Science (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Important Questions for Physics

Draw a block diagram of a detector for AM signal and show, using necessary processes and the waveforms, how the original message signal is detected from the input AM wave.

Explain the process of amplitude modulation.

Define the term 'amplitude modulation'

Explain any two factors which justify the need for modulating a low frequency base-band signal.

Draw a schematic sketch showing how amplitude modulated signal is obtained by superposing a modulating signal over a sinusoidal carrier wave.

Explain the term demodulation used in a communication system.

Block diagram of a receiver is shown in the figure:

(a) Identify ‘X’ and ‘Y’.

(b) Write their functions.

In the block diagram of a simple modulator for obtaining an AM signal, shown in the figure, identify the boxes A and B. Write their function.

Distinguish between ‘Analog and Digital signals’.

How does the electric flux due to a point charge enclosed by a spherical Gaussian surface get affected when its radius is increased?

1. Define torque acting on a dipole of dipole moment \[\vec{p}\] placed in a uniform electric field \[\vec{E}\] Express it in the vector from and point out the direction along which it acts. Express it in the vector from and point out the direction along which it acts.
2. What happens if the field is non-uniform?
3. What would happen if the external field
   \[\vec{E}\]  is increasing (i) parallel to \[\vec{p}\] and (ii) anti-parallel to \[\vec{p}\]?

A hollow cylindrical box of length 1 m and area of cross-section 25 cm² is placed in a three dimensional coordinate system as shown in the figure. The electric field in the region is given by `vecE = 50xhati` where E is NC­⁻¹ and x is in metres. Find

(i) Net flux through the cylinder.

(ii) Charge enclosed by the cylinder.

A charge ‘q’ is placed at the centre of a cube of side l. What is the electric flux passing through each face of the cube?

Define dipole moment of an electric dipole. Is it a scalar or a vector?

An electric dipole of dipole moment `vecP` is placed in a uniform electric field `vecE` with its axis inclined to the field. Write an expression for the torque `vecT` experienced by the dipole in vector form. Show diagrammatically how the dipole should be kept in the electric field so that the torque acting on it is:

1. maximum
2. Zero

Answer the following question.
Derive an expression for the electric field at any point on the equatorial line of an electric dipole. 

The electric flux through a closed Gaussian surface depends upon ______.

Derive the expression for the torque acting on an electric dipole, when it is held in a uniform electric field. identify the orientation of the dipole in the electric field, in which it attains a stable equilibrium.

An electric dipole of length 2 cm is placed at an angle of 30° with an electric field 2 × 10⁵ N/C. If the dipole experiences a torque of 8 × 10^-3 Nm, the magnitude of either charge of the dipole is ______.

Two identical parallel plate capacitors A and B are connected to a battery of V volts with the switch S closed. The switch is now opened and the free space between the plates of the capacitors is filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant K. Find the ratio of the total electrostatic energy stored in both capacitors before and after the introduction of the dielectric.