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Value based questions for class 12

(Prepared by group 2)

ELECTROSTATICS
1) An elderly woman went alone to the electricity office to change the name of her electricity
connection in his sons favour. When she enquired in the office she was asked to get a photocopy of
the relevant document which works under electrostatic induction. The photo copy op was far away
and across the road. She took the help of the passer-by and got her photocopy done.
a) what values did the passer-by have?
b) How does a neutral body get charged by electrostatic induction?
Ans.a) Helping, sharing, respect for elderly people.
b) For a body to get positively charged, a negatively charged body has to bring close to the
neutral body which after earthing gets charged uniformly.
2) In a fair a child was troubling his parent and crying for something. On seeing this, a young boy
went to the child and said that he would perform a trick with balloons. He took two balloons and
inflated them and after rubbing with the sweater he sticks the balloons with walls. The child enjoyed
this activity, and stopped crying.
a) Give two values of the young boy
b) How did the balloons get attracted? Will they repel also?
Ans. a) Presence of mind, concern and sympathy
b) When balloons were rubbed with woollen sweater, it becomes negatively charged. When
taken nearer the wall, positive charges are induced by electrostatic induction on that
part of the wall, so gets attracted. Yes, when the bodies are similar charged they
repel.
3) Sushil had to repaint his car when he was reminded by the car company for his regular car service.
He told them to do spray painting of steel grey colour. The company also replied that they usually
perform spray painting only as wastage is minimized and even painting achieved
a) what values did the car service company have?
b) If spray painting is done by electrostatic induction, how is even painting achieved?
Ans. a) Customer care, commitment, concern and truthfulness
b) Droplets of paint are charged particles which get attracted to any metallic objects by
electrostatic forces.
4) In Ramans grandfathers room the fan was running very slowly. Due to which he was sweating and
was restless. He wanted to rectify this. He called for an electrician who came and changed the
capacitor only after which the fan started running fast.
a) What values did Raman and his classmates have?
b) What type of energy is stored in the capacitor and where?
Ans: a) concern, respect to elders and responsibility.
b) Electrical energy in the dielectric of the capacitor.

5) Manav asked his Physics teacher why voltmeter, galvanometer and ammeter are kept in a cavity in
spite of its outer covering being made of an insulator.
a) What values did Manav have?
b) Explain Faradays cage or electrostatic shielding
Ans. a) inquisitiveness, to improve his knowledge
b) These sensitive instruments should not be disturbed by external electric field.
6)A & B are two students in a class who have been assigned to organize a Republic Day function.
They have also been instructed to invite personally more than 60 members from all the nearby cultural
organizations and VIPs in their area. While student A arranged invitations using a photocopier/fax,
student B arranges invitations by writing to them individually.
a)Which students method would you adopt and why? AND
b) State the principle behind the source used by student A.
Ans:a) Student A because, he is aware of the latest technology and its applications;
b) Electrostatic force
7)one day a boy noticed a bird sitting on a high voltage electric wire; he curiously noticed the bird and
found that the bird flew off after sometime without any electrical shock. This incident made him think
of another incident that took place near his house last week where, a boy, who climbed to take a kite,
got severe jolt of electric current. He immediately approached his Physics teacher for an explanation.
Teacher explained the effect of electrical current which he told his mother that evening.
a)What are the values associated with the above incident?
b)What would be the explanation given by the Physics teacher?
Ans: a) observation, eagerness to learn.
b) both the legs of the bird are at same voltage and hence no current passes; to receive a shock
there must be a potential difference between one part of the body and another; if a person
hangs from a high voltage wire without touching anything else, he can be quite safe and
would not feel shock)
8)Sahil has dry hair. A comb ran through her dry hair attract small bits of paper. He observes that
Raman with oily hair combs his hair; the comb could not attract small bits of paper. He consults his
teacher for this and gets the answer. He then goes to the junior classes and shows this phenomenon as
Physics Experiment to them. All the juniors feel very happy and tell him that they will also look for
such interesting things in nature and try to find the answers. He succeeds in forming a Science Club in
his school.
a) What according to you are the values displayed Sahil?
b)Why a comb ran through dry hair attracts bits of paper?
Ans. a)values- Curiosity, leadership, compassion
b) Frictional electricity.
9) Amitas mother who was illiterate was folding her synthetic saree. She saw a spark coming out of it.
She got frightened and called Amita. Amita being a science student gave the reason behind it.After
knowing the reason her mother calmed down.
a) What value was displayed by Amita?
b) What is the reason of the spark?

Ans: a) Awareness & sensitivity

b) Frictional electricity and electric discharge.
10)A picnic was arranged by school for the student of XII class. After some time it was raining
heavily accompanied by thundering & lightening. The Student got afraid. Some students went inside
the room. Two students asked for the key of the car and sat inside the car folding their legs on the seat.
The other students called them to come out but they refused.
a) What value was displayed by these students?
b)What is the reason to sit inside the car?
Ansa)Sharing the knowledge, social awareness
b) Electrostatic shielding.
11) One Sunday Himanshu and Rajat were enjoying with their friends at home. Suddenly their ceiling
fan stopped working. Out of shear enthusiasm Himanshu first switched off the power supply of the fan
and opened the cap of the fan to check the problem. Rajat tried to stop him but he did not listen. The
moment he touched the interior part of the fan, he fell down because of electric shock. All friends
were scared as to what has happened as the power supply was already switched off.
a)What positive and negative traits do you think have been displayed by Himanshu?
b) What could be the possible cause of electric shock?
Ansa)Positive trait-curiosity, Negative trait- Careless attitude towards life
b) Electric charge stored on Capacitor

