—— € ~ w ENGLISH INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICS TEACHERS NATIONAL GRADUATE PHYSICS EXAMINATION 1998. CENTRE CO!" No Co Q.1_ Light from a point source's’ on the sphere emerge as parallel beam as shown in the figure. The region outside the sphere is vacuum. Then the Refractive Index of the material of the sphere is “(ayai2; (0) \2; se (cp 2x2; (2 2.2 The number of images that an observer can see of oneseltin a rectangular roomthe ceil- ing and two adjacent walls of which are plane mirtors, is (a)6; (0)9; (7; (6)27 @3 A plane polarised beam of light is passed througha quarter wave plate. The transmit- ted beam is analysed using a Nicol shows no variation in intensity as Nicol is tumed through 360°.The quarter waveplat is now tured through 90° and the transmitted ight is again analysed similery. Then we will observe (a) Two zero intensity minima; (b) No change in intensity; (c) Two Non zero minima; (a) Four zero intensity minima; @4 The figure shows a solar spectrum of Fraunhauter lines (shown dotted) The corre- ‘sponding lines from the lab souree are shown as full lines. 1f 2O,2— refer to one end, the / / middle and the yf diametricallyopposite % | 4 ends of the sun's 9/f'] ,’ face, thenthe obser * vation indicates that = 7. (a) sunis spinning such that P approaches and R recedes us (b) sunis spinning such that Precedes and R approaches us A as as a7 CANDIDATE'S ROLL NUMBER, () sun is spinning about the line of sight, P going to the right and to the left (0) sunis spinning about the line of sight, R Going to the right and P to the lett. diatomic molecule HCI has characteristic vibrational frequency The hydrogen atom is now replaced by deuterium, the corre- sponding frequency is,. Then (2)@=0, (bd) >, (C) 0,0, (0) Relation can't be established It potential for a particle is ar? where ais a positive constant and ris the distance of the particle from the origing, then {@) allotbits are bounded (0) the particle can escape to infinity i enough kinetic energy is provided (6) all orbits are circular, (@) only st. Line motion is possible as the force. proportional to distance. Four eiectrons are to be di single particle levels having energy 0, kT. 2kT and 3KT respectively. The average energy per electron of this system. {a) cannot be predicted as the distribution is not given. (0) is zeroas allelectrons will goto the low- est energy state. (©) is 1.5 as one electron goes into each state. (0) isany value between 0 and 3kT depend- ing upon the distribution, The pulleys in the figure are frictionless and massless, g=10 ms~? If the I system is released -—-ease from rest, then(@) 4 kg mass'will not strike the ground (0) 4 kg mass will touch the ground with aimost zero velocity; (¢) 4 kg mass will hit the ground with ve- locity about 10: ms~" (4) 4-kg mass will hit the ground with ve- locity about 5 ms QQ Inthe attractive inverse square law of force we can talk about various kinds of orbits and total energy E as (!) elliptical (X) E0 (iv) Hyperbolic - then which of the following association is true? (a) (i) and Gi) with X, (ii) withyY, (iv) with Z. (©) (i) with X; (i) and Gi) with ¥ (iv) with Z. (©) (i) with Z; (i) with ¥; ii) and (iv) with X (A) (iv) with X; (i) and (i) with ¥ () with Z Q.10. If the inter particle force is directed along the line joining the two particles; it ensures that the system conserves @zZmIr (b) Emir F (EEX, (a) Em, (1,xv,) Q.14 A radioactive has a proper half life 2x 10- sec. Ifit is travelling with a speed of 0.9, the lab distance covered by beam of such particles before 3/4 of them decay is about (a)5.4x10m. —(b) 11. x 10m. (c)24 x10%m. (4) 4.7x10@m Q.12 Foucault's Pendulum is oscillating at a place having latitude 9, then with respect to the earth (@) plane of oscillation of the pendulum ro- tates once in a year (©) plane of oscillation of the pendulum ro- tates once in a day (©) plane of oscillation of the pendulum ro- tates in 1/sing days (@ plane of oscillation of the pendulum ro- tates in 1/cos¢ days. + Q.13. Two coupled pendula have following two normal modes of vibration, with normal