VALUE BASED QUESTIONS OF CLASS XII

1. Two persons are standing under a tree and another person near them is inside a car. They were
arguing about going out for a movie or to the beach, when, a lightning struck the tree with some force. The person inside the car notices his friends standing under the tree are affected by lightning; he comes out and takes them to the nearby hospital. a) Why the person in the car was not affected by lightning? What quality do you find in the person inside the car? b) Explain the process that takes place during lightning. Ans: a) due to electrostatic shielding the person in the car was not affected (electric field inside the metallic body is zero); helping others; taking a quick decision as to what is to be done, in case, he is unaware or unable to do on his own. B) Refer NCERT Text Book) 2. During an endoscopic surgery, a surgeon sees the interior of the patients body on the viewing screen of a video monitor. The surgeon continues to do the surgery with the help of other medical staff and one of the medical staff on noticing the surgeons gloved fingers coming within a few centimeters of a screen, pointing to a particular part of the image, say, in explaining a surgical concern to other medical staff, the gloves is contaminated. When one of the medical staff asks the surgeon that whether his gloves would have been contaminated, the surgeon, answers him later, after the completion of the operation. a) What is learnt from the above? b) Can you find the bacterial source? If yes, name it. AND c) Name the force which plays a role in bacterial contamination. (ANS: concentration & involvement in the work by the doctor, reply by the doctoranswering the query without forgetting, observation of the medical attendant; b) yes, charge; & c) electrostatic force) 3. 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: Student A because, he is aware of the latest technology and its applications; b) electrostatic force)

4. 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 5 when the skin is dry, resistance of a human body is 10 ; 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 thro (I) a wet body and (ii) a dry body. AND c) Dry skin or wet skin? - When will we have serious consequences and why? (Ans: to obey elders; b) Using, I = V/R (i) 147 mA; (ii) 2.2 mA.; c) wet skin with 147mA, when the current flows, the result is fatal) 5. Based on the previous knowledge learnt in the class,two students of class XII( A and B) were asked to conduct an experiment in the laboratory using a meter bridge-one is made of Nichrome and the other one is made of Copper, of same length and same diameter of constant potential difference. The student A could not give explanation for not achieving the result whereas student B, could get the result and was also able to explain. a) What made student B to perform successfully? b) Give the formula to calculate the rate of heat production. (ANS: a) student B had concentrated in the class room teaching and also had studied again to remember what was taught; b) Refer NCERT Text book) 6. An old woman who had suffered from a heart stroke was taken to the hospital by her grandson who is in class XII. The grandson has studied in Physics that, to save a person who is suffering from a heart stroke, regular beating of the heart is to be restored by delivering a jolt to the heart using a defibrillator, whose capacity is 70 microfarad and charged to a potential of 5000V and energy stored in 875J; 200J of energy is passed thro a persons body in a pulse lasting 2 milliseconds. The old woman gets panicked and refuses to be treated by defibrillator. Her grandson then explains to her the process that would be adopted by medical staff and how the result of that would bring her back to normalcy. The woman was then treated and was back to normal a) What according to you, are the values displayed by the grandson? b) How much power is delivered to the body to save a persons life from heart attack? (ANS: Presence of mind, Knowledge of subject, Concern for his grandmother, Empathy, Helping and caring; b) Power = energy / time; = 200/2 x 10 = 100KW)
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7. Isabella used an induction stove and explains to her neighbor 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 seconds. a) In the above, what is the quality you find in the Physics teacher? b) Calculate the emf generated in the above? (ANS: concern for the nation, cost economic attitude, sharing knowledge, & b) e = -L dI / dt, = 233.3V) 8. A woman and her daughter of class XII in KV were in the kitchen, preparing a feast for visitors using the new microwave oven purchased last evening. Suddenly, the daughter noticed sparks inside the oven and unplugs the connection after switching it off. She 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?
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b) Give another use of a microwave oven c) The frequency of microwave is 3 x 10

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Hz. Calculate its wavelength.

(ANS: Presence of mind, Knowledge of subject; b) used in telecommunication; & c) = -3 11) 8 /c = (3 x 10 )/ (3 x 10 ). = 10 .