CURRENT ELECTRICITY
12) One night before exams Raman was preparing for his physics exam. Suddenly the light in his
room went off and he could not continue his studies. His cousin brother Varun who had come to visit
him was quick to react. Varun using the torch installed in his mobile phone found that the fuse had
blown out. He checked the wiring and located a short circuit. He rectified it and put a fuse wire.The
light came to life again. Raman head a sigh of relief thanked Varun and continued his studies.
a) What are the values projected by Raman and Varun? (Any two)
b) Why did Varun have to check the wiring?
c) What is an electric fuse? What characteristics you would prefer for a fuse wire?
Ans:
(a) Raman: acknowledging the help from others with gratitude.
(b) Varun: awareness of the technology, helping tendency, practical knowledge of the
subject.
(c)An electric fuse is a wire used as a safetydevice which melts when current exceeds
thelimit.Low melting point, high resistivity
13)Kumaran wanted to pay electricity bill that day. He realized that the consumption shown by the
meter was unbelievably low. He thought that the meter must have been faulty. He wanted to check the
meter. But unfortunately he did not have any idea as to how to do this. There came his friend Subhash
to help him. He told Kumaran to run only the microwave rated 1kW in his house for some time
keeping other appliances switched off. He also calculated the power consumed in kilowatt hour and
compared the value with the meter. . Kumaran was happy and thanked Subhash for his timely help and
the knowledge.

a) What are the values displayed by the friends?

b) In which unit electric meters readings counted
Ans:
a) Honesty, sharing of knowledge, willingness to help
b) KWh
14) Atul is lives in an area where birds in large groups play around producing pleasing humming
sounds. One day he notices that the high power lines soon after a strong wind have come too close
which may prove fatal for the birds that would sit on them and flutter their wings for some reason or
other. He complained to the authorities and the lines were set at the proper distance once again.
(a) What are the values possessed by Atul and the authorities? (Any two)
(b) What is the danger that could happen to the innocent birds in Atulss view?
(c) How did distancing the lines solve the problem?
Ans:
a) Affection towards birds, taking appropriate action ,duty conscious
b) The bird may get electrocuted
c) Avoid sparking
15) Sujata was doing an experiment (Comparison of emfs) using potentiometer in Physics lab. She
could not take the readings because the galvanometer showed same side deflection. She checked the
Circuit and the connections were correct. Her friend Manisha who was doing her experiment nearby
came to help Sujata. Manisha increased the voltage of the eliminator (by turning the knob) supplying
current to the potentiometer. Sujata tried the experiment again and got the readings. She thanked
Manisha for her help.
a) What are the values displayed by both Sujata and Manisha?
b) State one reason why the galvanometer showed same side deflection.
c) Distinguish between emf and terminal pd.
Ans:
a) Sharing of knowledge, caring for and helping others.
b) The emf of the driving cell should be greater than the emf of the experimental cells.
c) emf :The potential difference between the terminals of a cell when the cell is in the open
circuit
Terminal pd:the potential difference between the terminals of a cell when the cell is in
the closed circuit.
16)Father and a son returned home completely drenched due to heavy rain. Father advised his son not
touch any electrical units with wet hands for he may get a shock; In spite of this, on immediately
entering the house, the son switches on the light (supply voltage is 220 V) and gets a severe shock;
He was fortunate not to get electrocuted. Father, who is a Biologist, told that when the skin is dry,
resistance of a human body is 105 ; and when the skin is wet the body resistance is 1500 .
a)What is the lesson learnt by you?
b)Calculate the current that flow through (I) a wet body and (ii) a dry body.
c)When will we have serious consequences and why?
Ans:a) To obey elders;
b) Using, I = V/R (i) 147 mA; (ii) 2.2 mA.;
c) Wet body with 147mA, when the current flows, the result is fatal

MAGNETIC EFFECT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT AND

MAGNETISM
17) Mr S.K.Sharma a 65 year old person often complained of neck pain. One day his grandson
Arinjay, suggested that magnetic therapy is very effective in reducing such pains. He said that the
permanent magnet/electromagnet, used in the device will help to produce Joules heating effects in the
blood stream, which helps the blood flow better. He immediately contacted his friend in Chennai, who
was running Magnetic Therapy Clinic. Mr S.K.Sharmafelt better.
a) What two values did Arinjay exhibit towards his grandfather? Mention any two
b) What is the SI unit of magnetic induction and define it?
Ans.
a) Responsible behaviour, concern and awareness
b) Tesla (define)
18) In the birthday party of Bharat, a class 7student, and his parents gave big Slinkys to all his friends
as return gifts. The next day, during the physics class Mr Sharma, the teacher explained them about
the production of magnetic fields using current carrying coil and also said that they can make
Permanent magnets, using such coils by passing high currents through them, that night sumant
, a friend of Bharat, asked his father about the coils, and their shape. His father asked him to bring the
slinky, that his friend gave and explained the uses of toroid and solenoid.
a) What value did Sumant father exhibit towards his son?
b) What is the difference in the fields produced by the solenoid and Toroid?
Ans. a)Responsibility makes his child to understand the concepts and to generate interest in
the subjects)
b)The magnetic field lines in a toroid is concentric circles whereas in solenoidit is
straight within the turns.
19) Ms Nidhi found that her grandmother could not hear properly. She wants to purchase specialist
prescribed hearing aid for her. Hearing aids consist of electromagnets in the loudspeakers used in the
device.
a) What two values does Ms Nidhi exhibit towards her grandmother? Mention any two.
b) What is an electromagnet? In what way its hysteresis curve is different from that used for
permanent magnets?
Ans. a) Caring attitude, sensitive towards society, concern for others
b) Electromagnet- temporary magnet.Hysteresis curve has small are,
small coercivity, small retentivity.
20)Ms Sumathy wife of Mr Varadan complained about the non-availability of gas cylinders and
explained to him to look out for alternate methods for cooking.Mr Varadan bought an induction stove
to overcome the fuel problem. The next day Sumathy used her copper bottom cooker and kept it on
the induction stove. But even after using it for half an hour she found that the cooker was not hot and
food not cooked. As she was not aware of the method to use the induction stove, she asked her elder
daughter Dhanya,studying first year engineering about it. She told her, that some vessels can not be

used on this stove. She took the instruction manual and explained to her mother, that the stove works
on magnetic induction, and copper being a dia magnetic material, will not respond to it.
a) What values did Mr Varadan and Dhanya exhibit towards Ms Sumathy? Mention any
two.
b) Give an example of diamagnetic material
Ans.
a) awareness, concern for conservation of energy and fossil fuels, sharing the knowledge)
b) Copper

