PUC Science 2nd PUC Class 12 - Karnataka Board PUC Question Bank Solutions for Physics

Consider the circuit shown in the figure. Find (a) the current in the circuit (b) the potential drop across the 5 Ω resistor (c) the potential drop across the 10 Ω resistor (d) Answer the parts (a), (b) and (c) with reference to the figure.

Twelve wires, each of equal resistance r, are joined to form a cube, as shown in the figure. Find the equivalent resistance between the diagonally-opposite points a and f.

Find the equivalent resistances of the networks shown in the figure between the points a and b.

An infinite ladder is constructed with 1 Ω and 2 Ω resistors, as shown in the figure. (a) Find the effective resistance between the points A and B. (b) Find the current that passes through the 2 Ω resistor nearest to the battery.

Consider the potentiometer circuit as arranged in the figure. The potentiometer wire is 600 cm long. (a) At what distance from the point A should the  jockey touch the wire to get zero deflection in the galvanometer? (b) If the jockey touches the wire at a distance of 560 cm from A, what will be the current in the galvanometer?

A capacitor of capacitance 8.0 μF is connected to a battery of emf 6.0 V through a resistance of 24 Ω. Find the current in the circuit (a) just after the connections are made and (b) one time constant after the connections are made.

Two unequal resistances, R₁ and R_2, are connected across two identical batteries of emf ε and internal resistance r (see the figure). Can the thermal energies developed in R₁ and R₂ be equal in a given time? If yes, what will be the condition?

A capacitor stores 50 µC charge when connected across a battery. When the gap between the plates is filled with a dielectric, a charge of 100 µC flows through the battery. Find the dielectric constant of the material inserted.

A parallel-plate capacitor having plate area 400 cm² and separation between the plates 1⋅0 mm is connected to a power supply of 100 V. A dielectric slab of thickness 0⋅5 mm and dielectric constant 5⋅0 is inserted into the gap. (a) Find the increase in electrostatic energy. (b) If the power supply is now disconnected and the dielectric slab is taken out, find the further increase in energy. (c) Why does the energy increase in inserting the slab as well as in taking it out?

Sketch the magnetic field lines for a current-carrying circular loop near its centre. Replace the loop by an equivalent magnetic dipole and sketch the magnetic field lines near the centre of the dipole. Identify the difference.

The rectangular wire-frame, shown in figure, has a width d, mass m, resistance R and a large length. A uniform magnetic field B exists to the left of the frame. A constant force F starts pushing the frame into the magnetic field at t = 0. (a) Find the acceleration of the frame when its speed has increased to v. (b) Show that after some time the frame will move with a constant velocity till the whole frame enters into the magnetic field. Find this velocity v₀. (c) Show that the velocity at time t is given by
v = v₀(1 − e^−Ft/mv₀).

Figure shows a square loop of edge a made of a uniform wire. A current i enters the loop at the point A and leaves it at the point C. Find the magnetic field at the point P which is on the perpendicular bisector of AB at a distance a/4 from it. 

Figure shows a conducting circular loop of radius a placed in a uniform, perpendicular magnetic field B. A thick metal rod OA is pivoted at the centre O. The other end of the rod touches the loop at A. The centre O and a fixed point C on the loop are connected by a wire OC of resistance R. A force is applied at the middle point of the rod OAperpendicularly, so that the rod rotates clockwise at a uniform angular velocity ω. Find the force.

Let i_E, i_C and i_B represent the emitter current, the collector current and the base current respectively in a transistor. Then
(a) i_C is slightly smaller than i_E
(b) i_C is slightly greater than i_E
(c) i_B is much smaller than i_E
(d) i_B is much greater than i_E.

In a normal operation of a transistor,
(a) the base−emitter junction is forward-baised
(b) the base−collector junction is forward-baised
(c) the base−emitter junction is reverse-baised
(d) the base−collector junction is reverse-baised.

An α-particle is bombarded on ¹⁴N. As a result, a ¹⁷O nucleus is formed and a particle is emitted. This particle is a

Find the energy liberated in the reaction
²²³Ra → ²⁰⁹Pb + ¹⁴C.
The atomic masses needed are as follows.
²²³Ra         ²⁰⁹Pb        ¹⁴C
22..018 u  208.981 u  14.003 u

Calculate the minimum energy needed to separate a neutron from a nucleus with Zprotons and N neutrons it terms of the masses M_Z.N' M_Z,N−1 and the mass of the neutron.

³²P beta-decays to ³²S. Find the sum of the energy of the antineutrino and the kinetic energy of the β-particle. Neglect the recoil of the daughter nucleus. Atomic mass of ³²P = 31.974 u and that of ³²S = 31.972 u.