SECTION - A
I. i) Answer ALL questions.
ii) Each carries TWO marks.
iii) All are very short answer type questions. 10×2 = 20
1. What is hypermetropia? How can it be corrected?
2. Explain Brewster's Law.
3. State Gauss's Law in electrostatics.
4. Three capacitors of capacitances 1 μ F, 2 μ F and 3 μ F are connected in series with each other across a battery.
a) What is the ratio of charges on them?
b) What is the ratio of potential differences across them?
5. Define magnetic declination.
6. How are Microwaves produced?
7. A transformer transforms 200 V ac into 2000 V ac. Calculate the number of turns in the secondary if the primary has 10 turns.
8. Give two uses of infrared rays.
9. Draw the circuit symbols for p-n-p and n-p-n transistors.
10. Define modulation. Why is it necessary?
SECTION - B
II. i) Answer any SIX questions.
ii) Each carries FOUR marks.
iii) All are short answer type questions. 6×4 = 24
11. Why does the setting sun appear red?
12. Discuss the intensity of transmitted light when a polaroid sheet is rotated between two crossed polaroids?
13. Derive an equation for the couple acting on a electric dipole in a uniform electric field.
14. State the Kirchoff's Laws for electrical network. Using these laws deduce the condition for balancing in a Wheatstone bridge.
15. State and explain Biot-Savart Law.
16. Obtain an expression for the emf induced across a conduc- tor which is moved in a uniform magnetic field which is per- pendicular to the plane of motion.
17. Derive an expression for the potential and Kinetic energy of an electron in any orbit of a hydrogen atom according to Bohr's atomic model.
18. Define half life period and decay constant for a radioactive substance. Deduce the relation between them.
SECTION - C
III. i) Answer any TWO questions.
ii) Each carries EIGHT marks.
iii) All are long answer type questions. 2 × 8 = 16
19. a) How are stationary waves formed in closed pipes? Explain the various modes of vibrations and obtain relations for their frequencies.
b) An open pipe and a closed pipe are in resonance with each other with their first overtones. Find the ratio of their lengths.
20. a) Obtain an expression for the torque on a current carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field. Describe the construction and working of a moving coil galvanometer.
b) The resistance of a moving coil galvanometer is 5Ω. The maximum current it can measure is 0.015 A. How would you convert it into a voltmeter to measure 1.5 volt?
21. a) Explain the principle and working of a nuclear reactor with the help of a labelled diagram.
b) Calculate the energy equivalent of 1 g of a substance.
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