21)Bala and Rama class XII students, were assigned a project based onmagnetism. In their project
work, they had calculated the value of earthsmagnetic field. When they submitted their project for
verification.Mr Santosh, their physics teacher, corrected the mistakes. He alsosuggested few books
which could be of use to them.
a) 1.What values did Mr Santosh exhibit towards his students? Mention anytwo
b) 2.Mention the three magnetic elements required to calculate the value ofearth and draw a neat
diagram to explain them.
Ans:
a) Honesty, helpfulness, responsible behaviour towards students, concern for the student to
create interest in the subject)
b) Magnetic declination, magnetic inclination and horizontal componentof earths magnetic
field.

22)Mr Vasudev the chief development officer, in southern railway went on anofficial tour toattend a
seminar on fast moving trains. He met his friendin Tokyo after he finished his seminar there. His
friend explainedtoVasudev, how Japanese people are concentrating on energy conservationand saving
of fossil fuels using Maglev trains. MrVasudev travelled fromTokyo to Osaka in maglev train and
found that sound is less, traveling issmooth and understood how can we improve mass transporting
systems.
a) What values did Mr Vasudev found from his friend? Mention any two.
b) 2.On which principle does it work?
Ans.
a) Awareness about new technology, concern for energy conservation, decrease
of noise pollution and air pollution i.e, concern for environment)
b) When a superconductor is cooled in a magnetic field below its criticaltemperature the
magnetic field lines are expelled showing diamagneticproperty. This is called Meissner
effect.
23)Ms Lavanya a house wife aged 40 years complained of stomach ache oneday. Her husband Mr
Srinivas took her to a nearby hospital. The doctorobserved her and found something wrong near her
liver and suspectedmalignancy. There after checking her MRI scan, a team of doctors advised
her to go through Carbon radio therapy which is very safe. They said usingcyclotron, high speed ions
can be generated that directly attach thecancerous tissues and destroy them.
a) What values did Mr srinivas and the doctor have exhibited? Mention anytwo.
b) 2.What are the role played by Electric field and magnetic fielding Cyclotron?

Ans.
a) Ans.concern for others, helpfulness, presence of mind, responsible citizen
b) The charged particles are accelerated by the electric field with themagnetic field bringing
them again and again to the electric field thatis the region between the Dees.

24)A person entering the airport was asked to remove the contents from his pant and shirt pockets; his
hand bags and luggage were also checked by airport authorities by using a metal detector. Imran got
annoyed and argued with the airport authority as to the reasons for such procedure. The authority tells
him that all the passengers and their belongings will be checked for security check to ensure safe
travel.
a)What is the value that imparts us in the above scenario?
b)Briefly explain the working principle of a metal detector.
Ans: a) respecting law and obeying the rules enacted by the nation; self discipline and avoiding
arguments,
b) change in the magnetic field in a metal detector due to the metals carried by the contents of
checking which, induces change in current in the coil of the metal detector. This
detection of change sets up an alarm)
25)Two girls Anjali and Babita were very good observers and performed in the school function using
their cassette player. One day when they were performing, tape got stuck up and the music stopped.
But Anjali was determined not to let down the performance so she sang the song instead of dancing
and Babita completed the dance.
a) What were the values displayed by Anjali and Babita ?
b) What kind of material is using for coating magnetic tapes used in cassette players or building
memories stories in modern computers?
Ans.
a) Team spirit, confidence, determination and courage
b) Ferromagnetic materials.

26)Sumit was using a galvanometer in the practical class. Unfortunately it fell from his hand and
broke. He was upset, some of his friends advised him not to tell the teacher but Sumit decided to tell
his teacher. Teacher Vimla listened to him patiently and on knowing that the act was not intentional,
but just an accident, did not scold him andused the opportunity to show the internal structure of
galvanometer to the whole class.
a) What are the values displayed by Sumit?
b) What is the principle of moving coil galvanometer?

Ans.
a) Courage to tell the truth, Gratitude to his teacher for her patience and tolerance
b) Torque on current carrying coil placed in magnetic field.

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION AND

ALTERNATING CURRENT
27)Krishnan a retired science teacher was walking with his grandsonMunna by the side of a paddy
field. Munna noticed power gridscarrying thick wires. He was curious to know what the structure was
and what the wireswere for. So he asked his grandfather about it. He also wanted to know ifthe tower
could be removed so that there would be more space forcrops. Krishnan explained in detail about the
tower and the need forthe wires.
a) Why is the voltage stepped up for long distance transmission?
b) What are the values exhibited by Krishnan and Munna?
Ans.
a) less power loss
b) Concern for saving energy and greenery.
28)Nita switched on the radio set to listen to her favourite music butfound the reception was not clear.
Also there was overlapping ofsignals. So she adjusted the tuner in the set till she heard the musicclear.
a) What are the components of tuning circuit in a radio?
b) Name the phenomenon involved here?
c) What value can be associated with this?
Ans
a) an inductor and a variable capacitor
b) Resonance
c) Harmony. By being in harmony with nature, life would be beautifuland easy for the
future generation.

29) Aakash on entering his apartment, switched on the tube light, but itdid not work. So he called the
electrician. The electrician inspectedthe tube light and suggested a replacement of the choke rather
than use of a 100 watt bulb. On replacing the choke Aakash found the tube light working.
a) What is the function of a choke?
b) Identify the value exhibited here.
Ans:
a) To reduce the alternating current in the circuit without any heat loss.
b) Concern for conserving energy.
30) Maya had come from Singapore on a holiday to her grandmothersplace. She had heard a lot about
Tirupathi temple and so she wentto Tirupathi with her grandmother. She walked through a
metaldetector and heard a beep sound as she walked through it. Whenshe went back to Singapore she
asked her father about the metaldetector and its working. Her father explained the working in
detailand also the need for installing metal detectors in places wherepeople visited in huge numbers.
a) Name the components present in the detector.
b) What is the phenomenon involved?
c) What value can be attached with this?

