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EXAM-(M) 2018 FSI-P-PHY

PHYSICS

PAPER—I

Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 200

QUESTION PAPER SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

Please read each of the following instructions carefully

before attempting questions

There are EIGHT questions in all, out of which FIVE are to be attempted.

Question Nos. 1 and 5 are compulsory. Out of the remaining SIX questions, THREE are
to be attempted selecting at least ONE question from each of the two Sections A and B.

Attempts of questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a
question shall be counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left
blank in the Question-cum-Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off.

All questions carry equal marks. The number of marks carried by a question/part is
indicated against it.

Unless otherwise mentioned, symbols and notations have their usual standard meanings.

Assume suitable data, if necessary and indicate the same clearly.

Neat sketches may be drawn, wherever required.

Answers must be written in ENGLISH only.

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 Useful Constants :

Electron charge (e) = 1.602x10-19 C

Electron rest mass (me ) = 9.109 x10-31 kg

Proton mass (m ) = 1. 672 x 10-27 kg

Vacuum permittivity (co ) = 8 854 x10-12 farad/m

Vacuum permeability (j1.0) = 1257x10 6 henry/m

Velocity of light in free space (c) = 3x108 m/s

Boltzmann constant (k) = 1.380 x10-23 J/K

Electronvolt (eV) = 1602 x 10-19 J

Planck constant (h) = 6•626x10-34 J s

Stefan constant ((3) = 5.67x10-8 Wm -2 K-4

Avogadro number (1V) = 6.022 x10 26 kmol -1

Gas constant (R) = 8•31x103 J lunol -1 K-1

exp (1) = 2•718

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 SECTION—A

1. (a) Construct the Hamiltonian of a charged particle with charge q and mass m
• = E ot,
moving with the velocity v in the external electromagnetic field, E

- = Bo k, where .E 0 and Bo are constants.

B 8

Calculate the first relativistic correction to the kinetic energy of a particle with
rest mass mo and speed v. 8

Calculate the focal lengths of the components of an achromatic telescope

objective having a power of + 3.333 diopter, made from crown glass and flint
glass, whose dispersive powers are 0.012 and 0.02 respectively. 8

A particle moving in a central force field located at r = 0, describes a spiral,

r = et Find the force law.
8

Thin transparent films produce colours when a white light falls on them or they
act as antireflecting coatings. Find the conditions for these characteristics. 8

c > 0,
2. (a) A particle of mass m is constrained to move on a plane curve xy= c with
under gravity, where y-axis is vertical. Construct the Lagrangian of the system
and obtain the Euler-Lagrange equation of motion. 10

Consider a homogeneous cube of total mass M and side a. Taking the origin at
one corner of the cube and axes along the edges of the cube, construct the
moment of inertia tensor. Calculate principal moment of inertia. 15

(1) Give the equation of motions for a particle executing simple harmonic
motion for undamped, damped and forced vibrations, and explain the
terms.
(ii) Give a plot between the displacement and time for each case of the above
and interpret.
(ill) What are the conditions for critical damping and resonance? 8+4+3=15

3. (a) In special theory of relativity, the Hamiltonian of a free particle with rest mass
mo is given by \ip2 c2 + mg c4 . Obtain the Lagrangian of the system using
Legendre transformation. 10

(b) Show that the wave equation for the propagation of electromagnetic scalar
potential O(x, y, z, t)

[-> 2 - 1 a2
(1)(x, y, z, t)= 0
C2 at2

remains invariant under Lorentz transformation. 10

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 (c) (i) When a monochromatic light passes through a single slit, dark and bright
fringes are observed on a screen kept far away from the slit. Draw an
•
amplitude and intensity pattern of the light on the screen.

Write an expression for intensity distribution and give the conditions for
bright and dark fringes.

If the slit width is 0. 3 mm and the distance between the screen and the slit
is about 30 cm, then what is the angle of diffraction for the first minimum?
(X = 5 x10-5 cm)
8+8+4=20

4. (a) (i) What is population inversion? How is it efficiently achieved in He-Ne laser?
Show it with necessary energy levels diagram.

(ii) Show that for a normal optical source emitting at 600 nm at a temperature
of 10 3 K, the spontaneous emission dominates over stimulated emission.
8+7=15

With the help of a neat diagram, explain spherical aberration. Briefly discuss
the methods to minimize spherical aberration. 10

(1) How are linearly polarised and circularly polarised lights generated from
unpolarised light and are analysed?