9. Gopal visits his friend Naresh. In his house Naresh was playing with his kid sister and in spite of
the broad day light, Gopal notices the tube light burning 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) 10. Imran on 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)

11. My friend and I 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. Your friend 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) I go with my friends 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*100) b ) Knowledge is useful only when put to practice and concern for countrys welfare. 12. During summer vacation Radha and Rani decided to go for a 3 D FILM. They have heard about this film through their friends. They were asked buy special glasses to view the film. Before they go for a movie, they approached their Physics teacher to know about these glasses. Physics

teacher explained when two polarizers are kept perpendicular to each other(crossed polarizers) the left eye sees only the image from the left end of the projector and the right eye sees only the image from the right lens. The two images have the approximate perspectives that the left and right eyes would see in reality the brain combine the images to produce a realistic 3D effect. a) What qualities do these girls possess? b) What do you mean by Polarization? c) Mention the other applications of polarization. (ANS: a) Curiosity to learn, approaching the teacher to learn new things, inquisitiveness c) Refer NCERT text book) & c) Sun glasses, LCD,CD players) 13. Two students namely Ranjan and Praveen was asked to take up a project on efficient lighting for road ways, cycle paths and bus lanes. They found LED IS THE BEST source for the above said reasons. They collected the information from various sources and submitted the project about its working, advantages and its applications by presenting with a good working model. a) By seeing these two students, what kind of qualities you want adopt from them. b) Explain LED with neat diagram and draw its symbol. (ANS: a) Initiative, curiosity, punctuality, obedience & b) Refer NCERT text book) 14. Rahim, a class XI student of KV, visited his uncle and hears the burglar alarm on opening the entrance door; his aunt welcomes him. He goes upstairs and asks his uncle who is a Physics Lecturer, about the principle working of a burglar alarm. He discusses this with his class mates and decides to present a program on Burglar Alarm in the morning assembly. a) How will you define the inquisitiveness of Rahim? b) State the laws of photoelectric emission (ANS: curiosity to learn, interest in the subject, sharing knowledge; b) Refer NCERT book)

15. I went out for shopping with my mother; during purchase of vegetables I noticed that the
Vendor used a digital weighing machine. On another shop, I noticed the vendor was using an ordinary weighing machine. I remembered having studied about Logic Gates where, digital codes are used. a) What do you mean by Logic Gate? Mention the basic universal gates. b) Draw symbols for OR, AND, & NOT c) What is the value, in your opinion, that I created by the above incident. (ANS: a) & b) Refer NCERT Text book; c) concentration and observation in the class room, retaining capacity, co-relating of what was taught with the real life incident) 16. Two persons were playing and one of them got injured as he fell from the top of a tree. He was taken to the Hospital where, he was admitted for a fracture after X-ray. The boys mother who on hearing the above incident rushed to the hospital, was worried and restless; The other boy consoled her and the doctor who, overheard them, informed her about the latest developments in the Medicine field and assured a speedy recovery of her son. a) How would you rate the qualities of the boy who consoled his friends mother? b) How X-ray is produced? c) Mention the fields where X-ray are used.

(ANS: caring for others, giving timely assistance, positive attitude; b) & c) Refer NCERT Text book) 17. On our return from an excursion trip in our school, I noticed a bird sitting on a high voltage electric wire. I curiously noticed the bird and found to my surprise that the bird flew off after sometime without any electrical shock. This incident made me think of another incident that took place near my house last week where, a boy, who climbed to take a kite, got severe jolt of electric current. I immediately approached my school Physics teacher for an explanation. My teacher explained the effect of electrical current which I told my 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) 18. Aathira and her father were hearing a running commentary of a test match played between India and Srilanka in Mumbai from a radio set; suddenly the clarity of the sound decreased. Being a student of physics, immediately Aathira tuned the receiver set and got the frequency of the desired signal from the desired station .The amplitude of the current became high and it was received in their set. Father was happy and was praised his daughter. a) What made Aathiras father to be proud of her? b) Which determines the sharpness of the tuning at resonance and define the term involved in it) (ANS: a) presence of mind, application of knowledge; b) Q factor, for Definition-refer NCERT text book)

19. Two students Ram and Anand were reading the newspaper. The Headlines in the news paper was
about the nuclear power plant which was to be set up at Kodangulam. This was objected to by the local people. There was a healthy debate about nuclear power plant between Ram and Anand. Ram was supporting the people who were objecting, saying that power plant will emit harmful radiations and local people will be affected by it. Whereas Anand was against Rams views. He mentioned that great scientists, including our former President Dr. Abdulkalam, and our Government had taken every care to provide safety measures with the best and latest technology. a) What do you think of the new Kodangulam power plant a boon or a sin? b) Define nuclear fission AND c) What is the role of control rods in nuclear reactor? (ANS: a) boon power plant would eradicate power shortage, and the Tamilnadu govt. can also sell excess power to other states; b) & c) Refer NCERT Text Book) 20. Ajay of class XII had a passion to become an Astronaut. He always spoke about the astronauts and their life in the space with others. He was encouraged by his teachers, parents and his friends. He completed XII with merit and became a scientist in ISRO. He got an opportunity to