Ans.
a) an inductor and a capacitor
b) Resonance.
c) Concern for social security.
31) A visit to science exhibition was arranged for class XII. They saw theprocess of electroplating.
The students exhibited the electro platingwith the help of DC source. Immediately students raised the
doubt, why dont we use AC instead of DC? The teacher in chargeexplained and cleared their doubts.
Questions:
a) What value was displayed by these students?
b) Why should we use dc instead of ac?
Ans.
a) Curiosity, critical thinking and understanding
b) Because in AC, direction of current changes periodically whereas theelectrodes are with
fixed polarities.
32) Subhash wanted to see the work of a transformer. He bought atransformer from a shop. He
connected the primary to an ACsupply. At that time an aluminium ring in his hand falls into the coreof
the transformer. Without noticing that he switched on the powersupply. The aluminium ring flew up
into the air. He became panic. Hisfather, an electrical engineer explained the reason.
a) What value does he exhibit?
b) Bring out the reason for the above activity.
Ans.
a) Curiosity,
b) Induced current in the aluminium ring acts in the opposite directionto those in Coil and so
magnetic field of the ring repels the magnetic field due to
the coilAs a result of it the ring shoots in air.
33) Raj is in XII standard. His Physics teacher demonstrated anexperiment to explain Faradays laws
of electromagnetic induction. Raj interrupted her lecture and asked,Is there any possibility ofinduced
emf due to earths magnetism? The teacher was stunned fora moment and gave this question for group
discussion. Finally thestudents came out with correct answer.
a) Write the values that you learnt from this incident.
b) What can be reason for Rajs question?
Ans.
a) Team spirit, curiosity
b)When the wire in N-S direction is dropped freely, none of thecomponents of earths magnetic
field is intercepted.So no induced emf is produced. When the Wire is dropped freely in EW
direction horizontal component of earths magnetic field isintercepted. So emf is induced in the
coil.
34)Isabella used an induction stove and explains to her neighbour that due to shortage of LPG one
must utilize other sources that are available to produce heat energy; being a Physics teacher Isabella,
explains that the Oil companies are trying their best to meet the demands for LPG and that as a good
citizen one must use other sources wherever feasible. Isabella uses an induction stove having a value
of 7H inductor and the flow of current is from 10Ato 7A in 9 x 10-2 seconds.

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a) In the above, what is the quality you find in the Physics teacher?
b) Calculate the emf generated in the above?
ANS: a) concern for the nation, cost economic attitude, sharing knowledge
b) e = -L dI / dt, = 233.3V
35)Two friends Ram and Shyam have been assigned a work to choose a step down transformer for
supply of power for a small town with a demand of 1 MW at 220V situated 20km away from an
electric plant generates power at 440V; the resistance of the two line wires carrying power is
0.5ohm/km; two step down transformers are available- 4000V-220V & 100000V 220V. Ram has
chosen 100000V-220V step down transformer.
a) As a student of physics, which step down transformer will you prefer for supply of a power for
a small town. Give reason.
b) What are the values associated with the above decision?
Ans:
a) Shyam go with Rams option, because Power loss is less in 100000V-220V
that is why Transmission of a.c over long distances is preferred for transmission.(hints:
Iv=P/ Ev, P=I2R,Power loss=(output power/input power)x100
b ) Knowledge is useful only when put to practice and concern for countrys welfare.

36) Mrs.Vandana a physics teacher, was doing an experiment in lab using dry cell battery. The dry cell
was weak, giving less voltage, which was not sufficient to give proper reading. One of the student
asked, Madam, cant we step-up the voltage using a transformer? Teacher replied, No, we cannot
step up DC voltage using step-up transformer and explained the reason and working of a transformer.
The student then constructed a transformer for Physics project and studied the factors responsible for
losses in a transformer.
a) What values are displayed by the student?
b) Why transformer cannot be used to step-up DC voltage?
Ans
(a) Creativeness, curiosity.
(b) DC supply does not produce changing magnetic flux in the primary hence no emf is
set in the secondary coil of transformer.
37) Rohit after having lived in US for 12years returned back to India. He had a discussion with his
cousin Amit on domestic power supply in US and in India. In US domestic power supply is at 110v,
50Hz, whereas in India it is 220V, 50Hz. Rohit was stressing that US supply is better than Indian
supply. Both went to Amits father an electrical Engineer and asked his opinion on the issue.He
explained that both the supplies have advantages as well as disadvantages.
a) What values are used by Rohit and Amit?
b) Write one advantage and one disadvantage of 220V supply over 110V supply.
Ans. (i) Critical thinking, awareness
(ii) Advantage the power loss at 220v supply is less than at 110v ,Disadvantage 220v supply
haspeak value 311v which is much higher than peak value of 155.5V for 110v supply

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

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38)Akhil was playing cricket with his friends, when a ball hit his friend Bharat on his left leg .Bharat
screamed with pain.Akhil rushed towards him and comforted him and asked him not to move hisleg.
He quickly took out his cell phone and called up Bharats parents andbriefed them about the incident.
In10 minutes Bharat was taken to thenearby hospital and was examined by the doctor who advised for
an X-raystest which confirmed a hairline fracture.
a) How are X-rays produced?
b) Mention one another application of X rays.
c) Mention two qualities of Akhil which are reflected from theabove situation.
Ans.
a) X- rays are produced by bombarding a metal target by high energyelectrons.
b) To study the crystal structures
c) Presence of mind, alertness, taking initiative, helpful, caring.
39) Chirag was at the restaurant chatting with his cousins. The restaurantwas clean and free of flies
and insects to his relief. His cousin wascurious to know about the uv lamp in the corner and asked
Chirag aboutit. Chirag explained that inside the fluorescent lamp, the electrical energy
is converted into uv radiation. The inside of the tube is coated with afluorescent powder which
absorbs the UV and emits violet light in thevisible region. These attract the insects which are
electrocuted by high voltagewires near the lamp, so that they dont fall on the food andcontaminate
them.
i) Name the main source of uv rays?
ii)Why are they considered harmful to us?
iii)What impressed you about chirag?
Ans.i) Sun is the main source of uv rays.
ii)They can cause skin cancer when exposed for a longer time
iii) Clarity in explaining, health awareness, knowledge.

