Science (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Important Questions for Physics

A heating element using nichrome connected to a 230 V supply draws an initial current of 3.2 A which settles after a few seconds to a steady value of 2.8 A. What is the steady temperature of the heating element if the room temperature is 27.0°C? The temperature coefficient of resistance of nichrome averaged over the temperature range involved is 1.70 × 10⁻⁴ °C⁻¹.

In a potentiometer arrangement, a cell of emf 1.25 V gives a balance point at 35.0 cm length of the wire. If the cell is replaced by another cell and the balance point shifts to 63.0 cm, what is the emf of the second cell?

How does drift velocity of electrons in a metallic conductor vary with increase in temperature? Explain.

Plot a graph showing variation of voltage vs the current drawn from the cell. How can one get information from this plot about the emf of the cell and its internal resistance?

State Kirchhoff's rules and explain on what basis they are justified.

Given the resistances of 1 Ω, 2 Ω, 3 Ω, how will be combine them to get an equivalent resistance of (11/3) Ω?

Given the resistances of 1 Ω, 2 Ω, 3 Ω, how will be combine them to get an equivalent resistance of  (11/5) Ω?

Show variation of resistivity of Si with temperature in a graph ?

A potentiometer wire of length 1.0 m has a resistance of 15 Ω. It is connected to a 5 V battery in series with a resistance of 5 Ω. Determine the emf of the primary cell which gives a balance point at 60 cm.

In the circuit shown in the figure, find the total resistance of the circuit and the current in the arm AD.

A cell of emf ‘E’ and internal resistance ‘r’ draws a current ‘I’. Write the relation between terminal voltage ‘V’ in terms of E, I and r ?

A heating element is marked 210 V, 630 W. What is the value of the current drawn by the element when connected to a 210 V dc source?

A heating element is marked 210 V, 630 W. Find the resistance of the element when connected to a 210 V dc source.

Calculate the value of the resistance R in the circuit shown in the figure so that the current in the circuit is 0.2 A. What would b the potential difference between points B and E?

Calculate the value of the resistance R in the circuit shown in the figure so that the current in the circuit is 0.2 A. What would b the potential difference between points A and B?

In the given circuit, assuming point A to be at zero potential, use Kirchhoff’s rules to determine the potential at point B.

Plot a graph showing the variation of stopping potential with the frequency of incident radiation for two different photosensitive materials having work functions W₁ and W₂ (W₁ > W₂). On what factors does the (i) slope and (ii) intercept of the lines depend?

A cell of emf ‘E’ and internal resistance ‘r’ is connected across a variable resistor ‘R’. Plot a graph showing the variation of terminal potential ‘V’ with resistance R. Predict from the graph the condition under which ‘V’ becomes equal to ‘E’.

Derive an expression for drift velocity of free electrons in a conductor in terms of relaxation time.

Obtain the expression for the current flowing through a conductor having number density of the electron n, area of cross-section A in terms of the drift velocity v_d .