Science (English Medium) कक्षा १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Physics

Distinguish between 'intrinsic' and 'extrinsic' semiconductors

The carrier wave is given by

C(t) = 2sin(8πt) volt.

The modulating signal is a square wave as shown. Find modulation index.

Out of the two magnetic materials, 'A' has relative permeability slightly greater than unity while 'B' has less than unity. Identify the nature of the materials 'A' and 'B'. Will their susceptibilities be positive or negative?

A 12.5 eV electron beam is used to bombard gaseous hydrogen at room temperature. Upto which energy level the hydrogen atoms would be excited? Calculate the wavelengths of the first member of Lyman and first member of Balmer series.

Describe a simple experiment (or activity) to show that the polarity of emf induced in a coil is always such that it tends to produce a current which opposes the change of magnetic flux that produces it.

Estimate the average drift speed of conduction electrons in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 2.5 × 10⁻⁷ m² carrying a current of 1.8 A. Assume the density of conduction electrons to be 9 × 10²⁸ m⁻³.

Show diagrammatically the behaviour of magnetic field lines in the presence of (i) paramagnetic and (ii) diamagnetic substances. How does one explain this distinguishing feature?

Estimate the average drift speed of conduction electrons in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 1.0 × 10⁻⁷ m² carrying a current of 1.5 A. Assume the density of conduction electrons to be 9 × 10²⁸ m⁻³

Estimate the average drift speed of conduction electrons in a copper wire of cross-sectional area 2·5 × 10⁻⁷ m² carrying a current of 2·7 A. Assume the density of conduction electrons to be 9 × 10²⁸ m⁻³

The figure shows tracks of three charged particles in a uniform electrostatic field. Give the signs of the three charges. Which particle has the highest charge to mass ratio?

An infinite line charge produces a field of 9 × 10⁴ N/C at a distance of 2 cm. Calculate the linear charge density.

A regular hexagon of side 10 cm has a charge 5 µC at each of its vertices. Calculate the potential at the centre of the hexagon.

Two charges 2 μC and −2 µC are placed at points A and B 6 cm apart.

1. Identify an equipotential surface of the system.
2. What is the direction of the electric field at every point on this surface?

Describe schematically the equipotential surfaces corresponding to

(a) a constant electric field in the z-direction,

(b) a field that uniformly increases in magnitude but remains in a constant (say, z) direction,

(c) a single positive charge at the origin, and

(d) a uniform grid consisting of long equally spaced parallel charged wires in a plane.

The top of the atmosphere is at about 400 kV with respect to the surface of the earth, corresponding to an electric field that decreases with altitude. Near the surface of the earth, the field is about 100 Vm⁻¹. Why then do we not get an electric shock as we step out of our house into the open? (Assume the house to be a steel cage so there is no field inside!)

A man fixes outside his house one evening a two metre high insulating slab carrying on its top a large aluminium sheet of area 1 m². Will he get an electric shock if he touches the metal sheet next morning?

The discharging current in the atmosphere due to the small conductivity of air is known to be 1800 A on an average over the globe. Why then does the atmosphere not discharge itself completely in due course and become electrically neutral? In other words, what keeps the atmosphere charged?

What are the forms of energy into which the electrical energy of the atmosphere is dissipated during a lightning?
(Hint: The earth has an electric field of about 100 Vm⁻¹ at its surface in the downward direction, corresponding to a surface charge density = −10⁻⁹ C m⁻². Due to the slight conductivity of the atmosphere up to about 50 km (beyond which it is good conductor), about + 1800 C is pumped every second into the earth as a whole. The earth, however, does not get discharged since thunderstorms and lightning occurring continually all over the globe pump an equal amount of negative charge on the earth.)

The number density of free electrons in a copper conductor is 8.5 × 10²⁸ m⁻³. How long does an electron take to drift from one end of a wire 3.0 m long to its other end? The area of cross-section of the wire is 2.0 × 10⁻⁶ m² and it is carrying a current of 3.0 A.

Predict the direction of induced current in the situation described by the following figure.