40) It was Rajats turn to talk about the great Indian scientist in front ofthe class and he chose Jagdish
Chandra Bose.Although more famous as a biologist, Jagadish Chandra Bose was a great
physicist as well. He can rightly be called the inventor of wirelesstelegraphy. Though Marconi
invented the wireless, Bose had alreadydemonstrated its functioning in public in the year 1895, a year
beforeMarconi's patent for the telegraph. He was the first to fabricate the devicethat generated radio
wave-length (25mm to 5mm). He was a greatscientist, who selflessly dedicated his findings to the
further developmentof science. An inventor can make lakhs of rupees by just one or twoinventions.
Bose has invented many instruments used by many industries. When he was offered money for these,
he did not accept it. He felt thatknowledge was not anybody's personal property. He permitted
anyoneand everyone to use the fruits of his work. The whole class including histeacher applauded.
a) Give two properties of the e.m.wave produced by Bose.
b) What values of Bose impressed you from the above passage?
Ans.
a) They are transverse in nature, and travel with the speed of light invacuum.
b) The selfless attitude of the scientist,service mindedness and modesty.

41) A group discussion was in progress.

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Speaker 1-Electromagnetic radiations play an important role inmaintaining the earths warmth or
average temperature throughgreenhouse effect. These radiations trap the greenhouse gases suchas
CO2and water vapour thus increasing the temperature.
Speaker 2- We could reduce the emission by using solar operatedvehicles or cycles for short distance,
use public transport, car pooing.
Speaker3-The government can impose carbon tax- i.e. taxing theindividual and industries based on the
size of the CO2 emission.
a) What type radiation is speaker1 referring to?
b) Name one electronic device which emits this radiation.
c) What values do the speakers exhibit in their discussion?
Ans.
a) Infra-red radiation
b) Light emitting diodes
c) Concern about the environment, recognising ones duty and takingstock of the
situation,open to new ideas, scientific awareness, communityservice.

42)A woman and her daughter were in the kitchen, preparing dinner using the new microwave oven
purchased last evening. Suddenly, the daughter found that inside the microwave oven a metallic
container had been kept to cook vegetable. She informs her mother that no metallic object must be
used while cooking in microwave oven and explains the reasons for the same.
a) What attitude of the daughter inspires you?
b) Give another use of a microwave oven
c) The frequency of microwave is 3 x 1011 Hz. Calculate its wavelength.
Ans :
a) Presence of mind, Knowledge of subject;
b) Usedin telecommunication; & c) = c/ = (3 x 108))/ (3 x 1011) = 10-3m

43)A visits his friend B. In his house B was playing with his kid sister and in spite of the broad day
light, A notices the tube light burning and TV was also on, she think while playing with the child in a
day light tube light may be off, and advises him to save electricity; He also claims that the heat inside
the room increases which would lead to global warming.
a) What are the values associated with the decision saving electricity?
b) Which electromagnetic wave is responsible for increase in the average temperature of the
earth? Give other applications of the electromagnetic wave.
Ans :
a) Concern for society/nation, awareness about global warming,
b) Infrared waves; applications- to treat muscular strain, solar water heaters & cookers)
44) Lots of people like TV program CID. In this program there is some murder mystery which has to
be solved by the team of CID people. Every member of CID team work is with full dedication. They
collect information from everywhere which can lead to correct conclusion. They use ultraviolet rays in
forensic laboratory. Some people got surprised to see the advantage of ultraviolet rays because they
only know that that ultraviolet rays coming from SUN are harmful.
a) What values were displayed by CID team?
b) Give the use of Ultraviolet rays in forensic laboratory.

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Ans.
a) Team work, Awareness.
b) In the detection of forged documents, finger prints.
45) Shilpis mother was heating food on a gas stove. Her friend Shweta came and saw her mother
heating food on the gas stove. Shweta told Shilpis mother, Why dont you buy a microwave oven?
Shilpis mother replied at once that she doesnt like to use microwave oven. Shilpi and Shweta made it
clear that microwave is not harmful for cooking food. This is an easy and safe process. Shilpis mother
got convinced and ordered for a microwave oven.
a) What value was displayed by Shilpi and her friend?
b) On which principle food gets heated in microwave oven?
Ans.
a) Sharing knowledge
b) Resonanceof water molecules.
46) Two boys were going to the market .They saw two welders using welding machine. One welder is
using the goggles and face masks with window in order to protect his face. The other one is welding
with naked eye. They went to the welder who was not using face mask and explained him the
advantages of goggles and masks. Next day the welder bought a set of goggles
a) What values were displayed by two boys?
b) Which radiation emits during welding?
Ans.
a) Knowledge, awareness, caring
b) Ultraviolet radiation.

