PAEC MODLE COLLEGE-JAUHARAD

SHORT QUESTIONS WITH KEY

PHYSICS XI YEAR
PREPARED BY: ZAHID IFTIKHAR AHMAD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Q.No. 1 Write short answers of these questions.

i.

iv.

A ball of mass m is held at a height h1 above a table. The table top is at a height h2 above
the floor. One student says that the ball has potential energy mgh1 but another says that it
is mg(h1+h2). Who is correct?
Explain the circumstances in which the velocity v and acceleration a of a car are
parallel.
Will value of g change if a simple pendulum is moved to the top of a mountain or into a
cave?
How will value of g and T change if a heavier metal bob is used for a simple

v.
vi.

pendulum experiment?
Why are polaroid sunglasses better than ordinary sunglasses?
Explain whether Youngs experiment is an experiment to study interference or diffraction

vii.

effect of light?
In the Youngs experiment one of the slits is covered with blue filter and the other with

viii.
ix.

red filter. What would be the pattern of light intensity on the screen?
Why do we have two units for measuring amount of a substance, kilogram and mole.
Three students measured the length of needle with a scale of 1mm as smallest division

ii.
iii.

and recorded their measurements as 0.21m, 0.2145m and 0.214m, Who is correct and
x.
xi.

why?
Define unit vector and a position vector.
A vector A lies in the XY-plane. For what orientation will its both components have
opposite signs?

A 1
A 2 were reversed, how would it alter
A1
A2 ?

xii.

If all the components of

xiii.
xiv.
xv.
xvi.

Why would it be advantageous to use blue light with a compound microscope?

How is the light transmitted through the optical fibre?
How is power lost in optical fibre through dispersion?
If a person was looking through a telescope at the full moon, how would the appearance
of the moon be changed by covering half of the objective lens?
Why is the average velocity of molecules in a gas zero but the average of the square of
velocities is not zero?
A thermos flask containing milk as system is shaken rapidly. Does the temperature of
milk rise?
What happens to the temperature of a room when an air conditioner is left running on a
table in the middle of the room.
State second law of thermodynamics

xvii.
xviii.
xix.
xx.

KEY
i.
All are correct because PE is measured w.r.t any frame of reference.
ii.
When the car is speeding up.
iii.
In both the cases the value of g will decrease.
iv.
There is no effect of mass on g and T.
v.
Because they absorb some planes of light and hence reduce intensity.
vi.
It can be used for both the effects.
vii.
No pattern is obtained as interference does not take place.
viii.
Kilogram deals with macroscopic objects and mole deals with microscopic particles.
ix.
0.214m is correct measurement as it matches 1mm least count.
x.
xi.

A vector that has magnitude 1 and direction arbitrary.

A vector A lies in the XY-plane. For what orientation will its both components have
opposite signs?
In 2nd and 4th quadrants.

xii.

If all the components of

A 1
A 2 were reversed, how would it alter
A1
A2 ?

No change.
xiii.
Because it does not create any diffraction.
xiv.
By total internal reflection and continuous refraction
xv.
Due to impurities, scattering etc
xvi.
Just intensity is reduced. The images remains same.
xvii.
Because velocity before and after collision are equal but opposite.
xviii.
Yes it does.
xix.
The room temperature stays constant if we ignore heat produced by working of AC.

xx.

No heat engine can extract heat from a sink and throw to a source without expenditure of
energy.

PAEC MODLE COLLEGE-JAUHARAD

SHORT QUESTIONS WITH KEY
PHYSICS XII YEAR
PREPARED BY: ZAHID IFTIKHAR AHMAD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Q.No. 1 Write short answers of these questions.

i)

Do electrons go to a region of high potential or low

potential?

ii)

Show that electric flux thru a closed surface does not

depend on the shape of the surface.
iii) What are domains in magnetism?
iv) What is resistivity?
v)
Explain why the terminal potential difference of a
battery decreases when current drawn from it
increases.
vi)
What are the difficulties in testing whether filament
of a light bulb obeys Ohms law?
vii) Why should the resistance of an ammeter be very
low?
viii) Why does picture on a TV screen become distorted if
a magnet is brought close to it?
ix) Can you use a DC voltmeter in an AC circuit?
x)
Can a step-up transformer increase the power level?
xi) A suspended magnet is oscillating freely in a horizontal
plane. The oscillations are strongly damped when a metal
plate is placed under the magnet. Explain why this
occurs.
xii) In a certain region, the Earths magnetic field points
vertically down. When a plane flies due north, which
wingtip is positively charged?
xiii) When an electric motor, such as an electric drill is being
used, does it also act as a generator?
xiv) Define henry as unit of inductance
xv) What is the main use of a semiconductor diode?
xvi) Why is a photodiode operated in reverse-biased
condition?
xvii) What are the biasing conditions of a transistor?
xviii) What is the net charge on a n-type or p-type substance?
xix) What do we mean when we say that an atom is excited?
xx) What are the advantages of laser over ordinary light?

i)

KEY
They go from low to high potential.

ii)
iii)

No, it is independent of shape.

They are regions where all atoms have magnetic field
aligned with each other.

iv)
The resistance of one metre cube of a material is
called resistivity.
v)
Because internal resistance increases its voltage
drop.
vi)
Due to heat, its resistance increases.
vii)
Because otherwise it will change circuit parameters.
viii)
The magnet affects electron beam hence image is
distorted.
ix)
No.
x)
No, it cannot.

xi)
Because induced current in plate consumes energy.
xii)
The westward wing

xiii)
Yes. It does.
xiv) Inductance is one henry when current changing at the
rate of 1A/s induces 1V emf.
xv) It is used for rectification.
xvi) Because it works with the help of minority careers.
xvii) The Emitter-Base junction is forward biased whereas the
Collector-Base junction is reverse biased.
xviii) Both are neutral.
xix) It means some electron has obtained energy and jumped
to a higher orbit.
xx) It is monochromatic, phase coherent and intense beam of
light.

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