work in NASA. One day his dream came into reality as he was asked to fly to space with three of his colleagues. In the space he experienced a state of weightlessness. a) What made Ajay to fulfill his dream? AND b) What do you mean by weightlessness? (ANS: a) Determination, hardworking, curiosity; b) It is a situation in which the observed weight of the body becomes zero) 21. Ashwini of class XI,used to come to school with her father by a two wheeler by crossing a bridge. One day she found that the bridge was collapsed; causality was there. Her father had to take her on a different route to reach the school. Her mind was still preoccupied with what she had seen at the broken bridge; she was disturbed. On the way to school she asked herself many questions about the collapse. On reaching school, she immediately approached her physics teacher and narrated the incident. On hearing the reasons and explanations given by her teacher she decided to pursue her carrier as a civil engineer and vowed to construct 100% quality dams and bridges. a) What qualities do you find in her? b) Name the property that helps in constructing the bridges and also name the material to be used? (ANS: a) Sympathy, determination, & concern for the society; b) elasticity and the material to be used is triangular shaped steel) 22. Aurags mother is suffering from Diabetes and always worries about her disease. Anurag, who is a doctor himself, treats his mother. He has used paper chromatography for conducting the urine test to determine the sugar level of his mother and finds that his mother is normal. Anurag not only takes care of his mother but also takes interests in the welfare of other patients who visit him. He vows to expertise in his field and decides to serve the poor. a) What values do you find in Anurag? b) Which phenomenon is found in paper chromatography? AND C) Define the phenomenon. (ANS: concern not only for his mother but also the poor and needy, knowledge, awareness about latest technology; b) capillarity & c) rise or fall of a liquid inside a tube of narrow bore). 23. One day, there was paper news highlighting the good values of one of our school student. The news was about an accident, where, two riders of a motor bike had a head-on collision with an upcoming bus and got thrown off to the pedestrian pavement at the side. While, the rider, who was wearing helmet, got away with minor injury, the pillion rider was severely wounded as, he was not wearing helmet. One of our school students who was nearby, got into the act of assisting the injured and called the ambulance and also informed the police. The very next day, this act of our school student was published by one of the local newspaper and even the parents of the wounded visited our school and thanked the student and also praised our school management. The impact of collision of the student with helmet and the one without it were discussed in one our physics class. a) What does the above accident teach us? b) Explain the above scenario in terms of impact AND c) What values of the school student do you notice? (ANS: a) the above accident tells us to use helmets irrespective of whether you are the rider or you are a pillion rider; b) in terms of impact, the above scenario tells us that force is

inversely proportional to time, i.e., in the case of the person wearing helmet, the time for impact is more, as against the time for the person without helmet; & c) Sympathy, timely action - intimation to the right person/personnel at the right time) 24. Selvi, a student of class XI, came across her servant maid on way to her house after visiting a friend. Selvi noticed that the servant maid was finding it difficult to read the bus number and on nearing she helped her to get in to the bus.. She enquired and found that the servant maid had defects in her eyesight and had difficulty in viewing far away objects and was not in a position to afford for a check- up with an eye specialist. She immediately took her to a nearby ophthalmologist. She arranged for eye check-up of her servant maid and paid the doctors fee from her pocket money/savings and also purchased her medicines prescribed by the doctor. The doctor after checking advised the servant maid to wear spectacles and gave her the power of spectacles to be worn by her. a) What values do you see in Selvi? b) Explain the eye defect of the servant maid using Physics term and also give the rectification to be adopted with ray diagram. (ANS: helping the poor and needy, taking prompt and timely action; spending money for a good deed; b) Refer NCERT Text book) 25. Arun and Naveen studying in KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA watched the film Swadesh together getting inspiration from the film,they realized the need of the hour for the conservation of energy. Together they decided to do something for the nation. With the help of their school teachers and principal they arranged an exhibition to depict the various renewable sources of energy and the applications of it. a) What values must have highlighted so that the youngsters are motivated? b) Explain the working of a solar cell with a neat diagram. (ANS: a) Need to conserve energy with the motto of sustainable development in fulfilling the needs of the present generation without compromising the need of the future generation, taking an initiative, bringing awareness among the students and the society) Refer NCERT text book)