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Ex/PH/T/2A/66/2013

B ACHELOR OF ENGINEERING EXAMINATION, 2013

Discuss Amperes law. Under what condition is Amperes law

useful ? Give an example.

( 1st Year, 2nd Semester )

P HYSICS - II A

A long wire carrying a current of 100A is placed in a uniform

external magnetic field of 5.0 mT. The wire is perpendicular to

Time : Three hours

Answer any five questions.

the magnetic field. Locate the points at which the net magnetic

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field is zero.

Calculate the inductance per unit length of a long solenoid.

Full Marks : 100

1.

a) Discuss the phenomenon of interference of light due to thin

film and find the conditions of maxima and minima.
b) Explain the formation of Newtons ring. Show that the

What is mutual inductance ? What factors determine the

diameters of bright rings in a Newtons ring experiment

coefficient of mutual inductance between two conductors ? 4

when viewed in reflected light are proportional to the square

Explain how oscillation are produced in an LC circuit with
negligible resistance.

roots of odd natural numbers.

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c) In a Newtons ring experiment, the diameters of the 4th and
12th dark rings are 0. 40 cm and 0. 70 cm, respectively. Find

Does the time period of oscillation change if the resistance in the

circuit is high ?

the diameter of the 20th dark ring.

2.

5+10+5

a) Distinguish between Fresnel and Fraunhofer classes of

diffraction.
b) Obtain an expression for intensity of Fraunhofer diffraction
due to a plane transmission grating. Find the necessary
condition for obtaining principal maxima of different orders
in case of a grating.
c) Monochromatic light ( = 6560) falls normally on a 2 cm
wide grating. If the first order spectrum is produced at an
angle of 1 8o1 4 from the incident direction, find the total
number of lines in the grating.

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a) What do you understand by double refraction ? What are

b) State Heissenberg uncertainty principle and discuss its

ordinary and extra-ordinary rays ? Explain how plane

significance. Obtain the time-energy uncertainty relation

polarized light can be obtained using a Nicol prism.

from the position - momentum uncertainty relation.

b) Calculate the displacement of Fringes in a Youngs double

c) A typical atomic nucleus is about 0 510 14 m in radius.

slit experiment when a thin transparent sheet is introduced in

Using Heissenberg uncertainty relation show that an electron

the path of one of the interfering beams.

can not exist in the nucleus of an atom. Given h = 6 6 10 34

Jouse-sec, c = 3 108 m/s.

c) Show that a phase change of is introduced when a ray of

light reflected at the surface of an optically denser medium

6.

Write Schrodinger's
&&
time dependent equation in one dimension.

travels through a rarer medium.

d) The critical angle of light in a certain substance is 45o. What

is the polarizing angle ?
4.

4+8+8

What is the physical significance of the quantum mechanical

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wave function ?

a) What is Compton effect ? Calculate the change in

How can the expectation value of the position of a particle be

wavelength when a beam of monochromatic X-ray is

determined from the wave function ?

scattered by a block of graphite. Show the variation of

intensities of modified and unmodified radiations with

What is tunneling ? Give an example where quantum tunneling is

scattering angle using a suitable diagram.

observed.

Find the solution of the time independent Schrodinger

&&
equation

b) An X-ray photon of wavelength 0.1 A scattered at an angle

of 60o with its original direction after collision with a free

for a particle in a one dimensional box of length L.

State Bio-Savart law in magnetostatics.

electrion. Find the wavlength of modified radiation and the

loss of energy of the photon due to scattering. Given
h = 6 6 10
= 9 110

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34

31

Joule - sec, rest mass of electron

kg and c = 3 10 m/s.
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a) Draw a neat diagram showing the X-ray emission spectra of

a copper target X-ray tube.

7.

A wire is bent into a circular arc subtending an angle of 45o at

the center. Calculate the magnetic field at the center, when it
carries a current of lamp.

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