PUC Science 2nd PUC Class 12 - Karnataka Board PUC Important Questions for Physics

Asha's mother read an article in the newspaper about a disaster that took place at Chernobyl. She could not understand much from the articles and asked a few questions from Asha regarding the article. Asha tried to answer her mother's questions based on what she learnt in Class XII Physics.

(a) What was the installation at Chernobyl where the disaster took place? What according to you, was the cause of this disaster?

(b) Explain the process of release of energy in the installation at Chernobyl.

(c) What according to you, were the values displayed by Asha and her mother?

Write the basic nuclear process underlying β⁺ and β^– decays.

The output of an OR gate is connected to both the inputs of a NAND gate Draw the logic circuit of this combinaion of getes and write its truth table.

How is amplitude modulation achieved?

The frequencies of two side bands in an AM wave are 640 kHz and 660 kHz respectively. Find the frequencies of carrier and modulating signal. What is the bandwidth required for amplitude modulation?

Find the ratio of the potential differences that must be applied across the parallel and series combination of two capacitors C₁ and C₂ with their capacitances in the ratio 1 : 2 so that the energy stored in the two cases becomes the same.

Drive the expression for electric field at a point on the equatorial line of an electric dipole.

Depict the orientation of the dipole in (i) stable, (ii) unstable equilibrium in a uniform electric field.

Derive the expression for the electric potential due to an electric dipole at a point on its axial line.

Depict the equipotential surfaces due to an electric dipole. 

(i)Obtain the expression for the torque `vecτ` experienced by an electric dipole of dipole moment `vecP` in a uniform electric field, `vecE` .

(ii) What will happen if the field were not uniform?

A thin conducting spherical shell of radius R has charge Q spread uniformly over its surface. Using Gauss’s law, derive an expression for an electric field at a point outside the shell.

Draw a graph of electric field E(r) with distance r from the centre of the shell for 0 ≤ r ≤ ∞.

(i) Find equivalent capacitance between A and B in the combination given below. Each capacitor is of 2 µF capacitance.

(ii) If a dc source of 7 V is connected across AB, how much charge is drawn from the source and what is the energy stored in the network? 

A 12 pF capacitor is connected to a 50 V battery. How much electrostatic energy is stored in the capacitor? If another capacitor of 6 pF is connected in series with it with the same battery connected across the combination, find the charge stored and potential difference across each capacitor. 

Two identical capacitors of 12 pF each are connected in series across a battery of 50 V. How much electrostatic energy is stored in the combination? If these were connected in parallel across the same battery, how much energy will be stored in the combination now?

Also find the charge drawn from the battery in each case.

A parallel-plate capacitor is charged to a potential difference V by a dc source. The capacitor is then disconnected from the source. If the distance between the plates is doubled, state with reason how the following change:

(i) electric field between the plates

(ii) capacitance, and

(iii) energy stored in the capacitor

Can two equi-potential surfaces intersect each other? Give reasons.

Two charges −q and +q are located at points A (0, 0, −a) and B (0, 0, +a) respectively. How much work is done in moving a test charge from point P (7, 0, 0) to Q (−3, 0, 0)?

Three identical capacitors C₁, C₂ and C₃ of capacitance 6 μF each are connected to a 12 V battery as shown.

Find

(i) charge on each capacitor

(ii) equivalent capacitance of the network

(iii) energy stored in the network of capacitors