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OPTICS
47)A child is observing a thin film such as a layer of oil on water show beautiful colours when
illuminated by while light. He feels happy and surprised to see this. His teacher explains him the
reason behind it .The child then gives an example of spreading of kerosene oil on water to prevent
malaria and dengue.
a) What value was displayed by his teacher?
b) Name the phenomenon involved?
Ans.
a) Value appreciation of Nature, awareness
b) Interference of light.
48) Neha is using yellow light in a single silt diffraction experiment with silt width of 0.6 mm. The
teacher has replaces yellow light by x-rays. Now she is not able to observe the diffraction pattern. She
feels sad. Again the teacher replaces x-rays by yellow light and the diffraction pattern appears again.
The teacher now explains the facts about the diffraction
a)Which value is displayed by the teacher?
b)Give the necessary condition for the diffraction.
Ans.
a) Motivation
b) As the wavelength of x-rays is much smaller than that of yellow light, so the diffraction
pattern is lost when the yellow light is replaced by x-rays.
49)Aayush was watching a program on the topic MOON on the Discovery channel. He came to know
from the observations recorded from the surface of Moon that the sky appears dark from there. He got
surprised and wanted to know the reason behind it. He discussed it with his friends, and they told the
reasons
a)
Name the value that was displayed by Aayush
b)
Give reason by sky appeared dark at moon.

Ans.
a) curiosity
b) No atmosphere at moon hence no scattering of light.
50) A teacher has given three lenses of power 0.5 D, 4 D, 10 D to a student. He is not sure as to which
lenses would he use for constructing a good astronomical telescope. So he consults his seniors and the
teacher also and constructs a telescope. Later he shows this telescope to the junior classes and explains
about the choice of lenses.
a) What values has he shown by doing these?
b) Which lenses are used as objective and which one as Eyepiece?

Ans.
a) curiosity, sharing of knowledge
b) Out of these three lenses, he will use a lens of power 0.5 D for objective lens and
lens of Power 10D as the Eyepiece
51) Mr. Sanjay looking at a person wearing a shirt with a pattern comprising Vertical and Horizontal
lines is able to see vertical lines more distinctly than the horizontal ones. He shares his problem
with his friend who suggests him to go to a doctor immediately.

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a) Name the value displayed by Sanjays friend

b) What is this defect due to?
c) How is such a defect of be corrected?
Ans.
a) Empathy
b) This defect is called ASTIGMATISM and reason is that cornea is not perfectly spherical.
c) Can be corrected by using a cylindrical lens
52) Rahul was driving a car and suddenly became aware of a loud soundcoming from behind. He
looked through his rear-view mirror and saw an ambulance. He recalled reading that such emergency
vehicles often have their name written in the mirror writing i.e. He quickly made way for the
ambulance, murmuring a quick prayer for the speedy recovery of the patient inside the ambulance.
a) What type of mirrors as a rear view mirror and why?
b) What values did Rahul exhibit?
Answers
a) Convex mirror, to get a wide view of traffic behind
b) concern for others Compassion, courtesy, , knowledgeable.
53). Rekha and Preethi were classmates. Preethi was a bright girl and hada quick grasping power.
However Rekha noticed that Preethi was nother usual self for the past few days. Rekha found out that
Preethi wasnot able to see the letters on the board properly and also complainedof frequent headaches.
Rekha suggested to Preethi to get her eyechecked .Preethi followed Rekhas suggestion and thanked
her sayingshe felt very comfortable after wearing the spectacles.
a) What was the eye defect that Preethi had?
b) How can it be corrected?
c) Rekha was a true friend. Justify.
Ans.
a) Myopia
b) Wearing spectacles made of concave lens
c) Sympathy,kind, helpful and caring nature, concern.
54). Nitin wanted to buy a gift for his sister and so entered a gift shop. Thegift shop had many glass
items. On looking closely, he found many ofthe beverage glasses used for cool drinks had big thick
glass walls. Hedecided not to buy these glasses because he knew that this gives afalse impression that
there is more amount of liquid inside the glass.
a) As a physics student, light rays from inside the glass bend awayfrom the normal and appear to
diverge, why are the beverageglasses made with very thick glass walls?
b) Which physical quantity remains constant when light travelsfrom one medium to another?
c) What values can you associate with Nitin decision?
Ans.
a) Light rays from inside the glass bend away from the normal andappear to diverge
b) frequency
c) Affection, patience, knowledge about refraction.

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55) The whole class was excited as they were on their way to Kavalur inTamilNadu, an observatory,
housing the largest telescope in India. Theteacher was explaining type of telescope, the diameter of the
objective (2.34m) and other details. The children were looking forward to seethrough the telescope.
a) What type of telescope is the teacher referring to?
b) Mention any two advantageous of this telescope
c) Why are such a field trips important?
Ans.
a) Reflecting telescope
b) No chromatic aberration, mirrors are relatively lighter and cheapercompared to thelens
c) First-handexperience, inculcating a scientific temper, team work, enthusiasm, kindling
Curiosity.

56) Mr.Viswanthan ,a retired professor of physics was walking with hisgrandson. It was last week of
December and so it was dark around5.30pm.The streetlights were on and the yellow light flooded the
areaaround. The boy asked professor why yellow lights were used when whitelight were brighter. The
professor answered that during foggy days the tinydroplets act as prisms splitting white light into its
constituent colours andthus reducing the clarity.
a) What phenomena was the professor referring to? Why does ithappen?
b) Give one application of prism.
c) What values of the boy reflect from the conversation?
Ans.
a) Dispersion, speed of each colour is different when they enter glass.
b) Studying and analysing the spectrum of distant light sources
c) Curiosity, research mindedness, awareness.
57). Satish complained of a severe stomach pain and started crying. Hiselder brother consoled him and
took him to a gastroenterologist. Thedoctor advised for an endoscopy and asked him to come the next
day onanempty stomach. Satish was not ready for the test as he was afraid. Howeverhis elder brother a
medical student explained the need for the test andtold him it was not a painful experience. He further
explained that a tubecontaining a fine glass fibre would be inserted through the food pipe and
light through this pipe would allow the doctor to examine the inside of thestomach. The test was done
and satish felt okay after taking medicine fortwo days.
a) What is the working principle of the glass fibre in the endoscope?
b) What values of Salishs brother impress you?
Ans.
a) Total internal reflection.
b) Taking up responsibility, affectionate, timely action,knowledgeable,caring.
58)Two boys, on their way from school were discussing seriously aboutsomething. They both were
blowing soap bubbles and were thrilled towatch the expanding bubble with spectacular colour rings.
Shwetha, aclass XII student, was watching them for a long time, walking behindthem. Suddenly she
realised that the kids did not look at the traffic inthat junction area. She rushed to them and instructed
them to becautious while on the road. She also explained the importance of trafficrules and told them
that obeying traffic rules not only makes us safe butalso others safe.
a) What are the values highlighted by Shwetha?
b) Why are colours formed on bubbles?

