+2 Physics Question Bank
2 Marks & 3 Marks (Unit Wise)
UNIT 1 – Electrostatics
- State quantization of electric charge.
- State Coulomb's law in electrostatics.
- Define one coulomb.
- Distinguish between Coulomb force and gravitational force.
- Two electric field lines never intersect each other. Why?
- Define electric dipole moment. Give its unit.
- Define electrostatic potential. Give its unit.
- Define electric flux.
- State Gauss law.
- What are called polar molecules? Give examples.
- Define dielectric polarization.
- Why is it safer to sit inside bus during lightning?
- Define capacitance of a capacitor.
- Define electrostatic induction.
- Write applications of capacitor.
- Define corona discharge.
UNIT 2 – Current Electricity
- Define electric current.
- Define resistivity of a material.
- Distinguish drift velocity and mobility.
- Define temperature coefficient of resistivity.
- Distinguish electric energy and electric power.
- Why repairing electrical connection with wet skin is dangerous?
- Define internal resistance of a cell.
- State Kirchhoff's first law.
- State Kirchhoff's second law.
- State Joule's law of heating.
- Properties of heating element substance.
- Define Seebeck effect.
- Define Peltier effect.
- Define Thomson effect.
UNIT 3 – Magnetism
- Define magnetic inclination.
- Define magnetic dipole moment.
- Define magnetic flux. Give unit.
- State Coulomb’s inverse square law of magnetism.
- Define intensity of magnetization.
- Define magnetic susceptibility.
- What is hysteresis?
- Define Curie’s law.
- State Maxwell's right hand cork screw rule.
- State right hand thumb rule.
- Define Bohr magneton.
- State Ampere's circuital law.
- State Fleming's left hand rule.
- Define current sensitivity of galvanometer.
- How to increase current sensitivity?
UNIT 4 – Electromagnetic Induction
- Define electromagnetic induction.
- State Faraday's laws.
- State Lenz's law.
- State Fleming's right hand rule.
- Define self inductance.
- Define mutual inductance.
- Define one henry.
- What are eddy currents?
- Methods of producing induced emf.
- Distinguish step up and step down transformer.
- Define RMS value of AC.
- Why capacitor blocks DC but allows AC?
- Define Q-factor.
- Define wattless current.
UNIT 6 – Ray Optics
- State laws of reflection.
- Define focus.
- Define focal length.
- Define refractive index.
- Define optical path.
- State Snell's law.
- Define total internal reflection.
- Define critical angle.
- Conditions for total internal reflection.
- Define power of lens.
- Reason for glittering of diamond.
- State Rayleigh scattering law.
- Why sky appears blue?
- Why sunset appears reddish?
- Why clouds appear white?
+2 Physics Question Bank
2 Marks & 3 Marks (Unit Wise)
UNIT 7 – Wave Optics
- What is dual nature of light?
- Define wave front. Give its types.
- State Huygen's principle.
- Define interference.
- What are coherent sources?
- Conditions for clear interference bands.
- What is diffraction?
- Define grating element.
- What is Rayleigh's criterion?
- Define polarization.
- Define angle of polarization.
- Define double refraction.
- Define optic axis.
- Define uniaxial and biaxial crystal.
- What is astigmatism?
UNIT 8 – Photoelectric Effect
- Define surface barrier.
- Define work function of metal.
- Define electron volt (eV).
- What is photoelectric effect?
- Define stopping potential.
- Define threshold frequency.
- What is Bremsstrahlung?
UNIT 9 – Nuclear Physics
- What are cathode rays?
- Define impact parameter.
- Define ionization energy.
- What is isotope? Give example.
- Define atomic mass unit.
- What is mass defect?
- Energy equivalent of one atomic mass unit.
- Define radioactivity.
- State properties of neutrino.
- Define activity. Give its unit.
- Define half life of nucleus.
- Define mean life of nucleus.
- What is nuclear fission?
- What is nuclear fusion?
- What is radio carbon dating?
UNIT 10 – Semiconductor Electronics
- What is intrinsic semiconductor?
- Define doping.
- What is extrinsic semiconductor?
- Distinguish P-type and N-type semiconductor.
- Differentiate forward bias and reverse bias.
- What is Zener diode?
- Applications of LED.
- Define forward current gain.
- Barkhausen conditions for oscillations.
- Applications of integrated circuits.
- What is modulation?
- Define bandwidth.
- Modes of propagation of radio waves.
- Define skip distance.
- Define fibre optical communication.