GRADE XII –PHYSICS- Holiday Assignment

Chapter 1: Electric Charges and Fields

1.Draw the pattern of electric field lines, when a point charge –Q is kept near an uncharged
conducting plate.
2. A charge Q is enclosed by a Gaussian spherical surface of radius R. If the radius in
doubled, then the outward electric flux will
(a) be doubled (b) increase four times (c) be reduced to half (d) remain the same
3. An electric dipole is placed at an angle of 30° with an electric field intensity 2 × 105 NC–1.
It experiences a torque equal to 4 N m. The charge on the dipole, if the dipole length is 2 cm.
(a) 8 mC (b) 2 mC (c) 5 mC (d) 7 mC
4. Which one of the following plots represents the variation of electric field with distance r
due to a thin spherical shell of radius R? (r is measured from the centre of the spherical shell)

5. Three charges q, –q and q0 are placed as shown in figure. The magnitude of the net force
on the charge q0 at point O is

6. Draw the equipotential surfaces for an electric dipole.

7. (A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Both Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of
assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
Assertion: A point charge is brought in an electric field, the field at a nearby point will
increase or decrease, depending on the nature of charge.
Reason: The electric field is independent of the nature of charge.
Case study question
Coulomb’s law applies to stationary point charges. In an experiment, two-point charges and
separated by a distance and be the electrostatic force between these two charges. According
to Coulombs law,

(i) (ii) Combining,

Where k is a positive constant of proportionality called electric force constant or Coulomb
constant.
8.The dimensional representation of k is
(A) [M--1L3T--4A2] (B) [M1L-3T4A--2] (C) [M1L-3T4] (D) None of these
9. A charge of √2 C is placed at the top of your school building and another equal charge at
the top of your house. Take the separation between the two charges to be 2 km. How many
kilo Newton of force is exerted by the charges on each other?
(A) 4 kN (B) 4.8 kN (C) 5.8 kN (D) 4.5 kN
10. Two positively charged ions carrying equal charges repel each other by a force of
3.7×10-9 N when separated by a distance 5 Å from each other. How many electrons are
missing from each ion?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Chapter 2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
11. Four charges 2C,-3C,-4C and 5C respectively are placed at the four corners of a square .Which of
the following statements is true for the point of intersection of the diagonals.

1. E=0,V=0 2. E=0 V≠0 3. E≠0 V=0 4. E≠0 V≠0

12. A capacitor is connected across a battery and the plate separation of capacitor is increased
without removing the battery, then: (a) capacitance will increase (b) charge stored will
increase (c) energy stored will decrease (d) potential difference will increase
13. What is the equivalent capacitance between points A and B capacitance of each capacitor
is 2 μF?

a. 13/4 μF b. 7/4 μF c. 5/4 μF d. 18/13 μF

14. A dipole is in stable equilibrium in a uniform electric field. The potential energy of the
dipole and the torque acting on it will be
(a) pE and pE (b) –pE and pE (c) –pE and zero (d) none of these
15. Dielectric constant for a metal is (a) zero (b) infinite (c) 1 (d) 10
16. Equipotential at a large distance from a collection of charges whose total sum is not zero
are: (a) spheres (b) planes (c) ellipsoids (d) paraboloids
17. The work done is placing a charge of 8 × 10–18 coulomb on a capacitor of capacity 100
microfarad is:
(a) 16 × 10–32 joule (b) 3.1 × 10–26 joule (c) 4 × 10–10 joule (d) 32 × 10–32 joule
18. What is the electrostatic potential due to an electric dipole at an equatorial point?
19. The figure shows a network of five capacitors connected to a 100 V supply. Calculate the
total energy stored in the network.

20. Assertion : A metallic shield in the form of a hollow shell may be built to block an electric
field.
Reason : In a hollow spherical shield, the electric field is zero at every point.
21. Three capacitors C1,C2, C3 are connected to a 6 V battery as shown above. Find the charges
on each capacitor.
Chapter 3: Current electricity
21.Two wires of equal length, one of aluminium and the other of copper have the same
resistance. Which of the two wires is lighter? Hence explain why aluminium wires are
preferred for overhead power cables. (ρAl = 2.63 × 10–8 Ωm, ρcu = 1.72 ×10–8 Ωm, Relative
density of Al = 2.7; of Cu = 8.9)
22.Given n resistors each of resistance R, how will you combine them to get (i) maximum (ii)
minimum effective resistance? What is the ratio of maximum to minimum resistance?
23.Unit of temperature coefficient of resistivity?
a) Ωm c-1 b) Ωm c c) 0C d) 0C-1
24.A cell of emf E and internal resistance r is connected across an external resistor R. The
graph showing the variation of P.D. across R versus R is

25.A wire of resistance 12Ω/m is bent to form a complete circle of radius 10 cm. The
resistance between its two diametrically opposite points A and B as shown in figure is

a) 3 Ω b) 6 πΩ c) 6 Ω d) 0 6. πΩ
26. The temperature (T) dependence of resistivity of materials A and material B is represented
by fig (i) and fig (ii) respectively. Identify material A and material B.