fre- quencies w, and w, respectively. If the au as 16 a7 18 a1 \. natural frequency of each pendulum id then which is the true statement. @),=0,=0, _— (0)0,20,8 0,40, /O \ (0) 0-0, & o,< 0, brvveee araearo, Ts LT) The apparent wavelength of a ray of light from_a star is 0.01% higher than its true wavelength. Then the velocity of the staris (a) 50 km/s towards us () 30 kes away from us (0) 30 kms towards us (¢) 50 km/s away from us The rotational inertia of a collapsing star ~ changes to one third its initial value. The < ratio of the new kinetic energy to the initial rotational kinetic energy is (2) 3:1; (b) 1:3; (9-1 (a) 1:9 Three masses are connected by two springs as shown. A longitudinal normal mode with frequency 1. as is exhibited by m 2 m A B c (@)_ A,B,C, all moving in same direction th equal amplitudes, (0) Aand C moving in opposite directions -with equal amplitudes and B is at rest, (c) Aand C moving in same diragtion with equal amplitudes and B moving in ‘opposite direction with same ampitude, (@ Aand C moving in same direction with equal amplitudes and B moving in op- posite direction with twice the ampii- tude of A. The electrical potential in a region is given by 6=0,6%" where¢, anda are constants. The charge density in this region is (a) zero, (0) 2a€.x6 (©) 2ae,(1-2ax’) (d) 2ae,9 (142ax") The flux of F = ix? + jy*+kz"over a spheri- cal surface of radius R is (ay Bans (b) 4 Re (oer (a)Snns i A rock solidified sometime in the past contained no lead Pb** but did contain some U2 initially. The half life of U2 isslum 1s, ‘ay of ight, an as true thestaris 20 ig star alue. The the initial (a) 1:9 by two I normal xhibited ~ ee 0.22 c rection Q2t “ections atrest, jon with ving in plitude, onwith a23 24 4 Sane 25 > past ontain Pig 4.5 x10? years and other decays in the series have much lower half lives At present the ratio of Pb atoms to U atorns is 7. The age of the rock roughly &s {a) 7x4.5 x 10° years, (b) In 7x4.5 x 10° years (c) 9x 10" years (0) 12.5 x 10" years Which of the following statements 1s true with respect to the formation of stable structures. (a) only attractive forces are necessary (b) attractive forces must dominate at large distance and respulsive forces should dominate at short distances. (0) attractive forces should dominate over repulsive forces at all distances. (@) respulsive forces must belong rariged. In case of first generation stars, nuclei upto x are formed, where x means (a) Carbon (b) Silicon (©)Iron (d)Lead. If there were no spin quantum numbers forthe electrons then the element Silicon with 14 electrons would have chemical properties similarto (a) alkali elements (b) Halogen elements {c) semi-conductor (d) inert elements Plants are grown on a circuar platform uniformly rotating about its axis. The di- rection along which the plants grow is (a) vertical {b) leaning towards the axis (0) leaning away trom the axis, (d) horizontal. Hall effect is Semiconductors helps us in determining the {a) Resistivity (b) majority carriers (©) minority carriers . (d) concentration of charge carriers. Acyclic process ABCD ona P-V diagram is shown in the figure °F The same processin = “1f] aV-Tdiagrammwitl ht ee, look like a (aya (b) B ()c (gO Q.26 The phase velocity of a wave on water is given by V,.=, [FB Theretore the group velocity of the wave in water will be @V,_ Ov, CS OS Below are given four statements Electrons cannot be accetrated to acquire speed of light. (i) Rechargable batteries store charge. (ii), Heavy wateris used as a coolant ina nuclear reactor. (iv) Thermal neutrons are slow neutrons. Then the correct statments are @ ony(andgy —&) GH BM sO) 8 Cid @ @aci @.28 A small cube of side L is placed on the axis of spherical mirror. tt m is the lateral magnification then the volume of the im- age willba_. (a) mL (b) met? () MPL? (2) mL? Radiation is incident on one hemisphere of a perfectly reflecting sphere of radius R. If lis the intensity of incident radiation, and c is the speed of light, then the-force required to keep sphere at rest will be 27 29 (@ xR @ RRP a : c (9) xRA i Ane c c ohy ays) () 7