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MODELQUESTIONPAPER
SECONDSEMESTERB.Sc.COMPLEMNTARYCOURSE
Time3hrs.Totalweightage:25
SectionA
(Answerallquestions)
(Eachbunchofquestioncarriesaweightageof1)
1.Apersonsaysthathemeasuredtheaccelerationofaparticletobenonzerowhile
noforcewas
a)Heisalairb)Hisclockmighthaverunslowc)Hismetrescalemighthave
2.ThepotentialenergyofaparticleinacertainfieldhastheformU=wherea
andbare
constants,risthedistancefromthecentreofthefield.Thedistanceoftheparticle
inthestable

a)a/bb)a/bc)2a/bd)2a/b
3.ForaconservativeforceF
a)b)c)d)
4.Apersonstandingonarotatingplatformwithhisarmsstretched.Whenheputs
hisarmsdown.The
a)Increasesb)decreasesc)remainsthesamed)cannotbe
predicted
5.Themassofanelectronbecomesdoubleitsrestmass.Thenthevelocityofthe
electronis
a)b)2cc)d)c
6.AsphereofradiusRisinitsproperframeismovingwithhalfthevelocityof
light.Whenviewed
byanobserverinalabframeitlookslike
a)Asphereb)anellipsoidc)aparaboloidd)ahyperboloid

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7.OntheannihilationofaparticleanditsantiparticletheenergyreleasedisE.
Whatisthemassof
a)E/c2b)E/2c2c)E/cd)E/2c
8.Twopendulumsoscillateswithaconstantphasedifferenceof900andsame
amplitude.The
maximumvelocityofoneisV.ThemaximumvelocityoftheotherisV+x.Thevalue
ofxis
a)0b)V/2c)V/3d)2/3V
9.Themotionofaparticleisgivenbyx=Asinwt+Bcoswt.Themotionofthe
particleis
a)S.H.M.b)S.H.M.withamplitudeA+Bc)S.H.M.withamplitude
d)S.H.M.withamplitude2+B2
10.Whensoundispropagatedfromonemediumtoanother,thecharacteristic
ofsoundthatremains
beenlongerthanthestandardd)Hemighthaveusednoninertialframe
a)Wavelengthb)velocityc)frequencyd)noneofthese

11.Thephasevelocityisgivenby
a)w/Kb)E/Pc)c2/vd)allarecorrect
12.TheprincipleofelectronmicroscopeandS.T.M.arebasedon
a)Quantumtunneling,deBrogliehypothesis
b)deBrogliehypothesis,Quantumtunneling
c)BothondeBrogliehypothesis
(1/4*12=3)
SECTIONB
Answerallquestions.
13.Defineinertialandnoninertialframesandgiveexamples.

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14.Whatisanonconservativeforce?Givetwoexamples.
15.Stateandexplainlawofconservationofangularmomentum.
16.Whatarethepostulatesofrelativity?
17.Writedownanexpressionfordampedharmonicoscillatorandexplainthe
symbols.
18.WhatisS.T.M.Writedownitsprinciple?
(6*1=6)
SECTIONC
Answeranyfour.
19.Waterinarivermoveseastat6kmh1andaboatheadsnorthat8kmh1with
respecttowater.Find
thevelocityoftheboatwithrespecttoground.
20.ShowthattheforceF=yz+zx+xykisconservative.

21.Caculatethespeedofanelectronwhichhaskineticenergy2MeV.m0=9.1*10
31kg.
22.AparticleofmassmkgliesinapotentialfieldgivenbyV=200x2+300Jkg1.
Findthefrequencyand
23.Ifthepressureamplitudeis0.5N/m2foraplaneharmonicsoundwaveof
frequency1000Hz.
Calculatethepressureamplitude.Atmosphericpressure1.01*105N/m2,=1.4and
v=340m/s.
24.(x)=Asinkx,P=i.Findthecorrespondingeigenvalue.
(4*2=8)
SECTIOND
Answeranytwo.
25.DeriveLorentztransformationequations.
26.Setupadifferentialfordampedharmonicoscillatorandsolveit.
27.Whatisaplaneprogressivewave?Deriveanexpressionforenergydensityof
soundwave.

28.Whatisawavefunction?DeducethetimedependentSchrdingerequation.
(2*4=8)
IIInternalExamination

1stSemesterB.ScDegreeExamination,November2013
ComplementaryCoursePH1C01:Propertiesofmatter&thermodynamics
Time:3hoursTotalweightage:30
SectionA
(Answerallquestions)
1TheefficiencyofaCarnotengineis100%whenthetemperatureofthesinkis
2Inanadiabaticprocess,temperaturea)increasesb)remainsconstantc)increasesordecreases
3

Helmholtzfreeenergyremainsconstantinaprocess

4Writedowntheunitofentropy.
5InwhichprocessofCarnotscycle,heatisabsorbedfromthesourcei)isothermalexpansion
ii)isothermalcompressioniii)adiabaticexpansioniv)adiabaticcompression
6Whichofthefollowingiscalledisentropicprocessi)Isobaricprocessii)Isochoricprocess
iii)Isothermalprocessiv)Adiabaticprocess
7

WhatistheefficiencyofaCarnotengineworkingbetweenthe400Kand300K?

Workdoneinacyclicprocessisequalto.i)zeroii)Infinity
iii)AreaofthecycleonPVdiagramiv)Externalwork

9Whichofthefollowingisalsocalledtephigrami)PVdiagramii)TVdiagram
iii)PTdiagramiv)TSdiagram
10EnthalpyH=i)UPVii)U+PViii)UPViv)U+PV
11Gibbsfunctionisi)U+PVii)UTSiii)ATSiv)HTS
12Entropyofasystemremainsconstantinprocessi)reversibleii)irreversible
iii)noneofthese.
Totalweightage12x=3

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SectionB
(Answerall9questions,eachhasweightage1)
(9Shortanswertypequestions)
13StateZerothlawofthermodynamics.
14 Givethemathematicalstatementoffirstlawofthermodynamics.
15 Whatiscoefficientofperformanceofarefrigerator?
16 Howisentropyanddisorderrelated?
17Explainquasistaticprocess.
18Definetheefficiencyofaheatengine
19Statetheprincipleofincreaseofentropy
20WhatisaTSdiagram?
21Whatarethermodynamicfunctions?
Totalweightage9x1=9

SectionC
(Asnwerany5questionsbeachhasweightage2)
(5shortessays/Problems)
22WhatistheefficiencyofaCarnotsengineworkingbetweentheicepointandsteampoint.
23Calculatethechangeinentropywhen5Kgoficeiscompletelyconvertedtowateratitsmelting
point273K.Latentheatofice=335x103J/Kg.
24Calculatethecoefficientofperformanceofanidealrefrigeratorworkingbetween20 0Cand
300C
25Stateandexplainsecondlawofthermodynamics
26Aquantityofdryairat270Ciscompressedadiabaticallytohalfitsvolume.Calculatethechange
initstemperature.(=1.4)
27DeriveClausiusClapyeronequation
28If1gofwaterisconvertedtosteam,thechangeinspecificvolumeis1670cm 3/g.Atwhatpressure
willthewaterboilat1500C(Lofsteam=540cal/g)
Totalweightage5x2=10
SectionD
(Answerany2questions,eachhasweightage4)
(2longessays)
29Foranirreversiblecycletheentropyincreaseswhereasforreversiblecyclethereisnochangein
entropy.Provethesestatements.
30StateandproveCarnotstheorem

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31DeriveMaxwellsthermodynamicrelations
Totalweightage2x4=8