(ii) A calcite crystal is to be used for producing a quarter wave plate. The
refractive indices of the crystal for ordinary ray and extraordinary ray are
1.65836 and 148641 respectively. What is the thickness of the plate
required if the light of wavelength 632 8 nm is to be used? 10+5=15

sEcrioN—B

5. (a) There is a potential gradient of 100 V/m normal to the surface of the earth.
Assuming the earth to be a charged sphere of radius 6370 km, find the total
charge on the earth. 8

State and explain Biot-Savart law. Obtain an expression for the magnetic field
at the center of a circular loop of radius r metres, carrying a current of I
amperes. 8

In free space, the electric field of electromagnetic wave is given by

(x, t) =100 cos (cot - loc)D volt/metre

Find the average power crossing a circular area of radius 2 metres in the
yz-plane. 8

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 (d) Consider N molecules of a gas obeying van der Waals' equation of state given
by

[ aN2
P+ ) (V - Nb)= Nk BT
V2

where a is a measure of the attractive forces between the molecules and b is

another constant proportional to the size of the molecules. The other symbols
have their usual meanings. Show that during an isothermal expansion from
volume V1 to volume V2 quasi-statically and reversibly, the work done is

Ve, - 1Vb)) 2
W = -Nk BT log +aN ---
V - Nb V1 V2 8

(e) Starting from the first law of thermodynamics, show that

dp+Itul
dirk
1(±_n
dTh, 8

6. Obtain an expression for the electric potential and electric field strength at a
point due to an electric dipole. 15

(1) Show that the electric and magnetic energy densities in a plane travelling
2
wave are equal. Also prove that the total energy density = 6 0E 2 =11011 .

(ii) Deduce the equation of continuity based on Maxwell's equations. 10+5=15

Explain Planck's formula for black-body radiation. Use this formula to show
that energy radiated per unit time per unit area in the range dX of A is

e(x, T) _(271c2 h) phc/X _ 1[1 dx

(e
X.5 10

7. (a) Using the set of four Maxwell's equations, obtain the Lorentz condition relation
between the scalar potential (1) and vector potential A, i.e.,
ao
V•A+--.=0
c2 at

and discuss the gauge transformations, Lorentz gauge and Coulomb gauge.
15+5=20

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 Two resistors of 600 Q and 800 g2 are connected in series with a 7 volts battery.
An ammeter of 10 Q resistance is used to measure current.

N What will be the reading in the ammeter?

(ii) Similarly if a voltmeter of 10000 12 resistance is used to measure the
potential difference across the 600 ca resistor, what will be the reading in
the voltmeter?
7 volts

7 volts

10000 fl

4+6=10

Define Ferrni energy and show that for an electron gas at absolute zero
temperature, the Fermi energy is given by

h2 3
( 1 2/3
EF =(- — v.
2m 8n

where the symbols have their usual meanings. Estimate the numerical value of
Fermi energy for copper taking number of electrons per unit volume as
8.4 x10 22 electrons/cm 3 and find Fermi temperature TF 10

8. (a) Write Bose-Einstein distribution function explaining every symbol. Derive

Einstein's result on specific heat of solids explaining the assumptions made in
the model. Discuss the low and high temperature limits of the predicted
specific heat. In which limit, the Einstein formula fails to explain the
experimental data? 10

(b) (1) The equation for an alternating current is I = 42.42 sin (314t). Find the
following :
Maximum value of current, Frequency, RMS value and Average value

(ii) A condenser of capacity 1 piF is first charged and then discharged through
a resistance of 1 Mg2. Calculate the time in which the charge on the
condenser will fall to SO% of its initial value.

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 (iii) Consider the displacement vector ,
13 given by
= (10xyz2 +4X)i +(5X 2 Z2 );+(10x2 yz)fc nC/m 2

Find the total charge enclosed in a cube of volume 10 -9 m 3 located at the

point (1, 2, 3). 5+5+5= l 5

(c) Explain Maxwell-Boltzmann formula for distribution of velocities of gas

molecules at temperature T. What will be the formula for distribution of
speeds? If P, v,.„„ and Urn denote average speed, root mean square velocity and
most probable speed, show that

:v : v, =-
15

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