give its unit.
2) What is photoelectric effect?
3) How will you define threshold frequency?
4) What is a photo cell? Mention the different types of photocells.
5) State de Broglie hypothesis.
6) A proton and an electron have same kinetic energy. Which one has
greater de Broglie wavelength. Justify.
7) Define stopping potential.
8) What is surface barrier?
9) What is Bremsstrahlung

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS -

1) Applications of x ray
2) Properties of x ray
3) What is thermionic emission

THREE MARK QUESTIONS -

1. List out the laws of photoelectric effect.

2. Briefly explain the principle and working of electron microscope.
3. Give the applications of photocell.

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) Explain the effect of potential difference on photoelectric current.

2) Explain how frequency of incident light varies with stopping
potential.
3) Obtain Einstein’s photoelectric equation with necessary explanation.
4) Describe briefly Davisson – Germer experiment which demonstrated
the wave nature of electrons.
5) How do we obtain Continous and characteristic x-ray spectra?
 CHAPTER 9: ATOMIC AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) Write the properties of cathode rays.

2) Give the results of Rutherford alpha scattering experiment.
3) Write down the postulates of Bohr atom model.
4) What is meant by excitation energy and excitation potential.
5) Define the ionization energy and ionization potential.
6) What is distance of closest approach?
7) Define impact parameter.
8) Define atomic mass unit u.
9) What is mass defect?
10) What is binding energy of a nucleus? Give its expression.
11) Calculate the energy equivalent of 1 atomic mass unit.
12) What is mean life of a radia active nucleus? Give the expression.
13) What is half-life of a radia active nucleus? Give the expression.
14) What is meant by activity or decay rate? Give its unit.
15) Define curie and one curie

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS -

1) Properties of nuclear force.

2) Properties of neutrino
3) Define alpha, beta, gamma decay
4) State law of disintegration.

THREE MARK QUESTIONS -

1. Spectral series of hydrogen atom.

2. Explain the variation of average binding energy with the mass
number using graph and discuss about its features.
3. Explain in detail the nuclear force.
4. Explain the idea of carbon dating.
5. Briefly explain the elementary particles present in nature.
 LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) J.J. Thomson experiment to determine the specific charge of electron.

2) Millikan’s oil drop experiment to determine the charge of an electron.
3) Energy expression for an electron is the hydrogen atom using Bohr
atom model.
4) Obtain the law of radioactivity.

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS -

1) Radius of nth orbit of an atom

CHAPTER 10: ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS –

1) What do you mean by doping?

2) Draw the input and output waveforms of a full wave rectifier.
3) Distinguish between avalanche breakdown and Zener breakdown.
4) Write a short note on diffusion current across p-n junction.
5) What is meant by biasing? Mention its types.
6) Why can’t we interchange the emitter and collector even though they
are made
up of the same type of semiconductor material?
7) Define barrier potential.
8) What is rectification?
9) What is modulation?
10) DE Morgan theorem
11) Explain center frequency or resting frequency in frequency
modulation.
12) Relation between alpha and beta

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS -

1. What is amplitude modulation?

2. What is frequency modulation?
3. Advantages of PM.
4. Comparison between FM and PM.
5. Advantages and limitations of AM.
6. Define Input impedance
7. Define Output impedance
 8. Define Current gain

THREE MARK QUESTIONS -

1. Draw the circuit diagram of a half wave rectifier and explain its
working
2. State and prove De Morgan’s first and second theorem.
3. Function of a transistor as a switch
4. Advantages and limitations of FM

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) Explain the construction and working of a full wave rectifier.

2) Sketch the static characteristics of a common emitter transistor
and bring out the essential features of input and output
characteristics.
3) Explain the amplitude modulation with necessary diagrams.

CHAPTER 11: RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN

PHYSICS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) Distinguish between Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

2) What is the difference between Nano materials and Bulk materials?
3) Give any two examples for “Nano” in nature.

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS-

1) Discuss the applications of Nanomaterials in various fields.

2) What are the possible harmful effects of usage of Nanoparticles? Why

PREPARED BY :

MR.C.DHEVVAN M.sc,M.Phil,B.Ed,DSM.