(i) material A is copper and material B is germanium

(ii) material A is germanium and material B is copper
(iii) material A is nichrome and material B is germanium
(iv) material A is copper and material B is nichrome

27.Out of V-I graph for two different wires A& B, which one represents the wire of low
resistance, justify your answer.
28. i)Unit of mobility………..
ii) Dimension of mobility …….
29. The current I flows through a wire of radius R and the free electrons drift with the velocity
vd when a current 2I flows through the wire of same material but having double the radius,
what will be the drift velocity of electrons in this wire.
30.Draw a graph to show the variation of resistance of a metal wire as a function of its
diameter keeping its length and material constant.
31. Using Kirchhoff's rules, calculate the potential difference between B and D in the circuit diagram
as shown in the figure.

32. State Kirchhoff ’s rules. Use these rules to write the expressions for the currents I1, I2 and I3 in the
circuit diagram shown.

Chapter 4: Moving charges and Magnetism

1. When a charged particle moving with velocity v is subjected to a magnetic field of

induction B, the force on it is non-zero. This implies that
(a) angle between is either zero or 180°
(b) angle between is necessarily 90°
(c) angle between can have any value other than 90°
(d) angle between can have any value other than zero and 180°
2. Consider the following two statements about the Oersted's experiment.
Statement P: The magnetic field due to a straight current carrying conductor is in the form of
circular loops around it.
Statement Q: The magnetic field due to a current carrying conductor is weak at near points
from the conductor, compared to the far points.
(a) Both P and Q are true (b) Both P and Q are false
(c) P is true, but Q is false (d) P is false, but Q is true
3. A charge particle enters into the perpendicular magnetic field.
a) Its Kinetic energy remains constant
b) Its Velocity and momentum remains constant
c) Magnitude of velocity remains constant
d) Both a and c are correct.
4. In an ammeter 4% of the mains current is passing through galvanometer. If the
galvanometer is shunted with a 5 Ω resistance, then resistance of galvanometer will be
(a)116 Ω (b) 117 Ω (c) 118 Ω (d) 120 Ω
5. 20. A rectangular coil of length 0.12 m and width 0.1 m having 50 turns of wire is
suspended vertically in a uniform magnetic field of strength 0.2 Weber/m2. The coil carries a
current of 2A. If the plane of the coil is inclined at an angle of 30° with the direction of the
field, the torque required to keep the coil in stable equilibrium will be
(a)0.24 Nm (b) 0.12 Nm (c) 0.15 Nm (d) 0.20 Nm
6. A beam of a particles projected along + x-axis, experiences a force due to a magnetic field
along the + y-axis. What is the direction of the magnetic field?
a) magnetic field must be along negative z-axis.
b) magnetic field must be along negative x-axis.
c) magnetic field must be along positive z-axis.
d) magnetic field must be along negative y -axis.
7. the value of magnetic field at point O due to current flowing in the wires?

a)Zero b) µ0I/2πr c) µ0I/2r d) µ0I/4r

8. An electron and a proton enter a region of uniform magnetic field B with uniform speed v
in a perpendicular direction . What is the ratio of the radii of the circular paths of electron to
proton?

a) 1:1 b)1:2 c)1:1836 d)1836:1

9. The torque on a current loop is maximum when
a) the plane of the loop is parallel to the field
b) the plane of the loop is perpendicular to the field
c) the plane of the loop is at an angle with respect to field
d) None of the above.
10. A proton is moving along the axis of the solenoid. It experiences
a) no force b) experiences force along the direction of magnetic field
c) it experiences force opposite to the direction of magnetic field.
d) It experiences force perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field.
11.Two small identical circular loops, marked (1) and (2), carrying
equal currents, are placed with the geometrical axes perpendicular to each other as shown in
the figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field produced at the point
O.
12.Two identical circular loops, P and Q, each of radius r and carrying currents I and 2I respectively
are lying in parallel planes such that they have a common axis. The direction of current in both the
loops is clockwise as seen from O which is equidistant from the both loops. Find the magnitude of the
net magnetic field at point O.