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Ans.
a) obeying road rules, alertness, concern in others life, clarity ofknowledge.
b) Due to superposition of incidentand reflected waves of white lightby thin film
(Interference)
59) Rajat and Vikas were going to their friends house by walk. It was asunny day in the afternoon. It
was very hot. Rajat was finding it verydifficult to see around him. He had to strain his eyes to see.
Suddenly,Vikas took his cooling glasses from his pocket and asked him to wearthem and later, Rajat
slowly managed to see. Vikas advised Rajat onthe necessity of wearing sun glasses during summer
season.
a) What are the values shown by vikas?
b) Name the phenomenon based on which cooling glasses reduce theglare.
c) What is the resultant intensity of light if both polariser andanalyser are rotated through
same angle?
Ans.
a) caring ,sharing,concern
b) polarisation.
c) no change in intensity of light
60) Jimmy and Johnny were both creating a series of circular waves byjiggling their legs in water. The
waves form a pattern similar to thediagram as shown. Their friend, Anitha , advised Jimmy and
Johnny notto play with water for a long time. She then observed beautiful patternsof ripples which
became very colourful. When her friend Latha poured anoil drop on it. Latha, a 12th standard girl, had
explained the cause forcolourful ripple patterns to Anitha earlier.
a) Identify any 2 values that could be related with Anitha and Latha?
b) Name the phenomenon involved in the above activity?
Ans.
a) Concern, safety.
b) Resonance, interference due to thin films.

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DUAL NATURE OF MATTER AND RADIATION

61). In a multi-storeyed building, once a fire broke out at midnight due toelectrical short circuit. Ravi
along with others rushed to the spot, informedthe fire survive and put off the fire. But by that time a
huge amount ofdamage had already been done. Ravi being Secretary of the building decidedto fix fire
alarms (using photo cell) in all the floors
a) What values were shown by Ravi in this situation?
b) On what principle fire alarm works?
Ans.
a) Concern for society, social responsibility, application of knowledge.
b) Fire alarm works on the principle of photocell.
62). Davisson and Germer's actual objective was to study the surface of apiece of nickel by directing a
beam of electrons at the surface and observinghow many electrons bounced off at various angles.
Though the experimentwas conducted in a vacuum chamber. air entered the chamber, producing
an oxide film on the nickel surface. When they started the experiment againand the electrons hit the
surface, they were scattered by atoms whichoriginated from crystal planes inside the nickel crystal.
Davisson andGermer's accidental discovery of the diffraction of electrons was the firstdirect evidence
confirming de Broglie's hypothesis that particles can havewave properties as well.
a) What can we infer about the values shown by Davisson and Germer?
b) Write the expression to find the wavelength of an electron when accelerated through a
potential difference of Vvolts.
Ans.
a) Perseverance, not giving up and patience
h
b) = 2 meV
63). Ravi, while returning home from office late night, saw a personjumping into a house .Suspecting
him to be a thief, he slowly followedhim. He saw an alarm fixed at the entry of the house.
Immediately toalarm the people at the house, he used his laser torch to activate thealarm, as it works
with the visible light. The circuit became completeand siren started working and people at the house
got up and caughtthe thief. They thanked Ravi for his action.
a) What moral value can you see in Ravi?
b) The photoelectric cut off voltage in a certain experiment is 1.5V.
What is the maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons emitted?
Ans:
a) Presence of mind/ Social responsibility/ attitude to help others.
b) K.E.=eV, e=1.610-19C, V=1.5 volts
64)A seminar was conducted in an auditorium in Chennai. It was a bigauditorium and some seats at
the back were vacant. The coordinatorhad a problem in making the order for lunch, as he was unable
toestimate the number of people present in the auditorium. Vikram, associate of the coordinator, saw a
digital counter working on theprinciple of photo electric effect, at every entry and exit gate of the
auditorium. The people were allowed to enter through the entry gateand leave the hall by the exit gate.
He also noticed that all thecounters were in good condition. He immediately noted the display of

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every counter and gave the coordinator the exact number of people inthe auditorium.
a) What moral values can you see in Vikram?
b) What is photo electric effect?
Ans.
a)Proper application of knowledge/ concern for his boss/ presenceof mind

b) Photoelectric effect (define)

65). A function was arranged in the school auditorium. The auditorium has the capacity of 400
students. When entry started students entered in groups and counting becomes a great problem. Then
science students took responsibility at the gate. All the students entered the hall one by one. This
helped them to maintain discipline and counting became easy with the help of a device used by these
students.
a) What value is displayed by science students?
b) Name the device which is based on application of photoelectric effect.

Ans.
a) Sense of responsibility.
b) Photo cell.

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ATOMS & NUCLEI

66)Shyam saw his younger brother wondering with a question which dealswith emission of light from
a vapour lamp. He was anxious to know howdifferent colours were being emitted by different light.
He also saw mercuryand sodium vapour lamps in the physics lab and was curious to know what
is inside the lamps. On seeing his anxiety to know more about it Shyamexplained about absorption of
energy and reemission of photons in thevisible region. He also advised him not to touch or break any
items in thelab for the thirst of knowledge.
a) What is the moral you derive from Shyam?
b) Which series in the hydrogen spectrum is in the visible region?
Ans.
a) Concern for his brother/ care about the school property.
b) Balmer.
67)6 year old Jason and his father were waiting to board a bus at the busstop on a hot scorching
summer day. Jason was feeling faint with thirst andthe heat. His anxious father asked the nearby
person for water. On seeingthis, a tender coconut vendor gave a tender coconut to Jason who drank it
and felt better. Both father and son thanked the coconut vendor whorefused to take money.
a) What are the qualities that you would associate with coconut vendor?
b) Name the nuclear reaction taking place in the sun.
Ans.
a) Warm hearted, caring for fellowmen, resourcefulness.
b) Nuclear fusion.
68)Ashutoshs uncle who was a kabadiwalah was getting weak day by day. His nails were getting
blue, he stated losing his hair. This happened immediately after he purchased a big container of heavy
mass from Delhi University Chemistry Department. Doctors advised him hospitalization and
suspected he has been exposed to radiation. His uncle didnt know much about radiations but
Ashutosh immediately convinced her uncle to get admitted and start treatment.
a) What according to you are the values utilized by Ashutosh to convince his uncle to get
admitted in hospital
b) Name the radioactive radiations emitted from a radioactive element.
Ans.
a) Value displayed - awareness, critical thinking, decision making
b) X ray and Gamma rays.
69)Pratikshas grandfather was reading article is newspaper. He read that after so many years of
atomic bombing in Hiroshima or Nagasaki, Japan National census indicated that children born even
now are genetically deformed. His grandfather was not able to understand the reason behind it. He
asked his Granddaughter Pratiksha who is studying in class XII science. Pratiksha sat with her
grandfather and showed him pictures from some books and explained the harmful effects of
radiations.
a)
What are the values/ skills utilized by Pratiksha to make her grandfather understand the
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b)
Name the nuclear reactions that occurred in atom bomb.
Ans.
a) Sympathy, compassion
b) Nuclear- fission reactions
70) Ramaswamy a resident of Kundakulam was all set to leave everything and shift to another place in
view of the decision of Govt. to start nuclear thermal power plant at Kundakulam. His granddaughter
Rekha, a science student, was really upset on the ignorant decision of her grandfather. She could
finally convince him not to shift, since adequate safety measures to avoid any nuclear mishap have
already been taken by the Govt. before starting nuclear thermal plants.
a) What is the value displayed by Rekha in convincing her grandfather
b) What is the principle behind working of nuclear reactor
c) What are the main components of nuclear reactor
d) Why is heavy water used as moderator?
Ans.
a) Awareness, social responsibility
b) Controlled chain reaction
c) Nuclear Fuel, Moderator, Control rods, Coolant, Shielding
d) Neutrons produced during fission get slowed if they collide with a nucleus of same mass.
As ordinary water contains hydrogen atoms so it can be used as a moderator. But it
absorb neutron at a fast rate. To overcome this difficulty, Heavy waters is used as a
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SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
71)Prakash finds his friend Rakesh connecting his new television set directly toswitch board. Prakash
advises Rakesh not to do so and to connect thetelevision through a voltage stabilizer.
a) Identify the diode used in voltage regulator.
b) b)What values did Prakash exhibit in the situation described?
Ans.
a) Zener diode.
b) Helpful and concerned, Practical application of theoretical knowledge.

72)Ashwin was given 3 semiconductors A, B and C with respective band gaps of3eV, 2eV and 1eV for
use in a photodetctor to detect = 1400nm. He foundthat the photo detector was not working with
these semiconductors and did notknow why. His friend Akash found out the reason for it and
explained it to him.
a) Why did the photodetector not work?
b) What according to you are the values shown by Akash?
Ans.
a) Because energy of the given wavelength is less than 1 eV. Hence it does not work.
b) Helping tendency, Presence of mind, High degree of awareness,Concern for his friend.
73) Extrinsic semiconductors are preferred over intrinsic semiconductors in most ofthe important
electronic devices.
a) Name the 2 types of extrinsic semiconductors.
b) Mention some values that can be imbibed into our lives from theproperties of extrinsic
semiconductor.
Ans.
a) p-type semiconductor , n-type semiconductor
b) Team work, Accepting diversity.
74)A semiconductor device is used as a rectifier that allows the EMF to flow in positive direction and
a very small value in the reverse direction. Now days, there is a problem of supply of less voltage that
damages the house hold appliances. Ramesh looked for the technique to save the appliances in use
a) What are the values displayed by Ramesh?
b) What can be the choice of device to control the input voltage to save your appliances from
damage?
Ans.
a) Critical thinking , Hope for improvement by looking for alternatives .
b) Zener diode.

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COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
75)Anvita was watching her favorite TV serial suddenly the picture started shaking on TV screen. She
asked her brother to check the dish antenna. Her brother found no problem in dish. Chitra noticed the
same problem in TV picture again after some time. At the same time she heard the sound of low flying
air craft passing over their house. She asked her brother again. He explained the cause of shaking
picture on TV screen when air craft passes over head.
a) Name the values used by Anvitas brother ?
b) Why the picture on the TV screen was shaking when air craft was passing over head?
Ans.
a) Critical thinking and problem solving
b) Low lying air crafts reflect TV signals. Due to interference between direct signal
received by antenna and reflected signal the picture on TV shakes .
76)Group discussion was arranged in class XII on the topic atmosphere. Three groups were made.
Teacher asked the Question. Why can moon be not used as a communication satellite? Answers
were given by all the three groups. Each group can give only one reason. Teacher told them that
reason givenby each group is correct. The groups collected all the three reasons and come to correct
conclusion.
a) What values were shown by all the three groups?
b) Give the correct reason for the above question.

Ans.
a) Brotherhood, team spirit, critical thinking .
b) Moon is not a geostationary satellite.
77)Surabhis uncle wants to talk to his son in USA. He does not have much money to spend on
telephone calls. He has a computer at his home. Surabhi told her uncle that he can talk to his son with
the help of computer and told him about internet. Her uncle now talks to his son every day. He
thanked Surabhi for giving useful advice.
a) What according to you are the values displayed by Surabhi ?
b) How does internetwork?

Ans.
a) Caring, creating awareness.
b) Principle of telecommunication.